A doctor friend who is working in Aizawl, the other day told me the alarming increases of diseases like cancer, diabetes and lifestyle related diseases among the Mizos. He attributed this spurt of such cases to ‘excess’ consumption of meat particularly pork and our sedentary lifestyle. According to him, as we MIzos become prosperous or well-off, we care two hoots about our health and take to drinking, smoking and eating meat. No Mizo however poor he may be, can never think of entertaining a guest without meat.
This brief conversation i had with this doctor reminded me of an article i read in a Scottish newspaper, Scotsman News several years ago. The article based on a study in Scotland has found that Scottish people are drinking themselves to death at a faster rate than people anywhere else in Western Europe. The study shows that the rise in Scots death by drink rate has had the fastest rise in Europe. Scottish men are twice likely to die from liver cirrhosis(one of the worse side-effects of excessive alcohol) than in 1991 because of the folowing three factors: (1) increased affordability: (2) binge drinking, and (3) increased accessibility.
Increased affordability – indeed, this seems to be the root cause of the major problems faced by society today. It has changed the way we live, the way we eat, the way we exercise, basically everything…
We have witnessed the same phenomenon in Mizoram too. We have more private-owned vehicles on our roads today than a decade ago. This has resulted in increased congestion and pollution levels.Mizoa are consuming more and more – mostly households have a television set, electrical appliances among others – our consumption of energy has increased. Most, if not all, households have access to electricity and water. Is it not time to promote the use of solar and wind energy and to produce bio-diesel. Wherever possible, we have to make use of non-polluting and renewable source energy. We should also recycle plastic bottles, plastic bags and garbage.
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
errmm… zualbonez, gothica, funny, fonz, zephenath etc ho khan in rawn comment hma in kan rawn sawi lawk a nge – hemi article post tu hi Martin-a a nia, hmeichhe hming martina a nilo. In lo phur over palh tak khan ka rawn sawi lawk mai mai. Ka lawm e.
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Vawksa ei te chu hrisel loh a vangin a lawm engkim siamtupa pawhin ei a phal loh.
Helam a ka hmun ho putar kum 90 bawrvel ho hi chuan ei lehin an uar ve khawp mai.sa (hrisel khoser) ngat ei an nih vang leh drink pawh tam em em in lovin an awm thin vangin an dam rei ni hmiang ka lo ti mai a sin.
Zorama kan sa ei kha chu pumpuarna chiah niin ka hria.
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
eh!! sandman chu a lolzzz… tunlai chu maggie leh nice bisikut ka ei nasa
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Research finding awm hlei lo hian rinthu hi kan sawi huai viau zel ag
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:01 am
A lerh deuh ho chu a hriat maw.. akekekkek
Nangni ho vang hian mi(sual)-dot-com in Nula engzat nge a chan tawh ang le? (an trit phah don sia :roll: )
[jawks]
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:05 am
Mahni ei leh in chak zawngte chu thihpui thak mah ila enge pawi.
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:11 am
tu ziah nge ka hre lo a, ka thianpa hnen atang ka hriat ..laisuih 1:1 ah chuan..a tirin pathianin mizo leh vawk a siam a, mizo chuan vawk chu a en a, ei mi niin a hmu a, a talh a, a ei ta a, chuta tang chuan vawk leh mizo chu pumkhat an lo ni ta a…lolzzzz
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Not agree with you! Be the exampler or the great hero who live the life you suggest for the Mizos, then we might follow you! Every race/tribe has their own way of living, it can be good or worst but you won’t or able to change the system….trust me, i’ve seen and experienced quite a few…
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:12 am
Martini hi ka hria, a ruih a nuam… Martin-a pawh ka hria hahahaha sandman
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Ka hriat thiam dan doctor in electric hrui 1991 a ei a a thi.. Tuarpui tawpz…lolll
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:19 am
solar hi a to leh burma lam unau ten lak daih an ching …wind power hi chu mizoram thli nen a inhmeh lo aniang … chu pawh nise ka thu vawn laisuih 1:1 ah chuan..a tirin pathianin mizo leh vawk a siam a, mizo chuan vawk chu a en a, ei mi niin a hmu a, a talh a, a ei ta a, chuta tang chuan vawk leh mizo chu pumkhat an lo ni ta a…lolzzzz
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Aw, ka van ngaitak che u em. Ka current neihloh laiin post lah chu alo liam tak duak duak a, ka chhiar chhungin post dang alo chhuak thar lehzel bawk si. Ka va buaitak em.. :rilruhah:
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:38 am
Ei leh in chungchang a sawi khi chu a dik ve lutuk. Ka chhiar thla zela, last paragraph ah khi chu a sawi tur a awm lo eee, Mizo anih loh ngat phei chuan. Power/oil consumption te khi, kan la hmang tlem emai mi ram te nena khai khin in.. Environmentalist tlachhia pakhat ve mai anih dawn hi. Mai mai saala
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:53 am
lalmisualpa kan khursifai mai dawn ami?
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:57 am
Fonz amah khi hmu ila chu hmun li vela thleh ania ka chak ni…
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July 29th, 2010 at 1:00 am
Het sala, a post tupa hi Mizo ani nange? Mizo anih loh chuan Mizo chanchin lo sawive suh se. Mizo anih chuan Mizo tawng ngeiin post rawhse. A thiamlo anih chuan vuak leh hrep mai tur. English post hi chu ka kawmen peihlo..
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July 29th, 2010 at 1:01 am
:lol: keipoh ka comment dawn lo reng2.. Hihi
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July 29th, 2010 at 1:13 am
Sawi sawi mah sela ka nghei dawn chuang lo( vawk sa)..he he..Sa chu shaaa nge nge a lo ni e…ka va puar em!
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July 29th, 2010 at 1:56 am
a post tu-pa chu vawksa tuina ila pawh pha ve lo aniang a!vawksa mai mai te chu a tui tui nen,ei nghek mai tur!hehe
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July 29th, 2010 at 2:31 am
Mr public chu va meng rei ve a..muhil thei bik lo ni maw..
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July 29th, 2010 at 5:11 am
What a thought, you’d wish it’d be reality or rather an actuality
Author
please start from Asterix comics 
true 
you’d be the Roman centurian 
asswipe
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July 29th, 2010 at 7:13 am
“Kitchen death” hi ngaihtuah uluk chu a ngai fu!
Ka thil ei reng reng hi kei atan chuan ekah leh hmelthat-ah chauh a kal ta niin a lang! Nuam thei vet vet! :lol:
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July 29th, 2010 at 7:34 am
No need to worry here. To start with there is Total Prohibition in the state and it is a ‘dry’ state. That means no alcohol, that is supposed to be.
Secondly, there are no fast food restaurants like MacDonalds, KFC, Subway etc where dangerous (but tasty) pizzas, burgers are sold. Thirdly, there are few elevators (lifts) and one one escalator. So people used their limbs and feet a lot. Soon, cars will also ‘disappear’ because there will be no space on the roads and no parking place.
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July 29th, 2010 at 11:59 am
hets saaala sandman ka hming a naranin i lo lam. lut lo tur pawh hei ka lo luh phah..
wonderboy chu i va saptawng deuh ve.
fonz..i comment va tam be..
nizan pork sausage leh bacon kan ei teuh….lol
mahse sedentary lifestyle a tih khi chu dik khawp mai…exercise ve deuh teh uuuuu////
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July 29th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Thawk a phit a(dik tak maw?) vawksa a hrisello tih leh tawp mai hi chu a fuh ber ang em ka ti deuh. Hnam changkang zawk ni a kan sawi te hian keini ai chuan an ei nasa fe in a hria te chuan an sawi ve tho mai, amaherawh chu keini angin a thau an ei ve vak vak lo ni awm tak a ni.
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July 29th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
lalpeace, vawk thau chu phillipines-ah khan i thian te ta, a sa-ti nen i thleng thin kha… :lol:
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July 29th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
apost tupa hi muslim a ni hrim2
vawksa barh ang u hmiang
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July 29th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
mizoram mipui tam zawkin an hriat fiah theih na (mzr a awm i nih hmel bok a) a mixo trong ngeiin post ta la, misual tam zawk te hi chu mizoram pawn a awm kan ni si i a, a saptrawng a rawn ti lo hian mizo trong in han ti la in (kan mizo t hian kan hlokpui zok long maw) i thu rawn sawi hi zoram pawn a mi te chuan kan mamawh lemlo lolz thil recycle tur ang chi te pawh khi kan politician te hriatthiam theih tur in han hrilhfiah bok teh
mizo hmakhaw ngai a i sawi a nih ngat chuan trongtrial hmang lo in ( i thrianpa chu hnamdang ni mahse) han post zawk teh, itan leh kan zoram tan hian a thra phian ang
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