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Korean pop singer and most sought after dancing queen Hyuna recently released her solo project “Bubble Pop!”which is already the talk of town everywhere. Some called it “pornish” while others called her video “smart and sexy”. Some even gave her the nickname:  “Asian Shakira”.  Despite the “controversial” dance moves, Korean critics agree that Hyuna has set “the world on fire” with her “moves” in the music video which was filmed in Okinawa, Japan. The video features the singer and a bunch of ladies. Have a look at the video and be ready with your opinion.

So, Watched the full video? If YES, do you think Hmar, Mizo, Kuki music videos will soon have this kind of choreography? What is your opinion? Post it in the comment box below.  

By Whitney*, Guest Writer for Inpui.com

How does your compost pile grow? By bin or by barrel? In a pit or in a compost tumbler?

The available options are remarkably efficient and affordable. All you need to do is to decide which composting bins or systems could best be suited to your personal preference and allowable yard space.

You can even create a composting pile in a corner of your yard by just designating it as such.

• This will become the space where the grass clippings and kitchen refuse are tossed.
• Add a little water every few days and aerate the pile of compostable material with a pitchfork once or twice a week and you will soon have some usable garden compost. 

There are some simple compost systems that can be created from a collection of wooden shipping pallets or a few feet of chicken wire.

Other compost bins may be constructed from bricks or concrete blocks.

• A hole in the ground can serve the purpose if you want to really keep your composting system basic and natural.
• While the ‘hole in the ground' approach is certainly simple the routine maintenance of these composting materials may be a little more awkward to handle.

Trenching Method

This is an easy way to recycle your kitchen scraps.

1. Just dig a small trench in your garden that is about 6"-10" deep.
2. Add the kitchen scraps to this ditch and then cover with soil.
3. The scraps will breakdown over time and add vitamins, minerals and other essential elements to the dirt.
4. Then you can plant flowers or vegetables in this amended soil.

Most people prefer the commercially marketed composting systems for home use.

1. With a 1 bin composting system it is easy for anyone to get this process started.
2. These systems often come with their own slide out trays or easy access openings at the bottom of the bin.
3. This allows you to harvest the finished compost as soon as it is ready to be used.
4. Add new materials to the top of the bin and let nature do the rest of the work for you.

Multiple Compost Bin Systems

These are ideal for anyone with the yard space for 2 or more composting bins.

• With additional bins at the ready you can transfer the composted material from one to the other.
• This will help you aerate and turn the decomposing materials without a lot of extra work.
• As the fresh compost is added to the first bin the last bin in this system will have your finished compost waiting to be used.

Compost Tumblers

A tumbling compost system is designed to be spun, rotated or turned every 1-2 days.

• Some of these have a handle on the side that you can crank.
• This will help combine and aerate the materials that are inside and many people feel that this design speeds up the decomposition process.
• There are a few of these rotating compost systems that can create ‘finished humus' in a matter of 3-6 weeks.

With a wealth of composting bins and systems to choose from there is certainly one that you can add to your home and garden.

About the author:- Whitney is an expert in compost gardening techniques and in using compost bins and other compost supplies.

Prof Lal Dena, Manipur University.

Bu Hmasa kha a ziektuhai hming an ziek nawha chu, Dr Thanglung le H.L.Sela ziek niin ei hriet a. Hi Bu Hmasa hi NEIGM sikula Lientinkai (Thanmawipa) ke bulah ka lo suo ve a. Hi lekhabu chitea bul lo tanin Independent M.E.Schoolah lo inchuk zawm peiin, ka duthusam khel ram chen ka lo inchuk a . Kan tanna hi ka ngainaa, hi lekhabu (edition thar) hi ka lan chawk nawk hiel a. Ka tu leh tehai kuomah chen khawm suong takin ka la phar hlak. Ka rohlu pakhat a ni ve leiin, tu chen khawm hin a bu hi ka la kawltha zing a nih.

Bu Hmasa an siem dan hi ei enin a lo scientific khawp el. Hawrawp lien, hawrawp chin, kut ziek hawrawp chin le lien, A AW tlan dar le nambar 1-a inthawka 20 chen a um bawk a. Chu zova hawrawp le thil limhaiin a zui a. Tiem ding 1naa inthawka 70na chen vowel le consonant hmang kawp dan a awl dan le an tak dan indawtin siem a nih a. Hihai zova hin tiem inchukna thupuiin sunzawm a ni nawk a. Thatna dan inchukna moral tha tak tak nei, entirna dingin- Rimsik do inchuk la, thaw fan fan rawh; Mikhuol lawm rawp rawh, dan tha a nih; lak nekin pekin lukhawng a nei lem ti le a dang dang a um a. Thupui tha tak tak naupang tha chanchin le naupang suol chanchin dam a um a. Ei tawnga hapta le thla hming dam an sie a, a bengvar thlak. A tawpa hnam hla tha em em ‘En tu’m mihrang pasal tha’ ti hlain an hei khar nawk a, an lo siem thiem lawm lawm ngei. Hieng anga bul tanna hlu lekhabu tha mi lo siempektuhai hi, chawimawina insang tak a thara pek nawn tlak an nih.

Bu Hmasa ei suo char khan Chanchin Tha Johan ziek kha tiem inchukna’n ei hmang nghal a. Tu khawm hi zirtirbu tha taka zo hai hrim hrim chu Bible le hlabuhai tiem thei nawh an um der nawh. Hi hnung hin Hmar Literature Society huoihawtnain (late) Dr Lalnghawrlien le Revd Thangdailo-ha’n Inchuk tan bu a limhai leh tha takin an hung siem nawk a. Dr Lalnghawrlien ngei khawmin a mi hril a, kha lekhabu inchuk zotuhai khan Bible an tiem thei tlat nawh. Hmang zawm khawm a ni chuong ta nawh ni’n ka hriet.

Bu Hmasa hi dilsut taka ei inchuk chun, thumal siem dan le ziek dan ding ei hriet thei. Chuonghai chu akhelneng akhawlnawnga suih lovin, a tlangpui chauh zuk tarlang ei tih. A hmasa takin Hmar tawnga AW le Sap tawnga O hi zuk suih met inla. Hi hawrawp pahnihai hi ri ang khat neih an nih a. Sap tawnga O (AW) leh Hmar tawnga O (OU) ruok chu an hmel inang sienkhawm, an lamrik a dang daih. Thluk seia ei hmang pha AW chungah thluk sei sinsiena ei sie el a. Entirna dingin: Khawm tho ka ta, ka pa kuomah. Hmar tawnga AW le Sap tawnga O hi hmang kawp a rem am? Entirna: An khaw (ri tawi) ngei (a harsa tina). AW aiin O lo hmang ta inla, ‘An kho ngei’ tia O khelah a chel tangtu H ei sie si naw chun ‘a harsa ’ ti kawk ta lovin, lam inkho a kawk ta lem daih. Hi takah O hin AW ai a aw ding chun, a chel tangtu consonant ‘h’ belh a tul. Entirna dingin, ‘An khoh ngei’ tia ziek a ngai. AW ri tawia Sap tawnga O lo hmang tah inla, Hmar tawnga O kha iengtin am hmang tang ei ta? William Pettigrew, Manipura mingo misawnari hmasa tak khan Meitei, Tangkhul le Thado tawnghai a thiem em em a; an grammar-hai dam a siem pek hiel a. Ei tawnga O ri umna taphawta OU a hmang pei hlak. Entirna dingin, Chouba, Thoudam, Thadou, Doungel le a dang dang. Kabuihai khawmin OU hi an hmang ve, entirna: Haipou, Tousem, etc. Hmar tawnga O hmangna taphawtah OU hi hmang ve a tul ding tina a nih. Mi thenkhat chun an hmang mek hrim. Entirna dingin: Joseph Joute, Timothy Joute, etc.

Thil dang ngai pawimaw um em em chu H hmang dan hi a nih. Lusei tawng ziek diknaah H belhna ding le ding naw a tam em em. Hmar tawng khawm indik taka ziek le lam ding chun H belhna ding a lo tam ve em em. Hi hi mi tam takin ei uksak nawh. Entirna dingin, hieng thumalhai hi zuk en ei tih: bau (mouth), bauh (Mi bauh naw. Ui an bauh). Chau (weak), chauh (only). A hnuoia thumalhai khawm hi zuk en ei tih: beu, cheu, deu, heu, meu, neu, reu,teu le zeu. Hieng thumalhai ri tawi le ri sei hmang hin sentence zuk siem ei tih.

Fe hmang rawh, beuh bou chen.
Ka lawm cheu. A la thaw ta cheuh (rawp) chu.
Dai (fencing), Bawngin dai a ner. Kan daih naw taluo.
Mi deu ngai naw rawh (Mi hmusit naw rawh). Ni tin ka hnaih deuh deuh.
En rawh, a malpui ka tuoi heuh heuh.
A ke an bai leuh leuh.
Thaw ding ka hriet meuh nawh.
Buoipui ding neuh neuh a tam. Nang reuh te hi!.
I kap fuk teuh nawh.
Hme ka zeu thiem el. An khat tawkin ka leng zeuh zeuh.

Khieng sentence-haia inthawk khin vowel pahni inzawma a chel tangtu ding ‘H’ belh le belh naw hin kawk dang daih an neih ti ei hmuh. H belhna dinga ei belh chun a tiem khawm an hawih. Hienghai anga vowel pahni inzawm thumal bei, chei, dei, fei,hei, ngei, kei, lei, mei, nei, pei, rei, sei, tei, vei, zei, an um. Hi thumal lai hin ‘hei’ le ‘ngei’ naw hi chu ri tawia hmang vawng hlak an nih. Entirna: Heih feng ei tih (Let us go forward)- Hei! thaw naw rawh. Hieng ang thumal H belha kawk dang neih hi ei hauh em em. Ziek lang seng naw meih nih. H belhna dinga belh pei inla, ei tawng ziek hi a tiem inhawih zuol a tih. Hi taka ‘inhawih’ ti khawm hi H a cheltangtu sie naw inla chu ‘inhawi,’ mi’n an mi kova, ei inhawi hi a nih.

Ei tawnga J le Z hmangna khawm hi thlier met tulin an lang. Mi thenkhatin J le Z hi ang khatin an hmang a. Entirna dingin, thenkhat chun David Zote ti’n an ziek a, a then dang chun Timothy Joute, Joseph Joute, etc, ti’n an ziek a. Ei sawisel chuong nawh. Pu Nghinglo chun Z.Nghinglo ti’n a ziek el a. J le Z hai hi uniform deuh hleka hmang thei ni ta sien. Dannaranin, J hi hnam dang hming zieknain ei hmang deuh tak. Entirna: James, John, Joshua, Jangkholam, etc.

Ei tawng zieka ei suksuol rawnna tak chu ‘in’, ‘na’ le ‘a’ hmangna hai hi an nih. ‘In’ hi noun (house), pronoun (you), verb (sleep)-a hmang a ni chun, a hrana ziek ding a nih. Entirna: Hi hi in (your/you) in (house) a ni? I mi ko maw, ka lo in meta ni. ‘In’ noun, pronoun le verb-a hmang a ni naw chun, thu zawmnaa hmang a ni hlak. Chuleiin main word le ziek zawm hlak ding a nih. Entirna: inneiin, dingin, inkhawm, inthawkin le a dang dang. Lamkaa inthawkin Rengkai pan rawh. Hieng ang bawk hin ‘na’ khawm noun (na, nakawr), na (pain), adjective (painful) hrilnaa hmang a ni naw chun, thu zawmnaa hmang ding a nih. Entirna: hrilna, zawmna, lawmna le a dang dang. ‘A’ khawm hi pronoun a ni chun a khata ziek ding a nih (a nih). Pronoun a ni nawha, thilthawna hmangruo inentirna (instrumental case) anga hmang a ni pha leh, a hmaa thumal leh ziek kawp el ding a nih. Entirna: Hlo chu tuthlawa thlo ding a nih. Hi lekhathawn hi nguntaka ngaituoa ka ziek a nih.

Hmar tawngah hin preposition a um nawh a, postposition ruok chu ei neih. Postposition chu thumal le ziek kawp el a tha. Entirna: Dawkana, khum chunga, vana mi le a dang dang. Phaia inzin chu a hadam. Thingtlanga inzin ruok chu sawl a um taluo. Ei tawngah hin ‘v’ belhna ding iemani zat a um a. Mi thenkhat chun an belh ngai kher nawh. Ka ngaidan chun tawnga ei lamrik na na na chun ‘v’ chu zieksa ngei ni sien nuom a um. Entirna: Loin ti hi i lam pha, ‘v’ ri i lamsa tei hlak. Entirna: Chawl thang lovin, bei an fak. Tleirawl te chun ka hmingin a mi kova, nu le pa zirtir lova seilien ning a tih.

Chun, ei tawng zieknaah hin thluk sei pekna ding a tam em em. Revd (late) Zairema lem chu Mizo tawng ziek hi a fir em em a. Thluk ri sanga chungtieng thluk sei sinsiena a pek a, thluk sei ri hnuoi tienga thumal vowel hnuoiah thluk sei sinsiena a pei bawk. Mizo tawng ziektu dang hai chun an hmang ve chuong nawh. Vai tawng (Hindi) hi khawvela tawng scientific pawla ngai a nih. Hindi thumal Roman hawrawpa an ziek pha thluk seia aa an ziek tlat. Entirna: aadmi, raat, etc. Ei tawnga khawm thluk tulna hmuna vowel pahni ziek double ve inla, a tha dim. Entirna: Daam khura thlai a tha nuom. Inzaat sengin sem ei tiu. Rawl inring deuhvin kheek ro. Duumah insil ngai naw rawh. Beelbul ding tha ka hauh khawp el, etc.

Tu tieng tieng hin Sap tawng sikula kai ei insukhmu tawl a, mani tawng tiem thei lo le ziek thiem lo tam tak ei um tah. Puitling sande sikula inchuklaihai patling le nutling ngiel ngiel khawm indik taka Bible chang tiem thei ei vang tah. A ziek lem hi chu an tak nawk zuol. Chuleiin, Convent sikula ei nau sei lien hai hi Bu Hmasa hi inah nu le pa’n inchuktir inla, Bible tiem le ziek bek an thiem theina dingin. Ka hriet suol naw chun Bu Hmasa hi EAC Book Room, Rengkai Road-ah hmu ding tam tak la umin ka hriet.

A chunga ei hril tah angin, Bu Hmasaah hin hawrawp 26 ei nei a; chu lai chun consonant (makhata ngir thei lo le umzie nei lo) 21 a um a, vowel (makhata umzie neia ngir thei) 5 leh. Zieka lekha ei hung inchuk tannaa inthawka tiemin kum za a lo tling ve ta zing a. Hawrawp 26 hai hin ei tawng ri le thlukhai hi an hril suok zo tak tak am ti hi thlir nawn a hun ta hlein an lang. Eini lai linguisic tienga research thawa degree insang nei khawm ei um nawk tah ring a um a. Hawrawp 26-hai suktlawm am a tha, belsa am a tha ti dam thlir nawnin hnam dang linguistic expert-hai leh hma lak vat vat tulin an lang tah. Assam, Mizoram le Manipurah Hmar Literature Society (HLS) hran hran dam ei lo nei tah a. University chena Hmar tawng language paper lak a hung ni ta lem hin chu, tawng hmang le ziek dan hi uluk nawk zuol ta inla. Manipura HLS hi a hma thuoitu deuha ngai an ni leiin, hieng state-hai huomin seminar/workshop an khat tawka nei hlak dingin hma hung la hai sien nuom a um. Ei thaw ta hnung hai khawm thlir nawn a tul zing a nih. Tawng hi che chang zing dynamic a ni leiin, thlir nawn a tul zing a nih.

Saphai literature bul thut laia pawimaw tak pakhat chu Holy Bible King James Version hi a nih. Literature hlutna tienga inthawka thlir chun King James Version neka Sap Tawng mawi lem hi English Version dangah hmu ding a um nawh. Entirna dingin Thou, Thee hai dam hin tawng a sukthupuia, We praise you ti satlie ringawt nekin, We praise Thee, Thou art my Rock - heih ti hin a thupui lem daih. King James Bible ang bawkin, ei literature innghatna bul khawm ei Bible hi a nih a. Tu hin version pathum ei nei tah a. Hmar tawng ziek dikna dinga keihruoitu tha tak chu ei Bible version pathum hai hi an nih.

*The author is a Professor in History, Manipur University. Prof Dena has contributed immensely to Inpui.com through many of his highly academic articles.

By L.Keivom, Inpui Columnist

I remember that day vividly. It was 1530 hrs Italian local time, February 11, 1991. I was sitting alone in my office in Milan ruminating and daydreaming. My phone rang. I picked it up. I heard a familiar voice from across the Atlantic Ocean. It was the voice of Dr. Rochunga Pudaite from Wheaton (Illinois). His is always a welcoming voice telling you good news of progress made, projects that are coming up and new ideas which descended on him. To talk to Ro and his charming wife Mawii is inspiring as their encouraging words heighten you and stir your spirit to a positive endeavor. This time, however, Ro’s clear and convincing voice sounded strange; it was hoarse and quivering as if struck by a lightning. At last, he broke the shattering news: NGURDINGLIEN HAS BEEN ASSASSINATED YESTERDAY!

My God! I couldn’t believe my ears. I was dumb-struck. Words failed me; they stuck in my throat, stunted and frozen. Numbness gripped me, paralyzing my senses. When I recovered somewhat from the shock, I rang up my wife to tell her of the unforgettable and unforgivable tragedy. I could hear her sobbing uncontrollably on the phone. Slowly, I put down the phone, looked up the ceiling vacantly and moaning, “God, what madness has befallen my people!”. God kept a stony silence perhaps aghast himself at the terrible sight of how Satan’s wand could suddenly turn my once simple and peace loving people into a bloodthirsty beasts. Alas! Cain is still alive prowling for a kill…

Ngurdinglien whom I fondly used to call him ‘Dinga’ was my good friend. I feel deeply sad to use past tense to describe him and our friendship as my wife and I are not going to easily consign him to the past tense. Though Dinga has become grammatically a past tense, he will remain with us a present tense till we ourselves are consigned to the eternal exit when our call comes. So be it.

Ngurdinglien and I hailed from Hmar Area south west of Manipur, he from Parbung, now a sub-divisional headquarters and I from Pherzawl which, having a high school since 1951, was then the only seat of learning between Mizoram’s capital Aizawl and Manipur South District’s headquarters Churachandpur, also known as Lamka which means a place where all roads meet like the proverbial Rome. So Dinga did his high schooling in my village. Though senior to me in age, he was junior to me in studies. Frankly, study was not Dinga’s cup of tea but he scraped through to college degree. He was neither blessed with eloquence nor penmanship. Dinga was different, blessed with and destined for something else.

Dinga was a born politician. Being the youngest son of a village headman, he learnt the art of leadership and public dealing from childhood. These trainings and experiences came in handy when he plunged into politics almost immediately after his graduation from D.M.College, Imphal where I also studied. Grapping the first opportunity arising from an election petition that cost the sitting MLA L. Rokung his seat in the Manipur Legislative Assembly, Dinga contested the by-election following in 1968 and easily won it against his formidable rival, a seasoned politician Haokholal Thangjom. From then onwards and till the Assembly elections in early 1990 in which undemocratic method employed by elements who speak from the barrel of a gun foiled his electoral chance, Dinga was continuously a member of the Assembly and that also mostly in ministerial capacity for more than two decades. With 22-year unbroken record behind him, Dinga perhaps had by far the longest innings in the electoral history of Manipur Legislative Assembly. Such a score is no mere feat particularly for a politician with no firm political base except the toothless ethnic party called Hmar National Union (HNU) headed by him. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to break his records.

I admired Dinga for many of his remarkable qualities: his self-confidence, his courage, his dignified personality, his large-heartedness, his political acumen and his determination. As a leader would, Dinga always stood above local wranglings, church politics, backbiting gossips and a tendency to insulate each community within its own cocoon. He mixed freely with all and sundry communities without losing his identity and made friends everywhere. He milked the rich and helped the poor.

I remember those trying days in the later part of the 60s when many villages along Mizoram-Manipur border were subjected to harassment by the MNF forces and they were in turn suspected by the Indian security forces as potential MNF collaborators. It was a crucial and dangerous moment. No leader dared to come out to rescue the helpless and suffering villagers caught between the devil and the deep sea except Dinga. He travelled fearlessly to the affected areas, secured army protection for them and also persuaded the insurgents to keep restraint. In return, he earned the trust and confidence of the people who catapulted him to become president of the Hmar National Union, a position he held unchallenged till his death.

It is very difficult to describe Dinga as a person because his outward appearance betrayed his inner self. He looked stern and intimidating but his heart was kind and soft and would melt easily even though he would never show. He would bark but wouldn’t bite unless precariously challenged. Though an introvert, he was a good mixer and a good listener too. When most politicians are smooth talkers who survive by playing on public emotions, Dinga was a poor speaker, the anti-thesis of Shakespeare’s Mark Antony. Dinga was not the kind of politician who befuddled and mesmerized the public by juicy campaign promises. Yet he was a very successful politician. Again, most politicians are known to be hypocrites but Dinga was not. For example, the most fashionable dress in the Christian society is to don the garb of ‘piengtharna’ a born-again status which is a sure ticket to gain instant social acceptability and respectability. Dinga shunned such outrageous acting and was never shy of living according to the dictates of his conscience.

Dinga was very dear to us. Whenever we came home on holiday from abroad, the first thing we used to do on arrival in Imphal was to call on him before we even visited our close relatives. We always looked forward, as he too did, to our re-union. Whenever I was in Delhi, he used to fly down many a time to be with me. He came all the way to Wellington (New Zealand) to see us. We shared many moments of joy together, as also secrets. With Dinga ruling the roost in Imphal, home-coming was always more inviting and comforting.

I have yet to see from my community in Manipur a politician who has come up nearer to Dinga’s stature. Dinga walked tall maintaining throughout an elephantine gait and would not allow himself to be distracted by the mewing of cats and barking of dogs from his journey up the political ladder. He was confident that he knew his tortuous and winding path better than roadside observers whose opinions he thought were far too detached from the political culture and reality obtaining in Manipur. For this reason, he was misunderstood in some circle of his own community; they pointed accusing finger at him for the many ills that visited the community during his term. History will judge who is right and who is in the wrong. But will the warped minds who killed the hen that laid golden eggs for them will ever realize the gravity of their misdeeds? Will Cain who murdered his brother escape unpunished?

Good bye, my friend Ngurdinglien. You fought a good fight and crowned with a martyr’s death. Now that you are freed from the shackle of life, rest in eternal peace. Pray for those who are consumed by hatred and violence; pray for their lost souls and for the bereaved and impoverished community you loved and served all your adult existence. Goodbye, my friend, goodbye… (May 25, 1991 Milan, Italy)

Note: While searching for some old information, I dug out some old files that contained many articles I wrote while in Milan, some of which I thought had already lost. The above article is one of them. LK (August 5, 2011 Delhi)

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By Paul Buhril

One night in a church service a young woman felt the tug of God at Her heart. She responded to God's call and accepted Jesus as her Lord And Savior.

The young woman had a very rough past, involving alcohol, drugs, And prostitution ( say a Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) now Female Sex Workers}  But, the change in her was evident.

As time went on she became a faithful member of the church. She eventually became involved in the ministry, teaching young children.

It was not very long until this faithful young woman had caught the eye and heart of the pastor's son. The relationship grew and they began to make wedding plans.

This is when the problems began. You see, about one half of the church did not think that a woman with a past such as hers was suitable for a pastor's son. The church began to argue and fight about the matter. So they decided to have a meeting.

As the people made their arguments and tensions increased, the meeting was getting completely out of hand. The young woman became very upset about all the things being brought up about her past. As she began to cry the pastor's son stood to speak. He could not bear the pain it was causing his wife-to-be.

He began to speak and his statement was this: "My fiancee's past is not what is on trial here. What you are questioning is the ability of the blood of Jesus to wash away sin. Today you have put the blood of Jesus on trial.

So, does it wash away sin or not?" The whole church began to weep as they realized that they had been slandering the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Too often, even as Christians, we bring up the past and use it as a weapon against our brothers and sisters. Forgiveness is a very foundational part of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. If the blood of Jesus does not cleanse the other person completely then it cannot cleanse us completely.

If that is the case, then we are all in a lot of trouble. What can wash away my/our sins?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

Lastly,lets all try to practice SYMPATHY & EMPATHY (ability to identify with a person or putting ourselves in someone shoes ).

*This article is dated June 2005.