The meeting of once old colleagues, turned deadly enemies, now meeting face to face peaceably as friends, after decades of bitter animosity, is a bit embarrassingly interesting. It is eye catching and interesting to hear and see heads of two factions of the NSCN and one faction of the NNC gathered at Niathu Resort Chümukedima on 20 August 2011 under the goading letter of foreigners, one from each of: Neville Callam, Raimundo Barreto, Jr. Kenneth, L. Sehested, Dan Buttry and John A. Sansquist-all great Baptist leaders from far away North America- to the Naga Leaders, sans fuming Panger Walling, that seemed to have done the trick of gathering the Naga Leaders. The reported get-together was part of the on-going Journey of Common Hope of Reconciliation being engineered by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation.
What actually made the leaders come together, foreign letters notwithstanding may indicate there may have been influences and desires from the Facilitators, not withstanding inspiring Sermons from Dr. Rev. Wati. The former Opponents agreeing to assemble in one place; is the starting point of Reconciliation Process, however simply being in one place at one time or playing football in one Ground or praying together in front of big Christian crowd in one place is not political reconciliation. Political Reconciliation requires agreement on: on Subject Matters, on Points, or on Issues.
The Naga Public has been in the dark of the issues for the last 14 years of the long Journey of Hope. Barring the principal Issues of the reconciliation, the details may not be apparent to the great Baptist Leaders beyond the Pacific Ocean, they would not know nor can imagine the details for the Nagas Issues. It is the Nagas themselves to work them out from amongst themselves and not wait for letters from across the Ocean. The Leaders should do some soul searching themselves and work out with great concern for all Nagas.
Despite the reconciliation meet, it is almost impossible to expect, at this stage, the 3 Groups would merge into one indistinguishable political Party; each would like to remain as it was before in consonant with common average Political behavior. They may however take the cue from the coalition DAN Government of Nagaland and work out Common Strategy for the Naga Cause. If, and this is a big if, they can achieve this, we may expect a new heaven and a new earth in Nagaland. Can they do it?
What actually made the leaders come together, foreign letters notwithstanding may indicate there may have been influences and desires from the Facilitators, not withstanding inspiring Sermons from Dr. Rev. Wati. The former Opponents agreeing to assemble in one place; is the starting point of Reconciliation Process, however simply being in one place at one time or playing football in one Ground or praying together in front of big Christian crowd in one place is not political reconciliation. Political Reconciliation requires agreement on: on Subject Matters, on Points, or on Issues.
The Naga Public has been in the dark of the issues for the last 14 years of the long Journey of Hope. Barring the principal Issues of the reconciliation, the details may not be apparent to the great Baptist Leaders beyond the Pacific Ocean, they would not know nor can imagine the details for the Nagas Issues. It is the Nagas themselves to work them out from amongst themselves and not wait for letters from across the Ocean. The Leaders should do some soul searching themselves and work out with great concern for all Nagas.
Despite the reconciliation meet, it is almost impossible to expect, at this stage, the 3 Groups would merge into one indistinguishable political Party; each would like to remain as it was before in consonant with common average Political behavior. They may however take the cue from the coalition DAN Government of Nagaland and work out Common Strategy for the Naga Cause. If, and this is a big if, they can achieve this, we may expect a new heaven and a new earth in Nagaland. Can they do it?
