Kumin Krismas

Nikum lam Krismas leh kumthar ka hmang ho lutuk khan hun rei tak chhung rilru nuam lovin min siam a. Vanneihthlak takin December thla chhuak Kristian Thalai-ah khan 'Krismas 2008 : Mi dang tan', Rev K Lungmuana ziak ka chhiar fuh hlauh mai. Chumi behchhan chuan, "Kumin chu a tha thei ang berin ka hmang ve tawh ang", tiin ka rilru kan siam ve ngawt a, mahse engtiang chiah a hmalak tur nge tih lam ka bo chiang hle thung.

Mahse tawngtaina chhang thintu Pathian a hun takah a rawn che leh ta chat mai le!

December ni 8 zan khan kum danga kan lo tih thin angin, thalai hovin carol kan nei leh a. Zankhuain Guwahati-a Mizo chhungkaw awmte tlawhkualin, a remchan dan ang zelin thawhlawm kan khawn a, member pawh mi 60 vel bawr zet an thawkchhuak thei. Heta kan pawisa hmuhte hi Guwahati-a kan Mizo pui, sum leh pai lama harsa zual deuh te tanpui nan a tih a ni. Kum danga ka lo tel ve deuh ziah avang leh ka buai ve deuh avangin tun kum chu ka tel hman ta lo.

Tichuan ni 24, Pathianni inkhawm banah kan thalai hruaitute nen, mi pariat thawkchhuakin tanpuina hi kan sem kual a. Veng kilkhawr tak tak a awm an nih hlawm avangin a hautak hle a, a thente phei chu thui tak tak ke a kal ngai te a ni a, a hahthlakin hun a duh rei khawp mai. Kan kalna zawng zawng hi chipchiarin ka ziak vek lovang a, mahse ka rilru khawih zual pahnih kan tarlang ve ang e.

A pakhatna chu - Assam police constable pensioner te chhung an ni a. Harsa a sawi tur phei zawng an nilo, mahse hna ropui tak thawh an nei. Chu chu an awmna venga hnamdang ringtu leh ringtharte zinga an mahni sum leh pai seng a an rawngbawlna hi a ni. Kan va tlawh tlai pawh hian an inah hnamdang mi sawm vel bawr an lo awm a, an Krismas hman dan tur te an lo rel ve a. Inkawm khawmna hun tha tak neih pahin, a in neitupa chuan kan thalai rawngbawlna te a tlangpui an hrilh ve bawk a. Nakum lama neih tan tur Assamese service-a lo tel phei vek an tum thute an sawi chuan min tihlim tlang khawp mai. Tichuan tawngtaina hun te kan hman zawhah, Krismas chibaite inbukin kan kalsan leh ta a. Anni ang chhungkua hi engzat tak awm ang maw?

A pahnihna chu - Kan Biak In a inkhawm taima ber pawl pitar kan tlawh chungchang hi a ni. Engtik atanga Assam rama awm nge a nih a, tute nge a chhungte tih pawh ka hre chuang lo. Vai pasal a nei thin a, a thihsan tawh ni awmin an sawi. A in ka han hmu chiah chu hnuk a ulh thei mai dawn alawm. A chung rangva, a bang dap, sawi deuh bi bei, thlipui na vak lo pawh han tleh sela, tlu mai thei tur hi a ni a. Inchhung lam chu choka angreng deuh hi a lo in ping dang ve a, lehlamah chuan khum pahnih, thuthleng leh dawhkan pakhat ve ve a awm a, a khat chu a ni deuh der mai. Ka rilru ti na em em tu chu, khawpuia awm ve siin kawlphetha (electric connection) an nei lo!! Khawnvar ung ve tawh tak pakhat hi dawhkanah chuan a lo in chhi ve tang tang a. "Thalai ho hi inlengah te pawh sawm che u ka chak thin lutuk a, mahse ka in hi a chhe lutuk a...", an tih te chuan sawi tur a vang duh ngei mai. Ka thiante sawi dan chuan fapa pahnih, fel vak lo a nei a ni awm e.

(Hei hi chu duhtawk phawt ang. A sei lutuk palh ang e).

Ni 27 khan Pathianin fehchhuahna hun tha min siam sak leh hlauh bawk. Assam Mission Field-a thawktute hmalakna bawhzuiin, Bhairabkunda-ah Free Medical Camp kan han nei a, mi za chuang hret en in, damdawi tam tham tak kan sem nghal bawk. Field Secretary Pu Rinmawia (Rev K Lalrinmawia) hovin kan thawkchhuak a, medical team lam hi kan hotu deuh ber chu U Mami (Dr Esther-i, MD, Sr. Resident, Dept. of O&G, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong) a ni. Kan zavaiin mi sawm leh pathum kan kal.

(Bhairabkunda hi chipchiar zawk a hre duh tan - hetah, hetah leh hetah hian a en theih e).

Kan thawkchhuak hma fia fia bawk a, thingpui no thum leh puri pasarih ei hnuah pawh a khat tawkin mumang kan la inneih chhawk deuh zak zak reng tho.


Kan camp va neihna hi ramthar mission in a din leh a enkawl 'St. Paul's School' a ni a. A compound chhung an enkawl uluk bawk a, a fai tha hle.




A remchang lai apianga thlalak zel hi kan thil ngaihpawimawh ber te zinga mi a la ni ta cheu anih hi!!


Hna thawk tha thei tur chuan ei leh in lam tih hmasak phawt a ngai. An phuihnam leh englo te te han tui zia mai chu(h)!!


Border area tih takah hnam chitin chitang inchawhpawlh an ni a, Hindi leh Assamase tak ngial pawh a biak theih mang loh an awm nual. A buaithlak duh khawp mai. Tin, Zoram lam thingtlang aiin vairam thingtlang hi an changkang lo ve leh chhawng deuhin ka hria. Mahni kum zat sawi dik chat chat thei kha mi tlem te chauh an ni.




Kan zavaiin. A hmet tupa hian kan driver a lo cut daih anih hi.


Tlai dar 4 vel bawrah kan zo thei hram. Tichuan sight seeing hun reilote kan nei a, Arunachal leh Bhutan kan han zin zuai. A khaw bul lawkah hian Dhansiri lui a awm a, he lui a lei dinglam (a hnuai chiah a mi) hi Arunachal Pradesh, a veilam (a hnuai leh) hi Bhutan.



Indo-Bhutan border check gate. Bhutan sipai duty ho hi thla an lakpui theih miah loh, a rukte a lak sak tum pawhin an lo bi bo hman zel.


Bhutan-a luh dawn chuan he mat, damdawi a chiahah hian pheikhawk hnuai tah fai zel a ngai.


Bhutanese thlalakpui tur kan hmuh chhun chu khawlai a zurui chiah.


Assam Synod Mission Field hi kumin a hawn chauh kha niin, tun tuma ka thawhchhuahna hi a vawikhatna a ni a. Hetiang ang hun pawimawha tel thei tura hriselna leh hun tha Pathianin min siam sak hi vannei ka inti hle.

E, taka, kan Krismas ruai thlalak hi intihtheihna pawh nichuang lovin kan dah tel mai mai ang e.

Krismas - Vairamah

Zoram lamah chhungte leh thenrualthate Krismas hmang tura an inbuatsaih luih luih laiin, kei ve chu vairamah, Krismas hi tu piancham nge a nih tih pawh hre mumal lo vaiho karah ka la inpal khu ve laih laih a. A happening lo thei tiah tiah khawp mai. Khua a vawt ve ta deuh e, tih mai loh chu engmah danglamna ka la hre lo. Nge danglam ka tum nasa lutuk zawk? Ka hrethiam teh nuai love.

Tun kum hi vairama ka awm kum sarihna chiah a ni ve ta. Chu kum sarih chhung chuan vawihnih chiah Krismas hmang turin ka la haw; vawinga ngawt vairamah Krismas ka hmang ve tawh tihna anih chu. Nuam em em a sawi tur chu ni lem lo mahse ka hmang tha thei phian. Mak ve deuh chu wine shop tlep deuh tuarna lamah hian in chakna ka nei khat khawp, mahse total prohibition awmna lamah khian a to a tovin ruih ka tum phet zel.

Exam-in min hmuah deuh fur avangin kan hostel-a Kristian awm te pawh kum dang angin thawm kan nei thei tlat lo. Kan junior thenkhat phei chuan ni 24 leh 26 ah te exam an nei hem dawn mawle! Ringlo mite rorelna hnuaia awm kan nih hrih miau avangin phun nawi lova tawrh tlawk tlawk a ngai anih hi maw. Kum danga kan tih thin angin inchhungah arsi leh Krismas tree kan han siam ve leh a. Chubakah chuan, kar hmasa khan hostel pumpui vawksa tuihnai tak dinner-ah kan buatsaih sak tawh bawk.

A sawi deuh hlek a tar hi a mawi zawk, kan tih vang pawh ni chuang lova sawi ve satliah a ni.

Tunlai chu Assam hmun hrang hrangah ar pul hri (bird flu) a len avangin arsa leh artui lei tur a vang khawp mai. Hei hian nasa takin harsatna min thlen mek. Nitin a vawksa han ei ngawt chu rilru a nuam chiah si lo. Bawngsa lah a leina a hla bawk si. Kelsa tui ka ti bawk si lo. Sangha han ei ve lah hi ka dawhheihna hian a daih meuh thin bawk si lo, buaithlak tak a ni. Mahse vanneihthlak takin kan hostel bul lawkah hian sangha tin lei tur a lo awm ve a. Zoram lama hnatlang chawhmeh siam dan style-in, dal kanah kan han thlak pawp a. Chu chu chaw khawrh vum thar, a lai taka hai khuarah kan han chhung lut a, enghelh nei hlek lovin kan han hai chim hem hem thin mai chu(h), a ei hnem theih al al thin khawp mai!

Ei leh in sawi takah chuan, hmanni deuh khan Paltan Bazar-a Shillong Hotel-ah chaw kan va ei a. An menu chu kan thlir vang vang a, "Dohsniang...Umm, ka hria. Khasi tawngin vawksa tihna. Baksha??!! Ka bo khawp mai. Eng tawng nge ni ang aw...", ti a ka lo ngaihtuah neuh neuh lai chuan a dawr nghaktu pakhat chuan, "Ka pu, kya khaiga? Baksha?", a rawn ti lauh lauh mai chu, nuih a za duh angreng khawp mai. 'Baksha'='Vawksa' an tihna lek chu lo niin. Mak thin mange!

Tihdanglamna nasa tak ka dawng thut te anih lem loh chuan, Krismas zawh hma chu ka post tawh loh hmel. Chuvangin ka blog rawn tlawh thin tute zawng zawng in zavaiin Krismas chibai vek ule.

Random thoughts

With exams scheduled to be held in the first week of February, I have no other option but to start digging into my books again. It’s tough, ‘coz I usually need a couple of days to find the right rhythm, and as a result, my concentration level for the time being is freakingly low. I honestly hope and pray that this situation improves soon .

As I have mentioned earlier in my previous post, updating a blog regularly turns out to be tougher than I expected. It’s likely to get even tougher as I have switched my brain onto the ‘memorizing mode’, and have temporarily disabled the ‘thinking mode’. So even if I do make a post, it will most probably be some random thoughts scattered here and there. And yes, I am writing in English after a very long time. You see, there was a necessity, which is a secret I cannot reveal.

It is true that Mizoram has undergone tremendous development since the independence of India. From a tiny, backward and poor district of Assam, to a union territory in 1972, and in 1986 Mizoram became one of the states in the Republic of India. However, the sad fact of the matter is, Mizoram became a dependent state. Needs and wants increased, but production did not. What appears to be a great development in terms of education and material possessions in reality is what we might call a beggar’s development on the generosity of the Indian Central Government. Can Christianity steer the failure of Mizoram to a more productive and self-sufficient society? Let us hope it will.

(Extracted from “The Mizos : A people transformed by the Gospel – by Rev. Dr. F. Hrangkhuma”, an article from the book “Ground works for tribal theology in the Mizo context”).

A couple of months back, I was chatting on google talk with my old buddy from Kathmandu. He gave me a link and asked me to check it out. It turned out to be a sort of an entertainment website; with lots of pictures of what I assume were Nepali models. He said, “Dude, if you want those chicks, they are easily available for a few hundred bucks”. I thought he was joking. “Come on, what’s the logic in selling your flesh for just a few measly hundred bucks while earning much more from your profession?” Then his reply was like, “Bro, except a few top ones, models out here aren’t well paid like in India. But at the same time, they need money to maintain their standards. This is the easiest way, I guess”.

Fast forward to Tuesday night, the 2nd of December.

A friend of mine, an ardent ‘leaked pictures and video collector’gave me two new pictures of, well, you know, two well known ‘local super-models’. I have seen quite a few such videos and pictures, but these two really stand out. They were totally different. The quality, lighting and surroundings, to me were a bit too classy (don't ask me how I came to this conclusion). My first thought was, “These aren’t real”. So we got down to business, trying to prove that they were indeed doctored. But after many hours of careful examination and consultation with a few more friends, we failed to come up with any conclusive evidence, though I’m still not hundred percent convinced as yet.

And then the speculations started. One guy came up with this theory. “They must have posed for a professional photographer, who in turn paid them money”. Initially, we thought that was absurd. Why would someone do that? Just to see them naked? Just to circulate their nude photos? Or worse, maybe a Mizo adult magazine is in the pipe line? But those were a bit too far fetched, we all thought. And then all of a sudden, the conversation I had with my friend a few months back flashed back in my mind. Maybe these girls were doing exactly that in order to earn a few quick extra bucks. Just maybe…

To summarize Rev. Dr. F. Hrangkhuma’s words, there is a gross mismatch between the pace of our materialistic development and our state economy. Our worldly needs have swelled up several folds, sprinting fast ahead of a stagnant economy. Ironically, nobody gives a damn, and our priorities are all screwed up. This is reflected very clearly in all spheres of life. I have seen many things which are awfully out of place, take for example, fourth grade government servants with N-series mobile phones, daily wage earners with motorcycles, unemployed (or rather ‘unemployable’) youths being pampered with the latest and trendiest designer clothes by their parents, and housewives of modest earning husbands not hesitating at all to buy things on credit. The list goes on and on. Material possession, even at the cost of one’s dignity, it seems, is our greatest desire.

And what’s the use of having so many "celebrities" when their profession itself isn’t supporting them? Are our ‘idols’ and ‘icons’ getting any benefit by being idols and icons? If not, then it’s just a burden for them and for the society as a whole, which is counter-productive. And what about our so-called ‘super models’? Are they getting any paid assignments where they earn enough so as to support themselves at least? Are we elevating our "celebrities" up to that level where they become a constant headache for their families? As I have mentioned earlier, the pressure on them to maintain their materialistic standards might even force them into the flesh trade.

And what about the rest of us? There are many things I would like to elaborate here, but so little time. So let me just add these lines - materialistic and worldly desire is the same factor which propels us forwards in sowing the seeds of corruption.

Nevertheless, I am not the sort of person who whines about past mistakes. For I believe that those mistakes were what made me who I am today - a better person. And I have the same hope for my land and its people. I hope that one day we will be able to strike a balance, make full use of our high literacy rate practically for bringing prosperity and reducing corruption to an insignificant level. And I do hope that someday, each one of us will get our priorities right. I am an optimist, and I fully share Rev F Hrangkhuma’s optimism.