Have we achieved something substantial in education, employment, health etc to all our Bishnupriya Manipuri brothers? The answer is - of course "Not". Then what our socio-political organisations are doing and are egging on it? Have they been smitten by the "complacency" bug?
By BN Sinha, New Delhi
Complacency is a very common phenomenon, especially when going is smooth and comfortable. It’s a human characteristic; unfortunately we Indians have been smitten by this bug – again and again. And the community Bishnupriya Manipuri is not an exception.
It is a fact - we generally don’t wake up with consolidated aggression to achieve a target until we feel the heat. Coming to the Bishnupriya Manipuri community we also have a lackadaisical, complacent attitude to take things lightly and in the simplest possible way.
We cherished with the fact that the Bishnupriya Manipuri is known as peace loving community. But the word “peace loving” can always be criticized and can be termed as lack of brevity, aggression and strive to achieve a goal.
I know my words will attract lot of resentment and detesting remarks but the fact remains, and can easily become a belief to many in no time.
If I refer to the so called socio-political organizations, the Bishnupriya Manipuri community has:
Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Mahasabha
Bishnupriya Manipuri Sahitya Sabha.
They were once very active and full of vibrancy, holding a prominence in the community activities. These two organizations also possess their individual wings namely, Nikhil Bishnupriya Manpuri Students Union, Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Nikhl Bishnupriya Manipuri Sanskriti Parishad, and Bishnupriya Manipuri Chhatra Sabha.
There are also separate communities for Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Saduthakur in various places. From the day one when the Mahasabha was formed its association has always been with big names and dignitaries in its governing body so also in its students wings.
Names like Pulokeshi Sinha, Jagatmohan Sinha, Nanda Kishore Sinha, Kameshwar Sinha, Mani Kanta Sinha, Manoranjan Sinha, DR K P Sinha, Dr. H P Sinha, and Dr. Devendra Sinha were associated with the principal organization.
Though names like Anil Rajkumar, Samir Sinha etc were also much talked names in BM community as those were students’ leaders. The ironical part is that until BM language was implemented in primary education in Assam, all these organizations were in their toes, actively organizing rallies, meetings, and into various cultural functions.
That era witnesses evolution of number of Bishnupriya Manipuri poets, novelists, musicians, composers, journals etc. as if the whole community was adamant to make itself augmented. Literally, every effort to enrich the community was in full momentum especially at the time of “Bhasha Andolan” was at its zenith.
As soon as we get our demand approved – the implementation of the Bishnupriya Manipuri language into primary level, all of a sudden the momentum started plummeting and all the activity started vanishing overnight as if we have received everything we sought for and struggled for.
However, it is a fact that 21st century BM youths are much advanced in all aspects, in higher education or in financial status. They are now making their presence felt in every industry and are spread across the globe. It is an utter disgrace – despite of this fact still we witness lesser organizational activity, forums, and summits to strengthen the community and to take the legacy forward which our previous generation has achieved for us.
Critics may say that our parent organization has spread its roots in various countries but those are only in papers, few can also say that we have our music videos, teli-films, few music albums etc… but are these activities enough to enrich our community and its enriched culture.
Have we became lethargic or are we waiting for another revolution to be undertaken by a charismatic leader guiding us to generate revenues out of all established BM non resident villagers in order to help our beloved BM brothers who are deprived of facilities to get higher education, rural health centers, and encourage our tradition and culture mongers… or at least to provide an amount of pension to our aged “Dakula & Esalpas”..????
What are we waiting for?
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By BN Sinha, New Delhi
Complacency is a very common phenomenon, especially when going is smooth and comfortable. It’s a human characteristic; unfortunately we Indians have been smitten by this bug – again and again. And the community Bishnupriya Manipuri is not an exception.
It is a fact - we generally don’t wake up with consolidated aggression to achieve a target until we feel the heat. Coming to the Bishnupriya Manipuri community we also have a lackadaisical, complacent attitude to take things lightly and in the simplest possible way.
We cherished with the fact that the Bishnupriya Manipuri is known as peace loving community. But the word “peace loving” can always be criticized and can be termed as lack of brevity, aggression and strive to achieve a goal.
I know my words will attract lot of resentment and detesting remarks but the fact remains, and can easily become a belief to many in no time.
If I refer to the so called socio-political organizations, the Bishnupriya Manipuri community has:
Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Mahasabha
Bishnupriya Manipuri Sahitya Sabha.
They were once very active and full of vibrancy, holding a prominence in the community activities. These two organizations also possess their individual wings namely, Nikhil Bishnupriya Manpuri Students Union, Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Nikhl Bishnupriya Manipuri Sanskriti Parishad, and Bishnupriya Manipuri Chhatra Sabha.
There are also separate communities for Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Saduthakur in various places. From the day one when the Mahasabha was formed its association has always been with big names and dignitaries in its governing body so also in its students wings.
Names like Pulokeshi Sinha, Jagatmohan Sinha, Nanda Kishore Sinha, Kameshwar Sinha, Mani Kanta Sinha, Manoranjan Sinha, DR K P Sinha, Dr. H P Sinha, and Dr. Devendra Sinha were associated with the principal organization.
Though names like Anil Rajkumar, Samir Sinha etc were also much talked names in BM community as those were students’ leaders. The ironical part is that until BM language was implemented in primary education in Assam, all these organizations were in their toes, actively organizing rallies, meetings, and into various cultural functions.
That era witnesses evolution of number of Bishnupriya Manipuri poets, novelists, musicians, composers, journals etc. as if the whole community was adamant to make itself augmented. Literally, every effort to enrich the community was in full momentum especially at the time of “Bhasha Andolan” was at its zenith.
As soon as we get our demand approved – the implementation of the Bishnupriya Manipuri language into primary level, all of a sudden the momentum started plummeting and all the activity started vanishing overnight as if we have received everything we sought for and struggled for.
However, it is a fact that 21st century BM youths are much advanced in all aspects, in higher education or in financial status. They are now making their presence felt in every industry and are spread across the globe. It is an utter disgrace – despite of this fact still we witness lesser organizational activity, forums, and summits to strengthen the community and to take the legacy forward which our previous generation has achieved for us.
Critics may say that our parent organization has spread its roots in various countries but those are only in papers, few can also say that we have our music videos, teli-films, few music albums etc… but are these activities enough to enrich our community and its enriched culture.
Have we became lethargic or are we waiting for another revolution to be undertaken by a charismatic leader guiding us to generate revenues out of all established BM non resident villagers in order to help our beloved BM brothers who are deprived of facilities to get higher education, rural health centers, and encourage our tradition and culture mongers… or at least to provide an amount of pension to our aged “Dakula & Esalpas”..????
What are we waiting for?
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE BISHNUPRIYA MANIPURI BLOG.
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ReplyDeletethe waiting should end here and a vigoriour efforts shold be made for the formation of an international corpus, inviting voluntary contributions from all resourceful BMs.
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It is neither lethargy nor waiting, it is lack of belongingness for the community... first we should stop mocking at one another.. we should stop criticizing and contribute whatever little we can..we should love the community from inside and not in words..to sum up first we have to learn to be united..we have to wake up before our little community is washed away..
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ranita.
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