Nurturing Peace: FNR calls for process of healing and reconciliation

Nurturing Peace: FNR calls for process of healing and reconciliation

Nurturing Peace: FNR calls for process of healing and reconciliation

Dimapur, February 15 (MExN): The FNR called upon the Nagas to assume “self-responsibility and partake in the process of healing and reconciliation without blaming others for one’s own shortcomings” as they continue to wait for sharing of two separate agreements signed between Government of India (GoI) and Naga Political Groups (NPGs).


GoI has signed the two separate agreements: the Framework Agreement with NSCN/GPRN and the Deed of Agreement with Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs). 


“We continue to wait for both these agreements with the competencies to be shared in full with the Naga public,” and once the contents are shared, “they may illuminate a way forward from the current state of conflict fatigue and disunity,” said the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) in statement today.


“This has potential to free current and future generations to exercise the Naga historical and political rights in consonance with the contemporary realities of their time,” it added. 


In this connection, quoting Richards Rohr’s incisive observation that, “Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others” FNR maintained that, “This is timely reminder for Nagas to assume self-responsibility and partake in the process of healing and reconciliation without blaming others for one’s own shortcomings.”


In an age of accelerating political and social changes taking place in the world as well as diverse aspirations of the Nagas, the NPGs “can collectively help to lead the way to a shared reality,” it said.   This can be cultivated, the FNR added, only when all conflicting “parties agree to meet despite all the biased perceptions.”


“Let us free ourselves from the suffocating culture of endless politicking and the denial that others do not exist and do not matter.”


To this end, FNR underscored the need for Nagas to take the leap to move forward with creativity without departing from their historical and political rights. 


“As Nagas, with a common political history, we need to sit down, think and act towards giving our future a chance. This responsibility of finding long term peace belongs to all the parties concerned,” it asserted. 


Stating that the FNR consistently supports the possibility for transforming the current situation through impartial and nonviolent means by increasing mutual understanding and respect, it appealed all the NPGs and the Naga people to contribute toward a “culture which nurtures and feeds the possibility for peace.”