Ukhrul/Bengaluru, August 24: The Tangkhul Naga Welfare Society, Bengaluru (TNWSB), hosted the 39th Dharthei Kazip on August 20, 2025, celebrating unity, culture and community spirit.
A highlight of the event was the welcome extended to 97 new members who recently joined the Tangkhul community in Bengaluru.
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This year’s celebration was attended by Leishiyo Keishing, legislator from 43 Phungyar Assembly Constituency, who served as the chief guest, accompanied by his family and staff. The program also featured cultural performances by guest artists Thangmeiso Shinglai and Reitim Khapai.
In his remarks, MLA Leishiyo Keishing urged young people working outside the state to reconnect with their roots by returning to their native villages. While many leave in search of opportunities, he said, their income has the potential to transform their home communities if reinvested wisely.
Migration, he noted, has brought economic stability to families but left many villages underdeveloped. By channeling part of their earnings into small businesses and agriculture, young people could help create local jobs and spur growth.
“Even when our young people succeed elsewhere, it is not just their personal success,” he said. “It can also become a collective success story if they bring that progress back home.”
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He also encouraged the youth to pursue entrepreneurship and stressed that support for rural communities would strengthen lives through shared prosperity. Mr. Keishing concluded by reaffirming the government’s commitment to back initiatives rooted in villages and urged the younger generation to see themselves as “torchbearers of development” for their people.