Other than the word ‘haq’ which has its roots in Urdu, the word generally used to express the term ‘rights’ in Meeteilon or Meitei language is ‘chak-thung’ which can also be roughly translated as ‘a share of cooked rice.’ Manipur being located closer to S……
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