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.

Spring in Zodawn

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Zogam.com May 12, 2010

"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.

ToI Report: Death of an Angel at Angels' Place

Death of an Angel at Angels' Place

K Sarojkumar Sharma | TNN

Imphal: The death of a 15-year-old boy in Manipur’s Churachandpur district after being allegedly beaten and sodomised by the warden of a destitute home has sent shockwaves across the state.

The incident comes at a time when the Okram Ibobi Singh government is busy rescuing hundreds of Manipuri children trafficked to Tamil Nadu and allegedly subjected to all kinds of harassment.

“Lianlemsiam alias Siasiam, was tortured by Cinkhanmuang, on November 28 last year. The boy’s fault was he had mimicked the warden of Angels Place, the orphanage,” claimed Lunte Samte, a key functionary of Justice For Siasiam (Delhi chapter), an NGO set up recently.

Siasiam’s brother S Phungliangsang accused the warden of kicking the boy several times and shoving an iron rod into his anus. A resident of Singngat village, the boy had to be rushed to the district hospital as his anus bled profusely. Hospital records said the provisional diagnosis of Siasiam’s injury was traced to anaemia following alleged assault. “The hospital, however, discharged him against medical advice,” Samte said.

As his condition deteriorated,he was taken to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal on December 29. “He died in the hospital two days later,” Samte said. The medical certificate issued by the hospital cited the reason of the boy’s death as immediate cause of death - pulmonary oedema and the antecedent cause – anaemia. But no post-mortem was conducted, he added. “What’s more shocking is to learn that the Angels’ Place management prepared an affidavit stating that it had no role to play, whatsoever, in the death of Lianlemsiam and no compensation can be claimed by his family,” the social activist said. If any problem arises in future, the victim’s (illiterate) mother, Chingkhovung, will be held responsible, the affidavit stated.

Chingkhovun was also made to give her thumb impression on the document. She was also compelled to believe that her son died of blood cancer and not because of severe torture and physical assault by the warden, Samte said. Following a complaint filed by his mother and huge public outcry, police arrested Chinkhanmuang on February 19.

On February 22,Siasiams body was dug out from the local cemetery and RIMS forensic experts conducted an on-the-spot autopsy. When contacted a Singngat police officer in Churachandpur said an FIR has been registered and the warden arrested. A local court has sent him to police custody. Investigation is on and necessary action may be taken against orphanage authorities as and when required, he added.

Incidentally, the Manipur Social Welfare Department treats Angels’ Place as an ‘unlicensed home’ because it’s yet to get registered under the Juvenile Justice Act. The department is also planning stern action against the house for operating without registration. It has received a report on the orphanage prepared by the Churachandpur District Child Welfare Committee. This follows a complaint lodged by the Zomi Mothers Association seeking punishment for the ‘guilty’ staff of the orphanage. “Since an investigation is on and warden has been arrested, it will be premature to make public the report submitted by the Churachandpur Child Welfare Committee,” a Social Welfare Department official said.

Efforts to contact authorities of Angels’ Place, which currently houses about 100 orphans, drew a blank.

Times of India Guwahati | March 3, 2010

15-yr-old sodomized by warden, dies

K Sarojkumar Sharma | TNN

Imphal: The death of a 15-year-old boy in Manipur’s Churachandpur district after being ‘allegedly’ beaten and sodomised by the warden of a destitute home has sent shockwaves through the state.

The incident comes at a time when the Okram Ibobi Singh government is busy rescuing hundreds of Manipuri children trafficked to Tamil Nadu. “Lianlemsiam alias Siasiam was tortured by Cinkhanmuang on November 28 last year. The boy’s fault was he had mimicked the warden of Angels’ Place, the orphanage,” claimed Lunte Samte, a key functionary of Justice For Siasiam (Delhi chapter), an NGO set up recently.

Siasiam’s brother S Phungliangsang accused the warden of kicking the boy several times and shoving an iron rod into his anus. The boy, a resident of Singngat village, had to be rushed to the district hospital as his anus bled profusely. Hospital records said the provisional diagnosis of Siasiam’s injury was traced to “anaemia following alleged assault”. “The hospital, however, discharged him against medical advice,” Samte said.

As his condition deteriorated, he was taken to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) here on December 29. “He died in the hospital two days later,” Samte said.

On February 22, Siasiam’s body was dug out from the local cemetery and RIMS forensic experts conducted an onthe-spot autopsy. Police said an FIR has been registered and the warden arrested.

Times of India Bangalore | March 3, 2010

Help Siasiam's Family

Join us in our efforts to support the bereaved families of Siasiam. Help them recover. Help them sustain their livelihood while fighting for justice. Donations can be made at the following account details of the brother:

S. Phungliansang A/C No.31072336458
State Bank of India, Churachandpur (6182), Manipur, India (57 D)
Swift code: SBININBB303
Phungliansang’s ph. no.: +919436317787

More details surrounding the death of Siasiam can be found at Justice4Siasiam's blog. This is a blog dedicated to the fight for justice to Siasiam. To right a wrong. To be a voice of the voicless.

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 

The Curious Case of the Death of Siasiam

My New Year Resolution: To stop reading Manipur Express and The Lamka Post.

A young boy of barely 15, Siasiam, suffered internal bleeding, apart from others, after being given corporal punishment by the warden at Angel’s Place on November 25, 2009. He was admitted to the Lamka District Hospital after three days. After three damn days. The hospital admission’s records on November 28, 2009 (9:05, pm precisely) note the patient as having “multiple bruise injury over the back, back of both LL (I don’t know what LL means)… injury/blow … swollen hands.” Provisional diagnosis is listed as “anemia following assault.” Haemoglobin was only 4.8 and 5 units of blood transfusion was recommended ASAP.

Soon, rumors began to spread and eventually reached the media. Reporters visited the boy at the hospital, took some pictures and wrote detailed reports about the incident. And yet somehow these reports never found their way into the newspapers. The manager of Angel’s Place, Ruata created a scene at the hospital as well as at the newsrooms of various local papers and cable operators, telling them not to write or broadcast anything related to the incident. He even threatened them. Which is why the incident was never reported in the local papers, except for The Sangai Express. A 15-year-old inmate of Angel's Place, a children home was admitted in the District Hospital due to internal injuries sustained in the course of punishment by his warden, says the report. Read here further.

Apparently, Lamka media remained virtually silent on this. And even family members were in the dark.

Somehow Siasiam’s aunt got the news that their boy was admitted to the hospital following a severe thrashing and torture, and after staying there for a couple of nights, he was brought back to the home even as doctors at the hospital referred him to be treated at Imphal. She went to the home and confronted Ruata. As she was led into the room, she was shocked to see a pale delicate-looking Siasiam who was always playful and energetic, lying with urinary catheter dangling down beside the bed. She asked, “What had our boy done? What did he do to bear this?” Ruata said, “Let us not talk about what had been done. Instead, let us talk about how we should go about dealing with difficult children.”

When Siasiam’s mother visited him, she asked, “Bawi, what happened? What did they do to you?” Siasiam could not respond. He was intimidated by the presence of staffs around. He simply said, “He nu, I will tell you when I recover.”

Thereafter, family members and relatives were not allowed to visit Siasiam anymore. Wardens at the home told them that he was okay and that they did not need to worry about him. On one occasion, they said, “You can’t meet him right now, he’s busy playing football with his friends.” Poor family members believed them and went back home, thinking that their boy was fine. They didn’t hear anything back from the home.

Until December 29, 2009 when he was admitted to the Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Imphal. Records from the hospital state the provisional diagnosis as severe anemia. Unlike the previous hospital stay, Siasiam could be with her mother this time and I guess this would mean so much to him. Venesection was done the next day as doctors failed to insert IV cannula. But his condition progressively worsened.

At 3:35 am December 31, 2009 he passed away in the loving arms of his mother. To be with the angels in heaven. The real Angels’ place. Where there are no tears, no pain, no torture, no death. Only joy and peace and love.

The body was buried in Singngat the same day without an autopsy being performed. The home made a non-examining physician write a death certificate stating that the cause of death was blood cancer and that this had nothing to with corporal punishment. Note that according to the RIMS’ Medical Certificate of Cause of Death, the immediate cause of death was pulmonary oedema and antecedent cause as anemia. No where in the record is there any indication of blood cancer.

The home gave Rs. 3000 as compensation to the mother.

Emotions betray the poor mother. She still cries today, not tears of grief, but because the death of her son makes her feel so bad and guilty that she had done nothing to save her loving son and that she was not able to be with him when he needed her most. Her son didn't get to tell her what really happened on the 25th November, 2009 at Angel's Place. Yet.

As for me, I've stopped reading Manipur Express and The Lamka Post since New Year. They don't tell stories that matter. I don't believe them anymore.

Related article: An Angel's Death by Lealyan Thawmte

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Why did he have to die? Was it God's plan? His time had come? 15-year-old Lianlemsiam, an orphan at Angel's Place in Lamka, passed away Dec 31, 2009. Family members are still in the dark as to what the actual cause of death was. Rumours have been circulating... Lamka media remains virtually silent. Obviously, something is seriously wrong here.

RIP Lemsiam. Lord, please be with his family.

Reports from The Sangai Express

December 2, 2009: A 15-year-old inmate of Angel's Place, a children home was admitted in the District Hospital due to internal injuries sustained in the course of punishment by his warden. The boy identified by his attendants as Lianlalsiam s/o Chinkhovung of Singngat village was admitted at around 8.30 pm on Saturday at the Medicine ward of the hospital but following discovery of his nature of injury, doctors referred him to the Surgical ward of the same hospital, source said.

Read the rest of the report here

Replies to this post from friends:

Lal Hauxel: RIP Lianlemsiam! My deepest condolences. Have a stint there as a warden for a month some years back...the administration really needs revamping. Kietkolna lam diklou deuh om adiam, naupang te hon beisan zeuh2 ve uh aw a vangkim in..??!!

Lam Hanghal: RIP Lianlemsiam. Its a high time dat we understand the true value of human life. Life is so precious to be wasted like dis. Where are the medias? Why the medias are silent? I don't understand. Can no one see dat there is something going wrong here? We can atleast do some justice for the departed soul. You ana I have to do sumthing about dis. Let make our voices count.

Joy Thanglian: eh, hiailama le scandal ana omnawn hia?? Delhi lamte mah in na theithei ua, Lamka a i omleh ki theikha vetlou aive :-) nevertheless, RIP Siam!!

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Aw, Van Angel te'n huai Nov 25 ni a Angels' Place nuse kha uh ahi diam... Chiangpum a kizepna leh khe a kitot zialzialna ging ngaih takmai kawm ah, "Ana lua, ana lua!" chia lelliang, naupang Siasiam a kahna aw gingte'n Angelte' Mun thawn zoulou ahi diam...

Replies to this post from friends:

P Jehovah Samte: Van Angel te'n bel nuselou peuhmah diing uh, Angel's Place taktak ahihleh!

Kuaude Naulak: Hiai thu kenle kana zakha vuat a, thuchian omlou hia? A case bangtan tungta? Ki deihsak ihih leh ganhing bangmai a kibawl a ki sat zotzot lou in, deihthoh tak in itna toh ki thuhilh leng himai lou hiam....?? Corporal punishment ziak a naupang khat in a hinna a taan mai zaw,,,, a sungkuan te a di'n puaksiam a haksa mah di!!! Gam le nam it a i neih... See More ... See Moreorganisation simsenglouh te koi a omta? ZHRF, ZMA, ZSF etc. etc te husa zaak ding omlouh tel lamdang kasa!! They should geared up to fight the case to prevent recurrence of such sad incident in days to come! Why the media maintain a silent spectator by abstaining from investigating the matter?? Why so? The main accused should be punished proportionate to the crime he had committed! Let us stop playing with the live of others as human life is too precious to lose... Let's bring back some peace to his resting Soul....we are with you, Siam.
Ben Guite: Chizau huai na mai e maw. Postmortem report khong evidence di omlou tel hi di mo. Organisation te kialou le Doctor in le Casefile thei a hih lam theilou a hi d mo.

Muan Guite: Lets pray for it...

Kuaude Naulak: Lametna om nawnlou Imphal hospital a puak ahihlai in, doctor te'n 'Blood Cancer' a ngoh mawk uh lamdang mahmah. Internal bleeding kha blood cancer symptom mah hia? Ka gingta kei!! Kuate hiam in doctor nu/pa guai a a case a complicate sak utlouh ziak ua Blood Cancer ngoh sak gawp uh hidi'n ka muangmoh tinten. Cancer natna nei a, damlou kholle hilou... See More ... See Moresiphut chihchu zuauman lotel kasa. Bangziak a a laitat di kuana a sungkuan te beek a hilhlouh tel uh!! A luang pe'n pholhthak a forensic expert te suisak tuak kasa mahmah. A sihna ziak diktak theih uthuai lua. Kazak dan in, a sihma deuh in ' a hon pek zialzial UH/ a hon sat zialzial UH' a chi. Angel's Place, an orphanage home run by a christian organisation turn to be a Horrible Place now. I gam ah zaw sum le pai i neih keileh thudik gupngam leng hi nawnlou, sum le pai hau leng i hihteng DIK hivek mai di dan eive! Where is the love?? chihzaw ana dik khatel eee.. Let's stand together to make this world a better place to live. We can't compromise money and power with our precious life.I urged the concern authorities and organisation to take legal actions and book the culprits at the earliest possible time.. say NO to 'Indongta kihou lemna'.. HUMAN LIFE IS PRECIOUS, JUSTICE SHOULD BE DELIVER AT ANY COST!!
Tk Qual: Neizou deuh hileng zaw, hiai bang hong tunglou mah...... "Nu neilou te nu' hi a, Pa neilou te' Pa hi. A iit ding neiloute a IIt pa Van Pahian aw "Pa aw amaute ngaidam in" chithei lai tel ding ka duam?? Toupa nathu bang zel hong hita hen!! "Pa aw enin Simlei na tatsa nungchiang heiin hambang vai ungh"....
P Jehovah Samte: Ahihleh bng? Talpaak te'n bawn BT Rd a mi 1 commando ten athah ziak lel ua, skul kha 4 sung a khak zoh uleh, en hihtheih neilou i dyam?
Blue Moon: Heiha...mi tung a te tata a voi maw corrupt..Lunte, Blood Cancer ahih leh,how did they know?? What about treatment?? Painful death hi ve ve di ahi..Huai Doctor pa diagnosis kha suizui din a hoih ka sa..Blood Biopsy khong in hun sawtpi la ahi..@Kuaude, internal bleeding pouh2 cancer ziak ahi kei..Physical abuse ziak a le bleeding thei ahi...Funds ... See Moretampi pi khong Foreign a pat hiven maw...iitna leh hepihna na neilou,zuau gamtat,sumduhna leh mahni pocket puak vah na mai2 dia Orphanage khong hon...a paap zaw sang mah ve maw..??? Ka hehlua!!
Tk Qual: Student Organization, Philantrophic Organization te' tuhun a i daih dide hi thei in i koih ua adiam?? aih keh kuate hiam in i kam uh hon humsak tei ua pau ngam omlou houh i duam??? i khotang a hibang thiltung mulkim huai salou i duam?? Kou mizawngte kah leh mauna leng hong ngaihkhiak sak sam ve ua oi...................

Blue Moon: US te funding hia, Angel Place te kha??? Sum in vai a naak hawmzoh ngei maw?? Christian kichi ngal a..Pathian lauhna koi ah? Diktat na koih a om hi ta hiam?? @TK...kua mah a khut uh a diah nop kei uh leh..nam sepaih te khong tu hun a a kilat diu ei voi...Gam neih louh buai pih2 sang in ah..chi leh nam te humbit zo ta le ei ve le...!!

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My niece

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Thousands of people marched towards River Tuivel in protest against the Manipur govt's inaction in constructing and maintaining the Guite Road. It's one of the most remarkable mass movements in the history of Manipur, says the media. But, do they know it's the Zomi contractors/MLAs/ministers and not the Manipur govt that betray the people?

Lelliang Zomi te mahmah!

Reports from The Sangai Express:

Imphal, January 11 2010: Thousands of people today turned up along the 145 kms stretch of Guite Road in response to the Guite Road Black Day Organizing Committee's mass protest social work, underlining the over-whelming public support for their cause and the need for an all weather road connecting Mizoram to this southern district.

Read the complete report here.

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The narrow lane in Munirka this morning was a bit muddy and slippery and i slipped, landing flat on my ass...OUCH! Na rura. Zumhuai rura. Luckily, it was early morning and there were only few people around :-)

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Here's Song Valte (from Rig Vedaz) performing Thangboi Mangte's "Na pallou diing in" @ A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - A Tribute to our legend singers: Thangboi Mangte and Muana Ngaihte (Angel's Vision Presentation)




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Paying homage to the 2 brave ZRA soldiers who gave their life Jan 12 for the love of Zogam. They were fighting some Talpak militants who had been terrorizing the Zomis in and around the Indo-Myanmar border. RIP, dear fallen heroes. We will not forget you.

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People need to know the truth about the Jan 13, 2010 Phaisat clash. ZRAs were not the only ones suffering casualties, as opposed to the Press Release by PLA published in various Manipur newspapers. Reports surface that 3 PLA cadres were killed and many gravely injured in a fierce fight between the two that lasted for over one hour.

3 PLA cadres killed, many injured at the Jan 13 Phaisat clash: Zogam.com