Zou Kuol a Hinna Thu Hing Lutdan

Zou Kuol a Hinna Thu Hing Lutdan

Khai Minthang

Beaumont, Texas

Aizawl Apat Zou Kuol: Arthington Aborigines Missionaries FW Savidge leh James Herbert Lorrian-te khu 1894-1897 tan Aizawl ah missionary nasem in ana um uhi. Tuahun sung in Khantanhoi John leh Nasepte Lushai ham in ana letdoh uhi. Tuazou in Arthington Mission-te’n mission dangtawh semkhawm nuom nawnlou in FW Savidge leh James Herbert Lorrian-te nasepna khu tawpsah ahita hi.

Tuazou in Rev. & Evan David Evan Jones leh Rev. & Mrs. Robert Evans-te’n missionary nasep ana sem uhi. Amaute umlai in Dr & Mrs Peter Frazer leh a zi Welsh Calvenistic Methodist Missionary Society-te sponsorna nuoi ah 1908 October-November pawl in ana tung ua, Aizawl a Welsh Mission Clinic ah nasep anapan uhi.

Watkins R. Roberts khu missionary lunglut mama nanleh sponsor diing neilou ahizieh in Dr. Frazer-te nasepna ah panpitu in ana pang vevaw hi. Nikhat a nasepna uh clinic ah Senvon khuo Manipur apat mi khat damlou in ang kizensah a, Robert in a houlimpi leh Senvon, Manipur apat ahidan athei a, Senvon hausapa’n lai asimthei hi chi atheitah chieng in a laibu Khantanhoi John khu a peta hi. Ha thum sung veel dawnna bangma mulou a aum zou in nikhat a laibu amakung ah ang kilekia a, a ningkhat ah Senvon a pei diing a chielna ana kigiel hi. Tuami in thanuomsah mama in a naseppite tawh kikum in Senvon, Manipur a pei diing in khensatna ang neita hi. Hilezong bangchi pei diing? A lawm diing mi asui a hilezong koima’n lampi athei sih uhi.

Hun hing pei zel in, nikhat Lungpau of Maite village leh Thangkai of Bualtang village te’n 1910 laiveel in Dr. Frazer in Aizawl a Mission school ah sangnaupang 50 veel sponsor thei chi thu athei chieng un a kankhe diing in kuon uhi. Watkins R. Roberts in tua sangnaupang lunglutte ana houlimpi leh amaute khu Manipur a kipan ahidan uh agenpita uhi. Robert zong thanuom mama a, tua naupangte khu a lamhiltu diing a chiel in May 7, 1910 in Senvon, Manipur zuon in ang kipankheta hi.

Hinna Thu Senvon hing Tung: May 07, 1910 a Senvon a Watkins R. Roberts leh a kaizatamte hing tungta ahi. Tuami hun lai in church planting sang in evangelism na thupi bawlzaw uhi. Tuahun lai in Manipur North lang ah William Pettigrew pawl in mission nasepna na panzouthamta uhi. Pettigrew in Roberts nasepna mataldan amu chieng in ama zong Senvon tan survey bawl in va kuon a, khomite ama mission a zom diing a achiel anga zoulou chieng in Pettigrew in Robert nasepna khu Protestant Mission Society working in India-te dankalna chia “Where on mission society had already started working, the other missions should not undertake any work without prior undersanding between them” chi’n na mantaang hi. Tambang dan in mission nasepna khu deibang a piching thei tahtah lou in sawtveipi ana um hi. A mission headquarters zong Senvon, Tinsuong, Pherjawl, Lakhipur leh Churachandpur chite ah a kituon kawikawi hi.

Manipur simlam a Pasian iitna theiloute lah a Pasian thu taangkoupi ahita chi ang kitheikhiet chieng in Tumlam gam England leh United States-te bilsung ah ana gin-ngai mamata hi. Tuachiin, England leh United States ah Mission Board “Thado-Kuki Pioneer Mission” (1910-1024) chi’n ang kiphutkheta hi. 1924 in North East India General Mission chi’n ang kihengta hi. London Council apat A.H. Williams leh J.E. Turnley leh Philadelphia Council apat H.H. Coleman, General Secretary-te khu Roberts nasepna enkhe diing in ang kisawlta uhi. Nov. 17, 1928 in London ang nuasue ua, Culcatta ah Chritmas ang zang malam uhi. Tuahun lai in Roberts khu Culcutta ah aum a, Dohnun khu Lakhipur ah mission nasepna supervise bawl in aum hi. Nasep enkhe diingte longtung a Barrack luipi tan ni guh vingveng ang tuon zou un, mile 70 sung keng a lam hing zawt in Pherjawl ah January 17, 1929 in atungta uhi. Pherjawl ah special meeting han in mission nasep dan ang suikhiet chieng un a mission sum uh thelthangtah a kizang a, Roberts, Dohnun leh Chonga in Culcutta a “Pine & Co” a a mission sum uh na invest ahidan ang thei uhi. Tuachiin kitheisiemlouna thupitah ang tung a, Gauhati High Court tanpha ana kitun uhi. Tuanah Coleman guolzou in mission nasepna ah buoina nasatah ang tungta hi. Hun bangtan amakhat London Council leh Philadelphia Council in ang sepkhawm zou un London Board-te ang kijutkheta uhi. Tami hun laitah in Mizote khu Presbyterian a na umsate’n Tuithaphai Presbytery ana tungding in NEIGM tawh ana kikhenta uhi.

Roberts in mintha khat hing phuokhie in Manipur pulang a umte a diing in “Indo-Burma Pioneer Mission” leh Manipur sung a umte a diing in “Independent Church of India” ang chita hi. Tami zieh in Roberts nasepna zomnuomte khu “Indo-Burma Pioneer Mission” leh “Independent Church of India” ah alut ua, adangteng (Coleman ate) khu North East India General Mssion (NEIGM) ah a ki-umta hi. Tam pen 1929 lai ahi hi. Tuachiin NEIGM Mission station khu Churachandpur ah Coleman chiel Dr. G. Crozer in-charge na tawh 1930 in ang kisuonta hi. Crozer zou in Mayers in ang puo a, tuazou in Paul Rostard in hing potou in a zi Ella Rostard May 01, 1950 a ang damlou chieng in Paul zong tawldam diing in a kihanta hi. Tuazou in Rev. & Mrs. Royal C. Paddock-te’n tan ang potou uhi. Hilezong Government in “November 1953 tan a gamdangmi kichi zousie in tuami area a pawtsan diing uh” achi thusuo ang bawlta uhi. Tuazou apat in khotuolmi Nengzachin in hing potou in 1980s bullam a pension tan ang potouta hi.

1948 in NEIGM khu Presbytery nga in ang kikhen hi: Simsak Presbytery, Simkhang Presbytery, Malsak Presbytery, Malkhang Presbytery, leh Vangai Presbytery. Tami Presbytery-te lah ah Zou tamzawte khu unau Paite kampau zangte tawh hing kimeehtha in Simsak Presbytery ah ana ki-um hi. Tuazieh in NEIGM nuoi a umte pawlpi a kikhenneenna tahtah khu 1948 a hing kipan china ahita hi.

Hinna Thu Zou Kuol a Hing Lutdan: I gensa bang in Zou mite lah ah evangelism na um kawikawi lezong pawlpi piching in ina ding zou ngai sih uhi. 1922 lai in unau Mizote evangelist khat Hrangsuaka in Singngat ah ang sem hi. Hilezong, Pettigrew leh Roberts-te kibuoina zieh in kumpite apat Baptist loute in Pasian nasep na pantheilou diing chi aum zieh in Saikot ah ana kituonta hi. 1935 in hing kipankia leuleu in Khianglam ah ang busata a, 1937 tan asemta hi. Tualai in Pu Suohdou lampu diing in ana zawpi kawikawi hi.

Tuazou in unau Paite kampaute apat in Thongluan in Khajang ah evangelist nasep ang panta hi. Japan gaal (World War II) lai in tomkhat asem a, tuachin akhawlta hi. Japan gaal zou in kum kuo sung ang sem kia hi. Japan gaal zou 1946 in unau Paite kampau zangte khat ma Pumzaneng in Munpi ah LP school ang phut hi. 1947 in Singngat ah unau Paite kampau zangte ma khat in LP school ang phut kia hi. Tami hun pawl in Zou mite lah ah Pasian thu ang lut panpanta a, Christian zong khat-le-ni ang umta hi. Tambang a unau Paite kampau zangte’n ang buoipi zieh zong ahi diing a, NEIGM khawmpi in Simsak Presbytery nuoi ah Paite leh Zou mite i umkhawmta uhi.

March 1953 kum in Saikot a NEIGM khawmpi ah Presbytery khu kampau (dialect) dungzui a bawl diing in pha ang sata ua, tua dungzui in Evangelical Synod Church (Gangte), Evangelical Assembly Church (Hmar), Kuki Christian Association (Kuki), Evangelical Convention Church (Paite) leh Manipur Christian Organization (Vaiphei) in ana kikhenta hi. Lamkai diing gina umlou zieh in i teenna dungzui in Presbytery tuomtuom ah ang kithethangta hi. Tuahunlai in Zou mite biehna lam ah ki piching nailou – Pastor, Evangelist, Upa leh biehna makai diing umlou in Presbytery a kiphut thei sih hi. Tuahun lai in tribal identity a nase mama hi. 1951 kum in Manipur a Zou khuo 66 um lah ah Christian umna khuo 4 maimai aum nalai hi. Tuazou sawtlou in Zou lamkaite leh migunte hing kipan in JCA dintheina diing ah nasatah in pan angla ua, a tawp in February 20, 1954 in Jou Christian Association khu Daizang khua ah ang dingdohta hi. JCA khu nampi iitna zieh (politics???) apat mass conversion zieh a hing dingkhie abang hi.

Concluding Remarks:

1. Tumlamgam missionary-te apat direct a Pasian thu hing lut hilou in i teenkhawmpi namneu dangte apat i-nga uh ahizieh in 1910 in Hattuom na kidingzou pai nailou hi. Tuazieh in, church planting sang in personal evangelism khu ana thupibawl zaw uh zong hipai mai diing hi. Tumlamgam missionary-te apat hilevang church planting a hing kipatpi diing ahia, 1910 mama a zong eima minam min ahiei eima minam panlaahna tawh pawlpi min na umzou diing hileh a kilawm hi.

2. Zou minamte khu culture leh tradition ngainate leh zangte ihi uhi. I culture leh tradition pulam ah bangma khawhsahna inei sih ua, koiteng in bangteng gen in bangteng chilezong i hina uh ina peipi mielmuol uhi. Tuazieh in i thupil un “Saipi lamzawt a zawt” ana chi hi. Culture leh tradition kichingtah neite’n thudang bangma a buoipi man ngaisih ua, a culture leh tradition uh pammai asa uhi. Tuazieh in Pasian suina khu lunglenna apat ahizaw tangpi a, mi lunglengte khu mi lungkimloute ahia, mi lungkimloute khu lungsim tasamte (moral poverty) ahia, lungsim tasamte khu peidan kichien neilouta ahia, peidan kichien neiloute khu tawndan leh khandan (culture and tradition) neiloute ana hi taangpi uhi.

3. Missionary-te’n a evangelized masapente uh khu a taangpi thu a gen in milunglengte, chinate, panpi neiloute, etc. ahi uhi. Kolkata a William Carey in missionary aseplai in zong intellectual circle leh conservative Hindu-te zoulou in nam ngiempente lah ah ang lawching masapen hi. Dalit Theology, Minjung Theology, etc. chite veel zong nam ngiemte leh ahuoi diing neiloute apat a Pasian iitna chituna khat ahi hi.

4. Zou minamte khu i umna poupou ah tawndan-khandan kichientah neisa leh biehna kichien neisa ihi zieh un thudang ah ibuoi man sih uhi. Nam lapi, be lapi leh khanglui tangthu tampi neite ihi zieh ua, tuami ngaisutna tawh pei kawikawi a, ihina leh i ngaina ngaina deu imah chi thei ahi. Singtaang apat Lamka i tunzou nua ua zong hausa ma nei teitei nalai leh hausa-upate vaihawmna nuoi a um nuom gigete ihi uhi. Tua in zong i ngaina ipai theilou dan ang langsah hi. Lamka veng tuomtuomte en lei Lamka khosung vengkhat ah hausa aum nawnsih a, hilezong Zou mite sung enlei – Zomi Colony, Kamdou Veng, Zomunnuom, New Zoveng, Tuibuang, etc. chite ah hausa in i kipo nalai uhi. Tami in i hausa culture i paikhiet theiloudan a langsah mama hi.

5. 1948 apat Presbytery nga a hing kikhen a, 1953 a dialect dungzui in Evangelical Synod Church (Gangte), Evangelical Assembly Church (Hmar), Kuki Christian Association (Kuki), Evangelical Convention Church (Paite) leh Manipur Christian Organization (Vaiphei) in ana kikhenta hi. Tambang ahileh, 1910 khu Manipur South District a Pasian thu lutna ahia, nam or kampau level pawlpi phuna khu 1953 ahipan hi.

Laibu ette:
1.Liankhohau, T., Social Cultural Economic and Religious Life of a Transformed Community (New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 1994)

2.Khosoi, Kam, The Impact of the Gospel of Jesus Christ Upon the Zou People of Manipur in India, M. Th. Thesis, Graduate School, Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea, 2000

3.Thanglienkham, Rev. & Tungnung, T.C., Eben Ezer (JCA, MCC, MPC, MGP, ABFM, ZCC, ELCC Tanchin tomkim)” in Tapidaw – 50 (JCA Golden Jubilee) A Memento of 50 Years of Christianity, Souvenir Feb. 20, 1954 – 2004, Zomi Colony, Churachandpur, 2004

4.Zou, David Vumlallian, The Pasts of a Fringe Community: Ethno-history and Fluid Identity of the Zou in Manipur, Indian historical Review, Vol. 36(2) 209-235, 2009 pp. 291-222

5.Minthang, Khai, Servants of the Cross in Zou Kam (Bangalore: Indian Evangelical Mission, 2001).

Maxwell’s Levels of Leadership

Maxwell’s Levels of Leadership

Khai Minthang

Beaumont, TX

Introduction: Leadership type, capacity, level and style differ from person to person, organization to organization, location to location, and people to people. However, the one thing that is common to all is the individual leader’s development from a positional leadership to that of a respected leadership. Maxwell has defined leadership into five levels or categories.

Level One: The lowest level of leadership for any person is based on a title or a job description. All leadership begins on the position level. But leadership that stays on this level for long becomes weaker, not stronger. The longer you stay on this level, the higher the turnover will be in your organization, and the lower the morale.

Level Two: On this level, people begin following you beyond your stated authority. As followers grow to like and trust a leader, they begin to follow because they want to. However, staying too long on this level without moving up to the production level causes highly motivated people to become restless.

Level Three: At the production level, influence is cemented and respect is increased because of what the leader and the people accomplish together. People begin to follow because of what the leader has done for the team or organization. On this level, people like you and what you are doing. It is at this level that most feel successful. Because of momentum, problems are often easily solved with little effort.

Level Four: On this level, people follow because of what you’ve done for them. This is where long-range growth occurs. Commitment to developing leaders ensures ongoing growth of individuals and the organization. When you become a people developer, you strive to reproduce your leadership in others and help people reach their potential. The time you spend with people is an investment. As a result, they respect you not only for what you’ve done for the team, but also for what you’ve done for them personally. Strive to stay on this level.

Level Five: The fifth and highest level of leadership is personhood. On this level, people follow because of who you are and what you represent. Only leaders who have spent years developing leaders and growing organizations achieve this level. It is the true respect level. A leader who spends his life developing people and organizations makes such an incredible impact for so long that people follow him because of who he is and what he represents. He is the best of the best.

Conclusion: Leadership is not much about the people being led, but it is more about the personalities of a leader. There are some self imposed leaders on the one hand and some popular choice leaders on the other hand. Maxwell’s levels of leadership are very helpful steps to becoming a positional leadership to that of a respected leadership.

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Maxwell, John C. The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leaders's Day (Nashville, Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2000)

The Five Styles Leaders may use to Prioritize Their Work

The Five Styles Leaders may use to Prioritize Their Work

Khai Minthang

Beaumont, TX

Introduction: Without the limitation of time, there might be no need to prioritize. But time limits you and forces you to make choices. The more time you spend on the wrong thing, the less time you have to invest in what’s right – and the longer it takes to succeed. Being successful is not about how hard you work; it is about how smart you work. Generally speaking, there are five ways that people decide how to spend their time.

Urgent – Loud Things First: You have no doubt heard the saying: the squeaky wheel gets the grease. That shouldn’t always be the case in leadership. Though it’s tempting – especially if you happen to be a people pleaser – you have to learn to discern which wheels really need grease, which ones can be greased by others, and which ones will squeak no matter what you do.

Unpleasant – Hard Things First: You need to be able to check your motives. If you have a strong work ethic, you may naturally want to get the harder things done first. But don’t just start in on the hard stuff before determining the value of your actions. If doing something easier is a better use of your time, then do that before you tackle a difficult task.

Unfinished – Last Things First: If you are like most leaders, you work on a day-to-day schedule. And many times your to-do list is left partially undone at the end of the day. Before you spend time completing an unfinished task from the day before, evaluate it in comparison to the other things you need to accomplish. If finishing the task is still not a top priority, place it at the bottom of your list again, and work on it after you finish more important items.

Unfulfilling – Dull Things First: Of the five styles, this one is probably the most common. If you subscribe to this notion, your tendency is to do the dull, mindless things first, but these things are rarely the most important.

Ultimate – First Things First: Do you naturally spend time on the most important things first? Although it’s admirable to be ambitious and hardworking, it’s even more desirable to be smart working. It’s in forming the habit of prioritizing your time so that you are always doing what’s most important. When you are able to do that, it won’t be long before you begin to exceed your expectations as a leader.

Conclusion: Missionary Amy Carmichael wisely noted, “We will have all eternity to celebrate the victories, but only a few hours before sunset to win them.” When you learn to spend your time wisely on the things that bring your organization the most fulfillment and success, you often end up with some time to spare. Therefore, it is imperative to invest your time wisely, because time and tide wait for no man.

Incentives and Other Rewards: How they are used to help Teams

Incentives and Other Rewards:

How they are used to help Teams

Khai Minthang

Beaumont, TX

Introduction: Behavior that’s rewarded is repeated. The idea is that when you positively acknowledge good performance that you see it happening again. That is the principle of positive reinforcement. Appreciation and acknowledgement of the efforts of another human being is one of the most powerful gifts you can give to someone. Conversely, wrong behaviors that are not fixed will keep happening again. Every time a staff member who habitually does sloppy work makes another error, you step in and fix it. Behavior that is rewarded is repeated.

Incentives: Traditionally employees earn a living based on the pay scale for their position, modified by changeable factors such as labor market conditions, where a position fits within the hierarchy of an organization, and how long a person has been in a job. Your base salary is what you see in your paycheck every pay period, no matter how many good days or bad days of performance you have experienced. Unless you are being terminated, your base pay remains constant until your manager and organization give you a raise, such as once a year.

Incentives have long played an important workplace role motivating, rewarding, and energizing employees and providing employers with powerful tools to retain valuable employees. They are designed to inspire employee loyalty and increase productivity over the long term. Incentive pay is a form of variable compensation. Sometimes called a bonus, it is a component of wages that varies by performance and is proffered in addition to your base salary. Incentive pay in a way of rewarding good performance with money rather than with promotion, and without adding costs to base salary structures. Incentive pay for teams can be a strong management tool that drives team-work and performance. It is also a tool that can be helpful when you are working with work-unit teams and project teams.

Some objectives to aim for with a team incentive plan are:

1. Stimulating increases in productivity. Stimulating increases in productivity.

2. Rewarding key behaviors that you need for good productivity.

3. Increasing an understanding of business needs and the kind of performance required for meeting those needs.

4. Aiding in the retention of good performers

An incentive pay plan can turn some people off. Some team members take great pride in their work and don’t view money as a motivator for this pride. They approach their work with passion and treat what they do as a special craft. For some of these people, extra pay in the form of incentives is an insult. They are already getting paid, and that is fine. The way they see it, they don’t need some sort of bribe to produce good results.

Recognizing Achievements: Research from Fred Herzberg and many others repeatedly shows that money is not the primary reward for working adult. Money alone is not the be-all and end-all for team member motivation and retention. A sincere thank-you means a lot. You can hand out a dozen job-well-done trophies, but unless you make the recipient feel that the reward was heartfelt, you are not truly recognizing the individual. A recent national survey by Robert Half International shows that limited praise and recognition is the primary reason employees leave their jobs today, ahead of compensation concerns, limited authority, and personality conflicts. Employees expect to be recognized when they do good work. This is a truism supported by dozens of studies and surveys, and easily confirmed by asking almost employee. Thanking employees for doing good work increases the likelihood that they will want to continue to work for your organization, and it serves as a catalyst for attracting talented new recruits.

Other Rewards at a Little or No Expense: Decide how to determine who receives rewards. Careful thought should be given to this part of the plan. You want the goals you set to be attainable through hard work and dedication, but you don’t want them to be so easy that they lose their meaning. And the goals you rewarded should be ones that reinforce the company’s mission as a whole, not necessarily the individual’s personal goals.

Rewards work best when they are meaningful. Be creative with your rewards. Your employees will appreciate it. The following ideas for showing appreciation for team performance generally cost little or nothing in terms of dollars and require only a bit of time and attention; however, they sometimes are the best investment you can make in motivating team members.

1. Write a thank-you note

2. Offer a personalized gift, such as a poster or book

3. Buy movie tickets

4. Give a framed photograph of an employee event

5. Hold a lunch in the employee’s honor

6. Provide them time off or extra vacation days

7. Create a bulletin board that contains the photos of top employees

8. Bring bagels or doughnuts to a team meeting to honor the employee

9. Give fruit bowls or freshly baked chocolate chip cookies

10. Hold a meeting just to discuss how good a job the person is doing

11. Allow employees to take a long lunch or have a short workday

12. Offer a round of applause from the team

13. Hold a celebration

14. Designate an employee-of-the-month parking spot

15. Print a photo and brief article about the stellar performer in the company newsletter

16. Arrange events that involve family members, such as a children’s fair or holiday bazaar.

Conclusion: Recognizing accomplishments the same way every time gets pretty stale; everyone likes variety. So, periodically ask team members, “Money aside, when the team performs well, what should we do so that people know that they are appreciated?” Keep few notes on what team members tell you, and remember: What motivates one person may not be the same for everyone else. Whether you are managing individuals or teams, recognizing and rewarding the right behaviors is the point. Taking good performance for granted never has been much of a motivator.

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Bibliography:
1. Bob Nelson and Dean Spitzer, The 1001 Rewards and Recognition Field Book (New York: Workman Publishing, 2003)
2. Marlene Caroselli, Leadership Skills for Managers (New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000)
3. Max Messmer, Motivating Employees for Dummies, (New York: Wiley Publishing Inc., 2001)
4. Blair Singer, The ABC’s of Building Business Team That Works (New York: Warner Business Books, 2004)

The Three Common Obstacles

The Three Common Obstacles

That get in the way when leading a team forward and their Solution

Khai Minthang

Beaumont, TX

Introduction: Leading a team across an everyday business landscape is tough enough. Nobody needs the added hassle of unexpected obstacles that get tossed in your way. But, it happens all the time. Sometimes a team member lays down the speed bumps! Sometimes they come from elsewhere in the organization. In any case, you are the team’s point guard and they are counting on you. Here are the three common obstacles:

Obstacle No. 1: New directives from on high: Bosses usually mean no harm and simply want to help you work through the change process. But they often just don’t see what havoc their brainstorms create and how much unnecessary work they may be drumming up for your team.

Solution: To overcome this obstacle, plan on some face-to-face, one-on-one conversations with the boss. Remember the rule when you challenge upward: Do it privately, not publicly. Here are some tips: 1) Assume management means well, 2) Ask for the gold, 3) Talk about priorities, and 4) Document agreements and plans.

Obstacle No. 2: Cold shoulder from other groups: Sometimes the biggest obstacles to making change efforts work within your team come from other groups in the organization. Your team may depend on their support in the form of providing essential information, responding to your inquiries or requests, or applying their special expertise to help you solve problems.

Solution: These are legitimate interdepartmental requests, yet for one reason or another, the other guys aren’t responding. Here’s a process to help you tackle this impediment: 1) Assume they mean well, 2) Go in to solve problems, 3) State your team’s problem objectively, 4) Listen to their side of the story, and 5) Solve the problem together.

Obstacle No. 3: A counterproductive team member: Sometimes the biggest obstacle a team faces in its development comes from the inside. You may observe disruptive outbursts, chronic complaining, low quality or sloppy work, or very little work.

Solution: If it only amounts to an incident here or there, you can pull the person aside for counsel and correction. But if the problem persist and shift into patterns, the effect on a team’s morale and productivity can be devastating when the situation is left unaddressed. Aim your initial efforts at coaching to improve the performance of the person involved by: 1) Stating your concerns, 2) Exploring reasons for the problem, 3) Finding a solution and forming an action plan together, and 4) Following up periodically.

Conclusion: Don’t tolerate actions by certain team members that poison the overall team’s chemistry and performance. But remember to intervene early and coach for improvement first. Quite simply, the earlier you act to address an unsatisfactory pattern of performance, the more likely you are to gain improvement in the team member’s performance and the team’s morale in general.

Strategies for Evaluating the Team’s Progress and Results

Strategies for Evaluating the Team’s Progress and Results

Khai Minthang

Beaumont, TX

Introduction: The accountability cornerstone is a foundation for your team members to begin sharing in the team’s overall results while remaining responsible as individuals. Distributing the burdens and successes of the team’s work to everyone who is part of the team is your obligation as team manager. In nautical terms, although you may be the captain of the ship, every member of the crew shares responsibility for bringing the ship to its destination. So, as a manager, you need to install a shared sense of accountability by including the team when assessing its progress and evaluating its results. Each strategy can help your team focus on how it’s performing while work is in progress and assess how it has performed once the work is done.

Conducting status review meetings: Meetings are an exchange of ideas, information, or opinions by a group of people who play an active role to achieve specific results. At status review meeting, the team reviews the status of its work. For status meetings to be useful, they need to happen on a regular basis, depending on what the work dictates and what team members need. Some managers still only pull their employees aside for a talk when performance is poor. Then, the employee is on the defensive and expecting censure- not at all the right atmosphere for coaching and improving performance. A good status review meeting focuses on what people are getting done, not merely what they are working on. The spotlight is on results, not activities. For status review meetings to be useful, they need to happen on a regular basis.

Publishing Results through Company Newsletter: People outside the team, like management above you and groups affected by what your team does, may sometimes wonder, “Just what are you folks accomplishing?” Publishing a company newsletter can serve many purposes to get your name into the community and enhance your image with customers. Publishing a company newsletter can bring many benefits to your small or home-based business. Even if you are not good at writing or know nothing about publishing, you can either hire a freelance writer to do this for you or learn a few basics to get the job done.

Publishing a summary report: A summary report is a written progress review of your team’s work. The report is not only for the team’s use. It also is for broadcasting the team’s progress and results to those outside the team who want or need to know. Generally, you want to publish the team’s summary reports at reasonable intervals – once a month to once a quarter often works best. A good summary report gives those outside the team a picture of its progress. So stick to the highlights and avoid globs of detail.

Making a team presentation: The second useful strategy for spreading the wealth about your team’s progress is making presentations to management above you or to other groups that are interested in your team’s work. Presentations help other people, especially those in management, understand what your team is doing. Because the stakes are high, you want to make sure that your team looks good when it delivers a presentation.

Conducting regular customer surveys: Project teams need regular and meaningful feedback from their customers. Other aspects of a periodic survey can be specific to a recent project task or mini-project: Customer can provide timely and immediate feedback about recent team behaviors focused on client-desired outcomes. Teams need to dedicate time to reviewing the survey results, and to seeking additional information when any feedback is not clear. Further, teams need to act on feedback that exposes weaknesses in the team’s performance. Doing so has the doubly positive effect of improving the weak area and demonstrating to the clients that the feedback it provided was meaningful, and contributed to positive changes.

Evaluating team performance: Effective teams know what excellent performance is. Effective teams do more than simply understand when excellent performance occurs – they acknowledge and celebrate these instances. Your journey toward strong team performance and a sense of shared accountability continues. There are two ways to evaluating team performance:

1. Conducting postmortems: In medical jargon, a postmortem is an examination of a body after the person has died. For teams, death is not involved. A team postmortem is an evaluation of performance after a project or special event has concluded. The idea is to learn lesions from the past, the pluses and minuses, and then to apply them to future performance. A project postmortem is most relevant when your team know it will take on similar projects in the future. Two ways work best for teams’ postmortem - Reviewing the past and planning the future.

2. Conducting a performance evaluation: A team performance evaluation is similar to a postmortem. It is an evaluation of the team’s overall performance at the end of a given cycle, generally at the end of a quarter or six-month period. It is a scheduled event, and the team is responsible for making it happen, evaluating results against established performance criteria that are selected in advance. This is not you evaluating the team but rather the team evaluating itself, including your input. With data in hand, your team is ready to start the evaluation meeting.

Review Lessons Learned: “Lesson Learned” reviews are self-critical processes that help teams consider performance-related and process-related information that is apparent to members of the group, but has not been synthesized as yet. It is a process of internal feedback from the team to the team. Although it is a self-critical exercise, the tone of this session needs to remain positive. The focus of this effort is on future improvement in processes that can achieve better results. Lessons Learned sessions require the members to demonstrate emotional intelligence, to understand that the point of having these meetings is team learning and team self-understanding, rather than individual performance evaluations. The attitudes of members during this process need to be non-defensive and self-examining, with an acceptance that team effectiveness is based on an accurate assessment of what it does well ---- and not so well. It is a unique opportunity to frame all assessments – positive and negative – in terms of the team, thus reinforcing team identity and the relationships of members to the team itself.

Retreats: Along the same vein effective teams understand that there is a great deal of value in conducting intermittent retreats that bring members together in a external context to review team values, goals, norms, processes, and any other aspect of team view. Some retreats are focused on planning for the future, but even these types of retreats benefit from exercises that reinforce team identity. The future is largely contingent on what exists today.

Conclusion: Reflecting on past successes helps a team learn from what it has done well. Distributing the burdens and successes of the team’s work to everyone who is part of the team is your obligation as team manager. In nautical terms, although you may be the captain of the ship, every member of the crew shares responsibility for bringing the ship to its destination – and popping the cork to celebrate a successful voyage.

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Bibliography:
1. Sandra Gurvis, Management Basics, A Practical Guide for Managers, Second Edition (Avon: F+W Publications, 2008)
2. Rose Halas, Essortment, “Do you need a company newsletter?” Articles – free online articles on Health, Science, Education, 2002 http://www.essortment.com/career/needcompanynew_twrp.htm (Accessed on January o8, 2010)
3. Stephen E. Kohn & Vincent D. O’Connell, 6 Habits of Highly Effective Teams (Franklin Lakes, The Career Press Inc., 2007)

UZO President tawh Houlmna

UNITED ZOU ORGANISATION

F: 03874-234062 (O) | 9436027259 (President) | 9856341992 (Secretary) | email : uzo.ghq@gmail.com

[Zou is a recognised Scheduled Tribe vide Government of India, MHA Notification No.

SRO 2477A, Dated 29/10/1956; S. C. & S. T. list (Modification) Order, 1956, Manipur]

UZO General Headquarters, Zoveng, Zenhang Lamka – 795 128

Manipur, India.

Pu President, Khovel pumpi a Zou suonte’n internet tungtawn a i tongkupna uh ZouWorkshop leh News i puonzahna uh Zolengthe in houlimpina ka hing nei nuom uhi. Nang kamsuohpen tulaitah in i Zoukuom thawn zing ahiman in mipite’n zong tam i kihouna ngai nuom ding in ka gingta uhi. Tua ahiman in, tam ka hing dohnate uh hoina sah bang a hing dawng ding in kinepna lienpi toh ka hing ngen uhi.

1. Tutung UZO election nang utna zieh liulieu e, ahilouleh lawm-le-guolte tawsawnna zieh e ? Bang tupna toh UZO Election na teet atai ?

Neh-le-tah suina toh kituohlou hinanleh, i nam ka itna leh ngainatna ban ah itna tahtah toh i Zou nam siem ding ka dei zieh a nomination ka bawl ma ahi.

2. UZO President ding a telching na hi in na lungsim sung ah bang ang lut masapen ei?

Zou mipi deisahna toh telching ka hita chi kithei kawmkawm in, Zou nam a ding a a hoi thei pen a nasepna panthei ding a thaneina Zoutate’n hing peta ahi chi ka thei chien hi.

3. UZO phutkhetute hunlai in Party system ana umsih a, Pu (L) Thangkhanlal hunlai in One Party system dan in ana pei a, Pu T. Gougin in Bi-Party System hoina a laibu gel "Zogam Kumpi Paiding Dan" ah ana gen a, tutung UZO Election ah Multi-party system i peipi uhi. UZO kitelna leh ki-uhna vai ah Party system hoi nasa ei? Hoi nasah leh sahlou azieh hing gen vawi le.

Ei-le-ei kivaihawmna ah Party um seselou in kivaihawm thei lei a hoi pen ding hi. Party um a kichi vang in kei mu dan in Zouta chietchiet kikhen thei ding i hisih hi. Hinanleh, deidan kibanglou vang a umthei hi.

4. Kum dang UZO election banglou tah in tukum in UZO Election ding vai nasatah in i buoipi uhi. Bangzieh a i tuachi buoipi uh hi'n nathei ei? Buoipi tham a ching na ama? Kum dang tawh a kikhietna bang um in nathei ei?

I nam dam ding leh khantouna ding i dei leh i buoipi ding ma ahi. Tualeh, nam dam ding leh masawn ding deite’n tutung mai hilou in bangchih laipou a a buoipi ding uh ahi. Ka nam ka it chite mawh um maimai sih hen.

5. Tutung UZO Election in numei pawl in UZO apat ZTC hending toh kisai in pan nasatah in a la uh chi i thei, ahileh Zou Women Association chidan phu poimaw/lou nasa ei? Bangzieh in e ?

Poimaw a kichi theisih ding a, zong a poimawlou a kichi thei tuomsih ding hi. A hun in a puohkhiet silte ei sai zuaizuai thei ahisih hi.

6. United Zou Organization leh Zou Tribe Council kikhietna thupipen bang hi in nathei ei ? Hei pen hoi nasa ei ? UZO hi zieh a nasep – kumpite, NGO leh a dangdang sepkhiet theilou a um ei ? Gamdang ah kiphut leh UZO, ZTC ahilouleh a gam minpuo a i Zou min tawh phuoh mai hoi na sai ei ?

Pu Zou suon kichi teng nam tuom leh haam tuom ka hi kichi nanlei United Zou Organisation (United in ang kankhawm zouta hi) a kikhaikhawm ding mawng i hi (Zou a tam zawzaw deina a pei ding, UZO ma i hi uh a poimaw hi. Tualeh, i umna mun pou a i zahchiet ding uh ahi). Tualeh Pu Zou suon-le-hah ka hi i kichi leh Zou kichi pom a hoi ding chi ka ngaidan ahi. Tuaban ah, hei sung mun ah um nan lechin, Zouta na hina mang tuomlou ding ahidan kithei inlen, na umna min hizawlou in na mi hina min in pei lechin na bawlkhiel sih ding hi.

7. Khotaang thu lengle kiza dan in United Zomi Organisation apat United Zou Organisation a kihen leh tu masang a Zou Tribe Council a hen kia ding chipen UZO lamkaite lunggel apat hing kuon hilou in, ZRO apat ahi chi kiza hi. Adih ahina e ? Adih ahileh bang ding a ZRO in nam khat tung a tuabang a vai a hawm thei e ?

Tami thu ah koima kingaw theisih va’n, vested interest chi lei dihzaw ding in ka ngaisut hi.

8. UZO election pen mipite tel hilou in hausa, unit leh block lamkaite'n a kitel ahi hi. Tuaziehin, mipite'n President telna vai ah thuneina a nei tahtah sih ua, election khatphot ah vote neiloute pen nelsie ahideu gige hi. Tua mabang in mipite'n zong vote a neilou dungzui un UZO election leh ki-uhna vai ah a kikum nuom sih uhi. "Democracy is of the people, for the people and by the people" chi dan in enta lei tulai tah UZO pen mipi vaihawmna a bang sih hi. Bang chileh i mipite zousie tami democratic process ah i lalut thei diei?

I thei masah ding khat ahileh, ‘Zou ka hi chi a UZO pomtheiloute Zou ahisih china ahi’. Mobilisation leh sensitization a poimaw ding hi. Tua na dohna pen a dih hinanleh, tu-le-tu in i Zou sung ah kizang thei ding in ka mu sih hi. Zoutate’n theina (knowledge) lam ah khatlawna tahtah kinei nailou hi.

9. UZO Presidency leh MLA i khenkheta ua, a lungdam huoi hi. Ahileh, UZO in MLA kitelna ah bangtan panlah nasawm uai ? UZO-ZWC apat candidate bawl nasawm uai, ahilouleh a pulang apat UZO support ngetsah nasawm uoi ?

Mipi deina a telching a kihi dungzui in mipi deina doh ahi ding a tuami peipi in a kinei ding hi.

10. Thu kiza dan in MDC Election zong hing umpai ding a bangta hi. UZO in tamtoh kisai in bangchi'n pan nalah sawm uai ?

I gam-le-nam hoina ding kidei nanleh electoral policy ah mimal peipi dan ahi ding hi. Hinanleh, i nam policy zui thei ding leh hing thuap thei ding mi kidei hi.

11. Na biel totna leh unit na totnate uah nasatah in ang kilamdawn kawikawi a, zatat theitawp, lam-et theitawp leh pibawl theitawp in ang kizatat a, ang kilam-et leh pibawlta chi khu haiguol ahisih hi. "Amaute'n i lam-etna ang guohsuohsah uleh koima lam-et ding a um nawnsih" chi khu mipite lunglen kamteng ahita hi. Ahileh, Zou mipite'n bangbang bawl ding a ang lam-et un nathei ei? Mipite a ding bang na bawlsawm uai (Policy and programs)?

Namlamkai tua zalai a lam-et thei a ki-um chi khu kipah huoi leh mipite’n ang muong mama chi’n ka la hi. I thei ding ua poimaw mama khat ahileh, mi koi hinanleh, milip lungkimna ding bawl chi khu sil hasa mama ahi. Hinanleh, i nam sung ah i damna ding, i khantouna ding, mi i phahna ding leh mite toh kilieng kim a i peikhawmna ding khu tup ahi gige hi chi ka gen ut hi. Tami ka gen zieh in, mimal koi zong kidomkang zoulou ding ahi chi i theichiet uh a poimaw ding hi. Tualeh, i namsung ah kihen lamdangna khat um ding chi ka gen mabang in i hun a a um ka gingta a, mipi zong kipah mama hi.

12. Tu-le-tu dinmun in Lamka khu Afghanistan leh Pakistan gamgizul bang in tribal leader-te stronghold ahita a, dominating tribe penpen thuneina dandeu in a peita a, imaginary kingdom a kiphutta hi. Tuate lah ah Zou mite veng tuomtuom ah i kithethang ua, bloc ni khutnuoi a kikhen i bang uhi. Khatlang zawsang support lei lah khatlangte khutlum thuoh diing i hita uhi. Bang chilei i Zou mipite a bit theipen diing uoi ?

Mi dihtatte’n leigou a luoding uh kichi khu kihilna’n zangthei lei a hoi ding hi.

13. October 11, 1997 nin Tuining Jr. High School, Tuining khuo ah UZO vaisaina'n Zou Defence Committee a na phut ua, tuami arm wing ding in Zou Defence Volunteer (ZDV) ana phutdoh uhi. A lamkai ding in zong UZO sung a mi muonhuoi ngen guon ahi nalai uhi. Hinanleh, ZDC leh ZDV zong kithuzah man nailou in UZO in ZDV gammang a umte a na kilepsanta uhi chi Zolengthe in ZDV lamkai Pu Kamkhanpau a interviewna pat thei ahi. Dohnate –

1) Bang zieh a a na kilepsan uh a diei ?

2) UZO in pichingtah a anaphu uh ahitah leh UZO ma in bang ahei khat (Suhbei or Suhhat) a bawl a hoi hilou i ?

Thu-le-la i chipen gelthaw (written) hisih nanleh, kipieh sawn a poimaw hi (Zoutate khu Oral Tradition a peite i hi uhi). Hinanleh, tami thu toh kisai bangma theisah kahilou ban ah; keima mimal in theina ka nei khasih a, a ban belap ding zong ka theisih hi.

14. Community policing bawlna diing in Zou khanglai volunteer-te (ZYO, ZSP, Online volunteer-te) mawpuohdan tuom chiet in nathei ei ? Pankhawm theina diing a um ei ? Bang chileh Zou volunteer-te'n i nampi khantouna diing in sepkhiet a nei theipen diing uai?

A bawl ding uh tam chitahlou ahuop uh zong a lien mama hi. A dieh in Education (siem zilna) puophat hi henlen, tawmngaina nasep lam ah kichil lei Zoutate khangtou ding in ka mu hi.

15. "Zogal Memorial Complex cum United Zou Organization Office Bulding" chi dendun sang in "Zou Innpi" chi henlen, Zou Innpi sung ah a floor - a floor in min tap lei bangchi nasai ? E.g. Conference Hall khu Zogal Hall; Zou Zumpi khu Pu Zou Hall, etc. A lamna ah crore 1 bei ding na chi va-ia ua, Zou mipiten bangchi'n pan lakhawm lei chi lunggel na nei ei ? Zou Cultural Hall khat zong koi a hoi hilou e ?

Zoutate’n gou bangza a nei ei ? Tuate lah ah bang a puotahpen ei ? ZogalMemorial Hall Complex kichi khu a min kiheng hilou in, a kipuotha ahizaw hi. Tami toh kisai in, Zou milip pan a la ding hi.

16. Tulai in i Zou min geldan mite'n ang buoipi ua "Zote, Zoute, Izawte," etc. chidan in ang chimawh ua, Kawlgam lang diehdieh ah tua "Zo kichite khu Zo hilou in Zou ahia, ZO kichite khu unau Tedim kampau zangte ahi" a chi uhi. "O" leh "OU" maimai in minam a lamdang sah thei diei ? Bang ngaidan nanei ei?

I mi hina kilamdang i chi chieng in i lungsim ngaituona kilamdang china ahi. Tuaziehin,

‘O’ leh ‘OU’ a buoite khu a buoi ding mawng uh ahi. A mi hina uh ang thei chieng un tuate buoipi in a nei nonsih ding uhi.

17. Tulaitah a Zou kichi mising (Popuation) khu Burma lang ah 65000 leh India lang ah 25000 veel um a suikhiet ahi. Burma lang a i unaute khu Burma kumpi hoilou zieh in gam tuomtuom ah a taizah uhi. A taizahna munte uah nam min a kipawlna a phutkhe zel uhi. Tu'n United Zo Organization, USA leh Malaysia Zo Organization chi'n a kiphutta uhi. Mailang ah zong Australia, Canada, European gamte, Israel, Korea leh leitung mun tuomtuomte ah Zou min a kipawlkhawmna hing umthei leh a kilawm hi. Kipawlna minkhat kibahsah hoi naisai, ahilouleh umna gam dungzui a phuoh mai diing hoi nasa ei ? Amaute kung ah bang gen nuom nanei ei ? I pankhawm theina diing lampi um in nathei ei ?

Zou i hi zieh ua United Zou Organisation kichi i hia, i umna min i lah ding leh, i umna gam haam a i min i phuoh uh ngailou ding a ma ? Zou chi min i zah leh leitung heisung mun ah um nanlei, i Zou hina manglou ahizieh in, i minam kikhaikhawmna min i zah gige ban uah, i zumpilou ding uh hoi leh poimaw kasa hi.

18. Zogam economy i et a ahileh primary sector maimai ahi phiel hi. I laisimte'n lah secondary leh tertiary sector ah sem zoulou in nasep mulou tampi a umta hi. Laisim a nasep muloute'n lah primary sector a lut ding hamsa a sa mama ua, innsung a nasem peilou, nu-le-pa vaahsa, zi-le-ta anei tan ua nu-le-pate'n azi-ata utawh vahthuo nalai chite a tam mama hi. Zogam economy hatsemna diing in bangchi'n panla lei hoi ding in na ngaisut ei?

Sep-le-bawl i kizumpilou ding uh ahi. Tualeh, tu-le-tu in UZO in peipi ding leh zui ding Economic Policy kinei a, Special Assembly – 2009 ah (phalna) approval kilata hi. Tuami zuithei chiet lei a hoi ding hi.

19. I nam sung ah Hattuom tampi in i kikhen uhi. Hattuom teng in khosuon ah mi zawlna in school i nei nalai uhi. Tam toh kisai in bang ngaidan na nei ei?

Buoipi ding in ka koi nonsih hi. Education Policy toh kisai in Sub-Committee a kiphutta a, tua Committee in a sai theina ding uh thaneina pieh ahita hi.

20. I society sung ah khanglai nasep neilou, khamthei zongsang, guta-lata, etc. a pumdimta hi. Nasep neilouna apat in guhtatna, guhtatna apat in khamthei zongsahna, khamthei zongsahna apat in Rehab center chidan in a um hi. Tu-le-tu dinmun ah Rehab center a kita nawnlou khophiel in i mi-le-sate a umta a, Rehab center khu ang pung deudeu diing a bang nalai hi. Tami mai hilou in suhdam theilou natna (AIDS/HIV/STD) a vei tampi a umta hi. Khristian lah 99.99% hi diing in gintat a huoi hi. Bangchi panlah lei tamte suhbei (kiemsah) thei ahi diei? Koite mawpuohna ahiei ?

I milip mawpuohna ahiban ah, eima tahsa tung keptup ding eima mimal mawpuohna ahi. Tami toh kisai a midang ngaw chite chinlou a hoi ding hi. Eima i kikeptupleh damna i mu dinga, tua thamlou in, i nam zong dam in tawisangna a tang ding hi.

21. Zou sung ah ham li vel i nei uhi. Tuate ahileh Haidawi, Khodai, Thangkhal leh Khuongnung ahi hi. Tuate lah a hamkai khat min zang in Tribe recognize del pawlkhat a um hi. Recognition mu uleh i Zou hamkai "Thangkhal" awsuo zang teng ut in utsih uleh Thangkhal Tribe kichi ding a bangta hi. Tuabang hing umta leh Zou sung a lunglut Thangkhal ham zangte bang ah a kai diei ? Thangkhal pen Zou hamkai khat ahizieh in Zou sung a tathei nawnloute'n a nam min diing uh khat kiphuo uleh hoi nasai ? Zou sung a lunglutloute Thangkhal nampi chi diing hoi nasai ? Tam pen bang ngaidan na nei ei?

Sil theisiemloute’n a theisiemna ding in a hun kikhel a ngai hi. Hinanleh, tuatan i ngah leh a kikhel ana hizel hi. Tuazieh in, Zou suonte lah a ham (dialect) chi li mai hilou in – Haidawi, Lungtah-Sielmawng, Khodai, Khuongnung, Thangkhal, Suongpi, Tungkuo ham a um a, UZO kichi in dolzawlou a neisih chi koipou in thei masa hen. Mi koi hinanleh, Zou ka hi kichitapou khu UZO in pom gige hi. UZO kotkhah khu a lien hi chi thei chiet vai. Tuabang a, ham-le-pau zieh a nam tuom ka hita uh kichichitheite’n a thuop uh a lamkaite uh en uleh a deihuoi ding hi. Tuabangte khu sawi vah nanleh, Zouta ahi ua, a bai-leliemnate uh damna ding UZO in a ngaisut lellel hi.

22. Zomi Council in Thangkhal kichi Zou ham khat ahi chi thei kelkul napi Constituent Body khat a a pom hieu pen bang ngaidan na nei ei?

A kitulutte leh a lalutte kibang. Tami thu gensau lei ei sung a lamkai masate mawna a sang seng ding hi. Namkhat sang a mi khat tung a vaihawm ngap gige lamkai i neikhah uh Zoutate vangsietna lienpen ahi.

23. Tu-le-tu in Zou mi mangthang nam dangte lah ah a um kawikawi a tam mama hi. Etsahna diing in – Thadou lah ah Mate, Lhungdim, Manchong, etc.; Paite lah ah Samte, Naulah, Tunglut, etc.; Hmar lah ah Thangnawh; Vaiphei lah ah Suantah (Dopmul); tua ang kithang tha Thangkhal lah ah Lienzaw, Suantah, etc. chite a um deidoi hi. Tamte bang law nasawm ei ?

UZO kichi in dolzawlou a neisih chi koipou in thei tha kiakia vai. Ta gilou khu ang pil chieng in a suongpa a manghil tuom sih hi. Tami thu toh kisai UZO Policy lah a poimaw penpen ahi chi koipou in thei leh dei huoi kasa hi. Israel nam mangthangte’n a gam uh a zotkia mabang in Zouta mangthangte a hina uh kiphawhta uhen.

24. Kum 2/3 vel peisa lai in i Zou khuo a neitu Hausate’n a khuo/gam zuoh chivel a kiza zeuhzeuh hi. Tambang a i khuo i zuohzel leh i gam neu deudeu ahiman in tambang hing umta leh UZO in bang chia panlah hoi nasa ei ?

UZO Policy Program ahiban ah, panlahna ding a kikoite lah a poimaw mama khat ahita hi.

25. Government in Behiang pen Free Trade Zone or Trade Center hisah ding chi panla a, tampen ni khat hing piching ngeingei ding leh hing gasuo ding ahiman in UZO in bang chilam in Behiang khuo a pan kila leh chi ngaisutna na nei ei ? Na nei leh neilou a zieh nang gen thei diei?

Pan a kilah ban ah, tu-le-tu in kumpi apat Tourist House khat lamna ding vai kihawm lellel hi.

26. Tutan a Zou mipite President na hina leh na nasepna a hing lungkesah pen leh hing thathousah pen bang hi in nathei ei ?

Zou mipite muon ngamna tang a President ka kaitheina in ang thathou sah a; hinanleh, i nam khantouna ding toh kisai a daltu tuomtuom umte ka ngaisut chieng in khat veivei kei-le-kei ka kithasietsuo zel hi. A hivang in, nam itna zieh in, ka ngaidamna bawm a lien mama hi.

27. India a Zou mite leh leitung mun tuomtuom a Zou mite kung ah bang vaihah nop nanei ei ?

Zota koi hinanleh, nam khat ka hia, ka heina pou ah mite’n ka hina min in hing thei hen chi tapou in, a Zou hina uh kiletsahpi uhen.

28. Unaupa Zamlunmang in voluntary in UZO sample website khat ana bawl vevaw hi. Tua tungtawn in UZO tangthu 2004 tan kimtah in mu thei in um hi. UZO in Website hoitah nei a hoi hilou amah ?

Nam lamkai ka hi vang in, nam ngainate thuhilna bangchih hun a zong poimaw gige ka hi na ah, a theisiemte’n poimawta a chi uleh a hitheilou um ding a ma ?

29. Zou mite maban kum 5, 10, 15, 20 tan ah bang dinmun a ding thei diing in na ngaituo ei ? Mailam tuituoh nasai ? Ahilouleh tuituoh nasa siei ?

Zoutate maban ding khu i kithutuohna ah a kinga hi. I kithutuoh uleh, tuituohta mama hi. Hinanleh, i kithutuoh sih uleh vang thei sing. Tualeh, thumanna leh gin-umna kitaisan sah sih vai.

30. Nangma thusim miten zong thei nuom va chi ing, mite thei dia na phal dan dan hing gen dimdiem ve le.

Lai simte’n thei chiet vaan, American Dream kichi khu ka hinkhuo ahi. Gin-um leh chitah a i sep-le-bawlte a pan i lah leh, koima a zawng zong umsihva, mihing koipou in a tuga a at chiet ding mawng ahi. Gin-um tah anam nasep sawm ka hi. Kei thusim pen kei gen ngailou in mite’n ang gen ding ahi.

31. Na hun manphatah nang pieh zieh in lungdam seng seng ung. Pasian in nang leh na seppite hing guolzawlta hen.

Tami thute zieh a ka nam mipite khatlawna ding a hileh, khanglou chietta vai. Kipah ing.

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The Importance of a Leader Conecting with the People he Leads

The Importance of a Leader

Connecting with the People he Leads

Introduction: To earn the right to be followed, you have to touch people’s hearts. When people see that they matter to you as individuals, and that their concerns make a difference in what you do and don’t do, they will listen to what you say. Always take time to put yourself in their shoes. Their insight can be a valuable tool for determining what direction you should lead them.

Importance of Connection: The ability to connect is a quality you see in every great leader. No matter how much leadership talent or skills you possess, if you want to be a better leader, you must learn to connect with people effectively – not just for your own benefit, but for the benefit of your people. Do it, and it will raise your level of leadership dramatically. Do it well, and people will follow you anywhere. The stronger the relationship and connection between individuals, the more likely the follower will want to help the leader. When the vision of the leader becomes the aspiration of the people, the impact is incredible.

Great Leaders Know the Importance of Connection: Great leaders don’t expect their people to move forward and latch on to them. Instead, they reach out to people, no matter where they are, and work to make a connection. Connection with people isn’t complicated, but it takes a lot of effort. Whatever you have just taken over a leadership position or are well established in your organization, being connected to your people is vital to your success as a leader. Remember that the telltale sign of a great leader is not what he has accomplished on his own, but what he has been able to accomplish through people. That comes only as the result of connection. Great leaders learn that to be effective, they have to continually put their people first. That’s especially true of new leaders who want to gain the confidence and support of their people. But it’s also true of veteran leaders who desire to lead their people into new territory. If you don’t take the time to connect with your people, you will not be able to lead them effectively. A leader is not really the leader until he has connected with his people. The truth is that connecting with people is not an option for a leader.

Conclusion: Every leader faces the prospect of making changes to improve the connection with his people. The way that leaders deal with change says a lot about their effectiveness. Ineffective leaders often fear change at all costs and never break free of the status quo. The result: momentum eventually comes to a halt, and leadership becomes stagnant. On the other hand, effective leaders are teachable – their eyes and ears are always open to learn more, and they embrace change as a catalyst for growth and improvement. When it comes to developing productive relationships, flexibility is essential. The truth is that the work of connecting is never finished. True connection is an ongoing effort. But all great leaders know that no job is more important than their continual investment in people. The ability to connect with people is essential if you want strong, successful leadership.

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Reference: Maxwell, John C. The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader’s Day. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2000. Pp. 151-167

Being Able to Talk to the UZO President

Being Able to Talk to the UZO President

(Taken from my writings at the Zou Workshop Forum dated Oct. 01, 2009)

It was wonderful to have got a chance to talk to our nampi's president yesterday. I am here to highlight some of the conversations we have had. The time was 8:53 am - 9:20 am United States Central Standard Time.

The first part of the conversation was all about introducing myself to him. He told me that he knew me pretty well as I was introduced by his Finance Secretary. I congratulate him and his party for the grand victory which was followed by some questions of my concern.

1. "We will revive and strengthen our education policy" was his first and foremost response when asked about the UZO policies ahead. He was of the opinion to open up a high school in Behiang village. The Zou Gaal memorial school came to the limelight and I asked about it. And, he told me that was a government undertaking. I told him that I like the name.

2. On the restoration front of the Zou diaspora, he was of the opinion to restore all of them as soon as possible. My suggestion was to restore only who is/are ready - The Mates from Thadou, the Samtes from Paites, the Suantaks from Vaipheis, the Lianzaws from Thangkhal, and many others to the Zou fold. [This will need to redefine our "Zou ham zangte leh Zou tawndan zuite khu Zou ahi"].

3. He is a man of action. As promised during his campaign, he has initiated the rebuilding (actually demolishing the old one) our Zou Innpi. He sought for our people's participation in order to have a sense of ownership. It was really a democratic principle - of the people, for the people, and by the people. What's that? It's the Zou Innpi, Zou nampi, and Zou mipi - of the people, for the people, and by the people.

4. On the UZO block and unit expansion level, he was of the opinion to inaugurate the UZO, Delhi Block shortly. He told me every existing block and unit - thriving and just existing (at the ICU) blocks and units ought to be revived. To this end, their actions every nook and corner of our Zoland has been heard, seen and witnessed.

5. Coming to his foreign policy, he was willing, able and ready to accept my humble suggestion to coordinate and collaborate with our people around the globe. Presently, Zo/Zou organizations have been established in three countries - the United Zou Organization in India, the United Zo Organization in the United States and the Malaysia Zo Organization in Malaysia. He expressed his suggestion for the Malaysia Zo Organization to think about changing it to United Zo Organization, having a common name UZO as the others do in India and the USA.

6. On the delegation level, he was so excited to be able to represent the UZO, India anywhere in the world. Currently, chances are that the UZO, India can invite them to delegate the UZO, USA and the MZO (UZO), Malaysia, and vice versa at the Zou Ton. On this front, there are prospective countries where the UZO can be founded now and in times to come, such as Israel, Canada, Australia, Korea, European Countries, and many more countries. If this should be done, we will be able to represent around the globe in the future. This could be done, and it should be done.

7. My humble apology to him was his invitation to join/observe the UZO Delhi inauguration. I wish I could, but time and space hinders my motion and availability. He invited me to share some thoughts and things about UZO, USA and bring a spectrum of experiences and ideas to the said inauguration.

8. He asked me to send out his greetings to all the Zous around the globe and expressed his enthusiasm to join hand-in-hand with us all. He expects all of us to do the best of what we can – at work, studies, career, and for our nampi. UZO President pa'n leitung mun tuomtuom a Zo/Zou umte zousie greetings ang thot hi ee.

My regards to all, and God bless,

Moderator

N.B. Zou Workshop and Zolengthe will jointly interview our President shortly. Alert and watch out.....

Zou Innpi Tour - A Novel

- Khai Minthang

USA apat India via London, ...innlum tungta in.......

{Ka vacation zang diingin USA apat innlang ka tungta a, zaan sawtpi houlim a ka toukhawm nua un “I mit-ha themkhat beeh pai chiet vai” chi’n Pasian kungah kilankhie in (Lup thumna nei in) ka lumta uhi. Tomkhat bembom ka mit singpan hing kachi leh ka cell phone hing ging in…….}

“Good morning, honey”

“Hhmmm…..Good morning”

“Na iimut anop nai? Na thou tai? Jetleg nanei ei?”

“Ohuh, Zia nitaah sawtsim tou ung a, jetleg zong nei sim kadiei mah iimu thei tahtah sih veng aw. Ahi vangin ka lungsim pilvang (alert) mama….”

“Waw, ahoive! Ke’n bang nachi de aw chia ka lung himaw sim hia … Ahoive! Eeehh, bangkhat, Zou Meseum pen 7:00 am apat 5:00 pm kihong ahia, Adang teng (Zou Gaal Hall, Zou Library, UZO Office, etc. achina ahi) 7:00 am apat 10:00 pm kihong ahi. I tunbai sih leh mi tamthei mama ahi. Adieh in tulai vacation hun ahitawh bangtawh mi adim a dim thei achi u khu……….”

“A kihonzaw sawtlou a lutthei pai diing in kisavai aw,… tuni pen Zou Innpi a ngainou tawh hawkhawm diing chi ka ngaisut chiengin …….”

Ka houlim zou un zing ka thouta a, meditation neizou leh kisil zou in local news channel “Zogam Thusuo” singpi dawn kawm in ka en hi. Thutha tuomtuomte lah a khat in “Tuni’n ZSPte’n Pu Zou Hall, UZO Office floor ah Committee poimawtah 11:00 am apat 4:00 pm tan anei diing uhi. Tuabanah Zou Gaal Hall ah 10:00 am apat 3:30 pm tan CDSU (Churachandpur Dist. Students’ Union) te saina in Seminar poimawtah um diing a, tuazou nitaah 5:00pm apat 9:00 pm tan Zou Christian Band te’n Gospel Concert Zou Gaal Hall ah nei diing ua, ticket khu khopi sung sumbuuh tuomtuomte a muthei ahibanah Zou Innpi Kotpi chingte apat in zong muthei ahi diing hi” chi’n ang kiphuong khie hi.

Ka nu’n “Zou Innpi a haw diing nahi uleh kuon bai ve u chin. Mi tamthei mama akhu” ang chi a, ke’n zong “Akuon sawm kata ve” chi tawh pusuoh thuo in ka ngainoute innlang zuon in ka taisuh vingvengta hi. Tomkhat lou in a innmai uh ka tungta a, ka car ka park zou in a innsung uah lut in tuivot themkhat dawn in a nu-le-pa tawh tomkhat ka houlim zou un Zou Innpi chia na kigen mintang va en diingin kang kipan kheta uhi.

I khopi ka nuasie na sawtsim ata diei mah inn-le-lou leh bangkim kei umlai tawh te in ana kilamdangta mama a, akip-akawi in gen diing chilei atam seng hi. Lamka ka pawtsan/zinsan lai tawh kate chiengin gari zong ana tamta mama a, mihingte leh inn-le-lou zong mitmuthei in ana kilamdangta hi. Bangtan amakhat katai zou un Zou Innpi umna Zou Veng kang lut uleh Zou Innpi khu muthei khop leh theikhel theilou diingin ana ding velvol a, gal apat in zong theikhel thei diing ahisih hi. Zou Innpi mai katun un a kot chingte’n siemtah leh kilawmtah in a hing houpi pai uhi.

“UZO President pa tawh 8:30 am a diing a appointment nei ka hi” chi tawh ka ID kala leh “Oh, tomnoukhat” chi’n a umna kotpi chinna buuh (duty post) apat UZO President pa office ang houpi pai ngal hi. “President nang kimupi diing in amanta a, na gari chabi hing pelechin keima’n kana buoipi na diing. Tamnah Zou nungah feltah Chingbawi aum a, ama zong NEHU a MA abawl laitah ahia, vacation sunga Zou Innpi a nasem diinga hing ki volunteer ahia, Tour guide diinga kise ahi” chi’n Chingbawi ang pulah (introduce) a, kei leh ka ngainou in zong “Hi, Chingbawi…..” chi’n ka kichibaipi ua, ka minte uleh ka hinate uh ka kigen tuo uhi. Ka car key security pa khut ah muongtah in kapekheta a, ama’n ticket (parking ticket) khat hing pie in Chingbawi nua ka zuita uhi. “Chingbawi, dachienga President tawh ka kimu zou chieng ua Zou Innpi tour pei nuom kahi ua, nang guide ngai lou di?” kachileh “Hitham ee, nou man hunhun a manthei pai diing in kana ki awngthawl sah diing hi” ang chita hi. A nu-le-pate leh a school kainate ka houlim uleh sawtlou kaal in president office ka tungta ua, President pa’n a kotmai ah hing ngah in “Zingpha, hing damna uteh maw? Hing lut un, hing lut un… Chingbawi kipah ing ee” achia, ke’n zong “Dachienga innpi tour pei diing kahi ua, tuana tour guide diinga Chingbawi ka chiel uh ahi” kachi leh president pa’n “Nasep tamthei seng sihleh keima’n hing guide leng hoi diing hia, hilezong nang ngaisiem uh ngai ven… Zou nungah feltah khat in ang guide diing ahia, kei sangsang in zong felzaw va ee” chi’n chiemmui-chitah in ang chita hi.

UZO President Office Sung Ah:

President pa Office khu a thupi a, ka lutpat a kamu masahpen ahileh a touna nua a siakhuom khat a nampi diellap kikhai khu ahi hi. A table tungah Lai Siengthou, Phone, Computer, etc. aum hi. President touna mailang ah mipoimawte a kimupi hun chienga a toukhawmna uh touna zawnsau ni kimai-ngat in aum a, chair zong bangza amakhat aum hi. Ka lungsim in ‘White House a Oval Office bang na mawh eele’ kana chikha zozen hi. Book shelf leh baang a lim tuomtuom kitaahte zong aum a, zeem hoitah leh kilawmtah in a kizeem in a siengthou mama hi.

President: Tou un, themkhat houlim vai. (Ka touna mun diing chiet uah ka tousuh ua) Zou Workshop leh Zolengthe lah veel a na houlimnate uh thupi kasa mama hi. Khantouna diingin media thahatna zahsiem angai hi. Kou aphuol a umte’n nou intellectual forum leh online a I nampi a diing ngaituo a ana pang zingte tungah I Zou nampi min in lungdamthu hing gen ing.

Ke’n: Amavele, Information Technology izah siem leh I mipite zousie heitah heitah ah um lei zong kitungpha leh kipangpha ahi. Online tantan a tou theite leh ngaidan kumtheite khu a ngiempen in zong intellectual background themkhat teei beeh inei ua, a sangte ahileh I nampi sunga pilna leh nasepna lama sang zodeute ihi ua, gamdang a umte’n (India khopi tuomtuom leh leitung mun tuomtuom a umte) culture leh civilization tuomdeu ahi dungzui in mite khantoudan leh kivaihawmdan ah experience ing hauzaw deu sam uhi. I theidan leh I mudan zousie ing gawmkhawm a ing kikupkhawm chieng un siltha tampi itheibe ua, khantouna lamah I kitawl zelzel ua, I Zou nampi’n I phattuompi zel uhi.

President: Adih ve! Online a na houlimnate uleh issue khat phot hoideu a kikupna naneite uh kana print zel ua, UZO meeting chite leh houlimna poimaw chiengin kana hawm zel uhi. Tualeh pattuompi diinga katheite uh zong UZO Block leh Unit level ah kana hawmkhe zel ua, I Zou mitampite’n phattuompi mama uhi.

Ke’n: Kipahhuoi mama ee! Kou pen khatvei teng a “Online Volunteers” kichi zel ka hi giapguap ukhu. Aziehpen, tambanga online a kikumte’n tha-le-zung, siemna-pilna, sum-le-pai, hun-le-ni tampi bei a hing kipan aki hi a, hun nei sunsunte manphatah a I nampi a diinga izah theina umsun chia kaman hunhun ua I nampi khantouna diing a ka ngaisutte uh hing kigen sawn ahi. Gam khangtoute khantoudan, pildan, umdan, hausatdan leh a dang dangte banga eite zong I khantou theina diing ua I experience apat hing kigen zel ahia, I teenpi gam khangtousate a diinga bangma hilou, eite sanga themkhat na changkang deute I copy nget-ngut sang in gam khangtousa (developed countries) te umdan copy zaw lei ka chi nopna hi ee.

President: Gam khangtou ahiei globalization igen chieng un I hina (identity) leh tawndan (culture) uh mangsah diing in I ngaisun ua, kei mudan in I hina leh tawndan a hii leh tawn kawm in zong I khangtou thei tham diing uhi. Khanmawbawh masapen khu zawnna leh dan leh thupieh mumal umlouna ahi. Gam khangtou ichite leh gam khangtoulou ichite kikhietna masapen khu neeh diing kiningchinna leh kiningchin louna banah dan leh thupieh dinmun ahi mai hi.

Ka ngainou: Aleh president pu, tu-le-tu’n ZWC te’n panmun bang nachi hawm vuoi? ZSP, ZYO, ZDV leh ZLS te haitah a um uh ade aw?

President: Tu-le-tu in ZWC khu Department tuomtuom – Home, Defence, Justice, Education, Culture, Commerce, etc. chidan in a kikhen a, ZWC khatchiet in tamteng ka puoh uh ahi. President kahina tawh tamteng nasepdan ka etkol zing ahia, amaute’n zong a department uh tawh kisai athei zou mama ua, information kadei bangbang ang pethei uhi. UZO Department of Education nuoi ah ZSP leh ZLS aum a, Department of Defence nuoi ah ZYO leh ZDV aum hi.

Ka ngainou: Tu masang deu apat a hing kithang tha kia “Zogam Leidii” pawl in Jubilee suong ang phut ua, tuate UZO in a theipi ei?

President: Theipi tham ee, Zogam Leidii te khu a thupi ua, Imphal museum a diinga Zou vanzah tampi a piehkhiet ban uah Zou Museum a diing a sil tuoh tampente ahi uhi. Ama un I culture, tradition a thu-le-laa in ang gingkhe sah ua, a thupi mama uhi. Amaute apat in heitah a hing kipan, bang thu bang laa inei, etc. chite muthei in aum a, a laakam tampite un I hina, tangthu leh tawndan tampi agen hi. Amau Dept. zong UZO Dept. poimawpente lah a khat ahi hi.

Ke’n: Aleh, President pu, maban ah Zou nampi khantouna diing in project bang bang inei uoile?

President: Project khu department level apat a bawl diing in a ki-ngaisut a, ka cabinet te’n amau department chiet a progress report leh mailam hun diing a project bawl diing dan leh amau department tawh kisaite zousie amau department a ang houlim zou chieng un Executive committee ah ang pulaah zel uhi. Etsahna diing in Dept. of Education nuoi a um ZLS te apat in Burma lang a i sanggam umte tawh “Common Literature; Dual Spelling” chi khat ang pokhie ua, Dept. of Defence te’n ZYO leh ZDV nasepna ah ZYO in Community policing (Intra-community) leh over ground volunteer sem uh henlen, ZDV in ZYO zozou loute, underground level leh inter-tribal policing sem leh chi aum hi. Tambang in Dept. tuom tuom in zong project anei chiet uhi.

Ke’n: (Ka ngainou leh President pa enkhawm kawi kawi kawm in) 2009 UZO Election-Cum-Conference inei lai a Nute panlahdan hoi nasai?

President: Hoi tham mah ee. I nampi khantouna diing in Zou nute’n nasep leh panmun poimawtah anei uhi. Mihing iitna thupipen a ki-ngaisut khu “Nute iitna” ahi hi. I naupangte khu pate khut sung sangin nute khut sung a ki-nga uh ahizaw hi. Laisiengthou thu hi in leitung tangthu enlei mithupite khu nuthupi neite ana hi nuom mama uhi. Tate nopna khu nute nopna ahia, tate lungdamna khu nute lungdamna ahi mabangin nampi dana khu nute dana ahia, nampi kipahna khu nute kipahna ahi hi. Tuaziehin, nute panna penpen khu mipite panna ahia, nute aw khu mipite aw ahi taangpi a, mipite aw khu Pasian aw ana hi zel hi.

Ke’n: President pu, kou tawh kimu thei diinga na hun manpha nang pieh thei zieh in kipah ing. Kei zong ka vacation tomnou sunga innlang hing pha kahia, ziani nitaah langa hing tung ka hi. I nampi a diing a ka pantheina aum leh keima bawltheina (capacity) tana pang diing mansa kahi. Zou Workshop leh Zolengthe a Online Volunteer te zong amau bawltheina tana pang diinga mansa ahi uh, I nampi a diing hing ngamte kahi ua, apoimaw bang bang in kithuza zel vai. I Zou nampi Pasian in guolzawl in mapuita hen!

President: (A touna gei a switch khat meeh kawm in ang dingta a, kou zong ka dingta uhi) Unofficial/Informal deu in zong innlang ah kimu kia vai in, I houlimna sunzom kia mai vai e maw…. Tuni nang haw thei uh kei zong ka lungdam. Pasian leh I minam a diing in semkhawm zing vai….

(Ka tour guide diing ua ka nget uh Chingbawi ang tungtouta hi. A touna gei a switch pen innmai lama security te radio tawh kithuo ahia, tua switch a meeh zou a Chingbawi hing dieng tou ngal dan ahi) Kotlam lang ah kizui phei in ka ki chibai ua, “Kimu kia vai” chi’n ka kikhenta uhi.

Zou Innpi Ground Floor Tour:

Chingbawi in “Ground floor a pan lei ahoi diei?” achi leh ka ngainou in kei hing enphei kawm in “Tour guide nu in achi dandan himai lou di?” Kei zong kihei phei kawm in “Nang khutsunga ki-um hita in, na chi dandan himai” ka chita hi. Ground Floor lam zuon in ka kumsuh ua, tua kawm in Chingbawi tawh kitheituona ka neipi uhi. “Eiteng pi vacation zang ngentang ibou vele” chi’n nuikawm in kagen hi. Tambang ka houlimlim lai un customer service center (Information center zong kichi) ah ang lutpi a, tuanah Zou Innpi Booklet khat chiet kala ua, Zou Museum lut theina diing ticket khat tuoh kalata uhi. “Zou Museum ilut diing chieng in a lutna kot ah security te’n ticket ang na check diing uh ahi” chi’n Chingbawi in ang hil hi.

Zou Innpi Booklet ah Zou tangthu tomkim in a kigiel a, Zou Innpi kilamdan leh a lim leh asung a umte kim sitset in a kigiel hi. Tuami tawi kawm in Innpi kotpi (gate) apat tour ka kipanta uhi.

Kotpi khu khuompi lienpi ni kikaal a um ahia, siakot kibawl ahi hi. Tua kotpi lutna khu Zou tangvalte’n Zou Innpi kihon teng in aching ua, alut khat phot hoitah in a enkhie (check) uhi. Kotpi lutna gei tuoh tuoh khu inntung katouna kellei nuoi ahi a, pindan bittah Innpi chingte umna a um ahi. A pindan khu inntung katouna kalbite kipatna leh kotpi kikaal sung teng ahia, ziet leh vei ah a pindan a kilam a, tuateng ah Innpi vengte tawh kituo in Information Center a staff-te’n na asem ua, hoitah in glass kithap sitset in kotpi lampi apat amaute kihoupi thei ahi uhi. Chingbawi in “Tam I peina lampi (Kotpi a lutna apat inntung katouna kikaal) khu anuoi hawm a kibawl ahia, buoina ahiei bang amakhat umleh tamna siatuong kiphate khu zietlang leh veilang a Innpi chingte umna lang tuoh a kikaitum thei ahi. Tambang a a kikaitum chieng in tami mun pen a thuuhsuh mama hi” ang chi hi. Tuana pat a zietlang a ka kihei phei uleh tuikul (well) khat aum a, tua tuikul khu Innpi vengte’n aven uh ahi hi. Tua tuikul apat in inntung lang ah tui kitawpsah in Zou Innpi sung zousie a tui zahthei diingin aum hi. Chingbawi in “Tam tui kitawp pen Zou Innpi sunga kisilbuuh, dailenbuuh leh annhuonbuuh umte a kizangte ahi hi” chi’n ang hilchien hi. Ke’n zong “Eh, annhuonbuuh (kitchen) um maw?” kachi leh “Um e, guolnop leh pawi aum chienga tuonvaite’n mundang a pei sese lou a Innpi sung mama a ann leh tui dawn diing abawl uh akhu. Kitchen khu Conference Hall nualam a Security te umna tawh kithuop ahia, Gate tungzawn laitah ahi” chi’n ang gen hi.

Ground floor khu gari parking ahi taangpi a, khuom golpipi te tawh aum lemlum a, gari parking zong a row a row in aum sitset hi. A bangte khu kawlsuong toutuoh mama in a ki-iim kimkot a, window chi mumal umlou in abin in abing chetchut mai a, light ahoi mama zieh in asung avam mama zel hi. Gate apat a vaah (light) hing lutte leh electric kizang ahia, asung atanvaah zou mama uhi.

Ka ngainou in innpi ki iimna suongte a atuohte min ang mu tah in hing nenou sim pien dihtah in “Tami Zou Innpi kilam lai a lamkaite’n ‘Zou milip pankhawm theina diing leh neitu hina (sense of ownership) inei theina diing un Zou milip in Zou Innpi foundation leh khuompite (Corner stones) diing Kawlsuong khat chiet ituoh diing ua, tuohtu min igiel chiet diing uhi’ chia ang gen pen uh avele maw…. Kei suong tuoh pen zong heitah amakhat ah um diing hia maw…. Kei a pen leinuoi a kiphumte ah apang de aw, oleh leitung a hing dawhte lah ah apang de aw, oleh a khuompite in apang de aw...” chi’n ang nenou sim pien hi. Ke’n zong “Tualai a ka khuo ua ka lawmpate gari a kawlsuong va kipuo in, khosung lentuol (ground) a hing kisung in, mimal khat chiet in, asuong khatchiet kilei in, innlanga ki peipi in, UZO GHQ te thupieh bang chet a a sample dantawh kituoh chet a ‘Donated by …..’ chia na kigel vevaw lai zong lungsim ah hing kilang mawh mah ee. Lunglen huoi sim zozen ee. Tamte imu chieng in tua suong tuoh a ang na beisante I mit-ha in hing kilang in, amaute min imu leh amau theizingna Innpi (memorial tomb) tawh kibang phiel in, Zou Innpi ngainatna hing kuong veh aw… nunlui nite thelbang hing thou ee guoi!” chi’n ka puonmeng (hanky) la in amit a hitui val litlet te ka sia pieh hi. Tuanah tomkhat ka tawldamta uhi.

Zou Gaal Hall Tour:

Ground floor a tomkhat ka tawldam zou un first floor ka katou uhi. Tami floor khu Zou Gaal Hall a kichi hi. Kalbi ka katouna uh first floor ah a atung suoh a, second floor katouna kimkhat a kalbi kihieh (U-Turn) na mun ah Zou Gaal Hall Balcony a lutna tawh a kipe a, U-Turn tunglam pen UZO Office Floor (Second Floor) ahita hi.

Zou Gaal Hall khu eilang theidan in India a Cinama Hall te abang hi. A tuong pen themkhat a suhsim didiei a, amailang ah Plateform a kibawl hi. Plateform khu sil tuomtuom a zah ahi theina diing in puonpi (Screen/linen) in a kikhah thei a, a plateform khu kuolsim (arch shape) in a kilam a, liensim a kilam ahimanin thugen-lasahna aum chieng in zong plateform nualang ah mi tamkuom a kita veve hi. Plateform nualanga tounate khu kalbi dan in a kisangsah tou deudeu a, touna zawn (row) nga veel aum hi. A tuong apat a plateform katou theina diing in plateform ah kalbi a kidawtou a, floor apat 2 feet a sanga kikhangsang ahi hi.

Anualang leh apang langkhat tuoh ah tuana plateform a nasem/limpia bawlte kisahkholna diing in pindan liensim kuom aum chiet hi. Tua apang langtuoh a pindante khu Hall baang zietlang leh veilang tuoh a touna saang (balcony) te tawh a kizom suoh ua, touna zawn sagi chiet ma a kibawl ahia, innmai kotpi chingte tung (plateform opposite) ah a kisutuo uhi. Tuana kotpi langa touna saang (balcony) khu news media leh IT tawh kisaite panmun diingin kham (reserved) ahi hi. Sound leh light system khu a kiningching mama hi.

Chingbawi in Zou Gaal Hall nualam a Kitchen leh security te umna lang ah ang peipita hi. Security Room khu Conference Hall level a kibawl ahia, atung chet khu kitchen ahia, Security room tuong khu first floor tuong tawh ki level ahia, atung chet a um kitchen ceiling khu first floor ceiling ahita hi. Kitchen umna khu balcony katouna (Second floor katouna kimkhat zong hi veve) a U-Turn kibawlna tawh kitang chet ahi hi. Security room level a baang ninglang tuoh ah toilet aum tuoh hi.

Security room khu Zou Innpi lutna kotpi tung chet a um ahia, kotpi chingte zong atunglang apat in a panpi thei uhi. Amau umna ah innmailang mutheina diingin window hoitah in a kibawl a, a vanzahte uh tawh tuami room sung ah aum zing uhi. President pa phalna umlou in security room a kilut thei sih a, kou ka hamphatna khat uh ahileh president tawh kimuzou kahi zieh un phalna nga in security room ka lut thei uhi. A sunga security tawh kisai a avanzahte uh aum a, genthei leh gentheilou honpikhat aum hi. A thupi a ka genthei khat ahileh kotpi (gate) dalkhat atung ah a um a, tuapen apoimaw hunhun a khietsuh thei diingin saikhau in a kizuun thei hi.

Tuana pat in Kitchen ka luttou ua, balcony lutna lampi tawh kitaang ahi. Kitchen sung ka lut uleh sil tampi ana um a, kitchen sunga vanzah zousie ana um hi. Chingbawi in “Tami mun pen ann huonna leh kuongsilna ahi taangpi a, vansenna khu Second floor a kibawl ahi hi” chi’n ang hilchien hi.

Tuazou in ka tour guide nu uh Chingbawi in “Khawlphot na ut uoi, aban a UZO Office Floor ikatou ngal di uoi?” chi’n ang dong a, ka ngainou ka etphei leh ama’n “Office Floor etzou chieng in tawldam vai” ang chita a, UZO Office Floor ka zuonta uhi. UZO Office Floor khu a sung a awngsim pengpong a, a navah huoi mama hi. Office zousie banglang chiet ah a kilam a, alai pen ah toukhawmna deudan in amun amun ah touna a kikoikhawm liuleu hi.

Pu Zou Hall Tour

Zou Gaal Hall a plateform tung chet ah Zou Thukhenna Sangpen (Zou Supreme Court) aum a, tua khu “Pu Zou Hall” a kichi hi. Chingbawi in “Pu Zou Hall khu I nampi sunga thubuoi-labuoi aum chienga I Zou tawndan (Zou customary law) dungzui a thukhenna sangpen ahi hi. Pasian hepina tawh I nampi sungah thubuoi-labuoi atam sih a, tuazieh in department tuomtuomte’n committee anei chieng un Pu Zou Hall azang mun mama uhi. Hilezong, thukhentute touna lang (a plateform lang) khu puon in a kidang a, thukhen hun chilou koima’n plateform a kizang ngai sih hi” ang chi hi. Alai ah Round Table khat a kidaw a, tua dungzui in touna alem uhi. Touna zousie a kimaingat (Ning li apat ki maingat chiet) a, meeting chieng in alaizang a Round Table khu a focal point ahia, Thukhen hun chieng in stage tung lam khu a focal point ahi hi. Chingbawi kunga “Tamna mi umte bang bawl diinga kisa uh atai?” kachi leh “Tuni ZSP te’n 11:00 am apat in meeting poimawtah khat anei diing zieh uh ahi” chi’n ang dawng hi.

Aning guol ah UZO President apat department tuomtuomte office aum chiet hi. Lamkaite office kai a abuoi vengvung laitah uh ahi zieh in ka buoisah nuom sih ua, zingkaal 8:30 am a President pa office a ka haw uh chilou office dang ah ka lut nawnsih uhi. Office tuomtuom banah vankoina room liensimpi khat zong aum hi.

Kotpi tung ah security te pindan aum hi. Tami UZO Office Floor a Security room pulang (Kotpi tung) ah LCD Screen lienpikhat a kitaah a, tuanah Zou Innpi tawh kisai a kitheisah diing thute aki suohsah zel a, Zou Innpi sung a hunzahna poimaw mipi mu diing a kilawmte ang kisuo khe zel hi.

Security camera Zou Innpi mun tuomtuom a kikoite zousie tuami mun apat a etkol zing ahi hi. Ka ngainou zong themkhat hing lunglut sim adiei mah security camera-te ang ban et pi hi. Security Camera inn pulang ah aning chiet ah a kikoi a, tuate zong a kilang chiet hi. Ground Floor ah security camera ni a kikoi a, kotpi ah apang langkhat tuoh leh alaikim inntung ah a kikoi hi. Conference Hall, Museum, UZO Office floor leh Library chite a a kikoi liuleu hi. Tuate zousie security te’n amau umna uapat a etkai zing uh ahi. Tami security te umna khu a floor zousie a amun kibang (Kotpi tung) a um ahi uhi. Khuchi mabangin kalbi (staircase) zousie leh Toilet zousie zong a floor tenga a umna kibang ahia, security room gei tuoh a um uh ahi hi.

Hun zong ana pei zel a, tomkhat UZO Office floor a tawldam diing in kang kisata uhi. Tuonglai a khawlmun kibawlte ah katou ua, ka lawmnu’n “Vending machine te a tuivot kizuate leh neehthei kizuate lei vai ee, I dangta simta” ang chi a, kou zong vending machine lang ah peiphei in tuivot khat chiet leh neehthei khat chiet kaleita uhi. (A theiloute a diing: Vending machine khu Computer a ki program, a ngahtu umlou a almirah chiepi khat sunga neehthei/dawnthei kikoi in, a neehthei/dawnthei te alpha-numeral (a b c leh 1 2 3) chi kigawm a kichiemte, munkhat a sumtang khietna diing leh sumdal khietna diing um tuoh, tuana aman diing ikhiet zou chienga a neehthei/dawnthei umna kichiemtena imeeh leh a neehthei/dawnthei te hing kesuh. A kietsuhna apat a laah diing). Tuanah tomkhat ka tawldamta uhi. Ka tawldam zou un Chingbawi in “Tulai midang tampi’n Zou Innpi ang visit ua, a tamzaw thamte khu Zou Museum en ahi ua, foreign mi khatvei vei bang ang umthei zeel a, Zou Museum khu ticket lou tawh a kilut thei sih hi” ang chita hi. Tuachi’n ka ngainou in ka ticket te uh a wallet apat hing lakhie in Zou Museum floor kang zuon touta uhi.

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