It took years for Mizos to wrest their own state. But have the oppressed now become the oppressors? Post Independence, the Mizo Hills had reluctantly joined the state of Assam, though they were ...

The APHLC won all three seats in the Mizo Hills – two by MU and the third by UMFO. When they tried to use this numerical strength to reiterate their old demand of a separate hill state ...

I tell my mainland Indian friends that Mizoram is the most fascinating state in India It's this spirit of helping others that played a part during the famine in the Mizo Hills in 1958-60.

Mizo Hills: It is formerly called Lushai Hills. It is located to in south-eastern Mizoram state, north-eastern India, forming part of the north Arakan Yoma system. • Tripura Hills: These hills ...

Its rugged hills were once considered wild ... With more Mizos leaving their home state for education and employment opportunities, Mizo recipes are also crossing their hilly frontiers.

Eighteen months ago, when the Mizo Hills burst into spectral bloom, the frightened tribesmen—70% of whom are Christians, mostly Baptist converts—frantically appealed to the Assam state ...

Mizo officials argue that their state's boundary dates back to an 1875 notification that clearly demarcated Cachar plains in present-day Assam and Mizoram, which was then known as Lushai Hills.

The student leaders also said that armed goons belonging to the Bru community have been sending extortion notes to Mizo villagers in the areas along the state's border with Tripura and Assam.

In Mizoram in north-east India, harmony and sustainability of society – rather than economic wealth – are the most valued objectives in life. My research had told me that Reiek Peak in Mizoram ...