#article: The first official mention of the #kuki community in Manipur’s administrative records occurred on June 6, 1968, when S.C. Vaish, the then #deputycommissioner of #manipur, wrote to R.K. Birendra Singh (SDO, #ukhrul Manipur) and S. Sarat Singh (SDO, #tengnoupal, Manipur). The correspondence urged them to "expedite the report regarding the resettlement of Kuki #refugees from #burma."; The Kuki community's narrative is one of complex and layered identities. In one context, they claimed as recognized indigenous tribe in Manipur/#india, woven into the fabric of the India's diverse cultural landscape. Yet, in another strikingly different context, they are seen as a tribe in Israel, asserting ancestral ties that link them to the #lost Tribes of #israel. This duality of identity—a tribe in India, now a tribe in Israel—reflects the community's journey of self-discovery and their ongoing pursuit of historical and cultural belonging..; This calculated assimilation did not stop there. To read more | https://ukhrultimes.com/behind-the-veil-kukis-controversial-identity-and-the-conflict-that-persist-p-i/