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A speech cut short, for it doesn't suit the communal discourse that serves sacterian agenda? But a sensible speech nonetheless, something that comes as a relief after some of those so-called 'progressive' people from outside Manipur have earlier joined the communal bandwagon to perpetuate the conflict with their communal... and ethnicized harangue as informed discourse. Incidentally, much before the present crisis, for decades, I have been pleading to address the issue of 'development' - especially the real or perceived differential patterns - in different regions in the state of Manipur as well as socio-economic, educational status of different communities in the state WITHOUT COMMUNALISING (or 'ethnicizing') the discourse. Even lobbied with successive govts to institute a high level committee, on the line of Sachar Committee, so that there's an informed discussion to counter the propagandist campaigns of the communal and sacterian politics, and also to take corrective measures, if there is any legimate and factual discrepancies. Simultaneously, on many occasions, I have sought to draw the attention to the extractive economy that comes with the neo-liberal wave sweeping across the region, and accompanying militarization of the region, and to face it collectively without wasting energy and time on self-inflicted 'ethnic' politics! We ought to reflect on what this violent crisis means for people in the region called India's North East...show more

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Kombirei 72 years ago

See their hatred towards Meitei ! And they are playing victim card! #KukiLiesXposed #SaveMeiteiSaveManipur @vijaita @palkisu @ndtv

𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒂𝑲𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒂𝒊𝑲𝒖𝒌𝒊2 years ago

Tamo please share some of your English to miss Baolence too 🙏🏼

MeiteiGrit2 years ago

She started the slogan of unity, the power of the unity of the common people. She knows the struggle of common Meiteis which is nothing less than the common Kukis. Thank you @MayaJohn14 🙏

Lazarus2 years ago

They lecture about democracy and diversity, yet they tremble at the sign of any form of democracy from the side. The poor lady was interrupted 3 times during her speech.

Billie Eilish Boyfriend (Christian Parivar)2 years ago

Grandpa @Bimol_Akoijam your minions meitei militants were parading in fully combat with looted sophisticated weapons in front of city convention near cm bunglow on the heart of Imphal city. Can you justify this?

Bem Sitlhou BB2 years ago

Grandpa prof is so active in X🤣🤣🤣only when he saw something to speak against Kuki, that's when he come to X🤭🤣💪

Apunba Meitei2 years ago

Unfortunately, looks like she wasn’t trained by the #kukuliars as they did to others including their #poppy paid media. But she spoke the truth and truth will always prevail.

Fight for Manipur2 years ago

@LBsimtekashi @BemLhungdim Have you read the above statement properly ? Read it again thats all for ur own benefits.

Midnight Diner2 years ago

Those who orchestrated the event among the Kukis are still debating over who extended the invitation to Dr. Maya. 🤣🤣🤣

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Just as we had a long discussion on Sindoor, we had expected in the last year that the House would discuss Manipur, given the gravity of the situation there. Just as the terrorists came from Pakistan and created havoc and tried to divide this country on communal lines to provoke us, the Union Home Minister, on the floor of this House, said that the crisis in Manipur was caused by the influx of illegal immigrants. Similarly, intelligence agencies have flagged off the involvement of armed groups from Myanmar in the crisis in the state. So it is like what we had experienced in Pahalgam in some sense. Ironically, Manipur was also called the little paradise, as Kashmir is called the paradise. The only difference is that the national attention is given to what happened in Kashmir, not to what happened in the state of Manipur. Our existence at the periphery and a marginal existence have been reaffirmed time and again, creating a sense of alienation and humiliation for the people of the state. Listen to A. Bimol Akoijam ji as he highlights the burning of Manipur since 2023, for which the Modi government did little to bring it under control.

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664,622 views • 1 year ago

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2,304,283 views • 3 years ago

60 years ago, Ronald Reagan gave Americans a warning that has stood the test of time. This is from Reagan's "Time for Choosing" speech: "If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth. And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except to sovereign people, is still the newest and most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election. Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves." "You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or right, but I would like to suggest that there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down--up to a man's age-old dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order--or down to the ant heap totalitarianism, and regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course." ... "Well, I for one resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me--the free man and woman of this country--as 'the masses.' This is a term we haven't applied to ourselves in America. But beyond that, 'the full power of centralized government'--this was the very thing the Founding Fathers sought to minimize. They knew that governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they know when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. They also knew, those Founding Fathers, that outside of its legitimate functions, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector of the economy." ... "They say we are always 'against' things, never 'for' anything. Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so." ... "Mr. Democrat himself, Al Smith, the great American, came before the American people and charged that the leadership of his party was taking the part of Jefferson, Jackson, and Cleveland down the road under the banners of Marx, Lenin, and Stalin." ... "Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation of government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment." ... "You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery. If nothing in life is worth dying for, when did this begin--just in the face of this enemy? Or should Moses have told the children of Israel to live in slavery under the pharaohs? Should Christ have refused the cross? Should the patriots at Concord Bridge have thrown down their guns and refused to fire the shot heard 'round the world? The martyrs of history were not fools, and our honored dead who gave their lives to stop the advance of the Nazis didn't die in vain. Where, then, is the road to peace? Well, it's a simple answer after all." "You and I have the courage to say to our enemies, 'There is a price we will not pay.' There is a point beyond which they must not advance." ... "You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness." Doesn't it feel like Reagan is speaking to us TODAY?

60 years ago, Ronald Reagan gave Americans a warning that has stood the test of time. This is from Reagan's "Time for Choosing" speech: "If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth. And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except to sovereign people, is still the newest and most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election. Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves." "You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or right, but I would like to suggest that there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down--up to a man's age-old dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order--or down to the ant heap totalitarianism, and regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course." ... "Well, I for one resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me--the free man and woman of this country--as 'the masses.' This is a term we haven't applied to ourselves in America. But beyond that, 'the full power of centralized government'--this was the very thing the Founding Fathers sought to minimize. They knew that governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they know when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. They also knew, those Founding Fathers, that outside of its legitimate functions, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector of the economy." ... "They say we are always 'against' things, never 'for' anything. Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so." ... "Mr. Democrat himself, Al Smith, the great American, came before the American people and charged that the leadership of his party was taking the part of Jefferson, Jackson, and Cleveland down the road under the banners of Marx, Lenin, and Stalin." ... "Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation of government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment." ... "You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery. If nothing in life is worth dying for, when did this begin--just in the face of this enemy? Or should Moses have told the children of Israel to live in slavery under the pharaohs? Should Christ have refused the cross? Should the patriots at Concord Bridge have thrown down their guns and refused to fire the shot heard 'round the world? The martyrs of history were not fools, and our honored dead who gave their lives to stop the advance of the Nazis didn't die in vain. Where, then, is the road to peace? Well, it's a simple answer after all." "You and I have the courage to say to our enemies, 'There is a price we will not pay.' There is a point beyond which they must not advance." ... "You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness." Doesn't it feel like Reagan is speaking to us TODAY?

Kyle Becker

104,357 views • 1 year ago

Our priority, as a Government and as a people, is to ensure this region (Latin America and the Caribbean) remains a zone of peace. But while our priority is for the region to remain a zone of peace, we are also conscious of the impact of transnational crime, drug trafficking, and other forms of illicit activities—and the impact they can have on our people, the region, and our economy.

Our priority, as a Government and as a people, is to ensure this region (Latin America and the Caribbean) remains a zone of peace. But while our priority is for the region to remain a zone of peace, we are also conscious of the impact of transnational crime, drug trafficking, and other forms of illicit activities—and the impact they can have on our people, the region, and our economy.

President Dr Irfaan Ali

46,540 views • 9 months ago

The brazen communal venom being spewed in the name of "unity" is nothing short of disgusting ! Right in the presence of and in full support of Ms. Sabina Yeasmin; the Minister of State (MoS) for North Bengal Development in Mamata Banerjee's Government, we witnessed open calls for Muslims to unite against Hindus, based on crude demographic calculations - 65% Muslims vs. 35% Hindus. The pitch? Hindus will vote for BJP, so Muslims must band together or face "automatic" defeat. This is textbook communal politics, dividing people along religious lines for cheap electoral gains. And yet, the TMC has the gall to brand the BJP as "communal"? The irony is laughable. TMC's entire strategy to woo Muslim voters isn't about development, jobs, education, or progress, it's pure fear-mongering. They scare the community with imaginary horrors if BJP comes to power in West Bengal, conveniently ignoring how Muslims have thrived under BJP-led governments in many States and at the Center. From welfare schemes to economic opportunities, the facts speak for themselves, BJP delivers for all, without playing the religion card. TMC is the REAL COMMUNAL PARTY; hypocrites who thrive on division, hatred, and vote-bank politics while pretending to be secular saviors. Their desperation shows: they can't win on merit, so they resort to poison. Sanatanis and Nationalists, take note of this vile electoral strategy. It's time to expose and reject this politics of fear and fragmentation. United, we will build a Bengal for all, strong, prosperous, and truly inclusive.

Suvendu Adhikari

35,233 views • 5 months ago

#WATCH | Ukhrul, Manipur: KSO Ukhrul Vice President, Mercy Khongsai, says, "What has started as a small scuffle between three or four drunk men has been represented as a clash between two communities, which is very wrong. It is not a communal thing. However, some anti-social elements, or some people with that kind of mindset, are trying to present it as a clash between two communities. Yesterday, we also had a meeting to resolve the problem with the TNL, with the Dy CM as well... However, we could not come to any terms. And it is very disheartening to see right after the meeting, some of the Tankhol people have started burning three, four houses... One small fight between a few drunk people has turned things very ugly, and a lot of people have misinterpreted it as a communal issue between two communities... (10.02)

#WATCH | Ukhrul, Manipur: KSO Ukhrul Vice President, Mercy Khongsai, says, "What has started as a small scuffle between three or four drunk men has been represented as a clash between two communities, which is very wrong. It is not a communal thing. However, some anti-social elements, or some people with that kind of mindset, are trying to present it as a clash between two communities. Yesterday, we also had a meeting to resolve the problem with the TNL, with the Dy CM as well... However, we could not come to any terms. And it is very disheartening to see right after the meeting, some of the Tankhol people have started burning three, four houses... One small fight between a few drunk people has turned things very ugly, and a lot of people have misinterpreted it as a communal issue between two communities... (10.02)

ANI

14,461 views • 4 months ago

#WATCH | Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi says, "If you see this pattern of these forces who belong to the Sangh Parivar, who are trying to create a communal disturbance in Hyderabad, a majority of the incidents are happening at night and it is happening on an issue which has no relevance at all. They are trying to create a communal controversy. Some say a poster was thrown, some say something happened over there. My concern is what the local police doing over there? You have CCTV cameras and Hyderabad is supposed to have one of the best CCTV cameras, facial technology. These incidents should not happen and especially at that particular place. That particular place has a history of communal violence of 1980s and 1990s. My party and I have personally done so much to ensure that communal differences are not there and even the local community has come forward and cooperated with me but there are some certain forces belonging to a political party which does not want to see peace being strengthened or being prevailed in Hyderabad but it is high time that the local police should look into it and my request to the people of that area and people of Hyderabad is that we don't require such incidents at all. We require Hyderabad to be peaceful so that Hyderabad progresses..."

#WATCH | Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi says, "If you see this pattern of these forces who belong to the Sangh Parivar, who are trying to create a communal disturbance in Hyderabad, a majority of the incidents are happening at night and it is happening on an issue which has no relevance at all. They are trying to create a communal controversy. Some say a poster was thrown, some say something happened over there. My concern is what the local police doing over there? You have CCTV cameras and Hyderabad is supposed to have one of the best CCTV cameras, facial technology. These incidents should not happen and especially at that particular place. That particular place has a history of communal violence of 1980s and 1990s. My party and I have personally done so much to ensure that communal differences are not there and even the local community has come forward and cooperated with me but there are some certain forces belonging to a political party which does not want to see peace being strengthened or being prevailed in Hyderabad but it is high time that the local police should look into it and my request to the people of that area and people of Hyderabad is that we don't require such incidents at all. We require Hyderabad to be peaceful so that Hyderabad progresses..."

ANI

33,343 views • 5 months ago

If the Bible of Nigerian politics were to be written today, this speech right here could be the greatest political, tactical and positive speech. It was intended to canvass delegates for support. That's seen at the end of the speech with the statement “ Eyin delegates here, may your own not become delicate o. The place, reading the room, the homeletics, the details of the speech, the chronology of events in the speech and the ending with a plea and “idobale”, is classic omoluabi. I can understand the speech being misconstrued by non-Yoruba speakers. But, to understand the language, watching this speech and deducing negativity from it needs to be diagnosed for mental stability. Well, some humans are irrational and easily irritable when others exhibit brilliance and intentionality. Kudos to the current governor of Ogun State alias “eleyi”, for taking in the jabs in the speech, turning it into lemonade. The truth hits hard, but before the speech, it was conspicuous that he “padipo” with the vagabonds of the party at the time to collude to unsit the Jagaban’s own person as governor of Osun State. His role in that manoeuvring called for the jabs. But, after the speech, you could notice a realignment with the master. Even the mouth movement and the head gesture from him in the video connotes total agreement with the jabs. Kudos to the ọmọ ọkọ for not being obstinate. Many would take further offence and dig themselves into a bigger hole. Abiodun did not. He adopted the Ambode Principle of realignment. There is a lot to learn in politics, and the best attitude for learning is to pay attention to history. Pay attention to details, to events, to the quotas people play. But, more importantly, if you want to play a role in politics. Build solid relationships and add great value to the people you meet on the way. Be a blessing to their causes, don't be a curse. It is working…

If the Bible of Nigerian politics were to be written today, this speech right here could be the greatest political, tactical and positive speech. It was intended to canvass delegates for support. That's seen at the end of the speech with the statement “ Eyin delegates here, may your own not become delicate o. The place, reading the room, the homeletics, the details of the speech, the chronology of events in the speech and the ending with a plea and “idobale”, is classic omoluabi. I can understand the speech being misconstrued by non-Yoruba speakers. But, to understand the language, watching this speech and deducing negativity from it needs to be diagnosed for mental stability. Well, some humans are irrational and easily irritable when others exhibit brilliance and intentionality. Kudos to the current governor of Ogun State alias “eleyi”, for taking in the jabs in the speech, turning it into lemonade. The truth hits hard, but before the speech, it was conspicuous that he “padipo” with the vagabonds of the party at the time to collude to unsit the Jagaban’s own person as governor of Osun State. His role in that manoeuvring called for the jabs. But, after the speech, you could notice a realignment with the master. Even the mouth movement and the head gesture from him in the video connotes total agreement with the jabs. Kudos to the ọmọ ọkọ for not being obstinate. Many would take further offence and dig themselves into a bigger hole. Abiodun did not. He adopted the Ambode Principle of realignment. There is a lot to learn in politics, and the best attitude for learning is to pay attention to history. Pay attention to details, to events, to the quotas people play. But, more importantly, if you want to play a role in politics. Build solid relationships and add great value to the people you meet on the way. Be a blessing to their causes, don't be a curse. It is working…

Dr Abraham Great

20,940 views • 8 months ago

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is vying for Chairman of the House Oversight Committee if the Democrats win the House in 2026 and “guarantees” the American people that she will investigate President Trump and his family. “As someone who serves on the Oversight Committee and hopes to lead the Oversight Committee.” “There is no shortage of things for us to dig into and determine whether or not there have been not only violations of the law but definitely violations of our Constitution as a whole.” “I absolutely do [hope to lead the House Oversight Committee]... There will have to be an election to determine who will lead the Oversight Committee.”

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is vying for Chairman of the House Oversight Committee if the Democrats win the House in 2026 and “guarantees” the American people that she will investigate President Trump and his family. “As someone who serves on the Oversight Committee and hopes to lead the Oversight Committee.” “There is no shortage of things for us to dig into and determine whether or not there have been not only violations of the law but definitely violations of our Constitution as a whole.” “I absolutely do [hope to lead the House Oversight Committee]... There will have to be an election to determine who will lead the Oversight Committee.”

RedWave Press

25,504 views • 1 year ago

Zohran Mamdani: Muslims in this city, for almost as long as we have been in this city, have had to deal with those with power and platform dehumanizing us. And to be called animals, insects, to be called a jihadist mayor, to be called a cockroach, this language is both painfully familiar to me as a Muslim New Yorker, but also as someone who was born in East Africa. And it is difficult to hear. It is also a reminder that the silence that often greets this kind of bigotry, this kind of Islamophobia, is what allows it to fester, the temptation to treat it as politics as usual. I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of my faith. I am not ashamed of being the first Muslim mayor in the history of our city. And there is no amount of racism that will change the way in which I lead or the commitment that I hold to each and every New Yorker in this city.

Zohran Mamdani: Muslims in this city, for almost as long as we have been in this city, have had to deal with those with power and platform dehumanizing us. And to be called animals, insects, to be called a jihadist mayor, to be called a cockroach, this language is both painfully familiar to me as a Muslim New Yorker, but also as someone who was born in East Africa. And it is difficult to hear. It is also a reminder that the silence that often greets this kind of bigotry, this kind of Islamophobia, is what allows it to fester, the temptation to treat it as politics as usual. I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of my faith. I am not ashamed of being the first Muslim mayor in the history of our city. And there is no amount of racism that will change the way in which I lead or the commitment that I hold to each and every New Yorker in this city.

Open Source Intel

76,403 views • 3 months ago

Zohran Mamdani: Muslims in this city, for almost as long as we have been in this city, have had to deal with those with power and platform dehumanizing us. And to be called animals, insects, to be called a jihadist mayor, to be called a cockroach—this language is both painfully familiar to me as a Muslim New Yorker, but also as someone who was born in East Africa. And it is difficult to hear. It is also a reminder that the silence that often greets this kind of bigotry, this kind of Islamophobia, is what allows it to fester—the temptation to treat it as politics as usual. I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of my faith. I am not ashamed of being the first Muslim mayor in the history of our city. And there is no amount of racism that will change the way in which I lead or the commitment that I hold to each and every New Yorker in this city.

Zohran Mamdani: Muslims in this city, for almost as long as we have been in this city, have had to deal with those with power and platform dehumanizing us. And to be called animals, insects, to be called a jihadist mayor, to be called a cockroach—this language is both painfully familiar to me as a Muslim New Yorker, but also as someone who was born in East Africa. And it is difficult to hear. It is also a reminder that the silence that often greets this kind of bigotry, this kind of Islamophobia, is what allows it to fester—the temptation to treat it as politics as usual. I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of my faith. I am not ashamed of being the first Muslim mayor in the history of our city. And there is no amount of racism that will change the way in which I lead or the commitment that I hold to each and every New Yorker in this city.

Clash Report

34,573 views • 3 months ago

Amid U.S. pressure, Venezuela deepens the Communes MADURO: "We declare ourselves a Communal Transition Government toward Socialism, of Popular and Neighborhood Power, founded on the example of Christ the Redeemer." Caracas is shifting productive and administrative capacity to 5,336 territorial self-government units connected to over 49,000 communal councils nationwide. The announcement marks an acceleration of Chávez's "commune or nothing" 2012 directive where he warned that without transferring real power to communal structures, the revolution would remain trapped within the inherited bourgeois state form. Maduro now frames the communal system as the realization of that vision, contrasting the "true democracy" of direct popular participation against "false bourgeois democracy" of representative institutions. The logic is structural: as sanctions impact centralized state functions, the communes become alternative circuits for credit (communal banks), production (local enterprises), and distribution. Communal banks, set to expand from 1,758 to 4,000 by April 2026, become localized nodes of production, credit, and distribution outside the dollar-dominated world-financial system.

Amid U.S. pressure, Venezuela deepens the Communes MADURO: "We declare ourselves a Communal Transition Government toward Socialism, of Popular and Neighborhood Power, founded on the example of Christ the Redeemer." Caracas is shifting productive and administrative capacity to 5,336 territorial self-government units connected to over 49,000 communal councils nationwide. The announcement marks an acceleration of Chávez's "commune or nothing" 2012 directive where he warned that without transferring real power to communal structures, the revolution would remain trapped within the inherited bourgeois state form. Maduro now frames the communal system as the realization of that vision, contrasting the "true democracy" of direct popular participation against "false bourgeois democracy" of representative institutions. The logic is structural: as sanctions impact centralized state functions, the communes become alternative circuits for credit (communal banks), production (local enterprises), and distribution. Communal banks, set to expand from 1,758 to 4,000 by April 2026, become localized nodes of production, credit, and distribution outside the dollar-dominated world-financial system.

COMBATE |🇵🇷

84,791 views • 6 months ago