Stop trying our patience: Nagas tell New Delhi

“We want sincerity from the Government of India,” said one poster. Another proclaimed: “Ten years of negotiations are enough.”

“What is this business of meeting and extending the ceasefire once every year? We want peace. We want a solution, a lasting solution. And time is ticking away,” said Esther Angami, Joint Secretary of the Dimapur chapter of the Naga Women’s Hoho.

“Every Naga today wants a solution. But it has to be a lasting one, flawless, simple, one that fulfils the long-cherished desire of the Nagas to live with dignity,” said Phushika Aomi, former president of the Naga Students’ Federation. “Ceasefire does not simply mean that the two sides are talking. I think prolonging the ceasefire is also like forcing a natural death to the Naga movement,” Aomi said.