After long observation and silence, I am repeatedly urged and convinced to share my concern and view on current Naga society. I deeply sense that the Nagas are experiencing a real hard situation as a people and nation. The problems facing us are more than we can solve with the some level of thinking and action that have created the problems. We need a new outlook; a change attitude, a renewed interest and commitment to see and sense not only our responsibility but our initiative to change the environment. Every Naga is responsible for either constructive or destructive initiative. We are making our society grow or unmaking the growth process. It is not the leaders alone who make the society, every person and citizen is responsible for the making. Mere observers or watching at what is happening can do no good to himself or to the society. We need to act, contribute and sacrifice our time, energy and resources for the making and building of our society and nation. The attitude, “let me avoid, escape the responsibility and live, let other do the work” are many in our society. They are opportunity seekers and not makers. I see this as a social disease that destroys the fiber of our society. Such attitude is destructive to self and the society.
I sometime consider why some societies are more conducive to honest and progressive living than others? I found that, it is simple and not a secret, they simply think more responsibly and act more effectively. These create a rewarding climate for ones and society as a whole. Positive values and virtue are courage, fairness, truthful, liberal, and selflessness. These qualities or values are principles that guide our actions and make our society a conducive to progressive living. There are also opposite reaction or elements that destroy human person and society. Minds that corrupt, cheat, extort, lies, and greed stands in the way barring every progressive human activities. These vices bring self-destruction and destruction of the whole society.
Human civilization and social progress are not measured by the quantity of wealth that citizens’ posses therein but the quality of life they lead and live. The success, progress and prosperity of the nation depend on the quality of the people and their actual performances. It is not how long we live but how well we live for the society and nation that counts and contributes to building a prestigious life and prosperous nation.
Our Naga society is endangered with the problems of corruption of all kinds and forms, relativism, mental lethargy, complacency, tribalistic pride and conservative attitude, professed national workers without national spirit and principles, religion without practice of morality, politic without ethical conscience, unjust favoritism for the rich and abled, heartless attitude for the helpless poor and innocents. The result is chaotic environment/circumstances. We all are succumbed to the environment we made. Can we unmake our circumstances? Positively yes, if we all start changing and reforming our own selves rather than trying to change and reform other.
Our challenge today as a people and nation is not of outside forces but of within. The ego-oriented ideological differences, tribalistic differences and vices, the greed for power and wealth possession, hostile attitude among ourselves, apprehensive of each other, induced by different factional underground groups. We must replace the above vices and attitude with humility, understanding, forbearance, acceptance, forgiveness, and fellow feeling, sense of brotherhood, single focus and struggle to attain freedom for all. To begin this attitude and action, it is imperative to realize that every individual and person is potential responsible and obliged to contribute initiate activities that will make our society and nations grow and prosper.
In the light of this interest and conviction, an initiative for Peace and Nation Building is being moved as a voluntary ministry committed to serving the suffering humanity; society and nation. Its concept being building and growing together in the mind and spirit of giving our best for the cause of nation building a group of individuals coming together and sharing concerns and responsibility concerning building our society and nation. It is a team and also individual efforts towards meeting the demand of our society today for a better hope of tomorrow. We encourage at creating and building a peaceful human society, dignified and prosperous nation through people awareness education, participation and contribution.
It is our humble appealed and anticipation that readers and concerned citizens, would response to the call and appeal for possible feedback, suggestion or comment towards making the initiative effective, worth giving, and impetus. I think we should renew our mind and thoughts toward renewing our society with greater zeal and spirit for uniting, integrating and building our Nation and people. It is every individual responsibility. If not I, who will? If not now, when? If not here, where to begin? Kind of attitude should be the present mind set of the Naga people. God will bless our Nation when we begin to build our Nation on the rock foundation of truth. This call and appeal is made/address to the noble and right thinkers to kindly reach out your concerns, help, and contribution toward building our Society and Nation for and in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Good will and concerned readers may kindly contact the writer and author of this paper through the given No. 09612848686. Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country – John F. Kennedy.
I sometime consider why some societies are more conducive to honest and progressive living than others? I found that, it is simple and not a secret, they simply think more responsibly and act more effectively. These create a rewarding climate for ones and society as a whole. Positive values and virtue are courage, fairness, truthful, liberal, and selflessness. These qualities or values are principles that guide our actions and make our society a conducive to progressive living. There are also opposite reaction or elements that destroy human person and society. Minds that corrupt, cheat, extort, lies, and greed stands in the way barring every progressive human activities. These vices bring self-destruction and destruction of the whole society.
Human civilization and social progress are not measured by the quantity of wealth that citizens’ posses therein but the quality of life they lead and live. The success, progress and prosperity of the nation depend on the quality of the people and their actual performances. It is not how long we live but how well we live for the society and nation that counts and contributes to building a prestigious life and prosperous nation.
Our Naga society is endangered with the problems of corruption of all kinds and forms, relativism, mental lethargy, complacency, tribalistic pride and conservative attitude, professed national workers without national spirit and principles, religion without practice of morality, politic without ethical conscience, unjust favoritism for the rich and abled, heartless attitude for the helpless poor and innocents. The result is chaotic environment/circumstances. We all are succumbed to the environment we made. Can we unmake our circumstances? Positively yes, if we all start changing and reforming our own selves rather than trying to change and reform other.
Our challenge today as a people and nation is not of outside forces but of within. The ego-oriented ideological differences, tribalistic differences and vices, the greed for power and wealth possession, hostile attitude among ourselves, apprehensive of each other, induced by different factional underground groups. We must replace the above vices and attitude with humility, understanding, forbearance, acceptance, forgiveness, and fellow feeling, sense of brotherhood, single focus and struggle to attain freedom for all. To begin this attitude and action, it is imperative to realize that every individual and person is potential responsible and obliged to contribute initiate activities that will make our society and nations grow and prosper.
In the light of this interest and conviction, an initiative for Peace and Nation Building is being moved as a voluntary ministry committed to serving the suffering humanity; society and nation. Its concept being building and growing together in the mind and spirit of giving our best for the cause of nation building a group of individuals coming together and sharing concerns and responsibility concerning building our society and nation. It is a team and also individual efforts towards meeting the demand of our society today for a better hope of tomorrow. We encourage at creating and building a peaceful human society, dignified and prosperous nation through people awareness education, participation and contribution.
It is our humble appealed and anticipation that readers and concerned citizens, would response to the call and appeal for possible feedback, suggestion or comment towards making the initiative effective, worth giving, and impetus. I think we should renew our mind and thoughts toward renewing our society with greater zeal and spirit for uniting, integrating and building our Nation and people. It is every individual responsibility. If not I, who will? If not now, when? If not here, where to begin? Kind of attitude should be the present mind set of the Naga people. God will bless our Nation when we begin to build our Nation on the rock foundation of truth. This call and appeal is made/address to the noble and right thinkers to kindly reach out your concerns, help, and contribution toward building our Society and Nation for and in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Good will and concerned readers may kindly contact the writer and author of this paper through the given No. 09612848686. Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country – John F. Kennedy.
Gwangphun Gangmei
Social Worker (Peace Activist)
