Yachem Students’ Union general session cum conference culminated at Yachem village with Changlong Phom, former President, YSU on December 22.
Longleng, December 22 (MExN): The four-daylong general session cum conference of Yachem Students’ Union (YSU) culminated at Yachem village with Changlong Phom, former President, YSU on December 22.
Speaking on the theme, ‘3F: Fusion, Focus & Frontal’, the speaker expressed appreciation towards the youth for being in the forefront in every aspect. A press release stated that Changlong in his address said, “Our society is broken and the students have a big responsibility to play on it in unifying our society.” Sharing his experiences, he stated that during their time, there was no opportunity or avenues where one can pursue one's own desires.
Emphasizing on the importance of mother tongue, he stated that today’s world is very challenging and one among myriad challenges that is confronting the youth today is the diminishing of our mother tongue.
He lamented that today’s youth can never forge ahead if they don’t embrace their mother tongue, which is their identity and roots and said, “there are no institutions or schools for learning a mother tongue but it is the Village and family where one can be familiarized with the mother tongue.” He also stated that the language is an important part of any given society and if one is not careful in preserving one’s mother tongue then we will become foreigners in our own land.
He appreciated the women folks for being at par with men in every arena such as education, sports and various other spheres unlike in their times where the woman could hardly achieve even in matriculation.
He concluded his speech by stating that the older generation are waning away and the younger generation are ushering in and so it is incumbent upon the younger generation to preserve the traditional and cultural identity of our community.
In the evening hour, the valedictory programme was by Pongtau Phom, Addl. SP, Lokayukat, Nagaland and various artists including Sunep Lemtur and Hopong Naga will perform on the stage.
