TEHELKA: Why is Mizoram a distant dot in the national mind space?

May 16th, 2013 6:40 pm by Sandman

A ziak tha lutuk…

On 13 May, the website of a leading English daily carried a story with the headline ‘Meghalaya landslide toll rises to 13, more bodies likely to be extricated’. The story quotes the Press Trust of India (PTI) from Aizawl regarding the rescue operation of the massive landslide in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl on 11 May. An old office building of the Public Works Department (PWD), lying vacant after a crack developed on it a year ago, had collapsed under the impact of the landslide and damaged nine houses.

Clearly the English daily had mixed up ‘Mizoram’ with ‘Meghalaya’. This is not the first time that such a goof up has happened. Many a time, the media in mainland India has done the same, maybe with no malicious intent, but out of ignorance. There is a lack of sensitisation about the Northeast- a land mass of 2.9 lakh sq km, where a population of little over 40 million people live and speak 400 different dialects.

Mizoram happens to be the most far-flung in this periphery, so most of the national media does not ‘pick up’ the landslide tragedy as it scarcely helps boost TRPs. But even the regional media who claim to be ‘voice of Northeast’, particularly the dozens of satellite news channels based at Guwahati, did not run the story as headlines. Apart from a few, the regional newspapers failed to report the story or a follow up, clearly suggesting that there is a regional disconnect within the Northeast states as well. When it comes to Mizoram, the most peaceful state in the insurgency torn region, this disconnect travels many a miles.

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20 Responses to “TEHELKA: Why is Mizoram a distant dot in the national mind space?”

  1. 1
    ZerO Says:

    Chhiar i1a ni mai 1awm…

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  2. 2
    Ruata 4 Cabin Says:

    Kan thlavang a hauha, a ti lawmawm thlawt. A ti sual tu paper khi chu paper lar a ni lem lo ang. Indian Express hi ka ciar thin a, he ciatna hi an cover tha khawp, hming tih dik loh an nei ngai lo bawk. He ciatna lo ah pawh hian thil dangah mizoram/N.E an cover tha, National paper zingah Pro-west, Pro-India an ni miaua..

    Mainland laka DOT kan nihna chhan hi, ni e, mainland a awmten min en hrang, an tiam lo, min ngaisak tawk lo, P.M te hian mn rwn tlawh v se voi 1, emotional warm te hi min pe se a tha tur, DOT mai kn nh lh thute hi sawi uar se chuan a dan a dang ngawt ang.

    Lehlamah pawh keini mizo te pawh kan in la hrang, kan in la Indian lo, min en hran vang te pawh a ni ang, a nawl puiin hindi kan tiam loh vang pawh a ni thei. Kan hmel anpui Arunachali te, Naga ho te chu an hre hle si, hindi an tiam a, heng avang te pawh hi a ni fa hmiang mainland pawh hian a hriat bik em em..

    Tih tur ve ve kan nei a ni.

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  3. 3
    Borat Says:

    PTI hi sorkar company ani a, hetianga reporter (leh a ziah edit tu) chaw lutuk hi ban lawng lawng tlak anni.

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  4. 4
    saint sammoo Says:

    va zia lo ve aw…

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  5. 5
    Puii Says:

    Mizoram hi mainland hian min hre tawk lo kan ti teh fo va, kan sitea lut thang tak tak mi tam tak hian mizoram chan chin ngei hi kan hre lo khawp thin …. mizo khaw hmingte hi kan hre kim lo nasa…

    thingtlang kilkhawr tak taka khawhming leh lui hmingte chu sawi loh…. district khawpuiho inkal pawhna kawng kama khuate pawh hi kan hre kim awm lo ania….

    NIA, Mizoram leh Meghalaya nena han inhriat pawlh nak mai chu,,,,, lawmawm loh khawp e….mahse hun rei fe chu ka thiannu nu ngei pawh hian Manipur mi ah min ngai rei ve khop :-)

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  6. 6
    zualbonez Says:

    Haha anni pawh anti diklo …

    refer the part “….The Assamese community could not accommodate other smaller groups and thus Assam got bifurcated into Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh while the cry for a separate Kukiland, Bodoland, Kamtapur is still abuzz …..”

    Arunachal Pradesh Assam hnuaih a awm ngai re2 lo. It was NEFA renamed Arunachal Pradesh in 20th Janurary 1972.

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  7. 7
    chepahakhata Says:

    Chawmhlawm state a ni si a, han hriat chian vak tlakah an ngai lo te pawh a niang. :-D

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  8. 8
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    #6 :P (Y)

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  9. 9
    muansakhi Says:

    Vai ngal sang ho hi chu an chhe teh thaw hlawm ngawt alawm mawle. “Zangkhua a la bungbu ang” ti lam zawngin ngaihtuah thei ila, India ram hriat hlawh hat turin engngemaw takah (e.g. tourism,football, sawhthing quality tha thar etc.) invawrh tum ta ila. An ziak dik chat chat mai lawng maaw?

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  10. 10
    CFL Says:

    Kawng lehlamah chuan thalai lehkhathiaam tamna State ni mahila, English Article ziah leh National Newspaper a chhuah hi kan hlau nge mawni, kan uar lo lutuk hi chu a pawi ngawtin ka hria

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  11. 11
    PKfanai Says:

    Cyclone chungchang pawh kha news channel ah en ka tum thin a, Sanjay Dutt leh Sreesanth chanchin hlirin a khat a ni ber mai. Kan rilru hi chu a la inzawl rih lo khawp mai.

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  12. 12
    Awmtea Leo Khiangte Says:

    A chhunga chengte hian kan chanchin te hi kan thehdarh tha tawk lo thin maw le. Mi min hriat theih tura in expose ve te pawh a ngai thin a.

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  13. 13
    Charice_mizo Says:

    #12, a dik. Mizo chu keimahniah hian kan lungawi tawk ema, midang hi kan inti mamawhlo em ve bawk a ni. Landslide chungchangah hian article pakhat chu national newspaper pakhat ka pe ve a,an lo chhuah ang emaw.

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  14. 14
    kanidar Says:

    Ziak tha khawps mai.
    /Kan inngaih ropui ang hian kan ropui lem lo tih erawh a hriat akekekekeke

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  15. 15
    zualbonez Says:

    Min hrelo zawk rawh se…article thing deuh2 ziah tur an neih tam phah ange (eg. Khaw hal, banishment etc):-P

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  16. 16
    ulawng Says:

    #10 & 12 (Y)

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  17. 17
    chhana Says:

    A nih hi.

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  18. 18
    buh-duha Says:

    Zep lovah chuan India thla zar hnuaiah hian kan thla a muangin nuam hi kan ti muah muah em alawm…

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  19. 19
    Simplyme Says:

    #2 sawi ang khian..

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    szukam-zlecen.pl Says:

    szukam-zlecen.pl

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