Young artist sends paintings to President Obama to help the poor...'We can do no great things,
only small things with Great Love'
— Mother Teresa
— Mother Teresa
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
With Love
Young artist sends paintings to President Obama to help the poor...'We can do no great things,
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
VALRIANGA THINLAI TIHNIMTU?
"Lenkawl engin tlang dum dur saw,
A rawn chhun eng leh ta maw,
Valrianga thinlai ti thartu..."
Valrianga Thinlai han tithar tur pawhin kan zotlangsangah hian tlang dum dur, lung ti leng, ngaihtuahna fan, lairil khawih che thin — hringnun malsawmna te kha an bo ta zel mai zawng a nih hi!
Kawlh vel vul, buang theng thung, sen vel vul, nelawm loh, hmuh nuam lo leh hmuhnawm loh hlir mai hi hawina lam apianga kan chantawk chu a ni ta zel mai si a!
Chuvangin, nang leh i tu leh fate tan — i chenna khawvel chhe mek zel tan hian Thing Pakhat Tal i Phun Ve Dawn Lawm Ni?
Sunday, June 28, 2009
HLAWH PUNG LEH A KAIHHNAWIH
A hunbi kim a lo herchhuah leh tak avangin sorkar laipui chuan a hnuaia thawkte hlawhbi chu mumal takin a entha leh ta a. Helam kawnga mithiam leh a ngaihna hre ber ber ten khawimaw lai hmun hnih/khat chauh en mai lovin, uluk takin kil hrang hrang an thlir kual chiam hnuah sorkar laipui hnuaia hnathawk chitinte hlawhbi thar tur chu hman theiha peihfel a ni leh ta a. Uluk tak leh fimkhur taka duan anih avangin hlawhbi thar (Sixth Pay tia kan hriatlar) hian famkim tawk lohna te chu nei bawk mahse, thuneitu ten chhawpchhuah tlak leh hmantlak nia an ngaih a ni tawh a. He hlawhbi thar hi kan tunlai khawvel sum leh pai virvel te, sorkar laipui Budget mila thilman lo san (leh hniam) thin dante, kan lakluh leh kan hmanral dan ziarang te, kan hnathawh dan leh chumi atanga chhuta kan hlawh awm tawk bakah tehfung dang engemawzat mila siam a ni a. Mi zaktheilo fal thenkhatte nawrna leh huangtauna mila siam a ni hranpa lova. A hmangtu turte tan a rintlak hle tura ngaih a ni thin.
Sorkar laipui hnuaia hnathawkte hlawhpung hian kaihhnawih tam tak a nei ziah a. Chung zinga langsar leh pawimawh tak chu state sorkar hnuaia thawkte hlawhbi chungchang a ni. Hmunpui zawka thawk thahnem takte hlawhbi lo sang chuan nasa takin ram economy a nghawng thin avangin, hetiang hun a lo thlen hian state sorkar pawh a awm mai mai thei bik lova. Anmahni remchan dan ang zelin state tinin an hnuaia thawktute hlawhbi chu an theih anga rangin an ennawn ve thuai thin a. Tunah hian state engemawzat chu hlawhbi thilah hian an in sangphek vel mek a ni.
Sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi thuah hian hun hmasa lam atang tawhin Mizoram hian harsatna namenlo a lo tawk tawh thin a. Harsatna a lo irhchhuah nachhan bulpui ber chu:
(1) Khaweng hmu lek lova tute emaw (mi tlemte) mahni hma sialna uchuak vang,
(2) Mahni hamthatna chauh thlirtuten midang an fuihpawrh,
(3) Fuihpawrhtu (sorkar mirawih leh an hnuaia mi) te chu sorkarin awmze neiin a hun takah a thunun lo,
(4) Sorkar thuneituten thutlukna mumal an neih ngam loh vang a ni ber mai.
Thutlukna mumal nei ngam lo sorkar chuan inthlana tlin leh dan kawng chikhat nia an hriat avangin hlawhbi siamfel chungchangah ram leh hnam tan thiltha leh tha lo an thliar ngam lova. An chhia leh tha hriatna pawh an rawn ngam lova. Maimichhing duar chungin ro an rel a. “Ni mai mai teh se” tiin fumfe lo takin thu an ti tlu a. Mipuite min zahderna reng reng an nei lo. Kristian rama thleng thin atan chuan thil zahpuiawm tak a ni. Engpawhnise, heng mite hi mipuiten thil tak tak titlak hmuhin kan hmu reng lem lova. Rintlak leh innghah ngamna turah kan ngai reng lem lova. Inthlannaa thlan tlin nawn fo atan pawh kan duh lem hranpa hauh lo!
Sorkar hmasa hunlai khan tumkhat chu office pakhatah ka leng a. Pa pakhat hi File pawm teuh chungin pindan atangin a lo chhuak a, “Engnge nimin in thurel chu? Ka rawn kal ve hman ta si lova, engtia hmalak leh tur nge ni dawn? Na taka chet leh mai kha a tha ber lawm ni…” a rawn ti chhuak lar lar a. A thaw a veng thawkhat hle tih chu a lo thlirtute ngaihdan a nih hmel! Officer pawimawh tak, thuneihna hniam lo tak nei hmuhin kei phei chuan ka lo hmu nghe nghe a. A kalsawn tak hnu chuan ka bula officer pakhat hnenah chuan tunge anih ka han zawt a. A ni chuan, “Kan Peon anih kha; tunlai chu ti hian a hman hman hi an inhawrkhawm reng mai a ni. Kan sorkar lah hian hlauh loh a ram pawh hi a nei tawh si lo, kut lukhumin a ding ngawr ngawr chauh tawh mai ani si a. Kan hmabak hi chu a turu lo teh ania” tiin min chhang a (Sorkar Pisa pawimawh a sorkar hnathawk pawimawh takin Kan Sorkar a han tih lehchhawn chu eng tak ni maw tiin ka lo inngaihtuah buai hman thelh a!). He thil thleng hi khatih hunlaia Mizoram sorkar mumal lohzia, awmze neih lohzia leh chiri zia tarlangtu darthlalang fiah tak niin ka hria.
‘Change’ siam tura intiam sorkar thar hian chona tamtak a hmachhawn tur leh a hmachhawn mek zingah sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi chungchang hi a buaithlak tur pakhat chu a ni ngei dawn a. Chutih laiin, he hlawhbi thua an performance hi mipuiin kum 5 hnua Congress sorkar kan ngaihzawn zui (leh zui loh) dan tur tehfung pawimawh tak erawh a ni thung ang. Financial Adviser leh Adviser dang dang nei teuh sorkar hmasain sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi chungchangah Mark 100 ah Mark 10 takngial pawh a hmuh phak loh laiin Congress Ministry hian he thilah hian Mark engzatnge a score dawn tih hi mipuite thlir rawn mek a ni ta. Sorkar hna thawk ve lo, kuttum a eizawng Mizo mipui 70% vel te theihnghilh fithla thakin, sorkar hnathawk mipui 30% velte hmaah an kephah liakin, “Kan tlawm e, kan zawr e. A chinfel dan kawng kan hre phak lova, kan ngam bawk hek lo. In thu chu kan thu a ni. Ka pu sai sawm kap” tiin he kan sorkar thar hi a bawkkhup ve leh mai dawn em ni ang?
Tihdan phung pangngaiah chuan (mi pangngaite chuan) sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi hi an duh hun hunah, tute emaw duh dan danin an tihpungin an tihhniam ngai lova. Siam danglam a ngai anih pawhin ruahmanna fel tak hnuaiah, nasa taka zirchian anih hnuin fimkhur takin an khawih danglam thin a, a theih chin chinah a nghawng turte nen lam an hisap hmasa lawk diam thin. Mizoramah erawh chuan, tunhnai hun reilote liam ta ah mai pawh khan mi zakthei lo leh zahpuiawm khawpa huangtau ten khawi khawiah emaw, tu tute emaw an kherh a, an chhimbudawi a, mi awm tha hle hle an fuihpawrh khawlo a, a tawpkhawkah anmahni hamthatna tur atan liau liauva her danglam tum ranin thil kalphung an chawkhnawk a, siamthat rual loh khawpa namen lovin an khawihpherh a, an pawngsual a! Anmahni chanvo a that dawn miau chuan midangte dinhmun chu chhe deuh tak pawh nise, (Mizoram hi chhe vek dawn pawh nise?) chhete pawhin pawi an ti miah lova (Pulpita Pathian thusawi leh Sunday School zirtir hna erawh thahnemngai takin an bei reng thova!). Chumi lo veng tur leh lo endik tura ngaih sorkarna fawng vuantute lah chuan thil awmzia leh kawnghmang chhut (thiam?) hauh lovin, a sawi ring ring thute, a sawi thiam thiam thute, a vaupung ti na na thute, a tam lam lam thute, pawisa a vur tam thei thei thute, a inti pawimawh thiam thiam thute chu thu tlingah ngai zelin, naktuk lo thleng tur ngaihtuah lek lovin ro an rel bawrh bawrh mai kha a ni si a! An pawikhawih pawi thui zia hi ngaihtuah zui ve thin tak maw?
Beiseina thar erawh kan nei a ni. He sorkar hian a duh anih phawt chuan dik tak (leh a tul hunah khawng tak) a rorel turin chakna an nei tha tawk a. Hun kal tawha tute emaw tihdik loh atangin inzirna tur an nei tha tawk bawk a (Tin, sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi chungchang thuah hi chuan anni pawh hian an sorkar hmasak hunlaia an lo tihsual tawh atangin inzirna tur an nei). George Santayana chuan, “Hun kal tawh atanga inzir thiam lo mi chuan tihsual nawn mai loh chu hmabak an nei lo,” a lo ti hmiah mai. Hotupa berin a sawi hnuhnung hnung hnenah, “Ni e…” a lo tih mai zel chuan buai nuaih mai loh chu hmabak dang hi a vang viau reng a ni. Hotupa tharin, “Fitment Committee kutah engkim kan dah rih a, an rawtna kan nghak a. Chumi chhung chuan hlawhbi chungchangah mimal leh pawl tumah ka hmu thei rih lo” a ti nia an sawi ringawt pawh hian boruak thar min hip tir a. Fitment Committee thu nghah ringawt erawh a tawk lo viau a ni tih hun kal tawhin min zirtir a. Tih puitlin leh ngam chuan loh tur rawtna siam tura eng eng emaw din hi mipuite sum khawhral thlawnna a ni a, mi nuihzabur a insiamna chikhat a ni bawk. Mizoram sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi entha turin Rozika Commission kan nei tawh a. Lalfak Zuala Commission kan nei tawh bawk a. Mahse, mithiam pui pui awmna heng Commission Recommendation zahawm tak takte chu thil tangkaiah hman a ni lo.
Tunah hian Fitment Committee Report chu a lo chhuak ta a. He khawvelah hian mihringte duhamna tireh zo khawp ruahmanna hi siam theih a ni dawn hauh lova. Thilchiang tak chu, tu tute emaw chuan Fitment Committee Report-ah hian lungawina kim an hmu leh dawn chuang lo. Thiam tak takin an tanhmun an rawn sawifiah leh zur zur ang a, hnial hneh an har leh khawp ang. Thenkhatte phei chuan nawrhdan maksak zet zet (Ringtute tiha mawi lo) an rawn lantir leh hial mai thei. Sorkarin pawl pakhat thu a lak puithu pui vaih chuan, chu chuan pawl dangte pawh kar lovah a kangkai leh nghal hluai ang. Vawiinah hian CHANGE min thlensak tura insawi Congress sorkar hi mipuiten kan thlir mek a ni. Hun kal tawh atangin an inzir dawn em? Engtinnge thutlukna an siam dawn? Fitment Committee rawtna hi an kaltlangpui ngam dawn em? Engpawhnise, he Committee rawtna hi huaisen taka tihpuitlin anih chuan he sorkar hi mipuiin kan fak ang a, kan zah bawk ang a —
Mizoramin history thar kan chuangkai ve ta tihna a ni hial ang.
Sorkar laipui hnuaia hnathawkte hlawhpung hian kaihhnawih tam tak a nei ziah a. Chung zinga langsar leh pawimawh tak chu state sorkar hnuaia thawkte hlawhbi chungchang a ni. Hmunpui zawka thawk thahnem takte hlawhbi lo sang chuan nasa takin ram economy a nghawng thin avangin, hetiang hun a lo thlen hian state sorkar pawh a awm mai mai thei bik lova. Anmahni remchan dan ang zelin state tinin an hnuaia thawktute hlawhbi chu an theih anga rangin an ennawn ve thuai thin a. Tunah hian state engemawzat chu hlawhbi thilah hian an in sangphek vel mek a ni.
Sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi thuah hian hun hmasa lam atang tawhin Mizoram hian harsatna namenlo a lo tawk tawh thin a. Harsatna a lo irhchhuah nachhan bulpui ber chu:
(1) Khaweng hmu lek lova tute emaw (mi tlemte) mahni hma sialna uchuak vang,
(2) Mahni hamthatna chauh thlirtuten midang an fuihpawrh,
(3) Fuihpawrhtu (sorkar mirawih leh an hnuaia mi) te chu sorkarin awmze neiin a hun takah a thunun lo,
(4) Sorkar thuneituten thutlukna mumal an neih ngam loh vang a ni ber mai.
Thutlukna mumal nei ngam lo sorkar chuan inthlana tlin leh dan kawng chikhat nia an hriat avangin hlawhbi siamfel chungchangah ram leh hnam tan thiltha leh tha lo an thliar ngam lova. An chhia leh tha hriatna pawh an rawn ngam lova. Maimichhing duar chungin ro an rel a. “Ni mai mai teh se” tiin fumfe lo takin thu an ti tlu a. Mipuite min zahderna reng reng an nei lo. Kristian rama thleng thin atan chuan thil zahpuiawm tak a ni. Engpawhnise, heng mite hi mipuiten thil tak tak titlak hmuhin kan hmu reng lem lova. Rintlak leh innghah ngamna turah kan ngai reng lem lova. Inthlannaa thlan tlin nawn fo atan pawh kan duh lem hranpa hauh lo!
Sorkar hmasa hunlai khan tumkhat chu office pakhatah ka leng a. Pa pakhat hi File pawm teuh chungin pindan atangin a lo chhuak a, “Engnge nimin in thurel chu? Ka rawn kal ve hman ta si lova, engtia hmalak leh tur nge ni dawn? Na taka chet leh mai kha a tha ber lawm ni…” a rawn ti chhuak lar lar a. A thaw a veng thawkhat hle tih chu a lo thlirtute ngaihdan a nih hmel! Officer pawimawh tak, thuneihna hniam lo tak nei hmuhin kei phei chuan ka lo hmu nghe nghe a. A kalsawn tak hnu chuan ka bula officer pakhat hnenah chuan tunge anih ka han zawt a. A ni chuan, “Kan Peon anih kha; tunlai chu ti hian a hman hman hi an inhawrkhawm reng mai a ni. Kan sorkar lah hian hlauh loh a ram pawh hi a nei tawh si lo, kut lukhumin a ding ngawr ngawr chauh tawh mai ani si a. Kan hmabak hi chu a turu lo teh ania” tiin min chhang a (Sorkar Pisa pawimawh a sorkar hnathawk pawimawh takin Kan Sorkar a han tih lehchhawn chu eng tak ni maw tiin ka lo inngaihtuah buai hman thelh a!). He thil thleng hi khatih hunlaia Mizoram sorkar mumal lohzia, awmze neih lohzia leh chiri zia tarlangtu darthlalang fiah tak niin ka hria.
‘Change’ siam tura intiam sorkar thar hian chona tamtak a hmachhawn tur leh a hmachhawn mek zingah sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi chungchang hi a buaithlak tur pakhat chu a ni ngei dawn a. Chutih laiin, he hlawhbi thua an performance hi mipuiin kum 5 hnua Congress sorkar kan ngaihzawn zui (leh zui loh) dan tur tehfung pawimawh tak erawh a ni thung ang. Financial Adviser leh Adviser dang dang nei teuh sorkar hmasain sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi chungchangah Mark 100 ah Mark 10 takngial pawh a hmuh phak loh laiin Congress Ministry hian he thilah hian Mark engzatnge a score dawn tih hi mipuite thlir rawn mek a ni ta. Sorkar hna thawk ve lo, kuttum a eizawng Mizo mipui 70% vel te theihnghilh fithla thakin, sorkar hnathawk mipui 30% velte hmaah an kephah liakin, “Kan tlawm e, kan zawr e. A chinfel dan kawng kan hre phak lova, kan ngam bawk hek lo. In thu chu kan thu a ni. Ka pu sai sawm kap” tiin he kan sorkar thar hi a bawkkhup ve leh mai dawn em ni ang?
Tihdan phung pangngaiah chuan (mi pangngaite chuan) sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi hi an duh hun hunah, tute emaw duh dan danin an tihpungin an tihhniam ngai lova. Siam danglam a ngai anih pawhin ruahmanna fel tak hnuaiah, nasa taka zirchian anih hnuin fimkhur takin an khawih danglam thin a, a theih chin chinah a nghawng turte nen lam an hisap hmasa lawk diam thin. Mizoramah erawh chuan, tunhnai hun reilote liam ta ah mai pawh khan mi zakthei lo leh zahpuiawm khawpa huangtau ten khawi khawiah emaw, tu tute emaw an kherh a, an chhimbudawi a, mi awm tha hle hle an fuihpawrh khawlo a, a tawpkhawkah anmahni hamthatna tur atan liau liauva her danglam tum ranin thil kalphung an chawkhnawk a, siamthat rual loh khawpa namen lovin an khawihpherh a, an pawngsual a! Anmahni chanvo a that dawn miau chuan midangte dinhmun chu chhe deuh tak pawh nise, (Mizoram hi chhe vek dawn pawh nise?) chhete pawhin pawi an ti miah lova (Pulpita Pathian thusawi leh Sunday School zirtir hna erawh thahnemngai takin an bei reng thova!). Chumi lo veng tur leh lo endik tura ngaih sorkarna fawng vuantute lah chuan thil awmzia leh kawnghmang chhut (thiam?) hauh lovin, a sawi ring ring thute, a sawi thiam thiam thute, a vaupung ti na na thute, a tam lam lam thute, pawisa a vur tam thei thei thute, a inti pawimawh thiam thiam thute chu thu tlingah ngai zelin, naktuk lo thleng tur ngaihtuah lek lovin ro an rel bawrh bawrh mai kha a ni si a! An pawikhawih pawi thui zia hi ngaihtuah zui ve thin tak maw?
Beiseina thar erawh kan nei a ni. He sorkar hian a duh anih phawt chuan dik tak (leh a tul hunah khawng tak) a rorel turin chakna an nei tha tawk a. Hun kal tawha tute emaw tihdik loh atangin inzirna tur an nei tha tawk bawk a (Tin, sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi chungchang thuah hi chuan anni pawh hian an sorkar hmasak hunlaia an lo tihsual tawh atangin inzirna tur an nei). George Santayana chuan, “Hun kal tawh atanga inzir thiam lo mi chuan tihsual nawn mai loh chu hmabak an nei lo,” a lo ti hmiah mai. Hotupa berin a sawi hnuhnung hnung hnenah, “Ni e…” a lo tih mai zel chuan buai nuaih mai loh chu hmabak dang hi a vang viau reng a ni. Hotupa tharin, “Fitment Committee kutah engkim kan dah rih a, an rawtna kan nghak a. Chumi chhung chuan hlawhbi chungchangah mimal leh pawl tumah ka hmu thei rih lo” a ti nia an sawi ringawt pawh hian boruak thar min hip tir a. Fitment Committee thu nghah ringawt erawh a tawk lo viau a ni tih hun kal tawhin min zirtir a. Tih puitlin leh ngam chuan loh tur rawtna siam tura eng eng emaw din hi mipuite sum khawhral thlawnna a ni a, mi nuihzabur a insiamna chikhat a ni bawk. Mizoram sorkar hnathawkte hlawhbi entha turin Rozika Commission kan nei tawh a. Lalfak Zuala Commission kan nei tawh bawk a. Mahse, mithiam pui pui awmna heng Commission Recommendation zahawm tak takte chu thil tangkaiah hman a ni lo.
Tunah hian Fitment Committee Report chu a lo chhuak ta a. He khawvelah hian mihringte duhamna tireh zo khawp ruahmanna hi siam theih a ni dawn hauh lova. Thilchiang tak chu, tu tute emaw chuan Fitment Committee Report-ah hian lungawina kim an hmu leh dawn chuang lo. Thiam tak takin an tanhmun an rawn sawifiah leh zur zur ang a, hnial hneh an har leh khawp ang. Thenkhatte phei chuan nawrhdan maksak zet zet (Ringtute tiha mawi lo) an rawn lantir leh hial mai thei. Sorkarin pawl pakhat thu a lak puithu pui vaih chuan, chu chuan pawl dangte pawh kar lovah a kangkai leh nghal hluai ang. Vawiinah hian CHANGE min thlensak tura insawi Congress sorkar hi mipuiten kan thlir mek a ni. Hun kal tawh atangin an inzir dawn em? Engtinnge thutlukna an siam dawn? Fitment Committee rawtna hi an kaltlangpui ngam dawn em? Engpawhnise, he Committee rawtna hi huaisen taka tihpuitlin anih chuan he sorkar hi mipuiin kan fak ang a, kan zah bawk ang a —
Mizoramin history thar kan chuangkai ve ta tihna a ni hial ang.
ROKUNGA LEH RALTIANG RAM
g Rokunga hlaphuah zinga lar berte zinga mi — Raltiang i Kai Ve Ang tih hi kum 1944-a a phuah a ni a. A sub-title chu RALTIANG tih a ni. Hetih lai hian Rokunga hi kum 55 mi a ni.
g Raltiang tih thumal hrim hrim hi thumal chak tak a ni a. Thinlung khawih leh lung ti leng thei tak a ni. Rokunga te ang, mi lungleng thei mi tan chuan a thumal hrim hrim pawh hi chhaih fe tham a awm ngei ang. Dengchhuana chuan Rokunga’n Raltiang tih thumal a lam rik hi a hriat fo thu a sawi. Mihringte hi chuan helaia mi ai chuan hla taka mi, ral lehlama mi, tlang dum dur piahlama mi, luipui piaha mi, chhum zinna piahlama mi hi tha zawk, fuh zawk leh duhawm zawk niin kan hre fo. Hnamdangte pawh an ni tho mai;
She is more beautiful to see,
Like a lady of a far country...
(Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
g Rokunga Raltiang Ram hi Rokunga Chhawrpial Run nen ngaihfin a awl viau. Inanna pawh an nei ngei ang. Duhthusam ram, duhthusam hmun, duhthusam thil sawina a ni thei ve ve. Hnamdangte pawhin hetiang sawina hi an nei nual — El-Dorado, Utopia, Never-Never-Land, etc. Amaherawhchu, Chhawrpial Run hi Rokunga Dream a nih laiin Raltiang Ram erawh hi chu Rokunga Vision a ni.
g Kum 1936 ah Sangliana’n BA (English Hons.) a pass a. Kum 1939 ah Khawtinkhuma’n MA a pass a. Kum 1940 ah Zairema’n B.Sc a pass a. Kum 1942 ah Mizo hmeichhe BA pass hmasa ber Lalsangpuii’n BA a pass a, Kum 1944 ah Aizawlah Mizo High School din a ni. Heng hunlai chho vel leh a hmalam deuh atang tawhin Mizote zingah zirna kawnga harhtharna a awm chho tan a.
Kum 1931-1943 chhungin Bawrhsap bultumin ‘Pawnpuite’ a sumdawnna an bei tan a. Hetih hun chhova Bawrhsap hmalakna bawka Aizawla ‘Entirsiakna’ (Exhibition) awm thinte khan Mizote rilruah a tha zawnga rualawhna nasa takin a siam ni ngeiin a langa, Raltiang Ram a thlirtir ngei ang.
g Kum 1935 ah Young Lushai Association (YLA) din a ni a. Kum 1944 chho velahte hi chuan YLA hmalakna hi a vung chho hle tawh. Lushai Students Association (LSA) leh Village Welfare Committee-te pawh din chhoh a ni zel a. Mizo vantlang nunah heng hian nghawng a nei vek a. Rualawhna leh zau zawk thlirna te, tha zawk beiseina te a siam ngei ang tih a rin theih.
g Hlaphuahtu Rokunga hian Mizoram tan zalenna — Self Determination or Independence hi engtik emaw lai atang khan a lo thlir pha tawh niin a lang a. Upa Chawngzika chuan kum 1930 chho atang daih tawh khan he rilru hi a pu tawh niin a sawi a, tu influence nge tih erawh a sawi thei bik lova. A nu leh pa leh a thlahtu dangte zingah chutiang ang rilru pu mi an awm pawh Upa Zika hian a hre lo. Kum 1953 vel atanga Aizawla rawn khawsa tan Laldenga nen vawi duailo an inkawm thin a. Laldenga thinlunga Mizoram Independence ngaihtuahna tuh nghettu pawimawh tak zingah Rokunga hi a tel ngei a ni tih a rin theih.
I nun a ral hma loh chuan,
Min dotu apiang hnehin,
Raltiang i kai ve ang.
Aw, Zoram lo ding chhuak rawh,
I tan khua a var dawn ta...
Hriatna, thiamna, finna mai piahlamah, ngun taka he hla hi kan chhiar kan chhiar chuan, kum 1944 a a hlaphuahah hian kum 1966 a Mizoram Independence Movement kha a lo inphum tawh niin a lang thei vuai vuai. Hriamhrei leka beih leh beih loh thuah erawh a ngaihdan hi inhnial theih tak tur a ni ang.
g ‘Tual kan lenna sang mahse...’ — Mizote chu tlang leh kham sang pui pui kara awm kan ni a, chumi chu helai changa a sawi hi (Literal Meaning) ni mai awm tak a ni. Chutihlaiin, hei hian awmze thuk zawk a nei thei — Tlang hian Rokunga rilruah awmze nei takin entir a nei thin niin a lang a. Chu a thil entir chu chungnunna or hnuaihnun bik lohna a ni thei;
‘Mizo kan ni kan lawm e,
Kan tlang a thiang bawk si,
Kan rilru pawh a sang e...’
Mizo nunah sualna in bu a khuar tan a, khawlohna a lut tan nia a hriat lai meuh pawhin a innghahna, a lung muanpui leh a tawngchhan chu tlang bawk a ni;
‘...Chul hian i mawi lo,
I tlang lal chhipah siktui tling khawmin...
I siran tlang lian,
Hmar tlangan Laipui tlang, chhimhlei tlang,
Nuam tlang ten an hual che’
Tlangsang thengthawah kan awm, kan awmna a sang viau. Mahse, mihring nunah midangte aia kan sanna a awm si lo anih chuan dik theiin a hre lo;
‘Tual kan lenna sang mahse,
Rual kan chhinna awm si lo,
Chutin nun a sawt love...’
g Raltiang tih thumal hrim hrim hi thumal chak tak a ni a. Thinlung khawih leh lung ti leng thei tak a ni. Rokunga te ang, mi lungleng thei mi tan chuan a thumal hrim hrim pawh hi chhaih fe tham a awm ngei ang. Dengchhuana chuan Rokunga’n Raltiang tih thumal a lam rik hi a hriat fo thu a sawi. Mihringte hi chuan helaia mi ai chuan hla taka mi, ral lehlama mi, tlang dum dur piahlama mi, luipui piaha mi, chhum zinna piahlama mi hi tha zawk, fuh zawk leh duhawm zawk niin kan hre fo. Hnamdangte pawh an ni tho mai;
She is more beautiful to see,
Like a lady of a far country...
(Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
g Rokunga Raltiang Ram hi Rokunga Chhawrpial Run nen ngaihfin a awl viau. Inanna pawh an nei ngei ang. Duhthusam ram, duhthusam hmun, duhthusam thil sawina a ni thei ve ve. Hnamdangte pawhin hetiang sawina hi an nei nual — El-Dorado, Utopia, Never-Never-Land, etc. Amaherawhchu, Chhawrpial Run hi Rokunga Dream a nih laiin Raltiang Ram erawh hi chu Rokunga Vision a ni.
g Kum 1936 ah Sangliana’n BA (English Hons.) a pass a. Kum 1939 ah Khawtinkhuma’n MA a pass a. Kum 1940 ah Zairema’n B.Sc a pass a. Kum 1942 ah Mizo hmeichhe BA pass hmasa ber Lalsangpuii’n BA a pass a, Kum 1944 ah Aizawlah Mizo High School din a ni. Heng hunlai chho vel leh a hmalam deuh atang tawhin Mizote zingah zirna kawnga harhtharna a awm chho tan a.
Kum 1931-1943 chhungin Bawrhsap bultumin ‘Pawnpuite’ a sumdawnna an bei tan a. Hetih hun chhova Bawrhsap hmalakna bawka Aizawla ‘Entirsiakna’ (Exhibition) awm thinte khan Mizote rilruah a tha zawnga rualawhna nasa takin a siam ni ngeiin a langa, Raltiang Ram a thlirtir ngei ang.
g Kum 1935 ah Young Lushai Association (YLA) din a ni a. Kum 1944 chho velahte hi chuan YLA hmalakna hi a vung chho hle tawh. Lushai Students Association (LSA) leh Village Welfare Committee-te pawh din chhoh a ni zel a. Mizo vantlang nunah heng hian nghawng a nei vek a. Rualawhna leh zau zawk thlirna te, tha zawk beiseina te a siam ngei ang tih a rin theih.
g Hlaphuahtu Rokunga hian Mizoram tan zalenna — Self Determination or Independence hi engtik emaw lai atang khan a lo thlir pha tawh niin a lang a. Upa Chawngzika chuan kum 1930 chho atang daih tawh khan he rilru hi a pu tawh niin a sawi a, tu influence nge tih erawh a sawi thei bik lova. A nu leh pa leh a thlahtu dangte zingah chutiang ang rilru pu mi an awm pawh Upa Zika hian a hre lo. Kum 1953 vel atanga Aizawla rawn khawsa tan Laldenga nen vawi duailo an inkawm thin a. Laldenga thinlunga Mizoram Independence ngaihtuahna tuh nghettu pawimawh tak zingah Rokunga hi a tel ngei a ni tih a rin theih.
I nun a ral hma loh chuan,
Min dotu apiang hnehin,
Raltiang i kai ve ang.
Aw, Zoram lo ding chhuak rawh,
I tan khua a var dawn ta...
Hriatna, thiamna, finna mai piahlamah, ngun taka he hla hi kan chhiar kan chhiar chuan, kum 1944 a a hlaphuahah hian kum 1966 a Mizoram Independence Movement kha a lo inphum tawh niin a lang thei vuai vuai. Hriamhrei leka beih leh beih loh thuah erawh a ngaihdan hi inhnial theih tak tur a ni ang.
g ‘Tual kan lenna sang mahse...’ — Mizote chu tlang leh kham sang pui pui kara awm kan ni a, chumi chu helai changa a sawi hi (Literal Meaning) ni mai awm tak a ni. Chutihlaiin, hei hian awmze thuk zawk a nei thei — Tlang hian Rokunga rilruah awmze nei takin entir a nei thin niin a lang a. Chu a thil entir chu chungnunna or hnuaihnun bik lohna a ni thei;
‘Mizo kan ni kan lawm e,
Kan tlang a thiang bawk si,
Kan rilru pawh a sang e...’
Mizo nunah sualna in bu a khuar tan a, khawlohna a lut tan nia a hriat lai meuh pawhin a innghahna, a lung muanpui leh a tawngchhan chu tlang bawk a ni;
‘...Chul hian i mawi lo,
I tlang lal chhipah siktui tling khawmin...
I siran tlang lian,
Hmar tlangan Laipui tlang, chhimhlei tlang,
Nuam tlang ten an hual che’
Tlangsang thengthawah kan awm, kan awmna a sang viau. Mahse, mihring nunah midangte aia kan sanna a awm si lo anih chuan dik theiin a hre lo;
‘Tual kan lenna sang mahse,
Rual kan chhinna awm si lo,
Chutin nun a sawt love...’
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
6th ZORF THINK-TANK DISCUSSION FORUM
Zoram Research Foundation (ZORF) chuan June 19, 2009 (ZIRTAWPNI) Dar 1:00 PM-4:30 PM hian Department of English, Mizoram University, Tanhril-ah NATIONALISM & MIZO NATIONALISM tih thupui a hmangin 6th ZORF THINK-TANK DISCUSSION FORUM a buatsaih leh dawn a. He hunah hian Prof. Margaret Ch. Zama, Dean, School of Humanities & Education, MZU chu Moderator a ni ang a. Rev. Dr. Vanlalchhuanawma, Vice Principal, Aizawl Theological College-in Topic Presentation a nei ang. He hun atan a sawmbik mithiam thlanchhuah 10 velin sawihona hun hi an hmang dawn a ni.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Each little flow’r that opens,
Each little bird that sings;
God made their glowing colors,
God made their tiny wings.
Cecil F. Alexander — “All Things Bright and Beautiful”
DUHTHLANNA
Hringnun lamtluang a sei mang e,
Duhthlanna lamtluang a zau lua e;
Pengtin, thuam tin ka tan buaina,
Tlukna, tlakna, herna, penna,
Thang leh khan leh kham leh suar leh —
Bona, bona, bona, bona...
— Rochamliana
Duhthlanna lamtluang a zau lua e;
Pengtin, thuam tin ka tan buaina,
Tlukna, tlakna, herna, penna,
Thang leh khan leh kham leh suar leh —
Bona, bona, bona, bona...
— Rochamliana
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
In My Dreams
When the sun goes down on the other side of town tonight
And the world is asleep dreamin' in the deep moonlight
I'll slip away in the shadows out of your life
You don't want' me anymore so I'll close the door when I leave
My bags are packed and I'll give you back your keys
You keep your ring and I'll keep your memory
But in my dreams at night... oh...oh
Everything will work out right
'Cause I'll still hold you tight... in my dreams
Well, it's hard to take when love breaks down and dies
But it's better to quit than to sit each nite and cry
I'd rather know the truth than to live thru a life of lies
But in my dreams at night... oh...oh
Everything will work out right
'Cause I'll still hold you tight... in my dreams
Maybe it's for the best to give this love of ours a rest
But I'll come runnin' back if you want me
Well, bye bye baby it seems that we're all thru
You sure know how make this little girl blue
When you say you don't want the things I can do for you
But in my dreams at night... oh...oh
Everything will work out right
'Cause I'll still hold you tight... in my dreams
In my dreams at night... oh...oh
Everything will work out right
'Cause I'll still hold you tight... in my dreams
Emmylou Harris
And the world is asleep dreamin' in the deep moonlight
I'll slip away in the shadows out of your life
You don't want' me anymore so I'll close the door when I leave
My bags are packed and I'll give you back your keys
You keep your ring and I'll keep your memory
But in my dreams at night... oh...oh
Everything will work out right
'Cause I'll still hold you tight... in my dreams
Well, it's hard to take when love breaks down and dies
But it's better to quit than to sit each nite and cry
I'd rather know the truth than to live thru a life of lies
But in my dreams at night... oh...oh
Everything will work out right
'Cause I'll still hold you tight... in my dreams
Maybe it's for the best to give this love of ours a rest
But I'll come runnin' back if you want me
Well, bye bye baby it seems that we're all thru
You sure know how make this little girl blue
When you say you don't want the things I can do for you
But in my dreams at night... oh...oh
Everything will work out right
'Cause I'll still hold you tight... in my dreams
In my dreams at night... oh...oh
Everything will work out right
'Cause I'll still hold you tight... in my dreams
Emmylou Harris
Kan Inthen Bang Lo
Tunhma chuan Lungremsei tih a ni thin a. Tunah erawh Upper Khatla tiin kan hre ta ber mai. He hmunah hian Hriatrengna Lungphun pakhat a awm a. Chu Lungphun chu SABINGA LUNG tih a ni a. He thu hi chu Lungphunah chuan a inziak a ni —
“Life is Shadow”
A ni, Hringnun hi hlimthla ang chauh a ni a. Engtikah emaw chuan a la ral ang. Hringnun hi khualzin kal mek ang te pawh a ni. Khualzin na na na chuan a khua thlen hun a nei thin a. Keini pawh khualzin kan ni a. Engtikah emaw chuan kan khua kan la thleng dawn...
“Life is Shadow”
A ni, Hringnun hi hlimthla ang chauh a ni a. Engtikah emaw chuan a la ral ang. Hringnun hi khualzin kal mek ang te pawh a ni. Khualzin na na na chuan a khua thlen hun a nei thin a. Keini pawh khualzin kan ni a. Engtikah emaw chuan kan khua kan la thleng dawn...
ZORAMA KRISMAS CAROL HMASA BER CHU
Carol tih thumal hi Dictionary lama a awmzia kan hmuhdan chuan ‘Sakhaw lam hla/Pathian fakna hla, Krismas hunlaia miin an sak thin’ tihna emaw, ‘Krismas Hla’ tihna emaw a ni mai a. Awmze dangte phei zawng a nei thei ang. Hlim taka Sava hram lauh lauh ri te pawh hi Carol an ti ve chawk. Carolling tih anih chuan ‘Carol an sa a...” tihna a ni ang a. Kan ngaihsan American ho khuan Carolling/Carolled ti lovin Caroling/Caroled (‘l’ double lovin) an ti deuh. Keini Mizote chuan, “Carol kan sa a. Kan hlim hle mai,” kan ti kher lem lo. “Kan Carol a...” kan ti sam mai a. Chu chu, “Krismas laiin zaiin khawlai kan fang a. In hrang hrangah te pawh kan lut lawr a. Vehbur khawn pah chungin hlim takin, Krismas hla sain kan zai a ni,” kan tihna a ni ber. A tihphungah ngawt chuan khawthlang ho tihdan nen a tir atangin a danglam tehchiam lova. Amaherawhchu, Carol tih thumal hrim hrim kan hmandan leh an hmandan erawh a inang lo deuh a ni. Engpawh chu ni sela, kan hrethiam hle tho ani lawm ni? Tunlaiah chuan ‘Khawn’ chunga Carol lovin, ‘Pe’ chhuaka Carol te pawh kan ching ta deuh deuh anih hi.
Zotlangsanga Krismas Carol hmasa ber neih kum tak hi mi tam zawkin kan chiang ta vak lo a ni awm e. Krismas boruak inlumlet vel karah hian i han sawithar leh teh ang.
Aizawl khuaa venghlun berte zing pakhat chuan 2005 khan an veng Kum 100 tlinna an lawm a. Chumi hriatreng nan chuan Souvenir chikhat atan lehkhabu tha tak an tichhuak a. Chu Souvenir-ah chuan heti hian a inziak a, “Kan veng hi Mizoram pumah Carol lo chhuah tanna a ni an tih tlat chu!... 1949 ah chuan Krismas Carol chu neih a ni a... kan veng nula leh tlangval bakah Mission Veng leh Kulikawn tlangval 10 lai an tel ve...” tiin. Thlalak hlui lama a landan chuan vengdang tlangval zingah hian Pu R. Zuala te, Pu V. L. Lawma te, Pu L. Pachhunga te bakah Pu V. Rosiama te pawh an tel a ni.
Hmanah, kum tam tak liam ta, 1926 khan Kulikawn pa hrat khawkheng Pu Telela leh a thiante, mi 7 ten ‘Zoram Thawvenna’ atan British sorkar lakah ngawhngawl chhuahin Jail bang an lo zut phah hial a. He an thiltih namenlo tak avang hian Kulikawn Pasaltha Chawimawitu Committee chuan October 18, 2006 khan Hriatrengna Lung an phun a. Souvenir atan Kulikawn Arsi Eng tih bu an tichhuak bawk. He lehkhabuah hian Zorama Carol hmasa ber chungchang chu heti hian a inziak thung a, “Central YMA (YLA?) chu Christmas Carol nei hmasa ber Mizoramah chuan an ni a. 23.12.1939 zanah Pu Lalkailiana (Pu Lalkailuia?), Pu Sainghinga, Pu Buchhawna, Pu Pachhunga, Pastor Thanga, Pu Dahrawka, Pu Hrawva leh Pu Makthanga te inah kan zai a ni,” tiin.
Amaherawhchu, 1949 a Carol leh 1939 a Central YLA Carol aia hmaah hian Zorama Krismas Carol hmasaber chu 1933 Krismas khan Rev. P. D. Sena hovin an lo nei tawh a ni. He Carol hmasa ber chungchang hi Upa Chawngzika khan heti hian a sawi a, “Pi Zaii hovin Mizo Zaipawlte chu 1933 khan Lahore-ah kan kal a. He Zaipawlah hian telve ngei turin Rev. P. D. Sena pawh kha a inbuatsaih a. Lahore Zaipawlah hian ani kha Conductor turte zinga mi a ni nghe nghe a. Amaherawhchu, hetih hunlai kher hian a nupui chu a damlo ta tlat mai a. Tin, a fanu upa ber pawh a nuamsam vak lo bawk a. Chutiang chu anih avangin a kal ve thei ta lova ni. Tichuan, ani khawhar leh lungleng chuan thian thenkhat te a lo sawmkhawm a, an zaiho ta a. Chutia an zai chu an zai phur chho zel a, sapho leh chutih hunlaia Mizo milian leh mitha deuhte inah kalkualin, vehbur khawn chungin an lo Carol ta a ni,” a ti. Upa Chawngzika’n, “...a hunlaia Mizo milian leh mitha deuh...” a tihte hi Pu Pachhunga te, Pu Makthanga te, Pu Sainghinga te, Pu Buchhawna te leh midang dangte an ni.
He Carol-a an thilpek tlingkhawm hian Mission Veng Biak In Gate Pillar chu an siam ta nghe nghe a. Pu Thanseia sawihmangin he Gate hi Biak In Pui Gate hnunglam a ni nghe nghe awm e.
Upa Chawngzika’n a sawi zel danah chuan, “Zoram hmarlamah leh chhimlamah pawh ka hriat chinah hei aia hmasa hi a awm thei lova. A kum lehah te, a kum kum lehah te chuan hmun dang dangah Carol hi an ching chhunzawm ta hle zel a ni,” a ti. Zorama Krismas Carol hmasaberah hian ‘Chanchin Lawmawm Angelho Thu Ngai Ru’ tih hla bakah hla dangte pawh, a sap hlain an sa niin Pu C. Vanlallawma chuan a sawi.
He Carol-ah hian tute nge tel? A huaihawttu Rev. P. D. Sena bakah khan Upa D. Thianga, Mission Veng leh Pu Hrangaia, Rahsi Veng (Thakthing Veng) te bak midang telve te erawh hriatchhuah an awlai ta lo hle. A hrechiang ten mual an liam zo ta a ni awm e. A la han hre awm deuh turte pawhin an hre ta tlat lo mai a. Lo hre mial kan awm anih chuan han ziak ve teh u.
Member 49 awmna (Rev. P. D. Sena nen chuan 50 an ni) Lahore Zaipawl-te hian India ram fang turin November 15, 1933 zingkar khan Aizawl an chhuahsan a. Ke in Sairang an thleng a. Tlawng dung zawhthla turin a alto-ho zawng chu lawng pakhatah an chuang a. A air (soprano) ho lawng pakhat dangah an chuang bawk a. A bass leh tenor-te lawng pathumah an inhnawh a. Pi Zaii erawh zaipawl member pakhat nen lawng pakhatah an chuang thung a, Lalaghat thleng an inkar thla ta a ni. Chuta tangin Badarpur-Chandpur-Brahmaputra thlengin an kal zel a. Brahmaputra atangin Meilawng (Steamer) in West Bengal (Gualanddowk) an pan a. Heta tang hian November 20, 1933 zan dar 8:00-ah Relin Culcutta-a Sealdah Station an thleng ta a ni. Lahore Zaipawlte hian khawpui hrang hrang 16 ah zaiin rawng an bawl a. Sap hlabu Holy City leh Messiah hlabua mi hlapui chi hrang hrang — Halleluia Chorus, The Glory of The Lord, Worthy Is The Lamb tih hlate an sak bakah Mizo hla — Ka Ralthuamna Ka Dah Ngam Lo tih leh Ka Damlai Thlipui A Ral Hunin tihte an sa a ni.
Rev. P. D. Sena hi a hmingpum chu Pangdailova a ni a. A naupan laia a nu leh pate kohduatna — Sena tih chu a hming tak angin a pu hlen ta a. Cherra Theological College-ah Pathian Thu (Advanced Course) a zir zawh hnuin, Sub-Inspector of Schools hna thawkin Mission Vengah a inbengbel a. Tirhkoh Muka inhmun hi a in dinna thin a ni. Zorama Krismas Carol hmasa ber an huaihawt kum, 1933 hian Assembly Inkhawmpuiin Pastor atan an la nghe nghe a. 1934 ah Durtlang Biak Inah nemngheh a ni.
— Rochamliana, Mission Veng
Zotlangsanga Krismas Carol hmasa ber neih kum tak hi mi tam zawkin kan chiang ta vak lo a ni awm e. Krismas boruak inlumlet vel karah hian i han sawithar leh teh ang.
Aizawl khuaa venghlun berte zing pakhat chuan 2005 khan an veng Kum 100 tlinna an lawm a. Chumi hriatreng nan chuan Souvenir chikhat atan lehkhabu tha tak an tichhuak a. Chu Souvenir-ah chuan heti hian a inziak a, “Kan veng hi Mizoram pumah Carol lo chhuah tanna a ni an tih tlat chu!... 1949 ah chuan Krismas Carol chu neih a ni a... kan veng nula leh tlangval bakah Mission Veng leh Kulikawn tlangval 10 lai an tel ve...” tiin. Thlalak hlui lama a landan chuan vengdang tlangval zingah hian Pu R. Zuala te, Pu V. L. Lawma te, Pu L. Pachhunga te bakah Pu V. Rosiama te pawh an tel a ni.
Hmanah, kum tam tak liam ta, 1926 khan Kulikawn pa hrat khawkheng Pu Telela leh a thiante, mi 7 ten ‘Zoram Thawvenna’ atan British sorkar lakah ngawhngawl chhuahin Jail bang an lo zut phah hial a. He an thiltih namenlo tak avang hian Kulikawn Pasaltha Chawimawitu Committee chuan October 18, 2006 khan Hriatrengna Lung an phun a. Souvenir atan Kulikawn Arsi Eng tih bu an tichhuak bawk. He lehkhabuah hian Zorama Carol hmasa ber chungchang chu heti hian a inziak thung a, “Central YMA (YLA?) chu Christmas Carol nei hmasa ber Mizoramah chuan an ni a. 23.12.1939 zanah Pu Lalkailiana (Pu Lalkailuia?), Pu Sainghinga, Pu Buchhawna, Pu Pachhunga, Pastor Thanga, Pu Dahrawka, Pu Hrawva leh Pu Makthanga te inah kan zai a ni,” tiin.
Amaherawhchu, 1949 a Carol leh 1939 a Central YLA Carol aia hmaah hian Zorama Krismas Carol hmasaber chu 1933 Krismas khan Rev. P. D. Sena hovin an lo nei tawh a ni. He Carol hmasa ber chungchang hi Upa Chawngzika khan heti hian a sawi a, “Pi Zaii hovin Mizo Zaipawlte chu 1933 khan Lahore-ah kan kal a. He Zaipawlah hian telve ngei turin Rev. P. D. Sena pawh kha a inbuatsaih a. Lahore Zaipawlah hian ani kha Conductor turte zinga mi a ni nghe nghe a. Amaherawhchu, hetih hunlai kher hian a nupui chu a damlo ta tlat mai a. Tin, a fanu upa ber pawh a nuamsam vak lo bawk a. Chutiang chu anih avangin a kal ve thei ta lova ni. Tichuan, ani khawhar leh lungleng chuan thian thenkhat te a lo sawmkhawm a, an zaiho ta a. Chutia an zai chu an zai phur chho zel a, sapho leh chutih hunlaia Mizo milian leh mitha deuhte inah kalkualin, vehbur khawn chungin an lo Carol ta a ni,” a ti. Upa Chawngzika’n, “...a hunlaia Mizo milian leh mitha deuh...” a tihte hi Pu Pachhunga te, Pu Makthanga te, Pu Sainghinga te, Pu Buchhawna te leh midang dangte an ni.
He Carol-a an thilpek tlingkhawm hian Mission Veng Biak In Gate Pillar chu an siam ta nghe nghe a. Pu Thanseia sawihmangin he Gate hi Biak In Pui Gate hnunglam a ni nghe nghe awm e.
Upa Chawngzika’n a sawi zel danah chuan, “Zoram hmarlamah leh chhimlamah pawh ka hriat chinah hei aia hmasa hi a awm thei lova. A kum lehah te, a kum kum lehah te chuan hmun dang dangah Carol hi an ching chhunzawm ta hle zel a ni,” a ti. Zorama Krismas Carol hmasaberah hian ‘Chanchin Lawmawm Angelho Thu Ngai Ru’ tih hla bakah hla dangte pawh, a sap hlain an sa niin Pu C. Vanlallawma chuan a sawi.
He Carol-ah hian tute nge tel? A huaihawttu Rev. P. D. Sena bakah khan Upa D. Thianga, Mission Veng leh Pu Hrangaia, Rahsi Veng (Thakthing Veng) te bak midang telve te erawh hriatchhuah an awlai ta lo hle. A hrechiang ten mual an liam zo ta a ni awm e. A la han hre awm deuh turte pawhin an hre ta tlat lo mai a. Lo hre mial kan awm anih chuan han ziak ve teh u.
Member 49 awmna (Rev. P. D. Sena nen chuan 50 an ni) Lahore Zaipawl-te hian India ram fang turin November 15, 1933 zingkar khan Aizawl an chhuahsan a. Ke in Sairang an thleng a. Tlawng dung zawhthla turin a alto-ho zawng chu lawng pakhatah an chuang a. A air (soprano) ho lawng pakhat dangah an chuang bawk a. A bass leh tenor-te lawng pathumah an inhnawh a. Pi Zaii erawh zaipawl member pakhat nen lawng pakhatah an chuang thung a, Lalaghat thleng an inkar thla ta a ni. Chuta tangin Badarpur-Chandpur-Brahmaputra thlengin an kal zel a. Brahmaputra atangin Meilawng (Steamer) in West Bengal (Gualanddowk) an pan a. Heta tang hian November 20, 1933 zan dar 8:00-ah Relin Culcutta-a Sealdah Station an thleng ta a ni. Lahore Zaipawlte hian khawpui hrang hrang 16 ah zaiin rawng an bawl a. Sap hlabu Holy City leh Messiah hlabua mi hlapui chi hrang hrang — Halleluia Chorus, The Glory of The Lord, Worthy Is The Lamb tih hlate an sak bakah Mizo hla — Ka Ralthuamna Ka Dah Ngam Lo tih leh Ka Damlai Thlipui A Ral Hunin tihte an sa a ni.
Rev. P. D. Sena hi a hmingpum chu Pangdailova a ni a. A naupan laia a nu leh pate kohduatna — Sena tih chu a hming tak angin a pu hlen ta a. Cherra Theological College-ah Pathian Thu (Advanced Course) a zir zawh hnuin, Sub-Inspector of Schools hna thawkin Mission Vengah a inbengbel a. Tirhkoh Muka inhmun hi a in dinna thin a ni. Zorama Krismas Carol hmasa ber an huaihawt kum, 1933 hian Assembly Inkhawmpuiin Pastor atan an la nghe nghe a. 1934 ah Durtlang Biak Inah nemngheh a ni.
— Rochamliana, Mission Veng
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Zantiang Chhawrthlapui
1. Over top of yonder gorgeous hills,
Shines the mellow Moon the Queen of Night;
Stirring sentimental and pining hearts,
She beams on my little cottage door,
Just behold, the Angel of the Night.
2. Frolicking in pleasant moonlight bright,
Their sweetest songs all the night birds give;
Perfect chord the hooting owl providing,
Creatures of the night they all enjoy,
Singing, “How pleasant the moonlight is!,”
3. True solace the weary heart does find,
When the Queen of heavens shines for us;
When she enthralls us all with her beauty,
Our longing for earthly things vanish,
Even burden of toils disapear!
4. Do not roll away so hastily,
Just stay on to thrill the lonesome hearts;
How delightful it is when you’re with us,
Make us blissful yet a little while,
Ere taking your journey home again.
Composed by Rokunga/ Translated by Dengchhuana (Sangzuala Pa)
Theology in Wood and Concrete
(He thuziak hi tha ka ti angreng khawp mai. Lo chhiar ve teh - Chama)
Six Protestant churches that strive to match form with faith
Protestant churches at the turn of the century asked themselves, How can we continue to build lavish buildings when there are people in need and missionaries to support? Like the rising modernists, they argued that ornamentation was frivolous and costly, and that they could do much more with much less. However, few churches saw modernism as a solution to their concerns, and they abandoned innovative design.
If churches then had seen what they had in common with modernism, they could have allied their sense of responsibility with cutting-edge design. Instead, churches, which were the architectural focal points of early American settlements, left the conversation of progressive architecture. But in the past few years, missions-minded Protestant churches have begun to rediscover architecture.
The following churches decided that their buildings were an important part of their ministry, not merely afterthoughts. And while many churches are moving toward traditional design, these churches believe there is still something to be said for a contemporary approach. They believe that buildings can express the values of congregations, bringing new meaning to the act of stewardship in architecture.
First Presbyterian Church
Encino, California | Abramson Teiger Architects
The old building of the First Presbyterian Church in Encino, California, mirrored its congregation: it was aging quickly and in desperate need of renovation. Attendance was dwindling. The church's leaders hoped that if they injected vitality into the building, the congregation would follow suit.
The church chose Abramson Teiger Architects, a firm that did not have a church or religious space in its portfolio.
Architect Trevor Abramson recalls that it was one of his initial concepts that won over the committee. "During the interview, I envisioned the two sides of the ceiling as hands cupped in prayer over the congregation," he said. The spaces between the crossed fingers would allow filtered light into the space.
That concept was preserved through the building process, which cost the church less than $1 million, including architectural fees.
The pastor wanted to be among the congregation, so the lectern was designed to be on the floor with casters. The Communion table is also mobile. A light well (a shaft that opens to the outside) mysteriously illuminates the choir.
After the church's renovation, the size of its congregation grew. Besides that, Abramson says many more weddings now take place in First Presbyterian. In addition, secular organizations have requested to hold concerts in First Presbyterian. For the congregation, that means greater opportunities for outreach.
Friends Meetinghouse
San Antonio, Texas | Lake|Flato Architects
Simplicity. Quietness. Plainness. Those were the words that were to guide Lake|Flato architects in designing this Quaker meetinghouse. Before a new space was built, the San Antonio Friends owned what they thought was the perfect site, a beautiful piece of land ideal for contemplation. After negotiating with the church, architect Bob Harris began site analyses and preliminary proposals.
The few people living next door protested the project. Out of respect for their neighbors, the Friends decided to move elsewhere. They eventually chose a site far from perfect. It was semi-urban and faced a beauty salon and a drainage ditch.
Harris flattened the sloping land and created a plateau to look out over the drainage ditch. The Friends planted trees and greenery between the ditch and the church—a sanctuary for birds and wildlife amid busy streets. On the plateau is the main gathering space that Harris designed for quiet contemplation. Rustic and unadorned, it displays an authentic expression of natural materials in the tradition of early Quakers. But, as Harris says, the Quakers' taste for plainness isn't nostalgia or a rejection of contemporary design. "They do not want architecture to take on a meaning of its own, but to be simple, beautiful, and background," he says.
The San Antonio Friends say that construction cost less than a one-bedroom condominium in many major cities. Lake|Flato showed that good design does not necessarily mean expensive design, even when hiring a nationally recognized firm.
Korean Church of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts | Brian Healy Architects
The Korean Church of Boston (KCB) was founded in 1953 as the first Korean church in New England. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, KCB launched an unusual fundraising campaign: to create a children's chapel and community center.
Architect Brian Healy divided the building into sacred and secular spaces. The chapel—a sacred component—is tucked behind the sanctuary and faces a residential community. The community center's coffee shop, a secular component that is a vehicle for outreach, faces a busy Boston street. KCB also offers language programs and other cultural events.
The jewel of the new building is the children's center. Skylights dance playfully across the ceiling. Seating is less rigid and formal than in KCB's former chapel, allowing children to walk, stand, or sit on benches all around the stage. Negative space creates the cross at the front, which is a reference to architect Tadao Ando's celebrated Church of the Light in Osaka, Japan.
Healy says KCB wants its children to have a different kind of church experience, one that engages the world right outside.
Churches and Community Centers
Bolivia and Honduras | Jae Cha, Light Inc.
Jae Cha has the mind of an artist, the heart of a missionary, and the spirit of a nomad. Although architects are typically rooted in one place, Cha says she goes to wherever the Spirit calls her, spreading the Good News. Her design firm, Light Inc., is based in Washington, D.C., but her work has been produced in Latin America and Africa. Unlike most global architectural firms, Light Inc. is a nonprofit.
Cha's church buildings break away from the old church archetype. Traditional churches are usually cruciform or rectangular and often have a tower to show authority. Cha believes that the body of Christ is nonhierarchical, and that therefore the church building should not be either.
Cha's churches show Christ as the center of community. It is the spirit of the community rather than the building that reaches up to the heavens. Thus, her buildings are always bold, symmetrical shapes, and flat on top. Her church in Bolivia is a circle within a circle; the Honduran church is two layers of squares. These layers let in natural light and allow the congregation—and fresh air—to move freely in and out.
Cha says her architectural inspiration comes in part from studying fashion. The sheathing of the building is like an evenly draped fabric on skin, covering the body of Christ.
Antioch Baptist Church
Perry County, Alabama | Rural Studio, Auburn University
The late architect Sam Mockbee believed that only a fraction of Americans live and work in well-designed buildings. Reasoning that everyone deserves thoughtful design and that architects should be available to serve more than just the wealthy, he made Hale County—a poor, rural area in western Alabama—a case study for social justice through architecture. As a first step, Mockbee and colleague D. K. Ruth founded the Rural Studio program at Auburn University in 1993.
The Rural Studio spent years designing and building contemporary, practical solutions for the local community in Alabama, having architecture students design and construct projects as one-year thesis studies.
Antioch Baptist Church approached Rural Studio. When its leaders came to dream about their new building, says architect Jared Fulton, "The congregation didn't want any old church … these people said over and over that they wanted the Cadillac of churches!"
Fulton was one of four students on this project, and he made a new building for Antioch Baptist his thesis. Many in the black, rural congregation were skeptical that a few students would be capable of demolishing, designing, and constructing their church building within one year.
The Rural Studio's plan called for the existing building to be carefully disassembled so that approximately 80 percent of the materials could be reused for the new structure. The church raised about $10,000. The Rural Studio donated the most expensive components of the building process, design fees, and labor.
The final plan alluded to Cadillacs, but incorporated a spiritual metaphor much more strongly: Antioch Baptist's concrete walls, which represent death, flank the church cemetery. As members emerge from the concrete baptistery, they cross over the threshold into a sanctuary clad in wood, which represents life.
The Greater Boston Vineyard
Cambridge, Massachusetts | CBT Architects
Our Lady of Pity Church was designed by Charles Greco and dedicated in 1923 as a French Catholic church in Cambridge. It operated until the late '90s, when the Archdiocese of Boston closed it due to financial hardship.
The building now has a new life as the home of a Vineyard church. The Greater Boston Vineyard is one of a number of new Protestant congregations that have re-inhabited and renewed discarded Catholic buildings.
When church leaders bought the building, they knew there was a problem. Lead pastor Dave Schmeltzer says that while the church's aesthetics did not conflict with the Vineyard's mission, its building plan did. The doors of the original church's sanctuary opened directly outside. "You went to service," Schmeltzer says, "and when service was over, it shooed you away, out to the street."
To alleviate this problem, the Vineyard hired CBT Architects in Boston. Although CBT typically does large-scale corporate work, two of its employees, Glenn Knowles and Chris Brown, were active in the Vineyard congregation and local church community.
The architects flipped the church's orientation 180 degrees: The new entrance is where the old sanctuary's sacristy and preparation space once were. The entry now leads into a lobby with a soaring and ornate dome, which was once the apse. A large glass wall where the altar had been now separates the lobby from the sanctuary.
Although the building's glass wall is elegant, the most striking additions to the building are the acoustic clouds suspended from the ceiling. Whereas the previous congregation had only organ and vocals, the Vineyard uses multimedia projection, video, and performance-style worship music.
Gary Wang is a senior designer at Machado and Silvetti in Boston. His work can be seen at WangArchitects.com.
Six Protestant churches that strive to match form with faith
Protestant churches at the turn of the century asked themselves, How can we continue to build lavish buildings when there are people in need and missionaries to support? Like the rising modernists, they argued that ornamentation was frivolous and costly, and that they could do much more with much less. However, few churches saw modernism as a solution to their concerns, and they abandoned innovative design.
If churches then had seen what they had in common with modernism, they could have allied their sense of responsibility with cutting-edge design. Instead, churches, which were the architectural focal points of early American settlements, left the conversation of progressive architecture. But in the past few years, missions-minded Protestant churches have begun to rediscover architecture.
The following churches decided that their buildings were an important part of their ministry, not merely afterthoughts. And while many churches are moving toward traditional design, these churches believe there is still something to be said for a contemporary approach. They believe that buildings can express the values of congregations, bringing new meaning to the act of stewardship in architecture.
First Presbyterian Church
Encino, California | Abramson Teiger Architects
The old building of the First Presbyterian Church in Encino, California, mirrored its congregation: it was aging quickly and in desperate need of renovation. Attendance was dwindling. The church's leaders hoped that if they injected vitality into the building, the congregation would follow suit.
The church chose Abramson Teiger Architects, a firm that did not have a church or religious space in its portfolio.
Architect Trevor Abramson recalls that it was one of his initial concepts that won over the committee. "During the interview, I envisioned the two sides of the ceiling as hands cupped in prayer over the congregation," he said. The spaces between the crossed fingers would allow filtered light into the space.
That concept was preserved through the building process, which cost the church less than $1 million, including architectural fees.
The pastor wanted to be among the congregation, so the lectern was designed to be on the floor with casters. The Communion table is also mobile. A light well (a shaft that opens to the outside) mysteriously illuminates the choir.
After the church's renovation, the size of its congregation grew. Besides that, Abramson says many more weddings now take place in First Presbyterian. In addition, secular organizations have requested to hold concerts in First Presbyterian. For the congregation, that means greater opportunities for outreach.
Friends Meetinghouse
San Antonio, Texas | Lake|Flato Architects
Simplicity. Quietness. Plainness. Those were the words that were to guide Lake|Flato architects in designing this Quaker meetinghouse. Before a new space was built, the San Antonio Friends owned what they thought was the perfect site, a beautiful piece of land ideal for contemplation. After negotiating with the church, architect Bob Harris began site analyses and preliminary proposals.
The few people living next door protested the project. Out of respect for their neighbors, the Friends decided to move elsewhere. They eventually chose a site far from perfect. It was semi-urban and faced a beauty salon and a drainage ditch.
Harris flattened the sloping land and created a plateau to look out over the drainage ditch. The Friends planted trees and greenery between the ditch and the church—a sanctuary for birds and wildlife amid busy streets. On the plateau is the main gathering space that Harris designed for quiet contemplation. Rustic and unadorned, it displays an authentic expression of natural materials in the tradition of early Quakers. But, as Harris says, the Quakers' taste for plainness isn't nostalgia or a rejection of contemporary design. "They do not want architecture to take on a meaning of its own, but to be simple, beautiful, and background," he says.
The San Antonio Friends say that construction cost less than a one-bedroom condominium in many major cities. Lake|Flato showed that good design does not necessarily mean expensive design, even when hiring a nationally recognized firm.
Korean Church of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts | Brian Healy Architects
The Korean Church of Boston (KCB) was founded in 1953 as the first Korean church in New England. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, KCB launched an unusual fundraising campaign: to create a children's chapel and community center.
Architect Brian Healy divided the building into sacred and secular spaces. The chapel—a sacred component—is tucked behind the sanctuary and faces a residential community. The community center's coffee shop, a secular component that is a vehicle for outreach, faces a busy Boston street. KCB also offers language programs and other cultural events.
The jewel of the new building is the children's center. Skylights dance playfully across the ceiling. Seating is less rigid and formal than in KCB's former chapel, allowing children to walk, stand, or sit on benches all around the stage. Negative space creates the cross at the front, which is a reference to architect Tadao Ando's celebrated Church of the Light in Osaka, Japan.
Healy says KCB wants its children to have a different kind of church experience, one that engages the world right outside.
Churches and Community Centers
Bolivia and Honduras | Jae Cha, Light Inc.
Jae Cha has the mind of an artist, the heart of a missionary, and the spirit of a nomad. Although architects are typically rooted in one place, Cha says she goes to wherever the Spirit calls her, spreading the Good News. Her design firm, Light Inc., is based in Washington, D.C., but her work has been produced in Latin America and Africa. Unlike most global architectural firms, Light Inc. is a nonprofit.
Cha's church buildings break away from the old church archetype. Traditional churches are usually cruciform or rectangular and often have a tower to show authority. Cha believes that the body of Christ is nonhierarchical, and that therefore the church building should not be either.
Cha's churches show Christ as the center of community. It is the spirit of the community rather than the building that reaches up to the heavens. Thus, her buildings are always bold, symmetrical shapes, and flat on top. Her church in Bolivia is a circle within a circle; the Honduran church is two layers of squares. These layers let in natural light and allow the congregation—and fresh air—to move freely in and out.
Cha says her architectural inspiration comes in part from studying fashion. The sheathing of the building is like an evenly draped fabric on skin, covering the body of Christ.
Antioch Baptist Church
Perry County, Alabama | Rural Studio, Auburn University
The late architect Sam Mockbee believed that only a fraction of Americans live and work in well-designed buildings. Reasoning that everyone deserves thoughtful design and that architects should be available to serve more than just the wealthy, he made Hale County—a poor, rural area in western Alabama—a case study for social justice through architecture. As a first step, Mockbee and colleague D. K. Ruth founded the Rural Studio program at Auburn University in 1993.
The Rural Studio spent years designing and building contemporary, practical solutions for the local community in Alabama, having architecture students design and construct projects as one-year thesis studies.
Antioch Baptist Church approached Rural Studio. When its leaders came to dream about their new building, says architect Jared Fulton, "The congregation didn't want any old church … these people said over and over that they wanted the Cadillac of churches!"
Fulton was one of four students on this project, and he made a new building for Antioch Baptist his thesis. Many in the black, rural congregation were skeptical that a few students would be capable of demolishing, designing, and constructing their church building within one year.
The Rural Studio's plan called for the existing building to be carefully disassembled so that approximately 80 percent of the materials could be reused for the new structure. The church raised about $10,000. The Rural Studio donated the most expensive components of the building process, design fees, and labor.
The final plan alluded to Cadillacs, but incorporated a spiritual metaphor much more strongly: Antioch Baptist's concrete walls, which represent death, flank the church cemetery. As members emerge from the concrete baptistery, they cross over the threshold into a sanctuary clad in wood, which represents life.
The Greater Boston Vineyard
Cambridge, Massachusetts | CBT Architects
Our Lady of Pity Church was designed by Charles Greco and dedicated in 1923 as a French Catholic church in Cambridge. It operated until the late '90s, when the Archdiocese of Boston closed it due to financial hardship.
The building now has a new life as the home of a Vineyard church. The Greater Boston Vineyard is one of a number of new Protestant congregations that have re-inhabited and renewed discarded Catholic buildings.
When church leaders bought the building, they knew there was a problem. Lead pastor Dave Schmeltzer says that while the church's aesthetics did not conflict with the Vineyard's mission, its building plan did. The doors of the original church's sanctuary opened directly outside. "You went to service," Schmeltzer says, "and when service was over, it shooed you away, out to the street."
To alleviate this problem, the Vineyard hired CBT Architects in Boston. Although CBT typically does large-scale corporate work, two of its employees, Glenn Knowles and Chris Brown, were active in the Vineyard congregation and local church community.
The architects flipped the church's orientation 180 degrees: The new entrance is where the old sanctuary's sacristy and preparation space once were. The entry now leads into a lobby with a soaring and ornate dome, which was once the apse. A large glass wall where the altar had been now separates the lobby from the sanctuary.
Although the building's glass wall is elegant, the most striking additions to the building are the acoustic clouds suspended from the ceiling. Whereas the previous congregation had only organ and vocals, the Vineyard uses multimedia projection, video, and performance-style worship music.
Gary Wang is a senior designer at Machado and Silvetti in Boston. His work can be seen at WangArchitects.com.
SAPTAWNG AVANGA KA ZAHNA!
Kan chenna khawvel hi Saptawng Khawvel a lo ni ta. Saptawng tel miah lo chuan eng huangah mah hian ‘Sera mu a thur’ theih ta lo a ni ber mai. Tin, saptawng hi ka pianpui tawng alo ni lo lehzel vei nen, a kilkhawr leh a lairil thuk tak thleng a hrethiam leh hmangthiam ziazang chi phei chu ka ni lo lehzual a. Chuvangin, keini ang hi chuan Saptawng Khawvelah hian Saptawng avanga zah em em na hi tawk deuh ut reng mai pawh ni ila thilmak anih awm loh hle laiin, ka hawl chin a zim aleiah rinai tak chuan tawk tlem ka la inti ta zawk a. A vanneihthlak hle!
ZAH VAWIKHATNA
Engpawhnisela, Saptawng avang liau liau hian tum thum chu tihtakzetin ka lo zak ve tawh. Saptawng avanga ka zahna hmasa ber chu Dawrpui Kohhran Committee Room-ah a ni a. BA result ka nghah laiin Dawrpui Kohhranin an Kohhran School a thawk turin zirtirtu an la dawn a. Chu hna chu ka va dil ve a ni. Ka damchhunga a hmasa ber atan hnalak chungchanga Interview Board ka hmachhawn tur chu ka han zam nasa khawp a. Ka zam nasat dan chu sawifiah vak ngaihna a awm lo. Vawi tamtak ka zun sek hnuin ka hun a lo thleng ve ta a. Zun a rawn chhuak leh nghal ngut ngut tho! Thin a phu pawng dawt dawt a. Mitmeng a phelh ruai a, khawhmuhte pawh, — diktak chuan, a fiah hranpa lo ani tih chu step mam tha lai tak ka rahpial tak tlat avangin a chiang reng mai. Kawngkhar ka han hawng khur dar dar a. Luh veleha chham tura ka lo vawn sa ran ran chu chhamchhuah tuma ka inhampuar vel lai takin kawngkhar hnuailam za chu ri fawk khawp a nain ka han chhuih leh ta a! Zawhna tam pawh min zawt hmanin ka hre lo. Pangngai tak chuan ka chhang ve zel chuan ka inhre ringawt a. Chutah, Upa pakhat chuan, “Lal Biakna tawngtaina a ‘I hming zahawm rawh se...’ tih hi saptawngin engtinnge ni ang?” a han ti a. Kei chuan rang fahranin, “Thy Kingdom come...” ka han ti ta rup mai ani! Min zawttupa chu a nui kiai suk mai. “A tawk e, a tawk e...” an ti ta ruai mai a.
Ka chhanna dikloh rapthlakzia chu pawn ka chhuah tirh chuan ka la hre mai lo lehnghal a. Phurrit hrawl fahran paihbo tehchawkah ka inchan a. Thaw hawk hawk chungin Bazar pheiah ka kal phei vel a. Interview lam rilruah a la lut hleithei lo. Bazar Bungkawn vel atangin thluak a fim tan a. Lal Biakna chungchanga ka chhanna dik lohzia chu thawklehkhatah ka hrechhuak ta phut mai a ni. Ka ngaihtuah nasat poh leh ka zak tawlh tawlh mai a. A va han manganthlak tehreng em! “Ka va let leh ang. Ka va hrilhfiah hlawm dawn...” te ka han ti rilru ut ut vei thin a. “Dawrpui Upa ho chuan mawl min va ti dawn em!” ka ti a. Kilkhata Upa Rokamlova lo thu nui vur mai hmelte chu mitthlaah a rawn inlar tak zut zut a! Eng engemaw chu ka inngaihbel ta zel mai a. Ka inngaihtuah thinrim ta a ni. Mawl min tih leh tih loh pawh hre uk si lo khan, “An mi ngaih anga mawl chu ka ni bik lo,” te ka ti! Min han lak dawn loh chian vei nen, “Min la mahse, ka thawk lovang!” te ka ti thul! “Dawrpui Upa ho hi a mal malin Lal Biakna hi Saptawng baka Grik tawngin in ka la chhamkhum vek ang,” te ka ti! Tichuan, min hriatzui phei zawng ka ring hauh lo naa, tunthleng hian kha zawhna min zawttu Upa leh Upa Rokamlova te hi ka hmuh chang chuan ka la zak ru deuh reuh reuh thin!
ZAH VAWIHNIHNA
Saptawng avanga ka zah vawihnihna pawh hi tawngtaina lam thil bawk a ni a. Mission Vengthlang Kohhran Hall-ah a ni thung. North East India Christian Council Youth Assembly (NEICCYA) Inkhawmpuiah Palai ka ni ve naa, ka titha peih lo angreng khawp mai a. Rorel inkhawm chawhma lamah chuan report pek turte ka neih ve avangin ka tel tluan hram a. Chawhnu lam chu ka bo leh daih a. Zan lam pawh inkhawm ka tum hran lo. Amaherawhchu, rilru a inthiam hlei thei lova. Chuvangin, tlai fahranah hmanhmawh rilru fe siin ka thleng thla a. Inkhawm an lo tan der tawh a. Tlar hnung berah emaw, a dawttuah emaw tal thut a, duh huna puhbo leh mai tum rilru tak chungin ka han dak dek dek a. Mahse, thutna a lo khat vek tawh mai si a. Tichuan, khualchhawn thothang tha zet mai chuan mipui rehthup tawh karah chuan min hruai min hruai a, tlar hmasa langsar lai tak maiah min han nghat ta a ni. Lai deuh takin thuthmun ka remfel a, ka han hawichhuak leh chiah tihah chuan inkhawm hruaitu chuan kan zavaia aiawha tawngtaina hun hmang turin min han sawm ta thut mai a nih chu! Ka va han haw mai mai tak em!
Dawhsan atang chuan ka han thlirthla a. Mipui an tam kher mai. Hmelhriat, hmelhriat vak loh leh hmelhriat reng reng loh, a zo a vaiin an inthutpawlh nuk mai a. Kan dopui (Salvation Army) Tawtawrawt Pi leh Pu ho pawh tlar hmasa lamah chuan an thuam famkim nen an lo thu tle ver vur mai bawk a. Rilru a inpeih lo nasa a, zamawm tak a ni. Mizo tawnga tawngtai tur pawh nise ka chham buai fe na turah chuan saptawngin eng eng emaw chu ka han chham chho ta nawk nawk a. A bul lam chu a mar tha ve viau naa, rilru lam lo chiai deuh bawk nen, engemaw chen atang chuan ka haihchham titih ta a! Chuvangin, arang aranga tihtawp vat mai kha tha berin ka hre ta a ni.
Awm a nuam lem lo viau mai! Inkhawm banah chuan Synod Zaipawl lama kan thiannu pakhatin min rawn chibai a, “I titha khawp mai,” min ti! Awm a ti nuam chuang miah lo. Ka inngaihtuah lungpuam leh ta pek a. “Saptawnga tawngtai te chu vawitam vawitam ka lo ti ve tawh a, zanin ang ngawt kha chu ka ni bik lo,” ka ti a. Kan lehkha zir laia Evangelical Union (EU), University Evangelical Graduate Fellowship (UEGF) bakah Presbyterian Youth Fellowship (PYF) tih velah te a ka tawngtai zozai(!) te kha ka han ngaihtuah chhuak thar vel zur zur a! Awmzia erawh a nei chau viau. Ngaihtuahna rau tak a ni hran lo! “Naga Service lamah te pawh thu min sawitir thin a. Ka thusawi zawhah te pawh duah deuh fein ka lo tawngtai ve tawh thin...” te ka ti rilru ta vel zel a. Naga Service sawi takah chuan, — Naga thian leh ‘engemaw-laia-thian-aia-thuk-zawk-i’ avang khan an inkhawmna a va tel ve zeuh zeuh leh vawi 2/1 thusawi tura min sawmna han tihhlawhtlin a, han inlak vai tingtang vel kha ka tan thil hrehawm lutuk a ni fahran lo!
— Rochamliana, Mission Veng
ZAH VAWIKHATNA
Engpawhnisela, Saptawng avang liau liau hian tum thum chu tihtakzetin ka lo zak ve tawh. Saptawng avanga ka zahna hmasa ber chu Dawrpui Kohhran Committee Room-ah a ni a. BA result ka nghah laiin Dawrpui Kohhranin an Kohhran School a thawk turin zirtirtu an la dawn a. Chu hna chu ka va dil ve a ni. Ka damchhunga a hmasa ber atan hnalak chungchanga Interview Board ka hmachhawn tur chu ka han zam nasa khawp a. Ka zam nasat dan chu sawifiah vak ngaihna a awm lo. Vawi tamtak ka zun sek hnuin ka hun a lo thleng ve ta a. Zun a rawn chhuak leh nghal ngut ngut tho! Thin a phu pawng dawt dawt a. Mitmeng a phelh ruai a, khawhmuhte pawh, — diktak chuan, a fiah hranpa lo ani tih chu step mam tha lai tak ka rahpial tak tlat avangin a chiang reng mai. Kawngkhar ka han hawng khur dar dar a. Luh veleha chham tura ka lo vawn sa ran ran chu chhamchhuah tuma ka inhampuar vel lai takin kawngkhar hnuailam za chu ri fawk khawp a nain ka han chhuih leh ta a! Zawhna tam pawh min zawt hmanin ka hre lo. Pangngai tak chuan ka chhang ve zel chuan ka inhre ringawt a. Chutah, Upa pakhat chuan, “Lal Biakna tawngtaina a ‘I hming zahawm rawh se...’ tih hi saptawngin engtinnge ni ang?” a han ti a. Kei chuan rang fahranin, “Thy Kingdom come...” ka han ti ta rup mai ani! Min zawttupa chu a nui kiai suk mai. “A tawk e, a tawk e...” an ti ta ruai mai a.
Ka chhanna dikloh rapthlakzia chu pawn ka chhuah tirh chuan ka la hre mai lo lehnghal a. Phurrit hrawl fahran paihbo tehchawkah ka inchan a. Thaw hawk hawk chungin Bazar pheiah ka kal phei vel a. Interview lam rilruah a la lut hleithei lo. Bazar Bungkawn vel atangin thluak a fim tan a. Lal Biakna chungchanga ka chhanna dik lohzia chu thawklehkhatah ka hrechhuak ta phut mai a ni. Ka ngaihtuah nasat poh leh ka zak tawlh tawlh mai a. A va han manganthlak tehreng em! “Ka va let leh ang. Ka va hrilhfiah hlawm dawn...” te ka han ti rilru ut ut vei thin a. “Dawrpui Upa ho chuan mawl min va ti dawn em!” ka ti a. Kilkhata Upa Rokamlova lo thu nui vur mai hmelte chu mitthlaah a rawn inlar tak zut zut a! Eng engemaw chu ka inngaihbel ta zel mai a. Ka inngaihtuah thinrim ta a ni. Mawl min tih leh tih loh pawh hre uk si lo khan, “An mi ngaih anga mawl chu ka ni bik lo,” te ka ti! Min han lak dawn loh chian vei nen, “Min la mahse, ka thawk lovang!” te ka ti thul! “Dawrpui Upa ho hi a mal malin Lal Biakna hi Saptawng baka Grik tawngin in ka la chhamkhum vek ang,” te ka ti! Tichuan, min hriatzui phei zawng ka ring hauh lo naa, tunthleng hian kha zawhna min zawttu Upa leh Upa Rokamlova te hi ka hmuh chang chuan ka la zak ru deuh reuh reuh thin!
ZAH VAWIHNIHNA
Saptawng avanga ka zah vawihnihna pawh hi tawngtaina lam thil bawk a ni a. Mission Vengthlang Kohhran Hall-ah a ni thung. North East India Christian Council Youth Assembly (NEICCYA) Inkhawmpuiah Palai ka ni ve naa, ka titha peih lo angreng khawp mai a. Rorel inkhawm chawhma lamah chuan report pek turte ka neih ve avangin ka tel tluan hram a. Chawhnu lam chu ka bo leh daih a. Zan lam pawh inkhawm ka tum hran lo. Amaherawhchu, rilru a inthiam hlei thei lova. Chuvangin, tlai fahranah hmanhmawh rilru fe siin ka thleng thla a. Inkhawm an lo tan der tawh a. Tlar hnung berah emaw, a dawttuah emaw tal thut a, duh huna puhbo leh mai tum rilru tak chungin ka han dak dek dek a. Mahse, thutna a lo khat vek tawh mai si a. Tichuan, khualchhawn thothang tha zet mai chuan mipui rehthup tawh karah chuan min hruai min hruai a, tlar hmasa langsar lai tak maiah min han nghat ta a ni. Lai deuh takin thuthmun ka remfel a, ka han hawichhuak leh chiah tihah chuan inkhawm hruaitu chuan kan zavaia aiawha tawngtaina hun hmang turin min han sawm ta thut mai a nih chu! Ka va han haw mai mai tak em!
Dawhsan atang chuan ka han thlirthla a. Mipui an tam kher mai. Hmelhriat, hmelhriat vak loh leh hmelhriat reng reng loh, a zo a vaiin an inthutpawlh nuk mai a. Kan dopui (Salvation Army) Tawtawrawt Pi leh Pu ho pawh tlar hmasa lamah chuan an thuam famkim nen an lo thu tle ver vur mai bawk a. Rilru a inpeih lo nasa a, zamawm tak a ni. Mizo tawnga tawngtai tur pawh nise ka chham buai fe na turah chuan saptawngin eng eng emaw chu ka han chham chho ta nawk nawk a. A bul lam chu a mar tha ve viau naa, rilru lam lo chiai deuh bawk nen, engemaw chen atang chuan ka haihchham titih ta a! Chuvangin, arang aranga tihtawp vat mai kha tha berin ka hre ta a ni.
Awm a nuam lem lo viau mai! Inkhawm banah chuan Synod Zaipawl lama kan thiannu pakhatin min rawn chibai a, “I titha khawp mai,” min ti! Awm a ti nuam chuang miah lo. Ka inngaihtuah lungpuam leh ta pek a. “Saptawnga tawngtai te chu vawitam vawitam ka lo ti ve tawh a, zanin ang ngawt kha chu ka ni bik lo,” ka ti a. Kan lehkha zir laia Evangelical Union (EU), University Evangelical Graduate Fellowship (UEGF) bakah Presbyterian Youth Fellowship (PYF) tih velah te a ka tawngtai zozai(!) te kha ka han ngaihtuah chhuak thar vel zur zur a! Awmzia erawh a nei chau viau. Ngaihtuahna rau tak a ni hran lo! “Naga Service lamah te pawh thu min sawitir thin a. Ka thusawi zawhah te pawh duah deuh fein ka lo tawngtai ve tawh thin...” te ka ti rilru ta vel zel a. Naga Service sawi takah chuan, — Naga thian leh ‘engemaw-laia-thian-aia-thuk-zawk-i’ avang khan an inkhawmna a va tel ve zeuh zeuh leh vawi 2/1 thusawi tura min sawmna han tihhlawhtlin a, han inlak vai tingtang vel kha ka tan thil hrehawm lutuk a ni fahran lo!
— Rochamliana, Mission Veng
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