Rev L Suohie Mhasi
True wisdom comes from truly knowing God. Wrong concept or belief cannot lead man to right destination. In 2010, Manipur Government had a blockade against Th Muivah’s visit to his native village and killed two persons at Mao Gate. Hearing the news I went to Mao Gate to see what was actually happening. No residents were seen except several persons who were leaving the locality taking domestic animals.
Mao Gate was full of Armed Forces. I was allowed permission to meet the Commanders. I told them that Manipur Government can successfully stop the trip of Muivah to his village but it is a great loss to hurt the sentiment of thousands of people. They were also worried about two slain bodies left for two days.
This time in 2016, another blunder has been committed by Manipur Government in detaining the leaders of UNC, which will only aggravate the situation. In this connection, economic blockade was imposed by the Nagas which runs weeks together causing untold sufferings and losses.
What is the cause of such conflict? It is a related issue with the process of Naga integration. Every Naga living anywhere in contiguous areas is proud of being a Naga and has a will to live together under the same roof as a people. So integration of the Nagas is inevitable and cannot be prevented by any force in the world. So our Meitei’s brethren should realize the reality.
On the other hand, the Nagas should not deal with the situation by means of strangling some people to death because it is not the way of Christ. The people who know the eternal living God the Creator of the heavens and the earth and worship Him should be different from the people who worship the creations, bow down to stones and trees, throwing coins at stones on road sides instead of seeking the Creator God. All good things abundantly available for mankind are readily available to mankind who humble themselves and seek God. Solution lies in sincerely seeking the living God.
