71 years of Nation’s independence vs 37 years of AFSPA in Manipur

71 years ago, at the stroke of midnight on 15th August of 1947, India finally lost its colonial shackles. A fruition of a long struggle with countless lives martyred, British colonialism in India came to an end and it was the beginning of an independent journey for India but of course with many challenges ahead-challenges which were too many like the multiple heads of Ravana from the Ramayana, one of the mythological stories of the Hindu. Manipur Masala, through this space, attempts to compare and contrast the nation’s71 year old journey of independence with Manipur’s 37 years of struggle to combat with a draconian Act like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.

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71 years ago, at the stroke of midnight on 15th August of 1947, India finally lost its colonial shackles. A fruition of a long struggle with countless lives martyred, British colonialism in India came to an end and it was the beginning of an independent journey for India but of course with many challenges ahead-challenges which were too many like the multiple heads of Ravana from the Ramayana, one of the mythological stories of the Hindu. Manipur Masala, through this space, attempts to compare and contrast the nation’s71 year old journey of independence with Manipur’s 37 years of struggle to combat with a draconian Act like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.

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