No one needs to go about in search of confrontations on every problem. The search by peaceful solution is the best of all solutions, yet avoiding a confrontation does not automatically contribute to solutions. The South Korean President once said the fear of War does not contribute to Peace. How can one be fearless of Confrontation or War? By the Rightness of one’s Cause.
It is only in the rightness of one’s Cause that one can be fearless of confrontation or war. When one is not in the right, fearlessness of war or confrontation is simply wanton hollowness.
Years ago, the Angami Public Organization, during the Presidentship of late Mr. Neidilie Kuotsu of Phesama, felt the Organization would do well to have an Emblem or Logo and a Motto; suggestions were invited from its Members for a suitable Logo and a Motto for the Organization. After deliberations, the Organization decided on: “RIGHT IS MIGHT” as its motto and a decorated Angami Shield of black Bear Skin leaning on an Angami Spear set on Angami Soil as the emblem of the Organization. Rightness is Truth and Truth is Courage as differentiated from wantonness boldness.
In the recent Senapati episode and the Chief Minister of Nagaland deciding to go there, the latter’s decision was based on the rightness of his belief that everybody has a right to have a political Organization anywhere if it is based on declared democratic principles. The decision to go to Senapati of Manipur was attended with the risk of a confrontation between two neighboring States. But the youthful Chief Minister of Nagaland took a bold decision to go despite Chief Minister of Manipur Mr. Ibobi Singh’s request for a possible change of dates.
Perhaps Mr. Chitambarm, the learned and normally tough Home Minister of India, intending to avoid a possible confrontation between two neighboring States already beset with violent political activities in their States and that too in the sensitive North East, cajoled the Chief Minister of Manipur to give a little concession to the decided Chief Minister of Nagaland.
The Naga Chief Minister has added a new plume to his gathering feathers in his head-gear. His action could have failed and that could have brought major disaster for the Chief Minister and his State. He took a calculated risk; thanks to Chitambaram and the Chief Minister’s bold decision, Nagaland breathed a sigh of happy relief at the successful ending of the episode.
The happy endings lies no more on the successes of the episode than in the beautiful humble considerate words of the Chief Minister at the function at Senapati. His words were peaceful, without any touch arrogance or offence, about ‘right is might’ and not about ‘might is right’. In victory the Chief Minister was humble and not haughty or impulsive. The quality of Leadership is decided not on how one arrogantly browbeat others in victory but on how firmly one behaves with humility in success.
Mr. Kaka Iralu, perhaps one of the most dynamic bold minds of the present naga generation, wrote to the effect that no one needs anybody’s permission to visit one’s kith and kin anywhere. True, but in the case at hand, was not an exactly a private one, it touched very sensitive relationships between perhaps two very important long standing if not long lasting permanent neighboring States. In success let us not be impulsive but gracious and considerate to the grieved luckless.
Things in the North East sometimes seems to function by an interesting queer Law of Naga Domino Effect. Nagaland wrung out a separate State from the gracious Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1963 much to the ire of the good people of Assam; and by a Nagaland Domino Effect 5 other States of the North East came out one after another and it seems by the same domino effect, Nagaland appears to be the unenviable Mother of All Violent Political Activities in the North East. Let there be a final political Concord between the Nagas and the Gov’t of India so that that sets a Naga Domino Effect of Concords between the GoI and the various violent political Groups of the North East.
Nagaland must set its aim to be the most Democratic, the most tolerant and the most Friendly State in the whole of the North East so that it sets a blessing of Naga Domino Effect of Democracy and of Friendship in the whole of the North East.
It is only in the rightness of one’s Cause that one can be fearless of confrontation or war. When one is not in the right, fearlessness of war or confrontation is simply wanton hollowness.
Years ago, the Angami Public Organization, during the Presidentship of late Mr. Neidilie Kuotsu of Phesama, felt the Organization would do well to have an Emblem or Logo and a Motto; suggestions were invited from its Members for a suitable Logo and a Motto for the Organization. After deliberations, the Organization decided on: “RIGHT IS MIGHT” as its motto and a decorated Angami Shield of black Bear Skin leaning on an Angami Spear set on Angami Soil as the emblem of the Organization. Rightness is Truth and Truth is Courage as differentiated from wantonness boldness.
In the recent Senapati episode and the Chief Minister of Nagaland deciding to go there, the latter’s decision was based on the rightness of his belief that everybody has a right to have a political Organization anywhere if it is based on declared democratic principles. The decision to go to Senapati of Manipur was attended with the risk of a confrontation between two neighboring States. But the youthful Chief Minister of Nagaland took a bold decision to go despite Chief Minister of Manipur Mr. Ibobi Singh’s request for a possible change of dates.
Perhaps Mr. Chitambarm, the learned and normally tough Home Minister of India, intending to avoid a possible confrontation between two neighboring States already beset with violent political activities in their States and that too in the sensitive North East, cajoled the Chief Minister of Manipur to give a little concession to the decided Chief Minister of Nagaland.
The Naga Chief Minister has added a new plume to his gathering feathers in his head-gear. His action could have failed and that could have brought major disaster for the Chief Minister and his State. He took a calculated risk; thanks to Chitambaram and the Chief Minister’s bold decision, Nagaland breathed a sigh of happy relief at the successful ending of the episode.
The happy endings lies no more on the successes of the episode than in the beautiful humble considerate words of the Chief Minister at the function at Senapati. His words were peaceful, without any touch arrogance or offence, about ‘right is might’ and not about ‘might is right’. In victory the Chief Minister was humble and not haughty or impulsive. The quality of Leadership is decided not on how one arrogantly browbeat others in victory but on how firmly one behaves with humility in success.
Mr. Kaka Iralu, perhaps one of the most dynamic bold minds of the present naga generation, wrote to the effect that no one needs anybody’s permission to visit one’s kith and kin anywhere. True, but in the case at hand, was not an exactly a private one, it touched very sensitive relationships between perhaps two very important long standing if not long lasting permanent neighboring States. In success let us not be impulsive but gracious and considerate to the grieved luckless.
Things in the North East sometimes seems to function by an interesting queer Law of Naga Domino Effect. Nagaland wrung out a separate State from the gracious Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1963 much to the ire of the good people of Assam; and by a Nagaland Domino Effect 5 other States of the North East came out one after another and it seems by the same domino effect, Nagaland appears to be the unenviable Mother of All Violent Political Activities in the North East. Let there be a final political Concord between the Nagas and the Gov’t of India so that that sets a Naga Domino Effect of Concords between the GoI and the various violent political Groups of the North East.
Nagaland must set its aim to be the most Democratic, the most tolerant and the most Friendly State in the whole of the North East so that it sets a blessing of Naga Domino Effect of Democracy and of Friendship in the whole of the North East.
