Manipuri girl molested in Munirka

Racist assault raised its ugly head once again. A girl from Churachandpur in her early 20s was molested and beaten May 27 around 7.30 pm. The incident occurred right in the busy Babu Lal Chowk market (commonly known as "Airport") in Munirka, South Delhi.

The girl was passing through the narrow lane when a man suddenly ran into her and deliberately pushed her in the chest, causing her to fall. When she protested, the man yelled at her and kicked her in the face. She began to bleed profusely. The man then went inside a nearby barber shop, seized a chair, and tried to hurl at her. By that time friends started gathering around and the man fled the scene.

The North East Support Centre was contacted and the matter was reported to the police. However, no arrest has been made as of yet. With the help of students leaders from the Northeast, an FIR was filed at the Vasant Vihar Police Station.

Zokhankhual Bawltu Pu Nengzalam Guite toh Houlimna

Haumuanlun Samte | May 20, 2010

April 28, 2010 nitaklam, vuahzu-daikai nuai ah, Tedim Road, lamkhang a inn chhawng khatna kong ah ka va ding a. Kong ka kiuh leh, nupi khat in honna hon a. "Pa Lam te’ inn hia?” ka chihleh, “Himah ei,” chiin a hon dawng hi. Tutphahsau tung ah papi talkolh sim, ngou, leh siangthou takmai khat ana tu a. “Kei ka hi, bang chisim e?” a hon chi a.`Ka hohna ziak leh amah ka muh utna ziak ka gen leh, a hong haamhaih sim vuaivuai a. Huchiin, Zomi te comic minthang mahmah, Zokhankhual bawlkhetu pa, Pu Nengzalam Guite  toh ka hong kichibai ta uhi.

Amah ahihleh maitai, nuihmai leh houlim siam mahmah mi ana hi hi. Tulel in azi leh tate toh Tedim Road, Lamka Tung ah teeng ua, ama’n Rengkai Govt High School ah teacher nna a seem hi. A neu apan drawing lunglutmi ahi a, drawing kia lou, volleyball leh kungfu bang le ana hihthei dan ahi. Karate bang, azil le ana zil lai zomah dan ahi. 

Zomi te’n  Zokhankhual  i neihkhaak uh a hamphat huaidan i theihsa ahi. I gam adia gou manpha ahihdan i theihsa ahi. Ipau-ihaam keembit a, khangsak a, tawisang a, namdang te’ lak a zuakkhe naak mahmah, i soft power khangsak tu hoihtak ahi, chih le i thei vele maw. Nidang a, a hongsuah tuung chiang a, a peek sau zitzet toh, a laipuan gim leh a cyclostyle gim hong kigawm khawm, nam vingveng zezen te le theilai hang. A sim masa di kituh a, unau-nau bang, a bu i laihkeek khaak zezen lai khawng mangngilh kei hang. I simlai a kipahna honpia a, huai kawmkawm a hon kingaihtuah sak dedu a, i simzoh chiang a abaan adi ngaaklah tak a honkoih gige,  Zokhankhual  paakta lou kua i omdia?

A “Zokhankhual” pen tak in hiaizah dong in pahtakna, theihna leh minthanna ana ngah mahleh, a bawlkhetu pa’n - aphu bangbang leh atan diingzah - theihpihna leh pahtaakna ana ngah kha ngeikei.

Tu in,  Zokhankhual  bawlkhetu,  Pu Nengzalam Guite  a.h.k. NZL Guite  in hunlui a a thilhihkhiat te theihtel thakna leh a hon hihtouhzeel diing te lametna a  April 28, 2010 a houlimpihna kinei, hiai ah simtute’ a din i luikhia hi. 

Zokhankhual hong kipat khiatdan theih uthuai e khai.
Nidang, 1983 lakvel khawng hi in ka thei, Zogam-Zomi hai a kihai. Gam-leh-nam kivei petmah. Tangval hon, nitak pawtna mun te khawng a politics thu houlim-lim thei te ka na hi ua. Ka lawm T Thanga Tonsing leh tu a phamta, Lalneihthang Hatlang toh ka na kithuah deuh ua. Huailai a, Cinema Hall khawng ah “No Smoking” leh ads tuamtuam kilak sek hiven, huaidan a kou le, Zogam ngaihnatna thu khawng va kaap khe sak zel. Huchidan khawng in ka na kipei ua, atawp in, “comic i bawl mai di uh,” chi in ka hong kigen phur ua. Ka thum un “Zokhankhual” ka hon pankhia uhi. 

Hichibang i pau a comic bawlkhiatna din bang ‘huauna’ nana ngah a? Bangziak a na hon bawlkhiat ahi dia? 
Khovel a nam changkang peuhmah in comic a neivek ua. Huaichiah, khovel a namsang te kha economic tak in va banpha kei lele eimah level a i batphak theihna dan om. Amau te i batphaak theihna uh omsun hiai comic khawng ahi a, i literature khanna’ng leh mite suklimna dia hong ki bawlkhe deuh ahi.

Ipau, ilai, ihaam naupang te i zilsak theihna omsun, lehkhabu sah taktak khawng sang a, comic khawng ahi zaw. Comic kha innkuan a miteng in deihkei lele a neupen bek in deih teitei ahi. Huaiziak in comic in gam sau a keek mahmah.

Huaiban ah, i minam suk changkanna leh tohhalhna dia, thutak hisi, chiamnuih dan pian a i hihleh kuamah le heh khollou in hoih mahmah ahi. Mi hiam, i gam paizia hiam a diklouhna bang a omleh, kuamah suheh hetlou a chiamnuih danpian a va sukdik theih ahi. I society a kisiamphatna a hongtun theihna di bang Zokhankhual’ tup gige ahi.

Na bawl tuung lai in a haksa thou hia, bang a chi?
Hi, haksa mah ei. Manual work petmah himawk inchin. Pencil in laipuan tung ah ka draft a, stencil ah ka gelh zel a. Huchia typewriter a athu te sun, a lim leh a thu gen di uh ngaihtuah kawm zeel, chihdan khawng a kihih ahi. Cyclostyle a hek khiat di, lai sah a sah theimai, Nehru Marg a “Lamka Bazar” ah va poluut in, huai te va heekkhia. Huaite mah po pawt nawn luutluut, inn a kilh khawm zel aki hi a. Hun leh tha tamtak ka na seng. 

Pu Zokhankhual’ meel chiitchiat kha, na gelhkhiat hia?
Hi, ka gelhkhiat ahi. A tuung in a meel di awm ka bawlbawl mai a, ka ngaih tuahtuah mai a, a tawptawp in, tu a Zokhankhual mel chu ka hon gelh khe thei khong ahi. 

A lem tengteng nang na gelhvek eivoi maw? A thu te le?
A lem teng ka gelh vek ahi, a thu te le ka bawl ahi. Den a ka gen lawmte nih, Thanga Tonsing leh Lalneihthang in a tangthu pai didan khawng hon ngaihtuah pih ua, hon kithuahpih nak mahmah uh. Lalneihthang bang circulation manager dan in a pang a, Zodawn lam khawng ah ahawm a zinkual naak mahmah ahi. Huaiziak a amah a muh chiang bang ua, “Zokhankhual!” chi hial dan uh ahi. Tuni tan a ka bawlteng in amah ka phawk lailai.

Bangziak a Zokhankhual’ tal pawng ahia, chi chiitchiat le?
Huaichu, Zomi te pil mahmah, khuak hau ahi chihna ahi mai a maw. A khuak kha lian eichu, ama’ aa kha, midang a toh kibanglou in, a sung a lianpi om. Huai hong bawkkhia chidan ahi. Hilele, a lauhhuai lampang a, tumour hiam hi thahah lou eive. 

ZKK na bawlchiang a athu paidan, na paisak dan khawng hon gen ve.
ZKK kha a thu paidan le om tuanlou inchin, a khovel bouruak honpuak dandan a, kibawl mai. Tulai khovel thuleng tuamtuam te pansan a kibawl ahi. A thu te khenkhat adia hou a hou thei di, khenkhat adia lah hoih zel. A takluat chiang a lah khenkhat adia ana ninhuai thei. Huaikal buuksiam a haksa dekdek sek a. 

Etsakna dia, World Cup omlai bang in ZKK te Zogam Team in a vakuan ua, Zomi hihna khovel a va lakkhia ua, huai tungtawn in i siamna leh i haatna uh mite’n a hon mukhia ua. Huailou in, kicheina dong bang neizou khollou a ki-om nipnep, khawlhun khawng a refreshment dia satui khawng hawpmai chih te bang a ensak a. I nuakhat dan khawng, chewing gum kihawm chiang a i tankhak louh chiang a ana nuak pahpah chih khawng, joke piansim a lang sak, chih khawng ahi ZKK a a thu paidan.  

Zokhankhual, Gekpu, Thuammuih, Fullmoon Kim, Bemjudy chih te’ min le na phuahvek ahi di maw. A hihna uh hon geenzek ve.
A min teng uh ka phuahvek ahi. Zokhankhual, Thuammuih, Geekpu, Fullmoon Kim, Bemjudy chihte a character minthang deuh ahi uh. Zokhankhual kha a pi deuh ahi a. Adang te zaw, a lawm te, ahun zir a hong dawk tei ahi ua. Thuammuih kha sepaih pension hileh kilawm in, sepaih sung a pilhuai taktak a a omdan uh khawng, haihuai taktak khawng, leh i nam adia a kipiakzoh dan uh khawng, leh midang tuamtuam le huaibang in. Huai te kha i khovel theih dandan a ki mix ahi a maw, chiamnuih dan piansim a mi entertain na dan i chimai di. Hiai mun ah, hiai pa pau heh chihdan deuh a phuut khaak dandan a ka bulhtouh mai ahi.  

A kipat tuunglai in copy bangzah khawng nana bawl?
Copy 300-400 khawng bawlkhia.  

Sum lampang, a meet thou deh aw.  
Meetthou eive. Aziakchuh Pathian hehpihna’n mi’n hon paakta chiat a maw. A khotlouh lai le a kinei kholkei vanglak ve, a tangpi in ah. Hilele bat khawng ahideuh a, a buaihuai hun le tam.

  
Nidang a thu kithang khat, Zokhankhual comic ah Sudden Muanga ki sisak kha. Chihleh Sudden Muanga bawltu pa toh na kaal ua kitheihsiamlouhna hong piang. Huaikha, Zokhankhual issue nawn a, vok-eek namsak a hingsak thaknawn, chihdan deuh pen, a tak mah hia?  
Hiai zaw ka thei khakei. A om taak a lehle mi’n ana bawltawm/phuahtawm uh ahi di. 

A suah hunbi kha bang ahi?
A khenchiang a kaal teng, a khenchiang a khateng a suakzel. “A suahteng a suak,” chih di hinteh.

  
Tulai in na hon suaksak nawn ngeikei a.  
Tulai khawlphot. Tawp chihna chu omlou.  

A suah nunung pen bangchik lai khawng ahi dia?  
2004-2005, a return a hong suahlai ahi. Offset in le ka na print man aka.  

ZKK a kisutzop touhzeel louhna ziak tak bang ahi dia? Sum a buaina hia, ahihkei leh a saite’n hun neihlouh ziak hia, ahihkei leh bang haksatna na tuak ua?  
A sum le a hithou a, huaiban in, a kibuai ziak le a hithou. A kikop khawm vekmai, huaizaw, hiaiziak tak ahi, chia le gentheih ahi tuankei a. A sum mah le a ngai a, huaiban ah agent gin-om leh hoihtak a ngai a. A himhim in, Zokhankhual kha, phuahtawm ngen, phuahtawm ngen petmah hi inchin, haksa ahi. Hun ban ah tha le lut petmah. Nidang in a hihleh i tangval awl lai ahi a, hun kihau. Tuhun in ahihleh buaina di tuamtuam a hong tamta a, deihbang a i hun kipe zou nawnlou ahi. Ka hun ka kidaih sak thei mahmah kei a hiveh aw.  

ZKK kha 1980s-1990s a hong laar petmah, hong khawl, 2004-2005 sung a hong hingthak. Tua khawl nawn. Ahihleh mabaan ah bangchih di?  
Zokhankhual kha bei theilou, tawp ngeilou di ahi. Tawp thei vual le hilou. Lunglutna bei tuanlou ahihna ah, avangkim a hong kihihzel mai didan ahi. Mi tampi’n panthawk nawn dia hon ngen naak lua uh. Ei adia kisuanlah huai lehlam zezen.
  
Koi gam teng ah ZKK a kithehdalh a? Eilak genlouh in, mi’n a hon simpih thou uhia?  
Gamteng a chu kihawm zak thou eichu. Ken ka hihdan kha, agent ten kei kiang a alom a honla un. Huaiten kha athelhdalh zoh tantan ua ana thehdalh mai uh. A thehdalh tan uh chu ka va theihpih sau kei. Mizoram leh Burma lam khawng ah le tungzek hileh kilawm.Tuibuang lam ah bang le simtu a tam mahmah ua. A tangpi in ei district ahi deuh.  

RNI registration na bawl hia?  
RNI ah register lou.  

ZKK na bawlziak a award ahihkei leh kipahpihna/theihphaakna chihdan deuh muh khaak khawng na neita am?  
Eh, huchidan chu om ngei hetlou eive. 

Om nailou?  
Hi, om ngeilou. Omlou.

Ahihleh, nang tangthu, ahihkei leh ZKK review, feature article hongelh, ahihkeileh interview honbawl chih khawng om kha ngei nailou himhim hia? 
Om ngeilou. Tua hiai n’on interview amasa pen ahi. 

Hmm, eimi te, hichia kipahtawi leh kihanthawn chihkhawng chiing tam khollou hang a.  
Huai eivoi. Mi’ kiang ah en “hon pahtawi in” va chihna dan lah omlou ahihchia. Eilak chu, khovel kitaidemna leh bangbang hiam khawng chuh guitar tum siam bang omthei, laisiam bang omthei, kimawl siam pen bang omthei, a tuamtuam om eichu maw. Huaite kha ki hanthawn tuah, ki theipihtuah le chu tha hon pe di eimah ve.  

Zokhankhual kha, i khangthu a “thiltung thupitak” a chiamteh phaak hinchin. A theilou omlou. I nam' hero khat uh himawk. Namdang te’n le a min a zaak chiang hiam, a muh chiang hiam ua i minam toh a hon bulhkhawm hial uh ahi a. Hiaibang a thupi geen “character” na hon bawlkhiat mai hi, k’on ngaisang lua ua, k’on pahtawi uh ahi topmai. Ahihleh, 1983 apat tuni tan a, ZKK a lohchin dan te na etkiik chiang in, nang ah lungkimna ahon pe mah di maw.   
Na hon kipahpih ua, kipahhuai ka sa. I gam leh i mi te adia “banghiam” thilhih khiat leh sepkhiat nei hi in ka kingai a, nuam ka sa a, kipahhuai le ka sa mahmah. Hiai “Zokhankhual” ka bawl in mite’ lak a nna a sepdan thil lamdang pi ahi a. Kipahna leh lungkimna khat chu om eive. Mi’n hon kipahpih ua, ka kipaak. 

Ahihleh khovel mun tuamtuam a kithehdalh, eimite, a omtuung apan ZKK ngaina tak a ana sim gige a, a hongsuah nawnkaal haibang ngaklah a ana om khiinkhian, simtu te’ kiang ah bang thu na khaak ut a?  
Hiai kha, ngainatu leh deihsaktu te’ ziak mahmah a, hun lemtang masa pen ah, abaan chihdan deuh khawng sutzop chu kisawm gige mah ahi a. Hiai hih mihing kisuk lungnopna leh i gam adia khah mite’ theihphaak a changkanna khat a a kingaih ziak a tawpmai chu kisawmlou in, a vangkim a suahtouh zel kisawm ahi, chih khawng eive. Huaiziak in, lam-entak leh kipaktak in ana ngaak hamham le uh maw. 

PROFILE
Nengzalam Guite 
Zi’ min: Chingzalian 
Pianni: 7/6/1960 
Tenna: Tedim Road, Lamka 
Ta: Numei 2, Pasal 1 
Siamna: BA 
Sepna: Rengkai Govt High School a teacher 

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"Heisa Paallun" Ginlian Hangzo toh houlimna

“Cycle slowly tai ka nuam…” chi in sa mahleh huaini – April 28, 2010 – in “Activa” vom in azi toh Tedim Road ah a hongtai zarzar ua. Huai laitak, kou Apollo Veng luutna bul a dawr kong ah Super Idol Thangginsang toh ka na chiak zuazua laitak uh ahi a. Sang in asap lualua leh a hongkhawl ua. Huchiin, Ginlian Hangzo toh ka hong ki-chibai ta uhi. Gari tung a ana tutdet ziak in azi toh chu ka ki-chibai kha takei uh.

Ginlian in April 23 zaan a a album “Heisa Paallun” a hon khiat toh kisai leh MDC election vai ka houlim zek ua, himahleh a mun a lemlouh ziak in nitaklam a Sauliim Restaurant ngat a sutzop diing vai k’on gel uhi.

Ginlian Hangzo’ debut single, “Cycle Slowly” in Lamka khopi a zelhsuak zohdan lamdang ahi. Lamka khopi sung a cable TV te ah, kha nih vel paita apan hiai laa a kikhah khia a, HIT petmah chih di himai. Tuni tan in laa kiteel mun pen ahilai hi. Gangte laa, Paite pau a hong kisa khia ahi a, Lamka khopi a veng chih ah a kithang zeelzuul mai hi. Naupang te bang in paakta diak uh hilai.

Mipi te’n Ginlian laa siamna a hon theihsuah seemna uh ahihleh December 30, 2009 “A Night to Remember” concert nitaak in ahi. Phamta Thangboi Mangte leh Muana Ngaihte te’ laa te siamtak in a hon awi liahliah a, tua i gen i lasiam nih te om nawnkei mahle uh, amau te suulnung hon zuitou diing, khangthak te lak ah mi ki om ahi, chih lungmuanna leh theihchetna mipi te’ lak ah hontun hi. Zogam.com columnist VL Mangzou in siamsa lua zaw hi’nteh, “Ginlian Hangzo, na kibusawt peih ngei e!” a chi hmiah mai aka.

Huaiziak akei dia, “Heisa Paallun” album honkhiat nitaak a, New Lamka YPA Hall dimleet zuazua zeen a mipi a kipaikhawm. Ginlian in hiai video album CD copy 500 bawl a, huaizan toh a ziing chiang sung in 500 khawngbei ziah ngal hi. 300 print thak nawn ua, huaiteng le bei nawn ngal.

Nungak tampi te a din, vangsiat huaitak in, i chidiam, Ginlian in koppih ana neita.December, 2009 apan a iit Kimcy (Hauliankim d/o Dr VC Pau) toh tuibang ana kigawm ta uhi. Kum nih vaal ana kingai man dan uh ahi. Amah ahihleh, politics lunglut, gam leh nam vei mahmah mi ahi a, tulel in Siamsinpawlpi (SSPP) GHQ ah Finance Secretary hihna leenlel hi.

Chiamsa bang ngei in, nitaklam 2:50 pm in Sauliim Restaurant ah ka hong kimunawn ta uhi. A ngaktu nu’n Ginlian a muh phet a, “Cycle” chia ana sam! Chowmein, fried rice, lassi chih te khawng dawn in, SSPP a heutu leh MDC candidate khenkhat bang le a hongtel ua, akhang a generator ging vengvung kawm ah, ka hong houlim panta uhi.

Na album “Heisa Paallun” kha, bangchi na sa ale? Mipi te’n a deihthou uhia?
Ash, mi’n ana deih thei vanglak unchin, kipah huai petmah himai. Album hon nitak a bang, gintak sang a mipi hong paikhawm tam petmah. Lungtun huailua. Huaizan a album te zuak nailouh di ka chihleh, a mipi lam mahmah apan ngetna hongluut tam lotel inchin, huaizaan apat zuak khe ngal mai.

Bangchik apat hiai album a laa te ana khum pan e?
Audio kha nikum March apat khumpan.

Koi-koi ah na khum a?
Thangzangam, Pauginmuan leh Muanlal kiang ah ka khum. Deihtui ziak a studio tuamtuam zang ka hi.

Hiai teng thum hon tehkaak zual dih le.
Thangzangam chu voice mixing a siam mahmah ka sa. Chiang pen hi’n ka thei. Pauginmuan leh Muanlal ahihleh a tulai ua, khangthak te’ deihdan toh kituah thei di’n a bawl siam mahmah uh ka sa.

A video bawlna di’n bangchibang lel in pan na la a?
Mi a toh kibanglou deuh di, chi in ka bawl a, gim le ka gimpih mahmah. Kei ngaihdan a chu, milei dia deih a, i khot ut leh, quality nei deuh a bawl di, chih ahi. Sum bang le seeng ngam ngai maw. Star casts di bang a Lamka kiim a nam tuamtuam, kim sipsip a zangsuak vek. Zou, Hmar, Vaiphei, Mizo… Huaiziak a, ka sumsenna le sang mahmah.

Avek in sum bangzah khawng na seengpha dia?
Lakh 1 veel khawng eive.

Aw, nashe mahmah eive maw. Laa 1 ah bangzah khawng na hisaap thei dia?
Laa khat ah Ch 4000-5000 kikal khawng ahi di. Model te, director, editor, cameraman leh a gimteng sum toh momento pevek kei ve.

“Heisa paallun” hong piankhiat dan hon gen mah do.
A album min, “Heisa Paallun” laa kha ka phuah ahi. I Zomi numei te adia ka phuah ahi. Zogam etlawmsak ‘sahei’ paak bang a etlawm, i nungak te’n midang-namdang te pasal a neilou a, eimi mahmah a hon neih uh deihsakna dan ahi.

Na lasak te kha, nang original hilou a, mi’ saksa ngen ahisim vek mai a.
Ei kha a minthangsa kihilou inchin, mi’ hon theihbaih di i deihziak a mi’ saksa ngen ka hon sak ahi. Ban ah, eilak a zawl laa thak, a phuak di mahmah ki vanglua. Adiak a, Thangboi Mangte bang, khovel a lasiam laklak a ka ngaihsang pen hi’nchin, amah ka ngaihsang luat ziak mah a alaa te ka hon sakthak ahi. Muana Ngaihte ahihleh ngaih a ngaihnat thoh top. Abang-abang hileh, tutung chu mi’ saksa ngen kisa phot henla, a nawnchiang in, athak ngen kisa leh, ka chihdan ahi.

Benny Khongsai in a laa nana sakziak a na album release dek geigei laitak a hon gaam chih thu ka na zakha a.
Hi, ka album release hundek geigei a ZAA (Zogam Artist Association) President Pu V Siampu in hon phone inchin, “Tung Sunni” laa ka na sakziak a, ngai siamlou a Benny Khongsai in Kuki Artist Progressive Union (KAPU) min a amai ua va ding dia hon sam ahihdan hon hilh phut. Eilah album release na’ng hun tungdek geigei ta, buai a buai. “K’on release phot dia, huai zoh chiang in kihou le eivele,” ka chih leh utlou bilbel uh. Vau thoh lam a hongpau ta uh. Huchia kei le KAPU te mai a va ding. Benny in a laa, phalna lalou a ka sak ziak a Rs 10,000 a hon gaam. Ken le ngaihdam ngetna dan a singpi awm. KAPU in Rs 5,000 a hon kiam. A President pa’n, “Laa copyright tungtang a kigapna masa pen ahihtoh kei thuneihna in Rs 1,000 k’on leh di,” hon chi inchin, Rs 4,000 tungsuk. A Benny mah in le a khonung a, “Hiai sum pen kei kia in ka tan di hilou eikha aw, KAPU teng ka kihawm di uh ahi,” chih khawng hon gen veh aw.

Hiai laa, ken lah, phamta Ginzalal Hangzo’ phuah ka na sa a.
Ke’n le ka thei siam kei. Hiai laa kha Gangte laa hinchin, 1985 ma pek apat ana kithangta. KAPU te’n, “Ginzalal Hangzo apat copyright ka na laakkhiat taak uh ahi,” chi unchin.

Buaihuai na vengvung e maw. A Ginzalal lah dot theihdia ana dam nawnlou. I gam ah hichidan copyright toh kisai dan zuih kichuuptak le a om khol himhim a hia? Gensau le, video editing i bawlna software leh i Windows zat teng uh le pirated ngen hilou amawh?
Himah e maw. Ahimhim a, ngaihdam i nget nung a le kigap lailai chu khasiat huai sim ka sa. Ken le chu ka na hihkhial ahi maithei. Huaichiah, amau, a pawl uh KAPU min a hon bei unchin, eilah mimal a kitang pan. En le artist association neisaam hang a, huai in hon panpih leh chih huai mahmah. Amau communal thil khawng a ladek mawk ua, nuam chiahlou.

Ahihleh, i lasiam te lak ah kuakua na ngaisang ale, chinawn daih le?
Thangboi Mangte, S Chingnu, Lianlunching chih te ahi.

Tulai i music dinmun na muhdan…
Tulai sang in, tuma hun, nidang deuh a Thangboi Mangte leh S Chingnu hunlai a te music leh studio uh hoihzaw a thei ka hi. Nidang a te voice recording quality chiangzaw eivoi. Huaichiah, tulai sang a music paidan uh ngaihnat huai zaw sa ka hi. Tulai a te kha, computerized lozen inchin, deihthusam salou ka hi. Ei’ aw original mang eichu.

I music dinmun dopsangna di’n bangchi panlaak hoih na sa?
ZAA in tusang mah a pan a laak a, music toh kisai a kikhenna (change) hon puakkhiat ka lametna ahi. Lasa te’n, koihiam function leh event khawng a ava sakna ua sum a muhdi zah uh bikhiah dan bang omthei henla, a dignity uh hoihtak a a kepbit theihna di ua dan khawng bawl hithei leh.

Huailou in, vocal training centre kichiantak honkhiat hithei leh ka deih mahmah. A fund le om eichu, DC ah. Mi nautang in iva theisau kholkei a.

Zawl laa sak leh Pathian laa sak tungtang a ngaihdan kikalh om gige abang a. Nang bang a na ngaihdan?
Atangpi in, nidang a zawl laa sa te’n siatna toh ana polhkhawm nasa lua ua, huaiziak a, a zawl laa himhim i muhdan hoihlou ahi. Zawl laa kha khelhna hi zenzen lou inchin. E’n chihtakna toh lungsim siangtak neikawm a i sak naakleh zawl laa sak kichi in khelhna ah honpi luut tuanlou ahi.

Ahihleh nang chu zawl laa mah sa tou zeel di chi aw?
Ka lunglutna mah ahihchia, sa tou zeel di ka hi.

A good mahmah e.
Kipah huai lotel.

P R O F I L E
Mintak: Pauginlian
Tenna: Sahei Road, New Lamka
Pianna: Mata
Pianni: November 10, 1982
Pa/Nu: Jamkhenpau / Chiinkhanngaih
Zi: Hauliankim (Kimcy)
Siamna: Graduate (Morning Star College, Shillong)
Lunglut zawng: Music, politics

D I S C O G R A P H Y
Heisa Paallun
2010
Produced by Ginlian Hangzo
Audio recordings: Gideon, Max Wave, Mwanlal Home
Video: Skylight, Red Cross Road, Lamka

1. Cycle Slowly
2. Heina khatlou
3. Tungsunni
4. Heisa paallun
5. Nanglou ngal
6. Giakmoh vabang
7. Liamsa nunlui
8. Kinepna thawn
9. Sanchim louh ngaih
10. Deih anglai
11. Zankhosawt
12. Pallai nite

Aw nang Siktui, na lalgam hongtung heen

Khovel a vuahtui tamna pen ana kichi sek, Cherrapunji apan km 291 lel a nai himahleh, hun kipat tung apan Singngat vangkhua in tui haksatna ana thuaktou ngiitngeet hi.

Tuuk lai a adan om deuh. Huchilou, kum khotawn a tui haksatna mun ahi tel hi. Huaiziak tak ahi, khualzinmi te’n hiaikhua a zintun a lit ngoih-ngoih sek uh. Huaiziak tak ahi, hiaikhua loihsan a a-om. Kho nuam leh etlawm takmai himahleh.

Ziingkal dak 3.30 vel di khawng apan tangval te’n baaltiin a kuah khia ua, numei te’n beel tawi in khosung a tuikainaSaptawnnu' Lui mun te leh khogei a luita neu chikchik te a zuan uhi. Khua a hongvaak a, inn nupi te leh skul naupang te a hong kipan ta ua. Huchiin, khosung awng hial in luikhuuk te ah, tui taak telhtelh ngaak in, aneu-alian a tu khepkhup mai uhi. Hiai luita te ahihleh ataangpi in kilometer kimkhat apan kilometer khat-leh-a-kim tan khawng a gamla ngen ahi uh. Sawtkhop a ngak nung ua, a tanzoh haamhaam uh tui te a honpua ua, kho-ul kai puappuap in lamtou ngen ah a hongkal traihtraih uhi. Agim ua, genthei a kisa uh. Himahleh, phunlou-paulou in a thuak ngiitngeet ua. Zaan dak 9-10 tan bang a tawizeel uhi.

Hiai Singngat tui haksatna hi, kum nga hal a MLA elekson a om dek chiang teng in ngaikhawk taktak dan a gen in ana om gige hi. Himahleh, tutan sukven ahi naikei lailai.

Khovel mun tuamtuam ah March 22, 2010 in World Water Day zat in ana om hi. Tukum a thupi, “Clean Water for a Healthy World,” chih ahi. I tenna leitung hi tui in dim mahleh, 97 percent te a al ahi. 2 percent te lah vuuk khal a om ahihchiang ua, mihing te’ neek di’n percent 1 chouh a om chihna ahi. 2025 chiang in, milip 1.8 billion te’n tui haksatna a tuak diing uh, chih UN in a suikhiat dan ahi.

India solkal in rural water supply programme a din kum nga paisa sung in Rs.100 billion veel seng mahleh a gah muhsuah diing thupi lua a om kei hial. Hiai scheme in khota 30 percent lel a huap a, sawtlou nung in pipeline and hand pump te a kisia a, tui niin ngen a dim hi. Huai in natna tampi piangsak zomah.

Central Ground Water Authority in kumteng a leinuai a tui piang khezah sang in i neek khiat uh tamzaw gige chi hi. India in leinuai ah tui 43 million cubic metres (mcm) nei a, huailak ah, 7 mcm kha mipi te dawndia koih ahi a, adang 36 mcm te loulam tuipiakna dia koihkhol ahi, chi. Avek a leinuai tui i poimoh zah ahihleh 64 mcm ahi. Kumteng in tui level kiam hiaihiai, chi zomah uh. 2008 in Manipur in vuah tui 739.50 mm ngah a, 2009 in 475 mm lel ngah hi.

Pan kilasa te
Hun paisa ah Singngat tui bawlna di’n pan bangzah hiam ana kila saam ta. 1980 vel in Pu T Gougin, MLA in Paldai lui ah tui a hon chingsak a, himahleh earthen dam ahih ziak in kum nih sung in a kichim sia a, bawlnawn ahikei. 1990 vel in UN agency panpihna in leinuai ah tui pamsuah ahi. Huai in tui kiningching simtak in kum bangzah hiam ahon pethei hi. Himahleh, 1997 gaalbuai a inn a kihaal in, a van poimoh teng a mangkhawm vekta. 2000 nung in lui hoihtak khaallai a leng kanglou Singngat apat km 5 vel ding apat tui lawng khungsuak in khosung ah bangtan hiam tui kaizou a, ahihziakin vuah zuklouh hun in a zat theih tuankei.

Military Civic Action Programme (2005-2009) nuai ah Singngat khua hi, “model village” dan a bawlkhiat sawm in ana om hi. Huai din Rs. 2,78,50,000 – human resource development, educational enhancement, women empowerment leh infrastructure development a din – piakkhiat in a om. Hiai te lak ah, Singngat khua tui piakna di’n Rs 16 lakhs seh in a om hi. Hiai Rs 16 lakhs hithet zang in Paldai naak apan tui a kizawl a, khosung ah a kikaisak hi. Himahleh, a poimoh hun laitak, vuah zuklouh hun in a zat theih tuankei.

Mipi te’ haksat dan
Tomchik sung adia pan i na laaksa te phattuam taktak omlou ahihziak in, hiai Singngat tui buaina, kum sawttak hisaap adia sukven poimoh ta hi. “Project thupi tak nuai ah Tuivai leh Tuitha khawng apan tuilaak louh a lampi dang a om nawnkei,” chiin khomi Tualhau in geen hi.

“Luipi, Saptawnnu lui, Mawngluikawi, Sihpheng, Leisan lui, Hai lui, Kul lui te tangpi adia kingakna taak nawnlou,” Lalkhanmang in chi. Tu in khosung a hand-pump teng a segai ta zomah. Sangi in, “Kumdang a chu haksa leh le kilei ngeilou pi. Tukum haksa uang lua ahihchia, nei leh neihlouh omlou a lei ngai eivoi,” chi hi.

Gari nei te’n Tuivai leh Tuivel khawng ah va pua ua, khosung ah zuak uhi. 500 litres dan a hisap sintex te Rs 200/250 khawng hi tangpi. Puak toh te tiin khat a Rs 8/10.

“Kar khat a khat vei khawng kisil ngai aka!” Thanlian in chi. “Kisil mun i utleh gamlak a lui va naih vengveng di himai,” chiin Goubiak in gen. “Huaile, i kiiklam chiang a i kho-ul teng a kiniin nawn thouthou.”

Khokiim apan skul kaidia, nu-le-pa omlou a amau kia a hong khosa, naupang te a genthei diak uhi. Tui kholching na diing hoih a neikei ua, ann huan hun toh tui tawi hun toh laisim hun a kituah ziak in buaithei mahmah uhi. Pawl sawm simlel, Hohoih in, “Zingkal toh nitaklam a Kullui ah tui va kitawi gige inchin, lai le ki sim man ngeilou,” chiin geen hi.

Luita a tui tawi i chih, a luang ziahziah dip ahi laizang kei a, a taak telhtelh ngaak ahi hi. Nu Thangngaih bang in Sihpheng lui ah, tui a ngak kawm a, zanah zial inchin, seer lang – seer khat chih khawng azial khit chiang a le tui tang nailou lai, chidan eihchu. Chunga in, “Lui a tuikang ngak, thallup zenzen zeen a i hon ngaihtuah taktak leh tangval tung apat ngaihzawng te tan (kum 20 bang paita) a te i tuntan a le beelkhat le ana dimzou nailou lai eivoi,” chi zeih.

Inn nupi, ta thum nei, Kikim in, “Tui tawina a nitha kiseng hiilheel. Vial nih i tun leh i ni khat nnasep di teng ki taan,” chiin phun namnam. Minthang in lah, “Tanky lian deuhmai om henla, huai ah khol veemvuum maile zaw,” chi vungvung mai.

DoNER Project
2009 kumbul apan SSPPNet ah, hiai Singngat tuihak thu nasatak a kikupkhawmna ana kipan hi. State Govt. in Detailed Project Report (DPR) a bawlkhit peuhpeuh chiang a sanction theih din DoNER in NLCPR Scheme nuai ah “Augmentation of Water Supply” chih project Singngat (Rs.2.79 cr) leh Thanlon (Rs.2.24 cr) 2008-09 adia koih khin ahihdan Kamkhenthang Guite, IES, Director, M/o DoNER in SSPPNet ah nikum in ana taaklang ta hi.Lui a tui dim keuhkeuh

Aman hiai project a hong pichin khiat daan hichiin geen: “DoNER in 2008-09 in hiai project finance didan in ana retain a, state govt kiang ah hiai project DPR submit diing in ngen hi. State govt in a submit khit in, line department (drinking water) te kiang ah DoNER in a comment uh ngiat nawn. Huchiin, department te’n a project hoih ahi chih dawnna honpia uh.”

Kamkhenthang in, “State govt in concept note hon gelh inchin, huai a indicative cost dungzui a DoNER in hiai project 2009-10 a di’n a la ta,” chi hi.

Ministry of DoNER website apan kimu dan in, 2009-2010 sung adia Manipur a “Augmentation of Water Supply” project guan-galh a omna munteng hiaibang ahi: Saikot (Rs 2.97 cr), Komlathabi, Chandel (3.79), Thanlon (2.13) Liyai Khullen, Senapati (3.43), Motbung, Senapati (2.56), Singngat (2.05), Shangshak, Ukhrul (6.91),Langthabal Phuramkhong, Imphal West (7.64), Sangaikot (1.25), Changpikot (1.05).

Thanlon project pen July 16, 2009 in ki sanction a, approved cost Rs 213.26 lakhs (2.13 cr) lak ah Rs 67.18 lkhs kipekhe ta, kichi. Singngat a pen July 20, 2009 in ki sanction a, Rs Rs 204.64 lkhs (2.05 cr) lak ah Rs 64.45 lkhs kipekhe ta.

Kamkhenthang in, “Thanlon a diing first installment Rs Rs 67.18 lkhs, July 21, 2009 a khahkhiat hita a, Singngat a diing Rs. Rs 64.45 lkhs, July 22, 2009 a piakkhiat ahita,” chi hi.

DoNER in nikum masa a rough cost a hisaap toh Manipur govt in project report a piak nung a sanction cost dia bikhiah a om zah kibang nawnlou hi. Ama a Singngat a dia Rs 2.79 cr kichi pen tu in Rs 2.05 cr in ke niam vok a, Thanlon a diing Rs 2.24 cr pen Rs 2.13 cr in pungtou thethup hi. Ah, hiai pen zaw thutuam in koihta le.

Ministry of DoNER a seem mah, H Chinzason, SO in, “Hiai Manipur a tui project te kha kum masa vel apat ana kipan ta ahi a, Chandel, Senapati, Churachandpur te a di alom a hong paikhawm ahi,” chi hi. “Kum khat leh akim khawng luut ahi a, kin mahmah chih di ahi.”

Kamkhenthang in, “Hiai augmentation project ahihleh scheme ana omsa behlapna dan maimai ahi a, huaiziak in asum tamthei taktak lou,” chiin gen.

SSPPNet kikupkhawmna
Tulai in SSPPNet ah hiai thu kikupkhawmna paitou zeel. Ministry of Water Resources a Under Secretary, K Ginkhanthang in, “Singngat kumteng a tuihak kha, solkal in athei a, a palai te un le atheih luat tai dimdem sa uh ahi. Poimoh sa taktak uh hileh tui lakna scheme hoihdeuh a kibawlna sawtta ding in umlel ing,” chi heuh lel. “Tuivai hiam, Tuitha naak hiam ah water supply scheme khat guan-galh theih bang hileh zaw nekpiang deuh kha na ve. Khopi chei a chei a, tuilakna scheme lian kuamtak bang pankhe ta ngal le zaw, i Zogam khopi poimoh mahmah khat ahihna toh,” chi in geen. “Committee khat hong kibawl henla, MLA te leh makai te khawng toh kikum in, project liandeuh bawl didan ngaihtuah le a hoih di,” chi hi.

Mizoram a CE (Power & Elect.), Khamkhokam Guite in nidang a Pu T Gougin lawi’ hihdan a, Paldai lui a scientific tak a earthen dam bawl a, tui chinsak, ahihkei leh, vuahtui kholching bang hoih mahmah diing in geen hi. Aman, “Rainwater harvesting bang bawl di chile earthen dam bawl ngai ding ahi a. A bawldan di ahihleh, roller a feet 2 dan khawng a (layer) a roll ding, a dam tung a tui a letlouh ding, tui tam lam chiang a tuileet na’ng spillway bawl ding ahi a. A dam body vuah leh tui in a suksiatlouh na’ng a suang a tuam di (rip-rap) ahi,” chi hi.

Valte Vungzamuan, IRS in long-term policy ngai petmah ahihdan gen. Huchih sung in, azia a omtheihna diing lampi hiaibang in kawkmuh:
1) Rain harvesting chih dandeuh tuuklai in vuah tui te kholkhawmna munpi concrete water tank Singngat football ground chiah lai a lian feet 40/50 khong a thuk kibawl henla, khaal lai in huai tuite ration in hawmzel le.
2) Kho khanglam a lui mun ah water tank lian tawktak mah kibawl henla, tui khol kihkeih le, huai kha khaal chiang in ration zel le.

“A khomun diklou deuh hiveh aw,” chih ngaihdan tam. Tui a nop taktak na di’n zaw, akhang a munzaang na mun a kituansuk mai a hoih diing - huai di’n mipi lak ah campaign nasatak bawl a poimoh, chih SSPPNet a kumtu tamtak te’ ngandan ahi.

“Tua DoNER apan sum te hoihtak a zat ahihna di’n ZC, ZEPADA, ZHRF/ZSF te’n hon kansui uh henla, contractor muanhuai mahmah khut ah om peuhmah phot leh lungmuan huai ding. Lamka khosung lampi bawllai dandeuh in, hoihtak a enkaitu omthei le maw,” Vungzamuan in chi hi. “Singngat leh Thanlon water supply a pichin theih na di’n heutute hong khauhpai sim maile uh hongpiang saam na lou ding hia?”

Zohna
National Geographic in magazine asuah “Water: Our Thirsty World,” April 2010 issue ah, khovel a tui haksatna mun te kitaaklang hi. Ei Malsuah bial khawng, vuahtui tamna gam ahihziak in tui kichin-mahmah-na mun in chiamteh uhi. Ei la chu, teuhlou mai. Bangziak ahi dia? Kuapeuh in sing-le-lou i soisak zialzial dan te i etthak a, tui kha a poimohna athak a i theih a, akep leh azat siamdan i kisin thak uh poimoh eive maw. I khopi a te, mimal changkaang a, i hauh hulhul lai in, koi kawm hiam ah, kua te hiam in tui zatkhop di le nei zou ngeilou chihmawk, kituaklou deuh hiau hilou? Tua hiai DoNER Singngat water supply augmentation project bang, a sum Rs 2.05 cr teng diktak a zat hong hita himhim lele, a thak bawl di hilou a, a omsa keekletna di dan maimai ahihziak in, Singngat tuihak-kumkhua-na bangchi’n a dawnzaang thei tuan mahmah dia?

Pathian’ Lalgam a hongtun ma a hiai ‘tui buaina’ a hong ven man ngeei ka lamen.

Himahleh, nou Singngat leh Thanlon vangkhua te aw,
Manipur gam a sang tampi lak a tel din neutawk le uchin leng
Nikhat ni chiang in nou ah
Siktui Lalgam a hongtung diing a
Akang ngeilou diing tui a hong luang ziahziah ta diing.
Huaihun chiang in, na sung a teeng mi te’n nuamsa in
Niteng in a kisil ta diing ua,
Niteng in puan a sawp thei ta diing uh.

Singngat Water Woes

Singngat, my hometown, in Churachandpur district of Manipur, is 291 kms away from Cherrapunji, the once world’s wettest place. But it is a place of perennial water scarcity. The problem conitnues, year after year. People have to go fetch water to streams that are over one and one-and-a-half kilometres away. All the hand pumps are not working and no repairs have been carried out till date by the concerned authorities. This, at a time when the world observes World Water Day and when the buzzword everywhere seems to be 'environmentalism.' What’s the point of a million-dollar IPL and Commonwealth Games and multiplexes and flyovers and metro when people somewhere in the far corner of the country barely manage to take bath even once in a week!




Based on the information obtained from the Ministry of DoNER's website, Rs. 213.26 lakhs (2.13 cr) and Rs. 204.64 lakhs (2.05 cr) were sanctioned under NLCPR schemes for Augmentation of Water Supply at Thanlon on June 6, 2009 and Singngat on July 20, 2009. Out of these, Rs 67.18 lakhs and Rs 64.45 lakhs have been released for Thanlon and Singngat, respectively.

But no work has been started.

The Zogam MediaWatch has filed an RTI application to the Ministry of DoNER regarding these projects. Response from the Ministry is being awaited.

Here's a news report from The Sangai Express:

CCpur trio invoke RTI at Delhi

Imphal, March 30 2010: A group of people from Churachadpur district along with students pursuing studies at New delhi have approached Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of Ministry of Development of Northeast Region (DoNER) seeking information with regard to implementation, if any, of Central sponsored schemes in Churachandpur district.

An informed source said the petitioners on March 27 filed their application to the CPIO seeking information on the status of utilization of Rs.213.26 lakhs and another amount of Rs.204.64 lakhs sanctioned for augmentation of water supply scheme at Thanlon and Singhat sub-divisions respectively, under the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) of the DoNER ministry.

Referring to contents in the website of the Doner ministry wherein it had been mentioned that Rs.67.14 lakhs and Rs.64.45 lakhs were released but the utilization record display nought, the petitioners including L Samte, J Tonsing and S Thomte raised posers as to whether or not the project has begun.

Invoking clause of the Right to Information Act the trio sought copies of the detailed project report of the schemes in addition to demanding information with regard to the proposed sources for the supply of water for the scheme.

"Is there any time-frame for completion of the implementation of the said projects?" also questioned the applicants.

Qquoting local villagers that the said schemes are yet to be constructed, they also highlighted that Singhat, a sub-divisional headquarters about 30 kms away from Churachandpur district headquarters, faces perennial water scarcity problem.

Further mentioning that piecemeal efforts were made in the past to mitigate water scarcity problem but to no avail, they also cited a previous scheme undertaken in the mid-90s also failing to yield the desired result as the engine (water pump) installed to supply water and store in a reservoir developed technical snag.

Detailing that hand pumps installed in the village are also defunct and no repairing works have been carried out till date by the concerned authorities, the petitioners suggested that to solve the water scarcity problem, long term measures like pumping up of water from large rivers like Tuivai or Tuitha be experimented.

School going children who are in the midst of their exams are busy searching for water when they should have been studying and the problem is so severe that taking bath even once in a week is considered a luxury, mentioned their application.

Lamka Soft Power

by Haumuanlun Samte

Regardless of the fact that, we … were members from the Simte, Gangte, Vaiphei, Thadou, Zou, Hmar community, we talked Paite. We were one.

-Lealyan Thawmte

1980s leh 1990s bullam khawng kha Lamka vanglai chihtheih di eive maw. Manipur a khopi nihna Lamka in, private property a om tamlouh ziak leh open investment climate ziak in, mun tuamtuam apan sumdawng mi a hiipluut hi. Hiai in khopi naupang chik himahleh Lamka a hon khangsak mahmah. Mizo sumsinmi te’n business a honpan ua, Meitei nupi te’n nektheih nengneng a honzuak ua, Marwari leh Punjabi mahajon te’n dawr a hong hong ua, khotual sumsinmi te’n singpi hotel, paan-dukan leh dawr tuamtuam a hon hong ua, Bihari samtan te le hong luut zomah, leh India gam mun tuamtuam apan sepaih leh solkal nnaseem hongpai khawm leh khotual pau kinai chikchik omkhawm te’n rong tuamtuam in Lamka khopi a zeem mawi uhi. Lamka khopi a hong khankhiat dan hiai ahi. Nam tuamtuam kituaktak in i teengkhawm liiliai a. Huai ah Paite pau a laar pen hi. 

Himahleh, 1997-98 galbuai in thilteng a subuai gai. Paite leh Thadou in Lamka khopi a thuneihna a kituhna in thilteng a subuai gai. Gaal a hongveng a, a kibottan sa khantouhna khaugui pen, i hon pehthak a, i hon zomthak nawnta. Huchiin, awlawl in Talpaak te a hongluut ua, tu in ahihleh, i khopi laili tak, New Bazar bang, amau’ a a hongsuak ta. Khopi sung a mun lai leh poimoh teng kua te’n tuhun in aluah ua? Tedim Road dung a dawr na va kai chiang in bang pau a tual leeng pen in na thei a? Endih, Lamka khopi’ tung ah thuneihna kua’n a tawi a? Hiai dotna, tuhun in chiangtak in i dawng theikei maithei. Himahleh, kum 10 nung in i dawnna bang a honghi dia?

Mawltual sung ah ball a omta. Kimawl siamsiam in vualtung tuanna a la diing. Kitaitehna a kipanta. 

Khovel a namchih in gam leh khopi a neichiat uh. Jews te’n khopi a nei ua, Vai te’n khopi a nei ua, Naga te’n khopi a nei ua, Mizo te’n khopi a nei ua, Talpak te’n le khopi a nei uh. Eimi te’n i khopi uh omsun Lamka ahi. Lamka a thunei leh vaihawm diing eimi te i hi. Namdang te’n hon etlah sak mahmah ua, a sakmin “Lamka” chia deihthoh tak a ina phuah bang, min dangdang in a lou uhi. Etsakna – Churachandpur, Tuithraphai… Lamka a i thuneihna leh vaihawmna i kepbit touhna di’n thagum a zat theihkei diing.

Hiaimun tak ahi “soft power” a hongluutna. 

Soft power ahihleh thagum zanglou a, mihing lungsim thuzohna ahi. Mihiipna leng a chihtheih. Harvard University professor Joseph Nye in hichiin gen, “Thuneihna i chih eima' deihdan a midangte omsaktheihna ahi a, lampi thum in a hihtheih: thagum zat (coercion), kipahman piak (carrots) leh hiipna (soft power). Amasa pen in mi hiip phot peuhmah le, adangte geel nuamtak in i zang theidiing.” Aman gamkhat’ soft power hiaite ah a kinga a chi: 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. Voice of America leh Fullbright scholarships, Boeing leh Intel, Google leh I-Pod, Microsoft leh MTV, Hollywood leh Disneyland, McDonald’s leh  Starbucks chihte US apat hong kipan ngen ahi. Hiaite’n khovel pumpi a mite’ hinkhua a thunun zou mahmah. Atom a gen in, American soft power khangsaktu ahi uhi.

Hiai ah politics hilou in culture leh 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. Beijing Olympics bang leng China in a soft power nasatak a a zalhna di’n ana zangta. 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.

South Korea enle, a pop culture uh K-Pop, dramas, movies in 1990s apat khovel, adiak in Asia a honmuut a, mite'n ana deihthoh mahmah uhi. "Hallyu" (Korean Wave) chi a theih in om zezen. Japan te'n J-Pop, Manga Comics leh adg dg anei uh. J-Pop in Korea a zoh luat diing lauh man in a solkal un naaktak in K-Pop ana tosawn hi. 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?

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, 2009 a Oscars ngah remrum, “Slumdog Millionaire” leh “Jai Ho laa” te’n bangchi tuk a India hihna khoveel a zuakkhia ahi di? 

Eigam ah enta le, unau Mizo te'n tumging leh laa tungtawn in a soft power un Lamka a a honzou naak mahmah uhi. Lamka kholai a laa kithang pen ahihleh Mizo laa ahimai. Kicheina, khotaang vai, biakna leh adg dg ah leeng Mizo te’ hih dandan ngaisang in i enton uhi. Huailou in, Talpaak te’n leng a soft power a hon zuak naak mahmah uh. A tangthu gelh hou chikchik te uh bang siamsinna inn te ah sinlai in i tawi a, All India Radio Imphal program a laa, thu leh lemchiin tungtawn in bang a honzou mahmah uhi.

Awle, mi te’n a Mizo zial uh, suktuah laam, Daduhi, Loktak, Moirang singju chihte a honzuak lai un, eite’n amau kiang a zuakkhiat diing bang i nei a? Ei tualsuak thil te nawmvalh a om gai sim maimah ahihkhaak diing a lauhuai.

Tu in, Lamka khopi apan polammi te' muh din i soft power baantha i zalhkhe zou saam hiam, chih saang mah in, i khopi sung mahmah ah, i unau pih nam tuamtuam te’ lak ah, bangtan ah i soft power huu i zaapbaan a, chih kidot a poimoh hi. I khopi neih sunsun ah eimi te’n thu nei lotel lou pi a om  khialkhual nilouh i hihkhaak diing a lauhuai hi.

Ipau-iham, i tanchin, i tawndan, i tangthu, i thugelh, i lagelh, i laa, i  tumging, i laibu, i khutsiam-silbawl, isiam-ipilna leh i mihinna te'n i teenpih midang te a hiip hiam, chih kiveel ni.  Namdang te’n eimi te’ a hon ngaina uhia, a hon chimtaak uh, chihbang. Ahihkei leh a hon ngaisang uhia, a hon nuaisiah uh, chih khawng kingaihtuah ni. 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 a solkaal ofis a vaihawmna tutphah teng luah thei di’n lai i siam hia?  Medical, engineer, business, hospitality leh line tuamtuam a siamtungtuang diing mi i seekkhia hia? I nam minthang sak, kimawlsiam bangzah i nei? I lemchiin te mi te’n a en nuam uhia? I nungak-tangval te uh a fel un a meelhoih biik uhia? Ahihkeh, i music video bawl te mi te'n et taak a sa diing uam? Khutsiam-silbawl lam ah koimun ah i ding ua? Zodawn a i khua a teeng mi te’n zin a dou siam uhia? Mite’n lim a asak diing uh, ei’ tualsuak ann leh nektheih bawlkhiat khawng i nei di ua aw? I gam ah mun leh mual kilawm taktak tampi omte, khualzin mite’n a veh leh et theih diing khawng un puahpha in cheimawi le bang a chi dia?

Hiaite hi, i soft power haatdan tehna a hi a, mite’ lungsim i zoh a, eilam a i kaihluut theihna din, tua atung a i geente naktak a haat leh khansak a poimoh hi. Ei tualsuak - Singngat Special, Zoukhankhual, Inndongta, Min phuah dan, Tuivai teengkol, Buhmansang, Saikul bawngnawi, Chiangpi seekkhum, Mata dam, Ngakiik,  Kaihlam Tang, Lungthul Kawl chihte nasatak a puahpha in zuak khe ni. Adiak in, i pau hausak takmai, chi tuamtuam – Dapzal, Lamzang, Bukpi awphawi – te bang mi tamseem kiang ah zuakkhe ni.

Tulai khovel ah thiltheihna haatna ahi. Gam/nam haat i chihte sepaih haupen te ahi nawnkei ua, information leh communication access tamtam, baan ah a tangthu uh a hoihthei pen dia puangzaak siamsiam haat ahimai hi. Hiai din media – print leh electronic – in mohpuakna liantak a nei. Media nanana ah chu Lamka ah eimi te mah i haat uhi. Newspaper kihawmkhia tampen ahihleh eipau a kisuah Manipur Express ahi. Cable TV pekhe tu luunpen Hornbill Cable Network, ei a mah. Tongluang leh Zing Daitui, leh SMS news channel, ZogamThuthang nei hang a. Lamka a sappau niteng tanchinbu The Sangai Express leh Imphal Free Press a correspondents te ei’ a te hilai. Internet lam chile, Northeast adia website tallang pha, Zogam.com, niteng in vehtu 700-1000 kikal phazou gige. Hiai information leh media lam a i haatna uh kepbit a, khansak zeel diing ahi.

Soft power khanna dia kalbi poimoh masa ahihleh kizoptuahna hoih ahi. Zodawn a om te, Lamka zaang a om te leh khopi a om te - i theihna uh, i ngaihdan, i siamna leh adg dg te i kikuptuah theih uh a poimoh hi. UK a om nungak leh Delhi a om tangval te’n i gam a thiltung te internet ah a simthei tuak ua. Lamka a om papi leh Sinzawl a om papi te’n newspaper ah ana simthei tuak uhi. Hiai UK-Delhi-Lamka-Sinzawl kizopna bawlhoih pen ngaih poimoh huai ka sa. Huai di’n SMS bang a lampi zangkhai mahmah khat ahi. SSPPNet, Zogam.com leh ZogamOnline te ah ngaihdan hoih taktak kikupkhawmna apai gige a, huai te Lamka zaang a om te’n ana simtheih uh lunggulh huai hi. Huaibang in, Angel’s Vision te khawng in talk show leh discussion tuamtuam a neihsek te uh, leh tanchinbu tuamtuam a thugelh te mundang a om te’ muhtheih di’n a lunggulh huai nawn hi.

Ahi a, hiaibang a globalized world a i teenlai in, ei a kia va chih tentun pen a hithei nawnkei. Mihing tuamtuam leh van (products) kizomkhawm a, kiviallehna khoveel a teeng i hi uhi. Nam chiteng teenkhawmna, Lamka khopi’ pluralist leh cosmopolitan spirit i kepbit ngeingei diing ahi. I kimveel a teeng mite pilvangtak a huaidan i siam diing ahi. Ahitak in, i khantouhna di’n zaw Meitei te’ talent, Mizo entrepreneurs, Vai te’ sumpi, Burma (Moreh i chih mai) van leh nektheih, American technology, Indian democracy, Naga cultural market, foreign investors (FDI) te tengteng Lamka khopi ah Zomi puanzaak nuai ah, kituaktak a, a hong kichomkhawm uh a poimoh hi. Lungsim kihong tak a soft power zatdan i siam a ngai, chihna ahihchu.

Huaiban ah, mite’n Lamka khopi, a hon etlah diing uh i deihleh i pawlpi tuamtuam te’n human rights gum a, environmentalism phungvuh a, diklou leh sual dou a, pupa tawndan keembit a, i media te’n zaleentak a naa a septheihna diing ua mun thoveng i suahsak diing ahi. 

Abang-abang hileh, i khankhiatna dia poimoh masa ahihleh zawnna haakkol apan suahtaakna ahi. I ngaihkhawk diing ua poimoh khantouhna chi nih a om – hardware leh software. Hardware development omtheihna di’n i lampi te, tuineek, gammaang, khopi kilepdan te leh adg dg i et a ngai a, software development diing in bel, a mihing mahmah i kidopsang uh a poimoh hi. Mikhat in nikhat a ann nihvei  neek diing a muh a,  a ta te siamsinna hoihtak a piak theih a, huchia amau hinkhua a nuamzaw dia a khektheihna diing ua a ta te’n sepna leh summuhna kichian a hon neihtheihna diing ua lampi i bawl diing ahi.

SSPP GHQ Magazine 2010 ah suak