Thongkholal Haokip The melee surrounding the proposed district councils bill in Manipur is nothing but a manifestation of deep divide between the hills and valley. A collective of eighteen MLAs from the hill areas of Manipur, including Chairman of the Hill Areas Committee, drafted “The Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Councils Bill, 2021” to be introduced in the 13th Session […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Originally written on July 24, 2011, in a group email. We have been discussing and sharing our views on the recently concluded “Nampi Kipumkhatna Maicham”. Different approaches have been taken ranging from accusation, biblical, pessimism to optimism based on one’s personal background and also on the propensity with the parties involved in the erection of the monumental […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Sadar Hills was burning in September 2007 during the Manipur panchayat polls. The two Kuki organisations, Sadar Hills District Demand Committee (SHDDC) and Kuki Students Organisation (KSO), opposed the inclusion of some areas in Sadar Hills under Panchayati Raj system. Violence rocked during the panchayat elections held on September 19, 2007, where supporters of the SHDDC and […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Posted 26th February 2011 India sorkar in kum som jou seh le agam sung’a mihing jat asim jin, hiche simna chu tukum ahunglhung kit tai. Hiche mihing jat simna a hin mi jouse a kon alhang pi’n a jat (tribe), lekha bu ijat chan asim, natoh na, a pen kum kiti hohi akila jin ahi. Hiche data […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Paper presented at Second Workshop on Kuki Society: Kitho Kitna Lampi, Guwahati, October 19-20, 2010. The word “Kuki” is a generic classification of ethnic groups that spread throughout the Northeastern region of India, Northwest Burma and Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. B.C. Allen et. al., describe the home of the Kukis as “mountainous tracts lying between Burma, […]
» Read moreAteh akhang in eiho folk tale a Khupting le Ngambom kilungsetna thusim ihet u tobang Romeo le Juliet kingailutna hi atamjon ihetkhah cheh diu kagingchai. Shakespeare play a Romeo Montague le Juliet Capulet hinkho thusim hi lungngaito a kijih hijong leh amani kilungsetna thusim hi tutu a eiho nam sung’a dia vetton thei, kihilna le chepi theitah din kamun ahi. […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip The Gosem, 17th August 2010. Vannoi ja nam len, akhangtou le vetjui a umho jouse khu a anam u iti ahin suh pilhing uham ti ikhol a kultah a ivet le thil tamtah mudohthei in aum in ahi. Nam khangtou jouse hin hahsatna le gentheina tohlou a um beh poi. Hiche hahsatna le gentheina ho jeh a […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip The Kuki Nampi Consultative Meeting concludes yesterday amid high publicity and fanfare. It was intended to discuss the various issues confronting the Kuki nation and suggest policy measures so as to take drastic action for national reconstruction. It was my ardent urge to attend the meeting and share my thoughts as the issues may arise accordingly. However, […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Voice of the Hills, Vol. 2, March 2011 The New Year dawns amidst animosity and unrelenting conflict of interests in Northeast India in general and the Kuki people in particular. JB Fuller, way back in 1909, pointed out that the Northeastern corner of India is a ‘museum of nationalities’. Such description about diversity is not only true […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip A year had passed since a two day seminar on Manmasi Identity (Kuki-Chin-Mizo) in Northeast India was held from 15th to 17th October, 2004 at Bethany Home, Shillong. In that seminar Dr.Khuplam, Dr.Seilen and Father Peter Tongmang presented papers related to the aforesaid topic. They vividly narrate and explain the concept of Kuki nationalism and some of […]
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