An Indian state's harmonious approach to life

An Indian state's harmonious approach to life Wildlife/Alamy Aizawl is India's only "honk-free" city, where people follow traffic rules and don't blare their horns In Mizoram in north-east India, harmony and sustainability of society – rather than economic wealth – are the most valued objectives in life. "It’s hard to trace the beginnings of tlawmngaihna," said Naulak, "But it’s been an operational code in the Mizo society for a long time." Wildlife/Alamy Aizawl is India's only "honk-free" city, where people follow traffic rules and don't blare their horns Assistant professor Ruth Lalremruati, who teaches Mizo literature at Mizoram University in Aizawl, told me that these distinct Mizo values have been passed down from one generation to another. Michael Knitl/Alamy Mizo values like tlawmngaihna have been passed down from one generation to another In April, during the lockdown in India when a Mizo took his friend’s dead body home from Chennai, travelling more than 3,000km in an ambulance, Mizoram’s Chief Minister Zoramthanga tweeted, "You’ve just shown what every Mizo heartbeat means when it comes to the term 'Tlawmngaihna!'."