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Gamdang tung Zomite tawh kisai Khang Nihna (Second Generation) thu tamlo kong gelh hi. Ngimna bulpi in - i tuah khak thute leh i zatpahpah theih ding lamlahna ahih khak leh cihna hi. Gamdang tungte zong nungkaihvei vive na hih manun lungsim mun khatah om theilo bek tham loin nupa kum tampi kimulo leh tate tawh zong kum tampi mah kikhen i om hi. Lupna khat tungah lumkhawmte zong tua thu genkhawm kha kei si hang e cih ding tam ci leng kum tampi kimu lote adingin haksa mahmah ding hi. Gamdang i tun ciangin singkung hi leng i po-na mun panin kibotkhia in lei dangah kisuan tawh kibang hi. Tua hangin i kisuan thakna leitang tawh i zung a kilem nading hun ngak kisam kha ding hi.

Gamdang tung khin, ahih hang lungsim sungah tenna Zogam mangngilh lo ahih manin pumpi in ava om nawn loh hangin lungsim khempeuh khua lui ah vakvak lai cih bang om hi. Nu leh pate' adingin a dam sungun a khua lui uh mangngilh taktak thei lo ding uh hi. Vaimim leh be huan cih bang i khua lui ah kham piikpeek a i nekna gam thak i tunna pan zong tuate mah kilunggulh veve mawk hi. Buhsih leh aksa nek ding tam mahmah na-ah bang hangin vaimim belpi tawh huan tangtang i hiam cih leh i khankhiatna ann mah kilunggulh ahih man hi.

Tutung in Zomi gamdang tungte tawh kisai gen ding thute sung pan in Khang Nihna thu kikum leng ka ci hi. Hih thu tawh kisai i telsiam leh gamdang a i lunghimawhna hong nuamtuam ding hi. Ahi zongin kitelkhialhna leh lungkiatna zong hong tun thei hi. Gamdang tung i gen laitak in Topa Jesu zong kumpi Herod in thah dingin a zon manin kum nih khawng a phak laitak-in Egypt gamah na galtai hi. Joseph leh Mary in gamdang tungte haksatna na tuak uh hi. 1990 kum in Egypt ka hawh lai-in inn khat Joseph leh a innkuanpihte tenna kici ka mu ngei hi. Tua inn ah teng maw cih a kitheih cian loh hangin i Lai Siangtho in Egypt ah kum bangzah hiam a om lam uh hong hilh hi. Gamdang na om haksatna na tuak ciangin Topa kiangah, “Nang zong kei tuah bang haksatna tuak khin na hih manin ka vai hong gualzawhpih in,” ci-in thungetna nei in. 

Khang Nihna (Second Generation)

Zogam tawh kisai lunglenna leh muhnopna khang khatna nu leh pate neihzah in khang nihnate'n nei nawnlo ding uh hi. Tua bek hi loin nu leh pate' haksatna leh gimna thuakte' amau adingin tangthu tawh kibang bekin amau thuak khalo ahih manun tua zah in thupi in simsak lo kha ding uh hi. Tua sangin a nawngkaizaw ding ahih leh khang nihnate leh nu leh pate kikalah Mikangte'n generation gap (khang kibansam) om hi. Tua i cih ciangin i tuahkhak thute kibanglo lua ahih manin thu khat i gen khop ciangin i ngaihsutzia kibanglo hi. Tua pen mental gap (ngaihsutna kibansam) zong kici thei hi.

Khang nihnate'n vaimimcim leh gatam huan cih bang thupi sa loin Mikang ann fast food mah hong duhzaw ding uh hi. Burger leh Potato Fries khawng mah a nek uh ciangin lungkim bek ding uh a, amau hong khan khiatna leitang in a puak ahi hi. Niangtui sangin Co-ca Cola, Pepsi leh Sprite cih bang dawn nuamzaw ding uh hi. Ann thu bek hi loin inn lam a om ni leh gangte, meltheihte sangin Hollywood movie star te min leh tangthu hong theizaw ding uh hi. Nu leh pate Mikangpau zat siam hong sa loin, zong hong zumpih mai ding uh hi. Innkuan a tutkhop, thu kikup sangin TV mai ah movie et hun hong tamzaw ding ahih manin innsung khat ah omkhawm ahih hangin kiho lo cih bang hong tam ding hi.

Tunai a ka laibu sim David W. F. Wong gelh Beyond Finishing Well sungah labu gelhpa in Moses leh Joshua makaihzia leh amau thakhek ding piakkhiatna thu lim gen mahmah hi. Moses in ama thakhek ding Joshua tungah vai khempeuh ap in, amah zong Pasian in a nuntakna la hi. Tua hangin Israel mite'n Joshua makai thak tungah mitsuan in amah zui uh hi. Moses om lai leh makai thakpa sangin Moses mah a zui nuam tam ding hi. Makaite'n zong makaihna hun kikhek zawh ciangin a sepna mun ah om nawn kei leh hoihpen hi. Tua ahih kei leh “nang hun leh ama hun” ci-in i seppihte'n hong gengen ding hi. Joshua a sih ding ciangin makai khat tungah a vai ap loin Israel tate nam sawm leh nih makaite tungah ap hi. Joshua khang mite om laiteng Israel tate'n Pasian mah na zui uh hi. Ahi zongin Joshua leh ama khang hong sih khit ciangin amau tangthu hong lamdang hi.

Galdo mipite tu-in inn leh lo nei in hong teng uh hi. Ahi zongin galdo ding nisim in om nawnlo ahih manin hong lungnuam in kitawldamsak uh hi. Tua bangin galdo ding om nawn lo, nek leh dawn nuam sa-in hong om uh ciangin Pasian hong phawk nawnlo uh hi. Nisim sih leh hin kikal ah a om lai-un Pasian beel uh a, huhna ama tung panin lamen tawntung uh hi. Hun nuam leh tawldam hun hong zat ciangin Israel mite'n Pasian phawk nawn loin amau nopsakna leh lunggulhna bangin hong gamtata uh hi. Tua mah bangin Zomi khang nihnate'n zong nopsakna, pilna, hauhna i neih ciangin Pasian i mangngilh khak ding kidophuai hi.

Princeton Professor Alejandro Portes in a laibu gelh Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation sungah America gamah tuni in gamdang pan pem mihing 30 million om a, gambup milip ah 15% bang pha khinzo ci-in ciamteh hi. Latin America leh Asia gam panin a pem mi kum 1960 zawh in tam pen hi. America gamah Mikangpau kithupi sim lua ahih manin khang nihna a tamzaw in Mikangpau bek thei in a nu leh pate' pau thei nawn lo uh hi. America gammi suahna khat in a kiseh hangin, nu leh pate pau theih nawnloh supna lianpi hi. Tua ahih manin Mikangpau leh amau innkuan pau thei khawm leh hong khankhiatna uh nu leh pa ngeina (custom and culture) zong simmawh lo ding uh hi, ci-in na gelh hi.

USA pen U-Start-Again cihna hi a kicih ka za ngei hi. Na khempeuh sin kikna gam hi, ci uh hi. Tua mah bangin pem thak mite'n America gam a tun uh ciangin septheih bawltheih hanciam mahmah uh a, zong lawhcing mahmah uh hi. A hangin mi lawhcing nuamte' adingin hamphatna kongpi kihong tawntung hi. Nu leh pate'n tua hangin nasep hahkat mahmah uh a, amau kipumpiakna panin a tate un sangkahna ah hanciam in a lawhcin ding uh lamen uh hi. Vietnam pan hong paite bang nu leh pate'n thagum tawh septheih bangbang sem uh a, tuni in a tate uh doctor, engineer, scientist khawng hi khin zo uh hi. Pem thak naupangte Mikang naupangte sangin zong lailam hatzaw uh hi.

Asian Paradox cih tawh a kiciamteh khat pen nu leh pate' laisiam lo, Mikangpau zong pau thei mello ahih hangin a tate uh laisiam mahmah cih hi. Laisiamna tawh Mikangte phak sawmna lim neih mahmah uh hi. Tua mah bangin zong valedictory leh salutation sanginn ah kineih ciangin Asian sangnaupangte'n pahtawina ngah hamtang uh hi. Asian sangnaupangte' laisiamna leh lawhcinna thupi i sak laitakin Mikangte' thukhualna, midangte hih bangin amau gamah lawhcing leh zong hong haza loin pahtakna pia uh ahihna thupizaw hi. Pemta hong pai theihna dingun sum leh pai, inn luah ding a kipan nek leh tak amau huhna tawh sai khin uh hi. Hih bangin huhna hong piak manun nu leh pate'n nasep ding neipah, tate zong sangkahpah hi. Hih hamphatna i mangngilh het loh dingin kisam hi. Midangte hizah a khual lungsim leh ngimna nei Mikangte pahtakhuai lua hi.

Mailam ah hun ka ngah bangin Hun Zeekzia (time management) leh pawlpi tawh kisai (Church and denomination) kong gelh ding hi. I mangngilh loh ding aka deih bel in - nopsakna leh cihtheihna khawng i neih ciangin David Kham laphuah bangin Jesu hong itna bek hi cih i mangngilh loh ding kisam kasa hi. Banghang hiam cih leh Solomon in Paunak sungah mite thuakzawh loh thu thumte lakah, “Sila khat kumpi a suah ciang,” cih na gelh hi. A lian ngeilo hong liat ciang thuakhak hi. Mi a hausa, a pilsate tung pan sin ni. Topa thupha.