Because Mizo society is highly literate, elders often own smartphones but cannot navigate them. One famous "new tale" describes a grandfather who receives a scam call from a man pretending to be his grandson stranded in Malaysia. The old man panics and transfers ₹50,000. Later, the real grandson walks through the door. In the Thawnthu Thar , the grandfather does not cry. Instead, he picks up his walking stick and beats the grandson for failing to teach him how to use caller ID. The moral here is sharp: "Technology without companionship is a trap."
– Anonymous Puitling, Facebook, 2024.
“Puitling Upa Thangngura chu khua hrang hranga mi thiam châng a ni. A thusawi kha engpawh ni se, khawtlang hruaitute chuan an ngaithla ṭhîn. Mahse, kum 2024-ah chuan puitling thusawi chu ‘fake news’ anga ngaih a lo thlâk. Upa Thangngura chuan a thin a rim hle a, khawtlang hriltu hmasa berte’n khawthlanga ‘fact-checking’ tih hi an hre ngai lo tih a hrilhfiah a. Tin, an hun laia thil thlengte (bawi leh sal man, hnam do, leh inzawmkhawm) chu politics thar hmanga ngaihtuah phâk a ni. Chutiang chuan, Puitling Thawnthu Thar-ah hian politics-in a lu a thi hlawh hle.”
Mizo Puitling Thawnthu Thar Today
Because Mizo society is highly literate, elders often own smartphones but cannot navigate them. One famous "new tale" describes a grandfather who receives a scam call from a man pretending to be his grandson stranded in Malaysia. The old man panics and transfers ₹50,000. Later, the real grandson walks through the door. In the Thawnthu Thar , the grandfather does not cry. Instead, he picks up his walking stick and beats the grandson for failing to teach him how to use caller ID. The moral here is sharp: "Technology without companionship is a trap."
– Anonymous Puitling, Facebook, 2024.
“Puitling Upa Thangngura chu khua hrang hranga mi thiam châng a ni. A thusawi kha engpawh ni se, khawtlang hruaitute chuan an ngaithla ṭhîn. Mahse, kum 2024-ah chuan puitling thusawi chu ‘fake news’ anga ngaih a lo thlâk. Upa Thangngura chuan a thin a rim hle a, khawtlang hriltu hmasa berte’n khawthlanga ‘fact-checking’ tih hi an hre ngai lo tih a hrilhfiah a. Tin, an hun laia thil thlengte (bawi leh sal man, hnam do, leh inzawmkhawm) chu politics thar hmanga ngaihtuah phâk a ni. Chutiang chuan, Puitling Thawnthu Thar-ah hian politics-in a lu a thi hlawh hle.”