"मणिपूर संघर्षामागचे धर्मशास्त्र - भाग २८"

"मणिपूर संघर्षामागचे धर्मशास्त्र - भाग २८"

वरवर "हिंदू-ख्रिश्चन धार्मिक संघर्षा" चे स्वरूप धारण केलेल्या मणिपूर संघर्षाला रोज नवनवीन आयाम प्राप्त होत आहेत.जयाने पाठवलेला "खनिज संपत्ती" चा

व "आदिवासी शोषणा" चा ताजा आयाम या पूर्वी कधीही ऐकलेला नव्हता.असेच नवीन आयाम शोधत राहू या.

1.Sangh Parivar activists are fond of retelling stories from the Mahabharata that revolve around female characters, supposedly from a place that is now part of Northeast India and matrimonially related to Hindu gods and heroes according to certain myths.

2."Ulupi" and "Chitrangada", two women married to Arjuna, were supposedly Naga and Manipuri princesses.

3.Krishna’s consort Rukmini was a Mishimi girl from Arunachal Pradesh.

4.Bhima’s wife Hidimba was a Dimasa woman from Assam.

5.Since these are peoples of indigenous faith traditions, the stories serve “to emphasise the composite territorial integrity of Bharat since time immemorial.”

6.These stories also help push back against the narratives of autonomy and self-determination that dominated Northeast Indian politics during the time of insurgency. 7.While these may be myths, the role of Dharma is to turn them into articles of faith, and to get people to believe in them.