INPUI: Hmar News & Info

By Pu L.Keivom*, Inpui Columnist

Pawlitiks tukver

Kum 1939 July 15 khan Manipur sim thlang Pherzawl tlangah British-India khuo le tuiin ka hung pieng a. Manipura pieng ka ni leiin ‘Manipuri’ inti ding ni awm tak ka ni a, sienkhom ka tlangmi chanpui danghai ang bokin Manipuri inti ngai lo ka nih. A san chu ka khaw hrieta inthoka tu chen hin ‘Manipuri’ ti chu Meitei le an trong hmang kawka ngaina le siena a um tlat lei a nih. Ka phung (identity) miin an min don changin, “Manipura inthoka hung Hmar-Mizo ka nih” tiin ka hril hlak. Assam rama inthoka hung, entirnan Bengali le hnam dang tam tak chu Assamese an ni tlat naw ang hi a nih. Burma ram, kum 1990 a Myanmar tia an thlaka khom hin ‘Burmese’ (Myanmarese) ei tihai hi tlangmi ni lo phaimi, ei tronga ‘Kawl mi’ ei tihai hi an ni a, tlangmi State pasari- Arakan, Chin, Kachin, Karen, Shan, Kayah & Mon-a inthoka hunghai hin ‘Kawl mi’ an inti ngai nawh. Kong khata chu thil buoithlak le vangduoithlak tak a nih.

Hi thil hi ieng leia um am ning a ta ti ei sui chun, a ram neitua insiehaiin an ram hminga anni hnam hming inbuk a, an ram huop sunga cheng hnam hrang hrang hai chu hnam khat le trong khat hmanga indin suok dinga varna le hmathlir an nei tawk naw lei a ni nuom khop el. USA chun khawvel hmun tin le hnam tina inthoka hung fuon khawm, a rama chenghai chu ‘American’-in a siem vong a, chu chu nina an suong tak khom a ni bok. Lusei lalhai, abikin Sailo lalhai kha an lo var khop el. An inlalna hnuoia hnam chi hrang hrang hai hui khawm a, trong khat hmang hnama indin suok dan an thiem bakah an hnam hming a ram hminga an lo sie khom chu a sunga cheng hnamhai po po huop thei ding hminga an hung thlak pei leiin, chu chun a tawpah Mizoram a hung hring suok a nih.

Hmar hnathlak pahnam hrang hrang, G.A.Grierson-in Linguistic Survey of India-a hnam hlawm khat ‘Old Kuki’ hnuoia a siehai chu Zo hnathlakhai laia thlang tla hmasa, Tripura, Manipur, Assam le Chittagong Hill Tracts chena inzar darh an nih. Sienkhom, mani pahnam bing senga insungkhum le puon indelkil an ching leiin, India hmar saka State lien pawl tak nei thei ding kha mani hminga ram chikte khom suol suok loin tu chen hin an la um zing a nih. Chu chu a poizie hrea insiem thrat tum nekin hnam binga dam khawsuokna zongin an inlap a, a ra suok chu kholbing le chin zuol deuh deuh a nih. Mizoram level-a takngiel khom kha hmaa pawlitiks phusaa thruoitu le nina poimaw chel phak hlak kha SHDC bawkte-ah lu inthir rakin an inhnaw khawm a, an hmathlir khom bui mei nek daiin a tawi deu deu a hoi. Chu lungril chun kohranah zie a thlak a, pawl hrang hranga intel khawm let letin an inbakkei a, chuong ang pawla hotu ni dam chu inzakuma ngai ta nek hmanin indu phanain an la hmang nawk nghal! Thlirna tukver a chîn tlat chun ngaituona sukthlek khom a lo chîn naw thei nawh.

Kholbing tukver

India ramin kum 1947-a zalenna a hmu tawm ruoi lai chen khan eini rawi chun pawlitiks hi a rim a ra ei la hriet phak nawh. Kum 1946-a Mizo Union a hung pieng khan ramhmangpuia varung inlusu thrawng tho ang elin ei har phut a, ei himna ding hmuna tlan lut dan zongin ei inphi ruoi a. Biel hrang hranga thre dara lo um tah, lu innghatna ding tak tak nei si lo ei ni leiin, ei himna tak dinga inlang chu ei unau Lushai Hills (tuta Mizoram) a chenghai leh tuolkhata insung khawm a, ‘Mizo Sorkar’ siem chu a nih. Chuong lai chun Mizo Union-a a lusa le phusa pawl laia mi, Zo hnathlakhai insuikhawma Greater Mizoram indin dinga khektu rawl poimaw laia pakhat ei nih. Chuong hun laia Mizoram puo tienga a phûr zuol tak le bei nasa tak chu ei inbuk khawm rawnna taka ngai, Tipaimukh Biel, Hmar Area tia ei ko hi a nih. Hieng lai hmun hi chinin lien sien, khawvela Hmar hnathlak po poin ei ram bika ei ngai, ‘Ka ram” ei ti thei um sun chu a nih.

Amiruokchu, ei tukver a la chin a, ei tarmit bun a la fie tawk naw leiin thil hmu threlh lien tak pathum ei nei a. Pakhatna, Zo hnathlakhai po po inthuruola beipui thlak naw chun Manipura inthoka eini chauh suok tum chu thil thei lo tluk a nih. Ei satthlak thei khom lo ni ta hrim sien, sorkar rikawta Hmarhai chengna khuo tam lem chu Kuki lalhai inlalna hnuoia um a ni leiin anni le thrang ruol lo chun thil thaw thei lo a ni bok. Chuong lai le tu lai chen khom, Manipur tlangram zaa sawmnga chuong hi Kuki lalhai hnuoia um a nih. Anni rawi sakhuo hmasa tak chu inlal a ni leiin, Mizo Union thupui tak, lal ban le sukbo chu an thil nuom lo hulhuol a nih. Chuleiin, Mizo Union vung vanglaia a ramri vai tan zawnga ri ei siem rak khan umzie a nei tlawm. Lal tam lem kha Manipur sorkar ta dinga enthlatu-ah an inchang lem hlauh a nih. A hnung, 1960-a Kuki-Hmar buoina khom kha iemani chenah hieng lai thil le intringmit hi a nih.

Pahnina, Manipura Naga hnam ni lo po ei inthuruol thei naw a ni khoma kongro ei suk ding a ni chun Churachandpur Biela chenghai po bek hi ei inthuruol thrap a ngai. Chu chu voisun chen khom hin a poimaw dan a la danglam chuong nawh. Amiruokchu, kristien sakhuo hung putluttu Watkin Roberts (Saptlangval) hung khing thlatu H.H.Coleman-in dawha vervek hmanga inzomkhawm thei lo dinga a mi lo thre dar vong tah ei ni leiin, inlungruol chu mang rama um a ni ta si. Coleman Factor lei hin kum 2010-a Manipur sim thlang biela Gospel Centenary chen khom a ni inruola hmang thei lo ei nih.

Pathumna, British hun laia ramri an lo khang tah kha nuom ela thriek thei a ni nawzie ei hriet chieng naw leiin beisei ei lo suksang taluo a, chu chun lunghnurna nasa tak a hring suok a, unau le unau inkarah chadan inthuk tak a siem bok a nih. Hi taka inthok hin Mizo Union pawl le Rochunga Pudaite party indin Hmar National Congress (HNC) pawlin ei hung inthre tah a nih. July 3, 1945-a Parbung khuoa an inkhawmpui hmasa taka chun HNC indin an rel bakah an thurel pakhatnaa chun “Hi kawnferen hin Hmar hai delna ram po, Manipur, Churachandpur, Lushai Hills le North Cachar Hills ami satthlak a, district pakhat a siem dingin States Re-organisation Commission hai kuomah Memorandum peklut a remti” ti a ni bakah chu chu pe lut dinga Delhi-a palai tir le an fena ding sum khon an rel thluk bok a nih. Chu chu hnam bil pawlitiks kholbinga ei hung lut tran dan chu a nih. Chu ruol chun hnam binga kohran intel khawm sinah ei pu a, a por chu nasa tak a nih.

Hieng lai huna hin propaganda indik lo tak pahnih an lo the dar a, chuonghai chu hang tar lang vak ei tih. Mizo Union inrui pawlin ri an siem leiin Manipur Chief Minister Maharaj Kumar Priya Brata Singh chu Parbungah a fe a. Buoina siem loa an inhnukkir chun ‘Regional Council’ pek a nuom thu le Mizo Union thruoituhaiin anni mihai le insuikhawm an thlang lem leia an hnawl thu hril rik a um a. Hi hi thudik a ni le ni naw P.B.Singh dam lai ngei mi ringum threnkhatin an indon chieng a, a nui a’n za hle. Sienkhom, mihriem hin ei ring nuom zawng chu khêl buru khom ni sien ei chel tlut hlak angin, hi invethlemna thu hi mi tam tak lungrilah a la riek tlat chu tie!

Hi le inzoma nuor thusim ei inzawt rop chu Mizo Union thruoituhaiin an mi uksak naw lei le dawhaa an mi thaw leia ei tum hlen lo anga inhril a nih. Tu chen hin an mi dit naw leia mi thlauthlak anga ngaina hi thri be china inngaihai lai khom a thi thei nawh. Ei hang ngaituo chîk ruok chun pawlitiks tieng ei mawl lei le eini dawi sa vek ei fak leia thil um a ni si. Ri ei siem met leia ramri hlun vai tan thei dinga ei lo inringna kha pawlitiks inlumlet dan a A AW B ei hriet naw luot lei a ni a, ei nuomna le phurna kha ngaisang a um hle lai zingin ei mawl dan ruok kha chu a taluo deuh a nih. Tu chen khom hin voi khat voi hnih silai hang hmet puoka ram thar kap suok el dinga inngai pawl ei la um chu tie! Mawlna chimbuk kara ei tukver hi zauh lien a va trûl de aw!

Chun, Mizo Union hotuhaiin an mi phurpui le hrilpui rak leia Manipura inthoka sat thlaka Mizorama kop el thei dinga ei lo inbeisei khan, anni rawi, eini ang thisen le ngaituona put ve kha, Pathien ang thawthanga thilthawthei dingin ei ngai tina a ni bok. Naupang laia ei pahaiin iengkim thaw thei dinga ei ring ang khom hi a hoi khop el. British hun laia Manipur ramri an lo khampek kha tu chen hin thriek danglam a la ni nawh. Manipur ram ni si Tuivai kuol Mizorama an lo sung lut le Kabaw phairuom Kawl lal kuta an lo pek khom kha sukdanglam a la ni naw zing. India ramin zalenna a suol tran laia inthoka zalenna lo suol tah Nagahai khomin Greater Nagaland an satpui rak leiin Manipur ram inchi khat khom an la lak hek nawh. Mizo Union thruoituhai laka beisei ei lo suksang taluo leia lunghnûr mei mei ei nih. Kum 1966-a Laldenga inrawina hnuoia silai le beipui an thlak khom khan kum sawmhni lai hiel aw sien khom Mizoram ramri inchi khat khomin an zauh bel nawh.

Chu chu ei hril leiin, ramri hi thlak thei lo a nih ei tina a ni nawh. Khawvelah ramri hlun a um nawh; ami chenghai dit dan anga inher danglam pei a nih. Chu ding chun hmathlir sei tak neia var thiem taka a lampui ding duong lawk a ngai. Greater Mizoram ei ti vet khom hi a taka a pieng hmain lungril ramah damtea a hung pieng le inthranglien hmasak phot a ngai. Chu chu a nih Zoram khawvel thiltum le hmathlir.

District hlimthla

Hmar National Congress le Mizo Union pawl khata insung khawma 1959-a Hmar National Union (HNU) a hung pieng kum kha D.M.College-a ka kai tran kum a ni a. Khang hun laia kan inruipui tak, khuoizu anga hung far thla el dinga beiseina bana kan lo ban hlak chu Hmar Autonomous District a nih. District hang nei inla chu khawvela hin duthusam kim hiel dingin kan ring hlak. Kei lem chun 1960 khan mang ramah Sinlung Thar chu indinin,

Pipu chena ropui relna Khaw Sinlung,

Changram hnuoia buonlei lo chang ta hnung;

Din tharin chung van hnuoi singmi tin karah,

A sakhmingah “Khaw Sinlungmawi” kan tih

tiin hla ka phuok hiel a nih. Chuong lai chun Khawpuibunga Hmangaithang Pa, hieng thil lo invet chilh ve chun nau pasal a nei a, a hmingah ‘Sinlungthang’ a phuok top el a nih.

Khang laia kan phurna pang sa kha a sosang hle a, mihriem siem thermometer-a hang inkhi ngaina a um nawh. Chuong laia HNU President chu Selkai Hrangchal a ni a. Imphalah a hung inzin chang College-a inchuklaihai khan Hmar Company-ah kan va pawl a, zer far duon duon khopin a titi kan ngaithlak hlak. Naupang lai polio invoi leia ke khing tieng rê a ni leia inbai lau laua lawn hlak kha District kal rema pênin kan hmu a, mawi kan ti hlie hlie hlak a nih.

Tuibum le Tuizang chep de kara um Pherzawl tlanga inthokin Tuithraphaiah, chu taka inthokin Imphal phairuomah hang leng hnung chun khawvel ka thlirna tukver khom a hung danglam hret hret a. Mani khuoa M.E.School-a Headmaster ni nuomna dam, Churachandpur-a Sub Divisional Officer amanih le District chitea District Commissioner (Borsap) ni chakna dam kha damten a hung re a, mani State-a inleng lo khopa ngirhmun siem nuomna lungrilin a hung thlak a. A tawpah, khawvel lien lemah India ram aiawa palai ngirhmun hang chel hnung meuh chun tukver hrang hranga inthokin khawvel inlumlet dan hi ka hung thlir ve ta a. Hnama dam khawsuok ding chun lien lema insuikhawm a trulzie dam, khawvel indawrna bazara lem chu a ram buk buka inzom khawm naw chun ram hausa le thilthawthei lem haiin nuom nuomin an mi sop ziel el a nih ti dam ka hung hmu chieng a. Chu tukvera inthok chun District ti dam chu a sip sam khom hmu phak a ni ta naw hrim hrim a nih. Chuleiin, sutria khuo tieng suok chang khomin pawlitiks tieng ei hril pha chu ni dang angin titi a khuongruol thei ta nawh. A threnin silai le kap suok an tum lem lem hi chu pangzat nekin nuizat a um lem a, sienkhom tlang taka ngaidan hrilna ngam khom a ni ta nawh.

Thlirna tukver thar

Ram le hnam ei ti hih ei sam zing hlea chu a hrilfiena ziek ding ni inla, ei thlirna tukver zirin a ram pum huop, a State huop, a District huop, a Sub-division huop, a bielte Circle huop, a khaw huop, sungkuo bing huop a ni thei. Bel lien taka bel chin lem inthuo bit mar ang deuh hi a nih. Bel tin kha an poimaw vong laiin an poimaw dan le hmang tlak dan a’n ang thei nawh. Ram le hnam insersuon dan khom hi chuong ang chu a ni leiin, bêl chin na nâ nà chun a keng tlawm tlat leiin naupang inkhuol-tehlemnaa ding naw chun hmangna ding a tlawm. District-in umzie a nei tlawm a, mani intodel lo State khomin umzie a phur tlawm a, a phur tlawm tiel tiel pei ding a nih.

Kutdaw sungkuo nekin mani intodel sungkuo chun inza an phur bakah thil khom an thaw thei lem leiin mi ngaisang an hlaw. India hmar sak rama kutdaw State pasari zet ei neihai hi a neituhai chun ei suong hle khom a ni thei. Sienkhom, mi inza ei phur naw a, phur tlak ei ni bok nawh. Chuong ang char chun a sunga kutdaw autonomous districts ei neihai khom hi an nih. Tu kut hnuoia um am an na? Sum petu Sorkar Laipui ti pawl um ei ta, sumdawng hausa mi tlawmte, abikin Marwarihai ti pawl um bok ei tih. A petu chu a hmasa lem, a chalaitu chu a nuhnung lem ti inla, khel hril ni kher nawng ei tih. Eini rawi chun an dawkana bei nawi tla hlek ei lo dong ve chauh ang a nih.

An leh, Marwari ei tihai hi tu hai am an na, ti ei ngaituo hlak am? Rajasthan-a District pakhat Marwar-a inthoka hung, sumdawng an thiem leia khawvel hmun tin dapa inzar an nih. Sumdawnga Kolkata hung tla luthai khan Bara Bazar-ah hmun nghet tak an khuor a, chu taka inthok chun a se vela ram po po sumdawngna hnarpui an chalai a nih. Hnam hminga an put tah ‘Marwari’ ti khom hi Bengalihai kona hming an put song a nih. Khawvela Marwari um po po zat tiem chie um naw sien khom maktaduoi ruk vel chauh ni dinga ngai a nih. Kolkata le a se vel State hrang hrang, abikin India hmar sak tienga sumdawngna chalaituhai hi an tam lai tak khom nuoi hni vel chauh ni dinga ngai a nih. Chuong mi tlawmtehai chu India rama chauh khom ni lo, khawvel ram bung hrang hranga sumdawngna hnarpui poimaw cheltu laia mi an nih. Indiaa ngat lem chu an sum hmangin pawlitiks khawlpui hi an nuom dan ang angin an invirtir el a nih.

A thren chun ‘intamchilh pawlitiks’ an hril mawi. Hmun threnkhata chu indikna chin khom um mei a tih. Amiruokchu, intodel thei si loa insukpung chu kutdaw, siehlaw, vakvai, rukru le goonda (hel pawl chenin) insiem rawnna chauh a nih. Tu lai khawvela hin thiemna le chu taka inthoka suok hausakna naw chun hma nor kuok thei a ni nawh. Nuom se êk tamin thu a phur nawh. India rama hnam tlawmte ‘Parsi’ ei tihai hi thri be chin chun a hre naw ei um ka ring nawh. Iran (Persia) rama Zoroastrian sakhuo zui pawl, suknomnatna an tuok leia India rama hung inpem an nih. Thiemna le hausakna tieng ruol khûm khopa insang an ni leiin, ram inchi khat khom anni hmingin nei naw hai sien khom hriet hlaw pawl tak an nih. An tlawmzie hlak chu, ieng lai khomin nuoi hni chuong an ni ngai naw a, a kum telin an tlawm deu deu. Indian Prime Minister hlui Indira Gandhi pasal Feroze Gandhi kha Parsi a ni a, a naupa Rajiv Gandhi le a tupa Rahul Gandhi hai khom hi an ni vong. An tlawma chu an buk a rik.

Mani intodel thei ngirhmuna ei insiem hin ram le hnam bulthrut nghet ei rem a nih. Chu tukvera inthok chun ei hma tieng hi ei thlir lem nuom a um tah. Ei nunghak-tlangval haiin thiem taka lekha inchuk a, sin thra an hmu zat hin District thar ei indin a nih. Chuonghai chu sungkuo, khawtlang, ram le hnam siemtu kut le ke an ni leiin tlawmngaina nopui indomtir ding an nih. Tlawmngaina ei hril fie dan khom hi ei ngirhmun thar tonin a phut ang peiin thlak danglam a ngai. Inchukna tienga thaw thrahai hi tlawmngaina tonlairang intontir ei tiu. Ei buonhai hi ral le sa huoi an ni ta naw a, ei mi huoisen le ral hrathai chu inthimna le mawlna ram sut hongtu, hrietna ram va paw a, thiemna tienga dikri le ngirhmun inzaum tak tak hung hawntuhai hi an ni ta lem. Chun, ram le hnam siem ei ti hih kut tirdakum hmanga suma intham kuok ni loin, indikna, taimakna le thrahnemngaina lungril nghet taka intùna sungkuoa inthoka intran a ni naw chun a ziksuok tak tak thei nawh.

Pathienin Joshua kuoma, “Kea in sirna taphot chu pe vong ka ti cheu” (1:3) a ti kha a tak ngeia ei nuna la lutin, khaw lai khom ei umna taphot chu neitu chan changin, ta cheiin chei ei tiu. Ei ram del chin ei soisak dan le suosam dan hi enin, neitu nina lungril ei put tak tak nawh ti a chieng. Ram ei raw dur dur el dam hi lainat a um. Israel ramah inzin la, Judahai le Palestina mihai ram hluo chin i hriet nuom chun tu indon buoi khom ngai loa hriet dan a um. Judahai hluo chin chu hring dup a ta, Palestina mihai hluo chin chu trawl bor bor a tih. A hmasa hin neitu chan changin, duot takin a ram chu a enkol a, a nuhnung ruok chun chuong ang chun a duot ve nawh.

Sinlung Hills Development Council (SHDC) chu ieng anga ngirhmun inhnuoia intran khom ni sien, neitu chan chang a, tâ taka a hluotuhaiin an enkol phot chun a hmu taphot inhnar ning a ta, ngirhmun insang lema hlangkai khom roreltuhai ta dingin chakum hlie hlieng a tih. Sienkhom, nuizatbura an siem ruok chun mi endong le hmusit hlawng a tih. Tuta china SHDC an enkol dan hi enin lainat a um a, roreltuhai zing thophang lungmawlin District dam lo pe pal an tih ti ei inlaupui nuom el a nih.

Chu hlimthla chu Tipaimukh Dam boruoka hin chieng ém èmin a hung inlang mek a. Ei hnot tlang tak chu Esau anga bu voi khat faka ei upatna le rohluotu nina zor hmang a nih. Tipaimukh Dam hi hnam riralna dinga mankhawng trium am, hnama dam khawsuokna kotsuo lem ding? Ei kutah ditthlangna ei nei am? Chu zawna chu hun remchangah tukver hrang hranga inthoka thlirin ei la buon pei ding a nih.

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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 May 26, 2010, Delhi].

The 1991 ‘Mizo Book of the Year’ ZORAM KHAWVEL PART 1 which took Mizo literary world by storm is all set to be released in electronic book (e-book) format.

“It’ll be available for free download after officially launching a new website by the same name,” sources involved in the on-going project said

Zoram Khawvel series is authored by noted Mizo litterateur and retired Indian Foreign Service officer Pu L.Keivom. Though Pu Keivom belongs to the Hmar Mizo community he had penned all the eight Zoram Khawvel series in Mizo (Duhlian).

“If everything goes well as planned, the e-book will be ready by second week of June,” the source said.

It may be noted that Pu Keivom’s book NUN RAM was released by Inpui.com and Indin last year. That e-book is available for free download here.

While NUN RAM is a collection of short essays, ZORAM KHAWVEL PART 1 will be the first Mizo hardcover book to be released in the e-book format. However, the style and format of the new e-book is not yet known.

http://mizoramexpress.com/index.php/2010/05/zoram-khawvel-to-be-released-in-e-book-format/

Sielmat: A seminar on Hmar customary Law will be held on June 11 and 12 at Sielmat in Churachandpur, Manipur.

Information Secretary of Hmar Youth Association, Tuithaphai Jt. Hqrs, Pu Lalbiekthang Buhril said this in a press release on May 22.

The meet will be held at Siemat Zawlbuk.

The youth association has invited church leaders, social activists and individuals to attend the meet.

However, it is not known whether the meeting will be only attended by Hmars from Manipur.

According to some sources from Mizoram and Assam, no invitation has been sent to them.

“Is this meeting going to reflect our concern. We never even heard about it until this time,” says one prominent leader from Hmarkhawlien in Assam.

Likewise, Hmar leaders from Shillong are not aware of such meeting when this report was filed.

There has been concerns, lately, that attempts are on to inject a heavy dose of church ethics into the Hmar Customary Law. Some social activists have voiced their concerned about this saying that “such move will only create more hypocrites” in the Hmar society.

“For instance, the two common form of marriage followed in the community are ‘Kohran Dan’ and ‘Arasi Hnuoi’ (Inruk). The first type of marriage is commonly accepted as a “valid marriage” after Hmars converted to Christianity and those who did not tied the knot accordingly are labelled as ‘sinners’ and look upon as outcasts. We cannot accept that anymore. Arasi Hnuoi/Inruk must also be accepted as a valid marriage as it is our custom,” says Mr. Thanglien (Hmarkhawlien, name changed).

Imphal, May 22 2010: State food Minister, Y Irabot today received a rousing welcome from the people when he returned from Jiribam as 290 loaded trucks arrived at Imphal this late evening with heavy security on the Imphal-Jiribam section of the NH-53 .

With slogans praising and welcoming the effort of the consumer affairs, food and public distribution minister, Y Irabot rocked the sky on the stretch of the highway from Keithelmanbi to Imphal as hundreds of people turned out and offered flowers chains as mark of gratitude to his effort in opening of the NH-53 .

Interestingly, yesterday, when he left for Jiribam with a team of reporters, Irabotdid not tell where the place he is touring.

Only when the team kicked off for the journey, reporters were informed of going to Jiribam to bring back the loaded vehicles.

Only 10 security personnel and four PSO accompanied the minister in the tour and came back with the good numbers of freight trucks stranded for the last many days due to the indefinite economic blockade imposing by the ANSAM and supporters to the demand of defer of the elections to the district council elections in hill districts.

Irabot told reporters that he had decided to proceed personally to look into the situation along the NH-53 when government failed to translate into works decisions taken in the Cabinet meetings at least three times and attempted to use Guite road for ferry of essential goods items by the government.

As government decision to use Guite was not informed to him before, he wanted to take stock of actual situation of the NH-53 and know the reason behind the government refusal to provide security on the stretch for save passage of freight trucks.

The arrival of so many loaded trucks to Imphal from Jiribam today, it has been proof that the government is telling lie to the people, Irabot boldly said adding that the matter will be brought up to the knowledge of the Prime Minister and Home Minister.

Despite having some smaller mudslide prone portion on the stretch, BRTF personnel, put on service, clearing the mud from time to time.

The route will be used for ferrying essential items henceforth, the minister assured.
He also said that Central security forces like the CRPF, BSF and Assam Rifles are protecting the stretch of the highway by opening security posts every vulnerable areas.
When the information regarding his visit to Jiribam reached the ear, government issued order for using the NH-53 in procurement of essential items instead of Guite road and started sending state IRB forces to escort back the freight trucks, Irabot claimed.
On the way back from Jiribam, the minister intercepted around 100 trucks stranded on the way at Kaiphundai Bazar due to landslide after around 200 trucks crossed.

Before heading for Imphal, the minister also came across some 50 trucks parked nearby the Jiribam police station at Guladhon after trucks were left Jiribam for Imphal yesterday with security escort.

All the trucks arrived at Keithelmanbi at about 4 pm.

On minister's arrival in Imphal hundreds of people were found waiting for receiving him with warm welcome.

Among them was former MP, Kim Gangte of Trinamool Congress.

Food minister, Irabotwas received and felicitated by womenfolk at Khumbong, Salam, Sagoltongba, Yurembam Babu Bazar, Patsoi and seek blessing from the minister on his successful trip.

The minister took around eight hours in reaching Imphal from Keithelmanbi as he had to held talks with the people felicitating him.

A traffic jam occurred at Konung Mamang when the minister headed his residence as hundreds of people waited for receiving him.

Various slogans like, "Minister Irabotis the hero of Manipur, he is the true leader of the people" were shouted by the people receiving him.

Source: Hueiyen News Service

By Pu L.Keivom* Inpui Coumnist

Part 1

Kan khuo Pherzawl tlanga inthoka suo tieng ei hang thlir chun tlang sîp pakhat, a ki inzum vara van tieng song, rawl bang insi khup chunga thrung lêr el hi a’n lang a, a hmingah Vankisong kan ti a. Hi hi sim tienga Thanlon tlang inzam pheia a sîp insangna tak a nih. Ka tienami ziek LALNUNNEM a khom hi tlang chanchin hin parakraf hnina a hluo vong a nih. Amiruokchu, sak, sim le hmar tienga inthoka ei thlir chun hi tlang sîp hmel hi a danglam dai a, a ki inzum var hmu ding a um naw a, van tieng ruok chu tlang dang po po angin a song ve. Ei thlirna tukvera inthoka ei hmu dan sengin iengkim hi ei inkhi a, thil thuhmun chie khom hin hmêl danglam tak tak a lo put vong a nih. Chun, tukver pakhata inthoka inlang phak lo kha tukver danga inthoka thlir chun chieng ém èma hmu thei a um bok.

Mi pakhat hin pastor kuomah, “Pastor, ka trongtrai lai ziel hawp thei ka ti?” tiin a’n don a. Pastor chun, “Thei lo ve! Chuonga thaw chu Pathien inza nawna a nih” tiin a hril a. Hun dang daiah ama vek chun pastor kuomah, “Ziel ka hawp lai trongtrai thei ka ti?” tiin an don nawk a. Pastor chun, “Trongtrai thei e. Ieng lai khomin Pathien i biek zing thei annawm” tiin a hril thung. Trongtrai laia ziel hawp le ziel hawp laia trongtrai chu thil thuhmun char a nih. Trongtrai laia bu fak le bu fak laia trongtrai, trongtrai laia inhnawm le inhnawm laia trongtrai tihai khom. Amiruokchu, ei indon dan zirin thil thuhmun si khom a donna chu a letling hlauh a ni thei.

An ti annawm, Tuikuk-hai chun kontrek (contract) hi an ngaisang khop el a. Inhlawfa ding mi ei zong a, “Ka huon thloah hung inhlaw la, ni tin cheng za peng ka ti che” ei ti chun tu khom a nuom an um nawh. “Ka huon thlo sin ni tin cheng za hisapin hung kontrek ta la” ei ti ruok chun invak suorin an aw nghal el a nih, an tih. An thlirna tukvera inthok chun inhlawfa chu mi hnuoihnung sin, kontrek chu mi changkang chin thaw hlak nia an hmu leiin, thil inang char ni sien khom an hmu danglam tlat el a nih.

Chuong ang bok chun nawchizor inchawtu nekin KS amanih Call-girl amanih le filmstar hmingthang dam kholbingpui thei chu mimirin an en dan le ngaisang dan a danglam daih a nih. Sienkhom an sum sengna san chu thuhmun, Rengkaihaiin bu an bak a, Saidanhaiin an fak ang char hi a nih. Ei thlirna tukver zirin thil pangngai chie khom ei hmu danglam hlak a nih. Shakespeare-in “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” (Hamlet) a lo ti ang el khan, a sie a thra ei ti hi a lo um tak tak naw a, ei ngaituona thlek zuia ei inkhi dan inang naw mei mei a lo nih. Lusun beidongin nisa khom dal ruoia a hmu laiin, vangneina tuoktu ruok chun ni dang neka var mawi lemin a hmu thung. Mi ditsaktu ta dingin ka hlawtlingna chu thil lawmum a ni laiin, mi hmelmatu le khingtu ta ding chun lung kheitu a nih. A hmasa hin ka chan siet mi lunginsiet a ta, a nuhnung hin mi diriem a tih.

Tukver inphîr

Hawp le hmuom thila kristien ei ni hnunga ei thlirna tukver le hnam danghai thlirna tukver inang nawzie hi ei ngaituo ta hlak am? ‘Hawp le hmuom’ ei ti hi ‘fak le dawn, zu le sa, bu le bâl’ ei ti anga tronglamkei (phrase) a ni a, dumziel, dumbel le tibur hawp, tibur tui hmuom, dumhmuom hmuom le inrui thei thil hrim hrim, abikin zu dawn tina a nih. Kristien ei hung ni hnunga ei thlirna tukvera inthok chun hawp hi suolah ei ngai naw a, hmuom tieng ruok chu, zu a ni phot chun suol buruah ei ngai thung. Hmun dang tam lema ruok chu hawp hi kristienhai thaw lo dingah an ngai a, hmuom ruok chu an ngaimaw nawh. Inrui buoi ruok chu tu sawsaiti khomin thra an ti ngai nawh.

Chu thu zuk hril taka chun November 22, 1982-a Saidana muol liem tah Upa Ngama kha ka zuk hriet suok chu tie! Ama kha ziel du èm ém, a meng sung chu pak khu lai lai zing el kha a ni a. A hawp naw sung chu chawibiek inkhawm le bu fak sung a ni el awm. Hla mawi le hlu, sak hlaw tam tak a phuok a. Thlaraua hla thra tak tak a dong lai hin, a um dan ding awm hieng hin ka zuk sungtuo a. Makhata lo a riekna tru namthlakah bokin, a singtur dumbelah dum inru tak el, kauzing dum an naw leh kauchang trawl ngei el chu bengin, a chungah meiling siein hang fawp hring a ta, chu zoah pak khu hlat hlat a ta, a khu inzam chiei chiei hung bawtu thrangthrâm ruol chu lu inhaiin vuong dar cham cham an ta. A pak ruola a khû a hip lut tûr khan a lua inthoka a ke chen thawk le khata fang riei rieiin, a thazam damten sukchawlol a ta, hadam song songin inhrieng a ta. A lung phûrin a thluok tieng thisen a pam suok rawn ang pei ruolin a ngaituona hung dîng a ta, nun ram le thlarau ram fangin hriet lo ramah inzin a ta, chu taka thlarau leh chun inpawlin thu le hla thar a baua inthokin hung far thlang a ta, inhoi a va ti thei awm de aw!

Inrui thei thil hrim hrim hin damdawi chi khat, mi choktho, chokphur le sukthatho theina tûr (stimulant) an pai vong a nih. Chuong inrui theihai laia chi khat, a threnin ei hawp, a threnin ei fak, a threnin ei hmuom hlak chu dum (tobacco) hi a nih. Mi sukrui theitu a tûr chu Saptrongin ‘nicotine’ an tih. Hi tûr hi tûr dang neka a danglamna chu a tui le a khala a um thei bakah boruokah a khü, tûr pai si kha a’n zàm thei a nih. A hawptu nek hmanin a khü lo hiptuin a thawhla lem niin an hril. Ziel ei hawp phaa ei chep dena lai kut para dam hin duk tlûkin a tûr chu a kop thei. A tûr hi a hrat leiin natna hrik le ngè a that thei bok. Mi dawk tuma ei panga hung kai invot khom hi tibur tuiin zuk dep inla, an inkon choi nghal el a nih. Chu chu fa a, hawp a, hmuom a, ei taksa ei hang inchietir ngam el hi, huoisen tak chu ei nih. Kansar, a bikin chuopa kansar siemtu laia a pikhawi a nih.

Chu bawia chun India hmar saka Zo hnathlak a tam lem hi ei intang a nih. Kristien ram inti ngam, a pilril taluo leia a hrana Lalpan a zong suok ngat ram nia inhril Mizoramin khawvela inlar tak nina, a mihriem um zat phua kansar tamna tak ngirhmun a hang hluo el dam hi pangzatum tak chu a nih. Amiruokchu, tûr fak, dawn le hawp hi ei huoi tlangna tak a ni si leiin tritna châng ei hriet nawh. Tri nek hmanin ruol êng ei inlàk a, ei insukhmu a, ei khu lui lui a, ei bau thu vut vutin a chang sup sup el a nih. Dam leh tlang khatah, thi leh ruom khatah ei ti tlang diel khom a hoi khop el. Ei inhmangaituo dan hi inthichilh hmangaina, hmangaina vangduoi an ti chu ni ngei a tih. Ei hang inbekbor a, “Khawm, i pai?” ei hang ti sap chun indon sei a ngai nawh, ei fak chi, thina tûr bok hi ei phor dok zat el a nih. Thichilh hmangaina!

Kan naupang lai chen khom khan, chawibiek inkhawma hung pahaiin singtur dumbel khu hlut hlutin an hung pak a, lut tawmin biek in râp bang, bawta keisawia a taa khan an zep fur a, trinah an hawp zui nawk nghal a. A thren chun stetman lekhaa (Statesman newspaper) zuol, kutpui tiet tieta lien an hung hawp a, an ziel bong chu bangah inthir fukin an zep bok a. Nu threnkhat chun puonbilah tibur tui an hung chûn sa a; tibur hawphai chun bangah an zep far bok a. Lengkhawmna le pungkhawmna hmunah zalen takin ziel an pak hlut hlut a, mit sukthip khopin a khu chum chum hlak. A thren, neinung deuhai chun dumhmuom, Hringchara inthoka dawrkai haiin an zu lak, Chin Hills-a mi Sukte sumdawng ruolin an hung tol treuh hlak leia an kona hming ‘Zatèp’ an inputtir ngei chu hmuom dingin an pai bok a. Hawp le hmuom hi a sur a sa hnuoia rimsikna huol vel kara sin hram thawhai nun sukhadamtu, zalen taka an thaw thei le an hlimpui thei um sun tlawmte laia pakhat chu a nih.

Dumhmuom hmuom, dumziel hawp le tibur tui hmuom hi kristienhai chun thaw der lo dinga an inchuktirna hmuna chun suola ngai a ni leiin ringtua inngaihai chun an thaw ngai nawh. Entirnan, Vai kristienhai, abikin South India tieng hi an ni zuol. Ziel hawp an hmu che chun kristienah ngai naw nghal an ti che. Korea mi, kristien ka hmuhai khoma chu char chu an ngaidan a nih. Zu dawn ruok chu suolah an ngai naw thung. Eini tukvera inthok chun kohranin zu dawn hi suolah a ngai a, ziel hawp ruok chu suolah a ngai ve naw thung. Ieng leia kristien seng seng, Baibul thuhmun hmang sihai thlir dan le pom dan a letling thei tlat am ning a ta? Ei inchuktirna le thlirna tukver inang naw lei niin a’n lang.

Ei ramah misawnarihaiin kristien sakhuo an hung put lut khan ringtharhai kha ringnawtuhai leh an thre hrang theina dingin ei nunphunga ei ching hlak thil iemani zat bek inbantir trûlin an hriet a. Ziel amanih tibur hawp le a tui hmuom chu a mimira an thaw hlak le an insukhadam theina tlawmte laia pakhat a ni leiin khappek chu remchangah an ngai naw a. Ser le sang le thil poimaw thawna taphota a ser laia a mei ang, sienkhom mi neinung le lal le a khawnbawlhai ti naw chun a nazonga an thaw ngai lo zu khap chu remchang lemah an ngai a, an khap tah a nih. Hi lei hin tu chen hin eini lai zu dawn chu suol, ziel hawp chu suol ni loa ngaina a um. Ram dang le hmun dang tam lema ruok chu misawnarihaiin zu dawn khap loin ziel/tibur hawp le hmuom an khap thung a nih. Chuonga hawp an khapna hmuna chun ziel hawp hi ringnawtu thuomhnaw-ah an ngai a, ziel hawptu chun kristien inti sienkhom kristien-ah an ngai thei nawh. Chuong ang char chun eini lai chuh zu dawn hi ei ngai ve a nih. Ei turver siemtuhai chu misawnari hmasahai an ni a, an mi lo siempek ang ang khan, indik sien indik naw sien, ei pom tlut el a nih.

Judahai tukvera inthok ruok chun zu/uoiin hnawl hi Pathien malsawmna hnawl angah an ngai. Uoiin hi an thilthawna taphotah a ser laia a mei ang a ni ve a; uoiin thrang lo chun Pathien kuoma an inthawina khom a kim thei nawh. Zu thra dawn rawn tak khom tempula sinthawtu thiempuhai an nih. Chun, Pathienin mal a sawm le sawm naw inkhinaa an hmang tak khom uoiin an hau le hau naw-ah a nih. Molawma Isu a thrangna hmasa taka a nu Marin, “Uoiin an tlasam” ti a hung ripawt dam khan umzie inril tak a pai leiin, mi dangin hril hmai inchuhai sien khom Hmangai Johan chun hril hmai a tum naw hrim hrim. Isu le a zirtirhan zanbu nuhnung tak an kil khom khan uoiin chun hmun a hluo rawn hle a; a thi hnung khoma a thisen, an ta dinga suok chu an hriet zing zie inentirnaa uoiin hung dawn tlang hlak dingin thuro a sie a nih. Chu chu sakramen ei ti hih a nih.

Uoiin hi zu chi khat a nih. Zu a ni nawh titu chun uoiin umzie a hriet naw hulhuol a nih. Zu do pawl threnkhat chun, “Isu rawia an dawn kha grep tui (grape juice) a nih” tiin, zanbu an faka inthoka kum sanghni invoi hnung chenin an uoiin dawn kha thlakpek tral tral an tum. A san chu, an thlirna tukvera inthokin, zu dawn chu suola an ngai lei a nih. Voi khat chu, hmun danga sakramena uoiin tak tak an sem hlak angin Korean pastor pakhatin Delhi tlangah uoiin tak tak a sem a, a kîlhai lai chun eini rawi threnkhat, zu hi suola ngai pawl an thrang ve a, hahîpin an hril a nih. Isu hril dan ang taka sakramen an kil kha suol thaw-ah an inngai daih thung a nih. Thlirna tukver indika inthoka thil thlir hi a lo va hang poimaw de aw!

A bul tienga a hming ei sam Upa Ngama nun kha ziel hawp le zu dawn thuah hrilfiena thra tak niin ka hriet. Kristien a ni hmain zu dawn mi a ni hlak a. Ringtu a hung ni charin zu dawn a bansan a. Iemani chenah a hnungtol a, zu dawn a sunzom nawk a. Rong nasa taka a bawl hnungin a petek a, nunghak lakah a tlusil a, kohran phuorna chen a tuok a, nasa takin zu dawn tieng a pu nawk a. A hung inhmu suok nawk chun zu dawn a ma a, a tawpah Upaa thlang a hung ni tah pei a. A tlu pha zu dawn, a tho pha zu nghei a ni laiin ziel ruok chu suolah a ngai naw leiin a dam sungin a hawp hem hem zing a nih. A thlirna tukvera inthokin ziel hawp chu ieng suol khom ni lo, zu dawn ruok chu suol a ni tlat a nih. Chu chu eini laia mi tam lem thlirna tukver a nih. Baibula ruok chu hawp le hmuom khapna a um nawh. Fak le dawn le hawp le hmuom thua Isu khom kha a buoi thrak nawh; a ngaidan chu sunchang lai tak angin a fie a nih. A zuitu intihai hi ei nih a buoi chu.

Ruoivel Vs Kohran tukver

May 1, 2010 Hmasawnna Thar suoka khan L.Ruoivel Pangamte-in “Inneina hi mi po po lai chawimawiin um sien la” ti thupuia hmangin, Pathien thu ang taka kristienhai thaw dan ding nia a tukvera inthoka a lo thlir dan angin January 15, 2010-a a naunu pasal nei chu inthlana a buotsaipek thu, soiseltu an tamzie thu le mo lawmnaa inseng treuh hi thra a ti naw thu a ziek a. Mo lawm ei uor san hi ei Baibul nei tah po Version pathuma Hebrai 14:4 ei inlet dan inang naw dam mawsietin, “mi po po laia innei (inneina) chawimawi” ti hi trawngbau khap suol niin a’n lang” a ti hiel a. Ama chun, “Nupa ni dinga inneihai hin, nuhmei dang le pasal danghai lakah an inneina (nuhmei pasal nei an ni tah ti) hi inzaum takin inlangtir hai sien la” tia inlet thrat a rot hiel a nih. NIV-a chun hi châng hi “Marriage should be honoured by all and the marriage bed kept pure” ti a ni a; RSV chun, “Let marriage be held in honour by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled” tiin a sie.

A thlirna tukvera inthoka a mit sukkhamtu tak chu mo lawm uor le mo lawmnaa sum tam tak seng hi a nih. Amiruokchu, Baibul tukvera inthoka thlira infuina ziektu hin mo lawm thu a hril nawh; innei hi inza taka chawimawi ding a ni thu a ziek lem a nih. Inneihai chu nupaa insiem an ni tak leiin chu chu khawtlangin hrietpuiin an inneina chu inzapek hai sien, nunghak le tlangval an ni lai angin tu khomin beiseiin hèl ta naw hai sien ti le chu chu hrepuitu tu khom mawphurna a nizie a hril a nih. Hrepuituhai mawphurna le inneihai mawphurna a thriengin a hril kop pei a, a hrilna san khom Thupek Sawma khap bawsea an uire a dit naw lei a nih. Chun, inneihai thutiem chu inzapek (respect) el khom ni loa chawimawi (honour) ding a nizie thu a hril tum tak a ni leiin ‘respect’ ti nekin ‘honour’ ti trongkam hi a hmang a nih.

Chun, innei hi mi po poin chawimawi hai sien ti a hril leia mo lawm hi ei uor pha anga hril tum hi thlirna tukver him lo a nih. Kristien le tien lo tu khawtlang khomin mo lawm hi ei uor seng a, mi neinunghaiin an uor zuol. Kristien ei hung ni hnunga ei uor tran khom a ni bok nawh. Hinduhai tak tak hin mo lawm an uor a, sum an seng rawn taluo leiin India sorkar khomin a ngaimaw a, mi fiel thei ding zat chenin a bituk hiel a, sienkhom dan siemtuhai hai hi a bawse hrát hràta thrang an nih.

A ieng khom chu ni sien, Ruoivelin a tukver le inrema Baibul inlet a nuom dan ang hin inlet ding ni inla, ei buoi fe ka ring. A hmasa takin, “nupa ni dinga inneihai hin” ti hi Hebrai ziektuin a ziek naw bakah, “Nupa ni lo dinga innei khom an um a ni?” tiin indon inla, ei buoi nghal ka ring. ‘Innei’ chu nupaa insiem tina a ni a, hrilfiena dang a ngai nawh. “Nupa ni dinga innei” ti chu trongkam chuongliem a ni el bakah nupa ni kher lo dinga innei khom an um ti a thawiin a kawk sa tlat a nih. Chun, “nuhmei dang le pasal danghai lakah an inneina (nuhmei pasal nei an ni tah ti) hi inzaum takin inlangtir hai sien la” ti hi Hebrai ziektuin a ziek sa naw a, a ziek umzie nia a tukvera inthoka a hmu dan anga hrilfiena a phuok ni sien a hoi lem. Ei tukvera ei thlir dan le enremna bang ei intung le inmil zawng sengin Baibul hi inlet inla chu saisa hleng a tih.

A ieng khom chu ni sien, a naunu pasal nei hi a thrangna kohranin hrietpuiin, inzain chawimawi sien, a tukvera inthoka a thlir dan anga thra le mawi le indika a hriet dan ang taka a naunu inthlàna a buotsai khom chu inzapek bok hai sien a thra ding bah. Chun, mo lawmnaa sum seng treuh hi khap thei ni naw sien khom, mani sum le pai ngirhmun zir ang peia chàng thiem inchuk hi thil varthlak a nih. Hieng ang konga huoisen taka hma la ngam le a ngirhmun tlang taka ziek ngeia puong ngam L. Ruoivel Pangamte hai ang ei um hi a vangnei thlak khop el. Lemchang nuom lo le pei lo ei tam pha ei khawtlang le kohran khom a zie hung um pei el a tih.

Hun thim (Dark Age) an ti lai, Roman Catholic pumbilna hnuoia kohran a um lai chun Pathien thu indik nia an hriet chu fîr takin an kengkaw a. Joshua 10:13 a nisa kei dinga a um thu dam, 1 Kron 16:30, Sam 93:1, 96:10, 104:5 le Thuhriltu 1:5 dam changchawiin, hnuoi hi chang loa nghet taka rem, nisa le thla le arasihaiin an hêl a nih ti thu (Ptolemic theory of geocentrism) an inchuktir a. Chu zirtirna kal zawnga thu hril reng reng chu sakhuo poi tawka ngaiin an hrem a, a thren an raw hlum bok a. Chuonga hrem tuokhai laia pakhat chu Italian Scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) a nih. Hnuoi hin nisa a hêl lem thu a fie chieng chu a puong leiin Pope Urban VIII rawiin thi dingin a chungthu an rêl a. Sienkhom, mi lien a trantu an tam leiin that loin, Florence bul, khaw chite Arcetri-a a ina chun suok thei lo dingin a thi chenin an hrên a nih. A na sêt hnung le a mit inthim hnung khomin, a thil hmu suok, hnuoiin nisa a hêl thu indikzie chu a tran tlat a, a thi chenin an khattawkin, “Eppur si muove, Eppur si muove” (A hêl zing annawm, A hêl zing annawm) tiin an sam hlak a nih. Hi hmun hi sira ka biekzin ni chun ngaituona a fe sei ngei.

Kum 2000 khan Pope John Paul II chun kha hmaa Roman Catholic kohranin a lo thaw suol po po laka thupha chawina le ngaidam inhnina lekha a’n suo, Galileo chun a thia inthok kum 358-ah thiem a chang chauh a nih. Kohran tukver besana hmanga Pathien thu lak suol le hmang suol hi thil trium tak a nih.

Hi po hi tuta trum chu a khulang khangna dinga ei hung thur suok a nih. A remchang dan ang peiin khawvela tukver dang dang ei la hung bi pei ding a nih.

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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 May 18, 2010, Delhi].

May 18: Coming down heavily on the Govt of Manipur in an Open Letter to Chief Minister Ibobi Singh, a group claiming to be the Hmar Tlawmngai Pawl (HTP) on Tuesday accused his government of “paying deaf ear towards the suffering” of their community.

The HTP angst seems to be directed towards the Ibobi government’s inaction to reconstruct and repair the NH-150 all these years in spite of repeated requests by people from the region.

Threatening to block National Highway 53 (which connects Imphal to Silchar via Jiribam) and National Highway 44 (which connects Aizawl to Silcahr via Vairengte), HTP stated that, “we are now considering road blockade on highways connecting Manipur from Assam and Mizoram for trucks and tankers.”

Giving a 24-hour deadline to “act posivitely” to their demands, the group said that they “will consider that you (Ibobi) are hell-bent in not alleviating the sufferings of the people in Tipaimukh sub-division. We will go ahead with our own actions and you shall be taken fully responsible for any undesirable incidents going to take place.”

The full text of the Open Letter is given below:

Date: May 18, 2010
Subject: Open Letter to CM of Manipur on NH-150

To,
Mr. Ibobi Singh
Chief Minister of Manipur

Sir,

We, the Hmar Tlawmngai Pawl (HTP) have been silently observing your indifferent approach towards the Hmars in Churachandpur district and the NH-150 which is the arterial road that connects Tipaimukh sub-division with the rest of the State and other adjoining States of Mizoram and Assam. You are fully aware that the Hmars and other communities living within Tipaimukh sub-division have been suffering beyond limit due to non-functioning of NH-150. Despite the bare fact exposed in front of you and the Government of Manipur, you have been paying deaf ear towards the suffering of our people.

Surprisingly, when economic road blockade takes place on NH-39, you have no shame in bowing down before the Government of Mizoram, begging them with folded hands to let you take your trucks and tankers via Mizoram so that your vote-banks in Manipur don’t suffer. In this regard you have no second thought in scrutinising extra expenditures involving due to fuel, time, energy, and security. If you have the will and determination, you could easily take an abrupt decision in making trucks and tankers carrying human subsistance to Manipur via Mizoram. On the other hand, you and the government of Manipur have no will and determination to make NH-150 usable even though you are fully aware of its importance. In fact, had NH-150 been in good condition, your attempt to avoid NH-39 passing through Nagaland would have been easier, cost effective and more logical.

In view of your arrogant attitude towards the people of Tipaimukh area, we are now considering road blockade on highways connecting Manipur from Assam and Mizoram for trucks and tankers. This action will be discretely executed in order to let you realise the sufferings of our people in Tipaimukh sub-division. We will let you reconsider about full renovation of NH-150 and construction of Tuivai Bridge connecting Mizoram. If you agree in writing and start the works immediately, we will also reconsider our plan to sabotage highways and any other roads that can be used for plying trucks, tankers and any other vehicles travelling to Manipur.

You may carefully think over it. If nothing is heard from you and do not act posivitely to our demands within 24 hours, we will consider that you are hell-bent in not alleviating the sufferings of the people in Tipaimukh sub-division. We will go ahead with our own actions and you shall be taken fully responsible for any undesirable incidents going to take place.

Yours faithfully,

Lalramsan Hmar
President
Hmar Tlawmngai Pawl (HTP)

SOURCE: Mizoramexpress.com

Aizawl: The Hmar Students’ Association, Aizawl Jt Hqrs will orgainsed Hmar Martyrs’ Day here in the state capital in remembrance of the departed souls who have laid down their lives “fighting for justice” and “basic rights” of the community.

Meanwhile, reports coming from Saiphai, Sakawrdai and other areas like Hmarkhawlien, Muolhoi (NC Hills), Rengkai, Muolvaiphei, Saikot, Saidan, Khawmawi and Hmarram region in Manipur said that the May 16 event was observed with games and sport activities besides having a “minute silent prayer” for all the men who have laid down their lives during the Hmar People’s C0nvention movement.

However, due to some delays, the main event at Aizawl could not be held on May 16, said organisers. “That’s why we have arranged a special ceremony on May 17 at Beraw Tlang Tourist Lodge Auditorium,” they added.

The programme is given below:-

HMAR MARTYRS’ DAY PROGRAMME

(Organised by HSA, Aizawl Jt Hqrs)

A Hmun: Beraw Tlang Tourist Lodge Auditorium, Aizawl

A Hun: 17.05.2010  11 AM

Meeting Conductor: Pu Lalrawngbawla Ralte, Vice President, HSA Aizawl Jt Hqrs

Recording Secretary: Tv Lalkansang, Tv Zoramthanga

Opening Song: Aw Kan Hmar Ram

Hun Ser:-  Rev Rotuothang

Sunna Hun

Speech:

1.         Pu Malsawma Darngawn, Chairman, SHDC

2.         Pu Hmingchunghnung, Ex-Chairman, SHDC

3.         Pu Lalrosiem, Ex-Chairman, SHDC

4.         Tv Rothanglien, Asst Gen Secy, HSA Gen Hqrs

Cultural Show : Aizawl Hmar Cultural Club

Hla:

1.         Nk Caroline Pakhuongte

2.         H.Lalthakima

3.         Tv Lalramchan

4.         Nk Mary Sungte

5.         Nk Lallienzo

Hun Kharna: Thangruolin. .Lungruolin. .

Refreshment etc,    Refreshment etc,  Refreshment etc

Aizawl a Hmar nauhai popo thang dinga fiel ei nih

SOURCE: MIZORAM EXPRESS

OFFICE OF THE HMAR STUDENTS ASSOCAITION

Shillong Jt Hqrs, Demthring, Meghalaya.

Date: May 16, 2010

ADMISSION & REGISTRATION

Admission hun hai ei hung tlung nawk ta a, ei inchuklai hai hlawthlingna changtu hai po po ei lawmpui takzet a, College tha tak tak a hai admission khawm hmu ngei dingin ditsakna ei hang inhlan a nih. Hmundang inthawk a Shillong inchukna beisei lei a hung pan tu tamtak an um ei ring a, hung tlung mek le hung tlung ta hai le an tlungna hai ta ding a hrietding pawimaw hang tarlang vak ei tih. Ei hriet ta ang in zani lai el khawm Malki KSU haiin puotieng inthawk a Student um hai hnawkdawk vawng an tum thu Shillong Times a an insuo thu ei hriet kha. Chuleiin lunginsiettakin fimkhur nawk zuol eita ei ruol le pai hai, ei sung le kuo hai mi hung bel tu hai po po HSA ah in register tir ngei ngei dingin lo inhriettir seng ei tiu ti chu ei hang hril nuom a nih. Asan chu siet le \hat thuah in register lo hai chu kut ei tlak theinaw ding a nih.

Registration hi iengtiklaikhawm Tv. Joseph V Tuolor, Gen Secretary, 98623 39835 ah in register thei a nih.

DELHI ADMISSION

Delhi University hnuoia inchuk zawm nuomtu hai ta ding chun May ni 25 chen hi registration thawna dingin hun hawng ani a, mani ngei fe a, original document chawi ngei ding a nih ti chu ei hang inhriettir a nih.

HSA INHLAWNA

Sum hmuna beisei leiin HSA chun Date 5 June 2010 a hin Banquet (One Day Mess) buotsai dingin an singsa mek a, chu ding chun Nu le Pa le mi thahnemngai tak tak hai in thahnemngaina le in thlawmngaina hai kan hung ngen nawk ding cheu ana, Ticket hung zawr ani hun a lunginsiettaka milo thlawmngai pek nawk ding cheu le thahnem milo ngai pek dingin kan hung ngen cheu a nih.

INHRIETTIRNA

HSA OB, Departmental Secretary le Committee Member hai Committee vawi thum a zawn a apology khawm umlo a hung hanglo hai chu tuta hi inhriettirna nisien a nawk a apology khawm umlo a thangnaw hai chu dan angin ban ning an tih. Committee nawkna ding chu 22^nd May 2010, 1:30pm Sharp ani a, a hmun le agenda ding ruokchu a hran a inhriettirna hung siem ning a tih. Harsatna lo theilo le pumpeltheilo hieng Exam, Thinathu le Damnawna ani naw chun members po po thang seng dinga inhriettir ei nih.

THANGTHAR RAWL

Ei magazine |hangthar R^wl thlakhata vawihni suok hlak kha sum tieng harsatna leiin eilo insuo thei tanaw a pawi ei ti takzet a nih. Chun hi thu le inzawm hin mi tuelkhawm lo sponsor nuomtu eilo um chun iengtiklaikhawm lawmlut zing ani a Inhnikna neitu hai chun Editor, Thangthar Rawl (Tv. Joseph V Tuolor, +91 98623 39835) a intlun thei zing a nih.

PROPERTY CHUNGCHANG

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Secretary Info. & Publicity

MARTYRS DAY THUCHA

(From the Office of the President)

A hmasan HSA Jt. Hqrs., Shillong hmingin Martyrs Day chibai ka b<k cheu a nih. Hi hun mi \huoi tlung nawk tu ei Pa Pathien kuoma lawmthu um mawl rawse. Hnam ta ding a thi le thau seng a ei hnam lungmawl lo invaipui tu hai le lunghlu lo chan po po hai hi ei theinghil naw a, an \hahnemngaina hai le an lo inp>k na hai po po hi a hlu in ngais^ng an um takzet a nih.

Vawis<n ni hin eini khawm thi le thau sengin ei hringna hai chen khawm inro lo in ei lo hlan ngam elthei, amiruokchu hi thil ei fepui lai zing a ei theinghil naw ding a pawimaw b>k b>k pakhat char hang tarlang ei nuom chu hi hi a nih- Khawlai hmunah khawnm um inla, ieng ang sin khawm thaw inla, ieng ang khawm inch<kin lo ni inla Hnam Palai le Krista ai a Palai eini ti hi theinghil naw inla nuom a um b>k b>k el a nih. Chuong a ei thaw chun ei umna taphawtah ei hnam hmel le ei Lalpa hmel hi mi haiin ei nungchang a hung hmung an ta chuongchun ei hnam lungmawl ei ti hi mi hai inhnar le mi hai inza ei hung ni ngei le Hnam ropui ei ni ngei ding ani ti chu thudik inkhello a nih. A b$ktakin vawis<n a inch<klai hai hnam \huoitu la hung ni ding hai hin ei hriet makmaw le ei z^wm ngei ngei ding a \ha chu a nih.

S^p thuvar chun “The position at the top is always lonely and fraught with dangers” a lo tia. Chu chu ei ni \awnga mawl taka hang inlet chun “Thuneitu/ \huoitu nina chu an rieng thlakin thil \ium tamtak a um hlak” ti anih. Hi hi andik hle amiruokchu hiengang hre zing saa, a harsatna le a \iumna dawn loa hnam \huoitu hmasa haiin an hringna hlutak hai chen Hnam ta dinga an lo chan na hi tulai \hangthar haiin ngun taka ei ngaituo nawn a ei theinghil lo a \ul a nih. Tamtak chun “khangang lawm khan an lo thawa chu iem Hnam tadingin tu chen hin rasuok a nei a?” ti mani le mani in dawn rawp ei tih. Indawn thei khawm chu ani reng a nih. Amiruokchu “Rome khawpui khawm nikhat in an bawl zo chuong lem” ti hi lungrilah hieng thu hi ei sui le ngaituo z^t a ei vawngsa zing hi thil\ha tak niin an lang. Hla ziek thiem le inlar hmingthang S. T. Coleridge chun “Mihriem hringnun hmatienga mi keihruoi tu tak chu beiseina anih” a lo tia. Chuongang bawk chun eini \hangthar, zinga zingn^wka hnam \huoitu, nu le pa hai inghatna ding le ei ram le hnam ban a la hung um ding hai hin iengangin ei hnam hi lo thlasie ta in lo hnungsawn ta sienla khawm beiseina le tumruna ei kawla, ei pi le pu haiin ringzo taka rohlu le thil dang dang ei enkawl dinga an mi lo maksan pek hai hi suk ramin, suonmawng ror>l ang a ei hnam ro r>l khum lo hi tum tlat ei tiu. Ringumna, tumruna le tuorselna hi kengkaw tlatin, \huoitu hmasa hai hnam ta dinga an lo in pump>kna hai kha ra \hatak inra suok tir tu ding ei nih ti a tharin inhre nawk zuol sau sau ei tiu.

Hnam \huoitu hmasa hai le \huoitu nilai zing hai hi felnawna le tlinnawna tamtak nei an tih. Suksuol khawm chu tamtak nei an tih. Cerventes chun “Thawsuol le thlaknawna chu mihriem mizie le mi po po in an thaw hlak reng a nih. Amiruokchu hre zinga thaw nawn tu chu mi depde le invet an nih” a lo ti a. Hotu annawleh \huoitu hmasa hai thawsuol le tlinnawna tamtak mipui, a b$k takin tulai \hangthar haiin ei hang hriet hi a va vangnei thlak ngei de! An hrietnawna leia an thawsuol le thlaknawna kha \hangthar hai tadinga varna intlun tu a lo ni dai si a. Hienganga inch<kna pawimaw mi petu, varna intluntu hai kuomah lawmthu hril nasatakin ei bat a nih. Chuleiin mani le mani “Ka/ ei va hang vangduoi de aw… Khangang khan lo thaw lem hai sien chu. Tuhin chu khi eini ta ding ana… Beidawng a um b^k zel” ti a insuk zawsi le intum ding zawng lem loin “e…ram le hnam hi kei ka chunga in nghat a nih. Suoksuola lo um hai chu keiin ka suk\ha tum lem ding a nih” tiin Shillong a um Hmar nau hai po po \hang a tharin la nawk zuol ei tiu.

Lalpa’n ei hma\huoiin nikhat chu hnena puon la sil ngei ei tih.

HSA damsawt raw seh!

In thawpui,

Immanuel Zarzosang Varte

This song is dedicated to all Hmars on the occasion of Hmar Martyrs’ Day (May 16)

1. Thlasik Tawllawt

2. Zoengmawi

3. Sinlung Gurup

4. Nunchang thranu

5. Ka ngaizawng dang hmasahai

6. Thlumte Thlir

7. Kawmfar dunga

By Pu L.Keivom*

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

-Voltaire (Letter to d’Alembert,1776)

May 9, 2010. Hmar Christian Fellowship, Delhi chawibiek inkhawm trinin ka tupa Brando Keivom, Delhi Thurawn Editor-in, “Pu, kar nawk Pathienni hi Martyrs’ Day a ni leiin, chu le inzom chun artikul mi hung ziekpek rawh aw” a ta. Kei chun a darah kuo pheiin, “A tu le a ieng Martyrs’ Day am ie?” tiin ka’n don kir a. Ama khom a chieng bik rak naw ni ding a na, “Eini mihaiin kum tin May 16-a an hmang hlak hih” a ti ringot a. Kei chun, “Kha hma 1960-a Kuki le Hmar ei indo truma hringna chân, hnam pasalthra an tihai hriet zingnaa kum tin hun ser an hmang hlak kha chu ka hriet a, a hnunga an hung phuok sap pei ruok hi chu ka hriet phak ve ta nawh. Iengkhom ni sien, martar umzie le ram dang danga martar ni an inser dan le eini rawiin martar umzie ei hmang pawlawt dan hung ziek tum ka tih” tiin ka’n thla a.

Martar umzie

Martar Ni ei hril ding a ni leiin, ‘martar’ chu ieng tina am ning a ta? ti ei chai hmasa phot ngai a tih. Kristien ei hung ni hnung hin ringna tienga ei saphunna trongkam an thu le hla tam tak ei kalchar huongah a luong lut a. Entirnan, pulpit, tempul, sakramen, baptisma, sermon, solfa, pastor le a dang dang hai hi eini trong hrimah ei ngai tah leiin, a umzie indon chu mi mawl tak khomin makti vong an tih. Chuong laia pakhat, ei hlaa chen khom sungpui chan lo hluo tah chu ‘martar’ ti hi a nih.

‘Martar’ hi Grik trong martur, martus (witness) a inthoka ei lak a nih. Old Latin-ah ‘martyr’ tiin an ziek a, chu chu Old English-ah la sawngin ‘martir’ tiin an ziek a, a hnungah Latin angin ‘martyr’ tiin an hung sie nawk a, chuong ang chun tu chen hin an hmang tah pei a nih. Chu chu kristien sakhuo ei zui hnungin eini trongin ‘martar’ ei hung ti ve a, a thu mal umzie tak chu ‘hrepuitu, trantu’ (witness, sàkhí) tina a nih. Hun a hung fe pei a, ‘martar’ chu umzie tum tum kawkin an hung hmang a. Sakhuona tieng, abikin Kristien khawvelah, martar changhai chu an sakhuo thuring inphatsan loa an tran tlat leia hringna chanhai hrilna trongkam a hung ni a. Pawlitiks khawvela khom, ram le hnam thratna le damna dinga an thuring le inchuktirna an tran tlat lei le chu chu hlen suok tuma an beinaa hringna hiel chânhai hrilna a nih.

A chunga martar umzie tlangpui pahnih ei tar lang hin ei hril fie nuom dan angin umzie hrang daih a nei thei. Arabic trong chun ‘martar’ hi ‘shaheed’ an ti a, chu chu martar thienghlim (holy martyr) tina a nih. Palestinian-haiin ‘shaheed’ an tihai chu mi thatna dinga an panga bomb khit dea insukpuok, thichilh bomb paituhai (suicide bombers) an nih. May 21, 1991-a Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu) a Rajiv Gandhi thichiltunu Thenmozhi Rajaratnam kha Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hai ruoi, suicide bomber a nih. Tu lai, abikin Muslim firfiekhaiin inrîkrapna hmangruo taka an hmang a nih. Hienga an mi hmanghai hi an sakhuo tranna lungril turûa an vai rui le dawi vet, an thi phaa an sunghai inbengbelna ding sum tam tak an pekhai an nih.

Hnam le sakhuo hminga martar changhai chun dairekin van ram lut an ta, vadung luong del delna kam, fak ding thei chi tinreng kûr tuora an ràna pielralah nunghak thienglam hmel thra eltieng 70-in chatuonin enkolin an rong an bawl ding a nih ti chu Muslim thiempuhai thu inba a nih. Hienga an lungril an dawi vet, an sakhuo trana martara thi châk hlie hlie hi an tam a nih. Martar ropuia an ngai khom an sakhuo kaltuhai thattu a nih. Chu chu ‘indona thienghlim’ (jihad) an ti chu a nih. Hi ngirhmuna hin a thichiltu martar le a thichilhai martar ni thei bok an ni leiin, martar umzie a sukkhikhawk khop el. Kum zahni sung deuthaw (1095-1291 AD) inkara Europe-a kristienhaiin Muslimhai kuta um ram thienghlim le a khawpui Jerusalem la kir nawk dinga beipui an thlak kha Crusades ti a ni a, sang tam takin hringna an chàn a. Zu rûntu kristien thihai kha kristienhai chun martar changah an ngai a; rûntuhai lo dang a, an sakhuo le ram humnaa thihai kha Muslimhai chun martar changah an ngai bok a nih. A tu am martar lem? A ieng khom chu lo ni sien, martar changa an hril tam tak hi mani trânghma ngai taka zuolkona dinga khêl le tak uor deua an bel khawm a ni nuom leiin en fimkhur a thra.

Martar chang mi langsarhai

Khawvel rikawta martar chang rawn taka inhril chu kristien sakhuo zuituhai an nih. Tertulla (c.160-225 AD) lem chun a lekhabu Apologeticus (Apologia) ah, “Kohran hi martarhai thisena inthoka hung tro suok a nih” (The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church) a lo ti hiel a. “Kohran chi insona chu martarhai thisen a nih” ti thei khom a ni bok. Martar chang hmasa tak chu Stefan a ni thu Dr. Luka chun chipchier takin a ziek (Tt. 6 & 7). Isu zirtir 12 hai laia tar kuna thi pangngaia thi Hmangai Johan le mani inthat Juda Iskariot ti lo 10 danghai chu martara thi vong an nih. Tirko Paula ngei khom martara thi a nih (Ref: Foxs’ Book of Martyrs).

Boston khaw bula um Gordon-Cornwell Theological Seminary hai buotsai World Christian Encyclopedia-in a hril dan chun, kristien mi maktaduoi 70 chu martar-in an thi ta a, chuonghai laia maktaduoi 45 chu kumzabi sawmhnina laia thi an nih. Hang tiem vuot chun mit âr intra-in sikhlim a puor sung sung thei a nih. Ei hang ngaituo chîk ruok chun, Indopui 1 & 2 lai le Stalin tawrot insuo leia thi le Hitler kuta Juda mi hringna chân po po khom thrang sa vong hai sien khom a la tam taluo tieng hret a hoi khop el. Sumdawngnaa Kristien sakhuo hmang pawlhai lai hin sum dawlna dinga martar nambar sukpung hlut ching an um a, a poi khop el.

International Bulletin of Missionary Research lem chun kum 2008 sung khan martara thi kristien mi 175,000, ni tin 480 hiel um dingin a hril lawk a, turu tak a nih. Sienkhom kum a hung tawp meu chun a ni teu si nawh.

Muslim turû pawl lem chun anni buoina siema anni kut ngeia Muslim thi po po khom ihê loin martara thi-ah an puong nuom vong a nih. Middle East-a inthoka Jammu & Kashmir inkar hi tu laia martar pungna hmun tak a nih. Chuonghai laia pakhat chu November 26, 2008-a Mumbai suosam dinga an mi hung tir laia pakhat, a hringa an lo man Ajmal Kasab, khaihlum nghaka um hi a nih. An khaihlum pha leh a tirtuhai chun martar-in inthitir an ta, beiseina thu kanglang an lo inba hlak kha a tlung pal hlauh chun pielralah nunghak thienglam 70 a chèn hep hep ding a nih. Hieng lei tak hi ni naw nim Voltaire-in, “I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom” a lo ti chu nih.

Mak ve tak chu, Manipur sim thlanga chanchin thra hung lutna champha voi zana ei lo hmang hiel ta a, sienkhom kristien sakhuo leia martar chang pakhat khom hril ding ei um naw hi a nih. Hi hi ei vangnei lei ning a ti, an naw leh ei luong suok tawk naw lei?

Martar Ni hrang hrang

Ram hrang hrangah hnam puma Martar Ni inser pawl an um a; chun, biel hrang hranga mani martar ni hmang pawl an um bok a. India le a tuolbawm threnkhatin martar ni an nei dan le inser dan tlawma zawnga hang bi vak ei tih.

Kum 1948 January 30 tuk khan India hnam pa Mahatma Gandhi chu Hindu turû Nathuram Godse, RSS pawla mi chun a kap hlum a. Hi ni hi hriet zingna ni fawmin India sorkar chun Martar Ni-ah a puong a. Burma (Myanmar) chun July 19 an inser a, chu chu kum 1948 July 19 tuka an hnam pa General (Bogyoke) Aung San le a Cabinet member po po deuthaw an inkhawm laia an kap hlum vong hriet zingna infawma an thaw a nih. Bogyoke Aung San hi tuta National League for Democracy (NLD) thruoitu, sipai sorkar-in 1991 laia inthok taa suok thei lo dinga a ina an hrèn tang (house arrest) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi pa a nih. Nepal chun January 24 an inser a, chu chu kum 1941 January 24-a mi huoisen Dharma Bhakta Mathema le a rawihaiin an lal tawrot Rana suotthlak tuma an bei ni le an hlawsam leia Mathema an khaihlum hriet zingnaa an inser a nih. Pakistan chun tu kum 2010 April 30 khan an ram sana hringna chanhai po po hriet zingna dingin an hmang tran a nih.

Mak tak le dangdai taka khawvel hriet thama Martar Ni hmangtu chu Bangladesh a nih. Kum 1947-a inthok khan tuta Bangladesh hi East Pakistan a hung ni a. Chu ruol chun Official Language dingin ‘Urdu’ hmang dinga inti-luina a hung um a. Anni trong Bangla hmang zui pei nuom pawlin norna an siem a. Chu chu a taka a hung puok darna chu February 21, 1952 khan a nih. Dhaka University-a intranin, an Medical College-a inchuklaihai chun lam an hraw a, mi iemani zatin hringna an chan a. Hi hi ni Bangladesh hung piengna dinga beipui an thlak tranna nia ngai a nih. Bangladesh pieng hnung kum 28-ah 1999 khan February 21 chu khawvel pumpuia inser dingin International Mother Language Day-ah UNESCO chun a hung puong tah a nih. Hi ni hi Bhasa Andolon Dibosh (Language Movement Day/ Language Revolution Day) amanih Shohid Dibosh (Language Martyrs’ Day/Martyrs’ Day) tia hriet a nih. Khawvelin a hmangpui, an Martar Ni hi a dangdaiin inza a um khop el.

Eini Martar Ni hi teh?

Kum 1960 khan vangduoi thlak takin Kukihaiin buoina an hung siem leiin thla ruk sung chu unau ei insik a, hringna tam tak ei chan pha a. Ram le hnam sana hringna chân Hmar pasalthra mi pasarihai hriet zingna lung phun a ni bakah kum tin anni inzanain hnam pumin hun ser nei a ni hlak a. Hienghai hi India ramin zalenna a hmu hnunga hnam sana hringna chân, martar chang hmasa takhai chu an nih. Ei hlut le ngaisang san khom ei unauhai leh ei thu le hla ni loa ei inbakkei lei ni loin, hnam sana hringna an inhlan lei a nih. Chu chu dam sunga rongbawlna hlu tak le insang tak a ni hrim a nih.

Tuta Martar Ni ruok hi chu Mizorama cheng Hmarhai pawlitiks-in a hung cho suok a nih. Lai, Mara le Chakma hai nei Autonomous District bek suol suok nuom pawlin July 3, 1986 khan Aizawlah pawl pakhat, Hmar Association (HA) an indin a. September 22, 1986-a Sakordaia an inkhawmin HA chu Hmar Peoples Convention tiin an thlak a, Autonomous District hnina Memorandum khom Mizoram Governor kuomah an pek a. Ngaisak an hlaw naw leiin March 17, 1988 khan Indian Prime Minister kuomah Memorandum an thè lut nawk a. PM ofis chun an thil hni tak hung hril sa loin, lekha inchukna tienga an harsatna chu thra taka somdawl dingin Mizoram sorkar a hang hril a. Chun, January 21, 1989 khan Chief Minister thar Lalthanhawla an inhmupui a, an hnina chu ngaiven dingin thu a tiem a, sienkhom ieng khom hriet zui a ni nawh.

Hienga an khawk pei lei hin tharum thaw loa ri siem thrain an hriet a. March 28,1989 khan an biel huop sungah darkar 24 sung band an huoihot a. Mizoram Armed Police (MAP)-in indoina nei dêr loa an soisak leiin, April 16, 1989 khan ngor nawkzuolin darkar 144 sung band an huoihot nawk a. Hi trum hin MAP chun rawng zuola hmet dei an tum leiin mi tam tak an vuok hliem a, hliemhai chu Churachandpur tieng an thon tung zut zut a. Chuonga buoina a hung sosang tak lei chun an nuom thu khom ni loin silai chawia ram rol pawl Hmar Volunteer Cell (HVC) an indin a, silai piellungin an indawr tran tah a nih.

Chun, hieng ang hin thil a hung tlung tah pei a. Prasenjit Biswas le C.Joshua Thomas buotsai Peace in India’s North-East:meaning, metaphor and method (2006) a an ziek dan chun, Sub-Inspector Vanlalauva, sipai bâng, huoisen leia chawimawina (gallantry award) khom voi 60 neka tam hiel dong tah le MNF hnam sipai khom 50 neka tlawm lo kap hlum tah nia an hril chun MAP tieng chu a hung inrawi a, Hmar Volunteer-hai chu Mizorama inthokin Assam ram chen Assam sorkar phalna khom dan anga la lo le hril khom hril loin an hung hnot lut a. Monierkhal Tea Estate an tlung chun muol pawngah Hmar volunteer hai chun an lo inchàn a. An silai puok hmasa tak chun Vanlalauva bawkah a ver sat a, bau phong hman loin a thi nghal a. Sawt fe an inkap hnung chun MAP tieng mi pathum an thi a, Hmar Volunteer tieng mi pahnih- Lalhuoplien (Sakordai) le Lienhmingthang (Sartuinek)- an thi bok a. Silai dukdak la nei lo an ni leiin an ruolhai ruong chu inkhawm hman loin Hmar Volunteer danghai chu him takin an pùt suok a. Lalhuoplien le Lienhmingthang ruong thu dur tah chu May 19 khan Silchar Medical College-ah post mortem an thaw hnungin Cachara Hmar thruoituhai kutah an pek suok a, an phu ang hrima hnam ta dinga martar chang tah ngirhmunah hlang kaiin, ropui tak le inza takin an vui liem tah a nih.

December 1989-a Hmarkhawliena HPC Inkhawmpuiin hi ni hi Martar Ni-a inser dingin an rel a, HPC sunga chauh 1990 khan an hmang tran a. 1991 khan a hnam puma inser dingin HPC chun thupek an insuo a. Hi thupuong hre ve lo Vanbawng (Mizoram) khaw mi pathum hnachang vui laa rama fe khom an kap hlum nghe nghe a ni awm. May 11, 1989 khan Patpuihmun mi Laltlansungin Martyrs’ Day hla a phuok a, chu chu Martar Ni-a hlaa hmang a hung ni tah pei a nih. Kaseta hi hla khum hmasa tak chu Nienglawmkim a nih. A hla thu chu hieng ang hin:

Martyrs’ Day Hla (1991)

Phuoktu: Laltlansung Mihriemate

Hi khawvela hnam ze tinrenghai ta din,
Hmun le ram Chungkhuonun a lo ruotpek;
Hmar nau lenghai khom hmun le ram chu zong vein,
Val mihranghan an hringna an inhlan.

(Thunon)
Mihrang fam lo changhai, in ta din hun le ni
A tharin kan hung inhlan cheu;
Hmar nau zaleng ruolhan May ni 16 hi,
Martyr Day ti'n kan inhlan cheu.

Ram santu mihrang, buonleia zal ta hai,
In tlawmngaina kan innghil thei lul nawh;
Tlang tin muol tinah sam ang lo zal inla khom,
In sakhming hril hi bang thei nawng kan tih.

Ram le hnam ta dinga mi tlawmngai hai le
Hringna chen lo inhlantuhai leiin,
Ei hnamin par ang vul ni la nei ngei a ta,
An sakhming thrangthar lai mawi zuol a tih.

Tlangkawmna

Umni khama Martar Ni ei inser ni hih mani ngirhmun sui kir le thlir letna huna hmang thra ngot dingin ka ring. Ei ngirhmun chik taka dawnkhawlna hun a nih. Inzàna le chawimawina ei inhlàn martar ei tihai chu tuhai am ni tang an ta? Ngaituona pangngai put mihriem, a suk a tunga lawnhai lai hin, mani hmu phak tawk le invoi phak dan ang peiin, ram le hnam hmangaitu ei ni vong a, ei hmangai dan chin ruok chu, theina ei nei dan le ei hmathlir hlat le hlat naw dan ang peiin, inang naw rup a tih. Khaw lai hmun le rama khom, ram le hnam keidingtu kut chu fakzongna lampui sât a, inrim taka fak le dawn le sil le fen themsuoktuhai hi an nih. Pawlitiks le sakhuo ei ti khom hi chu bulthrut ngheta innghat a ni naw chun a ngir suok thei nawh. Chu bulthrut ngheta inthok naw chun ram le hnam khom siem puitling thei a ni bok nawh. Chuonghai veng him sin chu thaw dinga hlaw neia ruoihai chu vengtu pulit le sipai an nih. Vengtu chu a poimaw lai zingin, a poimaw tak chu a ruoitu le hlaw petu a nih.

Eini lai, abikin India hmarsak rama hin hnam sipai inti, ram le hnam san dinga inpea inhril, silai an chawi lei ela ram le hnam hmangaitu bik anga inngai le insâl, silai piellunga thuneina kengkaw tum le inlekphek, a chawmtu le humtu mipuihai rîkràp chîng, thokang se lei le HIV leia thihai chen khom martara thi anga inhril nuom an hung tam a, ei khawvel hi namen loa inhnok le pik a nih. Ram rol pawl ei hung uma inthokin mani pawl ngaidan chauh hnam pawlisi um suna ngai a, rawl dang hrim hrim ngai thei loa siehre pei nuomna lungril put ei hung um a; mani insungah hriemhrei ei inlet a, lu la hnam ni ngai lo khah lu la hnam ei hung inchang a, ei lu lakna dingin biekbuk sung khom inzàna ei nei therte ta nawh. Chu rulhreu tawrot chun lu ieng zat top am a lem ta a? A chawmtu eini lu a dol rawn tak an naw maw? An lu ei dolpekhai martar ni chu a ni ei inser? A tu am a na martara ei tiem ta ding?

Martar Ni ei inser ruol hin ei ngirhmun hi insui let ei tiu. Ram le hnam ta dinga tu am a na martar chang: lu latu am a lu lak? Pawlitiks khawvela chu, voisuna chawimawia um kha a zingah khaihlumin a um thei a, voisuna tuolthattu Barabbas kha suolna nei lo Isu aiin insuo a ni daih thei bok. Voisuna “hossana’ tia lawm luttu rawl kha a tukah ‘Kraws-ah hemde rawh’ tiin a’n thlak thut thei. Voisuna martar chang kha a tukah tuolthattua puong a ni thei. Voisuna hel hmang le tuolthattua ngai kha a zingah zalenna suolsuoktu, hnampa a hung ni thei bok. Chu ngirhmun tar langna, Robert Browning hla phuok, College kan kai laia kan inchuk ‘The Patriot’ châng tawpna tlar hmasa tak “Thus I entered and thus I go!” ti lai tak khah kha ka zuk hriet suok vang vang chu tie! Ngaituo a suksei ngei.

(Delhi, May 13, 2010)

Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, May 10 2010: The State Cabinet has resolved to ferry medicine, oxygen cylinders, fuel and PDS items along NH-53 under strict security measures complete with escorts from May 12 .

The State Government has also instructed all Superintendents of Police and Deputy Commissioners to check prices of goods and commodities fixed by traders and shop-keepers taking advantage of the ongoing economic blockade on National Highways.
A Cabinet meeting held today with Chief Minister O Ibobi in the chair deliberated on the prevailing law and order situation at length and resolved to ferry goods, which currently in shortage in the State, along NH-53 with security escorts, SPF spokesperson N Biren informed media persons.

He said that there is a stock of live saving drugs for 15 to 20 days and petrol and diesel for seven days.

Oil tankers stranded at Khatkhati have been directed to come along NH-53 and to divide the loads amongst themselves so that each of their loads do not weigh more than 10 metric tonnes.

Transportation of goods along NH-53 would be done twice in a week.
Expressing grief over the Mao incident, Biren however stated that the Nagaland Chief Minister has no right to comment on internal matters of Manipur or condemn the State Cabinet decision.

"Perhaps, he did not know himself", Biren remarked.

Terming it as an interference in other State Government's affairs, the Manipur Cabinet also took serious note of it and condemned the Nagaland chief minister's recent comment on the Manipur Cabinet's decision to bar the entry of NSCN (IM) general secretary Th Muivah to Manipur.

At present, 189 oil tankers and 42 bullet tankers remain stranded at Khatkhati.
Meanwhile, the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department has directed DCs to ensure that shops display price list of goods and that goods are sold at the displayed prices in collaboration with their monitoring SPs within their respective jurisdictions.

The DCs have also been asked to take up necessary measures to check hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities.

The Chief Minister also discussed about developing NH-53 with BRO officials this afternoon.

The meeting was attended by Works Minister K Ranjit, PWD Chief Engineer, BRO officials in charge of Oriental College to Barak and Barak to Jiribam sections of NH-53 .
As of now, there is no plan to re-build some bridges along NH-53 as they are located within submerge zone of Tipaimukh project, said an official source.

The meeting discussed about fixing a weight limit for vehicles that would travel along the highway after studying the conditions of bridges connecting the highway.
Considering the existing condition of these bridges, vehicles cannot carry loads heavier than 15 tonnes.

Vehicles carrying more than 15 tonnes would be checked at Jiribam check-post and made to download the additional weights there, added the source.

Lalmalsawm Sungte

May 10, 2010: The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently signed by the Government of Manipur with the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) and Shimla-based Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVN) for building the controversial 1500 MW Tipaimukh Hydroelectric (Multipurpose) Project has been outrighly rejected by human rights activists coming under the banner of Sinlung Indigenous People Human Rights Organisation (SIPHRO).

“It (MoU) is without the prior, informed consent and approval of the Sinlung-originated Hmar indigenous peoples who has been peacefully co-existing with river Tuiruong and Tuivai since time immemorial,” SIPHRO Secretary Mr. Lalremlien Neitham said in a press statement released on Monday.

Demanding that guidelines of the World Commission on Dams (WCD), which stated that “no project should proceed without the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples”, be followed by the three parties SIPHRO said that the MoU “is without the understanding of the Hmar people who are living in the proposed Dam site.”

NHPC and SJVN had signed an agreement with Manipur government on April 28, 2010 at Faridabad which gave the two firms 69 per cent and 26 per cent share in the proposed project.

Terming the deal as a “unconstitutional, discriminating, unjust, and undemocratic”, SIPHRO said, “it threatened Hmar indigenous people’s citizenship and democratic rights (over their), land, rivers, forest, natural resources.”

Taking a dig at the NHPC’s track record with hydro-power, SIPHRO said, “it is alarmingly poor in all the important aspects. If one looks at NHPC’s performance, in case of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh, Chamera I and II projects in HimachalPradesh, Loktak project in Manipur, Koel Karo project in Jharkhand, Lower Subansiri project in Arunachal Pradesh, Teesta Low Dam stage III project in North Bengal, Salal and Uri projects in Jammu and Kashmir, Dul Hasti project in Jammu and Kashmir, Baira Saul project in Himachal Pradesh and Tanakpur and Dhauliganga projects in Uttaranchal, Rangit project in Sikkim, it is evident that NHPC severely failed in good practices, creating irresponsible disaster to land, people and resources, displacing people without proper relief, rehabilitation and resettlement measures, violating human rights, huge cost and time overruns, causing construction related disaster, poor social and environmental standards.”

SIPHRO also stated that NHPC did not even have an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Social Impact Assessment of its projects. “Worst, NHPC have also, in many cases, failed to avail free, prior information for the affected people,” Mr. Neitham stated.

Coming down heavily on the Government of Manipur to declare the MoU as “null and void”, the human rights body which has been advocating ‘people-first approach’ said the state has a “failed record of implementing policies on dams and any development projects, breakdown of law and order and governance. It does not qualify to be one of the implementing agencies by playing with the lives of its citizens, forests, rivers, and rights in the name of development.”

“The Government of Manipur should not exploit the strength of its militarised State to built Tipaimukh Dam,” SIPHRO warned. SIPHRO further said that it people will “never accept” the deal sign by the three agencies as it was “a document for mass destruction.” “It is not acceptable (to the people),” Mr. Neitham said.

Tipaimukh (Ruonglevaisuo) is situated in a strategic location. Earlier it served as the main centre of the Hmars who are now divided by state boundaries of Manipur, Mizoram and Assam.

Underlying the importance of the proposed dam site, SIPHRO said: “Although river Tuiruong and Tuivai, the proposed damned rivers for Tipaimukh Dam, which was indiscriminately used as political boundary, divides our people in different States, our diverse cultural, social, political, environmental realities and struggles are one and the same.”

It may be noted that after many years of the withdrawal from Tipaimukh constituency, the Government of Manipur and state actors has been projecting the Tipaimukh Multipurpose HEP as the vehicle to redress the social, economic, and political exclusion and injustice to the development and governance deprived people of the region.

“The recent MoU itself was another (mark of) corruption that was covertly signed behind closed doors by negating the existence of the Hmar people and their democratic and citizenship rights,” the statement added.

Claiming that SIPHRO has been fighting for the basic rights of the Sinlung-originated indigenous peoples, SIPHRO said it “will not never accept” the deal, even as it demanded the “Government of Manipur, implementing agencies and financial institutions to responsibly withdraw from funding the planning or construction of Tipaimukh Dam.”

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