Azium Zeliang
Where are the Nagas heading? Leaving aside the many tribes or people where lots of hatred, killings, discontentment, struggling, crying with insecurity, looking and not knowing whether to confront or to leave it to God. The Zeliangrong people are now facing all these war-like temptations and tribulations. Zeliangrong is made of three brothers – Zeme, Liangmeri and Nqraungmei occupying their forefathers’ vast, rich and fertile traditional lands situated in the whole Peren District of Nagaland state, Tamenglong and Senapati district of Manipur state and tile N.C. Hills of Assam state in the North east of India. Since many years the people of this tribe have been harassed, killed and destroyed time and again, and as such, there came a time where people were compelled to seek for a separate homeland.
There is no land which is ownerless nor is there anyone amongst the Nagas who think that Zeliangrong can be dominated. Let us look at the situation we are living now under the largest Democratic Country, India. We are flooded with too much of discrimination between the advanced and backward people all over India, and Nagaland is in the Top and it is becoming intolerable and uncomfortable. All successive Governments of India seem to be aware but unable to reach out to the far flung and the non-protesting backward people. In the present scenario, the trend seems to the creating of Instability, use of Force, instigation for Protests, encouragement of Rebels, Fights and Turmoil. There is no place for a co-existing peace lover. Dreaming, hoping and expecting justification is only a mirage and fighting back for peace and justice seems to be the only alternative, or is anyone listening? Nagaland statehood has been achieved but is it a blessing or a curse? Till date development was only a political mouth and nothing more. The rush into contesting elections or getting Govt. job has become more towards doing for relatives or own tribe.
At this rate we are proceeding towards more chaos and ‘isms’ which are fast overtaking us. We need to respect one another and move on with unity else more bloodshed may prevail. Some of us have become shameless and barbaric. We accepted to God and people. As a family, tribe or nation all is not bad, condemned or lost. Out of many, there is reasonable and chosen people; let us look at Noah; let’s etc. We also learnt that very powerful kings or nations arose like the Roman Empire, Hitler, Napoleon, etc. but what has become of them? All super powers turned anti-Christ and vanished into nothing; their history of worldly powers was physically and spiritually lost for eternity.
Let us all take a look at what has become of us. Choice is ours but let’s ask ourselves if any one of us wants to be happy, angry, sad, freed or caged, peaceful or troubled, corrupt or clean, assisting, helping or stopping, satisfied or regretful, kill and die or live and love, strike or save, progress or be destroyed. All with us, what or which do we choose and take? It is said we reap what we sow. Do we sow hatred? Don’t we love peace and tranquility? Do we think others cannot do what we are doing? No matter how powerful we may be or how greedy we may be, brutality, hatred and enmity will only bring us all to our downfall.
Does anyone amongst us think that might is right? Almighty God watches over us. He is the supreme authority of us all.
