{"id":254688,"date":"2025-01-03T00:02:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T18:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=254688"},"modified":"2025-01-03T00:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T18:32:03","slug":"dont-misuse-the-word-tani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/dont-misuse-the-word-tani\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t misuse the word &#8216;Tani&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Editor,<br \/>\nApropos the issue of hydropower projects in the state, many influencers and activists have voiced their opinions. One such self-styled organisation is the United Tani Army. The organisation recently issued a statement on social media, followed by a video of an NSCN camp. The organisation is said to be led by one Anthony Doke.<br \/>\nAs proud descendants of Abo Tani, we should all condemn such nomenclature. The great Abo Tani was not a terrorist leader or illegal activist, and nor did he have any affiliation with the NSCN &#8211; the terrorist organisation that has been disturbing the peace and stability of the region.<br \/>\nIn this regard, I urge every tribe-based organisation to condemn the blatant misuse and desecration of the word &#8216;Tani&#8217;.<br \/>\nIt took decades to fight against the derogatory term &#8216;Dafla&#8217;. In the future, we should not have to put in efforts to purify the word &#8216;Tani&#8217; from being attributed to an antisocial outfit. No tribe-based organisation has ever united for a common cause. It is high time that Tani tribe-based organisations came together and condemned such misuse.<br \/>\nA proud Tani descendant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor, Apropos the issue of hydropower projects in the state, many influencers and activists have voiced their opinions. One such self-styled organisation is the United Tani Army. The organisation recently issued a statement on social media, followed by a video of an NSCN camp. The organisation is said to be led by one Anthony Doke. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-254688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-readers-forum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}