Jun 12, 2009

Romantic love in Song of Song!!

This is one of my exegetical study that i have a few weeks ago. I have posted only one verse from Song of Songs 2:1-17. I will continue to post little by little. Hope you enjoy it. Love is pure, and sex is Holy. It is a gift from God to be used in appropriate manner, time and to the right person.
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{2.1}I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley.

In this verse we can understand that it is the girl’s self-appraisal the Sulamith. But does it meant that the Sulamith is beautiful than any other? Is she proclaiming herself the most beautiful women of king’s wives? There are different translation in this verse; I am a meadow-flower of Sharon, a lily of the valley. I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.

The word “rose” is found elsewhere only in Isa. 35:1, but it appears in Akkadian, meaning “meadow saffron” or crocus; it assuredly does not mean rose, but “saffron” or crocus.Crocus (plural: crocuses, croci) is a genus of perennial flowering plants, native to a large area from coastal and subalpine areas of central and southern Europe (including the islands of the Aegean), North Africa and the Middle East, across Central Asia to western China. Nevertheless it is really uncertain as to what kind of flower is meant here.

Sharon refers to a low-lying costal plain in the south of the Carmel range.

Pic i: Crocus flower in coastal plain.

In the previous verse we read the sulamith herself announce that she has dark complexion. It is possible that she is not such a beautiful lady. This verse could be the proof. When she says “I am the crocus or rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley” it means that I am simply one of the crocuses in the valley which can be understood as common flower. It sounds like she suddenly awakened up by a realization that her true self does not match the praises of her lover. She is aware that she is not really as beautiful as her lover says. So she compares herself to some common flower in the Sharon plain. She also likens herself or compares herself as one of the lily among the thousand lilies in valley as above picture.





Jun 6, 2009

"Christian militants" Crackdown.

Crackdown on Hmar militants

[Courtesy: The Telegraph]
Silchar, June 4: Security forces have claimed to have cracked down on the Mansami National Christian Army (MNCA), a nascent tribal outfit comprising Hmar youths active in Churachandpur district of Manipur and Cachar in south Assam in a three-day joint offensive.

The operation that began on Monday was carried out in two phases — near a Shiva temple in Bhuban Hills in the Tezpur hill range in Sonai block of Cachar and Churachandpur, located nine and 24km respectively from this town.

The outfit based in Churachandpur, a bastion of Hmar tribals, was launched on March 16 this year.

What has given a new dimension to its activity is its religious orientation.

The MNCA that aims at spreading the hegemony of the Christians in Cachar district, recently desecrated the Shiva temple by roughing up Ramayan Das and Rajkumar Singh, the two priests who filed a case against the militants.

The attack drew sharp criticism from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

Army sources said eight cadres of the outfit were picked up in two phases last night. .The arrested include Lalthupui Pampi, 33, Ramvhhung, 30, Ramchouand, 29, Derepian, 53, Leirikham, 29, Sansumanga, 31, Lalmalswam, 29 and Rimni, 30.

Pampi, the self-styled commander of the outfit, is from Langthuli village of Tipaimukh in Manipur, police said last night.

The 5 Assam Rifles Battalion, that coordinated the operation with police and the CRPF, handed them over to Sonai police around 8 last night.

Two rifles, a pistol, some bullets, four Bibles and eight jackets bearing the Cross were seized.

Nb: Please kindly leave your comment or idea about this incident.

Jun 3, 2009

Jun 2, 2009

Cindy Khojol Foto Feature



Cindy Khojol/khawzawl is known to be the first Mumbai-based Hmar professional top model. And In the umcoming bollywood film "Bombay Summer"(A film which explores the fleeting and delicate friendship between three young people in Mumbai, India and its eventual disintegration in the face of betrayal and personal loss) she will make her appearance. She was born in Assam, but her parents were from Manipur,India. She's lovely, and warm hearted lady.

More picture at http://inpui.blogspot.com/2009/03/cindy-khojol-foto-feature.html