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Assam, Mizoram dial down tensions

over the recent violent border dispute

Aug 2, Both Assam and

Mizoram have agreed

to dial down tensions a

week after violent

clashes erupted along a

disputed state border

between their armed

police forces on Jul 26.

Monday, the Assam

police withdrew the FIR

against the Mizoram’s

Rajya Sabha MP, K

Vanlalvena, who had

allegedly declared that

the next time Assam

police crossed into

Mizoram all their men

would be killed, not just

a few. Assam will still

press charges against

Mizoram police

personnel, however.

The Mizoram

government, on its

part, withdrew the FIR

filed against Assam

chief minister (CM)

Himanta Biswa Sarma

and other Assam police

officers on criminal

charges including

attempt to murder.

Jul 26, at least six

Assam police personnel

and one civilian were

killed, more than 65

police personnel and

civilians were injured

in a gun-fight between

the Assam and

Mizoram police forces

along the disputed

state border. It also

involved locals of

Lailapur, Assam and

Vairengte, Mizoram.

Following the incident

Assam police had filed

an FIR against the Mizo

MP Vanlalvena and

Mizoram police officers

claiming they that

Mizoram had

commenced road

construction and

created an armed camp

encroaching Assamese

reserved forest area.

Mizoram police had

also resorted to firing

with automatic

weapons during the

skirmish. Mizoram

countered with its FIR

at the Vairengte police

station, implicating

Assam CM Sarma and

top Assam police

officers. Mizoram’s FIR

claimed a fully armed

Bharat First

game 11-8 when a

streak of unforced

errors by Bingjiao saw

Sindhu cruise ahead.

Bingjiao began to

engage Sindhu in longer

rallies in the second

game and tied at 11.

But then Sindhu forced

ahead with some

brilliant smashes and

reached 20 with five

‘bronze medal match

points’ to play. She

finished the match with

another cross court

sizzler as a billion hearts

Jul 28, Jammu & Kashmir

(J&K) Lieutenant

Governor (LG) Manoj

Sinha approved the

transfer of 34 acres of

land, across 5 districts,

for constructing 2,600

flats as government

transit accommodation

for migrant workers. At

an estimated cost of

₹356 crore it is aimed to

attract displaced

Kashmiri Hindus, most of

whom were forced out of

J&K by Islamic extremists

in 1990, to return and

participate in the state’s

development.

This initiative is part of

the PM development

package 2015, which set

aside ₹80,000 crore for

developing J&K. Within

that a sum of ₹920 crore

was allocated to building

6,000 houses.

Jul 18, the LG had asked

officials to take proactive

steps to facilitate the

rerun of those who faced

exodus in 1990 including

registration of all the

displaced and proper

communication of the

initiative.

More at: Republic

Jul 23 The French

parliament adopted the

‘Law Reinforcing

Respect of the

Principles of the

Republic’. An anti-

separatism bill, it aims

to prevent any political

and religious movement

from creating a parallel

society where religious

law takes precedence

over a civil one. It will

now to go to the

Constitutional Council

before Macron signs the

bill into law.

The bill was adopted in

the lower house by a

vote of 49 to 19. It was

drafted in the wake of a

series of stabbing and

beheading attacks in

France, including that of

a teacher Samuel Paty

and an assault at the

Nice cathedral.

The initial aim of the bill

was to fight online hate

speech and doxing,

strengthen checks on

foreign funding of

religious bodies, restrict

homeschooling and

reinforce religious and

political neutrality in

public service. It

evolved to cover

women’s rights such as

a ban on the burqa in a

government or private

office, or when availing

public transport. It bans

polygamy, forced

marriages and issuance

of virginity certificates.

It makes places of

worship more

transparent and

proscribes political

meetings in a religious

building, among others.

A day after it was

adopted an imam was

dismissed from a

mosque in the Loire

province after he

delivered an

objectionable sermon

reciting Quranic verses

and a hadith but

breaching gender

neutrality. The imam’s

residency will not be

extended and the

mosque has been

warned it will be shut

down if such a lecture is

repeated.

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Jul 26, UNESCO granted

India its 39

and 40

world heritage site titles

for the Ramappa

Temple, Telangana and

the Harappan era city of

Dholavia, Gujarat

respectively.

Constructed in 1213 AD

under the Kakatiya

empire, the Ramappa

temple is dedicated to

Lord Shiva, worshipped

as Shri Ramalingeswara.

It is the only temple

named after its sculptor.

Dholavira, from 3,500-

1,800 AD is one of the 5

largest Harappan sites

and its grandest city. It

uses stone extensively

over its 120 acres, in

building, water and

defense systems .

At: Wikipeida-1-2 , Republic , Weather

suspended or

cancelled licenses,

issued of show cause

notice or filed an FIR

against such

transgressing fair price

shops.

The frontrunner in

acting against

miscreants is UP once

more. 73% of the

cards cancelled and

72% of the action

against shops was

reported from UP.

Maharashtra followed

with 16% of the card

deletion and Kerala

with 16% of the action

against shops.

The Targeted Public

Distribution System

(TPDS) is operated

jointly by the centre

and states. States are

tasked with managing

operational

responsibilities.

More at: OdishaTV.in

Aug 1, PV Sindhu played

outstanding badminton

to clinch an Olympic

bronze medal in straight

games 21-13, 21-15

against her Chinese

opponent He Bingjiao.

The 59 minute match,

saw Sindhu in fine form

use a signature tactic of

a deep baseline toss,

followed by dribbling at

the net with a clincher

of a powerful cross

court smash, repeatedly

to win points.

The Indian led the first

Jull 28, the Delhi High

Court (HC) pulled up

Twitter for appointing a

‘contingent worker’ as its

chief compliance officer

(CCO). It frowned upon

the company’s failure to

comply with the IT Rules,

2021.

Twitter was sternly

reminded that it could not

take ‘as long as it wants’

in this country to abide.

The company has been

given till Thursday to

update the court of the

status of appointments.

Observing that their

affidavits declare the

CCO’s appointment is

‘contingent’ and the chief

operating officer is not an

employee of the

company, the judge

warned Twitter, ‘There

has to be some

seriousness about the

rule.’ It asked when a

nodal contact officer

would be appointed.

Twitter has failed to

comply with the IT

(Intermediary Guidelines

and Digital Media Ethics

Code) Rules, 2021 which

were notified in February

More at: TribuneIndia

team of 200 Assam

police personnel turned

up and tried to forcibly

evict 20 Mizo police

officers from a police

post along the disputed

border. Outnumbered

the Mizoram cops got

reinforcements and an

armed conflict ensued.

Assamese citizens

imposed an economic

blockade on Mizoram

preventing traffic flow

on roads that

connected Mizoram to

other parts of the

country via Assam. Jul

28, the union home

ministry called chief

secretaries and DGPs of

both states to attend a

meeting and Home

minister Amit Shah

spoke to both CMs.

This border disputes

centers on two border

demarcation

notifications issued in

1875 and 1933

respectively. Mizoram

holds the former’s

boundaries are correct,

Assam the latter’s.

At: Republic1-2-3, OpIndia,

OulookIndia, NewIndianExpress

Jul 26, in a significant

decision the BJP

Karnataka government

has notified an order that

prohibits the use of

funds, that the Religious

and Charitable

Endowments department

collects from Hindu

temples under its control,

for financing any non-

Hindu cause.

State and district dharmic

parishads had opposed

such a diversion. This

order notified on Jul 26

prohibits the diversion of

both the ‘tasdik’ (ie

compensation for temple

land vested with the

government) and the

annual grant received by

Hindu temples from being

diverted to 757 religious

centres and 111 prayer

centres which were not

Hindu. Minister, Poojary

had clarified that non-

Hindu religious institutes

would be financed either

by the concerned set of

non-Hindu people or the

minority welfare

department.

More at OpIndia

erupted with joy.

The 2016 Olympic silver

medalist now becomes

the only Indian woman

and the second Indian

athlete to win two

Olympic medals.

Sindhu began training

under Gopichand who

has been a guiding

force for Indian

badminton. Her current

coach is Park Tae Sang

of South Korea. Her win

takes India’s Olympic

medal tally to two.

At: MinuteNews, Hindu , TheBridge

Jul 28, almost 1.3 crore

ration cards have been

cancelled or deleted

across India after the

government linked

them to Aadhaar cards

over the 3 years, 2018

to 2020. After seeding

over 92% of the ration

cards under the

National Food Security

Act (NSFA) with

Aadhaar card details for

at least one member of

each household, the

government has been

able to eliminate bogus

and duplicate

beneficiaries and

securing significant

savings by eliminating

fake cards.

The government acted

against approximately

20,000 fair price shops

(FPS) over the 3 years

and up to Jun 2021.

States and union

territories have

Bhagwan Nityananda Mahasamadhi Puniyatithi- Hindublog

France adopts bill

to tighten grip on

radical mosques

Sindhu clinches an Olympic bronze, only

Indian woman to win two games medals

Ramappa temple,

Dholavira bag UN

world heritage tag

Karnataka Temple

funds only for

Hindu causes

Dabur.com

Aadhaar card link helps weed out

1.3 crore fake ration cards in 3 years

Delhi High Court

raps Twitter: Get

serious & comply

Visit

Kankhal

Hardwar

91-9557009159

Ma Anandmayi

shreeshreeanandamayeesangha.org

Accommodation

for displaced

Kashmiri Hindus

SC takes suo moto cognizance of

Jharkhand judge murder

Jul 30, the SC took suo

moto cognizance of the

murder of justice Uttam

Anand of Dhanbad,

Jharkhand and asked

the state’s chief

secretary and DGP to

report status within a

week. Justice Anand

was handling cases

related to gangsters,

when on Wednesday,

CCTV footage showed

he was mowed down by

a stolen auto rickshaw

while on a morning jog.

The CBI has taken over

the probe into the

murder.

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The origins of Mizoram and the conflict in North East India

by Ahoms and then the

British. But there is not

a single mention of

‘Mizos’ or ‘Mizoram’

until 19th and early

20th century.

Who are the ‘Mizos’?

Earlier, this region was

inhabited by Reangs

(Hindus) and Chakmas

(Buddhists). There was

no trace of any ‘Mizo’.

Who we now refer to

as ‘Mizos’ are actually a

collection of distinct

tribes like Lushai, Kuki,

Paite and Hmar. They

all came to India in 18th

century. In-fact, it was

officially known as

‘Lushai Hills’ until 1952.

According to their own

folklore, the original

home of the "Mizo"

tribes seems to be a

place called Sinlung.

Mizo historians

themselves identified

this place to be present

Silung in South East

China. They

established themselves

in Chin hills (present

day Burma) by 17th

century.

However, there was no

common "Mizo

identity" among these

tribes and they were

warring with each

other. Abducting each

other and head hunting

was the norm. In fact,

the earliest known

picture of any Mizo was

that of a Lushai woman

captured by a Southern

tribe called Mara.

When the Mizo tribes

first encountered the

Hindus of Assam, their

feeling was of

admiration. An early

Mizo Christian

Newspaper warned,

‘Hindu customs,

especially Assamese

customs, are

something the Mizo

really appreciate.’

Mizos even say 'If only

we were born as Vai

(plain Hindus)’

The missionaries

sensed the danger of

Mizos adopting Hindu

culture and

immediately sprung

into action. Result was

complete conversion of

Mizos. Starting from

dress, music, culture,

religion and custom

everything was

discarded.

It was the Christian

missionaries who first

started inculcating a

‘Mizo racial identity’.

For example, the

Baptist church wrote

that ‘the ethnicities of

Lushei, Kuki & Chin can

be classified as one

race. They are sturdy

hill warriors unlike the

effeminate Assamese

and Bengali.’

Soon enough the

traditional Mizo

animist temples were

converted to Churches.

Even at this point,

Churches were not

built in Christian style.

They were still the old

thatched huts with the

traditional drum

hanging out. The Drum

had great significance

in pre Christian Mizo

religion.

By early 20th century,

Mizos began shedding

their traditional

costumes which they

themselves referred to

as ‘primitive’. They

adopted western style,

costume, religion &

script. Bands of Mizos

children raised up in

Churches began touring

all over India to sing

Christian choirs

The new Lushai tribe

converts formed a

‘Young Lushai

Association’ in 1935.

One of the stated aims

of the association was

to ‘remove every trace

of pre Christian pagan

culture among the

tribes.’ The Christian

association stressed for

‘a common identity of

all converted tribes’.

Converted tribes began

to increasingly use the

now common Christian,

identity of "Mizo" as

opposed to anything

specific to any tribe.

‘Young Lushai

Association’ renamed

itself ‘Young Mizo

Association’. Lushai

Hills were renamed as

‘Mizo Hills’. Thus came

about the ethnogenesis

of Mizos.

During the time of

independence in 1947,

a group of Mizos

formed the ‘United

Mizo Freedom

Organisation’. They

demanded that this

region be merged in

Burma as opposed to

India. They claimed

that they were

ethnically closer to

Burmese Chin than

Hindus.

When their demands

of separate

nationhood were

ignored, Mizo

separatists formed a

terrorist organization

named Mizo National

Front (MNF) in 1966.

Their aim was to ‘kick

India out of Mizoram

through violent means

if necessary’. They

began killing

Assamese, Hindus and

army men.

MNF then received

funding and training

from Pakistan's ISI.

Many of Mizo youth

escaped to East

Pakistan (Bangladesh)

to receive military

training. The Present

CM of Mizoram,

Zoramthanga, was a

member of this

terrorist group MNF.

He himself confessed it

in a media

conversation.

When India defeated

Pakistan in 1971,

present Mizo chief

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Recently, 6 soldiers of

Assam police were

martyred defending

territorial boundaries of

Assam from Mizoram

encroachers backed by

Mizoram police. This is

a thread about Mizoram

and the origin of this

conflict.

To be sure, Assam is not

the only state Mizoram

is at loggerheads with.

Mizoram also has

conflicts with other

states on its border.

Last year, Mizoram

targeted a village on

Tripura border because

Hindus of the village

planned to construct

Shiva temple.

For Mizoram, which

does not celebrate

"International Yoga

Day" because Church

considers Yoga "anti-

Christian", building a

Hindu temple was too

much. Mizoram

Government imposed

section 144 because "a

Hindu temple would

disturb peace and

tranquility".

Here is a question:

Mizoram was earlier a

district in Assam by

name "Mizo hills".

When it started

agitation for statehood,

its population was 1.96

lakh. Even today,

Mizoram population is

10.91 lakhs. How could

a small district bully the

nation to accept its

separatist demand?

To attempt an answer,

we delve into history.

And history is shocking.

This region was ruled

Karma in its effect on

character is the most

tremendous power

that man has to deal

with. Man is, as it

were, a centre, and is

attracting all the

powers of the universe

towards himself, `and

in this centre is fusing

them all and again

sending them off in a

big current. Such a

centre is the real man

— the almighty, the

omniscient — and he

draws the whole

universe towards him.

Good and bad, misery

and happiness, all are

running towards him

and clinging round him;

and out of them he

fashions the mighty

stream of tendency

called character and

throws it outwards. As

he has the power of

drawing in anything, so

has he the power of

throwing it out.

All the actions that we

see in the world, all the

movements in human

society, all the works

that we have around

us, are simply the

display of thought, the

manifestation of the

will of man. Machines

or instruments, cities,

ships, or men-of-war,

all these are simply the

manifestation of the

will of man; and this

will is caused by

character, and

character is

manufactured by

Karma. As is Karma, so

is the manifestation of

the will. The men of

mighty will the world

has produced have all

been tremendous

workers — gigantic

souls, with wills

powerful enough to

overturn worlds, wills

they got by persistent

work, through ages,

and ages. Such a

gigantic will as that of a

Buddha or a Jesus

could not be obtained

in one life, for we know

who their fathers were.

It is not known that

their fathers ever

spoke a word for the

good of mankind.

Swami Vivekananda

Karma Yoga

a series of extracts

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minister was hiding in

Pakistan along with

his comrades. He was

involved with an MNF

unit named ‘Joshua’.

It was named after

the Biblical

commander Joshua

who defeated and

killed Pagan

Canaanites and ended

their Pagan kingdom

in Israel.

Here, as present

Mizoram chief

minister himself

confesses in his

interview, he was in

Islamabad until 1975

as part of ISI training

to MNF. When Indian

army conquered

Dhaka, he managed

to escape narrowly.

He calls it a "James

Bond type of escape".

During the Mizoram

insurgency, Hindus

were targeted.

Violence was

unleashed on Hindus

and 34,000 Hindu

Reang (Bru) were

kicked out of

Mizoram. They are

still living in refugee

tents of Tripura.

The Hindus Reangs

were original

inhabitants before

Mizo migration.

However, they were

ruthlessly targeted.

‘Quit Mizoram’

notices with deadlines

were posted in Reang

villages. ‘Mizoram is

for Mizos only’ said

Pu Laldenga. He later

became Mizoram

chief minister.

The Mizo insurgency

lasted for 2 decades.

The MNF finally gave

up militancy when they

signed Mizoram peace

accord in 1986.

In return

1) India gave statehood

to Mizoram

2) Special category

status to Mizoram

3) Revoked all criminal

cases on MNF

members and lifted

ban on MNF

In addition, Mizoram

was given special

privilege. No Act of

Indian Parliament

would be legalized in

Mizoram unless the

state government

approves it. Then the

MNF gave up militancy

and became part of

Indian democracy.

Also, Mizoram is

accorded special and

disproportionate share

of the budget. These

were the doles given

out to MNF and they

agreed to sign Mizo

accord.

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Author:

@BhardwajSpeaks on

Twitter

Article is from a thread

tweeted by the author

on July 29, 2021. For

additional references

and a full caveat please

visit the tread.

Material here s

sourced from

government archives,

newspapers, books and

public interviews. It is a

historical examination

of the roots of

Mizoram dispute. It

does not intend to hurt

anybody's feelings.

Converted tribes

began to

increasingly use

the now common

Christian, identity

of "Mizo" as

opposed to

anything specific to

any tribe. …Lushai

Hills were renamed

as ‘Mizo Hills’.

Thus came about

the ethnogenesis

of Mizos.

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Tokyo Olympics – Incredible athletes and indelible glory!

Caeleb Dressel

Swimming

100 m freestyle - 47.02 (OR)

100 m butterfly - 49.45 (WR)

50 m freestyle - 21.07 (OR)

4x100m freestyle relay - 3:08.97

4x100m medley relay - 3:26.78 (WR)

Emma McKeon

Swimming

100 m freestyle - 51.96 (OR)

50 m freestyle - 23.81 (OR)

4x100m freestyle relay - 3:29.69 (WR)

4x100m medley relay - 3:51.60 (OR)

Kaylee McKeown

Swimming

100m Backstroke - 57.47 (OR)

200m Backstroke- 2:04.68

4x100m medley relay - 3:51.60 (OR)

Gold Medal | OR – Olympic Record | WR – World Record

Sunisa Lee

Gymnastics

All Round - 57.433

(Vault 14.6 / Uneven Bars 15.3/ Balance

Beam 13.833/ Floor 13.7)

Hashimoto Daiki

Gymnastics

All Round - 88.465

(Floor 14.833 / Pommel Horse 15.166/

Rings 13.533/ Vault 14.7/

Parallel Bars 15.3/

Horizontal Bars 14.933)

Horizontal Bar 15.066

Hashimoto Daiki

Archery

Individual – Set Points (6-5)

Women’s Team – Set Points (6-0)

Mixed Team – Set Points (5-3)

Jacobs Lamont Marcell

Athletics

100 m - 9.80

Thompson-Herah Elaine

Athletics

100 m - 10.61 (OR)

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