India’s Most Elusive Address

March 8th, 2011 1:30 am by Formerly Known as Fonz.

NEW DELHI—In most parts of India, national-census takers use a pen and paper to make their tallies.In the island territories of Andaman and Nicobar, where surveyors are barred by law from interacting with indigenous tribes, they need boats, video cameras, coconuts and good throwing arms.

But perhaps the toughest task is counting the Sentinelese, who live on North Sentinel, which is part of the Andaman & Nicobar archipelago, a chain of more than 500 islands in the Bay of Bengal between India and Thailand with about 356,000 people. Some of these islands once served as a British penal colony—which left the Andamans with the epithet “black water”—and were also briefly occupied by the Japanese during World War II. This indigenous community is often described as “the most isolated tribe” in the world. Indian law intends to keep them that way.

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5 Responses to “India’s Most Elusive Address”

  1. 1
    Fugitive Says:

    A lo ni maw?

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    chhana Says:

    He thu hi tunah schedule mek a ni. Post thar nghak tan hei hi chhiar mai chi. First duh tan erawh la nghah deuh a ngai thung.

    Pathian khawngaihna azarah tleirawl sual nei hman lovin Youth For Christ Fellowship atangin KTP member kan ni chhova. KTP hi kan han ngaisang em em mai thin khawp a, Kohhran atanga indang thei hial khawpa chak leh member ngah nite hian kan hre thin. Amaherawh chu kan han chen chilh ve ta tak tak a, han belh chian tak tak chuan a hmaa ka dah san ang khan ka dahsang thei ta hauh lo mai.

    Zawlkhawpuiah seilianin, thangkhat lian zet Aizawl chhuahsan loh chuan thenrualte pawh kan ngah ta phian a, hei vang hian Kohhran hrang hranga KTP Branch hrang hrang kalphung leh activity-te pawh kan hre chiang ve ta hle mai. Branch thenkhat sawiselna tur vang em em awm bawk mahse Kan kalphung chu a inang tlangpui, chuvang chuan KTP han tih tawp hian rual takin Branch hrang hrang hi a sel in a fak theih. KTP dinchhan kan hria a, KTP motto pawh kan hria, tih hlawhtlin tam tak nei mah ila panna lai chu kan nei chiang a ni. Chu chu enge kan tih chuan member hlate leh Pathian ngaihsakna chang hre miahlote Pathian hnen hruai thlen hi a ni.

    Member hlate hnuhhnaih tih hi kumpuanah te kan han nei ve thin a, kan kumpuan chu tha viau mahse kan bawhzui dan hi felhleh deuh chu a awm niin a lang. “Kan programme te hi ti nuam ila, tichuan kan zinga telvete an chak anga “.. kan ti..ka hriat chinah programme nuam kan buatsaih lai chauh an rawn tel. Kan kaldan phung nita bera lang chu.. hetah chair-ah bawp khawkherh meuhvin kan thu a, an harsatnate min rawn hrilh turin kan ti, engtin nge min rawn pawh ngam tehlul ang ? kan sang lua a ni, an ban phakah kan awm tlat lo a ni.

    Inkhawm turin i sawm ang u kan ti a, kan han sawm ve bawk a, khatia kal pah mai mai kha chuan tumah kan sawm chhuak ngai lovang. In harsatnate min hrilh rawh u..kan ti a.. a nih leh nang tunge i harsatna, lungngaihna leh veizawng i hrilh thin ? Ele… i bula awm thin, i rin em em leh nangmah ngaihsak em em tu i thian hnenah chauh a ni lawm ni. Kawng sirah te an lo thu a, committee/hnatlang/inkhawm tur tein kan kal pel fua fua a, an tan hian hun kan nei thlawt lo a ni. Keimahni KTP inrelbawlnaah hian kan buai tawk em em a, Thawhtan zan inkhawm ngei ngei a ngai a, Thawhleh zanah Group Committee, nilai zanah Sunday School zirtirtu i nih chuan i inkhawm ve ngei chu a ngai, Ninga zanah Branch Committee/Hnatlang, zirtawp zanah kohhran zaipawl hlazir, inrinni zanah inkhawm, Pathian ni zanah inkhawm ngei ngei a ngai bawk… Khawnge zan awl ?? Zirlai tan leh mahni inchhiar veng duh tan pawh zan awl a awm hauh lo a nia aw… An ni(member hla/thlarau bo) tan chuan engtin nge hun kan neih theih teh lul ang ??

    Hetia keimahni leh keimahni inrelbawlna a kan buai a, keimahni huang chhung chauhva rawng kan bawl mek lai hian kan member puite sual kawng an zawh mek a, nun beidawngin an mahni nunna hial an la mek a nih hi !! Hetiang thlarau lungngai beidawngte hi kan chhan thei asin, Pathian lamah kan la hruai let leh thei a nia. Mahse kan kal dan ngai hi a la tha alawm kan tih chhung chuan mahni leh mahni an intihlum zel anga, thlarau bo ko let lovin kan hnawt bo zual deuh deuh ang.

    He thu hi tunah schedule mek a ni.Post thar chang duh tan hei hi chhiar chi. First duh tan erawh la nghah deuh a ngai.

    Kan activity tam takte hi ban ila, buai reng renga hun min hman tirtu programme hrang hrang te hi paih then ila, sawi mai lohva, a vaha vah chhuah a ngai tawh a ni. An kawm phakah kan awm a ngai a, an pawl phakah kan awm a ngai a ni. Min seng khawm puilo chuan a ti darh a ni..a tih ang khan keini KTP hian kan tidarh mek zel zawk em ? Kawng dikah kan kal emaw kan intih lai hian kawng sir Side Draine ah kan lo kal mup mup reng a ni zawk lo maw ? In enlet nilovin, kan insiam that vat a ngai a ni.

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    Benny Says:

    An address ber pawh chu hriat a harsa awm hle mai a !

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    Maya Says:

    He lai hmun hi tlawh pawh har tak ni khan an sawi thin. Luh tum chu fei leh thal in an lo bei mai a. .helicopter a thlawh hniam deuh pon thal in an kap thin . .census neih chu a har khawp ang le . . ..ka rilru a lo lang tel ve chu .chanchin tha la hrilh loh na hmun a ni si a .missionary a tan a in pe . He lam hawi a hma lak na nei te hi an awm tawh em aw ? .thih mai te poh a hlauhawm awm sia .chanchin tha an mamawh hmel hle mai bok si a .

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    ReMpY_ScisSoR Says:

    Post (Y)
    #2 :-O

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