At the first place,we need to know what has just hit us.
Are we facing a situation where sectarian violence is imminent?
Or.is it the case of agent provocateurs trying to create a sectarian violence in our society?
Right now,we are observing a shut down called by the committee formed to protest the killing of a young man in the Northern mountain ranges.Another young man was also lynched in Lilong Haoreibi,which is a Muslim dominated area.I also think that the committee formed to protest this lynching might also call for another shutdown.These two killings make everybody jump to the conclusion that sectarian violence is imminent.
I do not think we are facing a situation where sectarian violence is imminent.The lynching of the young man in a Muslim dominated area is a carefully planned job of agent provocateurs.The reason is that there is a pattern behind the lynching.
Two days earlier the lynching there was this murder of another young man in the Northern mountain ranges,which is the stronghold of NSCN(IM).Being in a peace talk with the Govt of India for more than a decade,this group has had a strong co-ordnation with Indian troops on the grounds.Within this context it is to see why there has been a consistent and longstanding effort to build up sectarian feelings between the ethnic group,forming the mainstay of NSCN(IM) and the majority community of the State.Classic divide and rule policy--when seen in the context that no worthwhile groups from the majority openly come out for peace talk with New Delhi.That the lynching came only days after the murder of the young man in the Northern mountain ranges sets off a pattern which points to the beginning of a similar effort to create sectarian feelings between the Muslims and the majority community of Manipur.
The immediate reaction might be like this: How can one sya that two apparently unrelated killings make a fully formed pattern?
This is a valid question.
But we have a surprise which enables us to say that the two killings definitely emanate a fully formed pattern.
Hers is the surprise: Ravi Shankar,the Art of Living.
I know it is bombshell.I also know that there must a outcry if anybody tries to bring such a celebrity as Ravi Shankar within the loop of a pattern emanated from two ugly killings.
To reconcile with the expected outcry,we need to go back several months in our timeline.Now,I cannot remember which country it was in South East Asia but it might be Vietnam.The Art of Living in that country was threatened by the Islamic State.I also cannot remember clearly but I think that threat from the Islmaic State put the functioning of the Art of Living in a temporary shut down in that country.
Now,the Art of Living head had come down to Manipur in a determined fashion.He had a glittering public function in Imphal on the 24th of April 2016(the same day the young man was killed in the Northern mountain ranges?).It was indeed a glittering function graced by none other than the Chief Minister,the Deputy Chief Minister and the who's who of Manipuri society.
This morning,newspaper headlines told us that Ravi Shankerji did not mid spending his expensive celebrity time in going a Guwahati jail and personally met an insurgent leader from Manipur.
Now,we have three clearly defined tangible:
a) Islamic State
b) Ravi Shankar.
C) A Manipuri insugent group.
When we come this far,it's not difficult to see that the lynching in Lilong Haoreibi was carefully planned to shine the focus towards the above three tangible.
We also know that the above three tangible are clearly defined.
The lynching,trying to shine the focus on the already defined three tangible,brings to us the fourth tangible,which --it's very important--remains undefined.Although not defined as yet,it's tangible enough to bring forth,at least,two murders within space of days.
We need to seek a clear definition of this fourth tangible.If anybody in Manipur has had an agenda wanting to shine the focus to the above three clearly defined tangible,they need to come out openly and announce to the world that they are indeed the fourth tangible.They need to graduate from being an agent provocateur of the saintly Ravi Shankerji and establish themselves as fully credible and very tangible factor in the affairs of Manipuri society.
Until and unless they do that,Manipuri society would have no chance to fathom the riddle thrown up by the above three clearly defined tangible.
Are we facing a situation where sectarian violence is imminent?
Or.is it the case of agent provocateurs trying to create a sectarian violence in our society?
Right now,we are observing a shut down called by the committee formed to protest the killing of a young man in the Northern mountain ranges.Another young man was also lynched in Lilong Haoreibi,which is a Muslim dominated area.I also think that the committee formed to protest this lynching might also call for another shutdown.These two killings make everybody jump to the conclusion that sectarian violence is imminent.
I do not think we are facing a situation where sectarian violence is imminent.The lynching of the young man in a Muslim dominated area is a carefully planned job of agent provocateurs.The reason is that there is a pattern behind the lynching.
Two days earlier the lynching there was this murder of another young man in the Northern mountain ranges,which is the stronghold of NSCN(IM).Being in a peace talk with the Govt of India for more than a decade,this group has had a strong co-ordnation with Indian troops on the grounds.Within this context it is to see why there has been a consistent and longstanding effort to build up sectarian feelings between the ethnic group,forming the mainstay of NSCN(IM) and the majority community of the State.Classic divide and rule policy--when seen in the context that no worthwhile groups from the majority openly come out for peace talk with New Delhi.That the lynching came only days after the murder of the young man in the Northern mountain ranges sets off a pattern which points to the beginning of a similar effort to create sectarian feelings between the Muslims and the majority community of Manipur.
The immediate reaction might be like this: How can one sya that two apparently unrelated killings make a fully formed pattern?
This is a valid question.
But we have a surprise which enables us to say that the two killings definitely emanate a fully formed pattern.
Hers is the surprise: Ravi Shankar,the Art of Living.
I know it is bombshell.I also know that there must a outcry if anybody tries to bring such a celebrity as Ravi Shankar within the loop of a pattern emanated from two ugly killings.
To reconcile with the expected outcry,we need to go back several months in our timeline.Now,I cannot remember which country it was in South East Asia but it might be Vietnam.The Art of Living in that country was threatened by the Islamic State.I also cannot remember clearly but I think that threat from the Islmaic State put the functioning of the Art of Living in a temporary shut down in that country.
Now,the Art of Living head had come down to Manipur in a determined fashion.He had a glittering public function in Imphal on the 24th of April 2016(the same day the young man was killed in the Northern mountain ranges?).It was indeed a glittering function graced by none other than the Chief Minister,the Deputy Chief Minister and the who's who of Manipuri society.
This morning,newspaper headlines told us that Ravi Shankerji did not mid spending his expensive celebrity time in going a Guwahati jail and personally met an insurgent leader from Manipur.
Now,we have three clearly defined tangible:
a) Islamic State
b) Ravi Shankar.
C) A Manipuri insugent group.
When we come this far,it's not difficult to see that the lynching in Lilong Haoreibi was carefully planned to shine the focus towards the above three tangible.
We also know that the above three tangible are clearly defined.
The lynching,trying to shine the focus on the already defined three tangible,brings to us the fourth tangible,which --it's very important--remains undefined.Although not defined as yet,it's tangible enough to bring forth,at least,two murders within space of days.
We need to seek a clear definition of this fourth tangible.If anybody in Manipur has had an agenda wanting to shine the focus to the above three clearly defined tangible,they need to come out openly and announce to the world that they are indeed the fourth tangible.They need to graduate from being an agent provocateur of the saintly Ravi Shankerji and establish themselves as fully credible and very tangible factor in the affairs of Manipuri society.
Until and unless they do that,Manipuri society would have no chance to fathom the riddle thrown up by the above three clearly defined tangible.
