23 Lives in Fear: KUKI community needs answers!

Added: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]Hello everyone. Today I want to speak not with anger but with a very serious question. I want to ask this question to every fellow citizen of India watching this video. If a group of people were stopped, detained, taken away and their families did not know where they were, would that be considered normal in Delhi?

[00:00:21]If vehicles were stopped and people were taken away in Mumbai, would that still be treated like a small local issue?

[00:00:30]If ordinary workers were stopped in Bangalore and their families were left without answers, would the country stay silent? Most of us know the answer. No, it would not be normal. It would become breaking news. It would become a national concern. Everyone would be asking where the police are, where the government is, where the system is and why citizens are not safe. Then my question is very simple. Why is this becoming normal in Manipur? Recently, after the killing of three people from the Kuki community, another disturbing incident has come forward. According to the information being shared, several people from Tapahoki village were reportedly stopped, detained and taken away. Their vehicles were also taken and their situations was not clearly known.

[00:01:23]And please note that these are not just numbers. These are not just names on paper. These are ordinary people. Some are daily laborers. Some are young. Some are elderly. Some are men, some are women. They have families, they have homes, they have people waiting for them. Someone's father went out for work. Someone's mother was expected to return. Someone's brother, someone's son, someone's daughter may have simply been trying to earn a living. But instead of returning home, they were taken away and their families were left asking where they are. This is not normal and we should stop pretending that this kind of situation is normal just because it is happening in Manipur.

[00:02:17]There was a time when Manipur was growing. There was a time when people spoke about Manipur with pride. People spoke about its beauty, its culture, its sports, talent, its music, hills, valley, food, market and its people.

[00:02:35]Manipur was not perfect but life was moving. Students were studying, young family, young people were dreaming, families were working hard, people from different communities were building their future.

[00:02:52]Business were opening, roads were busy, schools and college were active. Markets were alive. People were traveling, working and trying to grow. Manipur had potential and it still has potential.

[00:03:08]But for more than 3 years now that potential has been buried under violence, fear, displacement and trust.

[00:03:16]A whole generation is suffering.

[00:03:18]Children who should be going to school are growing up with fear. Young people who should be preparing for careers are talking about survival. Families who should be building homes are living with uncertainty.

[00:03:31]Communities that once live with some level of coexistence are now divided by fear and trauma. And for what? What are we gaining from this? Who is winning when ordinary people are killed, displaced, detained, and made to live in fear? Who is winning when young people grow up with anger instead of education?

[00:03:54]Tell me, who is winning when homes are burned, families are broken, and entire communities lost trust in the system?

[00:04:01]The reality is that the people affected in the conflict are largely from the cookie community. Many cookie families have lost their homes, their village, their land, their safety, and in many cases their loved ones. Many are still living away from their original homes.

[00:04:19]Many cannot return. Many still live with the fear of what may happen next. And when incidents like this happen where people are reportedly taken away and their families do not know their condition, it deepens that fear even more. This is not just law and order issue. This is a human issue. This is a governance issue. This is a national issue because Manipur is also part of India. The people of Manipur are also Indian citizens. The cookie community is not asking for special sympathy. We are asking for the same safety, dignity and justice that any citizen in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata or any other part of India would expect. If this had happened in major city, the whole country would be asking questions.

[00:05:13]So why are the questions softer when it happens to Manipur?

[00:05:19]Why does the pain of Manipur not shake the country in some way? Why is the suffering of our people treated like a distinct issue? Why are we expected to adjust to fear? Why are families expected to wait quietly without answers? And why are the manipur government and the government of India not focusing on full seriousness and real solution?

[00:05:45]For more than three years now, people have heard statements, promises and assurances. But people on ground needs more than words. They need safety. They need protection. They need accountability. They need confidence that the government is present. Not just on paper but in action. Because on paper there is government. On paper there is administration. On paper there is law and order. But if people can still be killed, attack, displaced or taken away without immediate clarity, then what those governance mean for the people living through this? And if peace cannot be granted to people in Manipur, then something is deeply wrong. And I want to say this very clearly. Asking for justice is not spreading hate. Asking for safety is not being antinational.

[00:06:52]Asking why the government is still silent or slow is not wrong. It is our right as citizens. It's our duty as human beings. When people from our community are killed, when people are reportedly taken away, when families do not know where their loved ones are, we cannot stay silent. So we have to ask questions. Where are they? Are they safe? Who is responsible? What action is being taken? Why is this still happening after 3 years? What is the long-term solution?

[00:07:31]What is the plan? What is being done to protect the affected communities especially the cookie community? Because right now people are not just losing lives. People are losing hope. And then when a whole generation loses hope that the mage is not only for today, the mage continue for years. Children who grew up seeing violence will always carry that pain. Young people who grow up displaced will carry that anger. Families who lost love ones will carry that grief.

[00:08:12]Communities that are not protected will always lose faith in the system. A future generation is being destroyed.

[00:08:19]And again I ask for what? for money, power, politics, revenge or control.

[00:08:27]Whatever the reason may be, innocent people should never pay the price.

[00:08:33]Daily laborers should not have to pay the price. Students, mothers, children's, religious, leaders or ordinary families should not be paying the price.

[00:08:47]No community should be made to feel that their lives matter less.

[00:08:55]Today I am not speaking to create more division. I'm speaking because silence has become way too heavy. I'm speaking because people from my community are suffering and it feels like the rest of the country does not fully understand how serious it is. I'm speaking because what is happening in Manipur should not be normal in any parts of India. Not in Delhi, not in Mumbai, Bangalore, not infa, not in Chachanpur, not in Kangi, not in any village, town or state. Human life should have the same value everywhere.

[00:09:36]Safety should not depend on geography.

[00:09:40]Justice should not depend on which community you belong to. Peace should not be delayed until more people die.

[00:09:48]And lastly to the Manipur government and the government of India, the people did real action. They need proper investigation.

[00:10:01]They need protection of uh vulnerable communities. They need accountability for violence. They need dialogue that is not serious, not symbolic. They need a solution that prevents the next tragedy, not just a response after another tragedy tragedy happens.

[00:10:25]Because every time we wait, more families suffer. Every time an action is delayed, more trust is lost. Every time violence is normalized, the future becomes darker. And to my fellow Indians watching this, I request you to please look at Manipur as part of your own country and not as a distant headline.

[00:10:52]Please ask questions, please speak about it and please care.

[00:10:59]Thank you.