The Zou Online Resources

The Zou Mobile Community System:

Assessment on the Importance of Online Resources on the Life of the Zou People

Mr. Khai Minthang

Oxford, Mississippi

It is absolutely an astonishing and wonderful opportunity to have been invited to write an article. More importantly, my heart is exceedingly joyful to say "Congratulations on your first birth anniversary, Zolengthe! I seldom write short articles, but I will try to shorten my article and deal with Zolengthe and our current stage on communication online.

Our History of Communication: Communication in our land is as old as our civilization. However, the scope and type is different from time to time. The most primitive stage of connecting the Zou people was the village herald or village crier, and the chief’s messenger(s). We called “Taangsam” and “Patong” respectively. Prehistoric Zomis assumed that a village could only be set-up if they have a “Hausa” (Chief), “Siempu” (Priest), “Sia-kheng” (Blacksmith) and “Taangsam” (Herald/Crier). Therefore, communication played a very vital role in the life and practices of our prehistoric ancestors. Messages were passed on to the receiver on foot and on horse back.

In course of time, the light of the Gospel brought a wind of change and presented us an amazingly wonderful blessing - our script. Thanks to the late Rev. JC Cope and his aids who have transmitted this noble blessing of God. Since then, we have begun to use literature and village crier side by side to transmit the chief’s orders and proclamations. Now, we are beginning to use Electronic mails, Discussion Forums, Blogspots, Websites, Text Messaging, etc. to connect us around the world.

The Role of Zolengthe: Zolengthe has been doing exceptionally well in promoting and demonstrating its admirable slogan 'Connecting the Zo people.' It keeps connecting our people who are living in different parts of the world because such system truly serves the need and set a global table where we all share and get the same privilege on our finger tips. More acute need is being felt for people like me who does not have the privilege to get our print media such as daily newspapers, journals, magazines, books, etc. I could not imagine how life would have been without internet in general and Zolengthe in particular. As a matter of fact, I added the Zolengthe Gadget on the right side of my website homepage @ http://www.khaiminthang.blogspot.com/ and titled "Zogam Niteng Simthu." It's a cool stuff!

Most American Universities use Mobile Campus system as a channel to send out messages. This system gives useful and timely information for commuters, and for university members who are away from their computers because as long as users have a cell phone and are subscribed to the service, they will get the message. This is also true to Zolengthe which connects our people, every subscribers of course, and gives timely information. More importantly, a lot of mobile phone users do not have a computer or even if they do, they do not have access to internet to get information as fast as the Zolengthe does. A significant percentage of our people are within this mobile community parameter. Thanks to Zolengthe!

The Zou Discussion Forums: We have three important discussion forums - The Zou Workshop Forum, the Zo History and Literature Committee (ZHLC) and the Delhi ZSP Forum. While the Delhi ZSP Forum was founded for the particular students/members, the Zou Workshop Forum was founded in the United Kingdom by Dr. David Vumlallian Ph.D on July 01, 2004 with an intention to binding all Zou Workshop members to share and give valuable opinion with any issue(s) that may come up from time to time. It is now co-moderated by Mr. Khai Minthang. It has a strength of 156 membership as of now, and we are still anticipating to getting more Zou intellectuals because we have been connected to online resources more then ever. The ZHLC was founded in South Korea on August 17, 2004 and has a strength of 166 membership so far. The Zou Workshop Forum deals with the Indian side of our people and the ZHLC deals with the Burmese side of our people. In fact, they both are internationally accessed and moderated. You are always anticipated and invited to join these two open forums at ZouWorkshop-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and zhlc-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

The Zou Bloggers As I See and Know: I am not quite sure about the hard copy aspect (print media) of the Zolengthe. However, I do know that our Zolengthe has been administered and managed by Pu T. Zamlunmang Zou. I admire and appreciate his service and commitment in binding us together through the Zolengthe. There are two aspects of Zolengthe in terms of the channel being used to transmit message(s) to the receiver - blogging and text messaging! Both of them are wonderfully maintained and timely updated.

We are using two types of blogs so far to connect our people around the world. A corporate or organization and personal blogs. Some of our prominent corporate blogs are ZOLENGTHE, ZOCULSIN, PU-ZO, etc. There are some personal blogs as well, and we are expecting more Zou bloggers to come up and document our original works online. Some of the prominent Zou bloggers so far includes Dongza Thawng, HangP, Hausianmuan Munluo, K. Suantah, Khai Minthang, Nangpi Zo, P. Alex, Philip Thanglienmang, S. Thangbawi Zou, Shang Samte, T. Zamlunmang Zou, Thangminlien Zou, TK Lama, and others. T. Zamlunmang Zou is the most promising and multi-blog administrator we have so far! By the way, I am managing two - my personal blog and the Zou Folklores and co-moderarting the Zou Workshop Forum.

One of the very fascinating fact in online blogging is that our views and original works could be viewed by information seekers around the world. If they find useful, we are giving a helping hand to them! I was so encouraged and energized by the fact that my blog @ http://www.khaiminthang.blogspot.com/ has been viewed by people around the globe - 27% by USA, 17% by Israel, 13% by India, 5% by the Philippians, 4% by Germany, 3% each by Malaysia, China and Brazil, 1% each by United Kingdom, Hong Kong SAR China, Panama, Morocco, Mongolia, Kenya, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Vietnam, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Spain, Egypt, France, Cyprus, Australia, Norway, South Korea, South Africa, Turkey, Finland, Pakistan, Slovenia, Poland, Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and United Arab Emirates. So, a total of 36 countries viewed my blog so far! (As on October 10, 2008 9:05 pm).

The Need for Online Library: This is my hope and vision as we embark the new millennium. We will eventually have an online library. As I am currently doing my Master of Arts in Christian Leadership at the Louisiana Baptist University, I could feel the pain of not being able to get information on the Zou Literature Society (ZLS) Online library on my finger-tips because we don’t have one yet! I am sure this pain would be shared by many Zou students who could not have the privilege of accessing our literature in the hard copy format. So, what to do?

It is time for the ZLS to think about having an online library. The current average cost of purchasing an unlimited domain is US $99.99 per annum which means the domain can be managed and protected. One of the advantages in setting up an online library now is that most of the layouts of our books, periodicals and newspapers are done in computer (soft format) that can be saved and transferred to the online library administrator(s) to save time to copy the whole thing. The others that are in hard copy format now have to be manually entered with a lot of energy, time and right effort. However, this can be done, and it should be done.

Conclusion: The internet has become so vital and effective to our lives and culture especially to the lives of students and researchers who does not have access to printed media because of geographical, political or economic isolation. Zolengthe (Mobile community) serves more people simultaneously then other online resources. Zolengthe connects us quickly and very precisely but, our online resources - blogs, Discussion Forums and (to be) online library, serves us in a very comprehensive way. A significant percentage of our community have been under the Zolengthe mobile community because it is easily accessible and connects us timely and effectively.

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USA a Laisim Diingin

USA a Laisim Diingin:

Zomi Sangnaupang Pawlpi te a Di'a Theituoh

Mr. Khai Minthang

Thupatna: USA pen leitung mi zousie mitsuonna mun chilei ikhiel kholsih diing hi. Sangnaupangte, Sumbawlte, Siemsinte, Vacation zangte, etc. a diingin United States khu mitsuon theipen leh hoipen diingin gintat ahuoi hi. Ataangpi'n ei Zogam apat in United States khu lampi thumin a kilut taangpi hi. Tuate khu Student, Visitor/Tourist leh Refugee ahi hi. Athu kai neu suh nalai lei, ei Lamka langa patin Student Visa tawh a kiha lut pen a, Visitor/Tourist tawh zong alut atam veve hi. Student visa tawh lutte khu a taangpi'n D/S chi'n Immigration leh Custom te'n ang chepte pieh ua, tuapen Duration of Status china ahi hi. Visitor/Tourist te'n a I-94 uah aum thei hun diing uh anei ua, Refugee te I-94 ah Indifinite Stay chi in a kichiemte hi. Hattuom lamkaite zinna khu Visitor/Tourist visa ahi deu a, ahun zong ha thum ahi taangpi hi. Innlangte phone ibawl chienga ang doh theizel khat uh ahileh, "Na visa bangchih tan hing diing?" chi khu ahi. Visa ichi pen India apat United States ilut theina ahia, i umtheina diing un port of entry kichi, US mun a ilut masahna pen ah Immigration te'n i umthei hun diing ang pie ua, tuapen I-94 a kichi a, tuapen 'Arrival and Departure record' zong a kichi hi. A nuizathuoi lah bang, lah a mawl huoi mama khat khu innlangte'n US apat pei diingte kunga 'Visa hing puoh in' chi ahi hi. Tuabanah, 'Kei zong hing han ve' chite zong abei sih hi. Visa kipuoh thei vazuou hileh ka puoh nuom mi tampi aum a, hat thei hileh ka hat nuom atawm sih hi. Visa kang puoh a, kang hat theilou vangin a lampi umdan kikum vai. Eilanga pat lut theina thumte - Student, Tourist leh Refugee lah ah tuni'n Sutdent tawh kisai kikum vai e, guoi....

Kisahkholna (Preparation): Kisahkholna ichi chiengin tamnah tahsa leh lungsim kisahkholna genna in i zang diing uhi. I pienna gam nuasie diing ihiziehin lunglenna leh thawmhau kisahna in zong tamveipi ang buoh diing ahi chi khu thei masah ahoi hi. US ah eimite umna chi maimai tawh kihamuon lou diing ahoi hi. Aziehpen, US gam khu ana lien mama a, khat leh khat kikawmtuona a hamsa mama hi. Adiehin US gam pen nasepna leh hun hawmthawna gam ahiziehin daahkaal khat ahiei daahkaal ni tana kinaina chilou kihawna diing abai sih hi. Kithuzahna vang anuom a, phone leh internet chivel tawh houlim in a kikhosa mai hi. Koima pou nasepna leh siemsinna a ki pumbuoi ahiziehin kum khat sunga khatvei tei kimukhawm diing chi zong a thubai sih hi. A bangteng hileh kisahkholna a poimaw diingte envai:

(1) Tupna (Determination): Sil khat phot lawchinna diingin tupna kichien nei angai hi. Tupna kichien mai hilouin tupna tun theina diinga alampite thei khu i tupna bangin a thupi hi. Tupna duhdah neilou a, ut lah bang utlou lah bang chidan pen lawsapna lampi lien mama khat ahi hi. I tupna mun pen ma mitsuon a ibawl khat phot bawl angai hi.

Khatvei Syepipa Dhronacharya in a sangnaupangte a test nuom hi. Va lim khat singhieng khat ah khai in a sangnaupangte ang hankhawm hi. Tua valim pen amit hoitah a dawi dingdenga kaap diinga mansa um diingin a sangnaupangte ahil a, amuthei zousie uh hil diingin adong hi. A sangnaupangte'n a huon umdan taangpite - a singkungte, a papete leh tua valim kikhai pen amu dan uh agen uhi. Dhronacharya in tuabanga mute kikhin diingin a sawl a, Arjuna mudan adongta hi. Arjuna in bangma dang mulou in va mittang maimai amudan ahil chiengin a syepipa un tua va kaap diingin asawl hi. (1)

(2) Geelna (Planning): Planning kichien khu tupna lawchinna diinga lampi masapen ahi hi. Eilanga kithang mama khat khu ahileh "Bothut policy" chi ahi hi. A laimal hing kipatna kathei sih a, a genna (meaning) vang kathei hi. 'Planning um sese lou a sil khat bawl suh gawp diing' china dan ahi hi. Tam pen lawsapna kot (A door to failure) ahizaw hi. Associate degree in Business Management course kazil laiin business patna diinga poimawte khu - Creative thinking, Research, Planning, Gathering resources, Production and Marketing chi ahi hi.(2) Bothut policy zah diingin kazil kha sih hi. USA zong bothut policy tawh lut sawm sih vai in, hoitah in planning bawl lei ahoizaw tham diing hi.

(3) Sepkhietna (Implementation): Tupna inei banah geelna ineizou kia chiengin sepkhietna a kitasam mama hi. Tupna lah nei, geelna lah nei in hilezong sepkhietna aum lou chiengin mawhna asuoh veve hi. I sepkhiet chiengin zong aban bana sepkhiet diing ahi hi. Tupna leh geelna aum zounua a isep chiengin zong hamsatna tampi aum nalai a, hilezong tupna leh geelna umloute sangin lawchinna anai zaw himhim hi. Leitunga silmukhete'n (Inventors) zong tupna kichien anei ua, tuana patin hoitahin geelna ang nei ua, tuazou chiengun a geelna dungzui un ang semkhe zel uhi. Tambanga 1,2,3, chidan a peilou a 3,2,1 chidan a pei pawl zong aum tham hi. Kaikuong leh Puchih (Innnuoi leivui lah a ganhing neu nounou leivui khuot a tua sunga busate) tawndan ahia, tuate khu ganhing maitawnte sangin a hatzaw ngai sih uhi. A lawching sih uh ichi nuom sih a, hilezong a maitawn (1,2,3,4,5 chidan) te sangin a speed uh a hatzaw ngai sih hi. Tam banga kaikuong banga nuatawnte pen 'Bothut policy' ichite zangte ahi hi. Aziehpen, sepkhietna a kipan in, tuazou chiengin geelna abawl ua, ageelna uapat in tupna ang nei uhi. Tambanga 'Bothut policy' zangte khu kaikuong leh puchih group-te ahi uhi.

USA lutna zong tuabangma in enlei ahoi diing hi. USA lut utna lungsim inei masah angai phot him him a, tuazou chiengin tua i tupna i lawchinna diingin planning hoitah a kisam hi. Tua tegel mai hilou in sepkhietna a kisam penpen hi. I gam ah US lutnuom tampi ium ua, hilezong a lutdan diing ikan tam naisih uhi. Dau hoitah nei diingin tuapen in USA ang tut zieu diing i ut uhi. Hilezong sil tahtah (reality/pragmatism) pen tuabang ana hisih hi.

Step #1: College /University Suina: Tampen United States student visa tawh lut nuomte a diinga a kalbi (step) khatna ahi hi. Na lawm theite'n Catalog leh Application Form ang hah sangun a College/University mama houpi inlen, a Catalog leh laipoimaw dangdang ngen lechin kimeltheina leh kichimatna khat ahia, ahoizaw hi. Internet ah suikhie inlen tuate contact thei lechin ahoi diinga, College/University khat maimai bawl lou in tampi enkuol lechin ahoi leh ahoilou nathei diinga, deiteelna (choice) na neitam zaw diing a, na lunglutna tawh kituoh zong namu zaw diing hi.

Step #2: Kithuzahna (Correspondence): College/University i kai nuomnate apat a Catalog (Ei langah Prospectus kichi), Application form, leh thu poi maw dangdang (Related information) ang hah zou chiengua kipan diing ahi. Application form leh information ei apat adeite uh hoitah leh kimtah a hah diing ahi hi. Admissions director te phone number leh a email ID te uh thei a poi maw mama hi. Ataangpi in, admissions director te khu email in contact lei ahoizaw in kathei hi. Aziehpen, phone a i contact leh ei file tawh um-khawm gige theilou uh ahibanah a nasep ua buoithei mama uh ahiziehin dawnna kichien ang pieh theina diingun sawtpi ngah zel angai a, sum tampi a kiseng thawn zel hi. Tuasangin email hah in i admission dinmun dong zel lei, aman utawh kituoh in athu ang theisah vahiau uhi. A email pen uh office hour ahinah leh ahon gige uh ahiziehin i laihah nini in ang thuh thei paipai uhi. A fel (efficient) thei mama uhi. Tam kithuzahna in i admission process maimai a bei diing ahisih hi. Admission director te hoitah a i houpi leh airport pick-up leh amun itun zou tanpha in ang panpi thei ua a kizen mama hi.

Step #3: Acceptance Letter & I-20: Tampen admission process zawna ahita hi. I application form leh supporting document zousie bukimtah a atunkim chiengin admissions committee te'n ang en ua, tuana patin ang pom uleh Acceptance letter (Khatteng in Calling Letter chi uh) leh I-20 kichi ang hah uhi. Tuate umlou in Embassy/Consulate ah Student visa ngetthei ahisih hi. Tami imu zou chiengin hun atom mamata hi. Bawl diing atam a, hun lah atomta hi. Tuaziehin, kipatbai khela hoi aum sih hi.

Step #4: Passport: Passport pen Regional Passport Office tungtawn a Ministry of External Affairs te'n ang pieh uh ahi hi. Eilangte a diingin RPO, Guwahati ah aum hi. Passport bawlna khu hun lutthei zel ahimanin patbai ahoi hi. Tualeh, TATKAL Scheme kichi khat aum a, tuapen a manlang (expedite service) a bawlna ahi hi. Ahoina ahileh I-20 muzou a ibawl leh a hinna (validity) ang ki pieh (issue) ni a kipan ahiziehin ahoi a, ahoilouna ahileh Visa interview na diinga lai poimawte kaikhawmna diinga hun kihawmthaw ahiziehin passport bawlna ah zong hun tampi alut thei banah a fee zong tampi kipiehbe ahi hi. Passport neisate a diingin i Passport uh hinna (validity) etphat ahoi hi. Abeina (Expiration date) pen USA (Foreign) ilut tana haguh sanga sauzaw ahi diing ahi hi. Pilvan huoi mama khat ahi hi.

Step #5: Laipoimawte Kaikhop Hun: Tampen Acceptance Letter, I-20 leh Passport neizou chienga kibawl ahideu hi. Hilezong khenkhat in university te tawh a kithuzah sungun abawl ua, ahoi mama hi. Atheihuoi khat ahileh Visa interview na tawh kisai a laipoimawte khu ha guh sunga kibawl ahi ngai ahi. Innlanga pata lai poimawte pen a taangpi'n ahing sponsor diingte sum neidan, economic tie leh social tie chite ahi hi. USA a alaisim zou cheinga innlanga hing kile kia diing chi chetna a laite china ahi hi. Tambanga lai kichien inei sihleh Visa mu diing a hamsa mama hi. Tambanga lai paimawte i kaikhop zou chiengin Visa interview diingin Kolkata zot angaita hi.

Step #6: Visa Interview Diingin: I-20 a kigiel laisim kipat hun tawh ni 90 sungin in Visa interview a kibawlthei a, ni 30 sungin USA a kilut thei hi. Tam hun pen a poimaw mama hi. Etsahna in, laisim kipat hun diing pen September 01, 2008 hitaleh, 90 simsuh lei Visa interview theina khu June 01, 2008 vel apat china ahia, Visa imu leh USA lenlut theina khu August 01, 2008 apat china ahi hi.

Innlanga laipoimaw inei teng tawh Kolkata zotsuh angaita hi. Kolkata ah zong ki um maimai lou in lai poimaw bawl diing tampi aum hi. Hun a kinaw a, sil zousie feltah leh hoitah a sai angai hi. Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) fee $100/- pieh na, Visa Application fee leh Servicing charge HDFC Bank tungtawn a i piehna receipt te tawh innlanga ilai poimawte banah Visa appointment letter te khu Visa interview chienga poimaw diing ahi hi. US Consulate, Kolkata-te website http://kolkata.usconsulate.gov/ ah thuchien aum a, tuapen tawh hoitah a ki update gige angai hi. (3)

Step #7: Visa Interview Mun & Hun: Laipoimaw zousie tawh US Consulate, Kolkata ah na interview ni diing chiengin thumkawm leh hoitah a kisakhol kawmin minute 15 masang ngei in na tung diing hi. Ahoi mama khat khu Visa application form pen gate a amanbei a kihawm ahia, tuapen i interview masanga lahkhiet a i kingatna inn/hotel a manmawlou tah a fill-up ahoi hi. A gate a na kiguol masanga pat in na lai poimawte zousie hoitah leh kichuptah in koi inlen, apoimaw bang banga lah/zah thei vahiau diingin koi/kem/puo in.

Gate apat clearance ang kibawl zou chiengin innsung lutna diing tahtah ah khatvei ang ki check kia leuleu a, tuana patin visa interview na mun diing pindan na tungta diing hi. Mi tampi na kiguol ngeingai diing ua, tuate lah a khat nahita diing hi. Tua hun pen i interview laitah sangin pressure ahat mama a, i BP zong ang sangsim zozen hi. Na min a ang kihat diing ngahin na um diinga, mite visa kipie tawh a kipelou tawh namu chiengin nang zong na nurvus sim mama diing hi. Aziehpen Visa interview pen ahun asawt sih a, tua hun tomnou sunga sil tampi hing um diing, hun sawtpi i kisah kholna zousie tuahun a avom leh akang hing kithei mai diing chite in na ngaisutna ang luo vanglah leh na stress level pen ang sangsim diing hi. Hilezong, tuana um zousie mihing ahia, koima maingapla diing umlou ahi chi thei ahoi hi.

Visa interview booth ah ang kihan tangei diinga, nang zong dingtou pai in tua window lang nazuonta diing hi. Tuanah na stress level san tawh bangtawh 'Good morning/Good afternoon' chite leh 'How are you today?' leh 'How may I help you?' chite bang na zahkhiel zengzung phiel diing hi. Tuanah dohna tuomtuom ang dongta diing ua, tuapen hoitah leh kilawmtah a na dawn diing a kisam hi. Zau tawhluot leh maingal tahluot ahoi sih a, oversmart chi himhim bawllou diing ahi hi. Ang thudoh diingte uh a unpi'n kichientah in genthei sih lei zong a taangpi'n USA a lai naism zou chienga innlanga nang kilekia teiteina diing tawh kisai ahimai diing hi. Interview hing bawlte'n USA a umden sawm danin ang ngai diing ua, tuapen na palsat diing ahi hi. Athu maimai a palsan diing hilou in lai tampi tawh na laa diing ahi hi. Na thugente leh na document tawite a hat sihleh Visa mu diing pen a kilam-et huoi sih hi. http://visa.graduateshotline.com/visaques.html en himhim inlen tuana dohnate dawng mawngmawng vawi.... (4)

Step #8: Visa Interview Result: Na interview result pen theithei ahipai hi. Na passport ang lahpieh uleh visa mu diing lam-etna aum a, na passport ang lahpieh sih ua, laidal khat tawh ang kilesah uleh na laidal en lechin ang nielna point te uh agen diing uhi. Tuate na palsat na diing lai nanei leh interview na bawlkia thei a, ang ki enchienta mama diing hi. Tuaziehin, na interview masahna pen ah lawchin sawm inlen, tuana diingin hoitah in kisakhol in. Visa namu diing leh na passport ang lahpieh diingua, tuapen kaalkhat taangpi sungin a Visa lai na passport a belin na application form a adress na pieh pen ah ang hah diing uhi.

Step #9: Visa Muta: Khankhat sunga hun nuompente lah a khat khu Visa ngazou laitah ahi hi. Na lungsim anui nui mai diing hi. Aziehpen, na utna gam alut diing leh na lungtup tangtung chinate banah mi tampite (Laisiem hiin laisiemloute, hausa hiin mizawngte) mu zoulou hamphatna mu nahi ziehin na lungsim sungah nopna adim mai diing hi. Tua laitah vang a taangpi thu a gen in mite en pa/nu nahi ziehin a lim alien diing hi. Ann hing neehpi diing, singpi hing khelai diing, ahing houpi diing chite banah na innsung mite'n zong kikhen diing naita ahiziehin ang khela mama diing uhi. A nopna lah atam a, lunglenna zong lah atam hi.

Step #10: Zin Diinga Kisahkholna: Visa muzou nua a lungsim nopna tawh na zinna diinga kisahkholna ang kiphu lemlumta diing hi. Bangteng puoh diing, koi teng houpi diing, airlines bangte zui diing, etc. chite in na lungsim a luodim maita diing hi. Tuahun chiengin USA a na school kaina diingte min leh a phone numberte uh banah imi isa te umna leh a phone number te uh thei ahoi hi. I Zou puon, Bible, Zou laibu nazah nuom deute, Zou video leh audio te, niihten-puonsil leh nangma mimal sil a na poimawte na puoh ahoi hi. Puon na zahtawm diing honkhat na puoh lou leh vanman USA ah gintat sangin atam mama hi. Vanzah dangte ang kipieh vangin puonsil-niihten ang kipe kholsih diinga, zong a kidei talaw sih hi. Second-hand puonsil eilang bangin a kidei talawsih hi. School kai diing ihi buong leh USA a um laibu leh vanzahte sangin Zou necktie honkhat puoh a ilawmte leh i sangsyete gift diing zong ahoi a, zong a lungdamzaw uhi.

Step #11: Ki-mawhgen Ngamlou: Gamdang pei pen vanleng kellei I totzou chiengin zong vai kichien chi umthei nai tuonlou ahijiehin koima kungah a kigen ut kholsih hi achi uhi. Tuama bangin Passport, Visa, Air ticket leh show money neikim ngong nanlechin zong na leenkhietna diing Vanlengphuol apat ahiei, na kumna diing Vanleengphuol apat in zong nasemte’n ang kilesah kia ek thei hi.

Step #12: Gamdang Peina a Hun Nuompen: Gamdang peina diingah Visa muzou leh Vanleng ticket buoipi a I kipei laitah chite hunnuompen kipatna ahi mai hi. Vanleng ticket lah hun chieng-in Travel Agents-te atamthei pen contact ahoi hi. Vanleng ticket pen na pei masang ha ni/thum tuoma lahkhol diing ahoi hi. Ahun angnai chiengin aman tawmna kinga zoulou in idei hun a Vanleng ticket mu chipen a hamsa mama hi. Vanleeng tuanman (ticket) pen kibang louin a tam man leh a tawm man um ahi. Tu tana tawmman lawite pen Royal Jordan Airlines, Singapore Airlines chite ahi deu a, a tammanna te pen British Airways, American Airlines, Swiss Airlines chite ahi deu uhi. Ticket pen kile kiana diing (return) tawh lakhawm lei a kiman zaw hi. Ticket zuah travel agent te pen a muonhuoi leh muonhuailou um thei ahijiehin pilvan huai ahi.

Visa muzou leh Vanleng ticket muzou/lahzou tung teng pen hun nuompen ahi hi. Tami hun sungin mi maipha aki-nga mama hi. Airport zuona car tawh i tai vengveng laitah leh Vanleng kotbienga nasemte (crews) hing vaidawn laitah vel pen mipi I tan mama laitah ahijiehin anuom mama hi. Continental Vanlengpite sung air condition nuom mama a I tou hit-hiet tuung vel, Vanleng (jet) hatseng kisa a a khawl tawh kibang lienga I ngaihsut teng lai hunte zong hunnuom khat ahi hi.

Step #13: Vanleeng Sung-ah: Vanleng tuan pen a nuom mama diing a bat vangin mi namkim tawh kitoukhawm detdot, sun tawh zan tawh dahkaal tampi touzing diing ahijiehin a kikham thei hi. Van sangpi a leng ahijiehin hui siengthou diih/hiip diing taahsap thei ahia, iimut zong kichien mellou thei ahijiehin chidamna in lel mama thei ahi. Vanleng khenkhat ah za a teepte a sawng tungah, a teep loute a sawng nuoi-ah a kitousah hi. Vanleng tunga kihawm neehthei dawntheite pen zatui zaha (chemical) tawh kibawl a sawtpipi kikeemching ahibanah a bung sungah a lum tawh a vot tawh nam tuomtuom kikoikhawm, kihenkhawm ahijiehin tuituoh abat ngia ngua vangin chidamna diingin ahoi kholsih hi. Tuachieng, Vanleng tungah thau, tem, puantena, battery, meigit, magnet, a kikham gui thei tui lamsang ken a kikhaam a, puoh loutheilou ahilezong registered luggage ahi kul ahi. Mi piching khatin van kg. 30 tan masuan thei hi.

Step #14: Keima Siltuoh: Imphal apat in Indian Airlines ah tuongin Kolkata kazuon ua, tomkhat kalen zou un, Lengpui Airport (Mizoram) a tomkhat ka khawlzou un dah 2:30 pm vel in Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata ka tungta uhi. Kolkata apat in August 22, 2003 zingmawng nai 7:50 A.M. in British Airways in ka lengkhie uhi. Continental Vanlengpite sung pen Domestic Airlines (Indian Airlines bangdeu te pawl) sangin a standard zaw tham hi. Kou tounate pen Boeing 747 – 400 achite pawl uh ahia, mi 390 tuontheina ahia, alien pente ahi hi. Touna teng ah T.V. a kithuo a, kou tuonna pen ah Chennel 13 tan a um hi. Tam Chennel 13 te lah ah khat khu MAP ahia, tuapen in i Vanleng tuanna pen geina tantan alim in ang ensah hi. Asandan (Altitude), Alen hatdan (Ground speed), Zotmun gamlatdan (Distance to Destination), A Vanleng umna chet a kholum khovot (Temperature Outside), Kipatkhietna a dah ginzat (Local Time at Origin), Tunna diing a dah ginzat (Time at Destination), Tunna muna tua laitah a dah gingzat (Local time at Destination) leh Hui hatdan (Head Wind) chite zousie a ki enthei zing hi. I vanleng lim zong gam atot dan danin agam amuol tunga alen dandan in a kilang hi. Etsahna diingin: Moscow khopi tungzawn a kalen laitah ua tomkim a ka chiemte silte envai:

1. Altitude: 35, 000 feet
2. Ground Speed: 822 km/h
3. Distance to Destination: 2531 km
4. Outside Temperature: -54*c
5. Local time at origin: 14:50
6. Head Wind: 55.43 km/hr

Tambang dandeu in i umna teng a theithei mai hi. Alim tawh kithuo ahijiehin geinateng alim a zong etthei zing ahi hi. Nuom mama mai hi. Neeh lampang ahileh vanleng tungah atam mama mai hi. Dei dan dan teel a du zaza neeh mai diing ahi. Breakfast zou in khat vei ni vei vel kane man a, eilam dah 4:00 P.M. velin lunch (ann zing ann/sun ann) ang hawm ua, themkhat ka neeh zou in breakfast apat a tawplou phiel a neehthei dawnthei nezing dawnzing a ka umdante, lunch a tuithei dante tawh inn langate neeh muzoulou zen a khosa pankai zena nasem ka innkuonpite, pawlpite, chi leh namte leh mizawng mi liengvaite ngaituona in ka ngaituona zousie lamangin, tuitah a ka neh diing ka ann neh hun diing zousie khu luonhi leh nainap siana’n kazang kha a, nehthei kichi mawng mawng ka nethei nawnsih hi. Ka kam a ka hen sawm chin in hitui naptui in ang tum zing hi. Tam hun khu Baltic Tuipi tunga ka len laitah uh ahi.

Afghanistan (masang laia USA te’n Osama Bin Laden abeina mun uh) tung velah ka leng ua, laibu a kigiel ma bangin agam agaw mama a, sehneeh gam dandeu ahi mai hi. Vanleng tung apat a kihoimu mama hi. Tuate ka mu chiengin igam hoidan leh nopdante ka theikhie a, Pasian min thupi kaphat hi. Kolkata apat a hun sawtsim pikhat kalen zou un London International Airport amau lang a diingin nitahlang dah 4:00 pm (6:12 min. 05 sec. IST) in London Heathrow Airport bawta ung. Ni asang mama nalai hi. London International Airport thu pidan khu a minute chinin vanleng atung leh alengdoh a kiphamat zing hi. Vanleng en utte a diingin mittai ahuoi mama diing hi. Dahkaal ni vel London Airport a khawlzou nua in USA zuon diing British Airways BA 299 kichi khat ah ka tuong kia ua, amau nitahlang dah 6:00 pm velin London vanleng phuol ka nuasie ta uhi.

Atlantic Tuipi tungah sawtpi ka leng ua, Greenland nuoideu ah nitahlang-in ka leng uhi. Nisa nuoi a leng zing kahi uhi. Vanleng tungah thumna kanei mun mama hi. Ajiehpen vanleng apat a leitung i etleh a lamdang a, Pasian thupina leh a silsiemte hoidan a lamdang hi. Lapite 19: 1-2 en him him vawi! Tuate'n ka lung akhoi mama hi. USA tunna diing minute 35 in ang sap hiel chiengin tung diing tahtah ka hita amah china tawh Pasian kungah minute 10 diingvel lungdamthu genna leh panpi ngetna kanei hi. Nitahlang dah 6:15 P.M. in ka tunna diing khopi International Airport ah lenglutta ing. Kolkata a kalenkhiet ua patin USA katun tan uh dahkaal 20 leh minute 55 ahi hi. Sun khat leh zan khat phiel ahia, hinanlezong August 22, 2003 (Ziltawpni) a kipan pen August 22, 2003 (Ziltawpni) amau nitahlang dah 6:15 in ka tung uhi. Tam hun in ni atum naisih a, August 22, 2003 (Ziltawpni) ana hinalai hi. Bangchi ahiei?

Kolkata a ka vante tawh kikhen pen tua Airport ah kala pan hi. Customs leh Immigrations te'n abawl diing teng uh abawl zou un ka pawtkhie a, ahing pick-up diingpa tawh 7:15 pm velin ka kimu uhi. Tuahun pen nitumzou khomui kipat hun ahi hi. Tuana patin taipai in dahkal thum diing vel katai zou un ka umna diing Apartment 11:00 pm in ka tungta uhi. Zan dah 11:00 pm hengta ahijiehin ka lawmpan ang peisanta hi. Eilam innte sangin keima tanga ka umna diing inn khu a thupi zaw tham tham hi. Pasian kungah nuomthu tut-in sawtsim pikhat a inn umdante en kawi kawi in kei zong ka tawldamta hi.

Step #15: Patauna Kipan: US khopi na tun masangdeu, Immigration-te lai (I-94) fill-out diing hing kipieh apatin na ngaisutna hing ki-lamdang in patauna hing kipan kha thei diing ahi. Tua form-ah eima gama address leh US gama I tunna diing mun address, telephone number, email etc. gel hing kul pai ahia, Passport leh I-20 ahisihleh sponsor letter te hoitah a etphat saan angai hi. Form te ah na last name, first name, middle name, SS# (Social Security Number) leh mode of entry chite hoitah a na gel, na dawn ngietngiet diing apoimaw hi. Ajiehpen tua nia na gelh/dawnna bangbang tawh US kumpi'n ahing chiemte suoh diing ahi hi. A poimaw mama pen na Passport a na min gel dan pen na zatsuoh diing ahi. SS# pen US gamsung na tun chiengin a ang pieh diing-uh or na apply diing, mode of entry pen vanleng lam maw, tuipi lam maw, ahi bang bang-a gel lel diing ahi.

Step #16: Navah Diing Poimaw: Flight connection a tuong kha nahileh pilvang mama in. Na kum chiengin lampi khat nazui diing a kot ni – atungta te leh flight connection nei nalaite a diing aum hi. Flight connection kibawlna Airport ah mi kiheidan dan theisiem in. Na buoi leh asung a semte (Uniform silte) kungah dong in. Ki-report na diing, na ticket tha pen, na ngahna mun diing leh adang dang um nalai ahijiehin pilvang mama in. Na flight connection nala lou leh adang chance nanei sih diing hi. Tuabangin na tun na diing tahtah (Port of Entry) natun masang tengin bawlzing in.

Na tuna tah tah diing (Port of Entry) Vanlengphuol a na kum phetin na tuanpite peina zui pai in len International Arrival chi counter lang-ah napei diing hi. Tuanah na Passport, I-20 leh I-94 te humkawmin Immigration & Naturalization Service-te masang-ah na ding diing hi. Tuanah pilvang mama in. A hing houpi masangsie hamlou in ngah in. A hing doh chiengin kichientah in dawng in len, a dang gen belap sin. Tuamun pen Port of Entry achina mun uh ahia, na tunga alungkim zou sih uleh tuamun apat a zong ang nuasawl thei uh ahi chi thei in. Immigration & Naturalization Service te’n ang thudohna azaw chieng-un na Passport leh I-20 ah seal angta pieh diing ua, I-94 kichi Arrival & Departure record (Vanleng tunga na fill-out pen) tunkhat ama un akemta diing ua, nang tunkhat na Passport Visa page pang langkhat ah ang bepiehta diing uhi. Tuazouchiengin, Luggage claim na (van lahkhiatna mun) lam manaw pai in len, nang van hing tun chiengin International Exit kichina mun na pawtna diing a kigelna mun lang-ah pawtkheta in.

Airport pick-up nanei theina diingin nazin masangin hoitahin plan bawl in. Na tuna diingte kungah Airport a hing dawn diing ngen manghil sin. Tuate nanget chiengin na tuonna Vanleng min, natun hun diing, na tun na diing leh poimaw nasah teng akimthei diing pen in hil in. Gamtuom a ilut tahtah chiengin uimaw gamphu kibang ahi. International Exit ah Vanleng phuol a hing dawn (Airport pick-up) nanei leh ama’n ang na-ngah diing hi. Ang vaidawnte tawh iki-mu hun zong hunnuom pente lah a khat ahi hi. Tuabang neilou nahi a, tuana pat a pei nalai diing nahileh na hawna diing khuo manawdan diing lana lai kita en kia in. US Airport tun phetin na deibanga na zah diing phone, a card lei himhim in. Na tupna khuo na tun zou chiengin a nuoia bangin khat zou chieng a khat bawl diing a um diudeu hi.

Step #17: Cultural Shock: Mi pawlkhat in US gam tung zousie koima lungkhamna himhim um nawn lou diingin angaituo uhi. Hinanlezong a phual tun chiengin tua tawh kilebul lienin, a teeh a khang mi zousie nasep diing lunghimawa, manla chietna, khat leh khat ki awlmawh louna (stress and depression) tamna pen gam na hi zaw hi.

America mipite pen a civilization uh a upat zou banah minam khangtou tuom tuom kigawmkhawm, highly cultured ahijiehun gamtat luheina ah a pilvang mama ua, atei thei mama uhi. English na siam lou lam theisiem nan ulezong "Your English is every good. How long have you been in US?" hing chi veve nalai diing uhi. America te zousie I kimu pat ni in thunuom mama ua, lamet huoi mama danin ahing tanau bawl vangun a hunnua chienga na maingap bawl vangin hing don beehlou pawl zong umkha thei diing hi. Mi pawlkhatte bangin hing kitheimawbawl lieng diing uhi. Amau pen privacy thupi se uh ahijiehun mi tawh kipawl nuomsa khollou uhi. Amau pen na lamet bang lou diing ahijiehin na hasietna leh lungkietna suohin "America te mi hoi um sih" chi kha thei diing hi teh. Tam hun pen Cultural Shock kichi thuoh hasa a kisah mama hun laitah hi in, innlam, gamlamah kile kia nasawm hun zong tam mama kha diing hi. Hinanlezong thuoh tentun in hilechin tami cultural shock hun pen kum khat apat kum ni kiim vel chieng hing kam lel diing ahi achi uhi.

Step #18 American Hindan Zang: American hindan pen ei Zomite hindan tawh nasatah a a kikhiet ziehin cultural shock inei uhi. Mi gam a um ihi chiengin amau chidan leh khoiheidan ette a chidan a kiphumna (cultural assimilation) nei ahoi hi. Innlanga ipei kia chienga eima chindan manghil a American hindan a hin zong hing mawlhuoi kia veve ahi. Kimu chienga “Hi Mr/Miss…… (A min nathei leh amin a han di)” chivel azang mun ua, I kitheipi due ahileh “Hi Mr/Miss……how are you doing? What‘s going on?” chivel ahia, tua banga ang doh vang ua I bawl teng leh thu teng ban gen diing china hituanlou ahi. Dawnna kilawm ahileh “I am fine, thanks” chite leh “Not much, how about yourself?” chite khu a kizang taangpi hi. Thupoimaw ahilou leh tuateng a greetings zaw ahi hi. Thu nepnawi bangen nianua chipen hun beisah ahi hi. Thu saupi gen diing ahiei, lai gel diing tampi um ahisih leh dinsa a houlim chivel zong a thangsah mama uhi. Eilang dana hotel sunga puilut dep a thu manlou teng gengen chite aching sih uhi. Houlim chienga na lawmpa/lawmnu maitang na et sihleh ama un hing theisiem lou di uh ahi. A maitang a mittang ma en pimpem a houlim di ahi. Tungsie nuoisie chi um sese lou a nop asah bang ua houlim leh khut vih ziah ziah mai di ahi.

American te pen sip dingdeng a um theiloute ahi uhi. Mitawh a um-khawm chieng ua thu khat tei gen diing, houlim bawl diing a ut uhi. A thupi umsih lezong zing ninou suoh kilawm dan pou sip dingdeng sangin a houlim zaw uhi. Tuachieng in a kikhen diing chiengun “Have a nice day” chite leh “I am going to talk to you later” (“Ama tok to ye later” chia ki pronounce atazen ve!) Tami ang chi vang ua ang houpi kia teitei diing ua ki lam-et diing hi tuanlou ahi.

Hun thupisimna (Punctuality) a ngaisang mama uhi. Hun a kibawl leh a hun tawh kituoh chet a vai kihawm ahipai hi. “Dah 9:00 kichi hiven dah 10:00 chieng tung lei kituoh chet va!” chidan umlou ahi. Neeh leh dawnna aum leh zum siamsuam a du napi a dulou kipang a, ang sawl tentun diing uh I ngah leh ki ngahkhiel ahi mai ve. (100% guaranteed) Party diing khat, birthday ahiei ahilouleh nehkhopna ahiei dawn khopna khat a ang kichiel a na haw/pei sawm leh na sum diing kipuoh in. Koima’n hing ki khelai het lou diing ahi. Munkhat a toukhawm a na neehkhawm zengzung vang un a man pieh chiengin koima’n nang a diing hing piehkep kawi lou di ahi. Tampi um nalai in tamtan chi phot mai vai!

Conclusion: US gam hing zin diing-te a diingin ka siltuohte apat khang kihilna a nei zozen diing hoi kasha pawlkhat aum hi. A gam pen sum suina a hoi, mihing suohtatna gam (land of the free), sil zousie a kiningchinna (unlimited resources) gam ahjiehin idei dei kibawlthei, kineiehei (unlimited opportunities), Dan zatat mite (law abiding citizens) ahi banah a sawtnua chienga gammi suohna (citizenship) nangawn kingathei ahia, 'Vangam maleepna gam,’ ‘Bawngnawi leh khuoizu luonna gam,’ ‘ Zomite a diinga I Canaan gam uh’ leh adang dang ci-a mite gengen ahi hi. Lunglut vang ahuoi thouna hi. Hinanlezong, ka siltuohte noute’n zong natuoh thou thou diing-uh ahijiehin thei masa ulechin a zangkhai tuom mama diing hi. Ke’n uimaw gamphu banga kalenna-te apat a kaphuhkhah silte khu khang kihilna a nei diingin kadei vawt a, tuate apat a panlah diingdan neithei lei ahoi mama diing hi. Gamdang peina diingin sil thum a poimaw hi. Tuate khu I gam kumpi apat a gamdang pei phalna Passport, I peinuomna gam kumpi apat a phalna Visa leh I peina ding Vanleng ticket ahi hi.

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Ref:

1. http://www.indianetzone.com/3/arjuna.htm

2. Turner Jr., Robert G. Ph.D: Your Life Is Your Business, Education Direct, Inc. Scranton, PA 2001 pp. 27,28
3. http://kolkata.usconsulate.gov/
4. http://visa.graduateshotline.com/visaques.html

Tami article pen Sep. 07, 2003 ni'a ka gelsa khat leh April 13, 2008 a tami blog a na suohta "United States a Laisim Diingin: Zomi Sangnaupang Pawlpi mi USA a Laisim Nuomte a Diingin" chia kagel tawh September 16, 2008 a ka gawmkhawm ahi hi. Revised edition ahi hi.

Yet Another Attack!

Yet Another Attack:

Attack on the President is attack on the community!

(Taken from my message at the Zou Workshop Forum dated Sep. 16, 2008)

Dear friends,
The recent hurling of a hand grenade at the residence of our President has sent a very provocative message to all of us. It is totally unacceptable in the most serious form. It has given us a sense of solidarity and has emboldened our patriotic commitment to our community to face our common enemy. We have been tested time and again to assess our potential and our reaction; they now knew that we are resolute and ready to face challenges in any form and discipline. They presumed we will be intimidated by such heinous act of terrorism, but they failed. We are being organized properly and we love our community more then ever. It also, no doubt, gave a sense of unity among various departments of our community despite our differences in policy and politics. They shook the foundation of the building, but they cannot not shake the foundation of our community or nation. Therefore, they don't have the guts to admit who they are because if they do they will face the consequences which will be something they don't even anticipate.

We don't seek violence and don't anticipate any act of violence against us. We have been peaceful and peace loving community. We have done and will be doing everything to live peacefully and those unwanted elements who want to dismantle our commitment towards our community and peace will be brought to justice. We are living peacefully with every tribes and nations around the region, and the world. Those who did that heinous act of cowardice were some radical gang groups who wanted to disturb our peaceful co-existence with other people. They wanted to send a wave of enmity to our neighbors and polarize our relations with our neighbors. But they were wrong, we are better then ever! They have acted against their communal interest because our neighbors knew who we are.

Those terrorists have to be brought to justice. This is the need of the hour! We have to resolute our commitment to finding them wherever they are and bring them to justice. We have to make sure we don't give a safe heaven to repeat this kind of unwanted act of terrorism. This is seriously unacceptable in a peaceful and free society. Thou un, thou un, thou un; Tuibang luong in lung kituoh in.

Peace to all,

Moderator

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Olympic Games 2008

Olympic Games:

Beijing 2008 Apat Ngisutna Themkhat

Olympic Tangthu: Olympic games pen 776 BC laia Olympia, Greece a na kipan ahia, AD 393 tan ana kizomtou hi. Olympic games khu Greek te a ahia, a pasien uh Zeus beihna leh haholna dana ana bawl uh ahia, beihna tawh kisai mama ahi hi. Olympic kimawlna ahileh pasal thahat leh suonhuoi tahtahte kidemna ahiziehin tuahun laia kimawlte khu a guohtang un a kimawl uhi. Nisat zieh ahi banah a tahsa hoidan uleh ahatdan uh kidemna khat zong ahi hi. Tuachiin guoltung tuonna neite khu Olive singhieng (Olive branch) manglukhu dana kibawl khuhsah in aum uhi. Olive singhieng in lem-etna leh kilemna a etsah ahi hi. Olympic meikuong leh Olympic chiemtena vielkuol ngate tuahun laiin ana zang sih uhi. Greek lenggam ang ngiemkiet a, Roman lenggam ang khantou chiengin Olympic games khu sakhuo tawh a kisai seng ziehin Roman te'n phal nawnlou in AD 393 banah Olympic games ana mangthangta hi.

Tuazou in a khawl dingdeng a 1859 in leitung pumpi Olympic Games ang kizomtou zou kia pan hi. Tuachiin, 1894 in International Olympic Committee (IOC) kichi French mithupi khat Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin kichipa hanchiemna tawh ang kiphutkhie hi. Tuazou apat in leitung pumpi theipi leh kimawlna thupitah ang suohta hi. Tuahun apat in leitung mun tuomtuomte ah hing kibawltou in tunita ang kizomtou theita hi. A kaal lahlah a boycott chite leh buoina tuomtuomte'n ana nawhkha zelzel a, hilezong mangthang lou in tunitan a peitou theizel a, kimawlna nam (item) tam deudeu leh kimawlmi tam deudeu in tuni chiengin leitung pumpia kimawlna minthang tah ang suohta hi.(1)

2008 Summer Olympic Games (Beijing 2008): Tami Olympic game Official tah a a kichiemte dan khu "Games of the XXIX Olympiad" ahi hi. Amun Beijing, People's Republic of China ahia, August 08 (Aug. 06 a kipan football chilou) apat August 24, 2008 sunga kibawl ahi hi. Kimawlmi 10,500 te kimawl bawng (sports) 28 sungah kimawlna khiil (item) 302 ah a kidem uhi. Tami Olympic khu Asia gambup a diinga a thumveina ahia, Europe leh North America khellam a diinga a ngana ahi hi. Tami Olympic thupi khu "One World, One Dream" chi ahi hi.

Tami games in leitung pumpia diinga chiemte tha (new world records) 43 a belap a, Olympic record 132 a tunzou a, gam tuomtuom 87 in nuomman (medal) a sang uhi. China kimawlmite'n gold medal 51 sangin Olympic khangthu a diingin medal tam sanpente lah a nina asuoh uhi. Michael Phelps khun Olympic khat sunga gold medal tam sang pen leh Olympic kimawlna a gold medal tam sangpen asuoh a, Usain Bolt khu 100m leh 200m dashes te a leitung chiemte tha anga ziehin Olympic khangthu a ana kipeipi zing khat "Leitung pumpia manlang pen" (World's Fastest Man) chi'n a kichiemte hi. Medal mudan a gawmkhawm a atampen 10 (Top ten) te khu:

1. USA=110

2. China=100

3. Russia=72

4. Great Britian=47

5. Australia=46

6. Germany=41

7. France=40

8. South Korea=31

9. Italy=28 leh

10. Japan=25 ahi hi.(2)

Ukraine in medal 27 amu ua, hilezong Japan in Gold a atam muzawh zieh un Japan te 10 ah a kikoi zaw hi.(3)

Olympic Games Apat Zil Diing: Tam banga.......

A ban sutzom diing..........

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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_medal_table

The Zou Script

The Zou Script

Quite ridiculous, yet the late Rev. Khup Za Go said “The Zo script was eaten up by a hungry dog” in his book entitled Christianity in Chindland. More pitifully, nobody was able to write the alphabet again after the hungry dog ate up the script!!! The story goes such that the only script we have was written on a piece of animal skin and there was only one person taking care of it. Apparently, it was just a script and the person who was taking care of it might not be able to put them together and inscribe them somewhere to make history. This is absurd and we never know the fact. The story continues that the person who took care of the script traveled to another place on foot, with his dog. It apparently was a hot and sunny day. He passed by a creek and stripped off his load and went down to the creek to get a sip of it. Then, the saddest story ever told happened there - The script was eaten up by his hungry dog.

We never know what it would have looked like. Presumably, it could have looked like a Chinese script or some Oriental scripts, but we never know if we did really have a script. If we did, it is appropriate and believable that it should have been written somewhere inside or outside the caves, stones, trees, monuments, etc. We don’t have to rely completely on oral tradition. The fact that we relied on oral tradition obviously testified that we don’t have a script before or have had one before and the spirit of barbarism invaded us and we lost our script and history entirely. The Pau Cin Hau script is full of absurd alphabets and lacks decency and appropriate transliteration. The script would not even be 200 years old. The Zou script that we tried to patronize now is nothing more than Pau Cin Hau’s script, that lacks age-long written records and using this would mean using a language spoken by a handful of people, in the grand scale. And, it would be so hard to take advantage of the new revolution of the Information Technology unless we can put our script on every keyboard of every computer!!!

The second phase or the present script was presented by the late Rev. Cope of the American Baptist Mission in 1910. This script was adopted from the Roman script. Therefore, we have a script since then. It’s been just a century since we have a script. Few people tried to modify the script for more functional and appropriate pronunciation, but could not come out with a comprehensible solution. Thus, this is an ongoing process. Every tribe and dialect are modifying to fit into the present market - multiplying vocabulary by adding vowels, consonants and even semi-vowels to it. Now, some people even use asterisks, hyphens, dashes, curves, etc. All these made our script more unpalatable and uncomfortable to read and write. I am not talking about the punctuation marks, which are mandatory.

Our script has a history of just 98 years, but our literature (all the customized Roman scripts) has pretty good volumes. It might not seemed unusual if a good number of people could not read and write the script that was invented 98 years ago given the fact that a good many people could not read and write some scripts that were invented over 5,000 years ago. Nevertheless, it is quite shameful for us not to be able to read and write our script when the world is becoming a global village or info-tech world.

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Just poring out some raw data of my mind…. Yet to be completed systematically….

Zogaal Hall Vai

Zogaal Hall Vai

Thupi: Re: [ZouWorkshop] doh na? zougal hall lung tung huai lou.

(Tami article or discourse khu Zou Workshop Forum a dohna khat ka dawnna ahia, April 23, 2008 a kigel ahi hi. A hoi leh hoilou chi hilou in ka thugelte kepbitna ahizaw hi.)

Dohna:

pu modarator,
PU hang khan pau in GOC pa kung ah zougal hall bol nang in panpi na a na ngen hi.A nget dung jui in PU GOC pa'n jong pia hi.lakh 2 pia hi.A leh pu hang khan pau in zougal hall commitee te kung ah pe khia in.Mite'n hall lian pi pi nei un kou nei lou,Tun nei ta ding lamka ah zougall hall et thei ding chi hi.Hu chi a hi leh i hall uh jong a min toh ki tuah in lian ta ven mo chi'n ka va en a,ka lai o a ngai ngai rong na nu tha mai mai uh.EN phel va un a lian a lian in lam va uh i chi leh hi lou in a siat na neu khat repair rs.20000 jong bei lou di ahi.Tua te bang chi dan a diai le? Hi chia ei mipi te lung kim di moh um di bang chi bol lei a hoi diai?

from
mangzou

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Dawnna:

Dear Mangzou leh Lawmte,
Zogal Hall tawh kisai a na thugelte kasim chiengin ka lung adong mama mai hi. I social status pen uh i gamtatnate un a tahlang (reflect) mai in kamu a, i ngiem mama nalai uhi. Tambanga mipite sum negute khu i social virus uh ahi hi. Amau ahileh sisan nete (parasite) ahi ua, mi sisan a kivaah ahiziehun neeh a umte'n a thuohlaw vadiang uhi. Tambang te pin igam ang lamkai chiengun igam in a manthan law a, geina tengah chimawna leh amau bawl zieha gawtna aum zel hi. Tam pen English te ham phuat hileh 'way of life' in a kizangta a, tawpna khat anei louleh igam ilei, imi isa a hing mang diinga kisiem ihi uhi. Tam bang chindan pen lamchin tenga doudal diing ahi hi.

Corruption chi pen ki hazaah tasengin izah kia chiengun silhoi dandeu khatin i ngaitheita zozen uhi. Gamkhangtou lah ah tambang avang mama hi. A umsih kachina vang ahisih hi. I gamsung pumpi ah tambang chindan sawtpitah apat ana umta a, kumpite'n zong tambang chindan hoilou doudaalna diingin Right to Information (RTI) Act kichi khat June 15, 2005 in ana phasahta ua, October 13, 2005 apat zatpat ahita hi. Tuami masangin India kumpi in Official Secrets Act kichi 1923 in ana bawl ua, tuapen in civil/public te'n kumpite lai leh thu akan theilou diing chi adeina ahia, tu'a hing kibawl RTI Act kichiepen in tuapen a buohkhum (override) ta hi.

Tami Act ang kizah apat guuhgawl kibawlna asang asangin ang kilangdoh a, mipite'n tambang thu umdan ang thei ua, ang zah chiengun guuhgawl kibawlna ang kiem tuom mamata hi. Office a innphiette nasepdan ang kikan chiengin innphiette office ang kaita ua, contractor te nasepna leh a sepdan uh tawh kisai ang kikan tah chiengin a nasepna uh ang hoibawlta ua, MLA Development Fund te zong mipite'n a geina hoitah a ang kan chiengun MLA te'n zong asum neehguuh diinguh ang neitawmta mama uhi. Tambanga RTI Act ang kizah tahtah chiengin a nasep ngaisah loute leh dawinou tampi ang kimankhie hi. Tuachiin, tami RTI Act kizah zou kum khat sung maimai in India a guuhgawlna khu 88% apat 70% in akiemzouta hi.

A bangteng hileh, i thupi uh Zougal Hall tawh kisai a panlaah diingdan ahi ziehin ngaidan themkhat hing kum vang:

1. Awareness Campaign nei diingin ahoi hi. Gelthaw hiin genthaw hitaleh i mipite lungsim suanga tambang chindan hoiloute itheisah ua, a chingte leh athu umdan zousie theisah diingin ahoi diing hi.

2. RTI igen mabangin UZO sungah zong agenda kiphuolgu umda henlen, i agenda uleh UZO in a bawlsate leh a bawlsawmte thei theina umleh tu sangin i khangtou zaw diingin ka gingta hi.

3. Chitahna (Accountability) nei itawm nalai uhi. Sil bawl diinga ang kise leh chitahna umlou in ibawl ua, muolsuo zoulou in itaisan zel uhi. Nampi'n muongtah leh suongtah a ang ngansie hinapi'n ang muong leh suongte i zuamang zel uhi. Na khat sem diinga ang kipieh lezong i chitah sih ua, zulzau in isem zel uhi.

Zougal hall amin thanna leh a vangletna tanin i zuun zou naisih ua a dahuoi mama hi. Ka mandeu chiengin hing sunzom tou zel vang. Tulai themkhat manmaw sim ing. I Zou sung hinkhuo reflect hing bawltou zelta un.

Pasian thupha,

Moderator
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Ref.: http://www.parivartan.com/

I Zogaal Hall uh May 07, 2008 a kila tami hi ee....

Article for ZSP GHQ Golden Jubilee Magazine

Education that Transforms

Education as an Essential Approach to Transformation within the Zou Community

Khai Minthang
United States

Introduction: Greetings to you all from the United States of America. It is truly an auspicious opportunity to be one of the fortunate ZSPs to witness the 50th year of our existence. Although I could not make myself available to celebrate the joyful celebration of our Sangnaupang Pawlpi, my spirit is exceedingly joyful as I write this article. To God be the glory in the highest!

As a Students’ Organization, we all have different levels of ages, classes, intelligences, talents, interests and potentialities. Some of us are in the Kindergarten Standard, whereas some are at the post-doctoral levels, yet we still are all under the dignified Zomi Sangnaupang Pawlpi. (Old version, I could not stop loving it) There is no question about it! It is the responsibility of the higher levels to train the lower levels in the way they should go, so that by the time they embark the higher levels "they will not turn from it." (Pro. 22: 6) Quite a good number of us, the Zomi Sangnaupang Pawlpi, might be a little or not even aware of the fact that we live in an age in which smartness and inclusive approach to our fellow beings and the environment are becoming an essential part of our lives, in addition to our daily job that puts food on the table of our family. Therefore, finishing School, College or University is not the end, but just an eye opener to the world of transformation which will eventually lead us to individual, family and community transformation. It is not a can opener to the world of alcoholism which will eventually lead us to individual, family and community chaos and destruction.

Retrospection: As we retrospect our history, we have accomplished quite good and satisfactory missions to have come to this stage of our Pawlpi, yet we still have a good number of challenges ahead as we embarked the new millennium. The glorious history of our Pawlpi is clearly visible and comprehensible with the production of the “Lel aw, Lel aw” motion album. As I contemplate on the album, I could see the selfless sacrifices and devotion of our progenitors towards our Pawlpi. To add to this testimony, my parents told me that the ZSP of their generation was quite glorious and functionally progressive. The ZSP dramas, artists, poets, magazines, functions, etc. were so awesome to have taken place during their generation. As I went deeper to that generation, I could, however, see that we have gotten to functions and celebrations then and now, rather than laying a master-plan and giving a better ZSP to the next generation. It’s time to resolute our time and energy to Better ZSP to the next generation.

I don’t have any hesitation to say that the Zomi Sangnaupang Pawlpi is the back-bone of our community; or as the proverb says, “Students of today are the pillars of tomorrow.” Thus, we are the pillars of our community’s tomorrow. So, how do we prepare ourselves to shoulder these responsibilities tomorrow? Do we prepare ourselves to give a better opportunity to our community’s tomorrow and eventually realize the dream of our community?

The Educational Impact of the Gospel: Let’s go back to a couple of decades and see what our progenitors’ educational system looked like. Their education and occupation were confined to agriculture and its allied occupations. It’s undeniable that almost everything was agro-based. Young folks were trained for the same occupation.

Rochunga Pudaite, in his book entitled “The Education of the Hmar People” has observed, “He learns to share, to play, to co-operate and to conduct himself before he is called upon to shoulder public responsibility. He cannot be selfish in such a family setup, and corporate life of the most congenial type is cultivated. From sunrise to sundown he is surrounded by educational activities and processes.”(1) “The girls received training for one purpose, to become wife and mother. The very little girl had to learn to cook and help her mother. In her own home, she took part in all the other household tasks and learned to sew, knit, spin, weave, husk grain, prepare food, sweep and clean the house, and take care of the younger children so that, by the time she reached marriageable age, she was fully equipped with skills to handle a household of her own”(2) says T. Liankhohau, in his book entitled “Social Cultural Economic and Religious Life of a Transformed Community.”

Their only educational institutions were their homes and the Ham (Bachelors' dormitory) where the young men of the village gather and learn the contemporary arts of war and life. Their first education begins at home. Once he passed a certain age limit, he then moves to the Ham where the older adults (Val-upa) trained them theoretically and practically. They were given all basic arts of war and how to handle issues facing their contemporary locality. It was not just a dormitory, but rather a barrack where every young folks volunteered themselves for the defense of their locality. They were soldiers or volunteers of their locality because there were unprecedented attacks and battles among different localities and people.

Transitional Era in Education: In course of time, the weave of the Gospel hit our land and impacted entirely in terms of our social, economic, political and religious practices. The Gospel bearers brought the Gospel with their culture. They might not essentially impart their culture but, we received their culture in addition to the Gospel. Eventually, the Western culture set a deep root in our land. The weave of the Gospel swept our land and saw a seed of Western socio-cultural practices. New systems of education, literature, social values, economy, politics and religion have been set up. We just began to have Primary, Secondary and Tertiary occupations with the impact of the Gospel. Pu Thawngpau has rightly put:

“Pisei pusei lungmawlte’n ana theiphah lou;
Mallam huikhi hing laang in, aban banin hing seem in.
Tu’n ei khangthate lai a, paa namtui bangin,
Ahing zelta lailung sunga.

Bang paa namtui adiei, Mallam huikhi’n ahing sem?
Bethlehem bawnginn paa namtui ahi.
Khum pa namtui luttheina di’n na sinlai dawngkot nahon le,
Na mawna puonbang sawpsieng diing.” (3)

Free translation:
“Unknown to the uncivilized progenitors;
The Northern breeze came along, and blows one after another.
Like a sweet aroma to the new generation of ours,
It has impacted the core of the heart.
What a sweet aroma, the Northern breeze has blown?
It’s the sweet aroma of the Bethlehem’s shed (manger).
If you open the door of the core of your heart to let the sweet aroma in,
Your sins will be washed away.”

Education and Transformation: At the first glance, we may be quite puzzled by the fact that education and transformation are distinct and different substances/elements which cannot be connoted to each other. In fact, they are like the two sides of the same coin given the fact that the ultimate aim of education is to exert and transform the inherent potential of a person to make the person’s life worthy and compatible to the contemporary world. There is a misconception in our Zogam that education is just literacy which can only be earned at schools and institutions with some sort of residential phenomenon. Well, that is a part of the vast educational processes because learning begins at home and ends at the grave. We are all students of the big school - students of life.

I guess, it is undeniable to every student that we go to school to get education - to change our outlooks, earnings and lives to make a difference and make ourselves compatible to the contemporary world. We go to school and invested a lot of money, time and energy in the hope of getting transformation and in the hope of getting a good return of investment (ROI). I do not see the need to go to school and pay an enormous amount of money, time and energy if we do not want to be transformed by what we are going to study. Therefore, we ought to be transformed by what we learn at school. This is the essence of education.

Education Transforms our Outlook: Firstly, our outlooks must be transformed by our education. The “flat world” must be changed to the “round world;” “the sun revolving around the earth” must be changed to “the earth revolving around the sun along a fixed path.” We have to be transformed to acknowledge that there are lots and lots of villages, towns and cities beyond “Kangpokpi” or “Phaipi” !!! In addition to these perceptions, our education must open our eyes and minds to accept globalization - different nations, countries, cultures, religions, etc. under a common roof as Tagore puts, “Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls.”(4) This notion of division is visible and quite comprehensible in our Zogam where we can not keep ourselves from saying “Nou pawl, kou pawl.” We have to broaden our outlooks to accept our fellow beings and the environment we live in as they are.

The most profound impact that education should have in us is or personality. To be precise, we have been brought up from different families in terms of administration, discipline, eating and drinking habits, etc., but, we are under one tradition in the school. Our native or inborn traditions (instinctive or subconscious) should be humbled by the new traditions we learn at the school which should eventually transform our personality in the long run. A new outlook, new understanding, new horizon, etc. should be learned from the school. Moreover, being a transformed personality, we ought to keep ourselves opened to new ideas and cultures that are quite hard and rough at the beginning. I, too, have gone through some of the hardest path of accepting friends who are quite different in everything comparing to my friends back home. They called "Cultural shock." But, this cultural shock eventually disappeared and I could get used to it.

Education Transforms our Earning Potential: At the first glance, this might seemed very commercial, but our education must transform our earning. To be true to our conscience, we have been sent to schools to get a good grade, to pass exams and eventually to increase our earning potential by getting a good job. Most of our parents and a lot more graduates could not see a job beyond Government jobs. Education in our land is conceived by many as a garment of social fame and social status, but seldom as an agent of transformation. Education speaks a lot, but the value and the way we acquire is often obscure. We put every tactical effort to get a degree, a certificate or a diploma, but seldom buy them with our energy, time and right effort. The ultimate goals of education became so hard to fathom that it sometimes become a fragrance of decorating the image of a person. It became a gate pass ticket to the world of intellectual platform where the Utopian intellectuals voices out “No degree; no voice.” Therefore, one has to earn or acquire (shall I say procure?) a degree by whatever form or means it may be, to share an idea and get the audience and the members’ attention. Thus, educational degrees became so cheap, the yield so barren, and the strength so volatile or vulnerable. This creates unemployment problem in our land.

The ratio of job creation and that of job seeker is unequal and this phenomenon is going to get wider each year. Therefore, it is time we focus on the other side of the aisle and increase our earning potential by creating our own earning environment. Most of the world’s richest people did not spring from the Govt. services, but from the entrepreneurs, capitalists and investors. Neither Bill Gates nor Mukesh Ambani is a Govt. employee. I am not saying that Govt. job is bad, but it is time to focus on the other side of the aisle. Success in the field of education is measured by return of investment (ROI). A lot of money has been invested toward your education, and a lot more (with the interest) is expected of our education.

Education Transforms our Financial Management: We must manage our earnings properly and effectively. This is one of the greatest and most common pitfalls of our educated and richest persons. We did get a lot of money from different sources and accumulated quite a lot of wealth, but failed to manage them properly. Therefore, we could not hold or manage our wealth for just a generation. Civilized people, nations and countries could manage their wealth for generations without loosing their capital, but rather increasing their assets and interests. A wealthy and respected person of our community a decade ago or just a couple of years ago is now begging for his daily meal. Financial management is as important as our learning and earning because it can turn our potential and legacy upside down.

Case One: Your financial management skill is more important than your earning skills. Rich people get richer because they can multiply their assets, thereby increasing their interest and wealth. They always turn their salaries into income generating assets and spend from the income or interest of their assets. This is the secret of their wealth. Their successors even became richer in the next generation because they trained them well, and thus, the wealth accumulation, management and expansion of their business or wealth has been selective and hence, effective.

Case Two: A good many people earned, but could not live with their earnings. They failed to differentiate between their needs and wants and spent their earnings on luxurious items and end up their hard-earned money without any significance. One very common practice of our Govt. service beginners and successful businessmen is that they thought they have clinched and settled there, and wanted to seek pleasure by getting themselves indulged in drinking, smoking, intoxicating, etc. thereby deteriorating their health and wealth which eventually ruins their family, wealth and takes their lives. A story was told in Zogam: There was a young man who plowed a field the whole four-month season and got a substantial amount of money from his boss. He spent all his hard-earned money in just a single day with his girl-friend because he bought everything his girlfriend wanted. Therefore, he spent all the money he earned in four month in just a single day!!! The same drama occurs quite a lot of times among us.

Case Three: Another interesting account when we come to financial management in Zogam is that some people do not want to lose money in any form or way. They accumulate wealth as much as they can, but never give away. They are interested only in themselves and turned a deft ear to the world outside. They ignored the needs and interests of others and failed to recognize that there is greater joy in giving than receiving. These types of people are greedy people who want to kill the hen that laid golden eggs instead of being satisfied with the eggs. Greed imprisoned them and they spend their lives looking only for their benefits. (We don’t like’em. Do we?)

Education Transforms our Lives: As we said earlier, the ultimate aim of education is to exert the maximum potential of a person to make the person’s life worthy and compatible to the contemporary world, we ought to understand what the Lord Jesus Christ said. He says, “I came here not to be served, but to serve.” (Mat. 20:28) Prof. S. Pau Khan En, PhD writes, “From time immemorial, the world had seen so many educated people but only a few people did serve others and the world. Many educated people were bound by their own ego or self and they spent their education for their own good and left the world without any legacy.”(5)

The best and noblest way to touch people and the world is to dedicate ourselves in the service of others in our own capacities. A good number of educated people have lived and died without leaving any legacy. Think of a noble man or woman who touched the world and left a good legacy, you would probably think of M.K. Gandhi or Abraham Lincoln or Mother Teresa. Well, their names popped up because they have lived and served the world and humanity. Do you want to be one among them and leave a good legacy after you finish your earthly journey? The choice is yours!

Two Types of Learners: There are two types of learners when we talk about education and transformation. They are functional and nonfunctional types, and can be seen by their action. They both get the same amount of education and training - completing their course of studies. However, their fundamental differences are in the application of their studies to their lives. The first type is proactive and knows what to change, whereas the second type is retroactive and knows how to change. The first type introduces new ideas and the second type works on the newly introduced ideas. So, which type are you?

Functional Type: This types of students and graduates are open to new ideas and could make use of their learning in an affirmative and functional way. Since they are transformed by their educational processes, they can mobilize their knowledge and skills to enhance their lives and earning potential. Moreover, they acknowledged that their material and intellectual wealth are temporal and hence utilizes them to the service of humankind. They can invest their material and intellectual wealth no matter how small or insignificant it may be, for a common good.

Nonfunctional Type: This type of students and graduates include MA,BF (Matric appeared, but failed. A humorous abbreviation actually!!!), BA, MA or even Doctorates, but could not turn their education into their earning advantage - not much ROI. They could not mobilize their learning to make a living and be transformed by what they have learned. They assumed they have learned a lot and thought they knew everything, but their behavior never reflect their titles or educational degrees. They often underestimate their friends and want to impose their irrational ideologies every time and everywhere.

Vision Beyond Our Next Meal: Often times, the farthest horizon that our biological eyes could see tended to be farther than what our mind’s eye (vision) could see. Thus, we could not see anything farther then the next ZSP conferences; and even as we behold back, we could not see farther then the last conference. This is so sad.

Our vision must stretch beyond our next meal, so also our preparation. Likewise, students of today shall not only focus on our next or annual examination, but we ought to focus beyond our next or annual examination. We ought to exercise our mind’s eye to see what our biological eyes could not see and be clear with what lies ahead of us at a distance of 5 years, 10, 15, 20 years and so on. We must prepare ourselves to face those challenges that lie ahead with boldness: The clearer we see, the better we prepare; the better we prepare, the better we begin. Ultimately, well began is half done. A lot of students did not begin well and eventually ends up somewhere half-way empty. This is one of the first obstacles of a student.

Conclusion: I am confident that the Lord of Ages will be with us through ZSP Centenary celebration if we do not lose faith and abides by his commandments. We have accomplished quite a good number of missions and still have a lot of challenges ahead of us as we embarked the new millennium. Accomplishments includes our glorious past heritages, and challenges includes our missions and master-plans that we have set out and will set out from time to time. Human resource is our greatest asset and education is the greatest weapon and the key to accomplish these short-term and long-term goals. We ought to be transformed by what we have learned at schools and vocational institutions. Our outlooks and lives should be transformed by the enormous amount of money we have invested to get the education of its best kind. Let us join our hands and minds to re-building the fallen walls of our Zogam. Let us accomplish our goals with the Lord, as our Lord Jesus Christ said, "Everything is possible for him who believes." (Mark 9:23)


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References:
(1) PUDAITE, Rochunga, The Education of the Hmar People. Sielmat, Churachandpur, Manipur: The Indo-Burma Pioneer Mission, 1963
(2) LIANKHOHAU, T., Social Cultural Economic and Religious Life of a Transformed Community. Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India: 1994
(3) Thawngpao, (Citation needed)
(4) http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/177.html Accessed on June 29, 2008
(5) Pau Khan En, Prof. S., “The Ultimate Goal of Learning,” Gamngai BEMS Jubilee. Gamngai, 2005

Congrats' UZO!

Congrats' UZO: You made my day!

UZO Innmun Suina tawh kisai

A Thoughts for Today:

Zingkaal dah 6:00 am velin ka thou a, ka bawl ngaina banga ka blog ka etzou a, Zokuomthawn ah innlang news bangbang aum diei chikawm a ka hon leh ka mit hing la masapen khu UZO in building mun ding sui chi ana hi mawh hi. Lungdampi taluo in tomkhat hun la in tuni'a diinga ka ngaisutna (Thoughts for today) ka gielsuhta hi. It's a good morning to me.

UZO Gen. Hq. te vaihawmna kipahpi huoi mama ee. A khangtou leh vision neite gama lut diing ihita ua, Zou vontawite mang (The dream of the Zous) khat khat a hing tangtung diing ahita hi. Pasian theikawm a i panlah dante thupi sa ing. UZO, ZSP, ZLS, etc. te'n tunai bangchih amakhat apat in khantouna leh ahing khangtou diingte lamlahna ipan theita ua, thupi kasa hi.

Tambanga i bawl touzel uleh NEXT GENERATION khu hing kilamdang himhim diing ahidan kichientah a muthei in aum hi. Zou Innpi lam vai, Zou vontawite lawchinna lungdampi (felicitate) zing vai, ZSP study forum mun tuomtuom ah bawlzom touzel vai, coaching, seminar leh career guidance Zou vontawi hing khangtou diingte pezing vai, MIL zong mite nuoi a ahi louna diingin bawl zing vai. ZYO nasepnate zong a hawmthaw huoi sih! I bawlhoite lah a thupi kasah dieh khu "NAMPI A DIINGA PASIAN MASANGA KHUPDIN" (A community on our knees before God) chi khu ahi. Tambanga ipei touzel ua, Pasian maipha isui zing uleh Pasian in ang manghil sih diing hi. I mailam tuituoh kasa hi.

I know you can do it !

I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT !

(Na bawlthei diing hi chi kathei ahi)

A thought for today!!!

Tami thuguol khu ka lungsim sungah sawtpi apat ana um zing hi. 2004 lai in East Lansing, Michigan a Mall a na kaseplai in "Galyan" kichi departmental store khat ah outdoor leh sports lam tawh kisai sil zousie a kizua hi. Tuamun ah muoltung kana dan a kibawl innbang sangtah khat khu muolsang bangin a kibawl a, mite tuami taang a ka zel uhi. A taang kadan khu a hamsa mama a, tuuh diing leh tot diing zong atam kholsih a, a tunna na uah a khau puoh uh ama uh kikhina pen a khi toutou uhi. Tuabangin a tawpna tunna diingin a kilumle pheil a ka ngai ahia, a dawn tuon kuon lahteng a hamsat tuoh mama hi.

Kihanthawnna Dih: Nikhat nuta khat leh a lawmte uh tua store ah hing vah in a naupang nu uh tua taang tunga kaa diingin ang kipanta hi. A patna lamah nuom asa mama a, ang san deudeu leh hamsa asa deudeuta hi. A nu'n zong a bul apat a kalkhat asuon zou chienga, "Yes, there you go" ana chi toutou ahi hi. Tuachi'n hing sangtou hiei hiei in, a dawn ang tunkuon tah in a taang umdan khu a kilumle phiel ahiziehin tuana a kaa zouna diingin kilumle leh a taang tunga a tuuhthei suong mong khat le ni maimai ah ang kiluoita hi. Tomkhat a kiluoi zou in a nu kungah, "Mom, I can't do it anymore" ang chita a tawpsan ang sawmta hi. A nu'n zong, "I know you can do it. Just try it, try it" chi'n a tanu ana hanthawn zing hi. A tanu'n anu kammal apat hing kihantawn in a tha neisun ahing lakia a, ang katou ma leh hamsatah vang ahina a, ang kazou a, taangtungah a tuong vilvel hi. A nu leh a lawmte kikou gawpin a khut uh ana beng ziah ziah ua, a tanu'n a nuoi a anu leh a lawmte kipah a khutbeng, laam leh kikoute a ensuh a, a nui hiuhiau a, ameel ah lungdamna leh lungkimna um ahidan khu nielguol ahisih hi. Zogam sungah tambang nu leh pa bangzat aum de aw?

Bawlzou Sih Vang e!: I kipui dan a taangpi a et-in sil hoilou lam i bawl khah diinguh zauna a kipuina abang hi. Sil khat poupou ibawl leh i bawlkhiel khah diing izau ua, i bawlkhiel sang un bawllou in i um ua, khantouna leh lawchinna aum thei tahtah sih hi. Na khat phot ibawl ngailou deu khat ibawl chiengun "Bawl thei sing" chi i thangsah mama ua, tua in i lungsim ngaisutna a shisah paipai hi. Tuasangin, "Bang chi'n ka bawl thei diei?" chi lei i lungsim sungah dohna ang um diinga, i lungsim ngaisutna i zang (exercise) diing ua, lawchinna ang umzaw himhim diing hi. Ei pawl pen silkhat ang kibawlsah sawm chiengin "Bawl thei sih vang" chi'n i tawpsan paipai ua, tua in bangma tan ang tut ngaisih hi. Abanah, a bawlthei ngap sunsunte'n zong bawlkhiel diing zauna in bangma i bawl ngam zel sih uhi. "Daching in bawl khiel kha leng" china in i lungsim a pumtuom a, siltha bangma maingap lou in kilamdanna leh kihenna i lamdot (welcome) ngam sih uh hi. Tambanga ing um chiengun i hina uh kilamdang lou in khangtou theilou, mite khangtou zungzung a aum lai un eite khangtheilou in i um mawh uhi. Tampen bawlkhiel diing zauna sangin bawldih diing kilawpna umlou china ahia, a meipuote leh a lawching loute dinmun thupi pente lah a khat ahi hi. Lawsap diing zauna khu lawchin diing thanopna sangin a lienzaw hi. Tuaziehin, supna umlou in i kimawl ua, meetna zong aum dieh sih hi.

A Hiloulam a Thuhilna: Naupangte hi'n khanghamte hitaleh sil khat phot phot ibawl chiengun "bawl maimai" chidan ihau seng uhi. Bawl maimai hilou in bawl tahtah diing; vah maimai hilou in vah tahtah diing; hing maimai hilou in hing tahtah diing ihi uhi. Nu-le-pate'n naupangte a thuhil chiengun zong a hilou (negative) lam vive in ihil uh abang hi. Na bawl lou ngei ngei leh, na sim lou ngei ngei leh, na chilou ngei ngei leh chidan deu in kithuhilna ipan ua, naupangte lungsim sungah thanopna umlou in zauna in pumtuom in silkhat phot abawl chiengun a bawlkhiel diinguh azau ua, a lawching zou tahtah sih uhi. Zauna sangin kithalawpna ah lawchinna aum zaw gige hi. Naupangte khu a hilou lama thuhil sangin a hoilam in thu hil lei a tha uh ang nuom diinga, zong a lawching bai zaw diing uhi.

Pasian Hing leh Dawi leh Kau Biehna: Nidanglai in Pasian hing ibieh masang un dawi leh kaute ina bie uhi. Tuahun lai in pasiente'n a hilou lam vive in ang na galgiih uhi. "Tambang na bawl uh leh hoi diing" chidan hilou in "Tambang na bawl uleh hoilou diing" chidan in ana gaah uhi. Tuaziehin, biehpiehna leh kithoinate zousie i-et chiengin lungdam thu genna hilou in haholna ahizaw hi. Hilezong, tuhun chiengin Pasian hing ihing beta ua, lam-etna leh suohtatna thupitah ineita ua, nasatah in ihing khangtouta uhi. Tutan in Pasian hing na be naisih ulei i society leh silteng ah tu dinmun ah i din zou diinguh ka gingta sih hi.

SIET KIPIEHNA: Zogam sunga lungsim saltanna thupitah khat khu "Siet kipiehna" ahi hi. Mi hausate i en ua, eite tun phahna diingin i ngaisut sih uhi. Mi pil leh siemte i en ua, eite a pil theilou a siem theilou leh amau te tunna tan tung theilou diingin i ki ngaisut uhi. Tampen in nasatah in i lungsim suongkul ah a taangsah hi. Sil kaht ibawl lezong mite a banga hoizou diinga gingta lou, na khat isep ulezong mite sep banga sem zou diinga ki ngaisut lou chibangin i um ua, tua pen adihsih hi. Lou ihou ua, mite'n i louma ang doh uleh i guitam khum ua, bangma zong hizoulou leh thupi lou khat in igen ua, ganta khat leh ni i khawi ua, mite kungah guitam in bangma lou bangin i genthei zel uhi.

I Hindan Ka Theisiemlou Pawlkhat: Zomite pen thunuoilut (humility) kitu lou in zawn (poverty) i kitu zaw uhi. Tua pen lakhiel in zawn i kitu chiengun thunuoilut kitu danin i ngaisut ua, a zawng theipen a kigen thei penpen in a zou zel a, a tahtah a tua a thugen bang lien a zawng diing hileh a gentu a utloupen ahizel hi. Theisiem hamsa sa ing. I innsung thu ang kidongta a, i zi i pasal, i tate leh naute, teehpi leh teehpu hoilounate iban gen siem ua, a hoinate uh i muthei sih hi. I damlai in i ki-iit sih ua, i shini chiengin iitkhem kipang ihiei vang thei sing, i kika semsom ua, a damlai a kihau zingte zong ang shi chiengun ang kika ua, theisiem hamsa kia leuleu hi.

Lulaby of the Zomis

Zomite Nauhimna laa

(Lulaby of the Zomis)

Khatna:

Ka nau iimu taw taw,

Nunu'n nawipi hing puoh va'n;

Papa'n sawmsiel hing kai va'n;

U U'n khuoiha hing hieh va'n;

Ka nau aw iimu taw......

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Nina:

Kanau aw iimu taw..........

Khuna hing pei lutlut pi koi ahiei maw?

I Pu Sienthang hi bou ee.

A bang hing bawl diing ahiei maw?

A tu ahei hing kheng diing.

A tu a hei bang diing maw?

Zinga pal satna diing hi'e.

A pal apal bang diing maw?

Zinga siel khumna diing hi'e.

A siel asiel bang diing maw?

Zinga mou laahna diing hi'e.

A mou amou bang diing maw?

Tanu tapa tawi diing hi'e.

Tanu tapa bang diing maw?

Mim bem taangbem po diing hi'e.

Mimbem taangbem bang diing maw?

Kielha chi'a neeh diing hi ee....

Ka nau aw iitmu taw.........

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