Some of those who voted YES had this to say:
• Yes more and more Nagas are becoming more educated about their rights. Many young people are able to clearly mention about their social, economic, cultural and political rights. But they are still found lacking. They are unable to apply these rights in Nagaland because they do not know their own history. Many Naga boys and girls do not know their history and so inspite of their highly qualified education and though they may know about their rights, they still are unable to apply and implement it because when it comes to the Naga history, they are nil.
• Yes...... But 2 scrd 2 proclaim bcz.....politicians have a muscular husbands...undergrounds!!
• Yes because it the time to make a better nation
• Yes we must behave like the christ but try to contact the other neighbouring country like China for help because our politic need surety
• Yes, people are becoming more aware of their rights. But there is also a side effect of it. People may know about the UN declaration of human rights, but they only seem to be interested in protecting about their own rights and not the rights of other people. Nagas are funny people, they don’t know about the values and customs of each other’s tribe.
• There is a growing percentage of educated people who are becoming more conscious of their rights, but alas, they are unable to implement what they know. Just knowing about one’s right is not enough, people must also know their duties and responsibilities to protect the rights of the people. Here in Nagaland, people are too afraid to criticize the state government and this is hampering human rights, because the number protector of human rights should be the government, but unfortunately in places like Nagaland, it is the government that violates the maximum number of human rights. However most of the people here in Nagaland state are more or less dependent on the government and therefore are not willing to criticize the government. People are not honest and so there is lots of violations taking place.
• It is because of the consciousness of political rights on the part of our past Naga leaders that Nagas fought for their rights. If past Nagas were not aware, than just see where we would be today. Were there no Naga struggle for independence, than Nagas today, may just have been a district under Assam. Nagaland state was created by India because of the Naga struggle. Yes, it may have been a sell out because rather than uniting all Naga areas, it only further divided all Naga areas. So Nagas must work to unite all Naga areas.
Some of those who voted NO had this to say:
• No, I don’t think our Naga men and women are conscious enough on their rights. They may have some knowledge and education, but to be conscious of their rights demands a higher standard of commitment to be moved to act against all wrong doings. Our Naga men and women are quick to judge, but you don’t see them following up on issue and they don’t bother to differentiate between truth and lies. So wearing good clothes and speaking the Queens English does not make them any more conscious than any one of those persons walking down the streets of Delhi.
• Just browsing the Naga discussion sites in facebook and other blogs will tell you that our Nagas are becoming more informed about the world. But there is no depth in it. Our understanding is still very shallow and this is very much evident by how the best of the best of our Naga men and women are interacting in the internet these days.
• If we did there would have been no issue for the 33% women's reservation
• if we were conscious of it, there will be peace and development in our state. .. Period.
• My quick answer would be no because this is not something we walk about. We also get confuse between Judicial laws vs Customary laws; some might favor one more than the others because.
• No, most are aware of neither their rights nor responsibilities.
• How many educated naga women and men participate in the political process? how many are assertive and demand their due rights in the sociery? these questions need to be answered.
• A long way to wake up to social and political responsibility. Very biased and narrow in thinking.
• because the nagas enjoy all the privileges in nagaland
• All are ignorant of their own rights.
• Hardly any of the students going outside Nagaland know even their Basic fundamental rights
• No, they aren’t! They are all blind of the corruption that our leaders are doing against us.
• my answer is NO. the way we view ourselves, our identities and our freedoms, our rights and all possibilities come into direct contact with how socially and politically conscious are we. We are actually still sleeping
• No, Nagas could be the most lazy and insincere lot in the world to learn about our rights, and even if we are, we are so scared to stand for our rights because we have slave mentality. Time to change our mindset guys and come out of the shell. Please learn what is ‘democracy’ or else you will think CM is king …..
• No! Women thankfully and gradually are being made aware of their rights through various channels today. But men (not all).. Help us God!!! Hopelessly and desperately need to be taught of their God given rights. Otherwise why would they be so scared of women being in the decision making arenas? They need to be taught to be more secure about manhood! Perhaps a commission for men should be instituted in Nagaland soon! A “special” commission for men at that!
• No matter how educated and refined one is or for that matter role models in their own respective ways, right without duty is far short of being recognized as a good and down to earth citizen in the true sense of the term as one of the greatest mistakes perhaps knowingly committed with little qualms of conscience so far by the good nagas is their maintenance of silence in the face of evil-doings and injustices where the Nagas individually and collectively at large at the lower societal strata of the negligent and ignorant mass are, as usual, on the receiving end of all its evil.
Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say:
• Nagas are at best literate, but far from educated on issues. So even when they do know about their rights, they are unable to practice it.
• Our Naga people are becoming more educated and are being exposed to the world. Instead of taking their learning and knowledge from the outside and bringing it here, they are unable to contextualize between the situation in Nagaland and outside. Because of this, many young people are becoming more reactionary and are unable to understand the real situation in their home context. We should not be surprised that today’s present Nagas are very judgmental and are always putting the blame on others without doing anything themselves to change our situation.
• They should introduce human rights education in schools. Students in Nagaland must also be educated about the Naga history and political rights. The government is trying its best that the schools don’t teach the real Naga history. Its funny how the curriculum only focuses on Naga dress, culture and festivals. Nothing about rights.
