I gam leitang i kembit jou na diei?

~ T. Zamlunmang Zou

Jamkholien Manlun in a la khat a, “Ka pu ka pa saatsa gam lei hi e, sing dangte di’n phal singe, i vangkhuo uh, kum khuo’n heisa bang pal aw” chi’a ana phuoh pen tutung Ccpur dist gamgi leh Manipur Land Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Acts siemphat ding Assembly a hing ki gen ging toh kisai a thupi di’n koituoh kasa hi. I gam i lei tang tunga sil tungte tungtawn a i ki theisiemlounate koikhiet a i lasah uh a kaidan, thu ki banga sah hun hita hi.

CDSU leh COPTAM in Phouchakhai a i gam leitang kepbitna di’a leikha in a pawtna di a kei vang banga ana sepna tung uah pahtawtna sangpe’n pepum in nautang leh mipi lamkaite’n ahithei tan a thup di’a chielna bawl ihi.

Shigaalna Puondum sil-le-teen

Tam thutoh kisai ngaidan dohna tampi kana mu zieh in mipite ngaidan dohna Zolengthe tungtawn a bawl ahi. Mipite apat ngaidan giltah tampi muh in um hi. Zou sung tekahna hing zangdi kahi man in ana lungtheh i um khaleh ngaidam.

Zou puondum chi ni um, tuote’n a kankhawm Indian ah mi 25,000+ leh Burma ah 60,000 val nimnem hi. Kitam nailou ahiman in a zah didan gamgi i neisah leh mangthang thei, hing ki teikhiet mangsah thei din mun a um in ka mu hi. Shi ni, man ni a puondum i sil sihleh milah a silkhiet hun hing tawm deu deu ding hi. Sil khiet theina teng, office, school, khawmpi, kisuh khawmna khat poupou a sil zing hileh bawm ka chi nalai hi. Zou niih, Zou puon, Zou puondum, Zou neck-tie, Zou muffler, Zou waist coat, Zou khi, Zou tau, Zou samkil ichite ki zumpi lou leh ki thang-atpi tah a zah hi zize leh chi ngaidan kanei mawh hi.

Jacintha Lazarus – A leader in deeds

~ T. Zamlunmang Zou

The Deputy Commissioner of Churachandpur, Miss Jacintha Lazarus has proved one of the world’s famous quote “Action speaks louder than words” by showing what civil service or servant is all about within a short span of time.

She not only set her foots till the far flung areas of our district but also took the bold initiative for the reforestation of our deforested administrative centre of the district i.e. Lamka. Her action on July 13 2010 took the people of Churachandpur in surprise. Jacintha Lazarus braved torrential rain to take a firsthand account on the progress of her pet project of nurturing a leafy catchment area. Accompanied by a handful of officials and her private security personnel, the lady administrator walked along the marshy terrain to reach the catchment area of the district Zone II water source. Walking for more than a kilometre through the barren jungle on foot under the heavy downpower, Jacintha was soaked from tip-to-toe. Undeterred, she also strolled along a ’shaktiman’ path used for quarrying in an attempt to halt the practice. Lazarus’s expedition was a matchless devotion from the country’s elite bureaucrats, and what’s more is the fact that it was from a one of the few lady from the elite group.

Bandh / Blockade apat i lem lawh bang?

~ T. Zamlunmang Zou, Delhi

Manipur Legislative Assembly Session ah Chief Minister pu’n tam bang in Bandh toh kisai Inpi theisahna bawl hi. Manipur ah kum 15 (1995-2010) sungin bandh leh blackade 628 vei um a, tuate zieh in Manipur state in Rs 2828 crore to Rs 3000 tah suplaw hi. State pumpi a bandh chiengin ni khat in Rs 5 - 6 crore ki suplaw a, National Highway te a bandh chiengin ni khat in Rs. Rs 2 to 3 crore ki mang chi hi. A leh bang i lem lawh ua le? I ngette uh a lawching jelna amah?

Kum 1990 lai vel in Indian Danbu’n ang phalsah dungjui in Manipur tanggam a 6th Schedule koi ding deina in bandh chivel ina bawl sam uhi. Hinanleh ‘local adjustments and amendments’ zaw chie koi ding chi’n ang na thoidam ua, kum 20 jou in MDC ang gingkia pan hi. Tuni’n ANSAm ten kum 20 peisa a ina au zezuna uh hing gingsah kia ua, lampi dang umlou bangin bandh ma toh hing kipan kia lenlon uhi.

Lalpa tello that tum zawng engmah lo mai ani

~ Pupu Zou

Wherever I am, while driving, working, eating and even in the meeting, this beautiful and straight to the point song strongly haunts my heart and soul. I used to keep musing the whole day, it echoes and re-echoed time after time. Epecially, I like this stanza: Nitinin ka nunnah duhthlan tur a awm a, Tisa duhna leh thlarau duhna a ni; Thil tha tih ka tum changin thil tha lo ka ti thin, Tisa duhna in min hneh fo thin a. *That ka tum ve leh ka sual thin, Thil tha tih theih na reng ka nei lo; Lalpa tello that tum zawng engmah lo mai ani, Aw Lalpa nang chauh ka that na i ni.

Free translation of the first two stanza: There's a choice to choose in my daily life, the choice of flesh desires and spiritual way. Whenever i long to do good deeds, the flesh desires overpower me and i often did wrong things. When i try to be good, i often commit sins, i, by myself have no power to do good things wichout the help of God.