Rev L.Suohie Mhasi
Nagas are of the same blood and each Naga Tribe can be identified as Nagas through the affinity of cultures. But our peoples were primitive and were placed under different administrative units. Our people under different administrative units did not know one another and were strangers to one another. But with the era of civilization ushered in, time has come for the Nagas to wake up and found ourselves as a scattered people, about half a century to live together under the roof of a political entity. The Naga to unite all of the Nagas living in contiguous areas and under NNC all Nagas have emotional unity. The stand maintained by NNC till the Shillong Accord has united Nagas to attain a Nationhood. It is not changed and I hope it cannot be changed because thousands of Nagas had suffered and died for that cause and we cannot let down then. Any Nagas or any Naga Organisation which deviates from the original Naga National Resolution will be ashamed before future generations.
Modern leadership though many of the leaders are capable to keep peace with that of the most advanced nations in many respects, they have created impediment to the unity of the Nagas. Some Naga National Organisations are discriminating the Nagas. The others which are pleading with Naga unity want unity through their power only. Nagas cannot be brought together by chasing one another with guns. Unity is possible only through loving kindness to one another, helping one another, contributing the best to one another in time of distress and through shedding tears of love for one another but not shedding the precious blood of one another. Hatred, bitterness, hostility, intolerance and threat are going on. Such evil elements only divide or split or break up unity instead of promoting unity. Those who have fractional mindedness are practicing factionalisms; they have missed the mark for Nagas’ unity.
The actual fact is that the Nagas who plan strategy to kill own people and are killing the people or creating endless troubles under whatever pretext are hypo critic Christians. They do not know what the cross of Christ is. It is because the heart is not touched by the Spirit of God.
Unity cannot come without reconciliation and reconciliation cannot come without repentance. So actually knowing God is the only solution. Knowing God actually means believing in him, fearing him and obeying him. Hence knowing God is the only answer. We must realize that the dream for unity of all of the Nagas ca be translated into reality through love and peace which is possible through knowing the living God only.
