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Tlangmi le phaimi thehran lovin thangruol ei tiu: Ibobi

IMPHAL, Nov 28(Hmasawnna Thar): Tribal Research Institute Auditorium, Adimjati, Imphal hmuna zanikhan hlawtling takin Imphal Hmar Sikpui Ruoi, 2009 hmang a nih. Khuollienin Manipur Chief Minister, Pu O.Ibobi Singh a thang a, Functional President in Pu Ngursanglur, MLA a thang a, Guest of Honour in Dr L.Fimate, Director RIMS a thang a, Sikpui Pa in Prof Laldena a thang.

Pu O.Ibobi Singh in thuhrilna a neinaa chun, hnam tlawm le tam tuelkhawmin hun sawttaka inthawka ei nei seng Pi le Puhai Culture le tradition inhmangtir lova venghim a tul thu, vawisuna Kut hi Hmar hnamhai ta dinga Kutpui pawimaw takel ani dan, Pathien thangpuina zara tukuma huon le lo a pieng rasuokhai hlawtling taka hmu ani leia lawmnaa Kut hi hmang ani dan, Manipur-ah ni dang laia inthawk hnam tum tumhai inhma-ngaitak le inremtaka um hlak ei lo ni ang hrimin hnam lienhai khawmin hnam chinhai hmusit le en danglam lo le en hnuoi chuong lova khawsatlang an lo ni danhai hrilin, tlangram le phairam mihai the hran bik nei lova inhmangaitak le inngaina taka muongna, inremna le hmasawnna a hung um theina dingin thangruol ei tiu, tiin ngenna a siem.

Buoina le inhrietthiemnawna a lo um khawmin Political dialogue neia sukfel thei ani a, chu ding chun hma la tlang seng ei tiu tiin CM chun mipuihai kuoma ngenna a siem.

Pu O.Ibobi Singh chun Imphal Hmar Sikpui Ruoi, 2009 Organising Committee thangpuina dingin sum Rs. 1,00,000 a pek.

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Delhi-a cheng Hmar hnathlakhaiin ei nghakhla em em, Krismas nek hmana ei tung lem Sikpui Kut chu kar nawk ela hmang dingin ei insingsa mup mup a, a phûr pawl le phûr si, phùr naw tehlem insir pawl leh, ei nasa. Sienkhom, thla hmasak laia Delhi khawpui chu Commonwealth Games lo mikhuoltu ding ni sia a la’n zozap naw em leia Commonwealth Games Federation hotuhai kawk a tuok ang khan, Sikpui Kut buotsaituhai khom hin dem an hlaw a ni khomin thil makah ngai naw inla. Awleh, lo inzozap naw deu inla khom, thaw naw nek chun a thra hrim hrim. Sikpui Kut 2009 inbuotsaina hi vuoicha deuh sienkhom vuoi flop letder naw nih ti chu kan hnemna a nih.

Sikpui Kut hi iem a na? ti zawna hang siem tah inla, a tam lem chun don khom don pei loin ei innui bo mei mei ka ring. Pastor kuoma Krismas umzie a hriet le hriet naw indon ang deuh ni mei ei tih. Iengpo khom ni sienla, ka lo hriet ve dan chun, Sikpui Kut chu Kut dang dang laia pakhat, Hmar hnathlakhaiin kum thrat kum, bu le bala an hnienghnar kuma ruoipui threa thlasik huna khawtlang insukhlimna an nei hlak chu a nih. Kum thrat kum chu iem a na? Ei pi le puhai khawvela chun bu le bala hnienghnar kum, indo, hri, tràm le hnam le khawtlanga harsatna dang dang a um naw kum chu kum thrat kuma ngai a nih. Kum tluona Pathienni-Chawlni um loa sin an thaw hnunga an taksa sawl em em insukhadamna dinga insukhlimna an hmang, sakhaw thil amani le mi mal thila inchongna khom ni lo, khawtlang insukhlimna lieu lieu a nih.

Ieng ieng khoma ei hriet dinga poimaw tak chu sakhuo le inzomna a nei naw thu hi a nih. Chu chu ei histri suitu le thranghlui haia inthoka ei hriet dan in a chieng em em a, ei buoipui em em Sikpui Hla hin a sukchieng zuol.

SIKPUI KUT LE CENTENARY

Khawvel hi a la’n vir zom pei a, hmangaina hun kei seipeka ei la um a ni chun kum nawk el hin Manipur simthlanga Chanchin Thra a hung luta inthoka kum zakhat a tling lawmna (Gospel Centenary Celebration) chu hmang dingin ei insingsa mup mup mek a, ei invetpui naw chauh chu a ni tak. Puitling thei si loa pieng champha lawm kar ngot nghakhla chu ei ni tawl tak. Isu’n a mi thienghlimhai a lawr hman thut a ni khomin thrahnem tawk fet chu a lawm ding ei la um ka ring. A lawmnaa mi’n rawitu ding leh.

Ka hril tum tak chu: ei hma ela Delhi khawpuia Sikpui Kut ei hmang ding, thruoituhaiin Gospel Centenary le an kei kop tum phet phet thu hi a nih. Ei ram tienga ei thiempuhan Kristien ei ni ta si hin chuh Sikpui Kut hi hmang ta ngai naw inla ti an hril phat khom, phing vun na rak khopa “Sikpui le sakhuoin inzomna an nei nawh’ tia khek hlak hai kha, ieng leia tu hin Gospel centenary le kei kop ei tum phet phet am a na? Hi hi kher hi chu ei hlap suol el chauh khom ni loin ei hlap khawhlo der niin ka ngai.

Kristien sakhuo trantu Lal Isu Krista’n Kaisar ta chu Kaisar kuoma pek el ding a ni thu a hril kha ei la tiem naw am a ni ding maw? Kei ka lo ngai ve dan chun, hi thu hi chieng em ema secular thil le sakhuo thil thre thrawp thiem a trulzie Isun a hrilna a nih. Chuleiin Sikpui Kut chu Hmar hnamphung inentirna ni sien la, Centenary chu an sakhuo thil ni lem raw se. Christmas le Fresher’s Meet ei kei kop teu awm si naw a.

Hmar khuo Senvon-ah 1910 in Chanchin Thra a hung lut a, nisienlakhom Hmarhai ram sat hmasak le Hmar tam tak cheng vena Mizoram khawpui Aizawlah January 11,1894 khan missionary an lo lut tah. Ka chanchin lawrkhawmin a hril dungzui lem chun Mizoram-a Kristien-a inpe hmasa tak Khuma, June 25, 1899-a baptisma inchang kha Hmar a ni nghe nghe.

Sikpui Kut hi khawvela Hmar um po po hai Kut a nih ti chu a kal ei um ka ring nawh. Delhi a Hmar chenghai hlak hi hmun tin ram tina inthoka hung ei tlat bok si. Hmar Christian Fellowship Delhi a ei Evangelical Secretary R.H. Hminglien hi Mizoram Hmar a na, Delhi Hmar Welfare Association a Chairman D. Ruolngul hi Manipur Hmar a ni a, Hmar Students’ Association. Joint Headquarter Delhi-a ei General Secretary Thlirnawnmawi hi N.C.Hills (Assam) Hmar a nih. Chuleiin Senvon-a Chanchin Thra lut leh tinzawna Delhi-a Sikpui Kut ei hmang tum a ni chun: Hmarhai hi tu ha’m an na? Manipura inthoka suok chauh khi maw Hmarhai chu? A danghai hi Hmar tehlem maw? tihai chu zawna poimaw tak tak hung ning a tih.

LUM LO DEI LO

Thupuong 3:16 a chun “Dei si lo, lum si lo a i lum puot chauh leiin ka baua inthokin peisâk ka ti che” ti an ziek a. Hi Bible chang hi chu ei berampuhai po po ‘ultimate favorite’ chang ti inla khel ni kher naw nih. Martin Luther King Jr. khomin khawvela “moral conflict” a um phata thrangna bik nei lo hai hi hremhmuna khom a satna lai tak chang ding an nih a lo ti hiel reng a nih.

Sikpui Kut 2009 khom hi secular ni chie si lo, sakhuo ni teu teu bok si loa ei hmang chun peisak chu ei chan ding reng a nih. Sunah ‘Centenary e, Kristien kum zakhat e’ ti a, zanah ‘Nang naw chu lunglai hnemtu an um nawh’ ei ti nawk ding tho chun ‘a biling a balang’ a khai chu ei phu hrim hrim. Biek ina Sikpui inthang ei ur thei naw ang bokin Sikpui Kuta khom ‘kalvari hningzu’ inrui thei naw mei nih. Ei Kristien nina ei hmusit mei mei ning a tih.

Delhi-a Hmar nauhai hi ei hman laia chu changkang le thilthawthei takah ei inngai si chun, secular le sakhuona hi thlier hran thiem tum ei tiu. A ni naw si si chun ka ruolpa William Darngon a ti dan angin, tu kuma ei Kut hmang ding chu “Sikpui Kut100- In special memory of Watkin Roberts” ti el ei tiu.

(27^th November’09) (zach_varte47@rediffmail.com)

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NOV 29, 2009: November 28 zan 8.30 khan Hmar Chatters’ Advance Christmas 1-na chu www.inpuichat.tk ah inhoi taka hmang a nih. 

Prokram hmang dinga hunghai hi London, West Virginia (USA) le India khawpui - New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Chandigarh, Jamshedpur, Nagpur, Guwahati, Shillong, Haflong, Imphal- a inthok an ni tawl. Mi fekhawm po chu 21 an nih.

Seson I-na chu inkhawm pangngai angin Krismas thucha a inpawlna nei a ni a. ‘Inpui’ thruoitu ni’n ‘JayKay’ a inthok Luka 2:8-14 “ Chun,chu rama ma chun beramvengtu hai an um a,zanah an beram hai an veng a, phula an riek nghah a…” ‘ngaithlak’ a nih.

“A bik takin ei Pathien in ami lawm bek2 Hmar nauhai kuoma hin inremna le muongna in rorel sien.....Pathien chu a chunghnung taka ei sie seng ka nuom,” ti’n ‘JayKay’ chun a hril.

Hi zo hin chatter hlun ‘Bhayanga’ in ‘Best 3 Krismas Jokes’ sei deuh  deuh el a hung present ve a, fekhawm hai a sukhlim hle.

Chun, ‘MistyBlue’ in tulai English tronga Krismas film en ding pathum a hung hril bawk a. Nisienlakhom, Hmar tronga Krismas le inzoma film ei la neinaw poi a ti thu a hril. “Hmar  trong ngei in Christmas movie dam hi hei nei thei ta in la chu nuom a va um ngei de aw …” ti’n a hril.

Hi zo hin Pu L.Keivom, IFS(retired), in Hmangaina Ruoi ‘sharing’  na hun a nei a. Pu Lalthlamuon hi sin poimaw dang a nei leiin ‘Live’ in hung thrang thei naw sienkhom Krismas Thucha a hung siem chu ‘LKeivom’ in chatter hai tiem dingin a hung post pei a, fekhawm han ‘ngaithlak’ inhoi an ti in ‘Amen’ tawk an bo nawh.

“Kristmas ruoi, Krista ruoi, hmangaina ruoi hi mani thlarau ngeia ei kîl hma chun khuong le dar leh lamin, hlimhlopna tinreng leh kîl hlak inla khom ruoi lungsietum inchang zing a tih.Hmangaina ruoi thrang si lo kristmas chun umzie a nei nawh; a ruoi neitu luok ei suksuok mei mei a nih,” ti’n Pu Lalthlamuon chun a hril.

Krismas Thucha ‘ngaithlak’ zo in  , ‘SinlengNews’ in Pathien kuomah lawmthu hrilin Seson I kharna a nei.

‘Break’ darkar chenve vel hnungin, Seson II chu ‘Gunda’ in hnesaw takin a hung thuoi a. MistyBlue in London a inthok a hung siem ngat, Hmar Chatters’ Advance Christmas Cake chu ‘Inpui’ in a ‘cut’ a, fekhawm hai inhoi an ti hle.

Hi zo hin, testimony memberhai a inthok 'ngaithlak' a ni a. ‘Lalringzo’ in Bethlehem Password a hril a, lawmin pungkhawm hai an LOL sup sup el bakah lungril a tawk hle. Chun chatter ‘Lalruong’ testimony, Assam Khawbon rama sai nghal laka inthoka Pathienin a sanhim thu ngaithlak a ni nawka; Lalruong chun ngam takin, “Ka Pa mivengtu chu iengtiklai khawma mi thlathlam ngailo hi alo ni zinga,” a ti tah a nih.

Hi zo Baibul Quiz, conductor Gunda in hnesaw takin a hung huoihawt nawka, zingkar dar 5.56 A.M chen inhoi takin hun hmang a nih.

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Here is a peak at the most awaited, yet might be controversial, Hmar Music Video Album of the year 2009.

Singer: Lalsanglien & Others Album: Job card hlaw lak pha leh.

Release date: 5th Dec, 2009, New Delhi during Sikpui Ruoi festival.

Aman ding hi hriet chieng a la ni nawh.

OCTOBER 25, 2009: The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to introduce a Bill in Parliament for inclusion of six communities namely Inpui, Liangmai, Rongmei, Thangal, Zeme and Mate in the list of Scheduled Tribes in the State of Manipur by amending the existing entries at S.No. 8, 9 and 10 and by inserting a new entry (relating to “Mate”) at S.No. 34; and substitution of “Galo” in place of “Galong” at S.No.5 in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh.

This will fulfil the long term demand from these deserving communities for granting them Scheduled Tribes status in the state of Manipur. It will also fulfil a long term demand of “Galong” community notified as Scheduled Tribe in the State of Arunachal Pradesh for it’s substitution by “Galo” as the word “Galong” is merely a distorted version of the original word “Galo”. The proposed Bill will be placed before the Parliament.

After passing of the Bill by the both Houses of the Parliament, the assent of the Hon’ble President of India will be obtained for notifying the changes. The persons belonging to Inpui, Liangmai, Rongmei, Thangal, Zeme and Mate will be eligible to get the Scheduled Tribes’ Certificates from the State Government of Manipur and will be eligible to enjoy all benefits meant for Scheduled Tribes in the State of Manipur. Further, the persons belonging to “Galong” community will get the revised Scheduled Tribe’s Certificates from the State Government of Arunachal Pradesh in the name of “Galo” and continue to get the benefits meant for Scheduled Tribes in the State of Arunachal Pradesh.

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=53711

TUITHRAPHAI, Nov 27, 2009: December 10-13, 2009 inkar sung khin Pherzawl khuoah Hmarram Kristien|halai Pawl inkhawmpui um a ta, chu taka thuhriltu dingin Pi Lalremsiem le Rev. H. Chungthang Thiek hai ruot an nih.

Hi inkhawmpuia hin Mizoram hlasakthiem thenkhat hung thang an tih. Chun, Hmarram Lelte Final Contest um nghal a tih.

A nuom taphawt inkhawmpuia thang dinga fiel anni a, kalman ruok chu mani intum ding a nih.

Src: Hmasawnna Thar

Aizawl, Nov 24, 2009(Newmai News Neetwork): Hmar People's Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) has urged the government of India to initiate immediately a tri-partite political talk involving the Mizoram government, the HPC-D and the government of India in pursuit of long cherished political aspirations of the Hmar people in Mizoram.

In this connection, a memorandum addressed to the Union Home Minister dated November 17, 2009, the Hmar militant outfit said, "As stated above, the HPC (D) stands to realize Hmar political aspirations with the creation of Hmar Territorial Council (HTC) within the framework of the Sixth Scheduled of the Constitution of India. We firmly believe that this is consistent with the principles of the Constitution of India. HPC (D) represents the collective interest and aspirations of the Hmar people and boldly speaks on their behalf.To bring about a permanent political solution of the Hmar people in Mizoram, the HPC (D) firmly believe that a tripartite political dialogue involving the Government of India, Government of Mizoram and HPC (D) is immediately initiated," asserted the HPC-D missive signed by Lalhmingthang Sanate, president of the outfit and its general secretary Zosangbera.

The memorandum then stated that t he July 27, 1994 Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) between the Government of Mizoram and the Hmar People's Convention (HPC) was a political blunder. "Hence, it was not accepted by the Hmar People’s Convention (Democratic), which is the breakaway group from signing the blank document," the memorandum added. It also said that fifteen years after the signing of the MoS, it has proved to the world that the documents hold no water and, does not stand to fulfill the aspirations of the Hmar people to secure their political future.

"As such, in pursuance of the unfinished agenda of the Hmar people, the HPC (D) is committed to find political solution to the Hmars’ political aspirations with the creation of Hmar Territorial Council (HTC) in the state of Mizoram within the scope of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India. This will be of mutual benefit and based on the long-term interest of both the Sinlung originated Hmar peoples and the Government of Mizoram," the HPC-D missive to the Union Home minister demanded while adding, "We remain firmly committed not to seek separation from Mizoram. Rather, we are seeking a solution to the unfinished agenda of the Hmar people, which is compatible with the principles enshrined in the Constitution of India. The HPC (D) firmly believes that the protection of Hmar identity, culture, tradition, language, land and resources and political development lies in the creation of Hmar Territorial Council."

The HPC (D) desires that the Hmar people actively participate and contribute to the economics and political development of Mizoram. "However, we would like to ensure that this happens without losing unique identity, culture and core values and without putting our distinct and fragile ancestral land resources that are at risk," it affirmed.

The commitment of the HPC (D) in seeking a political solution of the Hmar people within the state of Mizoram is clear and unambiguous, the memo also said. Despite the armed movement, which was inevitable, HPC (D) firmly believes that the unfinished agenda of the Hmar people could be resolved through dialogue, the Hmar outfit said.

"While we are committed to fully respect the territorial integrity of Mizoram, we also expect the Government of Mizoram and the Government of India to recognize and fully respect the political rights of the Hmar people by creating Hmar Territorial Council (HTC) in the state of Mizoram. HPC (D) believes that this is the basis for resolving the Hmar political aspirations," the Hmar organisation added.

HPC (D) advocates a long-term solution that addresses and ends the political marginalization suffered by the Hmar people. It also believes that no solution will lead to peace if it is not just; and it won’t be just if it does not advance the Hmar people’s political aspirations. "We firmly believe that no political solution will be complete without the creation of Hmar political aspirations," further affirmed the HPC-D.

Src: Morung Express

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By Pu Ramthienghlim Varte, Senior Anthropologist, Shillong.

Sikpuiruoi (Winter Festival) hi Manmasi thlahai laia naupangtak Nelachal thla(Hmarhai) Chauvin an hmang hlak Thlasik Ruoi tina a ni. A hung intan dan, a umzie, hmang nasan, hmangdan le inser dan tulai thangtharhai thawdan leh an ang tanaw emem a; hnam dangin an nei lo ei pilepu haiin inza taka an lo inser le hmang hlak nunphung danglam bikrieu ei nei hi hrietchieng le venghim chu ei mawphurna a ni. Thla a hungsika khuo/veng thenkhat an lo hmasuok that kum dam a ni leiin Sikpuiruoi hmang nuom ei um changa ei hun tawng le boruok zira hmang le inser ani theina ding in a umzie tawite in ei hung ziek a nih.

Pilepu hai chun FAPITE NU (Bu le fak le dawn Pathien Nu) suk lungsen hi an inlau thei em ema, chu suk lungawina dinga an thaw hlak a ni.Thlang ram lonei mi,mi taima, bu le bal hnieng-in-hnar taka lo khawsa hlak an na, lo va an bu chinghai duot takin an thlo fai a, bu sik hun a khawm bu vui maksan in lau em emin fimkhur takin an sik a, an sik hmai/thel dam an hmu chun pawi an tizie in samin an lak hlak.An nauhai bu sika an thuoi chang khawm ‘Bawi hai, bu vui kha kim takin la ro aw, in maksan vai chun ama khat Chauvin Hmaiphi buk hnuoi a thlasie em emin a tap kar kar hlak an ti’ tiin ngai maw em emin an hril hlak.Chuongang chun bu inchek meimei an thaw ngai nawh.Duot tak le ngilnei tak pumin an en kai hlak a, chuonga an thaw chun Fapite Nu a lungawi dingin an ring a ni. Naupang khawlai dunga bu thing dawm a fa pei lova dehawn/pei annawleh invuongdar ching dam an hmu chun Upa haiin an kova fel taka hrilin chingnawk ta ngailo dingin an khap hlak.Chuongchu pilepuhai fak le dawna an khawsakdan tlangpui mawi le inza um a nih.

Sik le sa zira ruotui that kum, bu le bal kum inzawna a tlung tha a Fapang-ralinsan*an nei pha an lawm thei em ema, kumtawp bu hai an hlu lut vawnga, thlasik boruok inthiengtak le awllen lai, a kum nawka an lo hma an tan hma, sin delrik tuding la um lova an zalen thei hun lai Mimtuk thla-Tuolbuol( December-January) sung ngei hin an hmang hlak.Hnam pum huopa kum tina hmang hlak ani naw a,khaw bing Fapang-ralinsan nei thei haiin Fapite Nu kuoma lawmthu hrilna ding le suklawmna dinga insukhlimna inthuruol taka hmang hlak a nih.

Khawsung Lal le khawnbawl haiin bu le bal an hau dan zirin hmangdan ding le a hunsung ding an rela,chanvo nei tudinghai leh.Chun hi ruoi hi hmang a thieng le thiengnaw khawsung thiempu(Priest) in aisan ata, chu zo chun Lal tuolhmai changtieng panga inki a zan khawvar in khuong khai an ta, vuokri a um le umnaw khawvar chenin an ngai thlak a, vuok ri a um vai chun Sikpuiruoi hmang thienglo nin an hriet a, an pam thul hlak.Vuokri a umnaw ruok chun a thieng ani tiin an in singsa mup mupa,Khawtlang mipui in tina hriltu ding nunghal-tlangval an ruot a, chunghai chu LAWMLAI SA an tih.Naupang a inthawk pitar-putar chenin an thangruola; mi lien,mi chin,hausa,rethei in thlierhrangna um derlovin phurna thlarau an changa, lungawinaw le kawi an um ngai nawh.Chun hi ruoi hi IN REMNA RUOI an ti bawk a,khawsung mimal annawleh pawl in hrietthiemnaw dam, in theida dam, in remnaw dam an um chun hi ruoithe hma ngeiin inzak derlovin in ngaidamtuona an nei hlak .Chuleiin, in remna ruoi tihi a phu hliehlie a nih.In cheina tha nei zolo dam an um chun a neinung deu le an chawngthei haiin an rel puontha hai phawrsuokin an inhaw tir hlak.Hi hun sunghin buoina le in halna siemlo dinga khaptlat ani a, Sikpui lamzawl lai taka sawngka andaw na a vaiza hruol in uoi le sei thatawk takel an khai a, mi sukbuoi tum le dawnvet nei anlo um chun thuoituhaiin an kut le ke khuopde pek an ta hmun danga anise hmang hlak.A hma a ei hril ang khan kumhlui bu hai chuh nunghak-tlangvalin an hrawta, bufai hai chu in tin a sem darin zu in an siem a,an zu bilhai chu a thova a tlum pha dawnin an in sukhlima, sikpuiruoi ni a tlungpha mani in senga an zu tlumta hai chu hung phurin sikpui lamzawl a an siekhawm hlak a nih.

Sikpuiruoi hi Lal tuolzawl a hmang hlak a na,zawl lien tawk lamna khawp a umnaw chun hmundang zawl thatna an zawnga nunghak-tlangvalin lamzawl chu an siemtha a, lungphek an lakkhawm a , lamzawl a chun anrem khup hlak a nih.Chun, lungphek lien,sa thatawktak khawtlang mipui inzawn zo tawk ramhnuoi a mi an laka, sikpui lamna ding zawllai taka andaw a chu ZAWLLUN DAWH an tih.Hienga mipui hei buoi mup mup chu an hawiin naupang le thalaihai tading chun nunkhaw chenna a tlingphak reng a nih.Chu Zawllung daw bul a chawrsawng(sawngka) andaw a, chu HMINGTHIR an ti a, chu ban a chun bawmrangte an khai a, a sunga zu peng bur le khailengte dam, umthei tuibur tui inhniktak dam dumhmuom kau phek le dumphuol dam hnachanghna hringa funin an sie hlak.Hi khuongpu, hla thuoitu le hlasaktu haiin phang lova anchen le dawnding a nih.

Sikpui lama thangding nunghak-thlangvalhai chun incheina thil le thuomnhaw an nei tha tha a inbelin an inchei hlaka.Tlangvalin an lu an kawm a,tawnlairang,sawnseng,vakul chang le archal chang hai tawnin an inchei a,puon an dierkei a, zakuo tuolkhawng puonphawk an hak a; nunghakhai ruok chun puonsil senfen chu tlangdung velin an thaw a (Awm chunga puonbi tina a ni), an zakuo hnuoi a inthawk an nene chunga puon kha dettakin tla thei meimei lo dingin anbi hlaka, an kawnga ngaingawn kawngchun an chun a, an natil verkuok a Hawlrawl** anbe a, hawlrawl kuo a chun patsum sen le parte chi hranghrang anbe sa hlaka, neinung deuhai chun silver an siema hawlrawl tle deu varin anbe .An ringa pumhril thi dam,ruongthei thi dam,theibuong hrui dam an hli hlak bawka, an ban a chaupheng ban bun (Dar eng a siem) dam,bonsai (Saiha a siem) an bun a, Harban ban bun silver tluon kepui tiet a siem sa deu lul ankiu chung an rekna lai taka chun an bun hlak bawk..A mawiin a vul chuka, mit a tlaiin en an hawi emem.

Sikpui Lam chi riet a um a, a hmasatakchu naupang lam Durte le Thlawram lam an ti, a danghai po chu puitling lam hieng Lamtluong lam,Ketet lam,Arvanlai lam,Thlawran lam,Simsak lam,le tinna lam haihi a nih.Sikpui lam hmasatak naupang lamin an tan a, lam dang danghai le ruoithe tumtiek ding zanhni hai chu chun nunghak-thlangval hai chun khawvar zaka lam in an insukhim hlaka Chu SIKPUI ZAWLSUOK LAM an tih.Chu lam an thaw zo zantieng chun mani in senga in lawiin Sikpuiruoi chu a tumtiek ta hlak a nih.

Khawtlang hlimtaka lam mupmup hlak a hang tawp thup el chu, khawtlang a re thup el a, zingkar nisa suok khawm a ngui ruoiin an hriet hlak.Khawtlang nunghak-tlangvalhai le mitin el chu khawtlang lungleng in a zem a, ngaizawngnaw lem inrai tir palh ang elin pantlang tieng dakin an ngha tlun rawng rawng el hlak.Hi ruoi hi Hmarhai Chauvin ei nei SIKPUIRUOI ana, ei hrietchieng le venghim tlat a tul,Mi haiin min chu pek rek hlau an tih. Assam sawrkar chun 5^thth December hi Sikpuiruoi (Winter festival) tiin restricted holiday in an mi puong pek ta a, state dang a khawm thawve thei inla a tha awm ngei.

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*Fapang-ralinsan ti chu Nikum a bu hlui muol ral khing tienga an fak senglo la um le tukuma bu thlung thar bu pang sipa muol danga um in eptuo tin a a ni.

Gospel Centenary lawm ding lo urlawk na ni bokin tukum Delhi Sikpui Ruoi chu 5th December,2009 hin ursun taka hmang dinga inpuocha a nih a. Hall khom kum danghai ang lo devin Delhia Auditorium tha pawl tak hmang ei tum a, a haw man khaom Rs 1,10000 ( Cheng nuoi khat le singkhat) zet a nih. Tuhin Indoor games, Carrom, Lekhapawi inkap etc ei thaw mup mup zinga. 28.11.09 hin Secretariat Ground, Chanakyapuri- ah Annual Sport nei ni bok a tih. Kum danghaia Award ei pekhai bakah Centenary Award khom siem a ni bok. Sikpui Ruoi programme (draft) en nuom chun attachment ah.

Secretary,
Delhi Hmar Welfare Association.
9/B, CGH Complex, Vasant Vihar
New Delhi 110057

Programme

Venue:        Kendriya Vidyalaya Auditorium,
        Near APS Colony, Gurgaon Rd, Delhi Cantt -10
Date:        5th December, 2009
Theme:    The Hundredth Year of Gospel Among The HMARS   

Ist Session ( 11.00 A.M )

Music Session performed by various artistes
Comperes:  Zachariah Varte & Esther Lalsanhim

IInd Session (12.00 Noon to 1.30 P.M.

Election of DHWA Executive Committee 2009-2011

Presiding Officer:    Upa (Dr.) Lalsiemlien Pulamte
Secretary:        Pastor J.Thanglur
Members:        Pastor Lalditsak .
            Pastor Neilaia Darlong
            Pastor Lallienmawi Buhril
Pastor Maylawmthang Tuolor

IIIrd Session (2-00 to 4.30 P.M.)

Chief Guest, Guest of Honour arrives at 2.10 p.m..
Compere: Zachariah Varte
Opening Song:    Zaleng Kan Lawm Nunkhuo Hrui Ang Sei Sien
Prayer:            Pastor James L.Joute
Garlanding of SIKPUI PA, Short Speech from SIKPUI PA followed by Sikpui Hla
Welcome address:    Pu L.Keivom IFS (Rtd), Patron, DHWA
Garlanding of Chief Guest and Guest of Honour
Speech:        Chief Guest
Release of Hai re Hai Vol. III
The Hmar civilization- A Musical: By Deborah group in collaboration with Kohran Inthuruollo.
Speech:        Guest of Honour
Presentation of DHWA Awards, Appreciation Certificate etc.
(Awards & Appreciation Certificate will be given away by the Chief Guest)
Announcement of Election results.
Oath Taking Ceremony: Conducted by Pastor Lallienmawi Buhril
Presentation of Mementos:    Secretary, DHWA
Speech from Outgoing Chairman, DHWA
Dedication of Sikpui Dinner by Pastor Maylawmthang

SIKPUI FEAST!   SIKPUI FEAST!     SIKPUI FEAST!

IVth Session: (6.30 P.M. to 9.00 P.M)

Chief Guest arrives at 6.45 p.m.
Garlanding of Chief Guest
Welcome to the Chief Guest: Vice Chairman, DHWA
Speech:        Chief Guest

MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA!  Comperes: Haulienkung & Ramtanmawi
Local and Guest Artistes will perform in this programme

9 P.M.          Bye Bye, till next year!

NOTE:  The followings  are expected to be
SIKPUI PA:     Rev. H.Thiek
Chief Guest:    Pu Thangso Baite, Member of Parliament ( Day session)
        Pu Henlienthang, CEO, Churachandpur District Council (Evening session)
Guest of Honour:

Employment News issue dated 28.11.09 contains several attractive advertisements from some of the leading PSU/GOVT. Departments as below:-

1. Union Public Service Commission invites applications for various posts.
2. Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank requires Officer Scale-I and Clerk-cum-Cashier.
3. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited invites applications for Station Controller/Train Operator (SC/TO).
4. Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force invites applications for the post of Head Constables.
5. Staff Selection Commission (Southern Region) invites applications for the posts of Store Keeper, Technical Assistant and Jr. Zoological Assistant.
6. State Bank of India declares the result of written examination held on 13.09.2009 for the post of Management Executive.
7. Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Faridabad requires Research Scientists.
8. University Grants Commission notifies Post Doctoral Fellowship for SC/ST candidates for the year 2009-2010.
9. The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. requires Young Professionals.
10. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited requires Asst. Engineers, Engineers, Sr. Engineers, Dy. Managers etc.
11. Union Public Service Commission declares the final result of National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2009.
12. ITI Limited, Bangalore invites applications for the posts of Software/Hardware Engineers, Mathematicians, HR Professionals etc.
13. IIM Lucknow needs Librarian, Sr. Administrative Officer and Pvt. Secretary to Director.
14. Shri Ram College of Commerce offers admission to Two Year Full time Post Graduate Programme in Global Business Operations.
15. Railway Recruitment Board, Bhopal declares the results of written examination held on 22.02.2009.
16. National Institute of Immunology, Delhi invites applications for the posts of Staff Scientists, Asst. Engineer and Jr. Engineer etc.
17. Indian Agricultural Research Institute needs Security Supervisor, LDCs etc.
18. Central Employment Exchange invites applications for the posts of Jr. Technical Assistant, Sr. Technical Assistants etc.

Employment News issue dated 28.11.2009 contains advertisement for job vacancies of more than 79 Govt. Departments.
Book your copy of Employment News immediately with your local Book Seller.

{INPUI.COM Feature}
[Today, 26/11/2009, is the 1st Anniversary of the Terror Attack on Mumbai! We present Nk. Rakil Lalhrietpui's account of the mayhem and her escape. Rakil, a hostess at the Oberoi Trident Hotel, was working below the Lower Lobby when the terrorists took control of the hotel - Inpui Editor]

It was like any other night at the Oberoi Trident which is located at Nariman Point in Mumbai. I was working at the Lower Lobby which is below the ground floor of the hotel. At around 9.45 pm I heard some noise but did not pay much attention thinking it could be someone bursting crackers. However, there was sudden commotion all around and I could see some people laying down and others running across the hotel floor.

I saw the terrorists, but I could not make out how many of them were there. They were carrying guns and with ruck-sacks on their backs when they moved towards the a bar at the Ground Floor... The first sound of the gun I heard was in fact the one that killed the doorman!

A friend of mine, a trainee, who was standing at the Lower Lobby's main entrance was shot at and later succumb to her injuries right there......

In the melee, we ran inside the Regal Room (conference hall) taking our guests with us via the kitchen. Our guests were mostly Englishmen, Europeans, Chinese and some Indians. Even as we seek refuge at the Regal Hall, we were able to communicate with the outside world using our mobile phones... I couldn't exactly make out how long we stayed in that room or what the time was.... We were able to walk out of the hotel safely at 2.00 a.m the next day (November 27) with the help of our friends from outside, who were giving us instructions which door to take.

At first, we were reluctant to run and at the same time we feel the need to do so. The thought of meeting those terrorists in the hallway was frightening... It was all due to God's grace that we managed to survive the ordeal.

Once outside, we saw some TV people, but there were no policemen around... We had to stand all night outside INOX cinema hall.

What matters now is that at least around 200 people including myself were lucky enough to make our way out before any security operations took place.

When morning came, we walked to Church Gate train station to catch a train that took us to Santa Cruz station. We were back in Kalina--safe and happy to be home again, Alive!, to see another day!

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[Editor's Note: This story has been translated from Hmar language version of Nk.Rakil Lalhrietpui's story that was published in Mumbai Tuisunsuo by Inpui.com]

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Obviously, a humidifier in your home or workplace will help, when the air is dry.

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Pregnant women should check with their doctor before taking vitamin A.

Take 2 tablespoons of flaxsees or fish oil daily, as these contain omega-3 fatty acids. 

Src: All4women

Guwahati, Nov 25:  Hmar Welfare Society chun tukum'09, Sikpui Ruoi chu ropui taka hmang dingin a lo in puocha tah anih.

Chief guest dingin,PHE Minister,Govt of Assam, Pu Rihon Daimari chu fiel anih. Guest of honours dingin pu,R.L.Thiek, IFS,DFO shillong le Pu David Neitham,APS, SP, Hamren Karbi Anglong, Assam. Sikpui Pa dingin pu L.K. Varte,Asst.Director (Rehab),Ministry of Labour and Employment,Ghy.

"Ei Culture, ei rohlu" ti thupuia hmangin ropui tak le inhoi taka hmang dingin organising committe le mipui hai chun an in singsa mup mup anih.Hmar mipui hai tu el khawm a hung thang thei le nuom ei um chun ngainataka fiel ei nih. RTK.

Here is yet another Hmar Chatters' Advance Christmas programme promotional video prepared by ‘Bhayanga’   

[By Tv. Oliver Intoate, for Inpui.com]

Background: Tipaimukh sub-division is one of the thirty one tribal development blocks of the state of Manipur, India. The population of the block is, according to the 1991 census, is 23,993. It lies on the extreme south bordering the state of Mizoram. The term Tipaimukh means the meeting point or confluence of the two rivers- Tuivai aand Tuiruong(Barak). The people living in and around Tipaimukh are Hmars of Mizo ethnic group. To them, Tipaimukh is known as Ruonglevaisuo. It is here that the Tipaimukh hydro-electric project envisages construction a 390 m. long, 162.8 m high earthen core rock-fill which is one of the biggest dams in India. Therefore, the environmental and ecological issues  arising out of this project merit immediate attention and action.

Originating from the northern flank of the 1784 m. high peak situated at the east of Senapati district (north), Barak river has a long and winding course running towards south, southwest and suddenly taking a U-turn towards north just at the dam site. Several perennial streams drain into Barak River upstream of Tipaimukh.

Environmental and ecological issues:

A project of this magnitude cannot but have tremendous environmental and ecological impact on the life of the indigenous people living there and on their lands. As it has been mentioned earlier, the lower tract of the catchment above Tipaimukh is inhabited mainly by Hmars and upper part by Kukis with a section of Nagas. Because of the inaccessibility of the tract, plentiful forest land, development of land resources on scientific lines was sluggish leading to continued poverty.

2:1 The watershed: The total catchment area of the river Barak in so far as Manipur and Mizoram are concerned is 9567 sq.km (Manipur) and 9866 sq.km. (Mizoram). The entire catchment area has been covered by soil survey. However, soil formation in composite tracts do not vary with variations of administrative boundaries. 75% of the catchment area having been studied is considered enough of a guide for the entire catchment. The national Bureau of Soil Survey and Land use Planning, Government of India, carried out soil survey in Manipur part of the catchment area and recognized 14 series.

2:2 Forest: The geographic area of the state is 22,327 sq.km of which 15,154 sq.km is recorded as forest. The actual forest cover of the state is 17,418 sq.km which constitutes 78% of the geographic area. According to the State Forest Report of 1997, there is a decrease of 140 sq.km in the forest cover in the present assessment. The dense forest decreases by 381 sq.km. This decrease in forest cover is mainly due to shifting cultivation amounting to 603 sq.km. Present survey report shows that of the overall change of 747 sq.km in dense forest area, 693 sq.km changes to open forest and 54 sq.km of forest. Between 1995 and 1997 assessments, 603 sq.km of forest area is lost to shifting cultivation.

2:3 Shifting cultivation: Shifting cultivation is one of the major causes of decrease in the forest cover not only in Manipur but also in different states of Northest India. This shifting cultivation is actually the slash and burn system of cultivation. An area is taken up, vegetation cut and burnt, one crop of paddy raised and then this area abandoned and another piece of land taken up for similar treatment. The Jhuming cycle used to be 10 to 15 years earlier but due to increase in population, the cycle has come down to 3 to 5 years. In Manipur, 95% of household under Jhum. 50.000 households in the catchment area are estimated to practise shifting cultivation. In Mizoram side, one family covers one hactre under jhuming annually and 11,000 families are assumed to be engaged in shifting cultivation.

The practice of shifting cultivation keeps the people barely at subsistence level. Population sustaining and supporting capacity of land under shifting cultivation has been found to be as low as 3 to 16 sq.km in Manipur and Mizoram. The system does not help in producing surplus for reinvestment.

Practically whole of the area has been affected by this practice of jhuming resulting in clearance of tree over and degradation of land. Only very few pockets of forest are left now which can be said to have original vegetation and eco-system. Another serious impact of jhuming cultivation is on wildlife habitat. Jhuming not only destroys the wildlife habitat but also kills all forms of wildlife in a bid to save their crops one the one hand and to supplement the diet with non-vegetarian food on the other. As the jhuming areas are scattered all over the forest, these kills go unpoliced.

2:4 Soil erosion: There has not been so far scientific management of the forest in these hill regions. The successive local administrations, rather than controlling/regulating transit of forest produce checking any illicit feeling and export, used control and issue of transit passes on payment for collecting revenues. This results in unscrupulous forest contractors resorting to large scale felling and more so of various species. These over-feelings has been continuing for hundreds years resulting in depletion of forest trees and bamboos. As has been pointed out, by far the most destructive and erosive agent is the shifting cultivation. Thus, the average annual soil loss rate is as given below;

Landuse Area in the catchment ha. Annual soil loss t/ha Total annual soil loss from the catchment (tones)

1. Wet Rice cultivation 6,610 2.80 18,500
2. Shifting cultivation 70,130 40.05 28,71,824
3. Forests 7,28,905 0.52 3,79,030
4. Mixed Forest/bamboos 4,70,155 18.95 89,09,437

Total 12,75,800 62,32 121,78,799 Or say 122 lakh tones.

It is thus clear that unless development measures associated with a forestation and improved agricultural practices are being resorted to in the catchments area of the Tipaimukh dam, the dormant economic condition of the people is bound to deteriorate further.

Nov 23: September tarik ni 16 khan Manmasi  National Christian Army (MNCA) mi-le-sa 8, helpawl ni dinga intum hai, chu Silchar Jail a inthok insuo an lo ni tah.

“Krista sipai popo hai kuomah a mal mal in lawmthu kan hril thei naw leiin ei tawngtaina zar le Pathien thilthawtheina leiin mitin kuomah lawmthu ka hung hril,” ti’n an hotu Lalhmathuoi Pulamte chun chanchinbu ah thu an suo.

MNCA hai hi May tarik ni 1, 2009, khan New Cannan (Khawbawn) an fe tum lai pulis han Ankhasuo khuo ah an man a nih.

“Khawbawn a fe nawk vat theina dingin tawngtainaah mi lo san seng dingin mitin kan hung fiel cheu,” ti’n mipui kuomah ngenna an siem bawk.

{Belsap: Lalhmathuoi bie nuom hai chun Phone No. 8014001338}

AIZAWL, Nov 21 (Hmasawnna Thar): Young Mizo Association (YMA), Mamit district headquarters chun, Tuikuk hai kut tuorna leia Mizo hai laia hringna chan an um zeu zeu chu hrietthiem harsa an ti thu le Zarzokima thina le inzawma Bru In raw peka um hai Mizorama Kohran \henkhat han \hangpuina le ralna pe sia Bru helpawl han an kap hlum Zarzokima sunghai ta dinga iengkhawm pek an neinaw na thua an lungawinaw thu le an hrietthiemnaw thu press release an insuoa chun an zieklang.

Sawrkarin Zarzokima ralna dinga Rs. 1,00,000 an pek chu lawmum an ti thu hrilin Zarzokima sung-le-kuo mi pakhat tak a tlintawk sawrkar sin pek nisien an nuom thu an press release a chun an zieklang bawk.

YMA Mamit Sub-Hqrts chun Tuikuk hai chengna khuoa In kanga khan an inrawl naw thu an hrila, Tuikuk hai hin vawitamtak Mizo an that a, an \huoihmang baka Bus le Sumo hai suom hlak hai sienkhawm Mizo hai chun Tuikuk pakhat khawm an la that ve naw thu an hril bawk.

Compiled by Dr. G. Zamzachin

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom also known as Mary Kom is a female Indian boxer from Manipur, India. Mary Kom, a mother of two, came back from a two-year sabbatical to clinch her fourth successive World Amateur boxing gold in 2008, a feat that prompted the AIBA to describe her as ‘Magnificent Mary’. She was earlier an athlete and later switched to Boxing after the success of fellow Manipur boxer Dingko Singh. {WIKIPEDIA}

• Born: March 1, 1983 Tuesday, Kangathei, CCpur Subdiv, Manipur
• Father: Mangte Tonpa Kom
• Mother: Mangte Saneikham Kom
• Married: K (Karung). Onkholer Kom on 12.3.2005 Sat, MBC Church, Imphal
• Children: Sons 2 (twins) daughter

Education

• Cl. I-IV – Christian Model High School, Loktak, Manipur
• V-IX – St. Xavier’s School, Moirang
• X – Adimjati High School, Imphal
• PUC (Arts)
• BA student

Works

• Boxing Champion (Women PIN Weight 46 kg Category)
• Founder, MC Mary Kom Boxing Academy (Girls), A/112, Games Village, Imphal 2006

National

• Gold – Ist Women Nat. Boxing Championship, Chennai 6-12.2.2001
• The East Open Boxing Champ, Bengal 11-14.12.2001
• 2nd Sr World Women Boxing Championship, New Delhi 26-30.12.2001
• National Women Sort Meet, N. Delhi 26-30.12.2001
• 32nd National Games, Hyderabad 2002
• 3rd Sr World Women Boxing Champ, Aizawl 4-8.3.2003
• 4th Sr WWBC, Kokrajar, Assam 24-28.2.2004
• 5th Sr WWBC, Kerala 26-30.12.2004
• 6th Sr WWBC, Jamshedpur 29 Nov-3.12.2005
• 10th WNBC, Jamshedpur lost QF by 1-4 on 5.10.2009 Mon, suspended for one day (6.10.2009) for ‘unsporting behaviour’ (TOI-NE 8.10.2009)

International

• Ist Asian Women Boxing Championship (AWBC), Bangkok 2001
• 2nd AWBC, Hissar, Haryana 19-22.11.2003
• 3rd AWBC, Kaohsing City, Taiwan 5-12.8.2005
• Ist World Women Boxing Championship (WWBC),Pennsylvania Nov 27-2.12.2001
• 2nd WWBC, Amaiya, Turkey 19-28-10.2002
• 3rd WWBC, Podolsk, Rumania Sept 26-2.10.2005
• 4th WWBC, N. Delhi 23.11.2006 Thur
• Ist WWB Tournament, Norway 2004
• Venus Cup International Women Box Tourn, Vejla (Denmark ) 8-23.10.2006
• 5th AIBA World Championship, Ningbo City (China), 29.11.2008 Sat

Award

1. Arjuna Award (Boxing) 2004
2. Padma Shree (Sports) 2006
3. Contender for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2007
4. People of the Year- Limca Book of Records 2007
5. CNN-IBN ‘Real Heroes’ Award 14.4. 2008 Mon
6. Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008 23.12.2008 Tue
7. ‘Magnificient Mary’, AIBA 2008
8. Felicitation by Zomi Students’ Federation (ZSF) at New Lamka YPA Hall 17.12.2008 Wed
9. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 29.8.2009 Sat, New Delhi (nominated 27.7.2009 Wed)
10. Int’l Boxing Association’s Ambassador for Women’s Boxing 2009 (TSE 30.7.2009 Thur)

Source:

1. Manipur Express, 31.6.2006 Sat, Ed. L. Chinkhanlian, Lamka;
2. The Sangai Express, 19.4.2008, Imphal

Courtesy: Zolengthe.Net

[From Sanga, CCpur, for Inpui.com]

A -- Apunba lup
B -- Bandh / Boycott
C -- Curfew
D -- Dharna
E -- Effigy
F -- Fake encounter
G -- Gun
H -- Housie
I -- Ibobi
J -- JAC
K --  KYKL
L --  Landhoni
M --  Meira paibi
N --  NSCN
O --  Organisation
P --  PREPAK / PLA
Q --  Quota
R --  Rally
S --  SP(tablet)
T --  Tehelka
U --  UNLF
V --  Violence
W -- Wakat Mipham
X --  Ex Gratia
Y --  Yanaba Purakpa
Z --  Zu / Zarda

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Singer: Jubilee Ralsun

[By Pu L. Keivom*]

Tu khom tui le Thlaraua pieng a ni naw chun

Pathien ram lut thei naw nih.

Johan 3: 5

Zuidîpa zuitu an um am ti hriet tuma hma tieng, hnung tieng le sîr tieng ve ve en dèk pumin zan thimthamah Nikodemin Nazaret tlangval tlung inah a pan a. Thu ropui phorin, Liendohai unauin rulpui phingpuia inthoka hausakna rosum an phor suok lêt tama hlu, chatuon daih hausakna le hamthratna fùnpui an thret a. Chu thlengpuia an ruoi thur suok hnienghnar tak chu tu chen hin khawvelin ei pur hut hut el a nih.

Inpan ka hriet tah po po laia fûk tak, hlawk tak le ropui tak chu Nikodem-in zàna a rûka Nazaret tlangval a pan thu Hmangai Johanin a ziek (3:1-21) hi a nih. Hi hi miin a rûka zana Isu an pan thu rikawt um sun khom a ni ka ring. A rûka inpan ni bok si, an thu hril ippui loa Isu zirtir Johanin ziek ngeia a tlangzar chur chur el khom hi thil mak chu a tling hrim hrim. An inpanna bung le chang hi Thuthlung Thar Baibul sunga mi tiem rawn tak le khawvela trong hrang hranga inlet suok le tar lang rawn tak a ni ring a um. Kan naupang laia ui tol inleta anga kan inlet hlak, tu chena innâl deua Baibul chàng ka la hril thei tlawmte laia mi a nih. Chu chu pansak panthlang inpan danghai titina neka a dangdai bik rieuna chu a nih.

Isu hung pantu Nikodem hi Judahai Rorelna Inpui, Sanhedrin-a member poimaw laia pakhat a nih. Sanhedrin hin Israel hnam tina upahai le dan hre mihai an thlang khawm membar 71 a nei a, chu chu Mosie hun laia inthoka an tran a nih. Inpui chìn lem (Small Sanhedrin) an nei a, chu taka chun roreltu 23 an um a, ni tina thu buoi hla buoi rêltu tak an nih. Dannaranin, a lu tak chu Thiempu Laltak a ni hlak. Mosie hun laia lu tak chu Mosie a nih. Sanhedrin Inpui (Full House) hi thu poimaw tak chai ding a um pha an ko chauh hlak. Mosie thi hnungin member 70 chuong an nei ngai naw a, a 71-na chu an Messia hung phaa a hluo dingin an sie ruok hlak. Sanhedrin hi Jerusalema Full House an inthrung tawpna tak chu Isu chungthu an rel trum kha a ni el thei. Chu hnung, abikin AD 70-a Jerusalem siet hnung khan an indar vong a, dam tea vui liemin a um tah nia hriet a nih. AD 358 khan Roman sorkar chun Sanhedrin nei a khap a. France lal ropui Napoleon The Great-in kum 1806 khan indin thar a tum nawka chu a hlawsam a. Chu hnung chun voi tam indin thar nawk tumin mi hrang hrangin hma an lak a, an hmalakna nuhnung tak chu October 2004 khan a nih.

Isu inleng Nikodem

Israelhai lai khan Nazaret Isu kha an lo beisei Messia nia pom pawl um hai sien khom an sakhuo thruoituhai le an inpui Sanhedrin chun an pom naw a, a tawpah kros-a hemde dingin a chungthu an rèl a ni khah. Amiruokchu, Sanhedrin membarhai lai khom khan mimal, a rûka Isu ring pawl an um a, chuonghai laia pakhat chu Nikodem a nih. Isu thil thaw mak tak tak a hrietin, an beisei Messia ngei ni dingin a lungril ruk takin a ring a, a ni le ni naw hmaisana fie nuomin, a member chanpui tu khom hriet loin, a tlungna inah a rûkin zanah a pan ngat a nih. Ama neka naupang lem dai le lekha tieng dikri hlek khom nei lo Nazaret tlangval kha inza tak le hawihawm takin, “Zirtirtu” tiin a ko tlat a nih. Pathiena inthoka hung a ni ngei a ringzie thu a hril nghal bok a. Mi dang a lo ngaithlatu ta ding khomin hadam zai a tih.

Nazaret tlangval ruok chun a inlengpa chu kûr ngieia lo lawm lut tah nekin, “Thudik ka hril che hi, tu khom a piengthar naw chun Pathien ram hmu thei naw nih” tiin kha deuh fekin a lo kungfu nghal a. Nikodem kha a barakhai hle ring a um. An inbiekna rikawttu hin a kip a kawiin a ziek nawa chu, tu lai thil chu ni sien, “A khai, tlangval, ring nekin fiemthu i va du reu de! Ieng tin am upat hnungin mi a pieng nawk thei hrim hrim ding? A nu sulah voi hni a lut nawk ding am a ni? Awi um lo lo, thil awm lo baksak i hril a!” tiin mi tam tak chun an don let ngei ring a um. MNF hotu Laldengin Prime Minister Morarji Desai a hmu trum, a hang inthrung fel chauh, ieng khom an hril hmaa Morarjiin, “I don’t trust you” (Ka ring naw che) a ti hlut, Laldengin, “That’s your privilege” (I thu annawm) tia a don trum, Morarjiin “I am just joking” (Ka fiemthu a nih) a ti nawk leh Laldengin, “That’s also your privilege” (Chu khom chu i thu bok annawm) a ti nawk hmak ang deua inbiek bùl khom an hoi hle.

Piengtharna thu dangdai

Nikodem barakhaina san ding chu a hang lut chauh, mong indêna a thrung hman hmaa Nazaret tlangvalin a lo kungfuna thu khirh pahni kha a nih. Pakhat chu ‘piengthar’ thu a nih. Hi thu hi Baibula a chuong hmasakna tak le Nazaret tlangval baua inthoka a suok hmasakna tak a ni hiel awm. Israelhai zirtirtu Nikodem meuh khom kha a bo map a nih. Israel hnam tungding le siem thara an la um nawk ding thu hrilna a tam em em a, sienkhom ‘piengthar’ thu ruok chu an la hriet ngai lo, thil thar a nih. Chuleiin, ‘piengthar’ chu taksaa pieng non niin a ngai a, chu chu mihriem dânah thil thei a ni naw thuin a don lêt nghal a nih. Thu khirh pahnina chu piengtharhai naw chun ‘Pathien ram’ an hmu thei naw ding thu a hril hi a nih. ‘Pathien ram’ chu ieng tina am ni tâng a ta? Hi thu umzie hi a’n don naw leiin, Israelhai inzirtirna le beiseina le inzomin, an Tlumte thlir, an Messia hung phaa khawvel chunga ama inlalna hnuoia ro an rèl hun ding chu kawkin a ngai khom a ni el thei. ‘Pathien ram, van ram’ (kingdom of God & kingdom of heaven) tihai hi thil thuhmun hrilna ni sien khom tu chen hin mi tam takin a umzie ei la hriet chieng naw niin a’n lang.

Chieng faka ‘piengthar’ umzie zuk hril fiepel el awm tak, ‘Khawbung a la ti ta deuh deuh’ ti ang khan, thu khir lem hmangin Nazaret tlangval chun, “Tu khom tui le Thlaraua pieng a ni naw chun Pathien ram lut thei naw nih” tiin a zuk kapzùt sa tah deuh deuh! ‘Tui le thlaraua pieng’ chu ieng tina am ni tang a ta? Nikodem lu chu a’n hai takzet a nih. A zirtirhai kuoma bu chi thè thu a hril fie ang khan zuk hril fiepek sien chu a hriet thiem el ding bah. Sienkhom chuong ang zawng chun a hril fiepek teuh si nawh. A hnung khomin, tu khomin, an hril fie zui tah bok nawh. Mi thiem a ni leiin thu thup le inrilin a hrilpek khom a ni el thei. A ni naw leh, ama ngeiin a zirtirhai kuoma, “Van ram thu ril chu nangni hriet dinga ti a na, anni hriet dinga ti a ni ve nawh….Chuong lei chun an kuomah tekhinthuin ka hril a nih, hmu zing sia hmu ngai loa, ngaithla zing sia hre ngai loa an umna ding le an hriet thiem bok nawna dingin” (Mat 13:10-13) a ti ang khan Nikodem khom hi a dawr ve am an ta ding maw!

Tui le Thlaraua pieng

‘Tui le Thlaraua pieng’ ti hi a hrilfiena a ngiel a ngana pek ei ni naw leiin hril fie dan a tam a, mi thiem ruol le pawl hrang hrang inkara insêlna le inbakkeina cho suoktu thu laimu iemani zat laia pakhat a nih. A thren chun ‘tuia pieng’ umzie chu tuia baptisma chang leh an kei kop a. Chuonga ngai pawlhai lai khom chun ngaidan le pom dan hrang hrang a tam. A bebawm le keizap, a bikin baptisma inchang dan thuah, thu inchin le inhnok a tam em em a, kohran pawl tam tak a suok pha hiel a nih. Ka tonhriet, entirna pakhat chauh hang hril lang. Delhi Version-a chun Thilthawhai 2:38 kha “In suolhai ngaidam a ni theina dingin inrêngin sim unla, Isu Krista hmingin baptisma chang ro. Chuongchun, hi thilpek Thlarau Thienghlim hi dong in tih” tiin a thil tum sie hmasain kan inlet a. United Pentecostal Church (UPC) a unau threnkhatin, “Hi châng in inlet dan hin kan thuring a pei thlak leiin mi’n let thrapek rawh” tiin an mi ngèn hiel a. A san chu inlet hmasaa, “Sim unla, in suol ngaidamna dingin Isu Krista hmingin Baptisma chang seng ro; chuongchun Thlarau Thienghlim pek hi hmung in tih” ti sirsana hmanga baptisma thu le a chang dan ding an lo inzirtir hlak lei a nih. Tiem phuol chun inang vonga ngai el thei, bi chieng ruok chun thuring bul khîk buoi thei thil a nih. “Baptisma-in suol ngaidamna le sandamna a’n tlun thei am?” ti zawna khom a cho suok thei bok. Baibul inlet hi fimkhur a lo ngai khop el.

A thren ruok chun, tuia pieng umzie chu ‘thua pieng’ tinaah an ngai thung. An Baibul chang changchawi threnkhat chu 1 Peter 1:23, “Chi hmon thei ni loin, chi hmon thei lo Pathien thu hring le tloa inthoka pieng thar in nih” ti dam; 1 Korinth 4:15 a Paulan, “Kei hi Kristaa in pa, Isu Chanchin Thraa hringtu cheu chu ka nih” a ti dam; Jakob 1:18 a, “A tum chu sukpuitling dingin, a thilsiemhai laia ra hmasa ni dingin thutakah a mi hring a nih” ti dâm hi a nih.

A thren nawk ruok chun, Eden bawsietna suol bul chu mihriemin ei sim leia sukbo le tlak thei a ni naw leiin, chu chu tlak le sukbo dingin Pathienin a naupa a hung tir a, kraws-a thiin a hung tlak a, thinaa inthoka thilthawtheinaa kei tho a ni a. Pathien hmangaina le lunginsietna zara mihriem sandamna sin a thaw zo tah chu ringa pomtu taphotin thiem an chang a, a ring nuom naw po thiem naw changin an um zing ti thu an uor a, baptisma chu sandamna petu ni loin an ringzie entirna chauh niin an ngai thung.

A thren ruok chun ‘tuia pieng’ chu mihriem taksa puta pieng tinaah an ngai. Chu thu chu a nih ti artikul hi ka ziek san tak chuh. Tui le Thlaraua pieng thu a hril zo chara Isu trongbau ei bi chun, “Taksa chun taksa a hring a, Thlarau chun thlarau a hring” ti a nih. Chu chu tui le Thlaraua pieng umzie inril taka a hrilfiena a nih. Tuia pieng chu taksa puta pieng leh a hril kop a, Thlaraua pieng chu thli leh a hril kop thung. Tui sika inthokin mihriem taksa putin ei hung pieng a, taksa put mihriem chun taksa put bok mihriem ei thla sawng pei a nih. Amiruokchu, mihriem chu thlarau neia siem a ni leiin Pathien leh an inzom ding chun Pathien Tharau leh an inzom a ngai. Chuleiin, ‘piengthar’ ti umzie tak chu ‘chung tienga inthoka pieng’ tina a nih.

Hi lei hin Isu vekin Samari nuhmei kuomah, “Pathien chu Thlarau a na, ama chawibiektuhai chun thlarau le thutakin an chawibiek ding a nih” tiin a hril (John 4:24). Chu lei bok chu a nih, Thlaraua hringna nei poimawzie thu Rom 8-ah Paulan chieng êm êma a lo ziek khah. Krista Thlarau neitu chu Pathien nau a nih. Chu Thlarau ngei chun a thlarauah Pathien nau a nizie a’n hriettir hlak. Chu thlarau zara chun, nau nina changtuhai po chun an Pa Pathien an nèl a, pa bula naute an insèk ngam angin, ‘Abba, Pa’ tiin Pathien hmaah ei insek ngam a nih. Naupang khaw hre lo ei tihai khom hin khuo an lo hriet khop el a, hmel hriet lo mi dang pahai bula chu an insèk ngam nawh. Pathien Thlaraua pienghai khom chuong ang chu an nih. Hmangai Johan bokin, “Tu khom Pathiena pieng chun Pathien chi a pai tlat tah leiin thil suol a thaw zui zing nawh; Pathiena pieng tah a ni leiin suol a thaw zing thei ta nawh” (1 Johan 3:9) tiin a ziek bok. ‘Pathiena pieng’ ti le ‘Thlaraua pieng’ ti chu thil thuhmun a nih.

‘Taksa chun taksa, thlarau chun thlarau a hring’ ti hi kong dangin zuk hril nawk inla. Nazaret tlangvalin Nikodem a hril tum tak ni awm chu, “Ngaithla rawh. Taksa put mihriemin i pieng a, sienkhom chu chu a huntawk nawh. Thlarau neia siem i ni a, i taksa in hi i thlarau a chengna chu a nih. I thlarau chu Pathien le in inzom theina a nih, Pathien chu Thlarau a ni tlat leiin. Chu inzomna chu Eden-ah a lo inchat ta a, inzom thar a ngai a. Chu inzomtir theina lampui chu siem dinga Naupa nina puta hung ka nih. Kei hi mihriem taksa put ni si, Pathien nina nei bok si, Mihriem Naupa le Pathien Naupa ni kop ka ni a, mihriem thlarau le Pathien Thlarau inzom thei ta lo chu suizom nawk dinga hung ka nih. Mosien thlalera rûl a khaikang ang khan khaikangin um ka ta, thiin tho nawk ka ta, kei mi ringtu taphot chun thiem chang an ta, a thlarau le Pathien Thlarau chu inzom nawk a ta, nau nina le chatuon hringna chang a tih. Keima hi ring loa hnawltu chu thiem naw changin um zing a ta, Thlarauah pieng naw ni a, Pathien leh inzom thei bok naw ni hai” ti a ni ka ring. Hi lei hin Isun Nikodem kuomah Thlaraua pieng poimawzie a lo hril mol mol a nih.

Tui le taksa inzomna

Mihriem hi tuisika inthoka hung insieng ei nih. Ei taksa puma zaa sawmsari vel hi tui a nih. Tui boin ei hring thei naw a, ei taksaa tui um zat ding a um naw chun ei châu nghal el a nih. Ei sai hlaah Zamchunghnungin, ‘Siktui ka ni lai khan, riel ang lo luong ral lang aw’ a ti dam, Lungthuliena Thanglunglengin, “Ka chûnnu lairilah tui ang ka’n tling lai khan, Hieng ding hi hre lang chu hringmi’n ka’n leng hma hma kha, Chawi lai zotui thieng angina luong ral tang ka tih’ a lo ti dam hi tuisika inthoka insieng ei nizie hrilfietu thra tak an nih.

Chuong ang char chun, hnuoi hmun thuma threa hmun hni hi tuiin a chim ve a nih. Thla det tir le thla lir lai hin thla hipna a hrat leiin pawng thùr thûrin tuipui a hîp a, nasa takin tui a fawn pha hlak. Chu thla hipna chun mihriema tui um khom a hîp ve leiin, mi pangngai lohai chun thla dêt tir le thla lir hi an hriet sek a, an inhuot a, an pangngai nawna a zuol hlak. Thla lir chun khawsawt lungleng a sukzuol a, mania inthat tam tak hi thla lir laia inthat an nih. Hi hi ‘Lunar Effect’ amanih ‘Transylvanian Effect’ tiin an ko. Hi lei hin Saptronga ‘lunatic’ ti khom hi a hung pieng a nih. Thlapa hi Latin trong chun ‘luna’ ti a ni a, thla thar le lir inhuota buoihai chu ‘lunatic’ ti a ni a, chu chu invêt, ngai aw lo tina a nih.

Sam 121 thupui chu ‘Mi Humtu Lalpa’ ti a ni a. Stanza pathumna chang 5 & 6 a chu hieng ang hin Delhi Version-ah sie a nih:

Lalpa chun a vêng zing che,

I chang tieng hliekhutu a nih;

Ni intrèngin em nawng a che,

Thla varin sukbuoi nawng a che

tiin. Hi taka ‘Thla varin sukbuoi nawng a che” ti hi a chunga ei hril leh khin thu inmat tlat a nih. ‘Thla varin sukvêt naw ni che’ amanih, ‘Thla var khom inhuot naw ti nih’ ti thei khom a nih. Inlet danga chu “Zana chun thlain em bok naw ni che” (BSI/BFW) tiin an sie. Hla phuoktu hin thla em le em naw thu ni loin, ngaituona thluok chen khom Lalpan a vengpek ding thu a hrilna a nih. Ei hril nuom tak ruok chu tui le taksa inzomna le inkungkeina inthukzie, tuia pieng chu taksa puta pieng tina a nizie thu a nih.

Thlaraua pieng

Johan 3:8 ei tiem chun, “Thli chu a nuomna tieng tieng a hrâng a, a rî i hriet a, sienkhom khaw laia inthoka hung am ti le khaw lai am a fe ding ti ruok chu i hril thei nawh. Tu khom Thlaraua pieng taphot chu chuong ang chu an nih” ti ei hmu a. Hi lem lem hi chu Nikodem ta dingin a mik a mak hang hriet ngaina a um naw hrim hrim. “Chu chu iengtin am ni thei a ta?” tiin a kahâk el a ni khah.

Thlaraua pieng le thli nungchang a tekhi hi thil mak tak a hoi laiin thil mak lo tak a ni bok. Hebrai trong chun thlarau, thli le thuok hrilna trongkam hi pakhat ‘ruah/ruach’ a nih. Chu chu Genesis 1:2 ah ei hmu nghal a, tui chunga thli, Pathien Thlarau inlêng vel kha a nih. Chu bok chu Adam hnâra Pathien inthuok lut, hringna thuok kha a nih. Thlaraua pieng taphot chu Pathien Thlarau le inzomna nei an nih. Thli chu hmu thei ni naw sien khom a sinthawa inthokin hriet naw thei a ni nawh. Pathien Thlarau neituhai chu chuong ang char chu an nih. Chun, thli amanih thlarau chu a kontrawltu Pathien thu thua thok le sinthaw a ni thu Isun chieng takin a hril sa bok a nih.

An leh, Thlaraua pieng dan chu ieng am ning a ta? Hi thu hi hal le zil infawmin Nikodem kuomah Nazaret tlangval chun a hril ngat ngat a, chu chu 3:9-21 ah ei hmuh. Iem a na a hril? Ama chauh chu mihriem taksa put ni si, vana inthoka hung, hnuoi mihriem laia hung um sun a nizie dam, kraws-a hemde a ni ding thu dam, ama ringtu taphot chu bohmang loa chatuon hringna an nei ding thu dam, thiemchang an ni ding thu dam, a ring nawtu chu thiemnaw chang sa an ni ang hrima thiemnaw an chang zui pei dingzie dam, ama ringtuhai chu var nauhai an nizie le Pathien hmaa inlang hlak an nizie dam le chuong po po chu Pathienin khawvel a hmangai em leia a Naupa khat nei sun inremna inthawina dinga a hung inhlan lei a ni thu, khawvela a hung san thupui chu Nikodem kuomah a hril ngat ngat a nih. A zirtirhai nek hmanin Isun a thi ding thu hi Nikodem a hril hmasa lem khom a hoi khop el.

Nikodem kha a piengthar am?

A piengthar le thar naw thu Baibulah ziek a ni nawh. A hnungah, Sanhedrin thusuoka Isu man dinga mi an tirhaiin man ngam loa an hung kir truma Sanhedrin membarhaiin an lo hal khan Isu tran zawngin Nikodemin a member chanpuihai a khak ngam (7:45-52) bakah vui dinga Josef Arimathai le Isu ruong an buotsai truma rimtui man to inchawtu le thlabara zirtirhai an inbi hmang rip hnunga Sanhedrin member a nina khom hnawmhnawla huoisen taka vui liemtu (19:38-42) kha a nih. A hmu chieng char char khop el.

Tienami anga an hril dan chun, Nikodem kha histawrian hmingthang Josephus unaupa, a hming tluon Nikodem Ben-Gurion, Jerusalema hausa taka an hril mi pathum laia pakhat, Sanhedrin-a member poimaw a nih. Isu zuitu a nih ti an hriet suoka inthokin Sanhedrin-a inthokin an ban a, nasa taka suknomnat a ni a, Jerusalema inthokin an hnot suok a, a hausakna po po a chân a, a hung rethei a, a naunu khom mi loah bu lak hmaih zongin a fe hlak an tih. Paula ang bokin, “Iengkim neka hlu lem ka Lalpa Isu Krista hrietna le buk khi chun iengkim hi hnephnawlah ka ngai a; Krista chu ka nei theina ding le ama leh pum khat kan ni theina dingin, ama leiin iengkim ka chân tah” (Fil 3:8) a ti ve hmak ngam a nih ti ringhla ruol a ni nawh.

Dodalna le harsatna tinreng kara khom, Isu ringtu, pantu le a thu zawmtuhai tluka mi vangnei le hamthra an um nawh. Tuta le chatuon chenin, pan rop tlak a va ni ngei!

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[*Editor's Note: INPUI columnist Pu Keivom is a retired Indian Foreign Service officer, respected Hmar Mizo litterateur and author of 'Zoram Khawvel' series. This article is dated Nov 11, 2009, Delhi]

The coming of Christianity to South Manipur

By Prof. Lal Dena* for Inpui.com]

Constrained by the love of Christ, the pioneer Welsh missionaries criss-crossed various continents and oceans of the world and without any forethought one of them happened to come to the dark distant hills in Manipur, a principality which had been closed to outsiders hitherto. The neighboring hill countries-Mizoram and Meghalaya were clearly potential Welsh mission fields. On the suggestion of the Rev. Jacob Tomlin, former missionary of the London Missionary Society, the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Foreign Mission Society took over Meghalaya from the Serampore Mission under Baptist Missionary Society on 22 June 1841.

Envisioned to extend the horizon of their mission areas, Rev.William Williams, a Welsh missionary to Shella, Meghalaya, visited Mizoram in early 1899, and hastened to appeal to the Welsh Mission Directors through the Goleuad, the Welsh Presbyterian periodical magazine for opening a new mission station there. By resolution of the Machynlleth General Assembly, June 1892, Mizoram was adopted as a field for Welsh missionary operations. It was from Mizoram that God’s miracle worked and the forbidden gate of South Manipur was opened for an ambitious young man from Carnaervonshire, Mid-Wales, who was not formally trained or selected to be a missionary.

This young man was no other than Watkin R. Roberts, who was born on 21 September 1886. Burdened so much for lost souls, Roberts later dedicated his life ‘to serve the Lord in any capacity in which He ordains me to serve.’ At one afternoon meeting of the Keswick Conventions in 1908 before coming to Mizoram, he listened with rapt attention to Dr. Peter Fraser’s passionate plea: ‘Hundreds of tribes in Assam and North East India are in utter darkness. They need the gospel. They need Jesus to save them from their heathen darkness.’ The words inflamed Roberts’s enthusiasm. Placing himself at his Lord’s command, he began flying over mountains and oceans in wishful imagination. Amazing!

Knowing not what his Lord had planned for him, Roberts, a chemist, accompanied Dr Peter Fraser and his wife, the first medical missionary to Mizoram on 14 October 1908 to help them in their clinic. Both Watkin Roberts and Dr Fraser belonged to the same place and attended the Castle Square Presbyterian Church of Wales, Carnaevon, Mid-Wales. They left behind the conditions of ease, comparative luxury and comfort of their homes in Wales

There is nothing too small for God. It was the small gift of five pounds sent to Watkin Roberts by his lady friend Ms Emily Davies who was, according to Roberts, ‘a great prayer-warrior’. Having prayerfully considered how the money might be used to the best advantage for the furtherance of the gospel, Roberts decided to purchase enough bound copies of the gospel of John in Mizo language to present one to each village chief in Mizoram. One copy of the gospel booklet cost only eight cents. Presentation of the booklet was made to most of the village chiefs in Mizoram along with a letter explaining the way of salvation through Christ, suggesting that the recipient should read carefully the 3^rd chapter, verse 16 of St.John and also asking each one to acknowledge receipt and let Roberts know what was being done with the gospel sent to them. By chance, one stranger perhaps from Senvon village, Tipaimukh, Manipur, happened to visit the mission dispensary at Aizawl. On being told that no missionary work was done among their tribe and their chief could read Lushai dialect, Roberts also sent one copy of the booklet through the stranger to the chief of Senvon.

Knowing not the content and meaning of the booklet. Kamkhawlun, chief of Senvon sent back the same booklet with an appeal written on the fly-leaf. ‘Sir, come yourself, and tell us about this book and your God’ through Kailienhrawng, son of Lienhrawng, and his two friends who were then proceeding to Aizawl to learn tailoring. Several months passed. One evening at a church meeting D. E. Jones, the first Welsh missionary, publicly announced the receipt of the gospel of John from Manipur with a request for a missionary. This arrested Roberts’s attention. Prima facie, Roberts knew that it was the one he had personally sent to Manipur and that the touching request was for the sender to visit the country personally. It was, indeed, a Macedonian call: the call of a land and people still in spiritual bondage and darkness! So enthused, Roberts then looked for people who were familiar with the topography of the land between Mizoram and Manipur. Lungpau and Thangkhai who were studying there volunteered to accompany Watkin Roberts for such aggressive and dangerous journey. Despite the perils and hardship involved, Roberts could see the rich harvest ahead and his team, after a very hazardous journey on foot for several days, arrived at Senvawn on 5 February 1910.

The Lord worked wonders. Leaving aside their heathen practices, five people including the chief turned to the true and living God. The young converts went about telling other people of the unspeakable joy that was theirs. The good tidings soon swept across the mountains like a mighty tornado. Amazement and awe filled the hearts of all who heard it.

How could all this happen? It started with a humble but prayerful gift from a lady in Caernarfon. It was indeed an imperishable monumental work for the glory of the Lord. Roberts was simply an instrument and the lady spoke indirectly from her home in Wales to the hungry souls living thousands and thousands of miles away. It is not wonderful? Paul planted, Apollos watered and God gave the increase so that both he that planted and he that watered are one.

The north-east of Manipur hill territory had already been illuminated with the light of the gospel. This was as a result of the tireless efforts of the Rev. William Pettigrew who had formerly worked for the Arthington Aborigines Mission (named after Robert Arthington, a millionaire from Leeds) but who later joined the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. The darkness of centuries passed away, and a new dawn of hope and love glowed brightly over the hills and mountains. The churches grew and flourished in the best tradition of apostolic times - self-supporting, self-governing and self-propagating. This was the secret of the success of the missionary movement in this part of the world.

The apostle Paul has said that the gospel is ‘the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes’ (Rom. 1:16). It was not British imperialism nor western civilization which changed the people. It was the gospel which conquered the unconquerable. It was the power of the gospel of Christ which marvelously transformed the ignorant into enlightened ones. What a victory! For revenge, the missionaries taught forgiveness; for hatred, love and for cruelty, kindness. Filled with the love of Christ, the missionaries devoted their entire lives at tremendous personal sacrifice to service among the people. For the sake of the cross, some missionaries laid down their lives and were buried in our country. It was the blood of those who died and the dedicated services of those who are still alive which united the distant hills of Northeast India with Wales (UK). More important, it is the precious blood of Jesus Christ which made us one - yes, we all are one in Christ Jesus.

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[*Prof Lal Dena is a Hmar historian and teaches History at Manipur University, Imphal.]

New Delhi, Nov 20 (Deccan Herald): Tired of your existing cell phone service provider? Just dump it by paying Rs 19 and go for a new service provider without changing your number under the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) scheme.

The MNP, which allows cell phone holders to change their service provider without changing the number is coming into effect from December 31.

Telecom watch dog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday fixed the reference rate for portability fee at Rs 19. “The per port transaction charge will be Rs 19 and the subscriber will not be charged more than that. However, operators are free to levy any amount less than or equal to this charge”, TRAI said in a statement. 

Accordingly, the MNP service is likely to be available in metros — Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and circle A service areas like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in the first phase (December 31) and in the second phase it will be available in other parts of the country by March 20.

The government expects that the MNP would ultimately benefit the customers as it would trigger severe competition with the companies possibly announcing sops, including lowering call and SMS rates, to retain their subscribers.

The government also hopes the companies may improve their services.
Guidelines
As per the guidelines to MNP, the TRAI says customers who wish to change the service provider have to give a written undertaking to their existing service provider that he/she is switching to a new operator.

Within five days of this, there should be mandatory subscriber identity verification. After completing this process, it would be forwarded within two days to the MNP service provider who in turn allows the change of the service provider.  The regulator has clarified that the portability facility will be available only within a given licensed service area.

The operators must telephonically inform the customer of the exact date and time the porting will happen. Post-paid customers have to clear all outstanding payments before they can change their operator, said the guidelines.

The regulator has said that the new operator that takes on the ported customers is not bound to repay any deposits made by the customer to his original service provider.

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