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11/12/2007: "Action Speaks louder than words"
Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim
Ministry of Information & Publicity
PRESS RELEASE
12th Nov. 2007
Action Speaks louder than words. Shouting from the comfort of Intelligence arranged press platforms in New Delhi, Kolkata or other places in Nagalim will not go for enough for the Khaplang Group to identify itself as a group to defend Naga People’s interest. Because in the ground level the group members are resorting to the archaic law of the jungle to meet their needs from the Naga People. What is going on in Chakhesang Area and Konyak Area is a serious case in point. Looting public properties and cash from traveling passengers to sustain their daily extravaganza but all in the name of Naga National cause is the most intolerable happening in today’s Naga Society. And to beat the villagers black and blue for no tangible reason is all the more shameful for the whole Nagas because this too is done in the name of the group who professed to be national workers.
In the course of Naga struggle the public and the Naga National Group who really are shedding tears and sweats help each other and learn from each other. This is the way to fight for the common cause that has eluded solution for over sixty years. We regret with shame and humility that this trend is slowly diminishing. This is a dangerous reality that is happening before our eyes.
Under the given situation the Nagas as whole must take a move to identify the hypocrisy of the existing groups professing high sounding values that are never put into practice. This is the time to leave aside petty commitments and think in terms of national values that everyone has to uphold to salvage our political commitment that has been polluted by the so-called pseudo national workers working under the affiliation of various groups.
Issued By:-
Ministry of Information & Publicity
Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim
Ministry of Information & Publicity
PRESS RELEASE
12th Nov. 2007
Human as we are the negative happening in Nagalim impacted our existence in society with a great feeling of insecurity and discomfort vis-a-vis the changing attitude of our men-folk towards women and the brutality of pseudo national workers. What has gone into their heads to incarnate themselves as devils on the prowl? This is shameful and insulting in the true sense of the term given the status the Naga women enjoyed in the by-gone years and the public feeling we valued.
Never had we women thought that a time will come to pass when we would walk down the street or stay within the enclosure of our own privacy but to be followed and preyed upon by the lustful menfolk. What a tragic change of fortune for Naga women. The NSWON while observing the sorry state of affairs in Mokokchung District wished that Mokokchung as one of the few places in Nagalim with seeming show of development had not come into the glare of the public on the issue of these rape incidents where the arraignment is also yet to take off. Rape is no ordinary crime to be given this sorts of legal negligent. But the way the District Police is sitting over the issue that has direct bearing to human dignity is absolutely repugnant we are still too distraught to think of the police morality that has gone down to such level.
No alien force will come from another planet to look into our own rape cases. But our own police forces should go extra mile to nail the rapist and prove their worth using judiciously the power in their disposal. This did not happen and the wrong signal to the would be rapists that take may place again anywhere and at any time.
It is a matter of responsibility with social commitment that the WATSU Mungdang awaken themselves to the issue that has pricked their conscience as women who value their dignity and honour. The tradition of the Ao or for the same matter the Nagas who normally attached a place of honour for the women must be preserved at all cost.
Human being as social animals has their own weaknesses. But unfortunate is the domineering attitude of the menfolk with adulterous and lustful mindset that is showing its presence with demonic forces. The issue of Narokala of Kangtsung Village and Tajennaro of Mokokchung Village as victims of this animal like aggression on women will remain as a painful episode in the psyche of the Nagas who matters in guarding the women’s rights without which our obsession for human rights is meaningless.
The Mokokchung Police’s follow up of the rape cases is far from satisfaction. And there is no consolation worth speaking in the judicious language. More painful is the absence demonstrative conviction of rapists with capital punishment to drive home the point that sexual crime against womenfolk is abhorrent to a civilized society that the Nagas is also a part of.
The NSWON is again shock to learn of the inhuman treatment meted out to the villagers of Wanching by the Khaplang Group. This is not only inhuman but highly uncivilized. This is archaic and unfair and the Nagas as a whole need to react in a befitting manner. Hurting public sentiments through physical torture is a risky gamble going by the sensitivity of today’s public mindset. We are fully in agreement with Nagaland State Commission for Women member Ellen that National Workers without the cooperation of the public can achieve nothing worth for the cause of the Nagas. Under the circumstances that brings shame to the Nagas the Naga Civil Societies should wake up to defend Naga People’s interest who abhor uncivilized dealing with the Naga public and condemn the culprits in the manner warranted by the seriousness of the incident.
Issued By:-
National Socialist Women Organization of Nagalim (NSWON)
