Lan Oct. 2018

LANTHENGMINNASI EIKHOI follow the path dictated by their patrons. And in it lies their political wisdom, for as mentioned above, their power flows from efforts to please the dictates of New Delhi.

It is more than clear that, if Delhi’s interests are not served, then there will be no power. How is this different from what we understand as colonial rule? The colonized people and their minds will see what is reality depending upon what their masters think and act. What has been perceived as injustice will be justice as long as their masters call it justice.

Manipur government’s inability to remove the Armed Forces Special Powers Act or AFSPA 1958 is one of the many examples defining the relation. So, in order to bring an end to all these things and bring about a just society, ending Indian colonization for good is the only way out for the future.

Then, what do we need to politically decolonize Kangleipak from Indian colonial clutch? To answer this we can refer to Amicar Cabral’s theory of decolonization where it speaks about the liberation of productive forces.

He said “to get a group of people completely colonized, first colonize their productive forces.” If once succeeded in doing that, the people whose productive forces has fallen off their hands will no longer be in charge of their history.

Now we have seen that we are no longer in charge of ourselves and our history. To understand this we have to relook at our political economy, which is completely controlled by India. In other words, there is a need to ponder on as to how India have changed the operative forces of production in 38