04/07/2024
The Midnight Voice of Manipur
(A tribute to a great leader)
In the heart of Manipur's strife and pain, amidst the cries and tears, the loss, the gain, rose a voice from the shadows, bold and bright: an MP elected, bringing dawn from night.
Against the odds, in a land torn and worn, a beacon of hope, a leader was born, with courage forged in the fires of unrest, a heart with the people, a spirit possessed.
At midnight’s hour, the Parliament stirred, as this voice of Manipur's plight was heard, a speech to awaken, to shake the ground, against the silence where injustice was found.
With words like thunder, with truth like a blade, he spoke for the fallen, the fearful, the brave, challenging the blindness, the apathy’s veil, a call to the conscience, a clarion's wail.
"How long will you turn from our cries and our fears?
How long will our pain fall on deaf ears?
In this chamber of power, where justice should reign, we demand your attention, we call out your name."
From valleys and hills, from cities and fields, the echoes of suffering, the stories revealed, he stood as their champion, unwavering, strong, demanding the right, condemning the wrong.
A symbol of justice, a harbinger of change, in the annals of history, his name will remain, for in the darkest hour, a hero arose, to speak for the voiceless, to challenge, oppose.
In the land of Manipur, let his legacy shine, a testament to courage, to the strength of the spine, for in every battle where freedom must stand, there will rise a leader, to heal, to demand.
By
Manipur Matters