Dimapur, Aug. 28 (EMN): Patkai Christian College (Autonomous) celebrated its 48th foundation day at the Bundrock chapel-cum-auditorium on August 28. An update from the college stated that Patkai College was established in 1974 as a liberal arts college on 1000 acres of land donated by Chümoukedima and Seithekema villages. The college is being sponsored by the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) and Manipur Baptist Convention (MBC). Commemorating the day, a rooster and a kilo of salt were handed over to representatives of the two donor villages, marking a customary practice of the Angami Nagas. It stated that Patkai College has adopted the practice since its establishment, adding that act of acknowledging the donor villages has now become a tradition. Rev. Dr. W Pongsing, chairman of Patkai’s Board of Trustees, shared a sermon on the topic “New life in Christ” and urged the students to incorporate spiritualism in addition to their academic education. On the occasion, the found
While the Manipur government is interacting only with the Nagaland government to resolve the matter, the Angami Nagas blocking the highway argue that states must stay away as it is a dispute between two communities over traditional land.
Of late, the distortion of historical facts has played a quintessential role in manipulating the pasts to suit certain vested interests and hidden agendas. Altering events, creating events that did not happen and omitting historical facts altogether are ways of distorting the historical pasts.A select line is chosen from written records to make tall claim […]