The Non-Resident Zomi (NRZ)

India a mitam jawte a dia US ei Zomi, adiak a paite te a dia, Delhi. Ei a dia Bangalore; mi tam jawte vai-te' a dia Australia. Siam sinna lam ah, Inde-te chi mai ni vai te, a dia kha US a siamsinna sutzop bel vangam chiam lawk toh kibang phial ahi. Uang gen sim bat na chiang om mah leh mun tam jaw ah dik hi. Colez kaipih a tam jaw te vaite ahi uh hi. Under-graduate degree muh zoh a, amau a dia zalmang mat chim moh uh bel US a maban sut zop ahi.

Eilawi le ut in ut kei le le Inde-te hi thou thou I hih chiang ua. Eimi le US leh foreign a om khat leh nih om mah le hang, khut zung kaih theih lai phial ahi. Tamtak jaw pha in teh, eimi foreign a om, adiak a US, Canada, UK leh a dang dang ah. But tawm law lai. Za-ah nga khawng lel, huai sa le tawm zaw lai maithei.

Atam jaw te, Inde-ten US a zot sauh sauh bang un ah, eimi te'n Delhi ki zuan sauh sauh hi. Bangalore khawng ah leng hunkhop, vaite Melbourne, Australia a hunkhop a om bang uh ah, khen khat in khawtaw lam zuan suk uh hi. Adik lel gen in, vaite bel sum leh pai hauh ziak leh siam na sang jaw ban ah sep na prospect hoih jaw etna ziak a mundang leh gamdang zuan uh hi; eimi-te bel vai-te bang zen hilou in ah.. ut pen ziak hilou siam na sangzaw, I pianna gam in a zil tak louh ziak a mundang zuan ki hizaw tang pi hi.

Huchi ahih leh tua a zuan zou lou, tam pi za-a-sawmnga sang a tam zaw te bang loh ding hiam chih ngaihsut tham mah mah ching hi.

Tulel a Indian economy bang ziak a hichi khan hiam? chih a dawnna om sun dia bel brain drain ahi. Brain drain is our brain gain for india. Technical line lam, Engineering khawng hon zoh chiang ua, maban sangzaw leh hoihjaw delh in mundang khawng zuan uh hi. Tulel a premiere engineering college te nidang a, US te sponsor khawng ahi uh hi. Huchi in further studies US te scholarship khawng mu in ana sun zom uh hi.

Tua bang a gam dang a om tamtak-te Inde mi lah hingal te Non Resident Indian kichi hi, a tom lam in NRI. Huchi ahih leh eilawi, inlum lou lum a om lou, gamdang a om lah hizen kei le leng, NON-RESIDENT ZOMI I hi uh. A tom lam in NRZ.

Huci bang NRI-te kum tam lou, a khen-te kum nga; a khen te kum sawm chih khawng zoh chiang un a pianna gam uh zuan in hong kik nawn uh hi. Tua khawng ziak ahi, Indian economy muh theih phial a akhan. Gen ta mai mai le, kum thum paita in Sensex point siing khat (sang sawm or 10,000) le pha lou hi. Phet lou in 8,000 something lel khawng ahi. Tun ah ahih leh a leh nih ahi ta. Huchi a, innlam a kik thei lou ten leng a tam jaw in sum leh pai in phung vuh uh hi.

Tua NRZ kichi ten bang I hihta dua leh? Khatvei kuahiam khat in "Eilawi Aigupta a saltang di bang a mundang a kinawn nawn I hi uh" achih ka phawk suah hi. Israel ten leng a gam uh gamkeu gam himah leh gam lei hoih na a suah sak theih uh leh eiten leng I gam ah nek piang hizah lai ah, Zun louh Zogam zuun leng bang a poi na lawm lawm om dia hia? Mundang a pai khe zou lou I mi leh sa tam tak te a khawngaih huai na chiang beek uh om eive maw?


p.s. this was written in Paite, my language, you might not understand but don't worry. hiai blog eipau a ka gelh mai ahi.. vaite khawng sim di deih huai vak lou inhcin.. ;)

Comments

lun hangshing said…
eh!!!maizen nang le magazine tongluang cihte khawng bawl khe thei d dan neivele mw.....hoih mah2 eh!!!hn sunzom tou jel inla magazine hoihtak i gam-leh-nam a dia poimoh tham thil tampi ikhantouhna di ua hoih lah hi khat hn bawl khe din kn hasuan ahi......
lun hangshing said…
eh!!!maizen nang le magazine tongluang cihte khawng bawl khe thei d dan neivele mw.....hoih mah2 eh!!!hn sunzom tou jel inla magazine hoihtak i gam-leh-nam a dia poimoh tham thil tampi ikhantouhna di ua hoih lah hi khat hn bawl khe din kn hasuan ahi......
Lyan, na lai gel a sim nopna a chuh, a scope na neu sah deudeu mai... ei Paite te vachih chih kul nawnlou sa ka hi, kei ngaidan maimai hi.. bang na chi ngai a le?
Tombing said…
@zoukuom
hiai blog ah paite chih pen ka kheng kei a zogam.com ah ka publish pen a modified version ka koih.
Anonymous said…
Lian, fantastic write up! Your remarks on the economic effects of migration are very intriguing. After the Zomi-Kuki conflict, CCpur lose substantial population to big cities due to internal migration. Yet Lamka town gain even bigger population from the rural areas. This sudden demographic changes pose law and order problem at present. In the long run, it may as well turn out to be good - especially NRZ return back with money and skills.