Zomi-Chin Service is the dream of Zomi-Chin speaking communities of North East India and Chin State of Myanmar (Burma) which really came true. The initiator was Radio Veritas Asia itself. Fr. John Sulya of Hindi Service way back in 1993, happened to meet Fr. Mark Thang Khan Ai at East Asian Pastoral Institute during a dinner party and motivated him to apply for a new language slot for the Zomi-Chin speaking communities of India and Myanmar. Fr. Mark lost no time in contacting Ms. Erlinda So, the then Program Director of RVA. Along with the Burmese and Hindi services staff, she proffered a typical RVA hospitality to Fr. Mark and took him for a guided tour of the magnificent premises of RVA. She summarily handed him some written directives. Another Zomi-Chin priest, Fr. John Omse, also happened to be in Manila doing his scriptural studies. Fr. Mark teamed up with him and together, they wrote a formal letter of application for a Zomi-Chin slot and handed the letter to Ms. Erlinda So on 06 May, 1993. Soon after, the two priests left for their respective dioceses. Fr. Mark, in a course of two years was able to furnish all the required information to RVA management. Except for the joint application, Fr. John Omse never got involved again in following up the application. The good news of the inclusion of the service came in July 1996. The first ever Zomi-Chin Service was aired on 06 August, 1996 as once-a-week broadcast on Mondays with a repeat on Tuesdays at 9.00 PM (IST). The management bought the programs at the rate of US$50 per program. It became a four-times-a-week broadcast in 1998. In August 2000, Fr. Mark was invited to attend the Program Planning Seminar at RVA Headquarters during which he presented the latest profile of Zomi-Chin Service and in particular highlighted the response of the audience by unpacking 4000 letters from listeners. He assured the management that the service is ready for daily broadcast with the help of his team back home. From July 17, 20...
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