Guwahati: Ngonpha Konyak, a village head of the Nagaland Warrior tribe, Konak District Mon, brought netizens to cry with his speech – a heart rending but at the same time was filled with great pride – on his son’s funeral, Rifleman Konak Khatnei Assam rifle.
That, briefly, fierce lessons in patriotism from the farthest corner of the country.
Rifleman Konyak is one of five people consisting of 46 Assam rifles, including the officers of their commander Col Viplav Tripathi who lost their lives in an ambush by two Manipur rebel groups in the Churachandpur district on Saturday.
CO also lost his wife and six-year-old son traveling with a team.
At the funeral of Rifleman in Tizit Town in Mon Regency on Tuesday, a video that has become a viral on social media, his father, head of the village of Zangkham, told the world what was meant by patriotism to him.
“To make India strong and brave me to send my two sons to Assam Rifles.
Someone has died today but there is still one more (serving in paramilitary forces),” said Konyak senior in a variety of languages.
He didn’t stop there.
He then appealed to the Tizit people, the tribe of Konyak Naga and everyone to “give more” (send their sons in the nation’s service).
“My child has given his blood for India.
I am very happy.
It should be more (dare like his son),” said Konyak’s feared head, full of arrogance and with no sadness in his voice.
Rifleman Konyak has left his four-month old wife and daughter, who lives in Tizit City.
Konanyaksi from the largest ethnic group in Nagaland and completed in and around the district monk but also a habituation in areas adjacent to Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar.
In the past, Konyaks was a famous headhunter, but now they are mainly agricultural experts and skilled craftsmen.