By Thongkholal Haokip Posted 26th February 2011 India sorkar in kum som jou seh le agam sung’a mihing jat asim jin, hiche simna chu tukum ahunglhung kit tai. Hiche mihing jat simna a hin mi jouse a kon alhang pi’n a jat (tribe), lekha bu ijat chan asim, natoh na, a pen kum kiti hohi akila jin ahi. Hiche data […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Paper presented at Second Workshop on Kuki Society: Kitho Kitna Lampi, Guwahati, October 19-20, 2010. The word “Kuki” is a generic classification of ethnic groups that spread throughout the Northeastern region of India, Northwest Burma and Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. B.C. Allen et. al., describe the home of the Kukis as “mountainous tracts lying between Burma, […]
» Read moreAteh akhang in eiho folk tale a Khupting le Ngambom kilungsetna thusim ihet u tobang Romeo le Juliet kingailutna hi atamjon ihetkhah cheh diu kagingchai. Shakespeare play a Romeo Montague le Juliet Capulet hinkho thusim hi lungngaito a kijih hijong leh amani kilungsetna thusim hi tutu a eiho nam sung’a dia vetton thei, kihilna le chepi theitah din kamun ahi. […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip The Gosem, 17th August 2010. Vannoi ja nam len, akhangtou le vetjui a umho jouse khu a anam u iti ahin suh pilhing uham ti ikhol a kultah a ivet le thil tamtah mudohthei in aum in ahi. Nam khangtou jouse hin hahsatna le gentheina tohlou a um beh poi. Hiche hahsatna le gentheina ho jeh a […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip The Kuki Nampi Consultative Meeting concludes yesterday amid high publicity and fanfare. It was intended to discuss the various issues confronting the Kuki nation and suggest policy measures so as to take drastic action for national reconstruction. It was my ardent urge to attend the meeting and share my thoughts as the issues may arise accordingly. However, […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Voice of the Hills, Vol. 2, March 2011 The New Year dawns amidst animosity and unrelenting conflict of interests in Northeast India in general and the Kuki people in particular. JB Fuller, way back in 1909, pointed out that the Northeastern corner of India is a ‘museum of nationalities’. Such description about diversity is not only true […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip A year had passed since a two day seminar on Manmasi Identity (Kuki-Chin-Mizo) in Northeast India was held from 15th to 17th October, 2004 at Bethany Home, Shillong. In that seminar Dr.Khuplam, Dr.Seilen and Father Peter Tongmang presented papers related to the aforesaid topic. They vividly narrate and explain the concept of Kuki nationalism and some of […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Time and again the Kuki people had been subjected to various forms of abuses and revilement by our so called neighbouring communities, not taking into account the galore intimidations and killings perpetrated by the security forces and militant groups. Such irreverent incidents were vented in curses with minimum justice that can be meted out from the government […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Taking a walk down memory lane, Christmas to me as a child was the season of peace, goodwill and joy. It was the time of leaving cities to the enchanted villages surrounded by misty mountains and the harvested paddy fields covered with hay and beast of burden shrouded with cranes. The hamlets represented the source of love […]
» Read moreBy Thongkholal Haokip Hueiyen Lanpao, September 17, 2011 A month after intense Sadar Hills agitation spearheaded by the Sadar Hills Districthood Demand Committee (SHDDC) since August 1, 2011 demanding upgradation of the Sadar Hills area of Senapati district into a full-fledged district, the indecisive cabinet of the Secular Progressive Front (SPF) government of the Manipur under Okram Ibobi Singh institute a […]
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