: Manipur panel will review new books on state’s history, culture to ensure accuracy #IndiaNEWS The Manipur government has constituted a 15-member committee to oversee that books on history, culture,

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Manipur panel will review new books on state’s history, culture to ensure accuracy #IndiaNEWS
The Manipur government has constituted a 15-member committee to oversee that books on history, culture, tradition, and geography of the state are published with “accurate informationâ€?, an order issued by the Higher and Technical Education Department said on Thursday.The government took the decision to set up the committee after claiming that some books have distorted facts about the state and had the potential to create disharmony among the communities of Manipur.Manipur is home to several ethnic groups like Kuki, Meitei, Naga. Each ethnic group has fought for its own idea of a homeland because of competing claims to land that emerge from competing histories. Now anyone who intends to publish a book on the history, culture, tradition and geography of Manipur are required to take permission from a committee constituted by the government of Manipur through the director, university and higher education, Government of Manipur. pic.twitter.com/brlCuuWVJ7— Thongkholal Haokip (@th_robert) September 16, 2022 Also read:The arrest of an activist in Manipur has resurfaced ethnic tensions Manipur Education Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Th Basanta Singh will be the chairperson of the committee which will also include vice chancellors of Manipur University and Dhanamanjuri University among other professors. According to the order, those who wish to publish a book on Manipur’s geography, history,...Read more

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