{"id":18415,"date":"2019-12-19T06:11:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T11:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=18415"},"modified":"2019-12-19T06:15:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T11:15:01","slug":"festival-on-cultures-of-peace-underway-in-kohima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=18415","title":{"rendered":"Nagaland, India: Festival on \u2018cultures of peace\u2019 underway in Kohima"},"content":{"rendered":"
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.. DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION ..<\/p>\n

An article from the Nagaland Post<\/a><\/p>\n

Peace activist, Niketu Iralu suggested that Northeast India must come together to create a wider common stability through a platform or meetings to achieve development in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto from culture of peace seminar<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

To this, he said change was needed to achieve for development and added that without stability, peace, mutual trust and cooperation, the neighbouring community cannot grow together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was speaking at the two-day festival on \u201cCultures of peace\u201d which began at Kohima on Monday organised by Zubaan, the Heinrich Boell Foundation in collaboration with Morung Express.<\/p>\n

Iralu viewed that if one dealt with these issues, one could build mutual trust, while also apologising in times of need was important for the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iralu believes that Northeast region will be able to see wider common stability and to do that, the people needed to go to one another and express their concern to neighbouring states to build up the relationship.<\/p>\n

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Can festivals help create peace at the community level?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Stating that the region is a fragile community, he said if NE stays united, it can become very strong as the region was in sensitive, strategic meeting point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He opined that \u201cif we cannot solve our common problem, we will be used by others or used other for immediate instant desire for vengeance for ourselves, such community will not survive.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was also of the view that northeast has to do away with the culture of bandh and that calling a bandh will not solve problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Towards this end, Iralu maintained that the bandh is not at all sustainable, but that people have to think to serve for more sustainable doctrine revolution and society building.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

While mentioning that the aspirations of each state was sacred and varied according to the geography, Iralu said \u201cwe forget our responsibility to be worthy of our aspiration, we have to have our aspiration declared and have the world respect, we must live life in such a way, we will began to solve our problems, the problems that the quality of our\u00a0 life\u2019s will be solved.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said \u201cour aspiration, our slogans are very young compared to the other around us, recently declared and defended, they have been ignored or treated with, sense of superiority by other people of India.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier, short introductions were given by publisher of Morung Express, Akum Longchari. Chock Tsering of Heinrich Boell Foundation India, said the culture of peace aimed to bridge the gap between Northeast and mainland India to bring them closer through such events.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Highlight of day included panel discussion among chairman of Kohima Educational Society, P. Ngully, dean, School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Guwahati, Xonzoi Barbora, senior journalist and writer,\u00a0 Pradip Phanjoubam, moderated by advisor, Naga Mothers Association (NMA), prof. Dr. Rosemary Dzuvichu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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