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AIA UPA ZAH THIAMIn- My radio speech on 13th Jan. 2011

2012-01-13T14:07:00.000+05:30

Fam Pu Liandala’n kum 1959-a a hla phuahah chuan:

“Aia upate zahthiamin

An thute awihin zawm fo rawh

Pipute ro thil hlu a ni

Aia upate zahthiam rawh”

a ti a, he hla hlut zia leh ropui zia te, mizo nun ze mawi dik tak he hlain a pholan chian zia te kan chhut ngai ang em le!!!

Mizo nun timawi bertu pakhat chu aia upa zah hi a ni. “Upa thu zawng a tha nge nge ngai e” tia an thu zawm hi a hahdam a, chin zui zel chi a ni e. Kan Mizo pi leh pute chanchin kan zira, kan ngaihthlak thinah hian kan sawi hmaih ngai hauh loh leh kan chawi nun zel tur atana pawimawh ber mai chu. ‘Aia Upate an zah thiam em em thinna kha a ni awm e.’ Kan pi leh pute hunlai kha chuan khawtlang huap leh chhungkua thleng pawhin Aia Upate an dah lal thiamin, an thu an ngaichang thiam em em thin an ti. Naupang, tleirawl, rawlthar, nula leh tlangval te thleng pawhin Aia Upate thu hnial hi tih chi-ah an ngai lo hrim hrim. Chu mai bakah chuan chaw eihona thleng pawhin aia upate’n an bar hma chuan naupang zawkten an bar khalh ngai lo a ni awm e.

Tunlaia thangthar, nula leh tlangvalte nun hi han thlir chiang ta ila, kan pi leh pute’n rohlu min hnutchhiah zinga hlu ber mai ‘Aia Upate Zahthiamna’ hi kan tlachham sawt hle niin a lang. Upa zawkten naupang zawkte thil tul leh pawimawha an tirh chang te hian thenkhat chu hlawh nei lova tirh kal hleihtheih loh, aia naupang zawkte tirh leh chhawn ching, upa zawkten naupang zawkte tih tur awm ang an rel changa lo relh bo phet tum thin te hi kan thangtharte zingah hian kan tam ta hle niin a lang. Ruihtheih thil tih ching ngatte zingah phei chuan aia upa zawkte thinrim khawpa chhang hreh lo te hi an tam zual ta.

Hmanlai Mizo nunah chuan aia upate zahna khan hmun a chang lian hle a. Eng pawh ti dawn se, Upa zawkte thu an ngaichang a, an thu ang angin an awm mai thin. Upa zawkte kam khat ngai khawpa awm kha an hlauh ber a ni a, thil zahthlak tawpa ngaih a ni. An rorelna hnuaiah an intulut pumhlum thin. Zonun ze mawi kan sawi fo thina hmun pawimawh leh a lailum chang reng tu chu Upa zawkte zahna kha a ni. Aia Upa te zah hi pipute ro thil hlu tak a ni. Tun lai Mizote thangtharte nunah hian Upa zawkte zahna kan tlachham ta hle. Ram leh hnamin hma a sawn a, mi nawlpui pawhin changkanna lam kan pan a. Theih tawpin mi hnukhawia awm bik hlau reng rengin hun leh, tha leh zung sengin, sum leh pai kan um a. Sum kan dah pawimawh luatah mawi leh mawi lo pawh thlu lova dai sual pheng phung pawh kan nei ta nual mai. Mi, tumah kan ngaisang duh bik lova, ‘A neih ka ei lo’ tih rilru pu ranin kan nung ho ta a. Mimal inzahna derna leh inngaih pawimawhna pawh kan nei thei ta meuh lo.

Thangtharte hi hemi kawngah hian an chhe ta vek tihna a ni lo va; mahse, zonunmawi kan vawn nun tur zinga pawimawh ber mai ‘Aia Upate zahthiamna’ hi thangtharte nunah tun ang zela a tlakhniam chuan kan hnam leh khawtlanga kan nun hona hian a tuar dawn a ni. Mizo hnam nunah hian tun thleng hian a huhova nun-na (Communitarian Life) hian hmun a chang tamin kan culture leh tradition humhalhna kawngah hmun pawimawh tak a luah reng si a. Chuvang chuan kan nun hona, kan khawtlang thatna tur leh nawmna tur atan ‘aia upate zahthiam’ hi kan chawinun zel a pawimawh a, kan tih tur pawimawh tak te zinga mi a ni. Aia Upate zahna hian hnam nun a ti zahawm a, chen hona a ti nuam a, khawtlang a ti ralmuangin, a tinuam em em thin a ni.

Aia upa zah hi kan Mizo society a bet tlat lak hran theih loh a ni a. Aia upa zah hi kan Mizo tlawmngaihna tur tam tak zinga pawimawh ber pakhat ani. Naupang zawk tan mahni aia upa te kan zahna kan lantir hi kan tih tur pawimawh tak a ni. An thu te zawmin kan hnial tur a ni lo. Amaherawhchu tunlai chhanah aia upa zah tur han tih hian an thu zawng zawng a kawi a ngila zawm vek theih a ni tawh lo a ni. Mihring kan lo changkang a, thil tha zir tur a tam rual hian thil tha lo tam tak min zirtirtu a nih theih dan a awm, hengah hian mahni kan pawimawh a, a tha leh tha lo thliar hrang tura chhia leh tha kan hriatna hi hman tangkai a pawimawh ta ber a ni.

Engpawh nise, kan aia upa te chu keini aia thil hmangchang hria leh lo tawng tawh tute an ni a, an hnena atanga fuihna tha tak tak kan dawn thinte hi a tul huna hman tangkai thiam a pawimawh ang. Tunlai mite hian aia upa an han ngaih dan te hi pi leh pu lo tar deuh tawh ngat te phei chu, an thil tihsual ah te naupang chhia ang maia vin hrep thin te kan awm, rilru na thei leh rilru hah thei vek an ni tih kan theihnghilh ta zawk emawni. Tarte hlei hlei hian a nia ngaihsak ngai ni. Pitar putarte hi thian anga ena, tlangnel tak si in, zah tak chung leh an thu ngaichang thiam takin kan kawm hlim tur a ni. Tin, tarte hi an phunchiar a, an thu an duh bawk a, chuvang chuan dawhthei taka kan kawm a tul a ni. Nu leh pate hlei hlei hi a nia kan zaha an thu kan awih tur chu. Kan tet te atanga min enkawl seiliantu an ni a, kan mamawh engkim leh kan duh chi tinrengte min leisak tu an nih mai bakah kan len hnua kan inenkawlna tur tinreng min siam sak tute an nih avangin kan zah in an thu kan zawm ngei ngei tur a ni.

Dan naranin upa zawkte chuan tawn leh hriat an lo ngah tawh nge nge a, chuvang chuan naupang zawkte ai chuan an fing in thil hmangchang an hre zawk a, chu chu hria in hnam changkang te chuan aia upa te hi an ngai hlu in an lo ngaisang tawh reng a ni. An zah a, an ngaihsaka, an rawng an bawl sak thin a ni. Kawng engkimah an dah lala, an thu leh hla an ngaichang in an zawm thiam thin. Chinese ho chuan tar te hi an ngaisang thiam khawp a, “in chhungkua ah pitar putar an awm chuan lunghlu man tam tak in kawl a ni tih hre reng rawh u” an ti hial thin. Juda ho pawh in “Lu tuak chu ropuina lallukhum a ni a, felna kawngah hmuh a ni” an ti a, “tlangvalte ropuina chu an chakna hi a ni a, tarte mawina chu an lu tuak hi a ni” te an lo ti mek bawk. Hnamdang, Mizote aia tlawmngaihna ngahlo zawk tura kan ngaihte pawhin heti khawpa aia upa te an zah a an ngai hlu thiam hi keini Mizo tlawmngai hnam inti zawkte hian zir tur kan va ngah tehlul em.

Vawikhat chu Grik putar pakhat hi ennawm en turin a kal boh boh a, Grik ho thutna lamah a va kal a, an lo ngawi thup mai a, Rome mi ho zingah ava kal leh a, anni chu an lo ding suau thung a. A hnua mite chuan “Grik hovin finna an hria a, Rome ho erawh chuan finna chu a nunin an entir a ni” an ti. Vai ho pawh hian aia upa zah hi an ngai pawimawh em em a, an aia u zawkte an zah zia entirnan an ke an deh sak a, an awm an khawih leh thin chumi chuan an zah zia a entir a ni. Chuvang chuan mifing leh changkang zawkte pawhin upa te hi an lo zah hle a ni tih a tilang chiang hle. Kan sawi tawh ang khan upa lu tuak var vo angte hi chu mahni chhungkaw tan chauh pawh ni lovin khawtlang, ram leh hnam tan pawh an zahawm a, chhuanawm an tling hial a ni. Keimahni ngei pawh hi nakinah chuan kan la upain kan la tar ve ang a, chutih hunah chuan naupang zawk te’n min zah leh min duat ve kan la duh dawn a, chuvangin tuna kan zinga upa leh tar awmte hi theih ang tawkin kan duat thiam tur a ni. Chu chu Mizo tlawmngaihna kan chhawm nun zelna kawnga pawimawh tak pakhat a ni

Mizote pawh hian tunhma chuan upate hi kan zah thiam hle thin a, an thu an awih a, khawi hmunah pawh awm se an tirh an hnial ngai lo. Kalkawngah pawh tawk se kawng an kian a, rit phur an hmuh phei chuan an chhawk, awm khawmna ah pawh an aia upate an lokal phawt chuan thutna an lo kian thuai thuai thin. Chaweina ah te pawh aia upa zawkte an zah zia lantir nan a upa ber in a bar an nghak a, a bar hnuah a upat dan indawtin an bar chhunzawm mai thin. Tunah erawh kan tlahniam ta.

Naupan lai hunte hmang zova, puitling nunkawng kan zawh ve tan dawn lai vel hian chapo a awl hle. Naupan laia kan ngaihsan riau thinte kha puitling rilru atanga han thlir hian an lo chutih teh ual bik lo fo thin. Naupan laia pa lian pui ni-a kan hriat thinte pawh hi an lo lian vak lem lo duh khawp mai. Khawvel nun hrim hrim hi chhoh en tawh bik lova, kan zawlpui en ve tawh avangin han ngaihsan em em tur bik hi hmuh an har thin. Hei hi mihring zia a ni. Amaherawh chu, kan zia zawng zawng hi kan lanchhuahtir vek kher a tul loh hun a awm thin. Tin, tling ni-a kan inhriatna zawng zawngah hian midangin min hmu tling kher lo thei. Rilru lama puitling ve tawh fu-a kan inhriat lai hian rual u te’n, naupang chhia ang leka min la ngaih chang a awm tih hriat a tha.

Hei mai a la ni lo, upa zawkte hmuh changkan loh riau te, thing tlata hriat hun laite pawh a awm. Nu leh pate thlenga mawl riauva hriat pawh awl tak a ni thin. Pianthar hlim rinna chak that lai hian Kohhran Upate meuh pawh duhkhawp loh riau hun a awm chawk thin a, hringnunah pawh hian he zia hi a bet tel tlat a ni. Changkang lo zawk, fing lo zawka kan ngaihte zah leh an thu ngaihchan hi thil har tak a ni a. Kan tunlai khawvelah ngat phei hi chuan thiamna leh finna a lo pung nasa ta em em a. ‘Khawvel hi a zuang dawrh a ni’ ti hial paw’n sawi ta ila, a sual lovang. Hei vang hian ‘Generation gap’ hi a awm nasa leh zual hle. Rual ute tan kan khawvel nun hi banphak a har hle dawn tih pawh hi ngaihtuah tel fo a tha awm e.

Khawvel hi lo thangin lo changkang zel mah sela, thiamna te lo pungin a vawrtawp hial pawh lo thleng ni ta sela. Chu kan Khawvel chu kan rual ute hian lo man pha tawh lovin mawl nih hial pawh lo hlawh mahse la, kan tana an hlutna hi a bo dawn chuang lo a ni. Tun dinhmun kan thlen theih nan hian an tha leh zung nasa takin an lo seng tawh thin tih hi hriatnawn fo tur a ni.

Upa leh tarte hi kan zahin kan chawimawi tur a ni. Chu mai ni lovin kum lama kan aia upa an nih tawh phawt chuan, an mimal kan zah thei lo a nih pawhin an upatna avangin kan zah der tur a ni. A theih chin chinah chuan an thu pawh kan zawm tur a ni. Engemaw avanga inhnial a lo tul pawhin tawngkam mawi leh zawldawh takin kan chhang thin tur a ni. Tunlaia kan tlakchham berte zing ami ni ta chu aia upate koh dan tur a inkoh kan ching ta lo hle mai hi a ni. Ka pi, ka pu, ka u, ka ni, ka pa etc. In u ngat phei hi chu khawpui ah chuan thih hreha hreh pawl kan awm ta, I in ko ang u, aia upate koh dan awma inkoh hi zonunmawi ze duhawm tak a ni.

Amaherawhchu, han ti leh daih ila, aia upa zah han sawi hian upa zawkte pawh hian mahni aia naupang zawkte pawh hi atul hunah chuan an thu kan ngaichang thiam tur a ni. Tunlai ah mi kan thiam tawh a, naupang tak taka hnasang pui pui chelh te an lo ni a, he tih hunah tak hian a nia aia upa leh naupang zawkte inzah tawn thiam a tulna chu.

Kan ram inrelbawlnaah te, kan khawsak phungahte leh ei leh bar kan zawnna kawngah midangte tana inpekna leh midangte hmangaihna nun mizo tlawmngaihna hi kan phatsan (kalsan/theihnghilh) hlauh chuan kan Kristianna hian dal lam a pan ve nghal maiin a rinawm. Khawtlanga chhiatni thatni kan intawiawmna te, harsa zawk leh pachhe zawkte kan dawm kan thinna te hi tlawmngaihna kan lanchhuahtinna hlawm lian tak a ni a; heng bakah hian midangte thatna tur ngaihtuah a, mahni indah tha a mi dangte tana nun pek hi tlawmngaihna lairil chu a ni. Tin, mitin in kan aia upa theuh te kan zah in an thu kan awih ang a, naupangten, nu leh pate, pi leh pute an zah anga, chutiang bawkin nu leh pate paw’n an u zawkte an zah ang a, chutia mitin kara inzah tawnna a lo awm chuan kan khawtlang a lo nuam ang a, kan ram leh hnam tan thil tha leh rotling kan siam dawn a ni, chu chu ZONUNMAWI ze dik tak chu a ni. Aia upate I zahthiam ang u.

Apostles' Creed

2012-01-08T12:47:00.001+05:30

In Hoc Signo Vinces

2012-01-05T08:44:00.000+05:30

IN HOC SIGNO VINCES (He chhinchhiahna hmang hian ram i la ang)

October 27, AD 312 chawhnu darthum a ni. Constantine-a chuan Rome khawpui bul lawkah hmun khuarin, Lalber Maxentius-a paihthlak a, a aiawh a tum a. A rilru a hah em avangin a pathian hriat apiang a bia a ni ber.

Thawklehkhatah vana kraws ang deuh eng ruih mai chu a hmu ta phut mai a. A chungah chuan Grik tawng hian, “He chhinchhiahna hmang hian kan hneh,” tih hi a inziak bawk a. A sipaiho pawhin an hmu a, an hlau kher mai. Chhiatna lo thleng tur entirnaah an ngai theuh a.

Chumi zan Rom sipai camp-ah chuan sipai hnar ri bur bur leh Cyprus thing ri sung sung bak thawm dang hriat tur a awm lo. Vengtu sipai pakhat chu Constantine-a puan in kawngka bulah chuan a ding a. Zan thim hnuaiah chuan van a an thil hmuhte kha a ngaihtuah zui neuh neuh a.

Puan in chhunga mu lalber chuan khuh khak khak pah hian, “Vengtu lokal teh,” a ti a. Vengtu sipai chu rang takin puanin-ah chuan a lut nghal a. Constantine-a chuan, Sipai ho kha kaitho vek la, an phawah kraws lem ziaktir vek rawh, officer ho kha rawn luhtir bawk la,” a lo ti a. A officer-te chu mi themthiam deuh ko va, chhinchhiahna thar siamtir turin thu a pe a. Inlarna a hmuh thu leh hmanraw tha ber chi hmanga a thil hmuh chu a lem siam a duh tih a hrilh bawk a.

Hnathawktute chuan rangkachak fei sei tak, a hmawra kraws awm hi an siam a. Puanzar senduk kil li nei, a tlang hmawr rangkachak leh lunghlua cheimawi hi an phuar bet bawk a. Fei hmawra kraws chung lamah chuan rangkachak lallukhum an dah bawk. Rangkachak lallukhumah chuan Grik hawrawpin Isua hming bul hawrawp pahnih an ziak a. Puanzar lai takah chuan Constantine-a te pafa lem a chuang bawk.

Hemi hnu hian Constantine-a chuan a chhinchhiahna thar nen Tiberia lui chung Malvian Leia an indona-ah Maxentius-a chu a hneh ta a. Chuta chin chu Constantine-a chuan Kristian sakhua chu a tan ta bur mai a ni. Tihduhdahna a tawp ta a, a kum lehah baptisma a chang a. Kristianna chu Rom ram chhung sakhuaah a puang ta bawk a ni. Constantine-a Kristian a lo nih atang hian Kristianna leh Rom sawrkar chu an inher danglam ta a ni.

Happy New Year

2012-01-02T12:05:00.002+05:30

SEX

2011-04-26T09:46:00.000+05:30

Hmuhnawm thuah chuan mihring saruak thlalak, han khawsa vel hi chu a hmuhnawm thawkhat zawng a ni. Phat rual a awm lova, sakhuana lama kan hruaitute thleng pawhin mihring an nih ve hlawm miau avangin hetiang lam hmuhnawm ti lo hi an vang viau ta ve ang. Kan nihna hi ngun deuhvin i han chhut vang vang teh ang. Chanchinbu kan han chhiar a, ‘pawngsual’ tih awmna hi chuan chhiar a hlawh deuh a, thildang pawh bih leh chuang tawh lovin kan han keu nghal a. Kan mit latu te hi hetiang lam hi a ni tlat. Mizote chauh kan ni lova, hnam dang zingah pawh hei hi a dik ve tho. Hei vang hi a ni ta ve ang, sex bu te, sex movies te, sex ngialngan deuh hlek awmna movie te hralh a kal em em zel na chhan te pawh hi. Kan magazine leh lehkhabu kawmte pawh hi sexy hlawm tawh tak a ni. Inhiptawn tura siam ta na chu kan hiptawn narawh-mipa leh hmeichhia hi ! Patar thukhawm zingah pawh nula malmum nalh deuh an han pen lan haih haih mai chuan boruak hi a dang nghal zar zel a. Ni e, kan mit it zawng leh hmuh duh zawng hi hetiang lam hi a ni tlat a. Pawngsual punlunna chhan ber pakhat pawh hi sex movies chi hrang hrang vang hi a ni a. Kum tling lo khawih duhna thinlung te thleng hian heng movie tha lo enthinna rah hi a ni chawk mai. Heta tanga lang chiang em em chu, “mi pangngai tak pawh mi rilru piangsualah a siam thei” tih hi a ni. Fimkhur a ngai a, inventhiam a pawimawh ta a ni. Mipat hmeichhiatna kawnga awmnem deuh hi mi entawntlak leh ngaihsanawm an ni ngai lova, nulat tlangval laia sex lama insumna nei map lova lo cheng hnih hman mai mai te hi a hmangtuin sualah ngai lo mahsela, khawtlang ngaihah thil zahpuiawm, kan biak Pathian hmaah ngat phei chuan kan dinpui ngam hauh loh tur a nih avangin insum hram hram tur a ni. Nulat tlangval inhmangaihna kawngah a mawi tawk, a sual dai lo tawka invawn thiam kan mamawh a. Mi pawn an tih vang hian sual hi thil tha a nih phah ngai lo. A nihna a ngai reng a, sual a ni reng tho a ni. Hei vang hian inngaizawngte tan inkawm dan tawk thiam a ngai a, mahni thianghlimna hloh thak khawpa inneih hmaa khawsak hian hlimna tluantling thlen aiin inchhirna a thlen fova, ser nung, dam chhung daih neihna a ni.

ITS HARD LETTIN' U GO- Bon Jovi

2011-04-18T08:03:00.000+05:30

Its hard letting you go

It ain’t no fun lying down to sleep

And there ain’t no secrets left for me to keep

I wish the stars up in the sky

Would all just call in sick

And the clouds would take the moon out

On some one-way trip

I drove all night down streets that wouldn’t bend

But somehow they drove me back here once again

To the place I lost at love and the place I lost my soul

I wish I’d just burn down this place that we’d called home

It would all have been so easy

If you’d only made me cry

And told me how you’re leaving me

To some organ grinder’s lullaby.

* Its hard so hard, its tearing out my heart

Its hard letting you go

Now the sky, it shines a different kind of blue

And the neighbor’s dog don’t bark like he used to

Well me these days- I just miss you

It’s the night that I go insane

Unless you are coming back for me

That’s one thing I know that won’t change

* Its hard so hard, its tearing out my heart

Its hard letting you go

Now some tarot card shark said I’ll draw you a heart

And we’ll find you somebody else new

But I’ve made my last trip to those carnival lips

When I bet all that I had on you

‘YES WE CAN'

2011-03-28T19:19:00.000+05:30

- Andrew Fanai-

Kum 1972 daih tawh khan United Farm Workers (UFW) ho chuan an hotupa Cesar Chavez-a hovin Phoenix, Arizona ah ni 24 chhung chawnghei-in America sorkar in Farming chungchanga a policy an protest a; chuta an auhla (slogan) chu "Sí se puede" (Spanish for "Yes, it can be done") tih a ni. 2008 a Democrats US Presidential candidate Barak Obama chutih laia Senator chuan New Hampshire Democratic Primary Election-ah chuan he thupui zul hian ‘Yes we can’ (Lehlin kher pawh a tul lem em ni?) slogan chu a rawn phawrh (launched) veleh ta a. America ram hian ‘CHANGE’ a mamawh a, chu chu kan thlen tir thei a ni (Yes we can), tiin a rawn au chhuak ta a ni. Obama hian a Presidential campaign chhung zawng khan a secondary slogan ah a hmang anih kha. Chu slogan hmang chuan February 2, 2008 chuan Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am chuan Dipdive.com leh Youtube ah ‘Yes We can’ (We can ‘08) music video pawh chu a rawn released ve leh ta bawk a. Bob Dylan fapa Jesse Dylan’n rawn produced sakin first-ever Emmy Award for Best New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment a rawn hlawh chhuak ta hial anih kha.

Vawiinah chuan English thufing ‘Engmah hi theih loh a lo awm love” (Nothing is impossible) chu ‘A theih loh ti ti chu an daw duai’ (Impossible is nothing) hian a rawn thlak ta daih a. ‘Ka thei ani’, Yes We Can kan ti dawn ani. Pathianin Chakna, theihna (Potential), damna, finna, talent, remhriatna (creativity) min pe a, ka thei lovang hei hi chu(h)…ti a thalaite kan tlanchhe thin ka hmuh hian ka rilru a na thin. Vawiinah hian he editor ziakfung ka kuta dah anih ruala ka rilru-a lut hmasa ber chu Rahsiveng thalaite hi he chanchinbu hmang hian engtinnge Thupui-bulfuk (Principles-lehlin pawh a har hle mai- hmakhawthlir te pawh ti ila, goals, visions, dreams etc.) nei tura kan chawhthawh (inspired) ang a, chu kan thupui-bulfuk chu hlenchhuak turin ‘Yes we can’…tih auhla hi kan chemkawm atana inhmantir hi kumin a ka vision a ni.

Thalai tam tak te hi chuan naktuk pawh hi kan thlir pha meuh awm love, kan tal talin kan tal ve mawp mawp a, kan lum lumin kan lum a, kan ei ve leh teuh a, ‘thawhchhuah nei lo ei thla duak’ tih zawng zawng kan neih zova, a fuh lo a ni. ‘Tihtur neih loh hi Setana hmanraw tha ber a ni’ (Idleness is the devil’s workshop) tiin sap thufing chuan a sawi a. Tihtur ka neih lohna chhan chu hmathlir(dreams & visions) ka nei miau lova, thupui-bulfuk (principles) ka nei lova, ‘Cest la vie’ (This is life- ka nun alawm) tiin chapo takin neih nei chuang si lovin midang chanchin kan sawi peih em em a, ‘Future a bright lo em mai’.

William Carey-a, Khawvel missionary ropui ber a chhal ngam (Pioneer of Modern Missionary Movement) chuan a thupui atan ‘Pathian tan thil ropui tak tih tum la, a hnen atangin thil ropui beisei rawh’ (Attempt great things for God and Expect great things from Him) tih chu a nun khalhtu atan a hmang tlat a, India ram tana a thilpek (education, social reforms, agriculture, printing, translation etc) tluka hlu hi tuman India a la pe ngai lo an ti hial a ni. Beidawnna ruam ah, thihna thlan thim atang pawhin ‘Yes I can’, a ti tlat a, hetiang hlawhtlinna hi a tawpah chuan a khum ta hial a nih kha.

Thalai Kristiante ngat phei hi chu Paula hian min cho(challenge) nasa hle in ka hre thin, ‘Min tichaktu Krista-ah chuan engkim ka ti thei ani’ an ti thlawt mai a (I can do- a ti mai lova- all things a ti tawp mai a ni). Mihring tak pawha miin ‘ka thei ani’ an tih ngam chuan Krista ah chuan engmah hi huphurhawm a lo awm love. Chuvangin, thalaite’n Krista kan zuina kawngah tum mumal (Principles) nei ila, kan zirna kawngah, kan thiltih engkimah, kan hnathawhnaah thupuibulfuk nei ila, BRTF hovin ‘We dreams, we envisions and everyone enjoys’ an tih thin ang leh Martin Luther King Jr. in “I have a dream” a ti ang hian tum mumal neiin chumi chauh chu tinzawn (focus) ta ila. Kan tum tihlawhtling tur hian Krista-ah chuan ‘Kan hneh dawn ani, kan ti thei dawn ani ‘Yes we can’ tih vawng tlatin hmatiang in sawn dawn teh ang.

TLAWMNGAIHNA - My RADIO SPEECH - 22 march 2011

2011-03-28T19:14:00.000+05:30

TUNLAI THANGTHARTE’N TLAWMNGAIHNA KAN TLACHHAM TA EM NI?

Introduction:

Tlawmngaihna, Mizote tan a hlu leh mawi ber mai hi, Mizo ni ve lo leh tlawmngaihna awmzia hre ve lo te tan chuan, thil atthlak, mahni in tih dawnna leh in tih hreawmna mai chauh niin a lang. Tlawmngaihnain kan nuna awmzia aneih thuk zia hre ve ngai lo tan chuan hriat thiam mai phak chi pawh a ni lo reng a ni. Mahse, tlawmngaihna chu, keini tan chuan, kan nun ze mawi ber, kan thil neih tha ber, kan tih dan tha ber, lei leh van leh khawi i hmunah pawh ni se, Mizo kan awm ve naah phawt chuan, kan ngaih hlut ber tur, kan chhawm zel leh hman zel atana thil duhawm ber a ni tlat si!

Defining Tlawmngaihna–

Tlawmngaihna hre ngailote hnenah, Tlawmngaih na hi, tawngkam hnih khat lek chuan sawi fiah tawk a har hle awm e. Sapho chuan Tlawmngaihna kan tih ang chiah word nei lo mahse 'Altruism' an ti a. Chu chu "midangte tana inpekna, inphalna" emaw “Dawn lêt beiseina nei miah lova mi dang tana inpêkna” an ti. Tlawmngaihna chu ‘Mahni in hrechang lo hiala midangte tan- ngaihtuahna, tha leh zung leh thil neihte ui miah lova hman, pek leh sen. Thil hrang hrang leh chhan hrang hrang vanga mi mangang leh tanpui ngaite, an phut vang emaw, an ngen vang emaw leh an beisei vang emaw ni chuang lova, a thlawna tanpui leh an tana in pek. Hmuh theih loh nun chhungril lama ze mawi inthupin a rawn awm tir, thatna lam thil aia chhiatna lam thil tawkte tana in pek.

Tlawmngaihna hi Mizote chauhin nei ang hrima sawi an awm thin. Mahse, an nei lo ni lovin, “kan tih ang em em hi chuan an ti ve lo”, ti ila a dik zawk ang, he ‘chhungril thatna dan’ hi mihring ze rila bet tlat, mite tanpui duhna thinlung a ni a, hnam tinin an nei ti ila a sual tam awm lo ve. Naga ho chuan ‘Soba-liba’ an ti a, tlawmngaihna tlukpui thuak midangte tana inpekna thumal a ni, Hindu ho chuan ‘Niskama karma’ tih te ‘Dharma’ an tih te hian tlawmngaihna hi hrilhfiah chiah lo mahse chhul khat kual chu an nih a rinawm. Hnam dang nunphung nena khaikhin ralah chuan Mizote hian kan uar bikin kan chawivawng hle niin a lang. Chumi a lan chian em em na chu he tlawmngaihna hi kan chenna ramri kan pelh rual hian hmuh tur a vang pharh zel. Amaherawhchu tunlai thangthar hunah hian kan chenna ramri pel chu sawi loh, kan khawsakhona Zoramah ngei hian tlawmngaihna hi zawn chhuah fe a ngai tawh niin a lang, kan hun tawngin a zir ta nge ni? Tlawmngaihna hi kan tlachham ta em ni?

Thangtharte’n Tlawmngaihna kan tlachham ta em ni?

Hla phuah thiam Rokunga chuan,

“Hmanah pipu lên lai ni khan,

I hmel nî ang a êng thin a;

Kan ram, kan hnam timawitu kha,

Thliah hnu chhâwl ang a chul zo ta,”

tiin tlawmngaihna chungchang sawiin‘a chul zo ta’ tiin ui tak chungin hla-in a phuah a.

A phuah hun lai hian pipu nun hlui tam tak hun inthlakthlengin a her liampui tawhin a rinawm. Tlawmngaihna hi kan Missionary-te pawh khan an ngaisângin tha an ti tak zet a. Kum 1935-a kan Missionary-te ngeiin Young Lushai Association (YLA, tunah YMA) an lo dinsakte pawh kha tlawmngaihna vawn nuntir zêl an tumna chi khat niin a lang. Amaherawhchu, chik taka chhui chuan chhan hrang hrang avangin tlawmngaihna hi kan Mizo nun, a bik takin thangtharte’n kan tlachham telh telh ta niin a hmuh theih a, heng chhiatni thatni ah te, hnathawhna hmunah te, aia upa te zahna leh duhsakna chungchangah te hian etc.

3. Kan tlawmngaihna tlakhniam na chhan nia lang te lo chhui ho dawn ila:

A hmasa-in kan en ngai tak pakhat chu kan tunlai khawvelah hian Tlawmngaihna hi a la hman zel theih (practicable) em? Tih hi issue pawimawh tak niin a lang, tunlai thangtharte zinga tlawmngaihna tlak hniam chhan ni awm a lang kawng hrang hrang te lo chhui dawn ila-

3.1. Nun khaw chhuahna atan tlawmngaih a ngai:

Hmanlai chuan khaw tinin lal hran an nei theuh va, independent vekin an awm. Sorkar a awm lo. Lal leh upate kha sorkar an ni. Zawlbuka Valupate leh tlangval riak khâwmte kha vênghimtu sipai (Standing army and police) an lo ni a, khua leh khua an indovin an inrûn fo thin. Sa leh râl a tam a, sakei huai a tlain in hnuaia an ran vulh a lâksak fo bawk. Chu vangin, an tanrual loh chuan an nung khaw chhuak lo vang. Sa huai a lo tla emaw, râl khêl thâwm a awm emaw a nih vaih chuan Zawlbuka tlangval riak khâwmte kha a su kiangtu tur an ni. Nghalpuiin khawichhûnmui bu a rûn a, an phu dual ang hian tlangval riak khâwmte kha thih ngamin an che var thin. Tunah erawh chuan tlawmngai kher lo pawh khan nuam takin a lo nun theih toh a, ral-rel, ramchhuah a lo ngai ta lova, Kan hnathawhna te’n tlawmngaihna an phut (demand) kher ta lo.

3.2. Hnam kalphung (culture)-in tlawmngaihna a siam

Mizo te hi a huhova cheng thin hnam (Communitarian society) kan ni a. Hnam dang ngaihtuah chuan nun ho pawh kan thiam hle. Kan hnam kalphung (culture) hi kan tualzâl nun (social life) leh kan sakhua (religion) tang kawpin a siam an ni. Hmanlai chuan Kawtchhuah pakhat zawhin tuklawr ram neiin feh kawng pakhat an lo zawh ho dial dial a. An inlâwm a, an thawk ho va, pahmei leh hmeithai, damlo leh thawk thei lote tanpuiin an inkhai chhuak a. An thurin pawh a sei lo “Sem sem dam dam, ei bil thi thi” tih a ni. Nun ho dan an thiam loh chuan an ding khaw chhuak lo vang. Sakhua lamah pawh an lêntlâk a rual a, pialral kai loh an hlau va; pial ralah fai hawt (fai sa)-a châwm an nih theih nan in lama thangchhuah (khuangchawi) emaw, ram lama thangchhuah (sa chi kim kah) emaw chu an inelna ber a ni. Tunah erawh chuan Khawvel khawthlang ramin nasa takin min awp bet ta, westernization chuan min chim nasa ta a, privacy tih te, individualism, privatization tih te chu kan ideology lo niin kan society nasa taka thlak danglam a lo ni ta. Khawhar in riah te, thlanlaih te chu Mizoram veng tam takah tlansan mek a ni ta. Khawhar chhungte pawhin riahpui kher an duh lo tan zawk ta tlat a ni.

3.3. Zawlbuk leh tlawmngaihna

Hmanlai chuan Khaw lian deuhvah chuan Zawlbuk pahnih/pathum thlengin a awm. Zawlbuk chu an Biak In leh College a ni ringawt ti ila kan uar lutuk lo vang. Zawlbuk a ral rualin tlawmngaihna a tlahniam ti ila kan ti sual tam lovang. Rev. Lewis Evans huaihawtin June 15, 1935 khan Young Lushai Association an din a. Kum 1947 October thlaah Young Mizo Association (YMA) tiin an thlak. Amah Pu Niara hi President hmasa ber a ni nghe nghe a, Founder President a ni. Dr. J.V. Hluna chuan, “Vantlang nun thlung khâwmtu; Zawlbuk a lo bo tâk avangin kawng dang eng emaw awm tulin an hria a,” tiin a ziak. Hun inthlakthlengin Zawlbuk a her bopui avangin ‘Tlawmngaihna chher chhuahna pûm’ a chhe ta. University, College, High School leh Biak In zirtirnate chuan Zawlbuk zirtirna a thlakthleng a; mahse, tlawmngaihna kawngah chuan Zawlbuk ai an awh zo lo.

3.4. Sorkar leh Kohhran:

Tlawmngaihna titlahniamtu berte chu sorkar leh kohhran a ni i ti leh ang. Ram ni tla sêng lova roreltu British sorkar an lo lian a, hâwng leh duh tawh lovin awmhmun an bêng bel a. Vênhimna hna chu sipai leh police kutah a lut ta si a, Zawlbuka tlangval riak khâwm tan pawh sa leh râl beih tur an nei ta lo. Thlân laih, zualkova tlân leh ruang zâwn tih te chu a tlem ta telh telh a. Tunlaiah phei chuan zualkova tlan, ruang zawn etc phei chu a bo ta, thlan laih pawh a bo tan mek chu a ni e.

Vênhimna a tha ta tih an hriat veleh Missionary-te an rawn zuang lût a. Mizo pialral aia nuam leh ropui zâwk pialral thar (Van ram) chanchin min rawn hrilh a. Literature zawng zawnga chak leh huai ber Hebrai leh Greek Baibul an rawn keng a, Mizo thu leh hla zawng zawng a lem zo vek a. Rihdil (pi leh pute thlafam lêng kaina) pawh chu Galili dil leh Jordan luiin an ûm bo va, Rihdil piah lam ram ngaia lunglêng thinte kha, “Jordan lui kamah ka ding a, ngahkhlel takin ka thlir,” kan ti ta zawk a. Lusei sakhua Muchhip tlang aiah Kalvari tlang, Chuai lo pâr senhri pâr leh Kumtluang pâr aiah Saron leh Lili pârte Zofate pangpâr huanah a vultir ta a ni. Kan sakhua hian nasa takin tlawmngaihna kha a rawn thiat a ni.

3.5. Kan ngaihsân zawng a inthlak (Valued system)

Kan missionary te chuan lehkha min siamsakin sikul an din a. Damdawi inte an din a, sorkar hna thawh tur a lo awm ta. Kawla ni chhuak chhiara feh chhuak thin leh sadaiek hmeta hlo thlote khan ‘kâmding’ an ngaisâng lo thei lo. Tlawmngai chawimawina ‘nopui/huaino” hlawh pha aiin kâmdingin nupui a hmu tha zawk. Tlawmngaihna, dikna, rinawmna, huaisennate aiin hmuihmer hmu thei apiangin ngaihsân an hlawh a. Mipui vantlang ngaihdan (collective sense) kan zah em em pawh kha zah tur a awm ta lo. Tunlai ah ngat phei chuan tlawmngai aia ngaihsan tur hi kan ngah ta em em a ni. Officer chu naupang te mah ni se amah aia upa daih chuan Ka pu (Sir) a tih a ngai ta, Aia upa zah kan tih chu a hman theih lohna hmun a tam ta em em a ni.

3.6. Hmasawnna hian tlawmngaihna a tibâng

Kum zabi 20-na tâwp lamah chuan khawvel hmasawnna chu a zuanin a zuang a. Kum zabi 21-naah meuh chuan hnam hnufual ber Zofate khawvel pawh thiamna sâng zêlin a tisîksawi nasa hle. Khâwl thluak nei (computer), hriattirna leh thil siamna khâwl lam chanchin zirna (information technology), boruaka radioa thla inthawn theihna (television) leh ram leh ram inkar thawh hona (international network) avangin khawvel pumpui hi thingtlang khaw tê pakhat (global village) angin an hmang thei ta. Globalised world ah kan cheng a, kan khawvel chu Post Modern world tih a lo ni hial ta mai. Tlêma changkan deuhna hmunah chuan kan thalai tam zawkte chu University leh College-a zirlai an ni a. Thlân laih nikhuaa tel thei an ni lo. Mitthi lu men te, khawhar lênpuia zai lênkhâwm te chu phût chi an ni lo. Sorkar hna thawk leh company hna thawkte an la tam deuh deuh ang a. Mizo inkawm dan pangngaia inkawm luih luih te, inrîm mai maina atana hun khawhralte chu a theih loh thawthang a ni. Kan khawsak dan a sâng ve hret hret a, zualko leh tlawmngaihna lan chhuahna ang chi kha a awm ta meuh lo a ni e. Tunlai thalaite nun hi ‘Just do it’ leh it’s my life policy hmangin kan phe dawr dawr tawh a. Hmanraw changkang leh incheina zangkhai tak tak a lo chhuak a, kan hmuh leh kan hriatna te’n min thunun thuk hle. A hmuihmer zawnga thlir pawhin engkim mai hi a Ready Made deuh vek tawh mai a nih hi. Kan Life Syle hi a thawveng hah hah tawh mai a, a danglam em em tawh a ni. Kan thangthar tam tak te nun hi chu Hostel life bak hmelhriat lo an ni. Boarding School-ah kan invawm lut hnur a, chu chuan kohhranah a titlangnel lova, zirna leh kohhran chu a inmihrang tial tial a, kan zirlaite’n kohhran huang chhungah chanvo an nei tlem tial tial ta. Tunlai kohhran hrang hrangah hian tlawmngaihna nei lo piangthar thatchhia leh kohhran upa phakar zet zet hmuh tur an awm ta zeuh zeuh mai.

4. IN EN CHIAN A HUN:

Cheng tam tak sengin lehkha kan zira, a tha e. Secular-ah leh Bible College lamah te kan inhnim phum zung zung a, amaherawh chu hman tlak loh graduate thalai kan pung thur thur a, kut hnathawh lam kan thiam lo mai ni lovin kan hmusit mah mah hial zawk a. Hnim thlawh, pal hung, bawngtuthlawh, tuboh, ara, chem lek dan pawh kan zei lo zo ta. A thatchhe tawkin kan inzirtir a, hman tlak tak tak turin kan zir peih leh mang si lo. Thalai tha pui pui si kan zawi hnuang mai a, mahni pawh intodelh loho zingah chuan tlawmgaihna chu ‘Ka ha se’ a ni ringawt mai. Ke zungpui phut hlerh hlerh paha ngaihtuah chet chet a hun ta. Mitthi lumen zanah menpuitu kan khat pharh a, thlan lai leh kuang siam tur pawh kan inhmu zo lo thawthang a ni ta. Khawhar riahpui thuah in neitute harsatna kan siam tawh a, zualko leh mitthi sawngbawl thuah senso a turu sawt hle a, tlawmngaihna ni ve si, sawi ngam loh thil inphum a tam ta hle mai. YMA, tlawmngai pawl, hi mi tam tak chuan political platform atan an hmang mek a, YMA in thlanah chuan nasa taka campaign thawm hriat tur a awm ta. Hnatlang kal lo chu pawisa inchawitir a ni tawh a, mitthi ral, inneih, lungphun…etc. ahte hun pek leh sum sen thilah harsatnain min chim mek tawh a ni. Dam lo kan chungchangah pawh eng emaw tal hum neih a lo tul a, chu chuan hre reng chunga hriat loh der a titul leh thin.

CONCLUSION:

A chunga kan thu buan takte hi chhura buh thlirin kan ram dinhmun kan thlir thuakna a ni a, economic, Sex Education, Ecology, Sociology, Moral Ethic leh Culture lam chen hian pulpit tlangah au chhuahpui a hun tawh hle mai. Information Communication Technology hunah hian tunlai thil leh kan kristianna hi kan hmer kawp thiam a pawimawh hle. Tlawmngaihna kan ti zing ut a, namnul thilah a kal thui tawh hle mai. Hmanlai chu hmanlai a ni a, tunlai chu tunlai a ni. Chuvangin tlawmngaihna hi kan hun mil zela kan her rem thiam a pawimawh a, chuti lo chuan “chawimawi phut tlat tlawmngaihna” hian min vet bet tlat ang tih hi phanawm tak a ni ta. Tun laia kan tlawmngaihna din hmun hi chu enchian a tul ta hle niin alang. A chhan chu, a hming mai leh run dal lek chauh a tlawmngai, inhlawhfa rawng kai kan an tak vang a ni. Mahni in tih lar tumna thil ang lek leka tlawmngaihna hi hman tum kan zingah kan tam tak em vang a ni. Kan in bih chian a tha, tan kan lak loh chuan mizo tlawmngaihna mawi, duhawm leh hmingthang thin, Mizo nih nuam min tihtirtu ber hi, tun atanga reiloteah hmuh tur pawh a awm tawh lovang a, thawnthu lek fangah a chang zo mai ang tih a hlauhawm ta hial a nih hi le.

Kan pi leh pute zawlbuk hun laia val-upaten thalaite nuna an tuh thin ang tlawmngaihna dik leh thianghlim, mahni hmasial ngailo leh mahni hlawknatur zawng ngai lo ang chi kha, YMA hruaitute hian khawtinah, nula leh tlangval te nunah tuhin, hnai takah, hmun leh hmunah thlir a enthla chung rengin leh dawm ngai te dawm chung zelin, tan kan lak thar a ngai ta. YMA hi khawtinah tlawmngaihna tinungtu leh kengkawhtu, tlawmngaihna suak leh diklo thian faituah a tan a tul ta tak zet a ni, a ti daltu leh a ti chingpentu ni lovin.

MY PHOTOS-

2011-02-01T10:41:00.000+05:30

IMMANUEL

2010-12-21T10:16:00.000+05:30

Text: Matt. 1:23

Mizote hian naupiang hming kan sak hian, an hming awmzia leh anmahni a inpersan fo thin, thuhriltu tam tak ten an sawi kan hre fo tawhin a rinawm. Mahse kan sawi tur Immanuela erawh hi chu chutiang a ni ve tlat lo. A hming awmzia leh a nihna hi a in hmeh thlap mai a ni. Immanuela tih hi Bible ah hian vawi 3 a chuang a, (Is. 7:14; 8:8; Matt. 1:23). Immanuela chu Hebrai hming ani a, mimal hming aiin nihna hming a kawk zawk mah a, a awmzia chu ‘Kan hnenah Pathian a awm’ tiin kan hre fo a, a dik lo, ‘Kan hnena Pathian awm’ tihna a ni. Kan hnena Pathian awma chu Mosia hnenah a inpuang a, Yahweh (Hebrai ho chuan Tetragrammaton an tia, Pathian hming chu an lam ri ngam ngai lova, YHWH tiin an ziak thin) ka ni tiin (Ex. 20:1-3, Is. 42:8, Deut. 6:4,5). Mizo tawnga Yahweh kan lehlin dan ah chuan AWMA tiin kan dah a. Chumi awmzia chu hmana awm, tuna awm, leh nakinah pawh awm tihna ani. Mahse ngun taka chhut chuan hun thu hnuaia lengte’n kan hrilhfiahna mai a ni a, ama nihna a ni lo, Alpha leh Omega-a (Thup. 1:8) chu englai pawha chatuan ata chatuana Imanuela a ni tawp mai.

Awma chu amah avanga khawvel awm, khawvel lo awm theihna hi amah ani a, tun thlenga thil siam zawng zawng awm zel theihna, hi amah a ni. Awma lo chuan nunna a awm thei lova, khawvel hun inher a awm thei lo. Amah awma lo chuan tumah a awm theih loh, pangpar a par lova, rah chhuah a awm thei hek lo, awma lo chuan eng leh thim a awm lova, chhun leh zan a awm thei hek lo. Kan tana pawimawh ber chu Immanuela nena englai pawha inzawm reng hi a ni a. Immanuela/awma nen hian enge kan inzawmna, eng chen nge relationship kan neih tih hi i inzawt theuh ang u. Awma chu kan hnena Pathian awm a ni, kan hnena awm reng chu i pawl thar zel ang u. Immanuela chu kan tana lo piang Isua hi a ni. (Matt. 1:23).

LEITLANGPUI - Ka Vangkhua

2010-11-18T10:49:00.001+05:30

Pathian Fak leh chawimawi

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Kohhran hi engnge a nih a, engnge a dinchhan kan tih chuan Pathian fak leh chawimawi tura ringtute inpawlho awm khawm hi a ni. Kohhrante hian Pathian fak leh chawimawi nei ngai ta lo ila, Kohhran nih kan tling zo lovang. Kohhran ten Pathian fak leh chawimawi na ah hian kan thlarau lam nun malsawmna a awm a, chak lo tan chakna, thlarau lam nun hliam tuarte tana damna a ni thin. A huho leh mimal ang pawha Pathian pawlna tak tak hi mi thianghlim te nena inpawlna a tling a ni. Chutiang ang thlarau lam nun thuk leh ril takah chuan Pathian fakna leh chawimawina chuan mihring hi a hruai lut thin a ni. Pathian fakna leh chawimawina pawimawhna hi tam tak sawi tur a awm, point thum emaw chauh kan sawilang mai dawn a ni.

(i) Inpawlna nung: Pathianin mihring a siam chhan chu amah nena inpawl turin a ni. A kutchhuak mihringte chu a hmangaih a, hmangaihna-in a enkawl a, a hruai thin. "Ka ngaiha hlu tak in ni a, mi zahawm tak in ni bawk a, ka hmangaih bawk a che u" a ti a ni(Isaia 43:4). Tin, Mosia hnenah (Lev 26:11 & 12) "In zingah ka biakbuk chu ka awmtir ang a, ka nunna chuan a hnuchhawn lovang che u. In zingah ka cheng ang a, in Pathian ka ni ang a, nangni pawh ka mite in ni ang" a ti bawk. Hetiang hi mihringte chunga Pathian rilru putzia a ni. Pathian chuan mihringte chu a hmangaih a, amah nena inpawl turin hmangaihna avangin a

siam

a ni. Inpawlna tha lehzual amah leh mihringte inkarah a awm theih nan Lal Isua chu mihringah lo changin leiah a lo piang a, "Pathianin khawvel a hmangaih em em a…a fapa mal neihchhun a pe a" (Johana 3:16) tih a ni. Chutiang ang taka mihringte min hmangaihtu leh a kutchhuak kan nih avangin amah fak leh chawimawi hian ringtu mimal leh Kohhrante nunah pawimawhna leh tulna tak a nei a ni.

(ii) Mamawh chhanna: Mihringte taksa leh Thlarau tana kan mamawh zawng zawng min petu chu Pathian a ni. Chu kan Thlarau nun mamawh chu amah fakna leh chawimawina atangin kan chang thin a ni. "Thilpek tha leh thilpek famkim zawng zawng chu chunglam atangin engte Pa hnen ata a lo chhuak thin a ni". (Jakoba 1:17) tih hi a dik a ni. Chutiang titheitu Pathian chu englai pawhin mihringin a mamawh a, amah fakna nun chu Biak Inah chauh ni lovin, khawi hmunah pawh englai pawhin kan nitin nun atan a pawimawh reng a ni. Westminister thu inchhangin "Mihring awm chhan ber chu Pathian chawimawi leh chatuana amah nena inpawl a ni" a ti a ni.

(iii) Inhlanna: Inhlanna chu Pathian duhzawnga kan taksa leh thlarau a puma a hnena kan inpumpekna hi a ni. Chu chu amah fakna leh chawimawina atangin kan chang thin. "Aw Lalpa, kan taksa leh kan nunna te a pumin, inthawina nung leh thianghlimah I lawm tlak ni turin I hnenah kan inhlan a, I duh angin min hmang ang che" tia inpumpekna a ni. Inhlanna chuan ringtute Pathian biakna thukzia leh hlutzia a tilang a ni.

CHHEIH HLA

2010-10-24T11:03:00.000+05:30

Chung khawri a kal ruai e, chu tlangah awi maw aw chu tlangah awi awi

Kalvari-a ka hreng ropui vangin maw chheih

Tlantu Lalnunnema’n dairial maw a lo chan le.

Awi a leng em a, awi maw a leng em a Awi awi

Chung vannuam aw kei ka chan ve nan awi maw ka chan ve nan awi awi

Hmangaihtu Lalpan a lo tuar Kros lerah chheih

Zion khawpui mawiah hlimten tual ka len ve nan

Awi maw ka lunglen a tizual e awi maw a tizual e awi awi

Tlantu leh ka lungduhte lenna rammawi chheih

Rangkachak tualah maw hlimten tual an leng tur chu.

MARY J BLIDGE- EACH TEARS

2010-10-11T10:21:00.000+05:30

There’s something that I want to say,
But I feel I don't know how.
Until I just can’t hold it one more day,
So I think I let it out.

You’re on my mind more than I may show
You’re in my heart more than you may know
And the last thing that I want,
Is to you to fall apart.
Your future will be clearer,
I want you to remember.

In each tear
there’s a lesson, (there’s a lesson)
Makes you wiser than before (wiser)
Makes you stronger than you know (stronger)
In each tear (each tear)
Brings you closer to your dreams
No mistake, no heartbreak
Can take away what your meant to be...

We can’t change the things,
That we done, that’s in the past.
But fighting won’t get us anywhere,
So if you want, Here’s my hand...

Every night there is one thing I do
I bow my head and pray for you (pray for you)
And the last thing that I want,
Is for you to fall apart
you're future will be clearer
I want you to remember

You're much more than a struggle that you go through
You're not defined by your pain, so let it go...
YouÂ’re not a victim, you're more like a winner
And youÂ’re not in defeat, you're more like a queen

No no we can’t be held down
No no oh noo I I I can’t held down
You you you can’t be held down
We we we can’t be held down

Love
It makes you so much stronger (stronger)
It makes you so much wiser (wiser)
In each tear (in each tear)
And You so close to your dreams
No mistake, no heartbreak can’t take away you’re meant to be

Although We Have to Be Apart

2010-07-15T13:19:00.000+05:30

Nicholas Gordon

Although we have to be apart,
We'll always be together,
Close enough in mind and heart
To manage any weather.
Reality is often bleak,
But love remains inside
A glass house on a mountain peak,
The wintry world beside.

Love can build its own four walls
And heat its own small room.
Through icy winds and blinding squalls,
Love can be in bloom.

Though continents drift far downstream
And mountains disappear,
And life dissolve into a dream,
Our love will still be here,
You'll turn, and I'll be here.

10Thousand Angels Cried – LeAnn Rimes

2010-04-06T10:33:00.001+05:30

“Ten Thousand Angels Cried”

Stillness filled the Heavens, on crucifixion day.
Some say it rained, I don’t know if it’s true.
Well, I can just imagine ten thousand angels cried
That would seem like rain to me and you.
The angels all stood ready to take Him from the tree
They waited for the words from His voice.
And when he asked the father why has thou forsaken me.
They watched the saviour die of his own choice.
I’ve never seen ten thousand angels cry
But I’m sure they did
As they stood by
And watched the saviour die.
God turned his head away
He couldn’t bear the sight
It must have looked like rain
When ten thousand angels cried.
As the sun slipped away
The skies turned to grey
And when Jesus gave his all
That’s when the tears began to fall
I’ve never seen ten thousand angels cry
But I’m sure they did
As they stood by
And watched the saviour die.
God turned his head away
He couldn’t bear the sight
It must have looked like rain
When ten thousand angels cried.
It must have looked like rain
When ten thousand angels cried.

CHAPCHAR KUT- A festival of Joy

2010-04-02T12:02:00.004+05:30

Come the month of March and spring begins its play of colours with the Nature around. This splash of colours heralds the festive mood in the lives of Mizos and they prepare themselves to celebrate Chapchar Kut, the festival of happiness. It is considered to be the most important traditional festival of Mizoram and is celebrated with great pomp and splendour.

The Mizos traditionally have three main festivals namely- Mim Kut, Pawl Kut and Chapchar Kut.

Origin

In the Mizo history around 1450-1700 AD a Kawlni chief ruled over a village called Suapui which was located within the territory of Myanmar. In those days the highest aspiration of every young man was to excel in the feat of strength, skill or bravery in the field or in hunting or even in sports. Often the chief or his son led youngmen to the village to war or to hunting expeditions. The villagers anxiously awaited the successful return of the hunting teams for whom a special meat and Zu (rice beer) were unusually prepared by them. It was followed by great rejoicing by the whole village.

As the legend goes, one fine spring morning the chief of Suapui led his village braves to a hunting expedition into a deep forest full of wild animals. The hunting expedition took several days. The villagers waited for the successful return of their warriors. Their biggest pots, full of locally made rice beer used to be ready to welcome the intrepid hunters returning with their booty. The village maidens were even more anxious, because they would then make ear rings, hair combs from the hones and teeth of the catches they would be bringing home.

But unfortunately the chief and his braves were not blessed by Chawngtinleri (the guardian queen of the beasts) and that made them return to village empty-handed to the deep despair of the welcome party. Understanding the shame and disappointment of his braves the chief instantly proposed an impromptu festival - made up with drinking beer and feast to lighten the gloomy mood of his braves. He himself showed up with a fat pig and a big rice beer pot asking each of his hunting mates to contribute fowls and beer pots.

A feast was thus prepared with meat aplenty and rice beer flowing. The village folks were also requested to join the feast. The spirits then went high and the mood changed from disappointment to merry making; young men and women joined hands and danced in circle; singing and clapping their hands all the while.

So the entire community enjoyed even more than they would have done had the hunters come back with rich booty. They would turn defeat into victory as it were and so all the folks joined in singing, dancing and merry making. Seeing the happy singing and delighted folks the Suapui village chief thought that it should be repeated every year at the same time. This gave birth to the most loved Mizo festival known as Chapchar Kut. The delightful dance called Chai also found its origin.

Celebration

In course of time, Chapchar Kut began to be celebrated in all the Mizo villages becoming a very important cultural tradition in the society. Each village developed its own brand of celebration to suit its own time, idiom and ethos over the years. The celebrations carried on for four to five days.

On the first day pigs were killed late in the day for feasting and on the next morning village elders including women spent the day drinking beer while young boys and girls were busy making preparations for singing and dancing. Old women used to carry cooked food and boiled eggs to feed the passers by at the entrance of the village usually under a banyan tree or near memorial stones.

The third day of Chapchar Kut festival is also termed as Chai Ni (dancing day). Young men and women dressed themselves in their best ornaments-necklace of amber, earrings of ivory and beautiful headband made of fine feathers. Boys and girls sang and danced all through the night forming circles in the chief’s yard.

The fourth day is called Zupui Ni (Zupui is a mild beer brewed with husks specially made for festive and special days) Zupui, contributed by various families, was passed around the whole day. Towards the evening, songs and dances got underway again lasting till the next morning.

The fifth day was solemnized as Zu Thing Chaw Ni. On this day all the contributed and collected Zu was to be finished. The sixth day used to be the day of siesta. Having fed themselves with meat and drinks to the brim they called it a day of rest. Hunting or going out of the village was considered a taboo.

The longest Chapchar Kut celebration in Mizo history was of the Chawngtui village. It went on so long that the entire village forgot its cultivation. This resulted in famine and the villagers dispersed to the neighboring villages.

These days the practice of mass feasting, drinking of locally-made beer and dancing throughout the night has died down. Now arrangements are made for presenting traditional dances of the Mizos. Colourful parading of different clans with their traditional proceedings almost parallels the Christian way of life.

Due to the efforts of worthy individuals, organizations and the State government, Chapchar Kut has now become the most popular and colourful cultural festival of Mizoram. The day is declared a gazetted holiday and is celebrated all over Mizoram.(PIB Features)

Mizos celebrating Chapchar Kut festival

A Mizo couple in festive mood during Chapchar Kut festival

COMMON INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

2010-03-31T11:03:00.000+05:30

1. Tell me about yourself?

- The most often asked question in interviews. You need to have a short statement prepared in your mind. Be careful that it does not sound rehearsed. Limit it to work-related items unless instructed otherwise. Talk about things you have done and jobs you have held that relate to the position you are interviewing for. Start with the item farthest back and work up to the present.

2. Why did you leave your last job?
- Stay positive regardless of the circumstances. Never refer to a majorproblem with management and never speak ill of supervisors, co-workers or the organization. If you do, you will be the one looking bad. Keep smiling and talk about leaving for a positive reason such as an opportunity, a chance to do something special or other forward-looking reasons.

3. What experience do you have in this field?

- Speak about specifics that relate to the position you are applying for. If you do not have specific experience, get as close as you can.

4. Do you consider yourself successful?

- You should always answer yes and briefly explain why. A good explanation is that you have set goals, and you have met some and are on track to achieve the others.

5. What do co-workers say about you?

- Be prepared with a quote or two from co-workers. Either a specific statement or a paraphrase will work. Jill Clark, a co-worker at Smith Company, always said I was the hardest workers she had ever known. It is as powerful as Jill having said it at the interview herself.

6. What do you know about this organization?

- This question is one reason to do some research on the organization before the interview. Find out where they have been and where they are going. What are the current issues and who are the major players?

7. What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year?

- Try to include improvement activities that relate to the job. A wide variety of activities can be mentioned as positive self-improvement. Have some good ones handy to mention.

8. Are you applying for other jobs?

- Be honest but do not spend a lot of time in this area. Keep the focuson this job and what you can do for this organization. Anything else is a distraction.

9. Why do you want to work for this organization?

- This may take some thought and certainly, should be based on the research you have done on the organization. Sincerity is extremely important here and will easily be sensed. Relate it to your long-term career goals.

10. Do you know anyone who works for us?

- Be aware of the policy on relatives working for the organization. This can affect your answer even though they asked about friends not relatives. Be careful to mention a friend only if they are well thought of.

PROBLEMS

2010-03-29T18:29:00.000+05:30

K.L.Biakchungnunga

No one can avoid having problems.

Being born as human, we have to struggle for our survival. Right from our entry into this world from our mother’s womb, our struggle for survival starts. It is a deadly struggle not only for the baby, but for the mother as well. Many a mother died in the struggle to deliver a baby. Many a baby died too in its struggle to come out of the mother’s womb.

Problem is what necessitates struggles. The word ‘struggle’ presupposes problem. It is what makes struggle struggle-some. Take away all the problems and the need to struggle will disappear automatically.

The size of a problem cannot be measured by what it is. It has no objective validity. The bigness or smallness of a problem is determined by how it affects us. We may have what seems to be the same experience. But the degree of our vulnerability to the experience may vary. While my normal life goes on as usual under the weight and pressure of the experience, it may be ‘a matter of life and death’ for you. So, the size of a problem does not consist in what it is in itself, but how it affects us as the victims.

I remember one young beautiful girl admitted to the Hospital in my home town. I was a small boy then. She was lying adjacent to my sister-in-law. The reason she was admitted to the Hospital was more of mental than physical illness. Her boyfriend dumped her. Since then, she did not take any food. She didn’t respond when she was talked to. Even the doctors couldn’t make her talk. She would simply stare at them with her blank eyes.

One morning, she was isolated with a wall of curtains hanging around her bed. There was a small opening through which I was watching her and I saw the doctor hitting her on the face trying to awaken her senses by means of physical pains. She died soon after that. ‘Being dumped’ may be a common teenage-experience. Many of us survived the experience somehow, no matter how deep the cut was. For some, it takes months for the wounds to get healed. For others, it is only a matter of a day or two before they find a new mate to go steady with. May be, they are not really in love, I don’t know. But for this poor girl, the experience proved fatal.

The size of a problem is subjective. Its substantiality is measured in relation to the strength of our resistance. If we take it lightly with our emotions under control, its size is thought to be small. If our strength drains under its weight, we think the problem is big.

The subjective reality of problems is what makes education important. The primary focus of education is, as I understand, to prepare us for life’s challenges, for the problems we are going to wrestle with and for the storms of hardships that will invade our lives. Education prepares us to solve not only mathematical problems, but the problems in real life. The education that produces intellectual giants who easily succumb to life’s challenges fails in its mission. When an educated man commits suicide, I always question the validity of education for the making of one’s personality.

If education is insufficient to equip one for the battle against frustrations in life, that is where God must step in.When I was very young in my journey of faith, I believed that God would take away all the problems and troubles that stand my way. Of course, He did just that many a time. But now I am quite mature in faith compared to those days. Many of my prayers for God to remove my problems go unanswered. At first, I was wondering why. Had God forsaken me?

Paul had a thorn in his flesh. He asked God to take away the thorn from his flesh. He asked three times. Each time, God gave him the same answer – “My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). Slowly I realize that this is what God is doing in my life. Instead of taking away my problems, He is strengthening me with His grace to overcome my problems.

How can God’s grace become enduring in our lives?

I can never become bigger than my self. I am the size of my self. More often than not, my problems are bigger than my size and I feel immobilized and defeated. If only I could become bigger than my self, then, I could overcome my problems. It is the purpose of God to make us bigger than our ‘selves’. Our natural self has growth limits. Once its limit is reached, it is no use to try to expand its boundaries. To make it bigger, it has to be broken. That is what the cross is all about – brokenness. Brokenness of self.

Once the self is broken, the brokenness will be substantiated by the grace of God. Grace in this context can imply peace, humility, serenity and equanimity that come from God. The grace of God dwelling in us, we have a deep sense of peace within us. Now the sea of our lives is calm and serene, we feel organized and integrated. We not only become one with God, we become one with ourselves.

Now we are ready to face any mountain of problems with grace. Fear is frozen. Confusion is consumed. We are filled with calmness and peace. We are filled with grace. We can face any challenge, any problem, any trial with a sense of equanimity. There’s no too high a mountain we cannot climb. There’s no too gigantic a problem we cannot conquer. That is what being bigger than one’s self is all about. We become more than who and what we are. We become one with the universe. Then, the problems melt within us. They are like a good food properly digested for nourishment and energy. Then we feel stronger and activated. We grow and expand. We become bigger still.

Problems can be compared to weight-lifting. It can be both destructive and constructive. For a weak person, the weight can be too heavy, it can crush him down and pin him to the ground. But for a strong and healthy person, the weight develops muscles and it builds the body to become even stronger. The heavier the weight, the stronger it makes him grow. For weight-lifting to be constructive and body-building, the lifter has to go to the limit, to the extent of screaming in pains and tears. To lift an extra lift when no more strength is left is a prayer for more strength, it is a step for stronger strength.

Problems can be both a trial and a triumph.

Jesus talks about two house builders in his sermon on the mount. One builds his house on rock and the other builds on sand. The rains poured down, the rivers overflowed and the wind blew hard against both houses. The one built on sand collapsed to the ground. The one built on rock stood firm and withstood the winds and storms. In this parable, problems are talked about in the form of rains, tides, winds and storms. The acid test of the quality of both houses come in the form of problems. Problems bring to light the hidden quality of both the houses. Both houses are tested and validated. In the end, the house on rock withstands the trials – it wins the victory.

The strength of a rope is determined by its weakest point.

I think the two houses are similar in all respects. The materials used for their construction are of the same kind and quality. Both houses have the same size and height with the same design. Their only difference lies in the foundation. One has rock for its foundation and the other is founded on sand. For the first house, the foundation is its strong point and for the second house, the foundation becomes its weak point. Just as a rope when pulled from both ends breaks at its weakest point, the house built on sand breaks and collapses under trial and pressure.

We need foundation for our lives. The foundation has to be firm and secure like a solid rock. What can give us a secure and firm foundation for our lives? There are moral virtues which are enduring – honesty, truth and justice – for instance. Honesty is to be who and what one is. It requires one to say what is, not what one feels like saying nor what one wants to say. We don’t need to pretend to be someone we are not. For that is hypocrisy. We simply have to be just the persons we are. That requires humility to accept who and what we are. It requires courage to expose our true selves no matter the price we have to pay.

The best definition of truth is – what is. Appearance is not truth. Sometimes, things are not what they appear to be. Truth often hides behind the appearances. Truth is the essence of things and beings. It is the core meaning of all things – material and immaterial. In order to know truths, we need to seek them. To seek is a matter of the heart and mind. To become a seeker of truths, we need to ask questions, fundamental questions of life. We need to become meditative and contemplative. We need to listen not only to what people say, but what they mean to say and even what they don’t say. We need to listen to their silence too. To become seekers of truth, we need to understand why people say what they say and more importantly, what makes them say what they say.

In every experience in life, we need to seek truths we have to live by, truths to guide our decisions. When you are falsely accused, you need truth to control your boiling emotions. When someone supersedes you in your profession, you need truth to guide your steps to make things right. When you face temptations, you need truth to give you courage to say ‘no’. When you feel compelled to have a voice on important moral issues like abortion, pre-marital sex, homosexuality, gay rights, stem-cell research, live-in relationships, euthanasia, pornography, feminist movements, total prohibition, sexual abuse, substance abuse, family planning, etc. you need truths to guide your thoughts and frame your ideas. That’s why we say we must be seekers of truths.

Truth never changes. Therefore, seekers of truths are solid and firm like a rock. They are responsible, accountable and trustworthy. They can be trusted for their words and promises. They cannot be bought and bribed to violate truths. Truth is truth. It can never compromise. So are the seekers of truth, they cannot compromise. A student who applies for scholarship with false statements is not a seeker of truth. A man who takes the interests of government’s money invested in the bank can never be called a man of truth. Both of them are like a house built on sand. They will not withstand trials and tests. They will collapse in the face of trials and hardships.

Justice has no relatives. It is human nature to favor our relatives. It is easy to do justice to those who are not related to us in matters that demand punishment for crimes. To live a life of justice is costly. There is a price we have to pay. We may have to lose our friends, we may have to lose the love of our dear ones. We may have to live lonely lives. Looking through the spectacles of justice, there are no friends or foes, relatives or strangers. There are only two groups of people – the innocent and the guilty. The sense of justice constrains us to give each individual in question what is due to him. Compromise has no room in the kingdom of justice.

If your life is driven by sense of honesty, sense of truth and sense of justice – you will withstand the trials of life, no matter how insurmountable they appear to be. Having these moral virtues as your life’s foundation, your integrity will remain unchallenged, come what may. Your self-image will develop self-respect and you will feel good about yourself. You will be proud of who you are. This sense of pride in being yourself will command your environment. And you will have serenity of heart to accept problems in all their sizes. You will have moral courage to seize them by the horns and keep them under control.

We human beings are the only creatures God did not finish. We’ve got to finish our own creation. We will decide who and what we will be. Adam and Eve decided to eat the forbidden fruit. Their decision turned their lives upside-down which ultimately led them out of Eden. Samson decided to have Delilah as his darling and he was eventually hypnotized by her charms and beauty. Her tender care lulled him to a false sense of security. She then hushed him to a deep sleep till his super-natural strength was drained to dregs. His decision made him blind at the prime of his youth. King David decided to sleep with Bathsheba, the wife of his General Uriah. His momentary decision made his life topsy-turvy till the day he died. To a rather frightening degree, we are what we decide to be. A wrong decision is always followed by dire consequences.

You might not decide what problems you will face, but you can decide how you will face them. You may not chose your experiences, but you can decide how you are going to interpret them. You cannot direct how people will treat you, but you can decide how you are going to react.

Struggle comes with problems. Struggle is a natural process of our evolution.

Once a science teacher brought a cocoon to the classroom. He told the students that they were going to watch a real drama of how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. He told them not to help but simply watch as the butterfly struggles to come out of the cocoon. He left the classroom to come back after an hour. With enthusiasm and curiosity, the children watched as the butterfly struggled to come out.

It looked like a helpless struggle for the butterfly had to stop in the process a number of times. Filled with pity and care, one boy stepped forward, tore the cocoon open and took the butterfly out. By the time the teacher returned, the butterfly was lying dead near its torn cocoon. The students told him what had happened. With calmness and concern, the teacher explained to the bunch of students that it is the law of nature for the butterfly to struggle because as it struggles to come out of the cocoon, the struggle helps develop and strengthen the wings. And by the time it comes out, it would be ready to fly. Now it lies dead because the boy had deprived the butterfly of its struggle to strengthen its wings.

There is a ‘butterfly’ in all of us. By the time of our birth, we had struggled to come out from the cocoon of mother’s womb. That is the law of nature. We came out crying because that is how we inhale and exhale the air for our survival. It is the law of nature that we have to struggle from one problem to another in the process of our evolution from one stage of life to another. The more we struggle, the stronger we become. The stronger we become, the better is our chance for survival. Survival is not a matter of life and death only, it is rather a matter of degree – from crawling to toddling, from toddling to walking, from walking to running, from running to flying – right from the cradle to the grave till we reach Heaven which is the highest state of life.

PERSONALITY TEST

2010-03-24T03:04:00.000+05:30

Take this Personality Test

Take this test and no cheating. You will find it interesting.

There are 10 questions.

Make sure you change the subject of the e-mail to your total. When you're finished, forward this to everyone you know and the person who sent it to you. Make sure you put your score in as the subject also.

1. When do you feel you’re best?

(a) In the morning

(b) During the afternoon and early evening

2. You usually walk

(a) Fairly fast, with long steps

(b) Fairly fast, but with short, quick steps

(d) Less fast, head down

(e) Very slowly

3. When talking to people, you

(a) Stand with your arms folded

(b) Have your hands clasped

(d) Touch or push the person to whom you are talking

(e) Play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair

4. When relaxing, you sit with

(a) Your knees bent and your legs neatly side by side

(b) Your legs crossed

(d) With one leg curled under you

5. When something really amuses you, you react with

(a) A big, appreciative laugh

(b) A laugh, but not a loud one

(e) A sheepish smile

6. When you go to a party or social gathering, you

(a) Make a loud entrance so everyone notices you

(b) Make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know

7. You are working hard, concentrating hard. You are interrupted. You:

(a) Welcome the break

(b) Feel extremely irritated

8. Which of the following colors do you like most?

(a) Red or orange

(b) Black

(d) Green

(f) White

(g) Brown or gray

9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moment before going to sleep, you lie

(a) Stretched out on your back

(b) Stretched out face down on your stomach

(d) With your head on one arm

(e) With your head under the covers

10. You often dream that you are

(a) Falling

(b) Fighting or struggling

(d) Flying or floating

(e) You usually have a dreamless sleep

(f) Your dreams are always pleasant

POINTS:

1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6

2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1

3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6

4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1

5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2

6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2

7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4

8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f)2 (g) 1

9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e) 1

10. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f)1

Add the total number of points.

OVER 60 POINTS:

Others see you as someone they should "handle with care."You are seen as vain, self-centered, and extremely dominant. Others may admire you and wish they could be more like you, but they don't always trust you and hesitate to become too deeply involved with you.

FROM 51 TO 60 POINTS:

Your friends see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader, quick to make decisions (though not always the right ones). They see you as bold and venturesome, someone who will try anything once; someone who takes a chance and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.

FROM 41 TO 50 POINTS:

Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who is constantly the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to your head. They see you also as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who will cheer them up and help them out.

FROM 31 TO 40 POINTS:

Other people see you as sensible, cautious, careful, and practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or too easily, but someone who is extremely loyal to the friends you do make and who expects the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize that it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but, equally, that it takes you a long time to get over it if that trust is broken.

FROM 21 TO 30 POINTS:

Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very, very cautious and extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment. They expect you to examine everything carefully from every side and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction on your part is caused partly by your careful nature and partly by laziness.

UNDER 21 POINTS:

People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs to be looked after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn't want to get involved with anyone or anything. They see you as a worrier, who sees problems that don't exist. Some people think you're boring. Only the people who know you well know that you aren't.

FIGHTING between PROFESSIONS

2010-03-19T11:30:00.001+05:30

Two attorneys boarded a flight out of Seattle. One sat in the window seat, the other sat in the middle seat. Just before takeoff, a physician got on and took the aisle seat next to the two attorneys. The physician kicked off his shoes, wiggled his toes and was settling in when the attorney in the window seat said, "I think I'll get up and get a coke."

"No problem," said the physician, "I'll get it for you."

While he was gone, one of the attorneys picked up the physician's shoe and spat in it. When he returned with the coke, the other attorney said, "That looks good, I think I'll have one too." Again, the physician obligingly went to fetch it and while he was gone, the other attorney picked up the other shoe and spat in it.

The Physician returned and they all sat back and enjoyed the flight. As the plane was landing, the Physician slipped his feet into his shoes and knew immediately what had happened.

"How long must this go on?" he asked.

"This fighting between our professions? This hatred? This animosity? This spitting in shoes and pissing in cokes?"

Sealed with a KISS

2010-03-19T11:25:00.000+05:30

If you are my friend,

please answer this:

Are we friends

Or are we not?

You told me once

But I forgot.

So tell me now

And tell me true.

So I can say....

"I'm here for you."

Of all the friends

I've ever met,

You're the one

I won't forget.

And if I die

Before you do,

I'll go to heaven

And wait for you.

I'll give the angels

Back their wings

And risk the loss

Of everything.

Just to prove my

friendship is true..

to have a friend like you!

WHAT I HAVE "LEARNT"

2010-03-18T09:35:00.000+05:30

I've learnt that you cannot make someone love you.

All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I've learnt that no matter how much I care, some

people just don't care back.

I've learnt that it takes years to build up trust,

and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learnt that it's not what you have in your

life, but who you have in your life that counts.

I've learnt that you can do something in an instant

that will give you a heartache for life.

I've learnt that no matter how thin you slice it,

there are always two sides.

I've learnt that you should always leave loved ones

with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I've learnt that we are responsible for what we do,

no matter how we feel.

I've learnt that there are people who love you

dearly, but just don't know how to show it.

I've learnt that true friendship continues to grow,

even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I've learnt that just because someone doesnt love

you the way you want them to,

doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I've learnt that maturity has more to do with

What types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from

them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I've learnt that no matter how good a friend someone is,

they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must

forgive them for that.

I've learnt that no matter how bad your heart is

broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I've learnt that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean

They don't love each other and just because they don't

argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I've learnt that we don't have to change friends if

we understand that friends change.

I've learnt that you shouldn't be so eager to find

out a secret; it could change your life forever.

I've learnt that there are many ways of falling and

staying in love.

I've learnt that the people you care most about in

life are taken from you too soon.

I've learnt that there are people who love you

dearly but just don't know how to show it.

I've learnt that even when I have pains, I don't

have to be one.

I've learnt that every day you should reach out and

touch someone; people love that human touch

(holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back).

And I've learnt that I still have a lot to learn.

A FORWARDED MAIL

2010-03-17T12:27:00.000+05:30

Dear All,

Somebody may feel happy, somebody may feel bad

or bored to receive my forwarded mails. But why do I

forwardMails......?

Read below

When you have nothing to say,

But still want to keep in touch,

Guess what you do,

You forward mails!!!!

When you have something to say,

But don't know what,

Or don't know how,

Guess what you do,

You forward mails!!!!

When you have something to say,

But don't know why,

Guess what you do,

You forward mails!!!!

When you have something to say,

But don't have enough time,

Guess what you do,

You forward mails!!!!

When you are still wanted,

When you are still remembered,

When you are still important,

When you are still loved,

When you are still cared for,

Then what you get is a ......

A FORWARDED MAIL!

FRIENDSHIP

2010-03-15T11:30:00.000+05:30

Many people will walk in and out of your life,

But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

To handle yourself, use your head;

To handle others, use your heart.

Anger is only one letter short of danger.

If someone betrays you once, it is his fault;

If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.

Great minds discuss ideas;

Average minds discuss events;

Small minds discuss people.

He who loses money, loses much;

He who loses a friend, loses much more;

He who loses faith, loses all

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,

But beautiful old people are works of art.

Learn from the mistakes of others.

You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Friends, you and me....

You brought another friend....

And then there were 3....

We started our group....

Our circle of friends....

And like that circle....

There is no beginning or end....

Yesterday is history.

Tomorrow is mystery.

Today is a gift.

MY SERMON on V'DAY

2010-03-15T11:24:00.000+05:30

Exegetical Sermon on: Philippians 3:12-21

14^th.February.2010 (Sun) V’Day

Philippians: Paul's Joy in Christ

A Missionary Prayer Letter

(1) The Philippians sent Paul at least four gifts to support his ministry (II Cor. 8:3-4; II Cor. 11:8-9; Phil. 4:10-14, 15-16). Paul is overjoyed with the encouragement and remembrance of their love for him and his love for them. Philippi was Paul’s pride and joy. Arms of friendship extended between Paul and the believers at Philippi that didn’t exist in the other churches. None of his other letters has such abundant expressions of tender personal dedication and benevolence as this letter. The letter is filled with expressions of gratitude and thankfulness for their expression of love and faithfulness which he has received on several occasions. Therefore, he can share from his heart his personal convictions and his internal conflicts about the future. It is filled with joy, peace and thanksgiving. The words "joy," "rejoicing," "rejoice" is repeated 16 times in these short 104 verses.

(2) It was written from prison in the city of Rome (1:7, 13; 4:22). Paul refers to his imprisonment in 1:7, 13, 14; 2:17. According to Acts he was a prisoner at Philippi (16:23, Jerusalem (21:33ff), Caesarea (23:25) and Rome (28:16, 30, 31). Paul was in prison two years while at Caesarea, however no final decision in his case was ever expected there. He was in prison at Rome for two years, pending his appeal to Caesar.

If Lightfoot is correct, and his arguments are very solid, the letter was probably written before Ephesians, Colossians and Philemon, about a year after he arrive in Rome, between 62 and 63 A. D. as recorded in Acts 28:30. If the imprisonment of Paul began between the years 58-60, and ended before the burning of Rome in A. D. 64, logically the epistle would have been written during the time between this period.

3:12-14 Press On Towards It:

(1) You will find a number of Christians today who claim to have attained sinless perfection. "I haven't sinned since 1978," they claim. Well, they certainly have - they just lied to you!

Remember that John wrote,

1John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

There is no way to be sinless while we are in these mortal bodies.

Remember, Rom. 14:23 ...whatever is not from faith is sin.

Paul on the verge of his death still claims that he wasn't there yet. He knew he was far from perfect. But he kept pressing on, kept persevering in the Christian walk.

(2) Saying-Well begun is half done, but according to Paul, reaching the goal, pressing and striving forward to reach the goal is much more important. Illustration: I can run long distance…Marathon race, maybe we start very well and we are in the first front till the first 15 kms, but in marathon race we have to run 26 kms. So, they never give away the prize to someone who leads very well in half of the race, but the prize will be gone to the people who reached their destinations, goals well.

He uses the descriptive language of someone striving forward, pressing on, and reaching out. You can picture a hiker trying to make it to the peak of a mountain. A runner trying to make it to the end of a marathon. A swimmer trying to cross the English channel. An Olympic cyclist trying to win the race. Whatever illustration you keep in your mind, the words hold true: Rick Warren’s devotional book ‘Purpose Driven Life’ always touch me, we are all created for a special reason and everyone has to have a goals, a purpose in our processes of ministry.

(3) Forget what lies behind. There is no bigger defeat than to dwell on what you have already past, how many miles you've already gone, how many steps you've already taken. Paul says that he was forgetting what lay behind and kept reaching forward.

This is how to avoid a trap in our Christianity. I have met a lot of people that say, "Oh yeah, I gave my life to Jesus back in the 60's. I was filled with the Spirit in 1974. I used to do street evangelism. But where are you doing now? You see, the past doesn't matter - it's already past. Are you growing in Christ now? Are you ministering now? Are you praying now? You can't rest on your laurels. What matters is where you're at in the Lord today.

The old saying goes, "Winners never quit, and quitters never win." Don't talk about what you did last year, ask yourself, "What am I doing this year?" Don't rest on the growth you experienced in the '90's. Ask yourself, "How much am I growing now?" Remember, Phil. 1:6 ...He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. God wants you to keep growing, to keep serving Him.

3:15-16 Attitudes

Well, if Paul hadn't yet become perfect, but wrote, "as many as are perfect," then what is he talking about? This is a different form of the word "perfect." Whereas before, Paul was talking about being perfectly completed, this time he is talking about being perfectly in the right place.

“When a baby boy is born, they weigh him, measure him, and take all his vital signs. If everything is as it should be, they say, "Congratulations, your child is perfect!" But ten years later, if your sons weighs 9 pounds, is bald, weak, and crying, something is terribly wrong. He was perfect for his age, for the state he was in. But that is not a completed perfection, it is a growing perfection. So before, Paul said, "I'm not there yet - I'm far from being perfectly completed." But then he was able to turn around and say, "Some of you are in a perfect place in your walk, in your growth. You're just where you should be today."

The people who are in that place should have the attitude of pressing on to the next step, to keep growing in God. A desire for continual growth is what Paul speak about here.

The Lord will not let you stagnate in your spiritual life without prompting.

When Adam fell into sin, the Lord entered the garden and asked him,

Gen. 3:9 ...“Where are you?” When Elijah ran away in fear and was hiding out in a cave, the Lord came to him and said,

1Kgs. 19:9 ...“What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Jesus asked His disciples, Luke 6:46 “...why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?"

Maybe the Lord has seen your attitude this evening - no desire to grow up into spiritual maturity, completely content with where you are. The Lord challenge us today - "Where are you? What are you doing here? Why do you call Me Lord if you won't do what I say?"

3:17-19 The Good And Bad Examples

We have talked in the past about the necessity of imitating the faith of people who are like Jesus. The writer of Hebrews said,

Hebr. 13:7 Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.

Today, we see these people in the form of those who are selling "cheap grace." Those who say, "Since I'm saved by grace, I can do what I want. All things are lawful for me." Paul's doctrine says right here that their end is destruction. They have fooled themselves. Christ died to forgive sin, not to give us a license to commit it.

How can you know if you're deceiving yourself? How can you make sure that you're not an enemy of the cross of Christ? Look at the descriptions Paul uses: Their God is their appetite. Do you live your life to serve your appetites for money, power, or sex? Do you follow after whatever you desire, no matter whether it's right or wrong?

He also says that their glory is their shame.

Finally, he says that their minds are set on earthly things. Where is your focus? Are you consumed with the things of this world? The cares and desires of this life? God doesn't want you to waste your precious life obsessing about the matters and pleasures of this life - it's so temporary. Is money your focus? Is it sports? Is it success? If your mind is set on this earth, you're in a bad place as a Christian, because this isn't supposed to be your permanent residence.

It is the enemies of the cross who have their minds set on earthly things. We must remember that we are not of this earth. The writer of Hebrews lists great people that had great faith in God, and then says that they...

Hebr. 11:13-14 ...confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. This world is not our home. We are aliens, strangers, pilgrims, and sojourners in it. We are people passing through. People who are traveling don't pack heavy. They don't get weighed down. They only bring what they need, and they accomplish their purpose.

We are too weighed down, too over-burdened. Many of us have forgotten our purpose for being here. It is to grow in Christ and lead people to Him. It is not to find fame and fortune.

3:20-21 Heavenly Citizenship

Our citizenship is in heaven, not here.

Col. 1:13 For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son Jesus Christ is coming back to this earth to take us to heaven.

When you are waiting at the airport, how much thought do you give to making yourself comfortable for the long-term? Do you look around for the ideal place to set up a tent? Do you attempt to establish long-term residency? Of course not - it's simply a stop-over, a place you are temporarily in, but you're headed home. Most of us need this new perspective in relation to this earth.

Jesus Christ is coming soon, to bring us home. Are you watching and waiting?

Friendship ALPHABET

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A FRIEND

(A)ccepts you as you are

(B)elieves in you

(C)alls you just to say "HI"

(D)oesn't give up on you

(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)

(F)orgives your mistakes

(G)ives unconditionally

(H)elps you

(I)nvites you over

(J)ust hangs with you

(K)eeps you close at heart

(L)oves you for who you are

(M)akes a difference in your life

(N)ever Judges

(O)ffers support

(P)icks you up

(Q)uiets your fears

(R)aises your spirits

(S)ays nice things about you

(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it

(U)nderstands you

(V)alues you

(W)alks beside you

(X)-plains things you don't understand

(Y)ells when you won't listen and

(Z)aps you back to reality

ZORAM- Home of Beauty

2010-03-05T11:51:00.001+05:30

LAPTOP CARE

2010-03-01T11:18:00.000+05:30

“Laptop computers are an excellent way for today's students to manage their workload, but protecting the data on those computers isn't as simple as securing a notebook in a locker,” said Jim Reinert, sr. director of Software and Services for Ontrack Data Recovery. “Students need to be careful with their laptops to avoid both physical damage and other problems that could affect the integrity of their data. If problems do occur, it's also important they know that data recovery is always an option.”

To help students protect against laptop data disasters, Ontrack Data Recovery offers several tips:

Laptops are not as rugged as many like to think. When laptops are being docked, moved or transported, the greatest of care should be taken to prevent unnecessary shock or impact. Set up your computer in a dry, cool, controlled environment that is clean and dust-free. Placing your computer in a low-traffic area will protect your system and storage media from harmful jarring or bumping.
Use a sturdy, well padded laptop bag - Using just a back-pack or brief-case may not provide the protection a laptop needs during transportation. Make sure your laptop has plenty of built-in padding for protection.
Backup your data regularly - Creating regular backups is one of the most effective ways to protect you from losing data. Back up data at least once a week on a reliable medium (CD, DVD, USB flash drives or Internet backup), always verifying that the correct data is backed up.
Run a virus scan and update it regularly - Computer viruses are one of the worst enemies to your computer. Good anti-virus software tests your system for sequences of code unique to each known computer virus and eliminates the infecting invader. Also beware of spyware, a common problem brought about by Web surfing and downloads that can cause complications with your computer’s efficiency. There are several programs available on the internet that can assist with the removal of most spyware programs.
Be aware of strange noises - If you hear a strange noise or grinding sound, turn off your computer immediately and call an expert. Further operation may damage your hard drive beyond repair.
Do not use file recovery software if you suspect an electrical or mechanical failure - Using file recovery software on a faulty hard drive may destroy what was otherwise recoverable data or worsen the physical failure
Use Auto-Save features – Most software applications have Auto-Save features that will save the project or document you have open at a preset intervals. For laptop users, a good time interval to use is every 5 minutes.

Be battery-level aware – If you are going to be using the laptop for long hours, be sure to try and find an electrical outlet to plug into. Some laptops will shut down quickly when a specific low battery level is reached and important documents may be lost.

RISK

2010-02-28T13:06:00.000+05:30

There are 3 frogs on a leaf. If one of them decided to jump off the leaf into the water, how many frogs are there left on the leaf?

Scroll down for the correct answer......

Three.

Because the frog only DECIDED to jump! It didn't!

Ponder over this, my friends. Are you not unlike the frog; who decides to do this, decide to do that, but ended up not doing any? In life, we have to make many decisions. Some easy; some hard. Most mistakes are not made by wrong decisions. Most mistakes ARE made due to indecisions. We have to live with the consequences of our decisions. And that is RISK.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RISK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

To reach out to another is to risk involvement,

To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.

To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.

To love is to risk not being loved in return,To live is to risk dying,

To hope is to risk despair,To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken because....

the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.

He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change,

grow or live.Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited

all freedom.Only a person who risks is free.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change;

and the realist adjusts the sails.

FAMOUS QUOTES IV

2010-02-27T11:27:00.000+05:30

~ Round 4 – The Underdogs Team ~

Mae West: It's not the men in my life, but the life in my men.

Anonymous: Marriage is the price men pay for sex; sex is the price women pay for marriage.

Jim Backus: Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

Amy Carmichael: You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.

E. Y. Harburg: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse.

Mason Cooley: Friendship is love minus sex and plus reason. Love is friendship plus sex and minus reason.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

Thomas J. Watson, Sr.: You have to put your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Gene Mauch: I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

Herb Kelleher: Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger. Think big and act big, and we'll get smaller.

Anonymous: Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.

Jean Cocteau: Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Fashion ... produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

Anonymous: The secret of life is not to do what you like but to like what you do.

Kevin Costner: When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

Walter Winchell: Money sometimes makes fools of important persons, but it may also make important persons of fools.

The waist is a terrible thing to mind.

The mind is a terrible thing to waste.

LOVE HURTS...

2010-02-27T11:19:00.000+05:30

It hurts to love someone
and not be loved in return,
but what is most painful is to love someone
and never finding the courage to let the
person know how you feel.

Maybe God wants us to meet
a few wrong people
before meeting the right one
so that when we finally
meet the right person,
we should know how to be grateful for that gift.

Love is when you take away the feeling,
the passion, the romance -
and you find out you still care for that person.

A sad thing about life
is when you meet someone
that means a lot to you,
only to find out in the end,
that it was never bound to be
and you just have to let go.

When one door of happiness closes,
another opens but often we look
so long at the closed door
that we don't see the one
which has been opened for us.

The best kind of friend
is the one you could sit on a porch,
and swing with,
never say a word,
and then walk away
feeling like that was the best
conversation you've had.

It's true that we don't know
what we've got until we lose it,
but it's also true that we don't know
what we've been missing until it arrives.

Giving someone all your love
is never an assurance that they'll love you back,
don't expect love in return,
just wait for it to grow in their
hearts but if it doesn't,
be content it grew in yours.

There are things you love to hear
but you would never hear
it from the person from whom
you would like to hear it,
but don't be deaf to hear it from the person
who says it with his heart.

Never say goodbye
when you still want to try ,
never give up when
you still feel you can take it,
never say you don't love that person
anymore when you can't let go.

Love comes to those who still hope,
even though they've been disappointed,
to those who still believe ,
even though they've been betrayed,
need to love those who still love
even though they've been hurt before.

It takes a minute
to have a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone
and a day to love someone,
but it takes a lifetime
to forget someone.

Don't go for looks,
it can deceive,
don't go for wealth,
even that fades away.
Go for someone
who makes you smile
because only a smile
makes a dark day seem bright.
Hope you find that person.

There are moments in life
when you really miss someone
that you want to pick them
from your dreams
and hug them for real.
Hope you dream of that someone.

Dream what you want to dream,
go where you want to go,
be what you want to be,
cause you have only one life
and one chance to do all the
things you want in life.

May you have enough happiness
to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human,
enough hope to make you happy
and enough money to buy me gifts
Always put yourself in other's shoes.
If you feel that it hurts you,
it probably hurts the person, too.

A careless word may kindle strife,
a cruel word may wreck a life,
a timely word may level stress,
a loving word may heal and bless.

The beginning of love
is to let those we love
be perfectly themselves,
and not to twist them with our own image,
otherwise, we love only
the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

The happiest of people
don't necessarily have the best of everything
they just make the most of everything
that comes along their way.

Happiness lies for those who cry,
those who hurt, those who
have searched and those who have tried.
For only they can appreciate
the importance of people
who have touched their lives.

Love starts with a smile,
develops with a kiss and ends with a tear.

The brightest future
will always be based on a forgotten past,
you can't go on well in life
until you let go of your past
failures and heartaches.

When you were born,
you were crying
and everyone around you was smiling,
live your life so that when you die,
you're smiling
and everyone around you is crying.

FAMOUS QUOTES III

2010-02-24T12:27:00.000+05:30

~ ROUND 3 – THE WRITERS TEAM ~

Zig Ziglar: You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

W. Somerset Maugham: At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Thomas Huxley: Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Phillips Brooks: Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Cyril Connolly: Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

F. Scott Fitzgerald: You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you've got something to say.

G. K. Chesterton: There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

Sam Ewing: It's not the hours you put in your work that count, it's work you put in the hours.

Edgar Watson Howe: A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.

Helen Rowland: To a woman the first kiss is just the end of the beginning but to a man it is the beginning of the end.

Peter De Vries: The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Thomas à Kempis: A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.

William Shakespeare: O powerful love that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast.

John Churton Collins: Half of our mistakes in life arises from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

H. L. Mencken: It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

Mark Twain: It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Kahlil Gibran: When you love you should not say, 'God is in my heart,' but rather, 'I am in the heart of God.' And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Elbert Hubbard: If your religion does not change you, then you should change your religion.

ALL about THE WIFE's HUMOUR

2010-02-24T12:11:00.000+05:30

# My wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way.

# My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.

# A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.

# I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

# I bought my wife a new car. She called and said, "There was water in the carburettor." I said, "Where's the car?" She said, "In the lake."

# The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.

# After a quarrel, a wife said to her husband, "You know, I was a fool when I married you." The husband replied, "Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn't notice."

# When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

# I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months - I don't like to interrupt her.

# My girlfriend told me I should be more affectionate. So I got two girlfriends.

# The trouble with being the best man at a wedding is that you never get to prove it.

# A man, upon his engagement, went to his father and said, "I've found a woman just like mother!" His father replied, "So what do you want from me, sympathy?"

# Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

# If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say, talk in your sleep

# I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.

# It’s not true that married men live longer than single men. It only seems longer.

# Losing a wife can be very hard. In my case, it was almost impossible.

# A man was complaining to a friend: "I had it all - money, a beautiful house, a big car, the love of a beautiful woman-then, BAM!, it was all gone!" "What happened?" Asked his friend "My wife found out...

# Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all.

# I think one of the greatest things about marriage is that as both husband and father, I can say anything I want to around the house. Of course, no one pays the least bit of attention.

# A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

# A man meets a genie. The genie tells him he can have whatever he wants, provided that his mother-in-law gets double. The man thinks for a moment and then says, "Okay, give me a million dollars and beat me half to death."

# Men who have pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

# How do most men define marriage? A very expensive way to get your laundry done free.

# The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

# Words to live by: Do not argue with a spouse who is packing your parachute

# First guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!" Second guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive.

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THUS GOD CREATED -INDIA

2010-02-23T10:58:00.000+05:30

God was in the process of creating the universe.

And he was explaining his subordinates ..............."Look everything should be in balance. For every 10 deer's there should be a lion. Look here my fellow angels; here is the country of the United States. I have blessed them with prosperity and money. But at the same time I have given them insecurity and tension.... And here is Africa. I have given them beautiful nature. But at the same time, I have given them climatic extremes.... And here is South America. I have given them lots of forests. But at the same time, I have given them lesser land so that they would have to cut off the forests... So you see fellows, everything should be in balance." One of the angels asked... "God, what is this beautiful country here?" God said "Aha...that is the crown piece of all.INDIA. “My most precious creation. It has understanding and friendly people. Sparkling streams, serene mountains. A culture which speaks of the great tradition that they live. Technologically brilliant and with a heart of gold....." The angel was quite surprised "But God you said everything should be in balance."

God replied "Look at the neighbors I gave them”!!

HANDICAP

2010-02-22T09:30:00.000+05:30

Ramhluna Hnamte

Mizoten rualbanlo kan tih hi Saptawngin disabled people/person an ti a. Tunlai chuan ‘disabled’ pawh ti phal tawh lovin ‘Differently Abled people/person’ an ti tawh nghe nghe. ‘Disabled’ han tih khan thil engmah ti thei lo ah kan chhuah lek lekin a lang a, thiam taka ‘Differently Abled’ an lo ti ta hi a fuh khawp mai. Mizotawng chuan dah dawn ta i la, ‘thil engmah ti thei lo ni bik lovin mi pangai tih dan ang lo deuha an tih theih ti ve thei tho’ tihna a ni deuh duah awm e, tawi fel deuha han dah dan ka thiam tlat lo, a thiam zawkte dahah ti mai ang. ‘Disabled’ han tih ngawt dawn chuan Joni Eareckson Tada te hi chuan mi pangngai tam tak aiin tih theih a ngah zawk fe si awm e. Chuvangin, ‘Differently Abled’ tih hi a dik riau a ni.

Pianphunga rualbanlo han tih hian pian tirh atanga rualbanlo sa te, accident avanga rualban zo ta lo te pawh an awm a, rualbanlo te hi khawvel sorkar hrang hrangte hian an ngai pawimawh em em a, an pualin khawvel ram hrang hrangte hman turin December ni 3 hi Rualbanlote Ni, ‘World Disability Day’ ah an lo puang ta hial a nih hi. India sorkar emaw Mizoram sorkar emaw in engtin nge he ni hi an hman dawn chu ka hre lo a, helam panga mawhphurtu pawl te pawh an awm a, programme te pawh an duang turah ngai mai ila. He ni pual hian khawvel pum huap mi lar tak tak, mahse ‘Pianphunga rualbanlo’ kan tih ang chi ni si te chung chang tlem han ziak ve tha in ka hria a, mi tu emaw talin hlawkpui nan an lo hman pawh ka beisei.

Mizote hi tunhma chuan pianphunga rualbanlo leh mi ang lo kan tih ang chi ho chhawnchhaih a, bawlzan ching tak hnam kan ni thin a, a pawiin kan hnam changkanlohna lian tak pakhat pawh a ni thin. Tlema huihphai deuh bawl chiam a, bawl at zual te pawh kan nei thin awm e. Tunah erawh chuan heti lam kawngah kan lo harh chhuak ta a, bawl ai chuan khawngaihna nena anmahni chhawmdawl duhna thinlung kan lo nei ta hle a, a Kristianin a Mizo khawp mai. Khawvel pum huap chu sawi loh Mizo zingah pawh rualbanlo lehkha thiam sâng tak tak, mitdel chunga MA passed te, infiamna lama thei tak tak te pawh sawi tur an awm nual mai, kan sawi vek seng lo ang.

Joni Eareckson hi tleirawl tuai nalh tak, kum 17 lek a la nih laiin a tui chennaah a chesual hlauh mai a, a ring ruh a sawh tliak a, a ban leh a ke zawng zawng a zeng ta vek a, a lu chiah che theiin a dam chhungin wheel chair-ah a thut a ngai ta a ni. A tirah chuan Pathian chungah pawh a vui hle thin, a bei a dawng em em a, mahni intihhlum te pawh a tum hial thin. Hetianga a chetsual hma hian Joni hian Pathian hnenah a nun thlak danglam ngai a awm chuan thlak danglam turin a tawngtai thin a. Chutia khum laizawla ditip melh renga mut a han ngai ta mai leh chet sawn dawn pawha midangte tanpuinaa wheel chair hmanga che vel thei ta chauh a han ni ta mai chu a tawngtaina Pathianin a chhan dan em ni dawn tih a ngaihtuah nasa mai a. Chutia a in ngaihtuahna atang chuan Joni chu a lo harh chhuak ta a ni. Hei hi a tawngtaina Pathianin a chhanna ni ngeia hriatna a nei ta tlat mai. A taksa dang che thei lo mahse a lu a che thei a, a mit leh beng a tha a, a tawng thei bawk a, a ka, a lei leh ha te engkim a tha vek. Chu chu Pathian tan hman tangkai a tum ta a ni.

Pathian hnenah inkawl tir thar lehin harh tharna a lo chang leh ta. Wheel chair a thu chungin Pathian hmangaihna thu a puang chhuak a, chu chu Pathian pawhin mal a sawm a, Joni chu Pathian thusawitu lar tak a lo ni mai. A rawngbawlna atangin mi tam tak an piangthar a, an in hmuchhuak bawk. Chumai a la ni lo, a ka leh ha te hmang tangkaiin lemziaktu ropui leh lar tak a lo ni ta bawk. Lemziahna brush chu seh kawhin kut ke kim neite aimaha mawi leh nalhin lemziak a lo thiam leh ta. A lemziak (painting) te chu man man tak takin an hralh a, a lem ziak hmangin mi thinlungah thu a sawi ta bawk. Chu mai a la ni lo cheu, Joni hian lehkhabu a ziaka ni satliah lova, lehkhabu hralh tla tak tak a ziak a, a lehkhabute chu best seller an tihte a ni nawk mai. Lehkhabu hi 30 chuang a ziak a ni. Lemchan thiam a la ni cheu bawk. A chanchin rilru khawih tak chu amah ngeiin film-ah siamin a chang bawk a ni. Rawngbawlna lamah ‘Joni and Friends’ invuahin Ministry a din a, pianphunga rual banlo te zingah uar takin rawng an bawl bawk. America rama Kristian radio station-ah a sermon te tih chhuah reng a ni bawk.

Joni hian Award chi hrang hrang a dawng tam hle a, University leh College hrang hrang atangin Honorary doctorate degree 5 leh Bachelor of Letters a dawng bawk. Duh se chu a hming bulah Dr. a dah tam thei hle dawn a nih chu! 1982 khan kum 32 mi niin Ken Tada nen in neiin Pathian rawng an bawl dun a, April ni 1, 2009 khan Indiana Wesleyan University Society of World Changers-ah lawmluh (inducted) a ni a, hemi tum hian Honorary Doctorate degree an hlan nghal nghe nghe. Helen Keller pawh hi Joni Eareckson ang deuh bawka rualbanlo a ni. A mit a tha lo a, a beng a tha lo bawk. Lehkhabu 14 a ziak a, articles tam tak a ziak a, mitdelte leh pianphunga rualbanlo te pualin lecture pe in khawvel a hrut chhuak hial a, rualbanloh vanga mi beidawngte hnenah beiseina thar leh tumruhna a pe nasa hle.

Stephen Hawking hi kan hre theuh ang. Kum 21 a tlin hnu lawk 1963 khan natna khirh tak, hriatna thazam khawih chhe chi, motor neurone disease an tih Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) a vei tih hmuhchhuah a ni. A natna avang chuan wheel chair-a nawr a ngai a, computer hmanga tawng thei chauh a ni ta. Mahse khawvela scientist ropui berte zinga mi a nih bakah a lehkhabu ‘A Brief History of Time’ chu Science khawvelah ngaihsan hlawh tak a ni. Khawl hmanga tawngin lecture pek a thulh chuang lo.

Greek mifing leh hlaphuah thiam ‘The Illiad leh the Odyssey’ ziaktu Homer hi mitdel niin an sawi bawk. Hmeichhe huaisen Joan of Arc kha phungzawl (epileptic) ching nia sawi a ni. Zaithiam lar chuai thei lo Elton John hi mit chhe uchuak tak a nih bakah epileptic a sawi a ni ve bawk.

English poet lar tak John Milton pawh hi kum 43 a tlin hnuah a mit a del a, a mitdel hnu pawhin hlaphuah leh thuziah a bansan chuang lo. A thuziak lar tak ‘Paradise Lost’ pawh hi a mitdel hnua a ziak a ni. German composer lar tak Ludwig van Beethoven pawh hi kum 28 a nihin a beng a ngawng a, mahse a beng ngawn vangin a hlaphuah a thulh chuang lo.

Incredible Hulk film serial a lo chang tawh thin Lou Ferrigno hi bengngawng a ni bawk. Novel tam tak lo ziak tawh, ‘Madame Bovary’ lar puitu Gustave Flaubert hi epileptic a ni. Film star lar Michael J.Fox pawh hi neuromuscular (hriatna thazam leh tihrawl) natna vei a ni. Chutiangin The Messiah phuahtu George Frederick Handel leh hmanlai General ropui Hannibal te pawh kha epileptic an ni.

Pianphunga rualbanlo han tih hian taksa a lang chhuak khawpa piangsual kher lo, bengngawng (bengngawng han tih hian bengchhet tihna te pawh a ni tih hria ila), mitdel, phungzawl nei leh a dangte pawh huam vek ta ila. Zaithiam Jose Feliciano hi mitdel a ni. Grammy Awards 6 a dawng tawh a, Grammy nomination 11 zet a hmu bawk. 1973 khan Best Folk Guitarist Award chu Guitar Player Magazine-in a lo hlan tawh bawk. African American zaithiam Stevie Wonder hi chu Zofaten ‘I Just call To Say I Love You’ hla avang pawh hian kan hre deuh vek awm e. A ni pawh hi mitdel a ni a, chuti chung chuan pianphung pangngai zaithiam tam tak aiin rimawi khawvelah a hlawhtling a nih hi.

Tunlai zaithiam lar tak Michael Bolton pawh hi a beng lehlam ngawng niin an sawi. Soft rock hla lar pui em emtu Michael Bolton hi a beng lehlam chhet mahse a aw a lai chuang lo va, a zaithiamna a chuai chuang lo. Album pawh maktaduai 53 teh meuh a hralh a ni.

Zaithiam lam han hrut zel ila. Jeff Healey Band lar tak maia an guitarist leh vocalist Jeff Healey pawh hi mitdel a ni, mahse an band larzia leh amah mimal pawh a larzia chu an band hminga a hming an hman danah hian a chiang reng mai. Jeff Healey hi nikum 2008, March ni 2 khan a lo boral nghe nghe.

African American jazz singer lar tak Ray Charles pawh hi kum 7 a nih atangin a mit a del a, mahse chu chuan rimawi khawvela a tuina a hmet mit zo chuang lo. Jazz leh soul singer lar tak, khawvel hriat niin gospel hlate pawh tam tak a record a, kum 73 mi niin ni 10.6.2004 khan a boral.

Country singer lar tak, lung kuai em ema zai thin Ronnie Milsap hi piantirh ata mitdel a ni. Chuti chung chuan rimawi khawvelah a hlawhtling berte zinga mi niin Grammy Award winner a ni.

Fakna hla (hymn) tha tak tak phuahtu Fanny Crosby hi thla 6 mi lek a la nih laiin damlohna avangin a mit a del a, nikhua a lo hriat hnu pawhin a mit a del avangin vawikhat mah a vui lo an ti. School te kalin lehkha a zir a, zirtirtuah te tangin English leh History a zirtir thin. Kristian hla 9000 zet a phuah a, a hun lai chuan ‘Hymn Queen’ an ti hial. Kan hlabu-ah pawh a hlaphuah tam tak kan seng lut a nih hi. Vawikhat chu Pastor pakhatin Pathianin talent tha tak tak a pek rualin a mit a del tlat mai chu pawi a tih pui thu a hrilh ngawt mai a. Fanny chuan rang zetin ‘Khai mai mai thin a, ka pian tirh khan Pathian hnenah thil dil dawn ta ila, mitdel hi ka dil ang,’ a ti daih mai. Pastor-in engvang maw tia a zawh chuan, ‘Vanram ka thlen huna ka mit ka men hunah ka Chhandamtu hmuh hmasak ber ka duh a, chu hun ka ngaihtuah chuan he dam chhunga mitdela awm mai mai te chu engah mah ka ngai lo. Chhandamtu hmuh hlan ka nghakhlel ber mai,’ tiin a chhang a ni.

Fanny hian hlaphuah mai bakah lehkhabu tha tak tak engemaw zat a ziak bawk. Kum 95 mi niin 12.2.1915 khan kumkhuaa a chhandamtu kianga mitvara awm tawh turin khawvel a chhuahsan.

Daily Bread hlui tawh taka ka chhiarah chuan Chicago-a pianphunga rualbanlo pakhat chung chang a ziak a. He pa hi a hming tarlan a ni lo a, mitdel a nih mai bakah kut leh ke a nei lo bawk. Ringtu tha tak a ni a, a chantawkah a lungawi em em. Kut leh ke nei lo mahse Bible chhiar ve theih a duh si a, mitdelten kuta khawiha an chhiar theih chi Braille hawrawp a zir ta a. Kut a neih si loh avangin a leiin Braille hawrawp chu liakin a zir ta a ni. Tichuan a lei hmangin Braille Bible a lo chhiar thei ta a, mi tam tak hnenah Pathian thu a hrilh theih mai bakah nitin Pathian thu chhiarin Pathian a pawl thei ta a ni.

Mizo zingah pawh pianphunga rualbanlo sawi tur an awm nual kan tih tawh kha. Pu Zadawla, Pathianthu hriltu lar tak pawh hi piantirh ata mitdel niin an sawi. Mitvar nazawng aiin Pathian lehkhabu chhung thu, bung leh chang chu a hre daih zawk a, a thusawi atanga piangthar tam tak an awm. A rawngbawlna a nung em em a ni.

Pu Lalsangluaia Sailo, Pu Luaia tia hriat lar, Samlukhai lal fapa hi a tet laiin zeng hri mak takin a man a, hnungzang pawngin tiang tawite hawlin kunin a kal thei. Thluak tha tak a nih avang leh lehkhathiam a nih avangin Tlabung khuaah Primary School a din a, Pu Luaia School tih a ni thin. A school naupangte chu an ziak a mawi a, chhiarkawp an thiam em em bawk a, a zirtir chhuah mithiam tam tak an chhuak a ni.

MIZORAM

2010-02-21T12:15:00.001+05:30

Just an extract from my Thesis 1st Chapter

Mizoram at a glance

Perching on the high hills of North Eastern corner, Mizoram is a storehouse of natural beauty with its endless variety of landscape, hilly terrains, meandering streams deep gorges, rich wealth of flora and fauna. Flanked by Bangladesh on the west and Myanmar on the east and south, Mizoram occupies an importance strategic position having a long international boundary of 722 Kms. Its Location is Latitude 21^o 58' and 24^o 35' N Longitude 92^o 15' & 93 ^o 29' E. It also shared Inter State Border with Assam - 123 Kms; with Tripura - 277 Kms and with Manipur - 95 Kms.

Mizoram is a mountainous region which became the 23rd State of the Union in February 1987. The Area covered is 21,087.00 Sq. Kms. The Population of the state today is 8, 91,058 (Male: 459783; Female: 431275). The Sex Ratio is 938 female per 1000 male. The state is well known in its Literacy Rate being second Highest in the country with 88.49 %( Male- 90.69 and Female- 86.13). Mizoram has the most variegated hilly terrain in the eastern part of India. The hills are steep and are separated by rivers which flow either to the north or the south creating deep gorges between the hill ranges. The average height of the hills is about 900 metres. Mizoram has a pleasant climate. It is generally cool in summer and not very cold in winter. The entire area is under the direct influence of the monsoon. During winter, the temperature varies from 11 C to 21 C and in the summer it varies between 20 C and 29 C.Winter in Mizoram is wonderfully blue, and in the enchanting view of wide stretches of a vast lake of cloud. Mizoram has great natural beauty and endless variety of landscape and is very rich in flora and fauna. Almost all kinds of tropical trees and plants thrive in Mizoram. The hills are marvelously green.

A THEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO POLITICS

2010-02-19T11:05:00.001+05:30

Politics is an important issue in the world today. And we are surrounded by the presence of politics in the news and in our daily lives. How should Christians approach the issue of politics? What issues need to be made important? Should we stick with a party vote? Can we serve God by working for the values of His Kingdom in our country’s politics? In this paper I will look at what theological methods we can use to begin answering these questions.

What authorities should Christians use to tell us how to vote and live in our political world? For Christians the ultimate authority is God. He has the first and the last say in our lives, and how we should lead them. God has given us several sources of authority in order to study Him. According to teachings of John Wesley, God has given us four different sources of authority for doing theology: the Scriptures, the Church, reason, and our experiences. This is referred to as the Wesleyan Quadrilateral.

God has given us His Word in the Scriptures to guide and teach us. Thus, God’s Word, the Bible, is the authority many Christians turn to first (and with good reason). The Bible is God’s specific revelation to us. It is “God-breathed.” We can use the commands given in the Bible to guide us in how we vote and interact in politics. For example, one can know that one of the Ten Commandments is “Thou shall not kill.” A person who believes we must follow this command and who believes in the sanctity of human life because we are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27) might use this authority to form their opinions about the issue of abortion.

Scripture also has words to say about how we should respect our government. Romans 13:1 says, “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God” (NIV). In Jeremiah, God is speaking to His people who have been exiled to a pagan land (which some may compare to the United States today…) and He encourages them to support the government there anyway. “And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare” (Jeremiah 29:7 NLT). Even when we are living in a godless nation, we are commanded to pray for our nation. But there are instances where we are given the example to defy the authority of government when it clashes with the authority of God (Acts 4:19, Exodus 1:17). God’s authority must come first, but in the majority of cases we are to submit to the authority of our government.

According to Wesley’s quadrilateral method of theology, another source of authority is the Church, and the traditions held within it. When we are seeking guidance for politics, it is difficult to find straight answers in our churches in these modern days. Churches are just as divided politically as any other group. And if we look to the tradition of the church, this doesn’t really help because back when the Church was united, the political system wasn’t anything like what it is today and they don’t really deal with the same issues. But a person can always turn to their church for guidance on issues, drawing on the knowledge of spiritual leaders who might be able to direct them towards God’s will on a matter.

Another source of authority is our sense of reason and logic. This is a big one in politics, because for many in the secular world, reason is the ultimate source of authority. Christians should use their reason to back up the authority of Scripture and the Church, but we must remember that the authority of God (as passed down through the Scriptures and His Church) must carry a greater weight in our decisions than our reason, which is ultimately flawed because we are fallen creatures. But reason is still a gift from God and a valid source of authority. For example, one could use their powers of reasoning to arrive at an opinion about an economic issue. We may see all the options and use our reason to anticipate the implications of all the alternatives in order to arrive at the best one. Reason can lead us to the decision that would be best for our nation and most honoring to God.

The last source of authority in Wesley’s quadrilateral is our experience. This is the most subjective and personal source of the four, so although it is a valid source of authority, it is probably the one we should be most wary of. Many people will vote on a certain issue because of how it directly pertains to them in the workplace or in life. In this case, they are using their experience as a basis for their political view.

One can also turn to natural theology to direct their political views. Natural theology is how God has revealed himself to the world in general, through nature or anything else in His creation. For example, we see God’s creation all around us—that which He called good. These observations may influence our views about environmental issues. We might see God’s beautiful creation and know that it is something that needs to be preserved.

As we have seen, we have been given many different sources of authority by God with which we can use to form our opinions about many different issues. Even still, Christians may disagree on a number of issues, because they may try to solve them with different sources of authority. Or even using the same kinds of authority may still lead to differing opinions. It is up to us to discern what God’s will is for a situation based on all the decision-making tools he has provided us with. Maybe we will never know what is ultimately right for an issue in this life. But we can certainly use all our resources to try to discover that.

FAMOUS QUOTES-II

2010-02-18T12:58:00.002+05:30

~ Round 2 – The Thinkers Team ~

Francis Bacon: If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainty.

Laozi: Failure is the foundation of success; success is the lurking place of failure.

Baruch Spinoza: Fear cannot be without some hope nor hope without some fear.

Bernard Baruch: Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

Benjamin Disraeli: Action may not always bring happiness ... but there is no happiness without action.

Leonardo da Vinci: Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Havelock Ellis: Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

Cicero: Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Confucius: The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

Erich Fromm: Infantile love follows the principle: 'I love because I am loved.' Mature love follows the principle: 'I am loved because I love.' Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you.'

Alfred North Whitehead: The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.

Jefferson Davis: Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty.

CRAZY QUOTES

2010-02-18T12:52:00.001+05:30

1. I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb and I also know that I'm not blonde.      Dolly Parton

2. You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.       Erica Jong

3. I think-therefore I'm single. Lizz Winstead-

4. When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. Elayne Boosler-

5. Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. Maryon Pearson-

6. In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a women.
    Margaret Thatcher-

7. I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.   Zsa Zsa Gabor-

FAMOUS QUOTES

2010-02-17T11:12:00.000+05:30

Round 1 – The Presidential Team

John F. Kennedy: And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.

Abraham Lincoln: It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to reverse the maxim, and to say that right makes might.

Ronald Reagan: Nations do not mistrust each other because they are armed; they are armed because they mistrust each other.

Mao Zedong: Politics is war carried out without bloodshed, while war is politics carried out with bloodshed.

John F. Kennedy: Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

Bill Clinton: As we have throughout this century, we will lead with the power of our example, but be prepared, when necessary, to make an example of our power.

Abraham Lincoln: It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time.

Georges Pompidou: A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

Jimmy Carter: America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense ... human rights invented America.

Franklin D. Roosevelt: We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

Woodrow Wilson: I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!

CUTE LITTLE POEM

2010-02-17T10:30:00.002+05:30

WhEn I sAw YoU...
I WaS aFrAiD tO tALk To YoU...
WhEn I tALkEd To YoU...
i WaS aFrAiD To HoLd YoU...
WhEn I HoLd YoU...
I WaS AfRaId To LoVe YoU...

NoW ThAt I LoVe YoU ...
I'm AfRaiD To LoSe YoU...

SoMeTiMeS LoVe HuRtS...
BuT IF iT DoEsN't HuRt...
ThEn It IsN't LoVe...
HoLd On 2 Da PeRsOn U LoVe...
BeFoRe ThEy SLiP AwAy...
oR eLsE U CaN NeVeR Get ThEm BaCk...

AROUND THE CORNER

2010-02-16T16:47:00.001+05:30

I like this poetry/exhortation By Henson Towne,

my first reading of this was in my High school days, am really impressed and inspired by it...

it is based on true story

Around the corner I have a friend,
        In this great city that has no end,
        Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
        And before I know it, a year is gone.
        And I never see my old friends face,
        For life is a swift and terrible race,
        He knows I like him just as well,
        As in the days when I rang his bell.
        And he rang mine
        if, we were younger then,
        And now we are busy, tired men.
        Tired of playing a foolish game,
        Tired of trying to make a name.
        "Tommorow" I say "I will call on Jim"
        "Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
        But tommorow comes and tommorow goes,
        And distance between us grows and grows.
        Around the corner!- yet miles away,
        "Here's a telegram sir"
        "Jim died today."
        And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
        Around the corner, a vanished friend.
        Remember to always say what you mean.
        If you love someone, tell them.
        Don't be afraid to express yourself.
        Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you.
        Because when you decide that it is the right time,
        it might be too late.
        Seize the day.
        Never have regrets.
        And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family,
        for they have helped make you the person that you are today.
        Pass this along to your friends.
        It could make a difference.
        The difference between doing all that you can or having
        regrets which may stay with you forever.

        "It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."

        "Of all things you wear, smile is most important."

QUOTATIONS

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a.. Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten

b.. There are two things to aim at in life. First, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

c.. My definition of free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

d.. The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but not forget.

e.. It's a recession when your neighbour looses his job, it's a depression when you loose your's.

f.. Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other     person.
g.. There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

h.. Question:What are the desirable qualifications for any young man who wants to become a politician?
      Answer : It is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next             year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

i.. The quickest way to end a war is to loose it.

j.. It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one a failure.

k.. The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing.

l.. Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

m.. Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.

n.. If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

o.. If the government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away everything you have.

p.. Opera is when a guy get stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

q.. An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.

r.. An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.

s.. It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

t.. The innocent and beautiful have no enemy but time.

u.. It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

v.. Committee - a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.

w.. It takes great deal of history to produce a little literature.

x.. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

y.. Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

z.. A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

aa.. Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

ab.. A friend in power is a friend lost.

A PRAYER

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I asked for strength, God gave me difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for wisdom, He gave me problems to solve.
I asked for prosperity, He gave me brain & brawn to work.
I asked for courage, He gave me dangers to overcome.
I asked for love, He gave me troubled people to help.
I asked for favours, He gave me opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted ........but everything I needed.
My prayers are answered

PUZZLE

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(Twenty Puzzle are asked here; each of which carries 1 score if right)

20 Correct - Genius
17 Correct - Above Normal
15 Correct - Normal
8 Correct - Nincompoop
6 Correct - Moron
3 Correct - Idiot

1. Do they have a 4th of July in England?
2. How many birthdays does the average man have?
3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
4. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents; the woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's         brother. How come?
5. Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?
6. How many outs are there in an inning?
7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Why?
8. Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are not ties.        Explain this.
9. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
10. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by, what color is the bear? Why?
11. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
12. I have two US coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins?
13. If you have only one match and you walked into a room where there was an oil burner, a kerosene lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one would you light first?
14. How far can a dog run into the woods?
15. A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour. How long would the pills last?
16. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?
17. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark?
18. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10'' tall. What does he weigh?
19. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
20. What was the President's name in 1950?

Answers are given below:
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1. Yes
2. One
3. All of them (12)
4. The beggar is her sister.
5. He can't be buried if he isn't dead.
6. 6
7. No - because he is dead.
8. They aren't playing each other.
9. 70
10. White. The house is at the North Pole so it is a polar bear.
11. 2
12. 50 cent piece and a nickel. (The other one is a nickel)
13. The match.
14. Half way. Then he is running out of the woods.
15. 1 Hour
16. 9
17. None - Noah took them on the ark.
18. Meat
19. 12
20. Same as it is now.

QUOTES TO REMEMBER

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It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.
- Confucius

If something doesn't come up the way you want, you have to forge ahead.
-- Clint Eastwood

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
-- Mother Teresa

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.
- Ruth Ann Schabaker

Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old.
-- Burmese Proverb

Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.
-- Frank Tyger

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
- Rita Mae Brown

Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.
-- Helen Hayes

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.
-- Lady Bird Johnson

I'm not overweight, I'm just nine inches too short.
-- Shelley Winters

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
-- Henri Bergson

If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
-- Dolly Parton

The future is no more uncertain than the present.
-- Walt Whitman

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.
-- Dion Boucicalt

THE WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ?

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(Answers at the bottom Hey - NO Cheating)

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get catgut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

7) What was King George VI's first name?

8) What color is a purple finch?

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

1) 116 years, from 1337 to 1453.

2) Ecuador.

3) From sheep and horses.

4) November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours.

5) Squirrel fur.

6) The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs.

7) Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936 he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert.

8) Distinctively crimson.

9) New Zealand.

10) Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648.

I KNEW YOU'D COME

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Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the "No Man's Land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back. "You can go," said the Lieutenant, "but I don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own life away."

    The Lieutenant's words didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder, and bring him back to their company's trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend.

    "I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead, and you are mortally wounded."

    "It was worth it, though, sir," the soldier said.

    "How do you mean, 'worth it'?" responded the Lieutenant. "Your friend is dead!"

    "Yes sir," the private answered.

"But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive, and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say, "JIM, I KNEW YOU'D COME."

"Every one of us is responsible in our own little ways in making this WORLD, a better place to live in."

ONE

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(This poem I wrote and won the first prize in Montfort Poetry writing competition in 1996, St.Paul's Higher Secondary School)

One song can spark a moment

One flower can wake the dream

One tree can start a forest

One bird can herald spring

One smile begins a friendship

One handclasp lifts a soul

One star can guide a ship at sea

One word can frame the goal

One vote can change a nation

One sunbeam lights a room

One candle wipes out darkness

One laugh will conquer gloom

One step must start each journey

One word must start each prayer

One hope will raise our spirits

One touch can show you care

One voice can speak with wisdom

One heart can know what's true

One life can make the difference

You see, it's up to you!!

JUST KIDDING

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## Harry answers the telephone, and it's an Emergency Room doctor. The doctor says, "Your wife was in a serious car accident, and I have bad news and good news. The bad news is she has lost all use of both arms and both legs, and will need help eating and going to the bathroom for the rest of her life."

Harry says, "My God. What's the good news?"

The doctor says, "I'm kidding. She's dead".

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Three men; a philosopher, a mathematician and an idiot, were out riding in the car when it crashed into a tree. Before anyone knows it, the three men found themselves standing before the pearly gates of Heaven, where St Peter and the Devil were standing nearby.

"Gentlemen," the Devil started, "Due to the fact that Heaven is now overcrowded, therefore St Peter has agreed to limit the number of people entering Heaven. If anyone of you can ask me a question which I don't know or cannot answer, then you're worthy enough to go to Heaven; if not, then you'll come with me to Hell."

The philosopher then stepped up, "OK, give me the most comprehensive report on Socrates' teachings,"
With a snap of his finger, a stack of paper appeared next to the Devil. The philosopher read it and concluded it was correct.

"Then, go to Hell!" With another snap of his finger, the philsopher disappeared.

The mathematician then asked, "Give me the most complicated formula you can ever think of!" With a snap of his finger, another stack of paper appeared next to the Devil. The mathematician read it and reluctantly agreed it was correct.

"Then, go to Hell!" With another snap of his finger, the mathematician disappeared, too.

The idiot then stepped forward and said, "Bring me a chair!" The Devil brought forward a chair. "Drill 7 holes on the seat." The Devil did just that. The idiot then sat on the chair and let out a very loud fart. Standing up, he asked, "Which hole did my fart come out from?"

The Devil inspected the seat and said, "The third hole from the right."
"Wrong," said the idiot, "it's from my asshole."
And the idiot went to Heaven...