CONSTITUTION LEH SAKHUANA

Indian Constitution Article 26-na nen a inmil tiin Kerela High Court-in April 1991 khan Sabarimala temple chhunga hmeichhia kum 10 atanga kum 50 inkar luh ve phalloh tih dan siam chu a nemnghet a. He temple enkawltu Travancore Devaswom Board chu an sakhaw dan kengkawh thei a nih thu hrilhin Kerela sawrkar pawh he temple dan hi zawm a nihna tura a tul anga hma la turin a hriattir bawk a ni.

1950-a dan siam Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act chuan he temple inrelbawlna thuah hian Travancore Devaswom Board chu thuneihna a pe a. Temple puithiamten "hmakhawsang" atanga an lo tih tawh dan anga temple inrelbawlna an kalpui hi Indian Constitution Article 26-nain a lo sawi sakhaw zalenna nen pawh a inmil thlap tih chu Kerela sawrkar leh High Court ngaihdan a ni.

Kum 10 atanga kum 50 inkar hmeichhia te temple luh ve phal an nilo hi Indian Young Lawyers Association ukil thenkhatin tha an ti lova, dan mit atanga en phei chuan dik theiin an hre lova. Hmeichhia te zalenna Indian constitution pawhin a humhalh sak rahbehnaa ngaiin 2006 kum tir lam khan Supreme Court ah PIL an pu lut a. A tawi zawngin sawi ta ila, kumin kum tir lam khan Supreme Court in hearing a neih chhunzawm a. Temple board aiawha ding Senior Advocate K.K. Venugopal-a'n thiam takin sakhaw hruaituten tha an tih dana an sakhaw inrelbawlna an kalpui theih thu te leh hmakhawsang atanga thil an lo kalpui tawh dan te a han sawi a. Amaherawhchu, Supreme Court Justice ten uluk taka an ngaihtuah hnuah he temple dan hi fello an tihna lai an sawi a. Dan mit atanga en phei chuan hetiang sakhaw dan hi siam theih a nihna an hmuh loh thu an sawi a ni.

Hetia ukil thenkhatin Sabarimala temple an khing ta mai hi lo haw pawl tam tak an awm a. A inhnamhnawih ve lo Indian Young Lawyers Association President Naushad Ahmed Khan-a phei chu nasa taka vau a ni a. A chenna in hal an tum thu te leh vauna chi hrang hrang a dawng nual a. A nunna atana hlauhawm theia a hriat avangin PIL chu hnuhkir a tum a, mahse Supreme Court chuan a lo phal miah lo. Delhi Police hnenah IYLA President venghim turin a hrilh a. Court chuan he PIL hi ngaihtuah chhunzawm zelin Indian Constitution-in khua leh tui tin te zalenna leh dikna a humhalh sak rahbehna hi sakhaw danin a siam thei lo tih ngaihdan a nei a. Temple board ukil hnena a hrilh ber pawh constitution tlawhchhana he dan siam theihna a awm leh awm loh rawn phawrh turin a ni.

Indian Constitution hi nikum December-a Himachal Pradesh High Court-in a sawi angin India ram chhunga thuneitu zawng zawngte phuartu a ni a, pawl (society) te pawh chumi zingah chuan an tel thu a sawi bawk a. (“Constitution of India is binding upon all authorities throughout the country including societies” Solan District Truck Opersaots Transport Cooperative Society vs Harjinder Singh, SWP No.1841 of 2015). He dan hriatthiam dan leh ngaihdan hi tuna India ram court sang ber Supreme Court Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose leh Justice NV Ramana te ngaihdan a ni bawk a. Chuvang taka an PIL ngaihtuahah pawh sakhaw tihdan aia constitution in dikna a phut leh humhalh lama tang zawk an ni.

India constitution Article 26-na ah hian sakhaw thila zalenna kan neih te ziahlan a ni a. “Public order, morality leh hriselna” a tihbuai dawn loh chuan sakhaw tin te hian kan sakhaw inrelbawlnaah kan duh angin, tha kan tih angin dan leh dun te kan zam thei a ni tih hi India ram danpui sawi dan a ni.

He Article hian “every religious denomination or any section thereof shall have the right (a) to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes” lo ti lo se Zoram kohhran ten mission field-a kan neih hmunah te khuan zirna in te kan din a remlo thei ang. Tin, kan ram chhungah ngei pawh nauhnuchham chawmna in kan din te, Pathian Thu zirna insang kan din te hi keini aia tam Hindu ho hian min rawn khap tum ta se lo dan har kan ti viau mai thei.

“Every religious denomination or any section thereof shall have the right (b) to manage its own affairs in matters of religion” tih hian kan rinna leh sakhuana in min hrilh anga tha kan tih dana ro kan in rel hi a humhalh tlat bawk a. Chuti nilo se, Hindu firfiak te beihna lakah hian invenna tha kan nei lo thei a, Pathian awm ringlo leh Kristianna haw hrim hrim dan hre bawk si te hian kohhrante hi min tibuai hrep thei a ni. Sakhuana thilah chuan kan sakhaw hotuten Bible an en vang vanga tha an tih dan hi kan kal dan tur chu ni berin a lang.

Amaherawhchu, he Article hian chiang deuhva a sawi chu “in matters of religion” tih a ni a. Hei hi Justice Misra pawhin a tlawhchhan pakhat a ni. Sabarimala temple chungchangah pawh hian sakhuana thil a nih loh emaw constitution in a phalloh chuan luh phalloh tih hi dan siam theih a nih loh thu a sawi a. Temple ukil lamin hmakhawsang atanga tih dan tia a han sawi pawhin hmakhawsang atanga thil tih thin dan a nih leh nih loh finfiah theih a nih loh thu leh hmeichhia te dah hniamna (discriminate-na) a nihna avanga constitution in a phalloh thu a sawi ber. April 11 khan he PIL hi ngaihtuah leh a ni a, Supreme Court Justice hovin an thutlukna ber chu constitution-in a lo humhalh mihring dikna te nena inmil zawng chauhva dan siam tur a nih thu a ni. Hmeichhia te tana rorelna diklo (injustice) awm thei hi thil lian tham tak a nih thu an sawi bawki. ("We will now only be guided by the rationale under the Constitution. The gravity of this petition is that gender justice is endangered")

Supreme Court in dan a hrilhfiah dan chuan sakhaw hruaituten dan an siam thei a, mahse chu dan chu dan awmze nei India ram consititution value nena inmil tur tih a ni ber. Hei hian a lantir chu sakhaw hruaituten dan an siamin khawvel danin a phuarlo anga ngaihloh tur tih leh rorelna diklo (injustice) hmanga dan siam hi constitution phalloh a ni a, court in a paih thei a ni.

Mizoram Baptist Kohhran 2008 Assembly chuan “Bialtu Pastor ten an thawhna hmunah an nupuite an hruailoh avangin rawngbawlna kawngah harsatna leh fel lohna tam tak a awm thin” tiin “hetiang harsatna sut kian nan” hian “Bialtu Pastor chuan a thawhna hmunah a nupui a hruai ngei tur a ni” tiin a rel a. Chumi tihhlawhtlin nan chuan “Kum 2015 hnu lamah chuan Pastor/Minister nupuite chu Sawrkar hna leh hna dang Full Time a thawh phal an ni lo ang” tiin a rel ta bur mai a. Indian Constitution Article 26 (b)-na in kohhran inrelbawlnaah Baptist kohhran te zalenna hi a humhalh laiin Baptist kohhranin a rawih nilo sawrkar hnathawk te 2015 atanga bang tura a tih hi Baptist kohhran tih dan emaw Bible-a pastor nupuite chungchanga tih dan tur emaw a nih loh avang leh Indian Constitution Article 19 (1) (g) palzutna a nih avangin harsatna lian tak a thleng ta a ni.

He thurel kal zelah hian BCM hotute hian an ti dik lo tih hi an inhre duhlo lui a nih chuan court a inrawlh a ngai dawn niin a lang a, National Commission for Women hotu pakhatin thurawn a pek anga hemi chungchang ngaihtuah mek tu Mizoram State Women’s Commission hotute nena tha taka an sawiho duh erawh chuan mualpho lutuk lovin thil a kal thei ang. A engpawh chu nise, BCM hian 2008-a a lo rel, a sub-number 3-na bik te hi a tihtawp emaw a sut emaw a rel bo chu a ngai dawn ngei a. Pastor nupui zawng zawng hian an hna hi bansan vek pawh ni se, he Assembly thurel leh a bawhzuina avang hian Pathianin mihring zalenna a pek, India ram danpui pawhin a lo humhalh rahbehna hi a dik chuang lova. Kohhran thiamloh chan theihna lian tak a la ni ta reng reng a ni.

Baptist Kohhran puipa kalchhuak ta te khan BCM constitution leh India ram constitution an ngaipawimawh lova, harsatna lian tak a awm phah a. Tuna puipa thar te hian Pathian leh kohhran hoten mawhphurhna an pek anga BCM leh India ram dan an ngaihpawimawh chuan tihdam rawngbawlna an tan thei. Chumi zawnga kohhran an kaihhruai loh erawh chuan BCM hian hun thim tak a kaltlang dawn tihna a ni ang.

THE CHURCH AND CORRUPTION

 

According to Rev H Lianngaia, former General Secretary and Rev Lalbiaksanga Chinzah, former Associate General Secretary of the Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM), corruption is also "the misuse of power by people in authority according to their will."
 

Statement on corruption made by the top leaders of the BCM was in response to a church Assembly resolution in 2013 seeking to reduce corruption in Mizoram.
 

Is the church in a position to preach against corruption, especially the kind that the former BCM officers mentioned in their official statement http://bit.ly/25YZkgf?
 

Back in 2008, the Baptist Church of Mizoram Assembly passed a resolution banning all pastors and ministers' wives to work full time from 2015. The reason cited was to strengthen and enhance pastoral ministry. The church claimed that there have been "numerous" problems because pastors' wives donot accompany their husbands. And to rectify the problem, the church proposed and adopted a strict rule that said a pastor must bring along his wife to the place of his work - meaning his pastorate.
 

The means to accomplish this new rule was to ban all pastors'/ministers' wives to work full time past 2015. Around 20 pastors (and their wives) were affected by this church resolution.
 

Now, here's a question. Is the church more interested in pastors' wives accompanying their husbands or forcing the wives to quit their jobs?
 

Case 1: Rev R Lalbiakliana is a minister in the BCM. Up until a few weeks ago, he was a pastor in Lunglei. His wife is a senior lecturer of Political Science at a government college in Lunglei. During his tenure as pastor, his wife was with him at the place of his work (Lunglei) thereby fulfilling the desire and intent of the church resolution. Yet, the church leadership under Rev H Lianngaia (General Secretary) and Rev C Ngurhnema (President) insisted that the wife quits her job. At one point, an ultimatum was given to them (and others) where non compliance would result in the pastor being dismissed from his service.
 

As a result of intense pressure, his wife forwarded her intention to resign to the General Secretary. The pastor was elected to head the Lawngtlai administration of the BCM soon after.
 

Case 2: Rev LB Khawpuimawia is also another minister in the BCM. He was pastor of Rahsiveng pastorate in Lunglei until a few weeks ago. His wife is a nurse practitioner under the government of Mizoram. Like the other pastors, his wife was forced to resign her job even though she was with her husband in Lunglei the whole time he was pastor. Under pressure from the church authorities, she forwarded her intention to quit her job to the General Secretary. Her husband was elected the new Director of Communications at the BCM headquarters.
 

If the wives of these two pastors were already accompanying their husbands in their pastorates, the pastors already fulfil the desire of the church leaders' resolution. But they were made to put pressure on their wives to quit their jobs.
 

Going by Rev H Lianngaia and Rev Lalbiaksanga Chinzah's definition of corruption and numerous church documents, there seems to be a clear case of the General Secretary and other church officials using their position to do things according to their will.
 

If the church leadership itself indulges in what can only be described as a misuse of power (which is corruption according to Rev H Lianngaia and Rev Lalbiaksanga Chinzah), is the church, then, in a position to preach against corruption, especially the kind that seems to engulf the state government?

KOHHRAN MITE TIH ATANA THIL BAWLHHLAWH

“BCM Pastor nupui sorkar hnathawk ban leh ban loh chungchangah Assembly 2016 Hnahthiala neih zawh takah chuan Pastor nupui 45 zingah 36 an inching fel tawh a, 9 an inching fel mek a, 4 an la inching fel thei rih lo a; inchin fel nan hian April ni 30 2016 thleng pawhsei leh a ni e” tiin Baptist kohhran upa Prof H Lalramnghinglova’n March 5 khan facebook ah a tarlang a. Assembly rorel palai 910 ten “(2008 leh 2015) Assembly rorel ang zela kalin bawhzui zel a ni” tiin a sawi bawk a.

He BCM 2008 Assembly Thurel 1.21 kalzel hi chanchinbu lamah pawh tarlan niin pastor nupui full time-a hnathawh phalloh chungchang hi “relfel duak” tawh angin Baptist kohhran headquarter-a thawktu pakhat chuan a sawi nghe nghe a ni.

Baptist kohhran hruaitute hian BCM chhungkuaa harsatna lian tak siamtu “Kum 2015 hnu lamah chuan Pastor/Minister nupuite chu Sawrkar hna leh hna dang Full Time a thawh phal a ni lo ang” tia 2008 Assembly-a an rel hi UPC NEI, North Mizoram District Conference-in “Tun atang chuan pastor lak thar tur reng reng an nupuite'n hna nghet an nei tur a ni lo” tia March 3-a a rel ang khan thlak se chawplehchilhin a buai zel tur a tawp nghal thei a. A lo kalsual tawh pawh tihdik dan kawng a zawn theih a ni. Presbyterian kohhran pawhin hetiang deuh tho hian hman kumah an lo rel tawh a, UPC NEI te ang bawkin harsatna awm thei an sukiang a ni.

Kohhran dang tih dan entawn nih an duh loh pawhin Mission Vengthlang Baptist kohhran lamin Assembly-a siamthat a nih theihnana Assembly Executive Committee-a an thlen kha committee kaihruaitute khan agenda dang ang bawkin Assembly ah pu lutin sawihona hawng se 2015 Assembly ah khan rel fel a ni daih tawh bawk ang.

“Kum 2015 1st April atang chuan sawrkar hna leh hnadang full time a thawk nupuia nei te chu Pastor hna atan lak theih a ni lovang” tiin Mission vengthlanga Baptist kohhran lamin rawtna an siam a. Mahse, BCM President kalchhuak ta Rev C Ngurhnema leh General Secretary kalchhuak ta Rev H Lianngaia ten hnawl tha an tih zawk avangin Assembly ah ngaihtuah a ni ta lo a ni.

Hnahthiala Baptist kohhran rorelna sang bera palai 910 ten Mizoram Baptist Kohhran rawngbawlna leh inrelbawlna chungchang hrang hrang an ngaihtuah zingah pastor nupui chungchang hi ngaihtuah tel a ni a. Kohhran thuchhuakin a tarlan dan chuan “Pastor/Minister nupui full time-a hnathawk neite chungchang a Assembly 2008 thu bawhzuina thu kal zel report leh hmalak mek dan – April 2016 chhunga inchingfel tura tih chu pawm a ni” tih a ni.

2008 Assembly thurel, 2015 Assembly-a nemngheh thurel chungchangah hian a bawhzui dan chhiar theiha awm chin chauh en pawhin Mizoram Baptist Kohhran puipate pahnih chhuak ta te hian tihdanglam emaw tih tawp tumna awm ang ang te hi an tuipui lo tih chiang takin a lang a. Kohhran hi mi pahnih khat duhdana kal a ni lo tih hi hemi bikah chuan a dik a tih theihlohna turin document pawh engemawzat en theihin a awm a ni.

Rorelna kalsual tih hi hruaitute leh kohhran mi thahnemngai tak tak te’n an duh lo hle a. Mahse, Rev C Ngurhnema leh Rev H Lianngaia te kaihhruaina hnuaia BCM rorelna en chuan a kalsual nasa hle tih hi hai rual a ni lo thung.

Pastor nupui hnathawh phalloh tih hi a chhan ber nia kohhran hruaituten an sawi leh Rev C Ngurhnema’n 2007-a he agenda a pawmpui leh putluh ang chuan “Sawt zawk leh tangkai zawka rawng kan bawl theih nan, Bialtu Pastor chuan a thawhna hmunah a nupui a hruai ngei tur a ni” tih a ni a. Rev LB Khawpuimawia hi Rahsiveng bialtu pastor a nih chhung zawng khan a nupui, sawrkar hna full time-a thawk chu a bial enkawlnaah a hruai a. Assembly thurelin a tum ber hi a nupuiin sawrkar hna a thawh lai zawng pawhin a hlenchhuak a ni. Mahse, chutichung chuan a nupui hnathawk lai chu bantir turin tihluih a ni ta tho va. Nawrna nasa tak hnuaia an awm avangin bang turin thutlukna an siam ta a. Tichuan, BCM hotuten Serkawnah BCM Communications Director turin an ruat a ni. A nupui hian a hnathawh bang miah lo pawh ni se, a pasal hnathawhnaah awm chhunzawmin a pasal chu a rawngbawlnaah a zui zel dawn tihna a ni.

Tin, “Bialtu Pastor ten an thawhna hmunah an nupuite an hruailoh avangin rawngbawlna kawngah harsatna leh fel lohna tam tak a awm thin a. Hetiang harsatna sut kian nan hian Pastoral Committee chuan a hnuaia mi ang hian inkaihhruaina a siam a ni” tia Rev C Ngurhnema’n 2007-a Pastoral Coordinator a nih laia agenda duan a pawmpui khan Assembly-a put luh tura duan a ni a. Put luh a ni a, pawm pawh a ni ta bawk a. Mahse, data rintlak tlawhchhana sawiho a ni lo.

“Biala nupui hruai loh” tih hi a chhan bul ber niin Rev H Lianngaia’n a hranpain a sawi bawk a. Chumi ruala chuan “pastor quarterly report form kum 2012-2013 atanga a lan dan chuan kum 1 chhunga Biala ni 300 awm tling lo te hi Sorkar hna/hna dang full time-a thawktute ni loin mi dang 2 an ni, a dang zawng chu reasonable cause neite an ni” tiin a sawi tel bawk a ni.

General Secretary kal chuak ta chhinchhiah dan chuan 2012 leh 2013 chhung khan sawrkar hnathawk nupui nei pastor te hi biala nupui hruai theilo an awm lova. “Phalna neia Biala Nupui hruai lo hi kan awm meuh lo, mahse hruai lo chu kan awm; (hna hran nei emaw nei lo emaw)” tiin pastor rual zingah a tarlang bawk a ni.

Chuti a nih si chuan 2008 Assembly thurel-in a sawi “harsatna leh fel lohna tam tak a awm thin” tih hi rel a nih atanga kum 5 hnuah ziak meuhva BCM General Secretary kalchhuak ta-in a tarlan dan chuan sawrkar hnathawk te atanga harsatna awm a ni lo tihna a ni a. “Sorkar hna/Hna dang full time-a thawk nupui nei thenkhat hi chu transfer leh Biala hruai loh case-ah chuan harsatna sawi lo, Committee rel anga kal mai in awm tih hi kan inhriatpui” a ti hial zawk a ni.

Sawi ang khan Rev LB Khawpuimawia te leh pastor dang te chu Assembly in a rel chhan ber an nupui te bial an enkawlnaah an hruai reng chung pawhin an nupuite hnathawh phal a ni ta chuang lova, anmahni pastor te chu ban ni hial zawk tura ultimatum nen kohhran hruaituten an nawr tlut tlut ta zawk a ni.

Tunah hian BCM-a thawk pastor pali chu he Assembly thurel anga an nupuiten an hnathawh an bansan tur thu kohhran hruaitute an hrilh theih loh avangin pastor hna thawk lo turin an chungthu rel a ni a. BCM website-in a tarlan dan chuan “hetiang hian an posting siam fel a ni ta a, April 2016 chhungin an post an zawm ang” tih a ni:

1. Rev Samuel Lalremsanga – Evan.Teacher, Baptist Mission School, Tuichawng.
2. Rev PC Vanlalmuana – Evan.Teacher, Baptist Mission School, Marpara
3. Rev. Lalremsiama Fanai – Evan.Teacher, Hermon Comp.H/S-Nghalimlui
4. Rev. John Lalrinawma – Evan.Teacher, Baptist High School, Putlungasih

Pastor te hi missionary hna thawk tura “post” an ni thin a. Mahse, tuna he’ng pastor pali te hi an pastor nihna anga mission field-a thawk lo turin kohhran hruaituten an rel a, hetianga rel hi Mizoram kohhran history-a thil thleng hmasa ber a ni awm e. (Pastor an nih tawh si loh chuan pastor hlawh la lovin ordained minister ni chungin Evan.Teacher hlawh an la tawh dawn ni awm tak a ni)

Prof H Lalramnghinglova’n he harsatna chinfel mek anga a sawi leh “rel fel duak” tawh anga midangin an sawi hi a la fel lo nasa hle zawk a ni.

BCM General Secretary kalchhuak ta Rev H Lianngaia’n May 30, 2013 khan corruption chungchanga kohhran aiawha thuchhuah a siamah heti hian a ziak a: “Thuneituten anmahni duhzawng leh hlawkna tura an thuneihna dik lo taka an hmang hi corruption a ni bawk. Heng thil te hi Mizoram Baptist Kohhran chuan tha a ti lova; Kohhran mite tih atan thil bawlhhlawh a ni.”

Kohhran mite tih atana thil bawlhhlawh hi kohhrana thuneitute hian an ti ni berin a lang.

JANUARY 11, 1894

On January 11, 1894 two young men from London arrived in Mizoram. History was never the same again. Here's an account of Rev JH Lorrain and Rev FW Savidge's mission journey to the Mizo people written by Rev David Kyles in January 1944:

"In December 1890, young J.H.Lorrain left his London Post Office for Calcutta, not knowing clearly what God's plans for him were, only knowing that God's way for him was to the East, towards the rising sun. The power of the British Empire hardly yet extended farther than the eastern boundaries of the Bengal Province, beyond which lay the hills and the hillsmen with their unknown and untried dangers. To the north-east, lay the closed native state of Hill Tipperah to which the young Pioneer first felt drawn.

Just at that time, the easternmost station in Bengal was being opened at Brahmanbaria, by New Zealand missionary, a most significant nameplace from which to launch a Christian crusade in the land of India, for Brahman is a sacred name. To this place young Lorrain was guided, and it was here that he was joined by his chum and life-long comrade and friend F.W.Savidge...the two young Londoners prepared themselves for the great, though yet uncertain task, to which they felt called, ever watching for a legitimate opportunity to break through the forbidden zone.

At length, they were invited to visit Chittagong, and there for the first time they learned of the Lushai country which was just being opened up by the British Government. They begged the authorities to allow them to settle there, and at last received permission to stay in a Government Post about 80 miles up river, and near the foot of the Hills. There they lived for a few months, enduring the labours of pioneers in very truth, and beginning to pay the price in sickness, hunger and great hardship.

Rumours of fresh trouble from the Lushais caused the Government officials to send out an escort to bring them back to safety, and it seemed as if that route was finally closed. So, after a few months, they decided to try to enter Lushai from the other end - the far north - at Silchar, today the centre of a great tea plantation area. And, on Boxing Day, 1893, they set out to realise their great dreams and hopes.

There are no railways in Lushai and few roads even now: fifty years ago there was none at all. Two rivers, coming down from the Lushai Hills and entering the plains nearly 200 miles apart, form the only routes into the country, and the young pioneers chose the northern route. For three weeks they travelled in canoes through uninhabited forests, for the most part, the boats having often to be dragged up innumerable rapids. They were often shut in by deep cliffs and by banks covered with wild, luxuriant vegetation and tall bamboos, having many hairbreadth escapes on the river, shallow and swift, deep and slow turns. Troops of monkeys swung among the leafy branches, or played on the sandbanks, and once a tiger crashed through the reeds. One evening while they were making a fire on the bank with dried bamboos, snakes, which had been hibernating in the snug cylinders, dropped out, and as the bamboos cracked and the red glare lit up the darkening gorge, a wild chase took place.

At length, they arrived at a little settlement of Bengali traders at Sairang. From here the final stage was by a track thirteen miles long and winding up nearly 4000 feet to Fort Aijal, which was occupied by five British Officers and two regiments of Gurkhas and Bengal Infantry. They set at once to build their house in salt which, to the Lushais, meant more then than money. It was considered unsafe for them to live more than one mile from the fort, so they settled there between tow Lushai villages. They trusted the Lushais implicitly, and soon won their confidence by simple kindness and medical services. Others carried firearms for protection; they carried their Bibles and their only defence was love." ("LORRAIN of the LUSHAIS" - Rev David Kyles. January 1944. p.9-13)

MASTER SHIFU AND PARENTING

Have you ever seen the movie "Kungfu Panda"? You probably think I'm crazy saying this but I absolutely love it! 

Animation movies are so entertaining in that the creators can imagine anything and put life-like touches to it. I know it is all fantasy and fiction in the animation world but the relationship aspect of the characters is quite realistic. Their laughs, their cries, their sad feelings and every other feeling they display seem to reflect just the kind of feelings we have in our everyday life. 

Do you remember the part where Po the panda Dragon Warrior was with the Furious Five at the Jade Palace and Tai Lung was brought up? Tai Lung was a fierce fighter trained at the Jade Palace by Master Shifu who adopted him as a son. He trained hard hoping to be the Dragon Warrior one day. When he learned that the Master Oogway decided not to give him the prestigeous title of being the Dragon Warrior, he revolted violently. He went beserk and destroyed much of the Valley of Peace. In his rampage, he rushed to the Jade Palace where the Dragon Scroll was located and tried to grab it himself. Master Shifu and Master Oogway saw him rush in, Master Shifu leapt to stop him but failed to strike him down because he saw in Tai Lung the cute baby snow leopard he used to cuddle when he was little. Master Shifu was supposed to strike down rebellious Tai Lung but the softness of his heart toward Tai Lung prevented him and it nearly resulted in the desecration of the sacred Dragon Scroll. Because Master Shifu failed to stop Tai Lung, he himself got hurt and Master Oogway had to step in and disarm Tai Lung with his nerve-paralyzing kungfu move. 

Master Shifu's contradiction as a tough kungfu teacher yet a soft parent was apparent when the true nature of Tai Lung was revealed. He just couldn't get himself to do what was needed to stop a behaviour that required nothing less than an equal restraining force. Tai Lung wasn't interested in discussion nor negotiation. He resorted to the misuse of his kungfu skills that Master Shifu had taught him and used it for his selfish ambition. He was even prepared to kill his own "father". But even at that point, Master Shifu still could not put an end to his adopted son's fury. His heart as a father would not allow him cause physical harm to Tai Lung. He was soft when he should have been tough. It nearly cost him his life and the total disregard for all that Master Oogway had built for the preservation of Kungfu.

Well, that is fiction. Just a story. But the story portrays a picture of how parents often fail to correctly discipline their children due to their softness toward them. It is perhaps a universal failure on the part of parents.

There is another story about a father and his rebellious children who did something they were not supposed to do. Their wrong decision resulted in an almost permanent breakdown of a beautiful relationship. The damage to the relationship was so bad that it required the sacrifice of the father himself to mend it.

The story is found in an ancient text of what many believe to be the true account of the beginning of human civilization. It is the story of Adam and Eve. 

According to the book of Genesis in the Bible, God created the first man Adam and the first woman Eve in the Garden of Eden. They were like his children. They had a wonderful relationship and fellowship together until one day Eve was tempted by the devil and failed to resist the temptation. She committed the first offence in history and managed to get her husband Adam to do the same. Their disobedience broke God's heart because it damaged their relationship of trust. God, as a father, loved them unconditionally but because of their disobedience he had to take a very drastic measure to address the problem.

It is an universal truth that when it comes to love, we are often blind. Parents are often blinded to see the wrong in their children's lives because of their refusal to acknowlege reality. And the reality is, we are all prone to do the wrong thing. In Romans 3:23, the Bible says, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." The Bible makes it amply clear that there is no human being that is perfect and have not done the wrong thing. As a matter of fact, the Bible says we all have failed to achieve the standard of God's moral laws. Failure and refusal on the part of parents to fully acknowledge this reality in their children often lead to the complication of a problem and the perpetuation of a wrongful behaviour when it manifests itself. Because parents often mismanage their children's behaviourial problem and naughty kids almost always take advantage of their parents' softness, the longer a corrective action is delayed the bigger the problem grows. And it can lead to a near-total breakdown of anything that is sane. This failure on the part of parents can be very costly with little or no benefit to the erring child.

When God was confronted with the breaking news that his children had disobeyed him, his heart sank. He was devastated because he loved Adam and Eve very much. But a just God could not condone something that is wrong and so he had to deal with the problem and not give in to his emotions. He could not allow the wrong behaviour of Adam and Eve to go unchecked and not corrected. Therefore he altered the relationship he had with them. He put in place practical measures. He made them realise that their actions had consequences. According to the Bible, " The Lord God banished [Adam] from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life." (Genesis 3:23, 24)

God made sure Adam and Eve could not continue to live in the same way and enjoy the relationship with him when they disobeyed. He drew the line and made it clear to them that they had just crossed it. He did this not because he was a mean father or some unloving God without a heart. He had to honor the trust they had. He had to maintain the moral standard. He couldn't let Adam and Eve's sin to go unpunished. And punish them he did. But before he punished them, he also made sure they could cope with the consequence of the punishment. Genesis 3:21 says, "The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them." In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Even needed no clothing and did not have to work for food but outside of the garden they had to face a very different reality. The first thing God did for them was to give them proper clothing to wear. This became the basis for them to start working for their livelihood and survival.

Like Master Shifu, many parents just cannot do the right thing when it comes to disciplining their children even when the red signal is brightly beeping. This only fuels the selfish motive and actions of children whose hearts are inclined toward self-satisfaction. Failure to appropriately discipline emboldens bad behaviour. It drains the sweet accord parents have with their children because while parents have unconditional love, erring children may not give a rats behind as long as they are in that self-centered mode. Children only fully realise parents' love when their self-centered world collapses and they realise the value of their parents' sacrifice. But too many parents reward wrong behaviour because they donot know how to deal with a problem or are unwilling to exercise parental authority correctly.

If parents donot learn lessons from the perfect parent - God - families will continue to see unnecessary heartaches and preventable headaches. Parents can and must draw a line children cannot cross without suffering consequences. God, the perfect parent did and so must all parents if they truly want to save their children from paths they know will lead to their destruction.

OFFICE OF PROFIT VS CONFLICT OF INTEREST

ZORAM TODAY September 1-14 chhuakah khan "Office of Profit: Mithiamte'n eng nge an sawi?" tih a lang a. Chutah chuan MZU zirtirtute pahnih leh journalist pakhat kamchhuak tarlan a ni a. Political Science zirtirtu Asst.Professor C.Lallianchhunga thuhla atang hian “office of profit” leh “conflict of interest” chungchang hi I han en dawn teh ang.

1) “Pu Lal Thanzara hi bâng lo mah se, amah an puhna hi amah beitute tan pawha bawhzui hlei theih loh, Election Commission of India pawhin ngaihdan a lo siam ngheh tawhna chungchang a ni a,"

Pu Lal Thanzara MNF te’n "an puhna" hi Scroll reporter M Rajshekhar-a news report atangin a ni a. Company official document a hmuh atanga report a nih avangin a dika ngaih a ni. Sunshine Overseas-a Pu Lal Thanzara’n share a lo neih chungchang kha "bawhzui hleih theih loh" nilovin bawhzui awlsam tak zawk niin a lang. A chhan chu kha’ng document Pu Lal Thanzara hming lanna te kha hmuh theihin a awm vek a. Amaherawhchu, MNF hoten PC Act hnuaia an puhna a nihna zawnah erawh thiamloh a chan na tura police lam hmalak chu Pu Lal Thanhawla sorkarah phei chuan thil awl tak a nih a rinawm loh.

2) "Kum 2006-a Naveen Jindal-a kha Member of Parliament ni chunga hlawkna dang office pawimawh chelha puh a ni a, nihna pawimawh tam tak an tarlan zingah Vice President (Jindal Steel and Power Limited) leh Director (Jindal Power Limited) a tel a; hemi chungchangah hian Election Commission chuan heng mimal company-te hi sawrkar hnuaia awm an nih loh avangin ngaihtuah theih a ni lo, a lo ti daih tawh a."

He'ng entirna te hi Pu C.Lallianchhunga hian a rawn tarlang a, “office of profit” chungchang hrim hrim sawinaah chuan a tha viau. Indian Constitution Article 102 (1) (a) kan en chuan “office of profit” chungchanga thil chiang tak leh hrilhfiah dan azira chiang lo deuh pawh a lang a. A chiang chin han en ta ila --- central emaw state sorkar hnuaia hlawh neihna dinhmun luah chu "office of profit" a ni tih hi hrilhfiah dan awlsam ber pakhat a ni a. Chu chu he Article hian a sawi ber a ni. Jindal Steel and Power Ltd te khi India sorkar emaw state sorkar ta a nih loh avangin “office of profit” chungchang ngaihtuahnaah a tel lo hrim hrim a nih zawk chu. Election Commission hian "office of profit" hnuaiah ngaihtuah theih a ni lo a ti ngei ngei zawk tur a ni ang. Naveen Jindal-a'n MP ni chunga company hotu a nihna hi danah phalloh a ni lova. India sorkarah contract nei a nih erawh chuan Representation of the People Act, Sec 9A huam chin a ni thung. Chumi dan chuan “office of profit” chungchang ni lovin “conflict of interest” zawk a sawi a ni.

3) "Office of Profit chungchang hi Supreme Court-in kum 1971 khan Shivamurthy Swami vs Agadi Sanganna Andanappa case-ah thutlukna a lo siam tawh a, private company hi Office of Profit hian a huam lo a ni âwm e."

Hei pawh hi a chunga mi ang tho. Private company ah hian MP/MLA ten inhnamhnawihna an nei thiang a. Danin a khap hran lo. Sorkara contract/supply kallai "subsisting contract" a awm erawh chuan RP Act Sec 9A hian a phallo bur thung a ni.

4) "Tin, Election Commission hian ama thuin Office of Profit chungchang hi a ngaihtuah ngai lo va, India President-in India Danpui Article 102 (1-a) anga hêkna a dawn Article 103 hmanga a ngaihtuah dawnin Election Commission hi MP te chungchangah a râwn thin a"

Complaint a awm loh chuan President emaw Governor in anmahni thuin hma an la ngai lo tlangpui. An la ngai lo pawh ti ila, a sual lo mai thei. Election Commission pawh hian ama thuin thil a ti ngai lutuk lo niin a lang. Amaherawhchu, Pu M Lalmanzuala chungchangah khan complaint tu awma hriat a ni lova, Election Commission khan document a en a, danin a sawi angin action a la mai thung niin a lang. Governor inrawlhna a lang lo.

5) "MLA te chungchang pawh Article 191 (1-a) hmanga hêkna Governor-in a dawn chu article 192 hmanga thutlukna a siam hmain Election Commission rawtna a ngaichang thin a, Election Commission rawtna ang hian India President leh State Governor te hian thutlukna an siam thin a ni."

Governor hian Election Commission rawtna a ngaichang mai nilovin rawtna fel tak an siam tlawhchhana order a siam theihnan Election Commission hi a rawn ngei ngei zawk tur a ni a. Governor -in ama ngaihdana thutlukna siam ngawt thei a ni lo. Election Commission hian dan lam khawih pawl an nei a. Chuta mi te chuan dan leh dun an lo en vek thin a ni. Pu Lal Thanzara laka complaint pawh kha an dan lam khawih pawl hnena pek a ni.

6) “Hengte vang hian Office of Profit chungchanga Pu Lal Thanzara beihna hi amah beitute tan pawh bawhzui hleih theih loh a nihna lai a awm chungin Pu Lal Thanzara chuan mipui court lamah he buaina hi a rawn theh chhuak a."

MNF lamin an beihna chauh nilo hi Pu Lal Thanzara hian a hmachhawn tih a inhria a. High protein biscuit supply chungchangah RP Act  Sec 9A chiang takin a kalh tih Assembly document leh RTI document atangin a lang. Chumi avang chuan disqualify theih (subject to disqualification) a ni a. Inhnukdawk zawk tura hrilh pawh a ni. Sawi fo tawh angin Sec 9A hi “office of profit” sawina nilovin “conflict of interest” chungchang zawk a ni a. “Office of profit” ang zawnga Congress party in a sawi zel hi a issue tak tak zawk “conflict of interest” Sec 9A in sawi ber sawi bo tumna niin a lang. “Office of profit” anga puh a nih chuan Pu Lal Thanzara hian thiamlohna a nei kher lovang. A chhan chu Sunshine Overseas hi sorkar company a ni lova. Share a lo neih erawh kha chu chhui chian ngai thil a ni thung. PC Act hnuaiah ni lo RP Act hnuaiah bawk puhna tur a awm chiang zawk ang. PC Act hnuaiah pawh thiamloh chang thei (potentially guilty) a nihna lai tur a lian hle, mahni leh mahni hna inpe a nihna lai a awm tlat a. Tin, HP Food Products pawh sorkar ta a nih loh avangin “office of profit” lam a kawk lova, Sec 9A bawkin a sawi “conflict of interest” chungchang zawk a ni.

7) "Opposition party-te’n nge amah leh a awmna party-in hlawkna tel ber dawn tih pawh kan hre thuai ang. Awlsam taka Council of Minister leh MLA atanga Pu Lal Thanzara bâng hi Opposition party leh a bàn nana hmalatu mi thahnemngaite hian hlawhtlinnaah an ngai a nih chuan an ring sual viau maithei bawk a ni.”

Eptu lam hian a issue hi an man tawk lo niin a lang, document chiang tak a awm chung pawh hian. An tana hlawkna tur political advantage an la thiam lem lo. Dan ang thlapin ACB ah nilo CBI ah te emaw court ah te kalpui nghal vat se chuan Pu Lal Thanzara tan hian a hlauhawm thei khawp ang. ACB SP hi Pu Lal Thanhawla te nena inhre tha tura ngaih a ni a. Pathianni tuka an inkhawm tlan chuan Sunday School kai ho tura ngaih an ni. Mizoramah hian mahni Sunday School kaipui te man tir tura hmalakna chak tak hi a awm a rinawm loh.

Pu C.Lallianchhunga’n “office of profit” chungchang Pu Lal Thanzara kaihhnawiha a sawi hi “office of profit” hrim hrimah chuan a fiah angreng a. Amaherawhchu, Zoram Today in Aizawl North III bialtu banna chungchanga an zawhna a nihnaah University-a political science asst professor in he issue-a thil awmzia dik kim a sawilo hi a vanduaithlak angreng. Tin, Sec 9A chungchanga Supreme Court judgement leh Social Welfare Department lehkhaa Pu Lal Thanzara biscuit supply chungchang te hi uluk deuhvin chhiar se a sawi dan zawng a dang daihin a rinawm.

INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST

ZORAM TODAY chanchinbuah Mizoram University Political Science department Asst Professor C. Lallianchhunga'n Health Minister bang ta chungchang leh a kaihhnawih a sawi heti hian tarlan a ni a -

“Pu Lal Thanzara hi bâng lo mah se, amah an puhna hi amah beitute tan pawha bawhzui hlei theih loh, Election Commission of India pawhin ngaihdan a lo siam ngheh tawhna chungchang a ni a, chumi awmzia chu risk sang tak lain Pu Lal Thanzara hian mipui court hmachhawn a thlang zawk tihna a ni. Kum 2006-a Naveen Jindal-a kha Member of Parliament ni chunga hlawkna dang office pawimawh chelha puh a ni a, nihna pawimawh tam tak an tarlan zingah Vice President (Jindal Steel and Power Limited) leh Director (Jindal Power Limited) a tel a; hemi chungchangah hian Election Commission chuan hengmimal company-te hi sawrkar hnuaia awm an nih loh avangin ngaihtuah theih a ni lo, a lo ti daih tawh a.

"Office of Profit chungchang hi Supreme Court-in kum 1971 khan Shivamurthy Swami vs Agadi Sanganna Andanappa case-ah thutlukna a lo siam tawh a, private company hi Office of Profit hian a huam lo a ni âwm e. Tin, Election Commission hian ama thuin Office of Profit chungchang hi a ngaihtuah ngai lo va, India President-in India Danpui Article 102 (1-a) anga hêkna a dawn Article 103 hmanga a ngaihtuah dawnin Election Commission hi MP te chungchangah a râwn thin a; MLA te chungchang pawh Article 191 (1-a) hmanga hêkna Governor-in a dawn chu article 192 hmanga thutlukna a siam hmain Election Commission rawtna a ngaichang thin a, Election Commission rawtna ang hian India President leh State Governor te hian thutlukna an siam thin a ni.

“Hengte vang hian Office of Profit chungchanga Pu Lal Thanzara beihna hi amah beitute tan pawh bawhzui hleih theih loh a nihna lai a awm chungin Pu Lal Thanzara chuan mipui court lamah he buaina hi a rawn theh chhuak a; opposition party-te’n nge amah leh a awmna party-in hlawkna tel ber dawn tih pawh kan hre thuai ang. Awlsam taka Council of Minister leh MLA atanga Pu Lal Thanzara bâng hi Opposition party leh a bàn nana hmalatu mi thahnemngaite hian hlawhtlinnaah an ngai a nih chuan an ring sual viau maithei bawk a ni.”

Political Science professor hian "office of profit" leh "conflict of interest" hi a hriatpawlh emaw hretthiamlo niin a lang. A chhan chu Section 9A, Representation of the People Act, 1951 ah khan chiang takin inthlanaa candidate-in sorkar-a supply emaw contract a neih chuan, chu contract a neih chhung chu disqualify a ni ang tih a chuang a. Mizoram Legislative Assembly-in zawhna chhanna a buatsaih leh Social Welfare Department in RTI hmanga zawhna a chhanna lehkha en chuan Pu Lal Thanzara hian 2013 inthlan mai pawh nilo, 2008 inthlan ah daih tawh khan he dan hi a lo bawhchhe tawh a. Chuvang chuan 2008 atang khan automatic-in disqualify nghal tur zawk a ni tih kan hre thei ang.

Hemi dan chungchangah hian Supreme Court of India in "Election Commission Of India vs Bajrang Bahadur Singh And Ors on 9 April, 2015"  indiankanoon.org/doc/35127537 ah khan chiang deuhvin a ngaihtuah a. Vawi hnih lai ka chhiar a, MZU professor hian chhiar ve se thil nihdan chiang takin a hre theiin ka ring.

"Office of profit" chungchang nilovin "conflict of interest" a nihna chiang takin Supreme Court hian heti hian a sawi - The purpose of Section 9A as repeatedly held by this Court is to maintain the purity of the legislature and to avoid conflict of personal interest and duty of the legislators.

Kan "intellectual" ten mipui hnenah thudik an puan duh loh emaw thudiklo an puan hian ka ngaihdan chuan "intellectually dishonest" an ni.