IRCOD- Institute for Responding to Conflict and Development, siddharth village, is an initiative towards helping the conflicting tribes of north eastern states of India resolve their conflictand transform it it into a learning experience.

The campus is located on the slop of pallel hill 55 kms from Imphal, capital of Manipur. The location is significant and symbolic as pallel was the first place to witness naga-kuki two different trib3es of manipur conflict erupted in 1992. The village houses members from various conflicting tribes who live to gether harmoniously creating an ideal atmosphere to host various efforts on conflict resolution and responding to anger inclusive of vipassana meditation.

IRCOD Siddharth Village, is an experiential training resource centre for conflict resolution and development open to all the northeastern states of India.

IRCOD, initiates innovative measures for peace in Manipur. Few effective initiatives:

1. Encouraging the members of conflicting tribes to live to together in siddharth village.
2. Conducting peace meetings conflict resolution training and workshops for various tribes
3. Helping the youth to divert their energy constructively for the development of their villages, thus preventing them from joining extremists or drug abuse groups
4. Inviting the energy of universal intention for peace by selling T-shirts with peace slogans, peace flags etc.
5. Promoting tribal products

Evasion of pride in their way of life, occupation (agriculture) and products has been a major contributor to the identity crisis faced today by tribal people. The feeling ofThe feeling of rootlessness and subsequent emptiness and frustration experienced by them leaves them groping in the dark. Destructive actions are the manifestations of these feelings.

With the intention of helping the manipur tribes, to feel dignified about themselves, their culture and products and enabling them to feel rooted IRCOD siddharth village promotes various artistic, beautiful tribal products like shawls with traditional tribal designs, cardigans, bags, canework, pottery herbal and forest products etc.

Siddharth village members practice organic farming and herbal medicines to enable themselves and others imbibe the sense of dignity about these aspects of their lives.

Anger has always been one of the major destructive forces known to humanity. Not only has it destroyed families, communites and civilisations over the centuries, but also has destroyed the very person or persons who manifest it. In its mildest from, suppressed within, anger drains the individual- physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Heart attacks, ulcers, acidity, gastroenteritis, arthritis, blood pressure and alcohol abuse are just some of the examples of how anger affects human beings. In its grosser form we it minifests in murders, sexual abuse, mob hysteria- simply an annihilation of an individual, a community or a civilisation's right to live. Never has anger, in its unbridled form led to an evolutionary growth for siciety. And yet we all experience anger and sometimes nurture it.

We all know what is happening in the north eastern states of India and especially in Manipur. Politically a lot of things have been done to deal with the problem. Even after years of trying, the situation has only worsened. Other than political, other interventions are being tried out now. The cause of anger has been traced back to the deep hurt, volcanic anger and frustration hiddeen in the subconscious of the people of Manipur. For reasons both known and unknown to outsiders, there is a feeling of being neglected and victimised by the main stream society which is causing this kind of reactions. It is to be noted that daily events of killing is no more limited to only Naga and Kuki communities. Any small quarrel triggers people to kill one another. The land of Manipur needs to be cleansed of that anger and frusttration. The question is how?

Thread as an organisation has also put in its efforts to bring peace in Manipur. Through training on 'Responding to conflict'it is helping members of the Manipuri community and their leaders to deal with anger . It is also trying out interventions triggering the collective consciousness for peace and uprooting the deep hurt of the ethnic communities by dealing in the subconscious levels of individuals. Thread is taking yet another step for conflict resoultion by using Vipassana meditation Techniques.

Vippassana meditation leads the person towards observing the reality as it is. This helps in calming down the mind, which is very much needed for parties in conflict in Manipur and leads to changes in behafviour and attitudes towards life. This meditation also helps to overcome fears, blocks , dissolves residual emotions and formed behavioural patterns, thus helping one to feel empowered within oneself. This technique is not affiliated to any religion. The medium used for concentration of mind, observation of breath and bodily sensation is universal and secular. This is a simple technique with scientific explanation.

To accelerate the peace process we are inviting meditators from outside Manipur who have good will for the land. A group of people sitting together and directing their good will and positive energy will have tremedous effect on the cleansing process. For this purpose we invite meditators as well as sponsers( both individuals and organisations) who will bear the travel cost of the meditators*. This is an issue that concerns the entiire country. We expect concern and sensitivity from all, no matter to which region one belongs to . When one part bleeds can the other parts rest in peace? When one eye weeps can the other sleep

(For the general public & executives of corporate & social sector and religious leaders) Anger has always been one of the major destructive forces known to humanity. Not only hhas it destroyed families, communities and civilizations over the centuries, it has also destroyed the very person or persons who manifest this anger. In its mildest form, suppressed within, anger has eaten away at the individual physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Heart attacks, ulcers, acidity, gastroenteritis, arthritis, blood pressure and alcohol abuse are just some of the symptoms of this anger destroying the human. In its grosser from we have murders, sexual abuse, mob hysteria simply an annihilation of an individual, a community or a civilisations right to live. Never has anger, in its unbridled form, led to an evolutionary growth for society and yet we all experience anger.

In an eight day living and healing experience at IRCOD Siddharth Village, the resource persons try to take you through a process of identifying, acknowledging and responding to this anger within. You will learn to understand what is the root cause of your anger ? How can you prevent this anger dominating and destroying you and those you love ? How can the energy of this anger be channeled for growth ? How can you, as an individual, locate your core essence-after which all this anger, frustration and disappointments simply are shed off like old clothes ? To help you in this process, various experiential methods will be used during these 8 days methods and techniques that are focused to help the individual lead a more fuller and holistic life, in harmony with law of nature and the human evolutionary process. Participants will also be exposed to different relaxation process techniques to cleanse body & mind and methods to meditate.