In dozens of even more remote villages across Mizoram, no one can ignore the frightening legend of the flowering of the bamboo. They say that when the bamboo flowers once every 48 years, it brings along with it death, destruction and suffering. In the fertile southernmost state of north-east India, that time is now.
– India Today
Dec 10 issue of India Today has this story.
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December 12th, 2007 at 2:19 am
Actually Vanity Fair also covered Mautam in their December issue. It is not yet available online , but you can follow the topic and story at https://www.vanityfair.com
It is a very good article, and I hope that they will make it available soon.
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December 12th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
buhfai bag 1 (50kgs) = Rs. 1000/- (a report from uncle who came from Aizawl yesterday)
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December 12th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Mizoram hikes rice quota and wage to combat famine
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.....615679.cms
@Lapin: Did you also ask your uncle about the cost of booze in Aizaw
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December 12th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
lol. ka lo zawh sak ang che ben. haha.
i was more interested on ‘how to import booze.. safe & sound’
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December 12th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Mautam avanga dingchhuak MNF hi Mautam avang bawk hian an tlu chhia ang tih a va hlauhawm ve..!! Buhfai Kg khat Rs 20!! Future a va bright lo ve aw…
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December 13th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Plague of rats hits Indian state
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7141067.stm
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December 13th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
@keimah eng fai nge a Rs.20 man chu kg-ah a .
Tin ,mautam pawh hi a tam leh dawn tih hriatsa vek a nia .A hma feah te pawh research te pawh neih awm alawm .A ven dan tur te chu kum sawm ,kum thum kalta te pawh khan mingo mithiam rual emaw chah chhuah tur a lawm scientists ho te chuan tih dan an hre awm em mai.Vai hnathawk hi kan iang ta emaw tih mai tur nge kan ngaisang a kan entawn ta te pawh hi ang ka ti ta uai uai maia….thil kan tih that duh loh dan tawh te hi tiru
Sazumei Rs 2 a lei ringawt ai chuan a tha fe zawk anga tin fiamthu thawh loin mi nuih kan tiza lo bawk ang .A hrimah mithiam rual ten ngun tak a an zir chuan a solution a awm em em ang……ngaihtuah tawk loh vangah ka ngai vawng vawng mai.Mipui hi kan khawngaihthlak awm thin teh e abik takin thingtlang lam unaute.
Mautam thuruk tak tak kan ram leilung leh sik leh sa te nen hian a inkungkaihna thuruk tak tak te pawh hmuhchhuahtur a awm mai thei asin…nge in ngaihdan le…
Hetiang a Mautam vang a tuar kan nih lai hian chutiang a chiang tak a engkim zir anih chuan mihring tan a a thatna te pawh a lo awm mial mahna a thlawn chuan khuanun mihring tan a hnawk ringawt tur chuan he thli hi a tlehtir a rinawm lo khawp mai.Kan tlak duah a dim ..takin…engkim..
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December 13th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Tin assamese bamboo zung te pawh hi a powder in damdawi atan te pawh an siam a ram dang ah an exposed
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December 13th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
assammese ho ka tihna
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December 13th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
A va zialo ve le o, kan in buatsaih nasat sat nen, a tawpah chuan mipui te bawka tuar tu an ni leh si a, ram hmangaihtak hian hna hi chu thawk hlawm i lang chuan kan tam lo tur
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December 13th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
“Lord, give us the strength to survive this mautam, this famine unleashed on us due to the bamboo flowering.” – so sad!!!
“The state government ran a food-for-work programme only for 10 days in the entire year here, effectively raising the household income up to a mere Rs 1,000.” – Central atanga kan dawn Baffacos sum vaibelchhe 180 vel zet te kha tuinnge maw lo la kawl tha khiau mai le aw? “Pawimawh feeet ah lo chuan hmang dawn lo reng2..” kan ti nge, hman tak2 hmain “mautam sazuin” a lo ei zo ve ta mai? Ka chiang lo hle mai aa…
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December 13th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
@misuallutuk, Buhfai mawle! Lapin’s uncle report (Comment 2) atang khian ka lo tuihnih mai mai a nia! 50 kgs = Rs 1000. Therefore, 1 kg costs Rs 20! Simple arithmetic…hrethiam mai em??!
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December 13th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Ekhai, thlabar vak tur a ni hleinem. Hmanlai angin keimahni buhthar leh thlaithar chauh ringin kan khawsa tawh lo va. Hmanlai mautau ang tur chuan ngai lo ila. Inkalpawhna a tha tawh nasa mai si a. Hlauh lutuk tur a ni lo vang. Mautam ai chuan Silchar leh Tiau kawng hi an khar a hlauhawm zawk mahin ka hria..:)
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December 14th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
@keimah ka rawn zawhna awmzia chu buhfai quality tha vak lo ,a bung rum si bal deuh chi mi le… vai buhfai stock hlui ni awm tak mi…he..he ..
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December 14th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Topic pel ruih khawp in han tlak ta duah ila.Khawl engemaw deuh pawh han bun lut ve ruih dawn ta ila Mizo te hian Assam te,Shillong te ah hian a ni lawm ni in regisiter ngaih ve ziah chu.
Pawisa nei tuarh awm mahsela duh duh a khawl mahni ram ngei a ka lei nisi ka la la lut thei lova .Assam ramah te ka nghah ngai ta deih te hi ka hrethiam pha lo …(ka lei tak tak tihna ni lo for eg only).
Tin.Pvt.company dang te ka khawl lei company nen a inrem lo zet mai chuan khawl ka lei chungchanga nalh tak mai a an rawn inrawlh dan te hi ka hrethiam pha hauh lo mai kei aia hria in awm chuan min hrilh hriatthiam ka beisiei…e..
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