April 25, 2010

Letjavum leh Jampineng Hinkho Thusim

OJAPU LET JA VUM LE OJAPI JAM PI NENG HINKHO THUSIM
“Phatna Kipanathupa seiphong leho keng iti hoi tam!”
(Rome 10: 15)
By: Rev. Yampau, Ph.D.


Thumakai
Mapgam kiti tua Layshi gamkaisunga cheng eimiteho lah a Pakai Jesu Christa huhhingna thupha lhangsamdinga Manipur North West Association akon hungkisol Ojapu Tongkam Singsit (1909-1958) jouva hungkisolkitchu Ojapu Letjavum Sitlhou leh aloinu Ojapi Jampineng Sitlhou hilhon ie. “Mimasa teho khonung (The footprints of the faithful Missionaries)” (Jer. 6:16; Heb. 13:7) hetdoh akon tukhangmiten Pathen tahsanna lamdol a pilhin naleh panlahna aneidiu deinan hiche Pakai lhachateni thusimhi aphatdungjui in ahung kijih doh in ahi. Pathen in asimdoh Ho jouse chunga athah in phatthei bohjom tahen.


Hinkho masalam thu
Pu Letjavum Sitlhou hi Manipur state, Tamainglon District a Malungdai kiti khoa kum 1900 a peng ahin, apa chu Pu Luntong ahi. Khosung mitechun apachu ngailut sahtah in “Tuhbeng” tin anakou un ahi. A jiehchu amahin a onsehleh Atuh chachu a behbeh ji hileh akilom ie. Pu Letjavum hin penpi sopi pasal khat aneiyin amachu amin Pu Ngultong ahi.

April 23, 2010

The Struggles of Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi

By Nehginpao Kipgen
The politics of a nation is strengthened by the participation of the people who run the government and the opposition who checks the balance of power. A government earns credibility when it can tolerate the varied views of its citizens.

It is fortunate that there has been no major global conflict since the end of World War II in 1945. However, it is disheartening to see that there are nations who still would not tolerate the dissenting views of its own people, especially individuals who are admired by the international community.

Thailand is searching for acceptable government

Nehginpao Kipgen
Thailand is a country whose economy significantly depends on its tourism industry, generating an estimated 547,782 million Thai baht in 2007. It contributed to approximately 6.7 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP). The World Tourism rankings put it at the world’s 18th most visited country with 14.5 million visitors that same year.
This tourism-thriving nation has been plagued by waves of a faltering democracy because of its political instability, which at times has interrupted the basic functioning of the government machinery, and therefore entailing military interventions.
The military has staged 18 successful coups since 1932, when a group of civilians and military officers overthrew the last absolute monarchy.

The ongoing political unrest started when former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was removed from office. Thaksin was attending the United Nations meeting in New York when the military staged a coup in September 2006 on charges of corruption and abuse of power. His supporters, mostly from the poor rural areas and working class electorates, accused the country’s urban elites of orchestrating the coup.

Instability in Thailand


By Nehginpao Kipgen
Thailand, a tourist-thriving nation in Southeast Asia, has a history of political unrest.
Starting with the bloodless Siamese coup d'etat of 1932 that transformed the country from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy, Thailand's political system has been intermittently disrupted.
The lingering uncertainty in November 2008 ended with a court dissolving Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's government, which paved the way for incumbent Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Because of protests, the 14th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was postponed from December 2008 to the end of February 2009. While the 2008 summit was cancelled before it actually took place, the most recent protest on April 11 erupted after the ASEAN leaders arrived at the summit venue, Pattaya.

The Kuki People of Meghalaya


The Kukis are ethnic group that spread throughout the Northeastern region of India, Northwest Burma and Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. In Northeast India they are present in all the states except Arunachal Pradesh. This dispersal across international borders is mainly attributed to the British colonial policy. The term ‘Kuki’ is a Bengali word meaning ‘hill people’ or ‘highlander’. According to Lt. Colonel Shakespeare (The Lushai Kuki Clans, Part I, London, 1912) the term ‘Kuki’ has a definite meaning and include Aimol, Chothe, Chiru, Koireng, Kom, Purum, Anal, Lamkang, Moyon, Monsang, Gangte, Vaiphei, Simte, Paite, Thadou, Hmar, Zou etc. G.A. Grierson in Linguistic Survey of India, 1967 stated that the tribes connoted by Kuki are able to understand another’s dialect. Recognising the common ethnicity and identity of the Kukis, the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 of the Government of India  placed all the Kukis under ‘Any Kuki Tribes’ in the states of Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, and Meghalaya.

The British Northeast Frontier Policy and the Kukis-1

The Northeastern region of India, popularly know as the ‘seven sisters’, comprises of the state of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. Recently Sikkim has been added as the eight state of the Northeast region due to its proximity to the area, a similar developmental problems and convenience in implementing developmental projects. The Chinese scholar and pilgrim Hiuen Tsang, who visited the plains of Assam in the first half of the seventh century described the region as covered with beautiful mountains, lush forests and wild life, and depicted a fairly advanced civilization and rich cultural heritage in his narratives.

Contrary to the mainland Indian perception of Northeast India as a culturally homogeneous region of mongoloid races, the region is diverse in almost every aspects; it is inhabited by a mosaic of societies characterised by diversity of ethnicity, language, culture, religion, social organisation, economic pursuits, productive relations and participation in political process. J.B Fuller wrote in 1909 that the province of Assam at the far northeastern corner of India is a ‘museum of nationalities’.
 

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