Tiprasa Express

I have 543 mangoes in my basket.
But I will give 33% of the mangoes to women only when I have 850 mangoes
That's the story of women's reservation.

Language is identity. Script is choice.
Forcing Bangla or Devanagari on Kokborok students in board exams is not education — it’s erasure.
Tiprasa students suffer because they can’t write their mother tongue in their chosen script.
Solution: Allow script of choice for Kokborok in CBSE/TBSE/ICSE.
No more imposition.

Pradyot Bikram Manikya DebBarma

How do you develop 70% of Tripura with 10% of the budget?
This isn’t “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.” This is neglect.
You don’t. That’s why TTAADC areas remain backward.
Solution: Direct funding to TTAADC now — based on area, population, underdevelopment.
Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas? Prove it.

Pradyot Bikram Manikya DebBarma

Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas? Prove it!

1. About 70% of total geographical area of Tripura is under TTAADC , yet every year hardly 10% of states budget fund is being allocated to TTAADC. How can we expect development in TTAADC areas? (Sab ka sath, Sab ka bikash?)
Solution: Direct funding to TTAADC as per the ratio of geographical area /population ratio/under development/ backwardness.

2. TTAADC land is being illegally and forcefully encroached day by day by the state govt. Establishment of Bishramganj Nagar Panchayat in Sepahijala District and for establishment of SEZ at Sabroom in South Tripura are just few examples.
Solution: TTAADC should also be given land rights, like other 6th schedule areas of North East States of India.

3. Bangla or Devnagiri script should not be imposed for Kokborok or any other indigenous language of the state. Tiprasa students are the worst sufferers.
Solution: The Tiprasas should be allowed to use the script of their choice in Board exams. (CBSE/TBSE/ICSE).

4. Alternative English should be allowed for the UPSC Civil service aspirants of Tripura as considered for other North East states like Manipur, Meghalaya , Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
Solution: UPSC should immediately consider for Tripura also like other North East states.

Pradyot Bikram Manikya DebBarma

Before Nobel, before fame — there was Tripura.
Monthly income from Maharaja. 50 years of grants to Visva Bharati from Radha Kishore Manikya. ₹1 lakh printer fund from Birchandra Manikya to publish his books.
Tagore’s legacy has a Tripura address too.