The essay evolves around the death of Mangboilal Lhouvum, a daily wager who was shot and abandone... more The essay evolves around the death of Mangboilal Lhouvum, a daily wager who was shot and abandoned on the roadside on the night of June 4th of 2021. It situates the incident within the larger discourse on the correlation between EJKs and AFSPA in Manipur. In so doing, it also deduces certain points of departures from previous cases of EJKs thereby enabling a more nuanced understanding of the problem of state violence in the region. Attempt is made to define justice not from the point of view of the state but from the point of view of the victim. The main obstacle in the pursuit of justice is the lack of a shared experience of understanding of rights and justice between the two opposing sides.
The essay evolves around the death of Mangboilal Lhouvum, a daily wager who was shot and abandone... more The essay evolves around the death of Mangboilal Lhouvum, a daily wager who was shot and abandoned on the roadside on the night of June 4th of 2021. It situates the incident within the larger discourse on the correlation between EJKs and AFSPA in Manipur. In so doing, it also deduces certain points of departures from previous cases of EJKs thereby enabling a more nuanced understanding of the problem of state violence in the region. Attempt is made to define justice not from the point of view of the state but from the point of view of the victim. The main obstacle in the pursuit of justice is the lack of a shared experience of understanding of rights and justice between the two opposing sides.
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