noreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:46:05 +0530Blogger http://www.blogger.com370125http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/en-usnonoreply@blogger.comhttp://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/11/announcement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:38:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-761408361445278699 From 20th June 2008, &nbsp;with 1.22 lakh views to date This site is moving to a new location www.saotunyi.com &nbsp; See you there &nbsp; &nbsp; 26http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-prayer-for-nagaland.htmlCorruptionNagalandPoliticsPrayernoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:21:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-315401848532475258 Young people have become very negative, our leaders in high places say. But the gospel of positive attitude which they preach is actually Blind Positivity. They want their followers to close their eyes and say that all is well. Having a positive attitude is admirable. But you look to your left, right, front, and back and what do you see? Does the evidence of the present situation foster0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/09/why-i-believe.htmlBeautyBibleChristianExperienceHopeResurrectionSinnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:48:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-224125745639963443 <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> 3http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/09/dont-send-us-funds-they-will-never.htmlExperienceNagalandnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:43:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-3256560848082429434 Officials from central government (GOI) and regional office had a program with a farmers group in Nagaland. I did not attend the program but I was told when I sat with the same farmers for another meeting recently.&nbsp; In that program, the officials from outside heard the plight of the farmers and offered to help through financial support to their work. How the farmers replied to that 17http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/09/on-special-songs-in-my-church.htmlChurchExperienceMusicNagalandnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:15:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-3885237422260276874Let me share another thought (with my church WhatsApp group). Again not because anybody asked for it😆. It is about the typical special songs presented in the church by Ciezo Mepus (colony fellowships). My idea of a special song in church is that it should be presented by someone (or a group) who is gifted in music, and ideally by a good musician who loves the Lord. And frankly I don't have 1http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/09/demoneditization-remembered.htmlDemonetizationsarcasmnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Sun, 17 Sep 2017 06:02:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-3000295627248835184Brothers and sisters, give me 50 days, he pleaded almost breaking down to tears. Punish me if I fail you, he said assuredly. I gave up everything for you, he reminded emphatically . What they have stolen over the last 70 years, I am going to loot back for you in 17 months, he promised. And boy, oh boy, he did it. It was a thumping success with a score of 99%. The goalposts had to be moved 1http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/09/science-as-christian-vocation.htmlChristianSciencenoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Sun, 10 Sep 2017 12:39:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-8731596168137797852 Published in Eastern Mirror and other newspapers. Reposted here with permission from author “The single greatest sin any young person can commit”, said William Temple, the then Archbishop of Canterbury “is to choose a career on selfish grounds without a sense of calling. For it is the deliberate withdrawal from allegiance to God of the greatest time and strength.” Perhaps not many 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/09/your-underwear-is-our-underwear.htmlNagalandnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:27:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-1974002580020552012'Your underwear is our underwear'. This is the most creative slogan that Nagas have come up with in a public protest (in Zunheboto some years back) against extortion and molestation of women by a UG group. In a magazine article called 'Wages of war', the detailed rates and means of extortion by various Naga underground groups were documented. It was estimated that the collective revenue of all UG0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/08/dr-on-sale.htmlBogus UniversityEducationnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:29:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-2044164361207300806 <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> 3http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/08/who-to-blame-let-us-be-specific.htmlExperienceNagalandPoliticsnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:10:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-204065567776362728 When we say that the public is also to be blamed for messy situation we are in, does that mean that the baby girl who was born last night in a remote village in Myanmar border is also to be blamed? &nbsp;Let's be specific. 'Public' is a heterogeneous group with angels and demons and every type in between. Generalizing the blame is not just for those who are not corrupt yet suffer for 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/08/politeness.htmlExperiencePolitenessnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:55:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-3563763064922931595 Ok, so you are a regular government employee and your job is so secure. You have been working in the same job for over a decade and you know your job well.&nbsp; A visitor comes for some work and he is confused which room to go to, or how to process his request. He asks you questions. You meet such people everyday in the workplace. Sure, some people won't get you at first and will 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/08/copy-paste-erafrom-distraction-to.htmlReflectionnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Tue, 1 Aug 2017 14:47:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-1713840152901316721<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/04/early-bird.htmlNagalandReflectionnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Sat, 29 Apr 2017 04:59:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-3423391295372948811 Rhododendrons at Tsazu <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-sweetness-of-faith.htmlChristianReflectionnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:13:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-4047897078209321884 Today is World Health Day (April 7) and as I was coming home from work (early to attend a wedding), I began to think of this year's theme: Depression. My mind went to those who suffer depression and I thought of my own life. A powerful phrase came to my mind and I had a supernatural experience as I was driving up Billy Graham road: 'The sweetness of faith'.&nbsp; I'm so grateful that I1http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-trip-remembered-kizari.htmlExperienceNagalandPhotonoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Thu, 6 Apr 2017 13:55:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-6513552256695395342 <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> 1http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/01/venting-on-postmodernism-etc.htmlChurchpostmodernismnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Sat, 21 Jan 2017 11:11:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-2482059707464708463Message posted in church WhatsApp group Good morning every one. I went this morning to speak in a youth camp (Japfuphiki Chokri Khriesarü-ü krotho) which went horribly wrong. Spoke in Tenyidie to over 1000 campers without microphone. Nothing can go worse than that. I had a blackout at the start from dehydration and langauge black-outs in between. I had a conversation with Dr. Cho-o after the 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/01/on-ulb-election-and-wr-wrt-article-371a.htmlNagalandReservationULB electionnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Thu, 19 Jan 2017 23:52:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-2206370417202232223 In the midst of hot debate about Urban Local Bodies election with Women Reservation in Nagaland and its connection or lack of connection with Article 371A of Indian Constitution, I wrote the following for a WhatsApp group: I don't always agree with my father. I have heated arguments with him but at the end of the day, I love him. I still think I am right and he thinks he is right, but we 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/01/attitude-towards-money.htmlChristianChurchChurch in Nagalandnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:24:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-3160297621289761584<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2017/01/on-tribute-bands-and-cover-songs.htmlMusicnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:46:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-6273061713841607911 We have tribute bands who sound and dress like the originals. And there are those people who sing cover version of hit songs of old and new.&nbsp; Tribute bands and cover songs can be quite popular. We had in Nagaland a couple of years ago, someone who looked just like and sounded like Bon Jovi. There are some Asians who sing hit songs and have millions of views in youtube. There are people 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2016/12/we-need-to-preach-people-out-of-church.htmlChurchNagalandReflectionnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Tue, 6 Dec 2016 17:43:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-2834251749142605872 We need to preach people out of the church. What? &nbsp;Yes, we need to preach them out of the church.&nbsp; Why? Isn’t the church for all people including sinners and broken people? Yes it is. Then why should we preach people out of the church? Because people have become too comfortable in the church! The worst of crooks have become so at home in the church, and it seems to 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2016/11/obsession-of-being-on-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:46:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-4750559485901431515&nbsp;I am at the passport office Dimapur and came here too soon. The gate is still closed and I am parked outside waiting. I realized that I have this window period to blog. Arriving early has been a problem for me. I do get late when there are external factors like unusually heavy traffic, or waiting for other people. But in a given normal circumstance, I am usually ahead of schedule. I think 1http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2016/11/celebrate-others-success.htmlReflectionnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:38:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-4802712043950620252'I planted the seed, Apollos watered it…' There are people who cannot stand the success of other people. Some have the mentality ‘If I cannot have it, I won’t let him have it either’. More subtly people spread lies or burn inside. But can’t we celebrate when other people succeed? Without religion, people may do it when they realize that there is space for everyone. If we do not focus on others 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2016/11/blogging-again.htmlBloggingReflectionnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Tue, 8 Nov 2016 20:47:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-283398873337502119 <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> 0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2016/10/bougainvillea.htmlBougainvilleanoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Sat, 22 Oct 2016 12:00:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-5656033277148666580 My fascination for bougainvillea is as old as my marriage, which is nearly 2 years old. I was able to make my wife fall for it too and we have been collecting as many varieties/colors as we can. This specimen is one of the prettiest, that it has multiple colours in one plant. What we have come to understand about growing Bougainvillea is that it is easy to propagate (cuttings around June), low0http://thatchhouse.blogspot.com/2016/02/intellectuals-arise.htmlEditorialMorung ExpressNagalandnoreply@blogger.com (Sao Tunyi)Mon, 8 Feb 2016 10:47:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058112616799601119.post-2709765333130615896<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> 1