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Comment from capricorn85
Time: August 3, 2008, 1:38 am

oh!!how pretty they r!!!i dont mind to crush with anyone gal among them…

Comment from shanti jivon chakma
Time: September 15, 2008, 1:12 pm

very beautifull photo.i am very happy.

Comment from Peter_de_Ace
Time: September 21, 2008, 10:05 am

They are simple
…Simply beautiful
……Beautifully innocent

Comment from rajendocares
Time: October 1, 2008, 8:33 pm

i am grateful to the traveller for reaching this lonely spot on this globe.. and clicking this photo.. well done!

Comment from Priotom chakma
Time: October 29, 2008, 4:13 pm

The innocence faces in the nature really they are so beautiful.

Comment from skimi
Time: October 31, 2008, 2:57 am

I am surprised that my photo featured on this site without my permission. The Chakmas are no different than our other people(s) in Mizoram, indeed I had the best time of my travel with people in the south of Mizoram and also now recently in Champhai district.
One has to understand why they take bath in the river, at the time of sunset because they have no water connection for their privacy, just like other people in other Mizo villages takes bath in tuikhur or near water pumps. My heart bleeds when I picture something like this.
Why does’nt anyone want to understand the message I want to convey through my pictures. I am not taking pictures to make money….

Comment from Beita Jr.
Time: October 31, 2008, 4:12 pm

Hi Shanaz Kimi, thanks a lot for letting us know that this particular photo belongs to you. Because of someone like you we could have this beautiful photo up in the internet. We wanted to apologize for not asking permission to use this photo in this website. You could have blasted us with stronger words, we are truly sorry about it.

Our problem: The Editor who posted this photo told us that he did not find this photo from http://www.shanazkimi.com where all the photos are copyrighted but from instead copied it from the Flickr and a word of thanks and link to the Flickr user ‘Pink Orleander’ is given. Upon a closer look Pink Oleander too happens to be none other than you again. But this is only an excuse we can’t escape the blame on our part.

I have added a photo source and credit link below the photo, we hope you will accept our humble apology on this and allow us to continue to keep the photo as it is. We hope many people will reach your website through the link above. Thanking you.

Once again thank you very much for sharing this photo with the world.

Comment from skimi
Time: October 31, 2008, 6:53 pm

Apologies accepted:-) I do not mind people using my photos, but I only expect some basic courtesy that someone ask me first. I photograph a lot in Mizoram because I want to make people aware of our existence, and also that our own people will see the plight of their own people and help each other.

Actually, the photos on flickr are copyrighted too. However, I cannot stop someone from copying my pics as I choose to put them up on the net.
Cheers. I like your site and the awareness you are trying to spread. I will come back to Maraland someday and hope to take pictures of beautiful Mara girls too:-)

Comment from skimi
Time: October 31, 2008, 6:55 pm

PS: It is shahnazkimi.com, not shanazkimi.com:-)

Comment from Beita Jr.
Time: October 31, 2008, 7:31 pm

@Shahnaz, Apologies accepted:-).

Thanks. The url is corrected.

@Shahnaz: I will come back to Maraland someday and hope to take pictures of beautiful Mara girls too:-)

Nice of you, It will be great.

@Shahnaz: However, I cannot stop someone from copying my pics as I choose to put them up on the net.Cheers.

What about watermarking those photos like other professional photographers? In fact, yours are all very professional.

Congratulations! We heard that some of your photos appear in Mizoram calendar too.

Your personal photos at LK (visit to LK users at Synod office?) was a big hit among bloggers and Mizo net users. We have seen those photos too. Keep it up and thank you once again.

Comment from shanti jibon chakma
Time: January 18, 2009, 3:47 pm

i hope that the chakma song very good ?

Comment from shanti jibon.chakma
Time: March 28, 2009, 5:34 pm

i, live in delhi.i do hope you wil receving my letter with smiling face.i hope that all of chakma everything fine.maybe i think so.

Comment from ALMERINDO
Time: April 29, 2009, 4:57 pm

This is a very beautifull photo.I am a Frensh man and my wife is Chakma.I love the Bangladesh and I love the people Chakma.

Comment from Asish Kumar Das
Time: May 13, 2009, 11:31 pm

Hi, It’s really nice to see Chakma girls on the page. I spent most of the part of my medical carrer in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh. I was really excited. I never been to Mizoram but always desired to. I watched Mizoram from the hills of Bangladesh (it is right on the other side of the border). I heard there is a place in Mizoram inhabited by Chakma community ,known as ‘Champak Nagar’. Thank you Shahnaz.

Comment from Dr jales
Time: May 30, 2009, 1:02 pm

Very nice to see da photo. Well done kimi.

Comment from IIAN RIBANG
Time: June 10, 2009, 2:50 am

ops its so nice of them in the picture, though they are racial discrimination victims in Mizoram still they are happy, so can we all work together for them so that they dont face any discriminations.

Comment from BIMAL BIKASH CHAKMA
Time: July 24, 2009, 10:42 am

it is really nice to see cute girls taking bath in a open space in a beautiful river of karnafuli. wow it would be gr8 to have a bath like them…….i m willing to go there just to have a bath very soon!!!!

Comment from Hridoy chakma
Time: August 16, 2009, 11:28 pm

Hi iam hridoy chakma from tripura,now i working in bangalore.i am very happy saw this picture.n i wish to all,thous who makeing this picture.

Comment from IAN
Time: August 30, 2009, 1:34 pm

It was better that the phto would have been in traditional dress instead.

Comment from Milon Chakma
Time: October 28, 2009, 10:55 pm

I really felt so surprise when i saw the picture of the chakma girls that they are taking bath in the river.I am feeling so pity for them as they are innocent. If they know about it they may feel bad as their dresses are not match to keep in the net profile.

Comment from Milon Chakma
Time: October 28, 2009, 11:08 pm

What do you mean brother. You want to published it there? or what?.

Comment from Parimal Chakma
Time: November 5, 2009, 1:51 pm

The Chakmas live in Mizoram yet a far reach of modern facilities due to so many obstracles creat by majority people in the area for which they are force to live in the state of nature as one should understand immidiately after reading the female picture as taken. Thank the photographer being exposing the conditions of her cast conditions.

Comment from Ratnajit Chakma
Time: November 15, 2009, 5:57 pm

As I belongs to the chakma community, I’m always agree with you all. I’m from Tripura, India. I’m a student of Bachelor Of Engineering in 3rd Semester. I like all the dressess weaved by the chakma tribes. It’s amazing and incredible. Thank you.

Comment from vipul rangya
Time: November 25, 2009, 4:29 pm

the innocent nature is just like the displaced photographs but very nice n innocent. truely and very honest to my heart,i like it very much!

Comment from bipul chakma
Time: November 25, 2009, 4:33 pm

bro. try to caste the most hidden not the most p-opular,but i am really happy with your iniatiative,me also belongs to Mizoram from silsury

Comment from SUJAN MAZUMDER
Time: February 27, 2010, 1:24 pm

Hi..! This is Sujan (Bengali), i am born in Tlabung and i am permantly staying at Tlabung. I have a Mobile Shop at Tlabung and mxmum of my Customers are Chakmas. They are so innocent and broadminded. I am glad to see and quite surprised to see that photo, Chakma Girls taking bath in the river.. But, i would like to make a comment for all the visitors of this site, that they should not make any bad comments about that picture (girls taking bath at river) b’coz those who haven’t visied Tlabung or stayed at Tlabung (Dimagiri) will not understand about thier culture.. They are just innocent and good.. One more thing i know all the girls taking bath (seen in the photos)..

Comment from jashim
Time: February 28, 2010, 12:16 pm

may God save this people from any harm by evels .I pray may God open the eyes to see there king and Lord Jesus Christ . who gave life for us to save our soul . May God bless all of us through our Saviour and Lord Jesus Amen .

Comment from ABU ABBASI
Time: March 31, 2010, 8:24 am

Hai Kimi,
It has been a nice picture of you on the river side of a lonely
place.
Send me the picture . Thank you .

Comment from OM PRAKASH RAWAL
Time: April 2, 2010, 1:10 am

This is very-very amazing &beautiful picture .Iam Marwari boy
but now residing in Tripura [India]. I take keen interest in chakma Tribe Culture, because they are very-very inocent & beautiful.
thankyou very much for this picture.

Comment from motiur_cic@yahoo.com
Time: August 2, 2010, 8:21 am

just one word , nice picture

Comment from Ratnajit Chakma
Time: August 28, 2010, 7:13 pm

As I belongs to Chakma community, I would like to marry with Chakma girl. I love all the Chakma people whether and wherever they are residing in several places in the wold.
Thank You…..

Comment from Barun Chakma
Time: August 29, 2010, 7:33 pm

We the Chakmas traditionally & culturally develop we are naturally beauty also.