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The struggle is our villages living next to “I believe all our tribes ambition that we are go- cissism”—without allow- response to the challenges each other in the same have come to a plateau ing to need for our journey ing it to ‘damage ourselves that change taking place in geographical habitat not where we are meeting one ahead. because tribal impulses are the world brought to us in compelled by history to another today because the “By condemning some- such an important part the 19th and 20th centuries. become a people or nation hopes, desires and fears of thing that is so natural to of us’ — will determine “Our history, like all yet, but becoming one in our respective tribes have us, don’t let us damage whether Nagas as a people histories, is the record of a little confined place we preserved us and kept us ourselves because they are and nation would ‘collapse our response to challenges have maimed one another tribally. We may call this such an important part of or go forward,’ according of change. The society we at the start of our journey. compelling urge or drive in us. But learn to develop to pacifist Niketu Iralu. have produced together is The thing to do now is to each tribe: tribal narcissism. what we should develop Iralu was delivering a measure of the quality of understand what has hap- “On this plateau where to go forward, I think that the 10th Morung lecture, our response,” Iralu said. pened and is happening, we are, we find have to in- is how I see,” he said. He an initiative of The Mo- The Naga motivation and why? Then truthfully spire one another to devel- identified “tribalism” and rung Express, at the Elim to be a people and a nation, claim ownership of the spe- op another. As we have not the peoples’ response to Hall at the DABA on Sat- he said, was struggle that cific places where we have needed to do this selfless it as the ‘central idea’ that urday. The topic assigned comes from ‘our intuitive done the maiming and caring for others before, we would come to define Naga to him was ‘Embracing awareness of the threat and weakening of our people are doing it very badly at future. Tribal Identity: Overcom- fear we perceive for our sur- and society. this early stage in our jour- “When God made ing isms.’ vival and security.’ “Then if we can do ney. What we must not do the Nagas into so many “We are meeting at a “We are so many tribes, that, compassionate un- is to condemn our faltering tribes, did he make an un- time to discuss our crisis, each fiercely proud of our- EM Images derstanding of others will attempts at reaching out to intended mistake because our problem when there selves to the point of un- Niketu Iralu speaking at the 10th edition of the Morung lecture at the Elim Hall, DADA , in Dimapur on Saturday. come down from heaven. others,” he warned. he was preoccupied with are huge, huge things that bearable vanity. Yet the fire And we will start to inspire The impulse of tribal- some larger projects of are disturbing mankind. that we are a people and a nationality is a fact that ward and hidden part. A control.” and help one another, to do ism, he said, among the creation like the Chinese, The most advanced nations nation has burnt with equal can no longer be disputed precious psychospiritual Seeking another con- the right things to build new Nagas was real and natu- the Indians, the Egyptians, in the world, the most ad- intensity in all Nagas. The by anyone.” According to asset we must not underes- text to drive home his relationships among our ral. But the trick was to ac- the Europeans and so on? vanced societies are at loss Naga struggle for India to him the significance of this timate for the onward jour- point, Iralu cited the Irish tribes. Our weaknesses and cept and acknowledge that And was it another mistake how to respond to the ques- recognise their sovereignty seemingly “small achieve- ney of our caravan. But no poet William Butler Yeats failures must, thus, become the ‘tribe-centred’ blueprint when he put the desire to tions that are erupting in as understood by our pio- ment” is put to context Naga will dispute the real- and his chilling depiction our common strength.” has ‘taken us’ to the present be a people and a nation their nations and on their neers was absolutely au- when considered from the ity, the mistakes, and errors of Ireland’s tumultuous at- Iralu said that putting juncture. “But thus far only, into the hearts and minds continents,” the activist thentic, honourable and fact that “to become a na- we have committed harm- tempt to be a free nation. In the Naga struggle, and thus no further. Goodbye.” and feverish imagination said. also right, I believe. tion is the most difficult, ing, wounding one another the poem “Remorse For In- Naga identity, into a con- Thus, he appeared to of all Nagas? It was in said context “But have we achieved slow, complicated process grievously due to our com- temperate Speech”, Yeats text not yet pursued col- have suggested that the “The desire to be a peo- that the Naga people have anything after all the heavy of human growth and de- mon human frailties of had pronounced: Out of lectively. According to him, answer was in balancing ple and a nation is some- also been left to confront price paid for the struggle velopment.” short-sightedness and fail- Ireland have we come / Great societies and nations ‘grow acceptance and renuncia- thing so strong in us. But and respond to challenges, by all Nagas? I believe the “And what we have ures. The struggle has pro- hatred, little room / Maimed or collapse depending on tion of the same idea. “And when we live together we he said. “We can say we answer is yes. We have achieved (thus far) has duced a destructive, lawless us at the start / I carry from whether the members learn from now on we start to seem to be the opposite,” are today examining our- become a people and our strengthened us in our in- society that has gone out of my mother's womb / A fanatic to grow in their selflessness learn to rise to a higher he observed. NTC lists RTI figures in response to govt. denial Road woes: Zeliang seeks Dimapur, Sep. 16 (EMN): In re- thority of Rs 5 crore was is- PLAN) PLAN) sponse to the state’s department sued for construction of New On 31.03.2011 a drawal au- 16. On 30.03.2015 a drawal to expose 'those responsible' of Justice and Law’s assertion that High Court Building (STATE thority of Rs 8 crore was is- authority of Rs 4 crore 97 lakh Staff Reporter hohos, NGOs and engineers from every it has no record of the Nagaland PLAN) sued for construction of New 19 thousand one hundred was Dimapur, Sep. 16 (EMN): Anguished at all district will be invited to present their views. Tribes Council (NTC) filing RTI On 28.03.2010 a drawal au- High Court Building and issued for construction of the blame being heaped on him for ‘wrong Stating that good roads are vital for eco- query concerning the project to thority of Rs 1 crore was is- Judges Bungalow (STATE main new high court building reasons’ happening in the state, particularly nomic growth and development, Zeliang construct a High Court building in sued for construction of New PLAN) and site development (NE- on the road sector, Chief Minister TR Ze- was of the view that the public should not Nagaland, the NTC on Saturday High Court Building (STATE On 31.03.2011 a drawal au- GOTIATED LOAN) liang has informed about what he suggested only criticise but also contribute construc- claimed the department concerned PLAN) thority of Rs 30 lakh was is- On 30.03.2016 a drawal au- will be a 'consultative meeting' in the month tive suggestions in order to curb corruption had issued replies on two separate On 29.03.2010 a drawal au- sued for payment of Consult- thority of Rs 4 crore 48 Lakh of October with stakeholders from all the and initiate corrective measures. occasions. thority of Rs 7 crore was is- ant Fees construction of New 71 thousand 187 was issued districts to let the people 'decide who is re- He said in this regard that new concrete A press release from the NTC sued for infrastructure devel- High Court Building (STATE for construction of New High sponsible for the prevailing situation.' bridges across Chathe River at Diphupar, stated that that department con- opment of New High Court PLAN) Court Building (NEGOTI- Interacting with media persons after and Dhansiri River at Nagarjan will begin cerned had responded to the Building (STATE PLAN) On 31.03.2011 a drawal au- ATED LOAN) inspecting the hanging bridge at Diphupar in the coming weeks.