@Manipur04 TC Hudson recorded “We are like the birds of the air,” said a Kuki to me once, “we make our nests here this year, and who knows where we shall build next year”
@ukhrultimes Who knows they might have cooked and eaten his body as they are cannibals . We request the Security forces to act quickly and retrieve the body.
the story’s been masala-ed that they are also claiming to be the indigenous people of Manipur. Quite a remarkable historical transformation: from a “Lost Tribe of Israel” to the “natives of Manipur,” all within the span of a few decades. Phew #Manipur
Out of nowhere, in the 1960s, #Kukis began claiming to be descendants of the “Lost Tribe” of Israel called “Bnei Menashe”. Despite having no contact with the Western world before the British, only to conveniently surface after exposure to Christianity and the Bible.