Wednesday, August 19, 2009

With Love


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

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.

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...’

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”