Manipur, Sept. 13 -- If history is a process, there is no gainsaying that it can change its course, which is also why the present is important. A neglect of the constituents which have shaped history and more importantly, which will shape history for the future, can be disastrous. Civilisations have fallen for new ones replaced them on the basis of this dynamic alone. The most resilient have been those which have been able to decipher the natural pressures of history and accommodate them without undue detriment to the self. Needless to say, nothing can stand against this pressure and hope to survive, and indeed those which have been most resilient have had the best chances to survive. These societies were ready to accommodate through a proc...