“Why Manipur crisis may rank among one of the most misinterpreted tragedies in India”, First Post, October 3, 2023:

“The ethnic violence in the volatile north-Indian state of Manipur, that has so far claimed 152 lives, displacement of 50,000 and has led to the arrest of nearly 15,000 people, has been one of the most misinterpreted and little-understood tragedies in recent times.

The narrative in the western and liberal media that tends to interpret India through the orientalist lens of either Christian evangelism or ‘Hindu majoritarianism’ holds the BJP, the party in power at the Centre and the state, responsible for the explosion of violence between the Meitei and the Kuki groups.

The Meiteis are predominantly Hindus who form a narrow majority and occupy the plains of Imphal valley that is geographically smaller but more developed while the Kuki tribes, that share ethnicity with the Chin, Hmar and Zo (or Zomi) people, are mostly Christians based on the state’s hill districts that are geographically larger and predominantly agricultural…..”

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