Thangso Baite is the new MP from Outer Manipur. Well, congratulations! I honestly don't know how well he will fare this time round. I wrote this piece in Manipur's leading papers when he was an MLA. Let me paste here just for the sake of update!
Just Where is Thangso Anyway?
AS THE WHIRLING wind of the legislative assembly election starts blowing, stories of ministers promising hefty developmental funds and distributing the popular ‘red shawls’ among the deserved lots begin to do the rounds this time over again. I fail to grasp the reason why this hullabaloo has to wait all these four years only to be revived now. And at the end of every five years, the same old story continues.
They said this is politics, this is Manipur. And worse, this is outer Manipur. I hope I don’t get that wrong.
When I was a small school kid, I dreamt of becoming a politician one day. I could see just how mighty politicians were, with myriad of ‘yes’ men hovering around, and a substantial amount of money at their disposal. They were being venerated as idols and everywhere they went, they carried the airs of a celebrity. Oh, how I wished I could become one someday! However, this perception began to drift away as time went on. Be it politics or politicians themselves. We were told that ‘politics’ is the art and science of governance, and that government must be people-oriented, transparent and efficient. But from our own experiences we come to learn that politics is a dirty game, an arena of the struggle for power and more powers. And the essential qualities for any political system like people-orientation, transparency and efficiency don’t seem to find their place in the present state of affairs. Politics tend to be considered as a mere means of securing income. Or let me put it quite this way: it is a means of occupation. Now, this is the politics of Manipur I am talking about. This is how politics has been played in Churachandpur. You grab it, you have it, and you want to have more.
Singngat happens to be one of the most devastated arenas where political gladiators – using ethnicity as a political tool to mobilize support and gain power – are engaged in a real mortal combat. Their games are pretty high, played by maverick players. With eyes wide shut, the people followed the path laid by the leaders at any cost, to any extent, and in the process they went too far without knowing the fact that an iron curtain had descended across them marking a wide communal divide. The rule is clear here. You are a Paite, go for him. You are a Zou, go for him. You are a Thadou, go for him. Perhaps, that day isn’t too far when the ‘go’ gets changed to ‘kill’. (Hey, that thing happened once or twice in the past, right?)
From Gouzadou to Thangkhanlal down to N. Zatawn, et seq., I had watched them grace social functions, misleading the public with ornate promises which were never really realized. They emanated supreme control over the hypnotized crowd who were swaying and applauding with the promise of a better tomorrow, and of building Singngat into a kind of "New Jerusalem." Their motives were to garner vote banks. Just that. When the results were out and all things said, the newly elected MLA zoomed down the Imphal valley reneging on the promises he had made to the people. But long after the excitement died down, the innocence still lingered in the minds of the people. And they still continued to hope that their representative would, somehow, make a noble appearance once again to shower upon them the light of the new age he had articulated sometime before with fervid eloquence.
Their wait seemed to last an eternity.
Nothing has changed. Singngat still lays a moldering ruin. In fact, the 1997 ethnic clash has left a clear mark on these once beautiful, serene Singngat highlands - dark and deep. Through this day the people of Singngat, who are now scattered across the globe, still recall with fond memories the good old days when peace and tranquility prevailed. Life was so good and the town was prospering exceedingly well, with different ethnic people living together harmoniously. Oh, but those were days never to be seen again.
A decade has passed. Yet the breaking of the dawn is still a far cry for the poor Singngatians. Apparently, they are lying low awaiting the return of better times. Here I am, lost in reverie, looking out over a now-turned-into-a-small-hamlet so quite and still and dark it could well have been a sort of post-apocalyptic. And the words on the street are clear. Empty. Desolate. Neglected. Abandoned. The government machinery has completely collapsed and there is little, or no, sign that this place is part of the Indian state. Gone are the days when well-equipped doctors and nurses attended to patients under the sprawling expanse of the hospital building in downtown Singngat. The building is now a little more than a colossal wreck, standing in a forgotten corner, slowly wasting away as time goes by. The Singngat SDO office complex had given out long ago and the office guys had been working somewhere in New Bazar, the heart of the district headquarters for quite sometime. The situation now begins to improve a bit. But the SDC, who is in-charge of the office, still continues his oh-so-religious trait. He seems quite reluctant to miss the Sunday worship services at home. I am wondering what future has in store for those poor students whose school – the Singngat Govt. High School – had been occupied by the Army though it may seem a fringe benefit for the teachers working there. And the people would call it their lucky day when doctors made an occasional fleeting visit, that too once every two months or so.
Obviously something is wrong somewhere. But in the end who gives a damn anyway? Water scarcity and dilapidated Singngat-Lamka road condition had been grappling the people of Singngat since time begun. I am aware of the hardships people have to undergo in fetching water to as far away a tiny stream as over one to two kilometers, everyday, which is flowing in barely more than a trickle. I am aware of the overwhelming fear and uncertainty that is running through their minds when people take a bus ride down Tedim Road, especially during the rainy season. Through this day, the infamous ‘Zezaw tou’, the most terrible part of the Tedim Road stretch, continues to haunt travelers using the roadway. Just imagine how the bus fares between CCPur-Imphal (over 60 kms.) and CCPur-Singngat (barely 30 kms.) could be the same. But their deafening voices are unheard, their dying cries are disregarded.
Meanwhile, Thangso Baite, the constituency’s MLA, resurfaced on the limelight recently after having been hibernating for years, with a far different reason. While the people are wailing with a soulful anguish over their condition, the MLA seems just as interested in conferring meritorious awards to the successful first class candidates of this year’s HSLC examination from within the constituency. And that too within the comforts of his posh home in Lamka. His passionate interest in education may be attributed to his having an MA degree and his serving as the principal of Christian English H/School in Sugnu in the early eighties. In the meantime, 22 villagers of the sub-division are being incarcerated somewhere deep within the Myanmar’s military regime. The safe return of these men to their loved ones depends entirely on the diplomatic policy of the MLA, only if he is still the same ‘master strategist’ as he had been in the 2002 election. In some way, his assumption of power quite reminds me of the way Benito Mussolini rose to power way back in 1922.
After having been elected as the MLA, Mr. Baite has made just two visits to his constituency till date. That’s a whole four-year period. The fact is that he just made occasional noises to demonstrate that he is still there, somewhere, chilling out. The first visit was in early 2004 and the last one was in April 23, 2005 as part of the CM team, where the CM laid the foundation for a 33 kV sub-station in Singngat. And everybody knows that the project wouldn’t be completed till the foundation stone withers away. Yet, the Singngatians still have a reason to smile amidst the hype. During the recent Assembly session, Shri Devendra Singh, the then Works Minister, in an answer to a question posed by the MLA, announced that – a whopping – Rs. 112.04 lacs has been spent in Churachandpur to Singngat road construction for the last three years. Plus, the CM, on the occasion of the Congress Workers’ Meet held in Lamka on June 10, 2006 said that a sum of Rs. 2.5 crores has been sanctioned on Singngat-Lamka and Lamka-Sugnu roads combined.
And now all I can ask is just what the hell are the CM and the Works Minister talking about? The above-mentioned amounts could nowhere be seen in the entire 30-km stretch of road from Lamka to Singngat. Where has Thangso Baite been all these years? Perhaps, if he made just one last appearance to the people of Singngat and see their conditions with his own eyes, that would sure bring a sigh of relief to the people, even if it’s for a fleeting moment. The people, bogged down by neglect, deprivation and hopelessness over the years surely know not to ask for more. Just one more visit and they would gladly clap their hands. And he would, perhaps, win his second term hands down.
© copyright vaphualization june 17 2006
May 24, 2009
May 12, 2009
Lungzen - II
S Pauginmuan toh Chingmuankim Shoute ahihleh eimi laa siam ka na ngaihsaang gige ahi. Zogam.com adia ka na interview apan mimal in ka hong kithei uhi. Nna ka hon sepkhawm patna uh ahihleh ka na gelh "Tuunnu Zolei" (Mamuan Khuptong & Chingmuankim Shoute in SIMAS 2007 a asak uh, a video a kibawl man ma a a mp3 ana kithehzaak manta!) laa ka honkhum uapan ahi. Hiai “Tuunnu Zolei” laa kha, Lun Thawmte in a thunon’ kaih a bawl, Sonmual Valte in music bangkim a bawl ahi.
March kha lak in sava neuchik khat ka kiang ah a hongboh a, "Chingmuankim Shoute in khanawn a pasal nei di eive," chiin a honhilh hi. Kare, laa kibawl man nawnlou di eive maw, ka chisim a. Nidang in, laa khum di'n ka na sawlsek a, "Hongelh lechin k'on sak sak di," a honchi zeel hi. Omna mun tuam, innlam paihun kituak kha ngeilou ahihman in ka thilsawm uh a taangtung thei ngeikei.
Huchiin, March kaaltawp veel in khatvei ka fawn a.
“Thil khat k'on ngen aw?"
"Aw. Bang a?
"Laa khat bawl le eivele. Na nungak hunsung a na sak tawpna din."
"Aw, tham e. Nang hon chih ahih in chu."
Huchiin, U Muan (Pauginmuan) ka fawn a, hiaithu ka hilh ta. "A laa thu hon khaak lechin, ka na bawl di uh," a honchi hi.
Laa gelhsa lah a kinei mai kei a, bang lampang gelh di ahi dia, chiin ka buai mahmah. Pathian laa va gelhdia lah "kha" in honpi zou kisa taktak (nai)lou. Gamngaih laa gelhdia lah, i gamngaihna dau gawpta - ei' iit a kaannatna om hetlou ahihdan muchian lotel ta iset kaa. Huchiin, khoveel a tuailai te' lungluutna pen iitna thu mah gelh ahoih e, ka hon chi ta. Article hunkhop ka na gelhta a, gamngaihna thu bang, galbuai lai a a haksatdan bang, gam leh nam vai bang, khotang vai, Zodawn hehpih huai ahihdan bang, leh itna tangthu khawng. Hiai ka gelhsa te' lak ah itna tangthu te mah in mi hiip pen a, simtu te'n kipahpih zaw ua, comment bang tampen ka muhkiikna himawk inchin. Ka journal lui te ka hon pheen a, English poem nalh ka sak leh eipau mah a ka na gelhkhiat sa te ka hon pholhkhia hi. Nidang, chile 2001-2 veel in ka khua uah Pu L Nengkhothang' kiang ah pupa laa tuamtuam ka na dongsek a, aman a hon sa daldal zeel hi. Huaite kha ke'n ana gelhkhe zeel. Lungleen laa a hon sakkhat ah, "Chikleh sawlbang bang diam aw, lia lungzen aw," chih omkha hiveen, huai a "lungzen" thumal pen nalh ka na sak gige ahihtoh, huai pansan in iitna laa ka hon remkhawm panta hi. Hiai Pu Nengkhothang' lasak, a khonung in Pu Zamzachin' laibu bawl, "Paite Tanchin" ah "Loulam La/Huihnung La" chi a tuangkha ahihdan ka hon musuah hi.
Bangziak a hiaiteng hon gelh ka hia, i chi maithei. Kei-leh-kei hong ki-pump puak ka hikei a, himahleh igam ah itna laa gelh leh itna tangthu gelh te'n ana thuak gige uh, mite'n a muhdan uh leh a koihdan uh, thei lotel ka hihman a hong kigenchian ka hi. Itna tangthu gelhte bang, i lailam khanna dia a thilhih uh phawkpih lou in, "a zei" i hisak ua, huaimah bang in, itna laa gelhte "mi lungleng, hopeless romantic, vuallel" i hisak uhi. Album a kibawl chiang bang in, Pathian laa phuak te, a min uh taaklat zel himahleh, zawl laa phuakte' min taaklat ahingei kholkei. Mite'n hon nuihzabawl na di phet uh, chi a aphuak te'n a min uh taaklang ngamlou le ahimaithei. Himahleh, ken bel hiai ka chi: ipau-ihaam khansakna di'n tamseem in zawl / saanneem / itna / lungleen / lawm ngaih laa phuak touzeel ni. Angmalas, Emty Shoute, P Suan, ST Hauzel, DK Khuptong chih te khawng a phu bang uh theihpihna leh pahtawina piaktuak uh ka sa.
Laa kha, kei' theihna kia in daihlou ahihman in U Jon Naulak in naaktak in a hon huh hi. Gelhzoh ahih in U Muan ka SMS suk a, aman Chiengkon a H Kailalmuon akaih ana bawlsak hi.
A kaih bawlzoh hita, a track le kibawlzou ta, fawn tungtawn a bang a paidan kingai sak ta. Huchihlai in, "Lungzen s- I" a i geenvak, "zawl laa vs Pathian laa" kaal a buaina in a honnawk piansim hi. Hiaiziak in maw, i nam pumpi'n iitna laa mawitak mai nei di lai i chaan mai di, chiin ka kidong tuaituai hial hi. Atawp in, "Hiai laa ahihleh i soft power khansakna'ng peetmah a bawl ahi," chiin ka hong haanchiam thak uhi.
April 17, 2009 4.30 pm in U Muan in, "Laa ka khumlel uh," chiin a hon SMS keuh hi. Ama' kiang a a khum uh ahi. Ka fawn a, U Kim' kiang ah, "U Kim, va pai biambiam chi aw?" ka chihleh, "Hi, va pai biambiam keivoi. Ka thumang thou maw," chiin a hondawng hi. "Thumang tak na hi, kisuanlah huai rumrum zezen aka!" ka chi a.
Huchiin, hiai "Lungzen" laa khumzoh a hong hita.
Video le bawlngaal ka lunggulh uhi. Lawmnu lah April 23 a a kiteenna adia pumbuai hita. Nitaak khat khawng a inn uah -- alawm-avual, a innveng leh inndongta teng a omkhawm nuainuai lai un -- video camera, a stand toh light sytem toh bang toh va kipoluut luailuai maile eive, U Muan toh ka kichi ua, hilele haihuai deuh a hongbat ziak in ka tawpkiik thak uhi. Buaina te le tuam thei lozeen a!
Hiai "Lungzen" laa ka gelhthu a kigenkhak chiah, mite' hon dot masak pen hiai ahi: "Kua na phuahkhumna a?" Kuamah ka phuahkhumna ahikei. Ngaih Anglai OST a "Toupa Hun Tawmnou" phuahtu Evan Lang Do Khup, A-I-D-S natna vei a sih diing ngaak a om ahi zenzen kei, a suangtuahna apan hiai laa ahon gelhkhiat ahi. Iitna thugelh, iitna tangthu phuahtawm khawng a kigelh theih leh bangdia iitna laa gelh theilou tuan di, chi utdan keichu.
Chingmuankim Shoute in 2007 a, huaile hun sawttak nung a hilai, “Tuunnu Zolei” laa ahon sakkhaak cheuh bawn mite’n hichituk a kipahpih ua - Delhi a mi khenkhat te’n a a kipolhlimna ua ana laampih theih uh laa bang hi a, Hiangtam Lamka te bang in a laam kidemna khat a dia ana zang ua, i gintaak louhlouh khawng in a fawn ua ana play kauhkauh uh hisaam inchin – hiaibang a eimi nungak aw hoihnei, a aw paammaih lua hilou hiam, chihna ziak a hiai “Lungzen” laa piankhiat sak chu ahideuh ve. Huaichiah, i soft power khansakna'ng.
Sumsuahna dia bawl ahihlouh ziak in, a video a hong om chiah (a omdi leh) phalna la selou a teisawn, laaksawn leh kipiaksawn phal ahi aw. Ahia, ngetnop khat k'on nei. Mabaan ah hiaibang a athawn a hawmkhiat dia bawl hilou, i laa te, kuaman aguuk in teisawn nawnkei le. Hiai itna laa ahihleh Chingmuankim Shoute in ama' utthu a Pauginmuan toh a honsak ahikei. Nget leh zot a a omziak ahi. Zawl laa sak sia hi a ngai a, mohsa ut i om zenzen leh a sa te mohsa lou in, a gelhtu, kei hon mohsa zaw un. Period.
Lungzen Preview Peetmah
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S Pauginmuan & Chingmuankim Shoute
Lungzen
Written by Haumuanlun Samte
Music by S Pauginmuan
Tune by H Kailalmuon
[W A R N I N G: Hiai "Lungzen" laa ahihleh lungleen laa peetmah ahi. A ngaikhate'n khat vei ngaihna a nalh pahlou, i ngaihngaih leh hongnalh dedeuh a chi uh. Saap laa, rap, rock leh metal lam ngainate adia chu "Lungzen" ah ngaih di omlou didan ahi.]
March kha lak in sava neuchik khat ka kiang ah a hongboh a, "Chingmuankim Shoute in khanawn a pasal nei di eive," chiin a honhilh hi. Kare, laa kibawl man nawnlou di eive maw, ka chisim a. Nidang in, laa khum di'n ka na sawlsek a, "Hongelh lechin k'on sak sak di," a honchi zeel hi. Omna mun tuam, innlam paihun kituak kha ngeilou ahihman in ka thilsawm uh a taangtung thei ngeikei.
Huchiin, March kaaltawp veel in khatvei ka fawn a.
“Thil khat k'on ngen aw?"
"Aw. Bang a?
"Laa khat bawl le eivele. Na nungak hunsung a na sak tawpna din."
"Aw, tham e. Nang hon chih ahih in chu."
Huchiin, U Muan (Pauginmuan) ka fawn a, hiaithu ka hilh ta. "A laa thu hon khaak lechin, ka na bawl di uh," a honchi hi.
Laa gelhsa lah a kinei mai kei a, bang lampang gelh di ahi dia, chiin ka buai mahmah. Pathian laa va gelhdia lah "kha" in honpi zou kisa taktak (nai)lou. Gamngaih laa gelhdia lah, i gamngaihna dau gawpta - ei' iit a kaannatna om hetlou ahihdan muchian lotel ta iset kaa. Huchiin, khoveel a tuailai te' lungluutna pen iitna thu mah gelh ahoih e, ka hon chi ta. Article hunkhop ka na gelhta a, gamngaihna thu bang, galbuai lai a a haksatdan bang, gam leh nam vai bang, khotang vai, Zodawn hehpih huai ahihdan bang, leh itna tangthu khawng. Hiai ka gelhsa te' lak ah itna tangthu te mah in mi hiip pen a, simtu te'n kipahpih zaw ua, comment bang tampen ka muhkiikna himawk inchin. Ka journal lui te ka hon pheen a, English poem nalh ka sak leh eipau mah a ka na gelhkhiat sa te ka hon pholhkhia hi. Nidang, chile 2001-2 veel in ka khua uah Pu L Nengkhothang' kiang ah pupa laa tuamtuam ka na dongsek a, aman a hon sa daldal zeel hi. Huaite kha ke'n ana gelhkhe zeel. Lungleen laa a hon sakkhat ah, "Chikleh sawlbang bang diam aw, lia lungzen aw," chih omkha hiveen, huai a "lungzen" thumal pen nalh ka na sak gige ahihtoh, huai pansan in iitna laa ka hon remkhawm panta hi. Hiai Pu Nengkhothang' lasak, a khonung in Pu Zamzachin' laibu bawl, "Paite Tanchin" ah "Loulam La/Huihnung La" chi a tuangkha ahihdan ka hon musuah hi.
Bangziak a hiaiteng hon gelh ka hia, i chi maithei. Kei-leh-kei hong ki-pump puak ka hikei a, himahleh igam ah itna laa gelh leh itna tangthu gelh te'n ana thuak gige uh, mite'n a muhdan uh leh a koihdan uh, thei lotel ka hihman a hong kigenchian ka hi. Itna tangthu gelhte bang, i lailam khanna dia a thilhih uh phawkpih lou in, "a zei" i hisak ua, huaimah bang in, itna laa gelhte "mi lungleng, hopeless romantic, vuallel" i hisak uhi. Album a kibawl chiang bang in, Pathian laa phuak te, a min uh taaklat zel himahleh, zawl laa phuakte' min taaklat ahingei kholkei. Mite'n hon nuihzabawl na di phet uh, chi a aphuak te'n a min uh taaklang ngamlou le ahimaithei. Himahleh, ken bel hiai ka chi: ipau-ihaam khansakna di'n tamseem in zawl / saanneem / itna / lungleen / lawm ngaih laa phuak touzeel ni. Angmalas, Emty Shoute, P Suan, ST Hauzel, DK Khuptong chih te khawng a phu bang uh theihpihna leh pahtawina piaktuak uh ka sa.
Laa kha, kei' theihna kia in daihlou ahihman in U Jon Naulak in naaktak in a hon huh hi. Gelhzoh ahih in U Muan ka SMS suk a, aman Chiengkon a H Kailalmuon akaih ana bawlsak hi.
A kaih bawlzoh hita, a track le kibawlzou ta, fawn tungtawn a bang a paidan kingai sak ta. Huchihlai in, "Lungzen s- I" a i geenvak, "zawl laa vs Pathian laa" kaal a buaina in a honnawk piansim hi. Hiaiziak in maw, i nam pumpi'n iitna laa mawitak mai nei di lai i chaan mai di, chiin ka kidong tuaituai hial hi. Atawp in, "Hiai laa ahihleh i soft power khansakna'ng peetmah a bawl ahi," chiin ka hong haanchiam thak uhi.
April 17, 2009 4.30 pm in U Muan in, "Laa ka khumlel uh," chiin a hon SMS keuh hi. Ama' kiang a a khum uh ahi. Ka fawn a, U Kim' kiang ah, "U Kim, va pai biambiam chi aw?" ka chihleh, "Hi, va pai biambiam keivoi. Ka thumang thou maw," chiin a hondawng hi. "Thumang tak na hi, kisuanlah huai rumrum zezen aka!" ka chi a.
Huchiin, hiai "Lungzen" laa khumzoh a hong hita.
Video le bawlngaal ka lunggulh uhi. Lawmnu lah April 23 a a kiteenna adia pumbuai hita. Nitaak khat khawng a inn uah -- alawm-avual, a innveng leh inndongta teng a omkhawm nuainuai lai un -- video camera, a stand toh light sytem toh bang toh va kipoluut luailuai maile eive, U Muan toh ka kichi ua, hilele haihuai deuh a hongbat ziak in ka tawpkiik thak uhi. Buaina te le tuam thei lozeen a!
Hiai "Lungzen" laa ka gelhthu a kigenkhak chiah, mite' hon dot masak pen hiai ahi: "Kua na phuahkhumna a?" Kuamah ka phuahkhumna ahikei. Ngaih Anglai OST a "Toupa Hun Tawmnou" phuahtu Evan Lang Do Khup, A-I-D-S natna vei a sih diing ngaak a om ahi zenzen kei, a suangtuahna apan hiai laa ahon gelhkhiat ahi. Iitna thugelh, iitna tangthu phuahtawm khawng a kigelh theih leh bangdia iitna laa gelh theilou tuan di, chi utdan keichu.
Chingmuankim Shoute in 2007 a, huaile hun sawttak nung a hilai, “Tuunnu Zolei” laa ahon sakkhaak cheuh bawn mite’n hichituk a kipahpih ua - Delhi a mi khenkhat te’n a a kipolhlimna ua ana laampih theih uh laa bang hi a, Hiangtam Lamka te bang in a laam kidemna khat a dia ana zang ua, i gintaak louhlouh khawng in a fawn ua ana play kauhkauh uh hisaam inchin – hiaibang a eimi nungak aw hoihnei, a aw paammaih lua hilou hiam, chihna ziak a hiai “Lungzen” laa piankhiat sak chu ahideuh ve. Huaichiah, i soft power khansakna'ng.
Sumsuahna dia bawl ahihlouh ziak in, a video a hong om chiah (a omdi leh) phalna la selou a teisawn, laaksawn leh kipiaksawn phal ahi aw. Ahia, ngetnop khat k'on nei. Mabaan ah hiaibang a athawn a hawmkhiat dia bawl hilou, i laa te, kuaman aguuk in teisawn nawnkei le. Hiai itna laa ahihleh Chingmuankim Shoute in ama' utthu a Pauginmuan toh a honsak ahikei. Nget leh zot a a omziak ahi. Zawl laa sak sia hi a ngai a, mohsa ut i om zenzen leh a sa te mohsa lou in, a gelhtu, kei hon mohsa zaw un. Period.
Lungzen Preview Peetmah
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S Pauginmuan & Chingmuankim Shoute
Lungzen
Written by Haumuanlun Samte
Music by S Pauginmuan
Tune by H Kailalmuon
[W A R N I N G: Hiai "Lungzen" laa ahihleh lungleen laa peetmah ahi. A ngaikhate'n khat vei ngaihna a nalh pahlou, i ngaihngaih leh hongnalh dedeuh a chi uh. Saap laa, rap, rock leh metal lam ngainate adia chu "Lungzen" ah ngaih di omlou didan ahi.]
May 04, 2009
Lungzen - I
Kua' Soft Power in Lamka khopi' lung azen a?
2000 kum a S Pauginmuan leh Chingmuankim Shoute in Siallouh Vangngaih II album a, "Nihgel Itna," "Hon Heisan Ke'n," leh laa dang ana sakkhawm nung un, tu in, kum kua vingveng a kiveiliam nung in, a hong kimuhkhawm nawnna diing un a comeback single uh "Lungzen" a honsa uhi. April 17, 2009 a kikhum ahi. A video om nailou. Hiai "Lungzen" ahihleh, Angel Tongsuah Kilawm - Chingmuankim Shoute' hong kiiknawnna laa hinapi in, amah' ngaina tute mangpha ahon khaakna laa a hongsuak maita. Iitna laa a amah ngainatu te.
Laa leh Tumging
Laa leh tumging in thilhihtheihna thuuktak a nei. I kipah, phuur, heh, lungkham leh lungleen hun chiang in a hon kithuahpih thei hi. Ging kilawm, luang hialhial in i lungleen hun in a hon ompih a, i dah hun in a hon kahpih thei. Huaimah bang in, ging kilawm in a hon su thathou a, kipaak in a honlaam sakthei zeel. Atak a i tun theihlouhna gam a hontun pih hi.
Nidang in ka Pu Lal (Thangbiaklal) in a pindan sung ah, guitar tumkawm in Lengtong Pauno leh V Siampu' laa te khawng, leh ama' a te a sa vongvong sek a, agei a va tu in a ka va ngaikhe zeel hi. Zawichik in a guitar a saai a, a mit a si a, nuam a sathei telmai. Ama' sang mah in ken nuam ka na sa zaw abang. Mahleh, a laa te a khumtheih ma in sihna haanmual a hon liamsan ta. Tuni tan in leng guitar ka letkhak chiang in ana saksa laa te ka sa lailai.
Delhi ah, innlam pai hongtung thak te kiang a kidong masa zeel hiai ahi: "Laa thak a om hia?" Eimi laa thak duh a kidangtaak hi penmai. "Om mahmah kei. Mizo laa ngen kithang!" Zanlam a ka lawmte khat' fawn ka etsak leh, saap laa toh Mizo laa ngen a dim a. "Bangziak a eimi laa khatle na koihlouh tel e?" ka chihleh, "Eimi laa koihtaak a om saam a!" honchi hiau zezen. "Eimi laa te a kaih nalhlou theilua."
Eimi laa te nalhlou chih pen ka pom. Himahleh ei' aa sang a midang te' laa, i khopi a a hong kithanzawk sek pen in a hon hih susuih ka chi! Hiaitak ahi "soft power" a hongluutna.
Soft Power
Soft power ahihleh thagum zanglou a, mi zohna ahi. Harvard University professor Joseph Nye in gamkhat' soft power hiaite ah a kinga a chi: a culture, political values leh foreign policy. Hiai thilthum te, midangte' adia etlah huai thei di a i phoukhiat siam chian i soft power khang a hong himai hi. Khoveel ah US' thahaatna kuama'n a chou ngamkei. Gam 130 vaal ah a sepaih te a koih a, khenkhat te adin huathuai mahle uh, American culture hi, khovel mite' etsaang pen ahi. A tawndaan leh hihna uh mite' kiang a a zuakkhiatna di'n MTV leh Hollywood in pan poimoh tak a la. Hiai ah politics hilou in culture leh popular media lam i geen zaw diing. 2007 in Chinese President Hu Jintao in 17th Communist Party Congress ah China in a soft power a haatsak seem poimoh ahihdan a geen hi. Kum tamlou paita in US$6.6 billion hithet bei in, a gam solkal' media nih, CCTV and Xinhuanet a puahpha uhi. Confucius Institutes a pankhia ua, huai tungtawn in Chinese culture, khoveel ah a thehdalh sawm uhi. Huaimah bang in, UK in British Council, Swiss in Pro Helvetia; leh Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal te'n Goethe, Cervantes, Dante Alighieri, Gulbenkian chih te a nei diudeu uhi.
Tulai in Lamka ah, beauty contest-na bang om henla, a telte' kiang ah,"Koi gam ah na zin utpen?" chih dotna kibawl ta leh, Switzerland khawng hinawnta lou in, avek phial un, "South Korea" a chi ngei diing uh. Arasoiyo? Tangval nou, Burmese rappers ngaisang te bang Mandalay, Yangon chihkhawng ah va zin ut maithei eive ua.
India bang in le, akiim a gamte kiang ah a soft power hu naaktak a zaap eingal ve. Adiak in, Bollywood leh a TV soap opera te tungtawn in. Indian diplomat, politician leh laigelhmi Shashi Tharoor in hichiin a geen, Damascus ah a President pa' uh lim tuk a lian, kholai a atun vialvual uh omsun, Amitabh Bacchan' aa ahi. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi bangchu, asuahlai a, Afghanistan nupi te'n ana haichilh hial dan uh ahi. Ngaihtuah mah, AR Rahman in a "Jai Ho" laa tungtawn a bangzah ta a India hihna khoveel' kiang a zuakkhia ahi di?
Eigam ah enta le, Lamka bang, unau Mizo te' soft power in a zou mahmah. Naupang pauthei tuung te nasan in Mizo laa sa hitel hang a. Cable TV te ah Mizo laa ngen phial kikhah, kholai ah le Mizo laa ngen phial kiza himai. I biakna laa te bang le amau' aa apat lehsawn vek phial eive maw.
Kum bangzah hiam paita a "Hmelthra" leh "Ikaina" laa te a hong kithan lai in, Frontier Weekend editor Pauzagin Tonsing in Mizo leh Meitei te, media lam a Lamka khopi a hong kituhdan uh ana gelh ngeita. Blogger Carey Suante in Lusei (Mizoram) leh Tedim (Chin State, Burma) te, koipen in Lamka influence zaw hiam, chih dotna a bawl hi. Tedim lam apat hong kipan laa leh tumging te'n Lamka a deeng masa pen ua, huai in kholak pau nasan ana thunun zou; himahleh tulai in, Burma sang in Mizoram, gam etlah huai zotham ahihna toh, Mizo in naaktak in Lamka a influence ta, chi hi.
Lamka huihkhua a Paupu, The Hero a cheetdaan maimai lou khat ahi. "Hauhde, mu talawm lou ii, tahtah maw lawm, theitalouh," chih te khawng Lamka kholak pau vantang a hongsuak hi. "Mauna Ngen" laa bangchu hit peetmah maw. Sumpi (Sumpandi)' aa te le duur himai. Ama' chiamnuih te tungtawn in, i pau leh thumal hauhsakna tamtak phorhkhiat in a hong om hi. "A'ihbang, am set hang, akei mawhhh, hroih-hroih, lalat," chihte khawng akua-akua in kizang kheukhou mai. Huaichiah Buukpi pau: Apoisekei, a good di, houh kei d'i, ziang in e, leh adg dg.
Tu in, Lamka khopi apan khoveel polam' muh din i soft power baantha i zalhkhe zou saam hiam, chih i kidot ma in, i khopi sung mahmah ah, bangtan ah i soft power huu i zaapbaan a, chih kidong le. I niteng, kaalteng leh khateng tanchinbu te mite' hon simsak di'n i thehzaak zou hia? I thugelh te, i laibu bawlte, i tangthu phuahtawm gelhte midang te' lungluut didan in i gelh siam hia? I gam ah kua te lai a siam pen un kua te'n vai a hawm ua? Kua te kimawl a siam pen uh? Kua te khutsiam-silbawl lam ah a kiva pen ua? Kua te' lemchiin a etnop pen dia? Kua te a meelhoih biik uh? Cable TV te ah kua te laa a paimun pen? Kua te' laa a siam pen uh? Ahihkeh, i music video bawl te mi te'n et taak a sa diing uam? Ipau-iham, i tanchin, i thilchiin, i tangthu, i thugelh, i lagelh, i laibu, i khutsiam-silbawl, isiam-ipilna, imeel-ipuam leh i laa te'n midang te a hiip hia, chih kiveel a poimoh. Huchiin, mite' lungsim i zohtheihna din, tua atung a i geente naktak in khansak seem sawm ni.
Zawl Laa vs. Pathian Laa
February kha in innlam apan mikhat in, "Vungthiankim in zawl laa sa nawnkei heh, chih ZogamThuthang ah honna suahsak in," chi in a hon SMS hi. Lehlam ah, ke'n chu Thiankim in Kapno toh "Nihgeel Itna" laa honsak uh, kipahpih peetmah himai. I khopi a kithang cheelchuul midangte' laa muutmang duak dia hiaibang a iitna laa nalh hong kisa khia, chilam in ka la daihmai a. ZogamOnline.com in Lelte Award a laakzoh a a hiai tungtang a dotna ah, Thiankim in, "Mi khenkhat te'n zawl laa ka sakziak in mohsakna kampau bang ka za a, a lehlam tak ah hon kipahpih le om thou," chi hi.
Zogam.com in September, 2007 a a houlimpihna ah S Pauginmuan in hichiin geen: "Honbawl tu phatna Pathian laa ahihleh a sathei teng in chihtakna toh i sak di mah ahi. Zawllaa ahihleh mihing leh mihing kaal ki-iitna laa lel zaw ahi. Himahleh, iittheihna leh ngaihtheihna mihing kia lou, ganhing tanpha in leng a nei chih i thei. Iittheihna leh ngaihtheihna nei ngei dia Pathian bawl i hihna uah, laa a va sakkhiak bang a siatna a om a?"
"Zawl laa kilawmlou, a uang deuh, a khawkdeuh a omtham a, hilele kilawm taktak le tampi a om. Philia, Agape lam deuhte ahih leh ahoih a, Eros lamte bel innsung ah ngaih/sak dia kilawm lah deuh abang," chiin Chingmuankim Shoute in a interview-na khat ah ana geen ngeita.
Eilak ah zawl laa sak, khelhna bang a ngai hial tamtak i omlai man un a poi mahmah. Ken bel, ka lungleen hun in zawl laa hoih taktak ka ngai nguainguai a, huchiin, ka dah hun in Pathian laa ka ngai zeel. Tulai, huai The Radiants te' sak "Kulhpi Muanhuai" nalh ka sa peetmah. Ka kipah leh phuur hunchiang in chu, a zawl laa leh Pathian laa a khen sese lou in, a beat kindeuh leh a rock lamte ka ngai. Zawl laa hih i literature leh culture suk hauhsakna leh khansakna daan in lathei chiat le a uthuai telmai. Pau upa leh lapau kepbitna hoihtak ahi ngal ua. Tulai bang, i biakna laa te sang a i zawl laa te ah pau upa leh lapau omzaw eive maw.
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2000 kum a S Pauginmuan leh Chingmuankim Shoute in Siallouh Vangngaih II album a, "Nihgel Itna," "Hon Heisan Ke'n," leh laa dang ana sakkhawm nung un, tu in, kum kua vingveng a kiveiliam nung in, a hong kimuhkhawm nawnna diing un a comeback single uh "Lungzen" a honsa uhi. April 17, 2009 a kikhum ahi. A video om nailou. Hiai "Lungzen" ahihleh, Angel Tongsuah Kilawm - Chingmuankim Shoute' hong kiiknawnna laa hinapi in, amah' ngaina tute mangpha ahon khaakna laa a hongsuak maita. Iitna laa a amah ngainatu te.
Laa leh Tumging
Laa leh tumging in thilhihtheihna thuuktak a nei. I kipah, phuur, heh, lungkham leh lungleen hun chiang in a hon kithuahpih thei hi. Ging kilawm, luang hialhial in i lungleen hun in a hon ompih a, i dah hun in a hon kahpih thei. Huaimah bang in, ging kilawm in a hon su thathou a, kipaak in a honlaam sakthei zeel. Atak a i tun theihlouhna gam a hontun pih hi.
Nidang in ka Pu Lal (Thangbiaklal) in a pindan sung ah, guitar tumkawm in Lengtong Pauno leh V Siampu' laa te khawng, leh ama' a te a sa vongvong sek a, agei a va tu in a ka va ngaikhe zeel hi. Zawichik in a guitar a saai a, a mit a si a, nuam a sathei telmai. Ama' sang mah in ken nuam ka na sa zaw abang. Mahleh, a laa te a khumtheih ma in sihna haanmual a hon liamsan ta. Tuni tan in leng guitar ka letkhak chiang in ana saksa laa te ka sa lailai.
Delhi ah, innlam pai hongtung thak te kiang a kidong masa zeel hiai ahi: "Laa thak a om hia?" Eimi laa thak duh a kidangtaak hi penmai. "Om mahmah kei. Mizo laa ngen kithang!" Zanlam a ka lawmte khat' fawn ka etsak leh, saap laa toh Mizo laa ngen a dim a. "Bangziak a eimi laa khatle na koihlouh tel e?" ka chihleh, "Eimi laa koihtaak a om saam a!" honchi hiau zezen. "Eimi laa te a kaih nalhlou theilua."
Eimi laa te nalhlou chih pen ka pom. Himahleh ei' aa sang a midang te' laa, i khopi a a hong kithanzawk sek pen in a hon hih susuih ka chi! Hiaitak ahi "soft power" a hongluutna.
Soft Power
Soft power ahihleh thagum zanglou a, mi zohna ahi. Harvard University professor Joseph Nye in gamkhat' soft power hiaite ah a kinga a chi: a culture, political values leh foreign policy. Hiai thilthum te, midangte' adia etlah huai thei di a i phoukhiat siam chian i soft power khang a hong himai hi. Khoveel ah US' thahaatna kuama'n a chou ngamkei. Gam 130 vaal ah a sepaih te a koih a, khenkhat te adin huathuai mahle uh, American culture hi, khovel mite' etsaang pen ahi. A tawndaan leh hihna uh mite' kiang a a zuakkhiatna di'n MTV leh Hollywood in pan poimoh tak a la. Hiai ah politics hilou in culture leh popular media lam i geen zaw diing. 2007 in Chinese President Hu Jintao in 17th Communist Party Congress ah China in a soft power a haatsak seem poimoh ahihdan a geen hi. Kum tamlou paita in US$6.6 billion hithet bei in, a gam solkal' media nih, CCTV and Xinhuanet a puahpha uhi. Confucius Institutes a pankhia ua, huai tungtawn in Chinese culture, khoveel ah a thehdalh sawm uhi. Huaimah bang in, UK in British Council, Swiss in Pro Helvetia; leh Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal te'n Goethe, Cervantes, Dante Alighieri, Gulbenkian chih te a nei diudeu uhi.
Tulai in Lamka ah, beauty contest-na bang om henla, a telte' kiang ah,"Koi gam ah na zin utpen?" chih dotna kibawl ta leh, Switzerland khawng hinawnta lou in, avek phial un, "South Korea" a chi ngei diing uh. Arasoiyo? Tangval nou, Burmese rappers ngaisang te bang Mandalay, Yangon chihkhawng ah va zin ut maithei eive ua.
India bang in le, akiim a gamte kiang ah a soft power hu naaktak a zaap eingal ve. Adiak in, Bollywood leh a TV soap opera te tungtawn in. Indian diplomat, politician leh laigelhmi Shashi Tharoor in hichiin a geen, Damascus ah a President pa' uh lim tuk a lian, kholai a atun vialvual uh omsun, Amitabh Bacchan' aa ahi. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi bangchu, asuahlai a, Afghanistan nupi te'n ana haichilh hial dan uh ahi. Ngaihtuah mah, AR Rahman in a "Jai Ho" laa tungtawn a bangzah ta a India hihna khoveel' kiang a zuakkhia ahi di?
Eigam ah enta le, Lamka bang, unau Mizo te' soft power in a zou mahmah. Naupang pauthei tuung te nasan in Mizo laa sa hitel hang a. Cable TV te ah Mizo laa ngen phial kikhah, kholai ah le Mizo laa ngen phial kiza himai. I biakna laa te bang le amau' aa apat lehsawn vek phial eive maw.
Kum bangzah hiam paita a "Hmelthra" leh "Ikaina" laa te a hong kithan lai in, Frontier Weekend editor Pauzagin Tonsing in Mizo leh Meitei te, media lam a Lamka khopi a hong kituhdan uh ana gelh ngeita. Blogger Carey Suante in Lusei (Mizoram) leh Tedim (Chin State, Burma) te, koipen in Lamka influence zaw hiam, chih dotna a bawl hi. Tedim lam apat hong kipan laa leh tumging te'n Lamka a deeng masa pen ua, huai in kholak pau nasan ana thunun zou; himahleh tulai in, Burma sang in Mizoram, gam etlah huai zotham ahihna toh, Mizo in naaktak in Lamka a influence ta, chi hi.
Lamka huihkhua a Paupu, The Hero a cheetdaan maimai lou khat ahi. "Hauhde, mu talawm lou ii, tahtah maw lawm, theitalouh," chih te khawng Lamka kholak pau vantang a hongsuak hi. "Mauna Ngen" laa bangchu hit peetmah maw. Sumpi (Sumpandi)' aa te le duur himai. Ama' chiamnuih te tungtawn in, i pau leh thumal hauhsakna tamtak phorhkhiat in a hong om hi. "A'ihbang, am set hang, akei mawhhh, hroih-hroih, lalat," chihte khawng akua-akua in kizang kheukhou mai. Huaichiah Buukpi pau: Apoisekei, a good di, houh kei d'i, ziang in e, leh adg dg.
Tu in, Lamka khopi apan khoveel polam' muh din i soft power baantha i zalhkhe zou saam hiam, chih i kidot ma in, i khopi sung mahmah ah, bangtan ah i soft power huu i zaapbaan a, chih kidong le. I niteng, kaalteng leh khateng tanchinbu te mite' hon simsak di'n i thehzaak zou hia? I thugelh te, i laibu bawlte, i tangthu phuahtawm gelhte midang te' lungluut didan in i gelh siam hia? I gam ah kua te lai a siam pen un kua te'n vai a hawm ua? Kua te kimawl a siam pen uh? Kua te khutsiam-silbawl lam ah a kiva pen ua? Kua te' lemchiin a etnop pen dia? Kua te a meelhoih biik uh? Cable TV te ah kua te laa a paimun pen? Kua te' laa a siam pen uh? Ahihkeh, i music video bawl te mi te'n et taak a sa diing uam? Ipau-iham, i tanchin, i thilchiin, i tangthu, i thugelh, i lagelh, i laibu, i khutsiam-silbawl, isiam-ipilna, imeel-ipuam leh i laa te'n midang te a hiip hia, chih kiveel a poimoh. Huchiin, mite' lungsim i zohtheihna din, tua atung a i geente naktak in khansak seem sawm ni.
Zawl Laa vs. Pathian Laa
February kha in innlam apan mikhat in, "Vungthiankim in zawl laa sa nawnkei heh, chih ZogamThuthang ah honna suahsak in," chi in a hon SMS hi. Lehlam ah, ke'n chu Thiankim in Kapno toh "Nihgeel Itna" laa honsak uh, kipahpih peetmah himai. I khopi a kithang cheelchuul midangte' laa muutmang duak dia hiaibang a iitna laa nalh hong kisa khia, chilam in ka la daihmai a. ZogamOnline.com in Lelte Award a laakzoh a a hiai tungtang a dotna ah, Thiankim in, "Mi khenkhat te'n zawl laa ka sakziak in mohsakna kampau bang ka za a, a lehlam tak ah hon kipahpih le om thou," chi hi.
Zogam.com in September, 2007 a a houlimpihna ah S Pauginmuan in hichiin geen: "Honbawl tu phatna Pathian laa ahihleh a sathei teng in chihtakna toh i sak di mah ahi. Zawllaa ahihleh mihing leh mihing kaal ki-iitna laa lel zaw ahi. Himahleh, iittheihna leh ngaihtheihna mihing kia lou, ganhing tanpha in leng a nei chih i thei. Iittheihna leh ngaihtheihna nei ngei dia Pathian bawl i hihna uah, laa a va sakkhiak bang a siatna a om a?"
"Zawl laa kilawmlou, a uang deuh, a khawkdeuh a omtham a, hilele kilawm taktak le tampi a om. Philia, Agape lam deuhte ahih leh ahoih a, Eros lamte bel innsung ah ngaih/sak dia kilawm lah deuh abang," chiin Chingmuankim Shoute in a interview-na khat ah ana geen ngeita.
Eilak ah zawl laa sak, khelhna bang a ngai hial tamtak i omlai man un a poi mahmah. Ken bel, ka lungleen hun in zawl laa hoih taktak ka ngai nguainguai a, huchiin, ka dah hun in Pathian laa ka ngai zeel. Tulai, huai The Radiants te' sak "Kulhpi Muanhuai" nalh ka sa peetmah. Ka kipah leh phuur hunchiang in chu, a zawl laa leh Pathian laa a khen sese lou in, a beat kindeuh leh a rock lamte ka ngai. Zawl laa hih i literature leh culture suk hauhsakna leh khansakna daan in lathei chiat le a uthuai telmai. Pau upa leh lapau kepbitna hoihtak ahi ngal ua. Tulai bang, i biakna laa te sang a i zawl laa te ah pau upa leh lapau omzaw eive maw.
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