After Dark Diwali And Muted Ningol Chakouba, Gloomy Christmas In Manipur
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Ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3 following a protest by the hill-majority Kuki tribes against the valley-majority Meiteis over the Meiteis' demand for the affirmative action Scheduled Tribes (ST) policy.
After a dark Diwali, Christmas in Manipur will be a sorrowful event this year with a significant number of people having no resources to go to church. Thousands of internally displaced people in Manipur have been in relief camps for almost eight months. Many have just buried their loved ones, and many are yet to find the bodies.
Ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3 following a protest by the hill-majority Kuki tribes against the valley-majority Meiteis over the Meiteis' demand for the affirmative action Scheduled Tribes (ST) policy.
Both communities have seen their places of worship destroyed in the mob violence.
