Read “The God Father”: That is the assignment I gave to my niece who’s first year degree student here, under my guardianship.
She’s thru with Chetan Bhagat’s “One night at a Call Center” and “Five Point Someone”. The I gave her “The God Father”. She had to struggle through the first few pages. Eventually she started liking the story and is now past half the book.
Had she remained in Mizoram with her parents, chances are she wouldn’t have read these books.
Any suggestion (book/novel) for a first year student?
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July 25th, 2007 at 2:44 am
How to find God – Billy Graham and your fav. The Perfect Driven Life
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July 25th, 2007 at 3:08 am
Jonathan Livingston Seagul by Richard Bach
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
As mentioned above, the Purpose Driven Life
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July 25th, 2007 at 3:40 am
Well.. when i was in a kid, i used to love Enid Blyton.. i’ve read most of her works.. Famous Five hi ngaihnom ka ti thei ltk.. nopang tan pon hriatthiam a ol a.. a tha khop mai.. Harry Potter hi ngaihnom ltk ka t bok(i’m a die hard fan)…
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July 25th, 2007 at 5:45 am
sorry.. purpose deiven life jok mole… thanks blackmagicwoman
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July 25th, 2007 at 6:06 am
The Narnia Chronicles – all 7 of them – by CS Lewis. Apart from the series being based on Christian themes (a good point to impress upon the parents or the spiritually-inclined), they remain among some of the most influential/interesting books I read as a child/teen. Written in the 40s/50s, they start slow but pick up and then one becomes immersed in them….
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July 25th, 2007 at 6:35 am
The Fifth Horsemen by Dominique Lappier kha NY Police in Chlorine bomb puak dawnin a hria a a fapa chhanhhuah ngei a tum selfish takin chutih laia NY mipui a bik taka Juda ho thih tam turzia leh Disaster Managment a an buai dan tur hi tha ka tikhop. Disater hi lo thleng ve ta se Aizawlah hian like Earthquake – kan thi hnem ngawt ang. Lawless city ah hian. Dan Brown a ziak Digital Fortress hi chhiar ngei ngei chi encryption lam tui tan phei chuan
Purpose Driven Life hi tha ka ti. Ellen G White ziak ho zawng zawng hi a tha vek family raise mek leh tum mek te tan
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July 25th, 2007 at 6:44 am
A ngaihnawm tih zawngah chuan Jeffery Archer lehkhabu ho hi a ngaihnawm ka ti hlawm khawp mai, especially The Sons of Fortune and False Impression.
Mahse, first year student tan chuan heng lehkhabu ho ai chuan a zirlai chhiar tam se a hlawk pui zawk ang.
Zirlaibu chhiar tam loh chu subject ba neih a awl.
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July 25th, 2007 at 9:04 am
@Val_brosky: Reading books outside academic is also education.
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July 25th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Nothing against ‘Zirlai Bu’ but zirlai bu chauh chhiar chu atna.
Come on, all you guys out there who’s not read this book, READ IT. Damn it’s good. The movie is great too.
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July 25th, 2007 at 10:12 am
indeed, it’s my fav hobby apart from watching movies and playing.
christian books- Ravi Zacharias books, Philip Yancey books, Josh Mc Dowell,Sam Kamalesan and others
Novels & others- Jeffrey Archer, Rober Ludlum, Mario Puzo(Godfather,The lost years,Sicilian,etc..) Dominique Lapierre & Larry Collins(Midnight @Bhopal, Freedom @midnight n others), others i don’t remember right now.
Then don’t forget Word Power for english vocubularly and others books to improve ur english.
@Val_brosky and @benjamin … yeah books outside academic is also good, but we mizo esp. have so little time for our academic books and practicals , most of the time we spent chatting, playing football, chaw ei khawm. Thats the reality(trust me i’ve been there), we really have to be mature enough to draw the line somewhere… otherwise as the saying goes “take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get”
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July 25th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Zirlai bu chu pass nan chuan pawimawh, chuvang chuan zirlai nih chuan thiam full thrak tur, lehkhabu dang pawh chhiar tur. Mahse zirlai ni a zirlai thiam thrak si lo chumi khami ka chhiar ti ti chu nuihzathlak lamah a kal mai.
Life lessons zir nan te, quality of life/thought/perception improve nan te, mi conversations ah left-out nih loh nan te, khawvel mi fing zawk te’n enge an ngaihtuah tih hriat nan te, lehkhabu chhiar tam chu thra ve.
Mi zing a insawitheih nan te, mi impress nan te, intih vel riau nan te pawh pawimawh bawk
Mahse thra vek e, let’s all read and sling our egos around!
“I laugh at the lore and the pride of man,
At the sophist schools and the learned clan;
For what are they all, in their high conceit,
When man in the bush with God may meet?”
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July 25th, 2007 at 10:55 am
@benjamin, a zirlai chauh chhiar tluk tluk se ka ti reng reng lo. Mahse……
Lehkhabu ngaina mi ka ni a. Pawl sawm ka zirlaiin ka thianpa Zirsangkima (Vanglaini) nen hian lehkhabu chhuak thar apiang lei zel kan tum thin a, khatih lai kha chuan kan ei ai kha lehkhabu manah kan hmang phal tlat a nia. Lehkhabu/thawnthubu avang khan ka zirlaiah ka tlakchhiat phah khawp mai. Tin, 2nd year ka nih kumin lehkhabu chhiar nen, chat nen, thildang neuh neuh nen…. subject 3 ngawt mai ka’n ba mai anih kha……
Keimah anga vawi khata thil pakhat chauh ngaihtuah thiam anih tak hlauhin ka ti mai mai anih kha….
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July 25th, 2007 at 11:06 am
E, ka suggestion ve ka sawi theihnghilh.
English zir nan thra si, violence awm si lo, sex/anything scandalous siki khat mah tel ngai lo, mi ti nui nasa bawk si, keipawh fa te ka neih hunah ka fa te ka chhiar tir vek tur – P.G. Wodehouse lo chhiar tir ve rawh I nau chu. A lehkhabu engpawh hi chhiar tlak ngawih2 vek.
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July 25th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Jeffery Archer lehkhabu ah chuan “Kane & Abel” hi ngaihnawm ka ti khawp mai. Tlaivar thakin ka chhiar. Novel ka chhiar tawha chuan ngaihnawm ka ti ve ber pawl ani.
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July 25th, 2007 at 11:50 am
movies poh !!! exam dawn phei chuan engkim a hmuhnawm vek toh .
i recomend “Good Night, and Good Luck” for your cuz
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July 25th, 2007 at 11:52 am
2nd yr ah maw lolz…. kei chu pawl 5 ka nih hian Cobra/Sudden/Dusty Fog velah ka buai tawh, thian hlui jacky, focus-a te ho nen library siam kan han tum a, ka rualpui tam takin DC/Marvel an buaipui laiin sidney sheldon leh NIck Carter-ah ka buai tawh. ka zirna ai mahin ka mit hian a tuar. Count of Monte Cristo hi pawl 7 ka nih chuan vawi 3 ka chhiar chhuak tawh, Bible hi vawi khat mah ka la chhiar chhuak lo, mahse ka chhiar tam fu. Bible-ah chuan Genesis-Chronicles thleng hi a ngaihnawm zual. Hla Thlawnkhawm hi a sweet topz (hmeichhe tawngkam). Hostel kan awm laiin ka Pi hian Mizo tawng i thiam nan Bible chhiar tam rawh mi ti thin a, ka chhawr tangkai fu.
Topic kan pensan duai a. Kei chu thawnthubu chhiar hi ka recommend vak lo recommend tur pawh ka hre lo. Life, zirlai, knowledge etc. lam rawngkai nise chhiar rau rau pawn.
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July 25th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Englo a nia, ka’n peng kawi leh loks, cowboy bu leh detective tih vel ka chhiar a ka buaipuina chu a rei ve toh lutuk, tihah ka la naupang ve lutuk. Ramhlun Middle School-a ka kal lai pawhin “a dang kan man leh chuan kan hnawtchhuak tawh ang che” tiin ka zirtirtupa khan min lo vau ve tawh. Saptawnga ziak lehkhabu ka chhiar tanna hi chu a la rei lem lo. M&B hi ka ti thei thak lo thung.
Bible chu Mizo tawng thiam nan chuan ka ‘recommend’ khawp mai. Mizo ni si, Mizo tawng chiar thiam lo pawh an awm tak nual hi.
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July 25th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Mahabharata hi ngaihnawm ka ti.
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July 25th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
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benjamin.. niece do you say?
shall i come and read to her?
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July 25th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
The Adventures of Sailokhawma… chhiar tir ngei2 rawh
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July 25th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
In some Degree course, book review is also part of the curriculum. She actually finished the two books and bit of the 3rd before he class actually commenced.
Should they ask her class to do book review, she already got three in hand. Thats where stands. Thanks to me
Goldmember: You’r most welcome. You can also help her wash my clothers, clean my room etc
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July 25th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
In some Degree course, book review is also part of the curriculum. She actually finished the two books and bit of the 3rd before he class actually commenced.
Should they ask her class to do book review, she already got three in hand. Thats where stands. Thanks to me
Goldmember: You’re most welcome. You can also help her wash my clothes, clean my room etc
This is not restricted to student, reading alone. One needs to prioritize tasks in life.
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July 25th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Make her watch the Godfather movies so she can swoon over the very hot Al Pacino…As for books,she might enjoy the ones by Roald Dahl (For those who think his books are only for kids,they keep me entertained even at the age of 21) or Woody Allen’s Collection of Prose which is hilarious and witty.Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt is a poignant and humorous biographical memoir which left me in tears and laughter.As for the English classics,there’s my personal favourite:Charles Dicken’s “Great Expectataions”..But othing beats the BIBLE dude..The word of God!That’s something Christians ought to read everyday.
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July 25th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy…….J.R.R.Tolkien
The entire “Cthulhu Mythos” …….. H.P Lovecraft
Spartacus (forgot the author)
Just my humble suggestions…..
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July 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Reader’s Digest
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July 25th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha recently released… A must for those who want to know our India from “today’s perspective”… Ramachandra is such a good narrator that I haven’t read such an “unboring” politico-historical book… but your cuz may not be interested if she’s a “funky” type… hehe. I suggest this especially for those who want to go for competitive exams and want to grap modern Indian history without a need to struggle under a midnight candle…
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July 26th, 2007 at 6:16 am
TINKLE LEH KRISTIAN NAUPANG
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July 26th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Tinkle hi a english a dik a (grammar) naupang comics ah chuan a tha ka ti. Readers digest pawh pawisa nei tan chuan lak ngei chi a ni. Lord of the Rings hi chu tam takin an chhiar peih lovang, ka thiante hian ka chhiar lai khan peih min ti thlawt, a ziaktupa pawh hi mi a ‘A’ deuh ka ring te an ti mai mai.
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July 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Beramno leh Mizo Kids a tha ber mai!
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July 27th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Tlanzova hian Mizo kids ah hian Chat slang te hi a telh nulh2 roh ang e hahahha
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July 27th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Readers digest pawh pawisa nei tan chuan lak ngei chi a ni
– Used to buy seconds – 5 bucks, as student.
Aizawl ah hian second hand book shop hi awm ve tawh em?
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July 27th, 2007 at 11:13 am
Tom Sawyer- Mark Twain.. i fell young again wen i read this.
ka chhiar tam lutuk lo, mahse ka chhiar chuan ka chhiar zawh hma chu engmah ka ti tak tak thei lo thin. as a kid i read Sherlock Holmes , As you like it by PL Liandinga.hehe.
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July 29th, 2007 at 2:23 am
Agatha Christie lehkhabu ho hi a ngaihnom hlom bon top ka ti keichu,a thil chhui velna ah hian kan ringhleh loh ang deuh hian thil hi a ron chhui chhuak dik leh tlap zel.
love story lam anih chuan Belva Plain te hi a simple a chhiar a nuam
The God Fatttther hi ngaihnom ka ti bon kum 6 hmalama ka chhiar khan.
ee Judy Bloom poh hi a tha lutuk chhiar tir ngei2 roh, a teens angreng a zirtir nei lam deuh ani bok a, ihhhh love story hi chhiar nuam ber ani mai akekee
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August 3rd, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Kei chu kan Mizopa kutchhuak “Thlahleinga zan” (by James Dokhuma) kha chhiar tir ngei turin kan request teh ang che. Another one is “Zoram Khawvel” by L.Keivom. Mizo literature ah chuan a sang pawl an ni ania. A hmuh theih chuan “Dr.Jesus” tih kha ( a ziaktu hming ka theihnghilh tlats) chhiar atan ka recommend hle bok.
Ka rin aiin lehkhabu in lo chhiar ril hlawm hle mai. Mizo thalaite hi lehkhabu chhiar tak tak hi kan peih lo viau emaw ka ti a, ka ring sual hle ani. Mahse in chhiar ril ngaihtuahin kan hnam tana ro tur poetry, prose, song, article etc etc. in va ziak lo hlawm ang reng ve mawle! Han ti teh u, ka thalai puite thuziak bonra leh literary significance nei tha hi ka chhiar chak teh mai ania.
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