A Free Zone for Education

From- Reading through “India Human Development Report 2011; Towards Social Inclusion”, I was drawn upon my recent experience of village people  during my  fieldwork engagement trip. What came uppermost in the mind as a researcher and a fellow villager is a reality of persisting poverty in the hill area villages. The common phrase 'the rich will grow richer and the poor poorer' is still sung loud and clear among the villages. It is evident that such areas are still far away from the reach of state development processes. Although, Human Development report (2011) as well as Economic Survey of Manipur (2009-2010) indicate a convergence of literacy rate across the ST, SC, Minorites and national literacy rate, on a deeper analysis, malnutrition is still a matter of grave concern. In a sense, inclusive development launched in 11th five year plan has little significance in such areas.