Mainstream WeeklySeptember 15, 2025
A tragedy that called for healing was met with rhetoric instead of statesmanship
Two years ago, we had travelled as a medical team of Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) to Manipur to assess the health status of the people. We visited Imphal, where the Meitei population is predominant, and Kangpokpi, largely inhabited by Kukis. What we saw was heart breaking. Families displaced from their homes were crowded into refugee camps without any privacy. Children had no schools to attend. Houses were reduced to ashes, places of worship destroyed. The violence had reached such a level that women were paraded naked in public