tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post3487322928967076680..comments2023-10-31T20:00:21.993+05:30Comments on Daydreambeliever: The Aizawl ThundersDayDreamBelieverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00365073225447718656noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-42596615785992260922014-01-16T14:54:04.758+05:302014-01-16T14:54:04.758+05:30Hey Maong, I heard about the Mizoram meet. Hope yo...Hey Maong, I heard about the Mizoram meet. Hope you guys had a good time!DayDreamBelieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365073225447718656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-48427282510302886542013-06-26T00:13:11.308+05:302013-06-26T00:13:11.308+05:30hey guys i am from nagaland i know Aizwal thunders...hey guys i am from nagaland i know Aizwal thunders for bout 5 years now.we(Naga Chiefs) ride together a lot of times, they came to Nagaland in 2012 dec 04-07 to attend the NERM (North East Riders Meet) festival in Kohima. this year we are cumming to Aizwal in Oct for NERM 2013 sut put<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853354419301170258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-70297975411273505742012-12-18T09:00:41.642+05:302012-12-18T09:00:41.642+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292627826630798001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-91992443230424674692011-12-26T01:20:23.449+05:302011-12-26T01:20:23.449+05:30Hey @Pazaia: great to know an actual member of the...Hey @Pazaia: great to know an actual member of the clan has paid me a visit! Thanks!DayDreamBelieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365073225447718656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-32519702515834103212011-07-13T00:18:50.125+05:302011-07-13T00:18:50.125+05:30Ka va 'like' ve! I belong to this clan-tho...Ka va 'like' ve! I belong to this clan-though these days I can't be active cos I'm outta town, and dying to get back with the sootpoot guys!! Didn't really think anyone would take us seriously as we did ourselves!!! <br />Would love to see the finished workPazaiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766645341993212996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-12301324590781662092011-06-15T00:02:29.249+05:302011-06-15T00:02:29.249+05:30@Illusionaire: Didn't realize you were 'in...@Illusionaire: Didn't realize you were 'in-laws' with the Thunders, but that's nice to know. The paper HAD to be completed to meet a deadline, so I sent it (though I wasn't very satisfied with the finished product) and it was read on my behalf at a Popular Culture Conference in Texas. Thanks for the encouragement.<br />@Alejandro: I chhiar zo thak peih a, ka van lawm em!<br />@fierce flame: Yes, Rch-a is a die-hard Thunder, and I got totally caught up in the aura he created when talking about the Thunders. You're right, not only are they elitist, they positively revel in their elitism... but I guess they are entitled to a bit of arrogance :pDayDreamBelieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365073225447718656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-75400421428733699552011-05-03T13:01:19.222+05:302011-05-03T13:01:19.222+05:30good read.i have a soft spot for The Thunders beca...good read.i have a soft spot for The Thunders because of my very good friend Rch-a who used to talk about it(them) voraciously even before its inception. <br />many things can and may be said about them one of which is elitist(for me) but theres no denying the fact that there's a certain allure to them especially when they do their independence ride.its SUCH the sight:)fierce flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938254078058718371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-37692920383774907532011-04-01T17:28:24.921+05:302011-04-01T17:28:24.921+05:30Interesting.. kan chhiar zawh ve thak chu..Interesting.. kan chhiar zawh ve thak chu..Alejendrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07264020058685798368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-36709427636262883342011-03-31T20:14:48.710+05:302011-03-31T20:14:48.710+05:30You know my eldest sis :D Yeah, married to a Thund...You know my eldest sis :D Yeah, married to a Thunder. My best friend's dad is also a part of Thunder. So's another friend's dad. In fact my classmate from school is one of the members now. So I am very much familiar with "sootpoot" and other Thunder slangs :D<br /><br />I too am waiting with great anticipation for the completed project. Would love to do the promotion for you :) And oh, it sounds like an extremely fun project :DMizohicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09644240783333879705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-6186614239163985612011-03-15T23:03:05.084+05:302011-03-15T23:03:05.084+05:30@Ku2: thanks for the comments. Yeah, I guess the c...@Ku2: thanks for the comments. Yeah, I guess the clan is a very patriarchal set up, which is where even a subculture will still retain traces of the original culture from which it has emerged ...for that matter, bikes are also seen as largely a male domain still. I agree there are negative things to be said about them too, and I for one, would probably not want to be married to a Thunders member :p<br /><br />@Mesjay: thanks! Nope, no female members yet, not even honorary ones (I think I may be getting there *wink wink*).DayDreamBelieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365073225447718656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-37108479041872087952011-03-15T15:06:55.517+05:302011-03-15T15:06:55.517+05:30Interesting. No female members yet?Interesting. No female members yet?Malsawmi Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16398649072289630943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-26781630737189583212011-03-14T10:43:19.296+05:302011-03-14T10:43:19.296+05:30Heh, I have a friend who's the son of one of t...Heh, I have a friend who's the son of one of the founding members and he absolutely refuses to have anything to do with bikes, which led his friends to call him "Sawtpawt" which apparently means an effeminate boy. He's unruffled, though :)<br />Another friend complained that eversince her boyfriend joined the Thunders, he has become quite chauvinistic and has started to drink a lot :D<br /> But i do get the man and machine as one entity bit. In a society bound by strict moral policing, it would be awesome to cut loose once in a while and be nothing more than a mean machine amongst other mean machines,riding out on an open stretch of road, pitting oneself against the elements, whatever the purpose of the ride.<br />Love the 2-cell battery girl. She held her own against a gang of rough riders. Guess she packs more of a wallop than a 2-cell :)ku2https://www.blogger.com/profile/16670201021888283331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-49543976151446214672011-03-14T00:40:59.705+05:302011-03-14T00:40:59.705+05:30Thanks feddabon. The Thunders are pretty fascinati...Thanks feddabon. The Thunders are pretty fascinating; I wish I could capture their essence more effectively. I'll let you know when I am done with the paper. I've left out all references to theoretical conjectures etc for the blog. This is to be presented in absentia at a Conference in Texas sometime in April, and hopefully will be published too.<br /><br />PS: Gawsh! I didn't realize the last paragraph had also been pasted at the beginning of the essay. Sorry for the sloppy editing (am much too sleepy), and thanks for not mentioning it! :pDayDreamBelieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365073225447718656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227181534206766438.post-64286270204780953612011-03-14T00:18:22.844+05:302011-03-14T00:18:22.844+05:30fascinating piece, would love to see the full one ...fascinating piece, would love to see the full one when it is ready.<br /><br />i've always thought of successful adult gangs that aren't for 'protection' as being in individualistic societies (america) or till recently tribal ones (nz). is interesting to see this .in what i think of as 'tribal' mizo societyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com