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This beautiful music video is from Lautu (Lutuv) brethren in Chin state, Myanmar . Lautu language is very close to Mara and Zophei (Vawngtu, Vytu, Vuangtu).

Mizo blogger Miy.Zo.ne had published an article on ‘Mautam’ or ‘Mawtah’ Famine in Chin Hills Myanmar (Burma). Google alert has already delivered it to the subscribers, but Tluanga - the blogger chose to unpublish it. You won’t find the page anymore.

Google pagerank was updated today (I guess I’m right) and the big gainer this time is Zawlbuk.net, it gains +1 pagerank from the previous 4 pagerank, now it has 5 pagerank, the highest for any website related to Mizos.

In an interesting turn of an event in Mizoram after the creation of three new districts - Hnahthial, Khawzawl and Saitual recently, a host of other district demand committees have come up, one of them is West Phaileng District Demand Committee.

By Bernadette Carroll (BBC News, Chin state, Burma) - In Burma’s north-west Chin state, thousands of people say they are starving. The Mara tribe say hundreds of their community have died in the past two months alone.

Among Chin-Kuki-Mizo music videos that are available at video sharing websites like Youtube, Metacafe, Aol, Google video, Yahoo Video, etc, the most viewed music video is the one below:

One of the most viewed Lai music videos at Youtube is posted below. The singer is Bil Sung, her voice is really soft and feminine, quite similiar to Hniang Hniang voice but she has her own style which is unique and sweet.

This is a video made by a reporter of the Telegraph newspaper in London, United Kingdom. It highlights the deadly Mawta famine that has swept Chin state in Western Myanmar and how Juntas are responding from Nay Pyi Daw, the new capital of Myanmar:

Aizawl, September 19 : The State Bank of India, Mizoram Main Branch Office was closed today after a gelatin bomb exploded inside the office at around 8:40 this morning. Two gelatin bombs were aimed at the Manager Accounts room but only one of them exploded.

Shri N. Joshua, Managing Director of one of the best known companies in Aizawl city - JR Construction graced Freshers’ Social 2008 organized by Mara Students’ Organisation (MSO) Sub Hqrs. Shillong on last Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008.