I told his leadership that I have brought a message from the souls of Nagas which is comparable to the “Breath of Life” when God created the first man Adam. A body without the breath of life is a corpse and the place for corpse is cemetery. Therefore, if the package does not contain the seed (the breath of life) which is good for Nagas of Nagaland then it will go to cemetery when brought to Nagaland. You are the only person who has this power to put this seed, I told him.
Secondly, I told his leadership that the Nagas of this two states will not have good relationship for at least a generation, but that shouldn’t stop us from sowing the seed of brotherhood for the future. Remember, before the division together we fought and died side by side that made us blood brothers.
The third point I mentioned was that, we should not allow the Govt. of India to divert the proposed International four lane highway from our land to Jiribam-Silchar. If this happens, the Nagas of Nagaland would loose the future leverage of friendship with their counterpart Meitei, which otherwise would be a handy diplomatic tool to help our southern brothers in time of their need.
This discussion took place exactly 100 days before the signing of the accord that lasted fifty minutes where he gave patient hearing, nodding his head in agreement till I finished, now, taking his turn he narrated his venture into the political struggle along with our beloved leader Isak Chishi Swu , also he apprised me the progress of the talk, to which he said was 75% accomplished and two or more are yet to be finalised and express his satisfaction and thanked me for the visit.
My point here is that, he has heard the message Loud and Clear.. Now, the question is, whether he will Do it or not? I humbled myself before God and men for getting this opportunity which in my mind “a small effort for the love of our land”. God bless Nagaland.
My gratitude to our brother V.S Atem who took the trouble to make this one to one meeting possible.
Kaka Zhimomi
Irali bill, Dimapur.
