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NUIHZA FIAMTHU
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Pu Lianzinga kha an Kohhranah Tual Upa a
ni a. Vawi khat chu a Chairman nih ṭumin Chhim
lam Zosap, Rev. H.W. Carter-a kha an Biak Inah a
inkhawm a. Pu Lianzinga chuan a’n introduce a, “Hei
kan Zosap khual hi Parter-a an ti a; a hmelṭhat bakah
Mizo ṭawng lah hi kan aiin a thiam mah mah mai si
a. Kei chu ‘Parte’ ti lo chuan koh phal chi-ah ka ngai
lo. Tin chhim ho saw kawng tam takah tluk lohna kan
nei a. Chhimbâl an nei a, Hmarbâl a awm ve miah lo”
a’n tih chuan Pu Carter-a pawh chu a insum zo bik lo.
Kulikawn Biak Ina Inrinni zan Rilru sawi
inkhawmah Pu Lianzinga a lo ding chhuak a, “Tun
kar ka rilru chu ka motor leh ka fapa-ah a innghat
ber a. Ka fapa Biaksanga’n ka motor Silchar lamah
a khalh a. Lo che sual palh se ka fapa leh ka motor
ka chân dawn tihna a ni a, thil dang reng reng ka
ngaihtuah hlei thei lo. Tin, hmanni chu kan huanah
kel a lut a, ‘Rawna, zuk hnawt teh” ka ti a, a duh lo a.
‘Auvi, nangin le’ ka ti a, a zuk hnawt ta a; hnawt lo se
chu kan huana anṭam leh iskut te khu an pet chhe vek
ang chu” a ti a. Inkhawm ban chuan pitar mihlimho
chuan, “Pu Lianzinga te thlarau mi nge nge. A rilru
sawi aṭang khan ka harh hawk mai” tiin an lawmthu
an sawi ve tliar tliar tho.
Kulikawn pa, Pu Nunthanga zan inkhawm
thusawi tur pawh, a din chhuah tawh hnu-ah, a chang
thlan chhinchhiah nana a lehkha zeh a lo tla a. A
Buatsaihtu : M. Lalmanzuala
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In ṭangphelin a lian ta a ni. (Vanmawia’n) Saitual
a ropui (zawk) a ni a’n ti a, ani (Colney-a) Biak In
ngaisang chi lehnghal (chuan), hnial ngaihna a
hre tawh lo.
“Vanmawia’n, ‘Tun hma ngat phei chuan
khawvela khaw ropui ni tur chuan Biak In (Cathedral)
awmna lo reng reng khaw ropui a ni thei hlek lo’
a ti a. Chan ṭha inti tak mai khan a ti ngât ngât a.
Ani’n (Colney-a) kawng danga ti ta lovin Saitual a
pan ta ngat mai a. Mahni lo maha an ṭul nâk alaiin,
chhunah Public Meeting a ko, ka curfew ê, a ti a. Kan
tlangvalte (rammu) hi eng eng emawah kan ziaktute
(MNF Secretary te) ho nen an tel zel mai a, public
meeting neih kha an tui em em mai maw le! An ning
thei mang lo. Khangho pawh kha an ko khawm a, an
kim duh hrep mai si a, a’n (Colney-a) ding chhuak
fai vur mai a, a inchei peih si a, a hmelin mi a ang
si, a pum a hleitling si ! (Vanṭhuama’n, ‘Amah hi a
sang viau lo maw?’ a lo ti a). E! fit 5:11, fit 6 a tling
ṭhelh a nia.
“A’n ding chhuak phawng mai khan, ‘Saitual
khua, induh tur in awm lo. Lenchim khaw piaha
khaw tlim purh in ni ve mai. Kha! lu bukte ka hmu
lehnghal che u, ramhnuai pasalṭha tih ang khawlai
mi’n an ti ve ngai la’w! Sa lu hâwn âwm hmelpu,
mahni awmna khawmualpui chhan ngam, meng kê
kâw te’n an ti ngai nia! In nulate zungbun bun dan te
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NUIHZA FIAMTHU
Buatsaihtu : M. Lalmanzuala
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hi en ngun rawh u, a tlar ṭhum ringawt mai! pasal neih
huna buntirna tur a leng hlei nem, awmze nei deuhvin
inbel teh u khai!’ a’n ti a. An zungbun bun lai te kha
an phawi zâl zâl mai a, an nui mang hlawm si lo va;
a...a zahthlak riau a nia. ‘Saitual khua lehkhathiam
kan tam, chuti khati, mahni awmna khawmual chhan
ngam ram tana chhuak awm lawi lo, vai lo kal chânga
vai ṭawng inlehsiak huai huai ringawt.
“Lamliam kamah dawr tê tak tê tê te in nei a,
tukverh khamphei in hawng a, zial tel 5 leh pankhawr
pahnih emaw in hung chhuak a, balhla thlar khat
emaw in khai a, in tho tlai ve ringawt mai! Kamding
nuih rualte’n in nui rawk rawk mai, hei!’ (A...
Kamding nena nuih rualte sawi tei vet mai chu(h),
awm ngaihna a vang duh awm e! )
‘Saitualho in kâwi in sak chhan te hi, mi an lo
luh changa khawnge in tlangval a awm? an tih a, in
kâwi lamah a awm in tih duh vang mai mai a ni’ te a
ti a. ‘In lo lamah kan riak, thlam a zing chuk ringawt.
In chawhlui kil kan han hmu leh che u a, unau za
dar insi khupin chaw in kîl. In khuaah chawlhni in
hmang dul dul bawk. Tiang hi khaw changkang a ni
ngai law,’ a’n ti a. A ṭhenin an run si, a ṭhenin engah
mah an ngai si law, fiamthu angin an la a, an nuih a
za bawk si.
“Saitual an chhuahsan dawn, an inak tawh,
khawlaiah nuhovin an tâwk. ‘In tlangvalte rêng mai
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Kulikawn saw veng hlun tih takah pa ropui tak
tak awmna a ni reng a. Shillong-a puanthui zira kal,
a lo haw a, lumêt ta daih Hualchhunga pawh kha
Kulikawn pa a ni. Professional barber awm chhun
kha a ni a. Aizawl milian chin kha chu a bial vek a
ni mai. Kulikawn pa lar leh mi zah hlawh tak Paul
Zakhuma lu a meh sak ṭumin, ani ang pa zahawm a
thuhnuaia a dah ve theih lai tiin tihdan pangngai deuh
tho siin, “Ding lam, vei lam, dâk rawh, kun rawh,”
a’n tiha a thu ang anga a tizel mai kha nuam a ti ta
lutuk a, “Chê che suh,’ te ka’n ti vel a, a haw ngam
der mai si lo va, nuam ka ti lutuk chu ka nui ru char
char e,” a ti alawm. Mission-Sap lu, chawhnu dar
2-a a meh sak ṭhin, ṭum khat dar 4-a a kal chu a lo
kamkhat deuh a, a ni lah chuan eng danga chhang
lovin, “India independent hnu hi chuan Sap-ho hi kan
zah tawh vak lo che u a nia!” a ti a ni.
Pu Lianzinga pawh kha dawrkai hausa khatih laia
sana nei tlêm te zinga mi kha a ni a. An dawr kawt
kawlthei zarah dâr atan Motor wheel rim a khai a;
Sipai/Police tih ang hian dâr chin hriat nân darkar
tin a vaw ṭhin a. Sana nei lo la tam lai kha chuan
vantlang pawhin an ṭangkaipui ngiang a. Ṭum khat
chu dar 12 a vaw zo chiah tihin awmze nei loin a ri
ta nawk nawk mai a. Engtiziange tia an va ngaihchân
chuan dar 11 vuak turah 12 a vua a, a chawk chhe
leh a lo ni a.

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An haw kawnga thui fe an kal hnu-ah motor-a ri
deuh buk a hriat chu, eng nge, tiin a driver a zawt a,
ani’n gear a thlak ti-a a’n chhan chuan, “Thlak ngai
zawng zawng chu Silchar-ah thlak vek tur ka ti a ni
lo’m ni?” tiin a zilh hauh bawk.
A makpa Thanglianchhunga pawh kha
chanchin ngah tak a ni. Hla a hriat loh dan erawh
kha chu awihawm lo khawp a ni. (Vanlal)Ruatin, “U
Thanglianchhung eng nge i hla duh ber?” a tih chu,
“There goes my only satisfaction,” tiin a chhang
nghal thlap. Khang hun laia hla lar tak ṭhin, Elvis
Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, Anne Murray leh
zaithiam dangten an insaksiak luai luai ṭhin ‘There
goes my everything’ leh The Rolling Stones, (Mick
Jagger) –ten (I Can’t Get No) ‘Satisfaction’ an sak lar
em em ṭhinte kha a lo remkhawm ve vat mai a ni ber.
Kan tlangval lai chuan, Anglo-India nula pakhat
aw mawi deuh maiina, “This is the commercial
service of Radio Ceylon broadcating to all Asia,”
a rawn tih ṭâlh ṭâlh ṭhin kha hre lo aram kan awm
meuh lo. ‘Listeners’ Choice’ phei kha chu kan hmaih
mang mang lo a ni. Hla thlan 10 emaw zet kâra fakna
pakhat ‘Remember Horlick, Lick’ an tih ziah chu,
Pu Thangkhama, J. Lalhmingliana pa chuan, “He hla
hi tu thlan nge maw ni le? An va tihchhuah zinsak bik
ve?” a ti mauh mai.
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THUHMAHRUAI
Mizote hi hnam fing tak kan ni a. Kan pi leh pute
hunah khan an finna chu ram leh hnam leh khawtlang
tana thil ṭha leh ṭangkai ngaihtuah chhuaha tih nan an
lo hmang ṭhin a. Hnam taima, hnam rinawm, hnam
tlawmngai, hnam hawihhâwm leh hnam huaisen te
kan lo nih phah a. Zonunmawi pârvulna hun kha an
lo nei a ni.
Zu hi a hmang thiam lo tan chuan mimal nun
tichhetu leh khawtlang nun tibuaitu a ni thei a. Hnam
dangten a hman thiam dan inzirtir bâk chu tihdan an
hriat loh laiin kan pi leh pute kha chuan Daikhalh
nachâng an hria a. Thil ṭha tih nan chhan nei vekin an
hmang a. An hnam nunah Thilṭha nihna an chantir
a. Hman sual thiang lovah an chantir thiam a ni.
Hetianga tih nachang hria hnam dang zingah an awm
kan hre lo.
Man leh mual awmze nei tak leh ṭangkaina nei
takin an lo siam a. Inneih dan leh inṭhen dan pawh
chipchiar leh kimchang takin an lo nei bawk a ni. Dan
ṭha leh ṭangkai tam tak an neih zingah hengte hi a
langsar zual kan ti thei ang.
Saphovin, ‘Laughter is the best medicine’ an lo
ti mathlawn lovin, nuih hi a hlimthlakin damdawi ṭha
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an mak mai. Kan awm loh hlanin kan bai te an lo tem
a, kan nula chauh a awm si a’ te an ti ṭak ṭak maw le.
‘E, nu khawiah nge in awm a?’ a’n ti a. Hmeichhe
in nghak lo, nu in luah lum lo te chu ngaithiam reng
reng hek lo. A lo chhuah hnu pawha hmeichhe lêng
lêng tih a rik leh daih tawh hi. ‘E, nu khawnge in awm
a?’ a’n ti a. ‘Eh, veng lehlamah kan campaign, kan
nula chauh in nghakah kan dah a,’ an ti a. ‘Nu, veng
lehlamah in campaign bo daih a, in nula chauhvin in
a nghak a maw?’ a’n ti a. ‘Ni e,’ an ti a. ‘Chuti chung
chuan kan tlangvalte’n bai chauh maw an tem? Hman
lai chuan nu leh pate’n an fanute inah an uap khar a,
muhil tawh anga an awm pawhin âw an han thian leh
ṭalh ṭalh a, ti chung chuan sâwn te an lo la thlak hram
asin. Nangni, nu, chhungkhata nu ber veng lehlamah
in campaign bo daih a, in nulate’n in an nghak a, kan
tlangvalte’n in bai chauh an tem chu kan tlangval te
an va ṭha ve, kan tlangvalte an mak loh ngawt chu’
a’n ti a. An hawihai nasa khawp mai a, an hawi hâ
hlawm mai a ni.
“Sihfa-ah an phei leh a. Kan Parliamentary
Secretary Zahmuaka BA zirlai, Sihfa khua te khan
an zui phei a. Sihfa an va thlen khan paho khan ti tak
khê khâw khân, rilru hah tak mai khân, ‘Hetianga thil
hahthlak leh nasa tih dawn te chuan Mizoram pate
pawh hi inrawn zau a ngai a nia’ an ti mar mar mai
maw le! Tah chuan chhunah bawk public meeting a
nei leh ta. ‘Sihfaho he laiah in lo awm ve a...’ Ṭan
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tak a ni tak meuh va. Hnam dangin nuihza fiamthu
thiam bîk an neiha an hlimpui em em laiin chutiang
mi chu an nei tam ngai lo. Mizote erawh chu ṭhian
pali panga inkawmkhawm zingah chuan fiamthu
thawh thiam pakhat emaw tal hi chu kan nei deuh zel
a. Inkawmhlim nan kan hmang ṭangkai em em a ni.
Hei hi Mizo thluak ṭhat danglam bîk lanchianna tak
niin ka hria.
Kan fiamthu thiam langsar zual, Pu A. Thanglura
te, Rev. Thansiama te, Pu L. Malsawm Colney-a te
kamchhuak te hi nuihzat thlak an nih ai mahin zirtir
awmze tak nei an nih hi an hlut zualna a ni.
Kan ze ṭha te kan hriat zau leh zawk nan leh
kan hlimpui theihna a nih beiseiin heng fiamthu
lakkhawm te hi kan han tichhuak a ni e.
A bu kawma Comedian Search thlalak dah min
phalsaktu Mapuia chungah lawmthu kan sawi e.
M.Lalmanzuala
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dan mawi hmang te thiam hek lo, keini te chuan,
‘tlawmngai leh huaisen takin theihtawp in lo chhuah
a, thlamuan thlak kan ti a. Theihtâwp in chhuah zel
pawh kan beisei a...’ kan han ti a, mi rilru a dam huai
huai a nia!
“Ani a’n ding chhuak ve chu, ‘he laiah in lo awm
ve a’ tih kha a ngaihnobei ber a ni a, a ṭan dan dang
thiam tel hek lo. ‘Awm ve’ chauh zel an ni a, a sawina
khua reng reng kha. ‘Sihfaho helaiah in lo awm ve
a, Inrinniah in pa fel pawl te aiâwt puin lui lamah
an liam nguah nguah ringawt mai a. In sumhmunah
Suk leh Arbawm an tla hawlh nulh mai a. In pate
leng chhuakin puankawp an veng chhuak a, a tlang
lehlam an kai pharh a, chhuatah an bawk tlar a, ‘ka
ngaihdan’ te an han ti ve a. Chutiang bawk khawm
ngaihdanah eng nge lâk tur awm ang? Leng hawn
dawnah in nute’n in fate in pate leng an kohtir a, ‘ka
pa lo haw rawh, i puanven lai ka nu’n awngphahah
a hmang duh’ tih te a ni a. Khawvel hriat phak tum,
rual el awm khawmna Shillong khawpuiah Sihfa ka
hmu ang em? University Register ka en a, Sihfa ka
hmu mawlh lo ! College ka en, Sihfa hmel a vang hle!
Silchar ka lo thlen chhoh thlengin Sihfa hmel a vang
hle. Silchar hmu tawh zawng ka dintir ang che u ang
a, in khât pharh mai tur a nia.’ Tlai deuhva lo lut kha
an han awm leh, ani a thu tak sawi hnuah khan kha
kha a hmu leh a, chhun kha a ni si a. ‘Sihfa ho, ngati
nge public meeting-ah in kim theih lawk loh? In tho
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PS... Did you know it’s a sin for a woman to
make coffee?
Yup, it’s in the Bible. It says . ‘He-brews’
It’s not the words we know that show wisdom, but
how and when we use them.....”
KEEP SMILING!!!! GOD LOVES
YOU BUNCHES AND BUNCHES!!!!
Friends are God’s way of taking care
of us.
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Pa pakhat Hindi thiam ngaihna hna dil khan a
hre tlem viau a ni ang, “Hetah lo kal rawh” Vaiṭawnga
a tih dan tur an zawh chu, inring tawk takin, “Idhar
ao,” tiin a chhang a. “A nih sawtah sawn va kal rawh”
an han tih chuan, a thiamnain tlin tawh hek lo, “Sawta
ṭang sawn, ‘Idhar ao’ ka ti ang a,” a ti daih mai a ni.
Kan ṭhianpa Thanglianchhunga puzawn, Pu
Hrangkhuaia kha chanchin ngah ve pawl tak a ni
a. Indopui zawh hlima sipai motor chhia leichhawng
zinga mi kha a ni ve a. An motor chhiat dan kha
chu a namai lo khawp a, Silchar lehlan nan thla
khat te an hmang ṭhin a ni. Dwarbond(Chhimluang)
leh Vairengte inkar km 15 vel phei chu a chhe
khawp a, Vairengte-a an thlenna turten chaw an lo
chhum kep theih nan, bawngkai te kha thu an chah
chhawng ṭhin a ni.
Silchar Hotela chaw a eiin ar ke kher a duh a, a
vaiṭawng thiamin a daih ngang si lo va, “Murgi ka
tyre deo,” a ti a, ar ke chu an hlui ve mai a ni.
Tun hma khan Cheng khat hi anna(hna) 16 hû
a ni a, anna 4- siki, anna- 8 duli, anna 12- sikithum;
Silchar dawrkai hnena a thil lei cheng khat man chu
sikithuma pe turin a dawn a, A vaiṭawng thiam in a
daih leh lo bawk a, “char anna tin” a ti a, an hrethiam
ve tho mai.
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Q. What excuse did Adam give to his children as to
why he no longer lived in Eden ?
A. Your mother ate us out of house and home.
Q. Which servant of God was the most flagrant
lawbreaker in the Bible?
A. Moses. He broke all 10 commandments at once.
Q. Which area of Middle East was especially
wealthy?
A.. The area around Jordan . The banks were always
overflowing.
Q.. Who is the greatest babysitter mentioned in the
Bible?
A. David. He rocked Goliath to a very deep sleep.
Q. Which Bible character had no parents?
A.. Joshua, son of Nun
Q. Why didn’t they play cards on the Ark ?
A. Because Noah was standing on the deck. (
Groan.)
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se, kei lo chu,” a ti ta mauh mai a. An thinrim chuan
khua aṭanga hnawhchhuahah an vau hman ti tih a ni.
Rumliana thung chuan, “Mahni chauh khan sa ula, a
ni mai alawm,” a tihkhum.
Kum 1959-a Aizawla Electric êng an test
hmasak ber ṭum khan Treasury Square Light Post
hnuaia zu rui pakhat lo tlusawp, êng han hmu thut
chuan, “Lalpa, engti atan nge min duh?” tiin a au
chul mai a ni.
Pu C. Ropianga Lungdai khua-a High School
Headmaster ni ṭhin kha thu peh hel ngai lo mi ve
bawk tak a ni a. Kum 2006-a Mipui Pawl ka din
hlima min rawn zawmtu hmasa ber zinga mi kha a
ni a. Thu pawimawh kan sawi zawh khan, ka zia te
chu a lo hre chiang viau bawk a ni ang, a inkhawm
ve ngai tawh loh thu a sawi chu a chhan ka zawt a.
“Kan khaw mite hi chu kan inhre tlang vek a. Pulpit
lawnkai pha chin Kohhran Upate leh Pastor te hi
ṭhenawm khawvengte tana hmangaihna tlachham tak
tak vek mai an ni a. Kan Pathian thu chuan tlangsawn
theihna hial khawpa rinna chak pawh hmangaihna tel
lo chuan darbenthek ri ang mai a ti a. Darabenthek ri
ka ngaithla peih tawh lo alawm!” tiin min chhang a. A
in kha biak in kalkawnga awm a ni a. Nuho inkhawm
kalin inkhawm tura an sawm chuan a chhanna tur hre
lâwka, “Pu Piang, lo kal ve rawh, darbenthek ri i
ngaithla ang,” an tih ṭhin thu a sawi bawk.
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U Thandanga te, U Zomawia te nena lehkha
den paha hlim taka kan nuihpui ṭhin, ka û, ka ṭhian
ṭha ni bawk, faimthu thiam leh ngaina, U Bawlliana
hriatreng nan
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tlai lo tih kan hria a. A chhan chu in awngphah a pan,
awngphah pan taka mu an tho tlai ngai lo,’ a’n tih
khum leh a.
“Phullen-ah an lut leh a. Mahni lo maha induh
fê, High School te nei tawh, ‘Phullen ho helaiah in
lo awm ve a’ a ti a, a’n ding chhuak fai leh vur mai
a, a ṭang uaih mai a, a han ding te kha. A sang si a,
thingtlang khuaah phei chuan a lawr zuah a nia. ‘In in
chhungah va lut ila, kawmchar kilah Chair ke lehlam
bul, nghenchhan nei lova ding thei lo te a nia. In
thingremte lah chu a pang thingzai hnu pawh nawh
reh hleih loh, kawpza tla tawh lehnghal, a chungah
han ṭhu ila a pelh rup a. A chhung han en ila, in
lehkhabu neih ṭhat, a kawma zâwngte phenglawng
tum awm, aienga chei te a nia’ a’n ti a. Phullen chu
knowledge a zau âwm lo! A... a ânhla chanve pawh
kan hre lo alawm maw le, darkar khat te a nia.
“Phuaibuang-ho an Hmâr si a, Phuaibuanga
a’n lut chu public meeting koh lah a ching lêk mai
si a. Ni dang ai mah khan a âng tûr a, ‘Phuaibuang
ho, helaiah in lo awm ve a, chhim chhawngah in
bit tup ringawt mai. Chawhmeh tinrengah sihneh in
telh ringawt mai a, sihneh lova ei thei lo, ranpui talh
tihpui ni pawha bân thei chuang lo, nunna ber ang
maiin sihneh bul in tlawh zing lutuk a nih hi. Sihneh
bulah thang an kam ang a, in âwk zo anga sin!’ a’n ti
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NUIHZA FIAMTHU
(Laughter is the best medicine)
Pu A. Thanglura
Pu A.(Aloysius) Thanglura kha Mizote zinga
hruaitu tling ber pawla ka ngaih a ni a. Catholic ni
lo se, ualau takin zu in lo se, ṭul a tih huna zahmawh
sawi mai te kha ching lo se, Mizoram Chief Minister
a ni ngei ang a. Lo ni ta se, kan CM neih tawhte,
dawtsawi mai pawh duh tawk tawh lova, dawtsawi
sawimam inel nana hmangten hetiang mai maia kan
ram an nghaisak ang hi chu kan ni lo tawp ang.
Assamese Official Language dodala tlangmite
an han inthurual ṭhup mai a, All Party Hill Leaders’
Conference (APHLC) an han din khan Khasi, Garo
politician ropui tak tak, Capt. Sangma, Nichols
Roy, BB Lyngdoh, Prof. GG Swell te chunga lênga
Chairman nihna a’n chang vâng ngawt pawh kha a
ropui a ni. Shillong Nongthymai Field-a Vantlang
inkhawm an neih hmasak bera, “Keini tlangmite hi
guitar hrui ang kan ni a. Ṭingṭang hrui inang lo leh
ri hrang hrang an awm ang bawk hian Garo, Khasi,
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a. An duh lo nasa khawp mai a, anmahni chu chhim
chhawngah an bit tup tak tak a nia.
“Saichal-in ‘Pu Malsawma hi lehkha eng nge
a thlen?’ an ti a. BA an ti maw le. ‘BA satliah a ni
maw?’ an ti a. Mahni lo maha inngaih chal nak alaiin,
chal ber, chung lûr mai nia inhriat nak alaiin, a satliah
tih kha a duh lo nasa si a. Thangmawia, B.Com. tih te,
Ngurchhina, B.Sc. (Agri) han tih mai mai te kha an
ngai ropui hle mai si a, kikâwi awm deuh phawt kha
chu, Public Meeting-ah thu a’n sawi ve ta. ‘Saichal ho,
helaiah in lo awm ve a, di ha riat hnuaiah, vawkchaw
vilnaah UNO te in sawi ve thla rawk mai a. Nangni
di ha riat vawkchaw vilna aṭangin UNO a lang pha
lo. BA satliah te in ti ve rawk mai lehnghal. BA kan
satliah lo, BA satliah an siam lo. Khawvelin satliah a
ti law, kei meuh pawhin vawi 2 ka fail hnuah, a vawi
thumnaah ka pass ṭawk a nia’. Kei meuh a ti a ni.
‘Saichal tlang aṭanga BA satliahte tih ve rawk rawk,
pawl ruk chhiarkawp ka chawhtir ang che u ang a, in
buai nak mai tur a nia. Rel hmu lo ka dintir ang che u
ang a, in ding vek mai tur a nia. Rel lu te khu ka hrilh
hrep mai tur che u nia’ a’n ti a. (Independent sual laia
rel hmu lo dintirte chu kan mamawh lam a ni lo e.)
“Vawi khat chu, ‘I thusawi a na lutuk, i press
a na em mai, tiang chuan mipui i tichau zo ang.
Nem delh dawlh, no hnêp hnâwp, ngaihnawm takin
sawi ching tawh rawh,” ka’n ti a. ‘E......nangni pu
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It doesn’t hurt to have a little Biblical
humor to start the day
Q.What kind of man was Boaz before he married
Ruth?
A. Ruthless.
Q. What do they call pastors in Germany?
A.. German Shepherds.
Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible?
A. Noah He was floating his stock while everyone
else was in liquidation.
Q. Who was the greatest female financier in the
Bible?
A. Pharaoh’s daughter. She went down to the bank
of the Nile and drew out a little prophet.
Q. What kind of motor vehicles are in the Bible?
A. Jehovah drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden
in a Fury. David’s Triumph was heard throughout
the land. Also, probably a Honda, because the
apostles were all in one Accord.
Q. Who was the greatest comedian in the Bible?
A. Samson. He brought the house down.
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ngiang mai. Mahse na ti awm lo tak khan ka awm lui
a.Goal ka ‘save’ tâk bawk si avang khan thiam leh
huaisen nih ka hlawh ta mai a nih kha,” tiin.
Ṭhangtharte hian pa ropui Rumliana chanchinte
kha in hriat loh takah ka’n zep lawk bawk ang e.
Sipaia a intlar ve khan a lo upat deuh tawh bakah
a hahmai kha a bal kher a. Recruiting Officer-in an
en khan,”Sipai atan ha bal kan duh lo,” tiin a hnawl
nghal deuh mai a. Rumliana chuan, “Ka pu râl chu a
seha seh tur em ni, silaia kah tur a ni lo’m ni?” ti-a
a’n zawh chu R.O. chuan a duh phah ta phian a, a
la ta a ni.
Lammual sirah a zung a. An hêk nghal a, hrem
tur a ni ta mai a. Rumliana chuan, “Havilder Sap a
zung a, tih dan tur a niang chu tiin ka zung ve mai
alawm,” a ti a. Havilder thinrim chuan a zun lohzia
a sawi chiam a. Rumliana chuan a zunna hmunah an
Captainpa chu a hruai a. Phakar takin hmun hnihah a
lo zung a. Hmun khata mi kha a tam viau a, a danga mi
kha a tlem deuh a. A tlem zawk kha Havilder zun a ni
a, a tam zawk kha a zun niin a sawi a. Tihngaihna vak
an hriat loh avangin an thu chu an titawp ve mai a ni.
Rumliana kha Zoram dung leh vanga hriat
hlawh khawpa hmingthang leh lar a nih khan an
khuate pawh khan an chhuang viau a. An khaw
hming chhala hla pakhat tal phuah tura an tih chuan,
“Nganabawk khaw mi zawng zawng thi vek rawh
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CM pawn heti bak hi sawi theih a neih loh hmel!)
Starting from a culture where the very concept of a
bribe was unknown, we have ‘raised’ it into our own
bribe-taking, falsehood-speaking, violence-breeding,
self-seeking form of ‘civilization’. It is no wonder
that Panditji and Verrier Elwin, his guru in tribal
affairs, did not want the outside world to invade the
tribal cultures.
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a.Tunah chuan a ngaihno beina kha a bo tawh a, a
hâng lai chauh ka chang tawh!” a ti daih.
Hospital road-a a motor leh a hma-a mi ft 10
emaw chauha inhlat an nih lai khan traffic pa-in
whistle hâm ri tuar tuara kal chak tura a rawn vai kha,
a’n en hê hâw a, “Thlâwk rawh min ti em ni?” a ti a.
Traffic pa pawh chuan chhan let ngaihna vak a hre lo!
Kulikawn pa ropui, Krismasnanga, Pu Mâta
kan tih mai ṭhin kha, sipai a ṭan laiin Assam Regiment
Hockey Team Goalkeeper a ni ṭhin a. Dhyan Chand-a
team an khelh ṭumin Dhyan Chand-a ball vuak a lo
head a, goal a lut lo va. A entu mipui chuan ngaisang
tak maiin, “Lushai, Sabash” tiin an au dur dur mai
tih hi kan hriat ṭhin dan a ni a. Pu Sainghinga vuini
khan a bulah ka ṭhu fuh hlauh a, thil awmdan dik tak
ka zawt a, hetiang hian min chhang a ni: ‘ Dhyan
Chand-a thiamzia chu tlâng hriat a ni a. A hmaa mi
apiang a bum kual a bum kual a, goal a thun nge
nge ṭhin tih a ni a. Kha mi tum pawh khan kan lam
player panga emaw kha a rawn bum kual tawh a, kan
inhmachhawn chu a ni ta mai a. A vaw lut ngei dawn
tih kha rinhlehna chhe tê pawh ka nei lo va. Khang
hunlai kha ‘scoop’ a chin uar lai a ni a, ka hma-ah
pawh khan a rawn ti leh ngei dawn tih kha ka hria a.
Ball a vuak veleh min per loh nan tiin ka lu ka thlê a,
Ka thlêkna lam kha ball lo kalna a nih hlauh avangin
min rawn per fawk mai kha a ni a. A nat pawh a na
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Mikir, North Cachar Hills- tlangmite leh Mizote kan
awmkhawm hlawm a. Dik taka kan inrem khawm
phawt chuan ṭingṭang ang bawkin, ri mawi tak
kan siam thei a. Lungrual taka kan thawhho phei
chuan, Hill State te chu ban phâkin a awm reng a ni.
Amaherawhchu kan dote hi mi namai an nih bik loh
avangin, ‘Râl kâp anga kalin Pathian mite u,’ tih hla
anga fimkhur taka kan chet erawh a ngai dawn a ni,”
a’n tih chuan Khasi nuho chu an ṭap pûr mai a ni.
Assam Official Language Bill an pass dawna,
Assembly-a, “Assam Language fanatics are like
vultures devouring on the dead body of a cow that was
carried down by the strong current of Brahmaputra
towards a perilous whirlpool. By the time the greedy
vultures sensed the imminent danger, they tried to fly
away. But they could not free themselves since their
talons had already stuck with the dead body for a long
time. So they were sucked in by the whirlpool along
with the dead cow,” a’n tih phei kha chuan Assamese
hruaitu lian pakhat chuan, “Thanglura’n mulukawlh
anga min ngai hi min hmusit tihna a ni a, bawngpui
ber kher tehkhin nana a hmang pawh hi a huatthlala a,
Hindu ho min sâwt bawk,” a’n tih chu, “If a dead cow
is not palatable, then the Assamese people are like
Rhino that is thick-skinned and short sighted. It is no
wonder that the emblem of Assam is Rhino. In any
case, since the Assamese people are behaving like a
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Laldenga te anga lo lêng rawh u, lo lêng rawh u, in
dam maw? in dam maw?....chutiang hniang hniangin
patlingin kan sawi thei lo a nih hi’ a ti a. Chutiang
hniang hniangin......!
“A nih loh leh Luangpawn khuaa Awrpuar
avanga thirdeng an tihna chhan che kha eng nge
maw a awmzia tak le? (H.Vanṭhuama). A ṭawng duh
si a, fiamthu a duh si a, fiampui tur kha a rim kual
a, thliak ram nghat chi kha a tâwk a. Tlêma lo dâwl
âwm deuh kha mi a zuam tlat mai a. Chin tâwk awm
lo khawp khan kan inti vel ta maw le! Kan hneh si lo,
ani Joker training, BA zir ṭhulha Joker training, keini
kan training ve si lo. ‘Luangpawn thirdeng awr a puar
a,’ a ti, ‘an khuaa mi ang lo pakhatin awrpuar a hmuh
reng reng kha thliar thiamna dang a nei tawh si lo a,
khi kan thirdeng a ti vek mai a, kan U (Pu Thanghuta)
tlêma awr lo nei ve ta deuh chu Luangpawnah a va lut
phei, mual zawl a va thleng, mi anglo khan lo hmu
fuh ei, ‘khi kan thirdeng a lo thlen belh leh’ a’n ti a.
Luangpawn ka tlawh awzawng lo a nia! Sailianpuia’n,
‘Luangpawn thirdeng awr a puar lo rêng rêng,’ a ti
lehnghal a. A rel chawp mai mai lo niin. A thu reng
rengah thirdeng neih belh zung zung te kha a ni lo
rêng rêng a, chutiang hmuh apianga thirdeng neih
belh zel dawn mai zawng, a â deuh a nih zawngin
âwm pawh a âwm ve mai ang a.
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wise fool, they will pay for their false wisdom,” tiin
a’n chhuzui leh ngat a ni.
An buaina kha a namai loh em avangin Prime
Minister Nehru-a hma-ah ngei an zu inbei ta a. Pu
Lura’n “Assamese-te nena State khata awmho chu a
theih tawh loh. Hindu leh Mosolman inneihtir tum
ang a ni,” a’n ti khawl mai chu, Pu Nehru-a pawh khan
a ngai thei lo ngiang a, thinrim aw zet maiin, “There
could be marriage between Hindus and Muslims,
my dear Sir,” a’n tihkhum pap mai a. Pu Lura chuan
duai duh bik lovin, “Yes Sir, there could be marriage
without love,” a tihkhum lêt leh ngat a ni. Kutdawh
tura kan pute an zu kal zur zur ṭhin nen hi chuan an
inang lo hle mai. A huaisen dan te kha namai lo tak a
ni a. MNF unauten zalenna suala an rammut lai ngat
pawh khan, “Independence an rawn hawn chuan, a
lawm nan ka til ka chhû ang,” a ti ngam a ni.
A lehkhabu chhiar tawhten kan hriat, sawi
chhuah leha ngaihnawm tho pakhat chu Prof. G.G.
Swell APHLC Vice Chairman a nih laia a nghaisak
dan kha a ni. Thla thum emaw lek mah nise, ani khan
Pu Lura kha College-ah a zirtir ve hman a. APHLC
meeting-a a inluling deuh ṭhin kha Capt. Sangma,
Nichols Roy, Lyngdoh te pawh khan an ngai thei vak
lo va. Chutiang deuha a’n ṭawng chhuak leh chu Pu
Lura khan ‘Chair’ aṭangin a kam khat a. Swell-a khan
diau lo tak maiin, “I cannot stand this kind of wild
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“Senvawnah vawi khat chu a va phei, Sâw,
Mizoram huam chhung lo deuh a nia, ‘Silai pawh va
nei nek suh. Khawia silai mah an nei lo vang’ ti tâwk
kha an ni si a. Sipai sawmnga vel a hruai a, ti hian a
kal kualtir a, inzui kual khan an va kal vel a, an va
tam e... tih tur khan. An han hmu duh khawp mai a,
an ther huang mai a, an mawl ang reng bawk si. Ar an
lo talh a, ar pakhat kanah vai hmarcha rawt dip pava
khat leh a chanve-in an han thak maw le! Ani, thak
eih pawh ei ngam lo kha a ni si, artui an kang ṭha leh
a. Public meeting kha an nei leh ta a leh! Luhkapui
tlangsang aṭangin a ni awm asin maw a sawi le!
Mual Inkhawmah khan le, an hmuh ngai reng reng loh
kha an hmu si a. Sipai silai keng Mizo khatiang nen,
mi zawng zawng kha kim vek mai kha an tum a. A’n
ding chhuak fai leh vur mai a, ‘Senvawn-ho helaiah
in lo awm ve a, in chawhmeh thak ver vur nen, in
inan pêt pût nen. Daikal a’n chhuak a, daikal in kan
zawt che u a, dai thlang ngawpui in kawk. Awihṭenah
ngaw chhungah vei lamin hulhu buk kan vuan a,
ding lamin vawk kan hnawt a, mi min phawk hlauh
nen, kan e zo thei ṭâwk a. Chawlhni a lo thleng a, in
tlangvalte ui baina lamah an thûm luai luai ringawt
mai! In nulate kiangah ṭingṭang hlai pui pui in ak a, i
tan si-ar lak ka huam in ti a, in au rawng rawng mai.
Vau-ah zawngṭah pawh in lo leh thei si lo’ a ti a. An
haw em em mai a, hrethiam ve hek lo, a mizia kha.
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ngaisang lo chauh pawh ni lovin a ngainep hle tih a
hriat theih)
On not allowing missionaries to go to
NEFA(now Arunachal Pradesh) : ‘Being a good
atheist, it did not matter to me one little bit what
religion a man professed. But it did seem to me
that the effect of permitting Christian missionaries
to establish schools would inevitably be to convert
these very simple people into poor imitation of their
educator-proselytisers. These being themselves
somewhat poor copies of the original British, Roman
or American originals. I did not think it would be wise
to recommend any alteration of the existing policy.
(Poor copies pawh ni ila, keini chuan Sap Copy nih hi
nuam kan tiin ṭan kan la la zual sauh sauh chu a ni zel
si ale! Suit/necktie compulsory; Zaipawl intihsiak;
mitthi ruang chunga pangpar dah; Saptawng zulzuia
kan tawng suasam etc. etc.!!!!)
On meeting the Chief Minister of Arunachal
Pradesh at Delhi: “I questioned him on the organization
of his charge. There were sixty members of the
legislative Assembly of which thirty-three belonged to
the Contgress party. There were twenty-one ministers
and six Chairmen of Government corporations. I said,
‘But that is only twenty-seven. How do you satisfy
the other six?’ ‘Oh, he said merrily, ‘we keep them
happy by giving them government contract.” (Kan
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mauh mai a. A zawt chiang apiang hnenah ‘aw’ a tizel
mai bawk si a. Village Court-ah thubuai an siamsak ta
a. Court-ah pawh chuan ‘ka ngai’ a la ti ta zel a. A tawp
a tawpah V/C President khan, “I ngai tak tak maw? I
ngaizawng te hi a lo ni zawk lo maw?” a’n tih chuan
midumpa chuan, “Ni maw le, jâwng theihnghilh
maw le!” a ti a, an ngaidam ve ta mai a ni.
Pu Lalthanzuala, Zualthauva ti-a hriat lar zawk
pawh kha duai lo tak a ni. NLUP an tih ṭan khan
thingtlang khaw lama a sawimawitu-ah Sawrkarin an
ruai a. A ṭhat leh ṭhat loh mi’n an zawh chu, “A ṭha a
niang, a dawngtute aiin a semtuten an ṭhatpui zawk
nghe nghe. A semtu lalpa phei chuan a ṭhat phah
khawp a. A in sanzia chu, a kawt thlang lam aṭanga
dâk chunga thlir chuan lukhum a tla tawp mai a ni,”
tiin a chhang.
Political Party pahnih inthlanna-a ṭangkawpin
sawrkar an han siam kha, “Ui inmawngzawm ang an
ni a. Campaign lai aṭangin an inhawisan nghal vâ a.
An thawh dun ṭan phat aṭangin mahni tâ ve ve an
liak nghal hlep hlep ṭhin,” a ti bawk.
Kan kawm chhakpa Patea pawh hi bengchheng
thei ve tak a ni a. ṭum khat pawh kan ṭhuthona-ah
eng dang sawi set set lovin, “Nula hmelṭha hang
ngaihnobei hi nupuia neih miah loh tur” a rawn ti
phawng a. A sawizawm nghal a, “Kan nu hi a nulat
lai chuan Aizawl nula hmelṭha ngaihnobei a ni ṭhin
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Kallanji what he meant by this. Didn’t he know he
was a strict teetotaller? Kallanji explained, ‘No, no,
Morarji, it’s not what you think. It’s something I had
specially flown in for you from London. It’s the
Queen’s own!’
(Pu Morarji Desai Prime Minister a nih laia 1978-a
a lo zin khan Raj Niwas-ah Secretaries leh Heads of
Departments khan meeting kan neihpui a. Chumi ṭum
pawh chuan a zun no khat langa a dawhkan dinglama
a dah kha vawi 3 vel chu a in khalh khalh hman a ni.)
On becoming Governor of Assam and Nagaland
in 1968(ever to be appointed as Governor while still
in service): ‘As we were landing Gauhati airport I saw
what seemed to be a whole battalion of troops lined
up at the airport and wondered what they were doing
there. I had not realized that the Governor was such
an important person that he had to be received with
a guard of honour. .... By the time we reached Raj
Bhavan in Shillong it was night and the lights in the
house were incredibly dim. In the half darkness we
were received by a group of people who presumably
were the Chief Minister and other ministers of Assam
and a gentleman who announced himself as what
sounded like ‘Sif Zasis’. This turned out to be the
high-Assamese pronunciation of ‘Chief Justice.’(A
VIP hnem tawh teh lul nen, VIP culture hi chu a
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Hostel-a kan awm lai khan tlai tin dar 6-8:30
school class roomah lehkha kan zir ṭhin a. Ṭum khat
chu kal lo ru kan awm leh awm loh Bro Godfrey
khan hostel-ah a check a. Chumi ṭum kher chuan kan
thianpa Ngurliana kha an chhuak ru zu rui chhia a
khum sira a lo luak nuaih mai kha Bro Godfrey khan
torch-light-a a’n ên khan a hmu a. Ngurliana hlau
lutuk chuan tihngaihna dang hre hek lo, “Brother,
Brother, pardon me, Vanpuia and Manchhunga
khilai me,” a ti tawp mai a. A ṭum khatna a ni bawk
a, Brother pawh khan a zilhhau a, a ngaidam ve mai.
Bro Godfrey khan ‘khilai’ awmzia kha a ṭha thei ang
berin a ngaihsak niawm tak a ni!
Kum 1956 class vii kan nih lai khan kan pawl
chung chiaha mi Thangrikhumi te class viii an nih
lai khan Bro Aurele-an English Grammar a zirtir laiin
tehkhin thu angreng a siam a. “French ṭawngah chuan
a lian apiang hi masculine gender a ni a, a tê apiang
hi feminine gender a ni mai. Kumin class viii-ah hian
French ṭawng chuan Thangrikhumi hi masculine
gender a ni ang,” a ti a. Thangrikhumi thinrim kha
a ding luah mai a, “Brother, chuti kher kher chuan
min ti ngai tawh suh,” a ti a, Bro Aurele pawh khan
ngaihdam a dil ruai mai a ni.
Kum 1950 vel bawk khan Melthumah sawn
midum pakhat a awm a, Mizo ṭawng a thiam ve sawih
sawih a. An veng nula hmelṭha ber kha ‘ka ngai’ a ti
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charge specially from the one whom I taught in the
College. So I am going to resign as Vice-Chairman of
the APHLC” a ti phiar phiar ta mai zawk a. Pu Lura
khan a chungtlak theihna dinhmun-a a awm zel a duh
vangin ama ṭawngkam takah, ‘kei lo angin ka’n inbeng
dai ta poh a, ka irno aṭanga chhuak pawha mawi lo
khawpa dam duaiin, “At his juncture, we must try to
skin whatever differences we have among ourselves.
And the resignation as Vice-Chairman of the APHLC
must not come especially from the one who had the
proud privilege of teaching me in the College,” tiin
a chhang let a. An vai nuih ta ngawt mai a, Swell-a
pawh za lo deuh chuan a nui ve ta bawk a ni.
Pi Darnghaki kha nu changkang ve tak, Pu Lura
pawh cho ngam fo ṭhin, intâwng nasa ve tak ṭhin
kha an ni a, “Darnghaki hian min ngaizawng anga,
hnunglam aṭanga min han kuah thutin ka hmuiah min
han fawp chut ang a, ‘khawpui rîk hma chu ka thlah
lo ang che,’ ti-a min peh(pet) fun mai hi khawvela ka
thil hlauh ber chu a ni” a ti.(Khatiang thu a sawi kha
Krismas lai vel a ni ang).
Aizawla an chaw eihona-ah Fishery Officer
zurui a che buai a. Pu Lura P.A. ZD Sangliana khan
Shillong an thlen tukin an Director phone-in a va bia
a. Pu Lura awphawi te kha amah ang chiaha thiam a
ni a. Director aw a hriat veleh , ‘Minister will speak
to you’ a’n ti phawt a. Rei lo tê-ah Pu Lura aw ang
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“Ruallung-a a’n lut te chu, ‘Ruallung-ho
helaiah in lo awm ve a, zanriahah maian bai in hmeh
a, zanin chu ka puar khawp mai, te in han ti ve a. Mut
a lo hun a, pawnpui hlui tlang khawng rêt rût, bâl deuh
chhungkuain in inzâwn pût a. A kil lehlam lehlamah
in nu leh paten delhkilh an tum ve ve, ‘mi tlin lo, mi
tlin lo’ in ti a, in pawt lui lui mai a. Zing in han tho ve
a, nizan chu ka mut a tui khawp mai, te in han ti ve a,
mut tuina âwmah in mu em ni? te a ti a. ‘Nangmahni
lah chu UNO te in sawi kai ve ringawt mai. Pawl hnih
ka exam tir ang che u ang a, in fail rum mai tur a nia’
te a ti a. Khua a luhna reng reng kha khaw nikhua leh
khaw ṭha kha awm reng reng hek lo, mâwl em em an
ni vek mai a. Sihfa ho pawh khan an huat ber chu, ‘I
puan ven lai ka nu’n mut puanah a hmang duh’ tih
kha a ni a. A, huat pawh in hua ang, Sihfa-in puan an
indaih lo awm em mai, khatiang chuan,’ a’n ti ṭhin a.
“Changzawl khaw tê tak tê pawh dimdawi
chuang ta lo, khaw lian zahpah chuang si lo.
Changzawl a’n lut, in 20 lek kha. ‘Changzawl ho,
helaiah in lo awm ve a, luhka ṭhil pum in rap bûk a,
a invaw ri bur bur mai. Zanriah ei khamah tlangau
kawmthlangah bang hmai nei mang lovah in lut
khawm a, in puan tlang lehlam in delh a, in bawk
khâwm a, Atlantic Charter te in ti ve thla rawk mai. In
sapṭawng hriat in hmang zo nghal vek a ni lo’m ni?’
te a ti a. Atlantic Charter te Changzawlina han sawi
ve zawng a ni vak bawk lo asin maw le.
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chiah khan, “Your officer misbehaved and you should
take action against him,” a’n tih a, Directorin ‘Sir,
Sir...’ a rawn ti zut mai chuan a tiphur ta lutuk a. A
kutphaha dawhkan bêng dum dum chungin, “I want
his suspension order today itself!” ti-a a au lai chu Pu
Lura lo kal hma deuhin an inkar kawngkhar rawn nam
hawnga rum tâwka melhin, “ZD-a te hi ka hmingin
ramhuai te pawh in la hnawh chhuah dawn hi!” a
ti a. ZD-a meuh pawhin ‘ka piana hnulama ka zah ber
ṭum a la ni ang’ a ti hial a ni.
“Laldenga lah hi a kawng kal te hi hlûm na ang
mai hian a kal ang ṭeu ṭeu a; ho tura a fawmkhawmte
lah suamhmang pûka fatu zek zek awm an ni a. An
hotu lah hian thu riangvai tak tak te a ṭahpui ang hliam
hliam a. Mitthi dâk la zek zek awm tak pawh a ni.”
“Laldenga hi zawhte thinglawn ang a ni a. Han
sawn chhoh dawna ṭang tlat si, pawhthlak dawna ṭang
tlat bawk si, ngaihsak loh dawna ngiau ngiau si.”
Independence chu pialtlepa liluh tum ang a ni.
Brig T. Sailo a hmuh dan:
Ram hmangaih thut a. Fu her bawng pawh hi han
chhuah ila, an pet bial pap pap mai a ni. Vai bawng
chhawr tarin an pute an si ngai lo. (Sipai bangin an
zia an thlak thei tak tak lo, a tihna.)
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“Tualpui-ah a lut chho leh a. Khaw lian vak lo
tak a ni a, public meeting an nei leh a. ‘Tualpui ho
he laiah in lo awm ve a. Zanriah eikhamah Tlangau
kawm thlangah in leng khawm a, in puan lehlam
in delh phah a, in bawk tlar a. Titi sawi tur hre ṭha
pawlin di hlang hual te a ni lo’m ni in sawi?’ te a ti a.
Titi sawi tur hriatte a ho âwm hlawm! ‘Independent
puante hi thil namai a ni lo a, thil harsa tak a ni a.
Mi pawh kan râwn zau na laileng. A hun ngang niin
kan hria a, kan puang ta a ni’ tih te kha a sawi kual
maw le. A sawi tawpah khan zawhna hun a siam a.
Pa pakhat a lo ding chhuak lang mai a, ‘chuti taka in
râwn zau chuan kan khaw pa in râwn lai kan va’n hre
lo e!’ a rawn ti maw le. ‘In liang a hniam êm a, kan
rawn thleng lo che u a ni’ a’n ti a. A va’n lawmawm
ṭhin lo. In liang a hniam em mai! (Heta zawttu hi Pu
Aichhinga pa, Khawzawla hmân kum lawka thi kha
a ni âwm asin).
“Maite ho helaiah in lo awm ve a, in sumhmun
te lah chu nu lut lam tla hawlh bawk, pa chhuak lam
tla hawlh bawk. In awmna a zo si, puanthuah in nei
tlem si, in mu rei thei lo va, khawvar mang hlei lovah
in tho va, zing zet zetah buhhâk in chawi chhuak a,
sum vuah nghet mang lovah in deng thle lawk lawk
mai a. In hah chawl in han hawi vel a, in hmuh hlat
in thlawhhma te a ni a, chu chuan BA naran te in ti ve
rawk lehnghal. Pawl thum ka exam tir ang che u ang
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A autobiography, Nice Guys Finish Second
phek 659 zeta chhah chu ngaihnawm lo lai,
bengvarthlak lo lai leh ṭangkaipui theih loh lai awm
lo khawpin chhiar a nuam a. Ama mizia hmuh chian
tawh hnu chuan a thuziakte chu rinhlelhna tur reng a
awm lo va, chhiar a manhla em em mai a ni.
The cruelest joke going the rounds was related to
me by Sonny Ramphal. It is customary for CHOGM
(Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) to
go for a ‘retreat’. Nobody but the heads themselves
are allowed there and there is no agenda: the idea
is that the rulers of the Commonwealth should
let their hair down and get to know each other as
intimately as possible. At this meeting the retreat was
at Gleneagles, one of the best hotels in the United
Kingdom set in the most beautiful environment.
The story went that one morning Kallanji (BK
Nehru’s nickname for British Prime Minister James
Callaghan) was passing Morarjibhai’s suite when he
heard a persistent humming noise. He knocked and
entered and found the Prime Minister spinning on
the spinning wheel with a glass of whisky in front
of him. Kallanji said, quite shocked, ‘What Morarji,
I didn’t know you started so early in the morning.’
Morarji disabused him of his idea of the contents of
his glass and gave him a lecture on the virtues of his
drink. At the banquet in the evening Morarji found
a glass of whisky at his place on the table. He asked
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Dr Zokhuma, Dr Thansiama, Dr Lallawma
– ten Dibrugarha MBBS an zirlai khan Pastor-in a
rawn tlawh a. Sacrament siam ngei an duh avang
khan a junior deuh Dr Sangluaia te ṭhiandun kha
wine shop-ah an tir a. An zinga chin chang hre ber
Dr Thansiaman Whisky leh Rum an rawn hawn chu
alcohol content tam lutuk ti-a a hnawl hnu-ah an
mangang khan Vinegar-a vine hi grape vine nena
ngaihzawmin a awm bera ngaiin an la leh a. Pastor
pawh chu chin chang hre vak ni bik hek lo, a siam ta
mai a. An ei/in zo chuan Digene an in nghal ta sap
sap mai’ amah Dr Zokhuma ngeiin a ti alawm.
Kum 1950-60 chho vel kha chu ar sual huai ang
maia Aizawl tlangval an insual bur bur ṭhin lai, mimal
bakah veng leh veng te pawh an inbeih ṭhin lai a ni a.
Ṭum khat chu Mission Veng tlangval rualin Zarkawt
tlangval an va cho va. Tlangval pahnih ngam loh an
nei a. Valupa Thanzuala, huai rumrût mai(a naupan
laia bengkherh huaisualin a beng tihchhet vanga
ṭawng pai deuh ṭhin) chu Mission Veng tlangvalte
chuan an va pun a. Zarkawt an thlenin an ngam loh
tlangval pahnihte chu an kawhhmuh a. U Thanzuala
chuan a hnek bur nghal mai tura an beisei laiin, a ni
chuan a’n en vung vung a, aw âwn deuh delh dawlhin,
“Ka ṭhin a va rim lo ve,” a ti a, kut thlak lovin a
kalsan leh ta mai a ni. Mi tak tak tan chuan thinrim
hauh lova midang chunga kutthlak hi a theih mai loh
tih a lanchiantir hle.
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tuktin ti tiha altar boy ni ve lo tan chuan a ngaihnawm
vak lo mai thei!!!)
A Devout Catholic Lady: A parish priest
visiting his parishioners was warmly welcome by
a very devout Cathlolic lady at her gate and when
they saw the parrot at a cage in the verandah the
lady asked the priest to pull the parrot’s right leg.
Straightaway the parrot recited ‘The Lord’s Prayer’.
When he pulled its left leg it recited ‘the Hail Mary’.
Expecting the parrot to complete Catholic’s prayer
trio by saying ‘Glory be to the Father....’ he was about
to pull both its legs. The parrot then angrily shouted,
“If you pull both my legs, I will fall flat on the floor
and break my loving neck, You Silly Clot”.
An applicant for a high security job which
requires absolute integrity on the candidate as well
as on his father was quite in a fix to fill up the form
as his father was hanged dead on conviction for
serious crimes. This was what he wrote down: “My
father aged 52, died while participating in a public
function when the platform gave way.” Sure
enough he got the job.
B.K.Nehru kha ICS officer zing pawha a
hlawhtling ber leh hmingthang ber pawl a ni a. Hna
chi hrang hrang pawimawh tak tak a chelh chhunga
a tawnhriat ṭhenkhatte chu ngaihnawm taka fiamthu
thawh nan a hmang ṭhin a ni.
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hnena hlan tur chu Pathian pawmtlak ngei a nih
a ngai a, ama pawisa fai ngeia a sak a nih leh nih
loh a zawt hmasa tê tê a. Ngurdinglien chuan ama
pawisa-a a sak chin chu a choka mai a nih thu a hrilh
a. Rev Lalngaisang chuan, “Kan inhlan program
chu choka-ah i nei ang u,” tiin Sitting room zau taka
hunserh program ropui tak buatsaihna chu kalsanin
choka lam chu a panpui ta a ni. Aizawl khawpuia in
ropui tak tak Pathian hnena kan hlan bûng bûng ṭhinte
hi, Pathianin lo pawm ṭhin tak maw... te ka ti ṭhin!
Hetiang huna sawmna ka hmuh ve chang hian, Pathian
chawimawina tih an ziah tel chuan ka kal ngai lo.
Chutiang bawkin, pass lawm, promotion lawm, hna
thar hmuh lawm –ah Pathian chawimawina an tih
chuan ka kal ngai lo bawk. John F. Kennedy khan,
a inaugural address tlangkawm nan, “...Asking his
blessings and help, but knowing that here on
earth, God’s work must truly be our own,” a tih
kha ka pawm tlat a ni.
Nu pakhat ṭhahnemngai taka hlo thlo pawhin,
“Ti hian, theihtawpin ka’n thawk ang a, nangin mal
min han sawm la, buh te, vaimim te leh thlai dangte
pawh ka thar veleh sawma pakhat ka han pe dawn
che nia.. Vaihlo hmun erawh hi chu ka sawihmuh
lo law law mai ang che!” a ti tawp mai. Tun hma-a
vaihlo man buhfai man let 20 zet a nih ṭhin thu hre lo
pawhin in lo nuihpui ve tho a niang chu!!!!
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A MLA-te pawhin sipai boot an dawng
ṭêp tawh a ni.
Pu ṭhena chanchin rei tawk tak kan sawi dun
hnuin, a ṭhat lohna chu kan sawi tam tawk ta a, a
ṭhatna lam te pawh sawi ve tawh ila, taihmak lamah hi
chuan ngaihsantlak chu a ni ve alawm, ka’n ti dêk dêk
a, “Taihmak hi Chief Minister nih nana qualification
ṭha a nih chuan Fanghmir te hi Chief Minister atan
kan thlang mai dawn em ni ang?” a ti a ni.
Pu Lura khan ama mimal nuna chhuanawm
vak lote pawh kha a zahpuiin a zêp ngai lem lo va,
fiamthu thawh nan bawk a hmang fo ṭhin. Zu leh
kuva ei deuh reng hi chuan daikal hun a lo thlen hian
an insum zo lo va, an ri nghal deuh puat mai ṭhin a.
Pu Lura Minister a nih laia Aizawla a lo zin pawh
kha, Sonapur bulah khuan chutiang hun chu a tawng
thut mai a. “Ka driver kha ding vat turin ka’n signal a.
Ka’n tlan chhuak chu vanduaithlak takin han inthupna
tur awm miah lohna hmun ualau tak mai kha a lo ni a.
Hnim lian ve deuh hnah tlakawlh, “some semblance
of a bush” phênah chuan ka’n khawhtir ta zar zar mai
a. Kawngpui lam ka’n bih chuan VIP zui tih takah
officer-ho kha ‘polite takin’ lehlam hawiin an ding
ṭhap mai a. Ka car bonnet-a National Flag thlîin a’n
len deuha phe hlap hlap te chu ka hmu a; a VIP ber
lah chu êk chehin ka ṭhu kun reng mai kha a ni a, a
zia lo khawp mai. Ka’n ti zo va, kawngpui lam ka’n
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a, in fail rum mai tur a nia,’ a ti a. (BA naran chu a vei
hle a ni maw? ) E, naran tih a tâwk zing si.
“Vancheng-ho helaiah in lo awm ve a, in 60
emaw lek tê kha, ka buh ke a sei, ka thlo tam te in
ti a. Hruih zawlah buh ke in hlam duai duai mai.
Tuhazawn ka nei te in ti a, kum 3 hnu lekah in indang
darh leh a, mual têah zim tein in in nei fer a. Liang
hniam tê têin in in sa a, bel te sawi li leih in chhuang
a, tapchhakah til paw hruihin in ṭhu mai. Tiang hi
khaw changkang a ni ngai lo’ a ti a, an changkang
awm lo ngawt tak asin.
“Vawi khat chu Chittagong-ah Kawlchhawna
nen kan kal maw le. Kawlchhawna BA ve kha,
awmkhawm tam nikhuaah khan le, a duh ang angin a
sawi ta a. Kan kal tih kha a hre ve tlat bawk si a, kan
kal dan kha a duh ang angin a sawi fai ta vek mai. ‘Pu
Thanghuta leh Kawlchhawna Chittagong kal’ a’n ti a,
beng an dawh ṭhup mai si a. ‘Kawlchhawna lah kha
Police kawr a hâk pangngai kha a ha a, hruihrualin
a tai a hreng rêk a, Chittagong khawlaiah a tlangau
kal dawrh dawrh mai a. Pu Thanghuta lah iptepui a
ak, puan a veng bawk, Bus intâwk turah khawlaiah a
petek, mi chhang zawrh a nem pherh duai a, a liak fai
nghal vek a. Dawr lian deuhvah a zuang lut phei leh
a, sapṭawng nalh deuhvin ‘hei hi eng zat man nge?’
tih a va zawt chu Chittagong ho chuan ‘E, Mizo han
changkan zia hi chu an thirdengte pawhin sapṭawng
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pan chu, kei ‘presence of mind’ nei ṭha tak mai pawh
hian sawi tur ka van ngiang mai. Mahse, ‘black top’
chin ka’n rah dawn chiah chuan, chunglam hriattirna
a nih chu ka ring pha hauh lo va, thilpek mak tak
mai chu ka dawng tlat si a ni; “This bloody food
poisoning!” tiin ka’n au piap mai a. Police Officer
chuan, “Ka pu, nizan lamah restaurant-ah chaw i ei
em ni? I eina restaurant chu min hrilh la, Shillong kan
thlen leh veleh kan man nghal ang,” a ti a. Chaw ṭha
lo ei awm chuan ka awm ve ta ngawt mai a ni.
Fanu panga a nei tawh a, fapa kha a awt ve em
em mai a. A fa parukna tur an nuina damdawiina a
hrin tur ngaichanga ina a awm laia fanu bawk a ni tih
an han hrilh chuan, “Kan ṭah nuih ṭûau tawh mai
a ni,” a ti.
Saprama awm, a farnu Pi Rokamlovi a tlawh
ṭumin, zing karah pa pakhat a rawn lêng a. Pu Lura
kha Sapṭawng thiam lo tura ngai niawm takin a makpa
Pu Jambu kha a chanchin zawt kual vel khan a bia a.
Eng emaw hnu-ah chuan Pu Lura dawhtheihna khan
a tuar ta ngang lo va, “Jam, who is this man sitting
next to me? Can you interpret his English into proper
English so that I can understand,” a’n ti mai pek chu,
Sap-pa, ‘cockney English’ hmang khan ngaihdam a
dil ruai mai a ni.
“A Sap dik tak zawk kan makpa kha chu a fel
khawp a, ‘I dam em?... Ka lawm e,’ te hi a la ti zel a.
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an thiam vek mai, an ti e,’ a’n ti a. Chittagong-ina
Mizo thirdengte han hriat tâk! Thirdeng kan nei tih
pawh an hriat dawn loh vei nen.
“Biak in saknaah Raichhawk hnang lo hlai ve
ei! A hlai thiam si lo va, mau leh rua ang mai mai ni
hek lo, a peh rum mai a. ‘Mi tlaw chuan hlai suh u,
khatiangin Biak in luah tih a awm lo vang’ ka va ti
a le! ‘Raichhawk hnang hlaiah khawvelin patling an
teh lo vang’ a ti ta ngut ngut mai a. Khatia a ti zo kha,
sawisak tur a zawng niin, a vei a vei a. Kawlchhawna,
a ai mahin a lo hlai thiam lo vei. Kha kha a va hmu
fuh, a lo lêt leh chu ṭhut khawm tamna laiah hlim em
em maiin, ‘Kawlchhawna is broken of Raichhawk
hnang hlai’ a’n ti a, a nuihzat thlak! I hlai thiam loh
laia a pawi loh vei nen, ka’n ti ṭhin a.
“Pakistan pan tura kan kal thla kha asin, kan
Court sang ho, National Refinement Court(NRC) kan
tihho, kan Speaker Pu Vanhela te, sipai sawmnga vel
hruaiin kan MP upa ṭhenkhatte nen, favang chhuk
huk hma khan chhuk an tum maw le. Tuirini kamah
riahbuk an siam a, kan unaupa Kawlnia’n chem
a hmang zei lo em em mai a. Saitual khua kan MP
Lalnuntluanga kha a âwm khauh si a, thing lo la ṭhang,
zamṭha tak mai kha a ni a. A chak si a, a’n en khan
(Kawlnia kha) a sit ta. ‘Khawnge, keiman kan hmang
teh ang. Pu Chuanga te nen khan lui kamah uithak
te kha lo sil mai mai rawh u’ a ti a. A (Kawlnia) haw
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Gyan Singh Kahlon, ICS pawh, British-ho aia
inti British a ni a. Manner chungthu-ah phei chuan
sawisel bova awm tum leh midang pawh chutiang ni
tura phût kha a ni a. Leilet buh a hmin huna Patwari-
ina a endik ṭhin, ‘Girdawari’ hmu tura kal remchang
a tih leh tih loh a Kanungo-in(Surveyor) a office-a
a rawn zawh chu, Girdawari chu office pawna amah
hmuh duh hmeichhe pakhat hming ni-a ngaiin, “Yes,
if she is properly dressed!” a ti a ni.
Kohhran dang sawiseltu min ti fotute hriat atan
kan Catholic Kohhran chanchin pawh hi fiamthu
thawh nan kan hmang ve ṭhin .....
When drinks were first introduced at jet flights, a
steward asked a Cardinal passenger, “Your Eminence,
what would you like to have?” The Cardinal enquired
the altitude at which the aircraft was flying and when
the steward told him, it was 36,000 ft. above sea
level, he replied, “No, thank you. It is too close to
headquarters!”
In Latin Mass there is “Confiteor(Confession)”,
part of which says, “mea culpa, mea culpa, mea
maxima culpa” which in English means “through my
fault, through my fault, through my most grievous
fault”. An altar-boy, who was a keen cowboy movie
fan was apparently having his favorite cowboy in
mind and said aloud, “mea cowboy, mea cowboy, mea
Mexican Cowboy”. (Keini ang kum 7 chhung zet
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a ti vek a, ha tih loh pakhat a nei a, chu chu mipa
amah chauha a awm kha a ni a. Chuvang chuan
hmeichhia Evi kha a siam ta kha a ni a. Kulikawn
Tlangnuam kawng chhovah sawn, Father Marcota
an tih emaw ni saw mahniin han tawmsen reng
maia maw le!” a’n ti phawng mai a. “Lal Isua ber
pawh kha khawvelah kum 30 chuang zet a rawn awm
a. Nupui a zawng ruai lo va, nei lovin vanramah a
kal ta a ni lo’m ni?” ka’n ti chu, “Chu tak chu alawm
kan buaipui, mi nupui neih hma hma a, Judahoin an
lo khengbet hmanhmawh kha!” tiin min chhang leh
a. Pu Liankhuma(Pu Lalkhama û), Jehova Witness
pa-in Catholic tlangval a fiam a ni tih ka hre ta a, hlim
takin carrom chu kan penzui ta a ni.
Judate chanchin sawi takah chuan, hman deuh
tawh khan New York khawpui lun lai, Manhattan-
ah Negro pa lianpui mai hian Juda pa pakhat a hnek
thlu tawp mai a. A bulhnaia miten engtizia zang nge
tih an han zawh chuan, “Engah nge ka Chhandamtu
an lo khenbeh vei!” a ti a. Tunhma kum 2000 daiha
thil thleng phuba lak nan a tlai lutuk tawh an han tih
pawh chu, “Niminah ka hre ve chauh alawm!” a la
ti ta hram a ni.
Manipur-a Mizo politician lar ṭhin tak
Ngurdinglien’an Minister a nih laia Churachandpura
a in ropui tak Pathian hnena hlanna hun a siamah,
Rev Lalngaisang hunserh hmangtu chuan, Pathian
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Edward Nirmal Mangat Rai
Punjabi ho khu fiamthu duh deuh mai an ni a,
anmahni leh anmahni infiam te khu an tuipui zawng
tak a ni. Zahmawh rawngkai fiamthu phei chu
khawvelah a ngah ber an ni hial ang. Keini zahmawh
sawi ngai lem lo pawhin nuih hun kan nei fo ṭhin.
Kristian ICS hmasa ber E.N. Mangat Rai a
training laia British ICS Officer pakhat, Divisional
Commissioner nena sakawr chung chuanga an kal
dun laiin Commissioner chuan, “EN, engati nge
sabengtung sazu hi a len viau a, sakawr ta hi a len
vak si loh?” a ti a. Mangat Rai-an a chhan mai theih
loh chuan, “Indian Kristian inti vete hi chu in va nêp
tak êm, Bible-a thu awmte pawh hi in hre lo. Nova
khan a lawngah khan chi inthlah chhawng leh atan
tiin a nu leh a pa, tuak khat theuh chauh kha a dah a.
Lawng pil a hlauh avangin lawng chhunga no an neih
theih loh nan, an sazu kha a dahṭhatsak vek a. Tui
lian a lo tâwpa an han chhuah sang sang khan a mal
te tein a pelêt leh zel a. A tawp bera muang changa
sabengtung lo kal kha, a la awm chhun a’n pek dawn
khan, a tê em mai tiin a duh lo va. Mahse, Nova khan
chi thlah chu in mamawh ve tho dawn si a, i duh
emaw duh lo emaw, i neih ve chu a ṭul hrim hrim,
tiin sabengtung kal tur kha a mawngah a vawmbel a,
chuvanga a hnung lama bet ta ṭui hi a nia lawm!” a ti
a nih chu. Bible thu pawh hi Sapho hi chuan an lo hre
ril bik deuh chu niawm tak a ni.
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Pathianin Kulikawn pa a siam dan ka’n hrilh ang che,
Pu Thangkhama (Pu J. Lalhmingliana pa) a siam lai
chuan hlum a la ngah bawk a. A lu leh nghawng leh
châwn velah te so lûk khawpin a bel hlawih hlawih
mai a, Pu Lalhlira (Pu Dengchhuana pa) a’n siam
leh tur chu a hlum neihin a daih ta lova, tê tak têin
a chhuah ta mai alawm maw le!” a’n ti chu “I va ho
mai mai e” a ti ringawt a. Thlarau lam hlawkna chu a
tawng teh chiam lo.
Pu Lalropuia chuan Bungkawn tawn tirha a in chu
bâwk ang rengin, a chung zawl deuhthawin rangvain
a sethlâm a. Chutih lai chuan Aizawlah concrete in a
la ding meuh lo bawk a, “Aizawla inchung zawl nei
pha chu Pachhunga leh Buangthanga leh kei kan la
ni mai” a ti.
Govt Mizo High School an hawn hlim khan,
Mizo ṭawnga ‘Paula chu Roman sipai pahnih inkarah
a mu a,’ tih, Sapṭawnga lehlin tur chu, zirlai pakhat
chuan, ‘Paul was sleeping between the two Roman
Assam Rifles,” tiin letling a ni. Asssam Rifles lo chu
sipai hre miau hek lo!
Pu Biakthansanga inah bawk khan ka kal hma
deuh ṭumin pa pakhat nen carrom an lo pen a. Chaw
ei hun tawh a ni chungin mi dang an awm loh vanga
lo penpui kha a ni a, min hmuh veleh a tho nghal
a, a ṭhutna-a k’an ṭhut fel chiah chuan ka hma-a mi
chuan, “Pathian hian thil zawng zawng a siam a, ṭha
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Kan farnui erawh khu chu Sap zawng aia intisap, a fate
pawh Sap manner zirtir bera neih a ni a. Chhungkhat
hnaite chu an biangah kiss ṭhin tur tih phei chu a ngaih
pawimawh ber a ni ang, fanute kha an nei ve sep sep
bawk nen, drawing room-a ka ṭhu kha, a lut a chhuak
apiangin, ‘Uncle, shall I plant you a kiss?’ tih pahin
min fawp zen a. Lipstick hnawih nachang lah an hre
hlawm nek a. Ka cham chhung zawng khan ka biang
kha chu a mawm hlup reng mai a ni!”
A ‘first cousin’, Pu J. Lianchungnunga khan
Catholic dana a neih, a nupui Daisy nen an inṭhen a.
Nupui dang a neih leh khan Catholic Kohhran chuan
dan pangngaiin an phuar a. Eng emaw hnu khan a
inlet a, nupui dang a nei leh a, a piangthar ta bawk a.
A nu(Pu Lura nutei) chuan lawmawm a tihzia sawiin
Pu Lura a pianthar ve phei chuan hahdam taka a
thih hiai hiai theih a inrin thu a va sawi a. Pu Lura
lah chuan, “Chu, Dengchhungi hi ma la, a thlâkna
hmeichhe dang zanin la la hian la lut nghal rawh, i
tihna em ni,” a tihkhum hmiah mai.
Kum 1978-a a ina ka thlenin zing karah a in min
fankualpui a. A luah man Cheng sangruk zet chu a
tam hle a, a chhuang viau a ni. Choka-a thingpui ina
kan han ṭhu fel chu, “Kha ka in luah man kha i hria a,
chhiatrupnaten min tlakbuak loh chuan hahdam taka
awm theihna a ni tawh a. Mahse, hei i u Dengchhungi
hian Poreta PWD-a in thawhho laia a UDC pension
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khawp maia an ti. Chem chu Lalnuntluanga chuan
a’n hmang ta mai a le! Rawṭhingte kha a lek ang ang
khan a fik puat puat mai maw le! Chak deuh tak tak
a nia, Lalnuntluanga kha. An en ṭhap mai a, ‘Pa an
va tling hlei em’ an ti maw le! Tah khan a (Kawlnia)
thinrim a lo thawk chhuak ta, ‘Ngawi teh u, he riahbuk
sak ringawt hi patling tehna a ni fo lo ang. Khawvel
palai awmkhawmna Dacca kan han thleng thla ang
a, rawṭhing sah nat ngawt hian patling an teh tawh
lo hle ang’ a’n ti a. Khawvel palai awm khawmnaah
rawṭhing sah lam a pawimawh âwm lo ve!
‘Mi kawmthlang lama in awm hni hne chuan,
Hmangaiha te kawmthlangah alawm an awm te an
ti mai dawn che u asin. In âr-in lal âr a sual pha ngei
tur a ni’ te a ti a. Ni khat chu ramhnuai khuaah Sikul
zau pui mai kan sa a. Upaho kha subject hrang deuh
neiin class hrang kan nei maw le. Ni khat chu min
rawn zirtir dawn a, a Sikul naupanga kan awm kha a
tui em em mai a. A rawn intihotu em em mai a, a’n
zirtir nasa khawp mai a! Chumi ni chuan khatiang
aia student-ho zinga zirtirtu kha khawvelah an vang
viau ang, zirtirtu tak a ni, a vei thuak thuak a. A lut
hnuhnungin, ‘May I come in, Sir’ an han ti a. ‘Yes’
mai lo khan khângte kha a tui em em mai a, ‘Sir’ an
telh phawt chuan. ‘Sir’ lawm mi tak kha a ni si a, an
vei thuak thuak ale! Mi han chhaih vel dawn tih ka
hre reng a. ‘Pu Thanghut, khawvel aia tui a zau zawk
zia sawi rawh’ a’n ti a. Mi tham lo tak vek khan an
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Chêng zapariat leh siki thum a la ve reuh chung hian
min vin khar khar fo mai nia!” a ti pek a nih chu.
A inbula Mizo pa pakhat in rawn sa thar veina
suahdur, bawngtuthlawh tih angreng a hawh sak ṭhin
lai zawng chuan Pu Lura kha a fak thiam hle a. A duh
tawk a ngah tawh hnu chuan Pu Lura thusawi kha a
veivir zawnga sawi chhawngin a rêl fo ta mai a. Pu
Lura thinrim khan, “ ........a ninen a kan inṭhenawm
aṭang hi chuan, a bula ka thusawi hi eng angin nge a
sawi chhawn leh ang tia inngaihtuaha, a veivir zawnga
a sawichhawn leh loh tur zawnga invên reng a ngai ta
a. Ka tan hian Pathianni, Thawhtan, Thawhleh, Nilai,
Ninga, Zirtawp hi a awm ve tawh lo va, Inrinni hi a
ni vek tawh mai a ni!” a ti.
Ka ina chawhlui kan kîl ṭumin a ṭhian ṭha ve ber,
Pu P. Lalnithangan a rawn phone a, a inlama chaw a
ei ve theih hun tur a rawn zawt a ni. Pu Lura chuan,
“Ka exercise lak ve peih chhun, ‘elbow exercise’ ka
lâk theihna a awm loh hunah ka lo kal ang e,” tiin
a chhang a. Zu no a dawm kha a exercise lak ve
ṭhin awm chhun a tihna a ni. “Lalnithanga hi ka mi
ngaihnat zawng vak pawh a ni lo. A inti nula hmâwn
hmâwn lutuk a,” tiin a’n sawizawm hram bawk a ni.
(Pu Lalnithanga kha pa invawng fel a thawmhnaw
leh hmelhmai te pawh fai vah reng mai a nih hre pha
lo tan chuan a thusawi hi a ngaihnawm nêp deuh ang.
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sawi a, ‘Khawia mi nge i hriat?’ a ti a. ‘Naupan laiin
Pasena ziak kan chhiar alawm’ ka’n ti a. ‘Pasena ziak
hi ziak dik ber a ni fo lo vang’ a’n ti a. ‘Khawvelah
khawmual eng zat nge awm?’ a’n ti leh a. ‘Pangaa
ṭhen tih chu a nih ṭhin hi’ ka’n ti a. ‘Pangaa ṭhen tih
hi ṭhen dan dik ber a ni fo lo ang’ te a’n ti leh rih a,
khawmual a pung chuang si lo va. A hnuai lam hi a
chuh duh lo reng reng a, fiamthu pawhin chunglam
tak vek reng mai hi a ni a.
“Pu Laldenga nen, a buai zual dawnah khan,
an hruai thla a ni, Dacca ami bungrua la chhuak turin.
Thuamhnaw nen a lo haw khan kan intisak zo tawh
deuh si a, ‘Hei kan hotupa nen Dacca in zuk kal dun a,
a upa hlui te lak luh leh a tum si lo va, kan inthlang ṭha
ve si a. Cabinet an rawn form fel vek a, kan hlim viau
asin le!’ ka’n ti fiamthu a. ‘E... Engtin nge ngaihdan
hranpa lianpui nei (keini te ang hi) Cabinet-ah te min
han form tel ang le? Ani han cabin rual tur em ni ka
nih? Amah nghal ka cabin lohvin. A cabin âwm tê tê
chu Ngurkunga te, Rualchhina te, Lalrinchhana te a
lak khawm reih hi!’ a’n ti a. Cabinet-a an lak lohvin
lak rual loh kha a’n ni daih mai si a. Thanṭhuaman,
‘in awm loh hnuah Vanlaiphaiah ka inah thingpui
i in ang,’ a ti a. Chuta kan phei mai mai te pawh
chu, a in kan va thleng kha, ‘hei, i huana fu chu Pu
Tlangchhuaka huana fu aiin zuk ṭhaa maw le!’ kan
han ti a, chung mai mai te pawh chu, ‘Tlangchhuaka
huan tih ngawt ai te chuan Malsawma huan han tih te
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chu a va phone a, “Badal, naktuk program kha a
theih leh ta lo a nih chu,” a ti a. Pu Badala’n, “Engati
nge?” tia a zawh chu, “Bagla’n ka nuamsam lo a ti
alâwm,” tiin a chhâng a ni.
Gurdaspur-a training-a ka awm laiin a lo kal a.
D.C.-in a puala dinner a buatsaihah district-a officer
lian chin min sawmte chu kan inhmelhriattir diat diat
a, “Lalmanzuala, Asst. Commissioner” ka’n tih chu
awih ngaihna a hre ngang lo a ni ang, “Khawi ram
atanga lo kal nge i nih?” tiin min zawtzui hrâm a.
Mizoram mi, Mizoram chu India ram chhunga mi’ ti
te-a ka hrilhfiah ngial hnu-ah pawh min kalsan dawn
chuan, “I hope you will like our country by and
by,” a la ti ta cheu a ni.
“Lt. Col. Inderjit Singh, BSF Commandant” ti-a
khawng tha taka ‘salute’ petu pawh, “BSF hi eng nge
maw ni chiah le? Army ni si lo, Police pawh ni chiah
bawk si lo,” tiin a zawt bawk.
Prime Minister emaw, Home Minister emawte
biak a ṭul chang chuan Pu Bagla a bul hnaiah a ṭhuttir
a. An thusawite kha hriatthiam alawi leh chhân theih
alawi a neih ngai loh avangin, a telephone ‘mouth-
piece’ hup chungin, Pu Bagla kha a sawi tur a râwn
chawp zel ṭhin a ni. Chuti chung chuan kum nga hun
chu a hmang zo ve tho mai.
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bawk si a; pafa inhmuh châng kha a awm ṭhin lo a
ni. Khawimaw chhuahvahna-a an han inhmuh zauh
chang chuan, “ka pa” an ti ve lo thei lo va. “Mi fate hi
chu in fel teh e. Hriat mang lohte pawhin, “ka pa” te
min ti thei a, a ti daih mai a ni.
Eng vanga zu in nasa em em bîk nge a nih an
zawhna chu, “I unau mipa neih chhun Lalmama
America-ah awm daih se, i nu Kaiṭhiangi Melthumah
awm se, nang Khatla-ah awm la, tu nge zu in lo vang
che u,” tiin a chhang.
Pu Lalropuia khan an ṭhianzahoa Chitea an
zan lêndêng thil tawn a sawi a. “Kan chhak ngaw
dur aṭangin, ‘Tu tute nge in nih? Tu tute nge in
nih?’ a rawn ti hlût hlût mai a.. ṭhian rual kan ni na
a, zan reh lam a ni tawh bawk a. Kan hmulthi a ding
sung sung mai a. Aw lâwi deuh ruaiin, ‘Thanzuala
te, Lalthlamuana te, Lalropuia te,…..Kulikawn leh
Thakthing lam mite kan nia. Nangni khawii khua nge
in nih? Zemabawk em ni?’ kan han ti a, ‘Ni si lo’ a
ti a. ‘Zokhawsang em ni?’ ‘Ni si lo’, ‘Muthi lam em
ni?’, ‘Ni si lo’ a rawn ti dût dût zel mai a. Kan han
ngawi deuh a, ‘Haw vek r’u’ te an ti leh nghal a, kan
thlabar ngei mai. Kan haw hnuah chuah Tuitu a ni tih
kan hre chauh nia” a tia lawm.
Thakthing venga khawhar lenpuinaah nu
pakhatin, “Pu Lalropuia hi fiamthu ngawt i sawi
mai a. Pathian thute hi sawi ve ta che” a ti a. “E,
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D.C. Pavate kha India ram pâwn, khawvel
pum huap pawha Mathematics (Arithmetic) thiam
chungchuanga hriat hlawh a ni a. Kolhapur University
Vice Chancellor pawhin a awm tawh a. He a thiam
chungchuanna lâwmman atana kum 1967-a Punjab
Governor-a dah kha a ni. Mathematics bak chu hriat
a nei tlem hle thung.
Ṭum khat pawh MLA an inleitawn avanga
Sawrkar nghet siam thei an awm loha, Punjab
President’s Rule-a, a awm laiin Akali Dal President,
Parkash Singh Badal-a’n MLA lamṭang a ngah tawk
tiin Governor chu Sawrkar siam tura amah (Badal)
chu sâwm turin a ngên a. Pu Pavate chuan a tûk
chawhnu dar 3-a a MLA te nena Raj Bhavan-a inlan
turin a hrilh a.
Chu thu chu Governor Secretary Pu S.P. Bagla’n
a hriat chuan, “Ka pu, i ti dik lo palh a ni. Hei hi thil
theih a ni lo. Central Sawrkar-ah Congress an lal a. An
Congress-puite’n Sawrkar an siam dawn te a nih loh
chuan, Central Sawrkar rawna, an phalna lâk hmasak
a ṭul alâwm,” ti-a a’n hrilh chuan, Pu Pavate chuan.
“Thu ka tiam tawh si a, engtin nge ka tihdanglam
theih ang?” a ti a. Pu Bagla chuan, “Governor i ni a,
i thu ber alâwm. I duh duhin i ti thei. Chhan awm lo
pawhin chutiang hun pêkte chu i sût thei. I duh leh ka
nuamsam lo pawh i ti thei alâwm,” a ti a. Pu Bagla
a chhuah fel hnu chuan Pu Pavate chuan Pu Badal-a
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ve mai a. B aṭang hian an buai ṭan a. Ṭhenkhatin,
‘Lalbauia min ti a, ṭhenkatin, Lalbâia min ti,’ a ti a ni.
F.Lalropuia
F. Lalropuia kha chanchin ngah tak mai bawk
a ni a. Man-ke-baia(John F. Manliana) MLA Bye-
Election-a MNF candidate a nih ṭuma ‘tu nge maw
tling dawn le?’ ti-a an inzawh sap sap karah khan,
‘Man-ke-baia, uncontested-in a tling daih tawh
alawm,’ a ti pek a. A sawi chhan an zawh chuan, “E,
le, ani lo ‘bâi’ awm hek lo” tiin a chhang.
Zu kha a duh em em mai a. Zu zuar ta lei pawh
duh tawk lovin amah khan a inah a sa ve ṭhin a. Khatla
V/C-ten vawi duai lo an man a, sa tawh lo tura an zilh
hauh hnu pawh khan a lo sa leh a. Sa tawh lo turin
kan ti che a ni lo’m ni? ti-a an han hauh khan, “Van
lal fa duh takte zawngin an sa ngei tur a ni,’ a ti a,
V/C ho ti ngaihna hre lo chu an haw ve leh mai a ni.
Pathianni-ah zu a in nileng, tlai lama a muhil
ta chu, Thawhṭan nileng zankhua-in a mu zui a.
Thawhlehni-a office a va kal chu, a thawhpuiten ,
“Enga ti nge nimin office i lo kal loh?” an tih chu,
a inngaihtuah vung vung a, “Uai, nimin a awm em
ni?” tiin a chhang a ni.
Office bâna ina haw lova zû a in ṭhin kha in a
thlen meuh chuan a fate kha an lo mu fel vek tawh
a. Zînga a thawhin sikul kalin an lo chhuak fel tawh
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A ṭawng kha a polite-in a ke kal te khan a ti deuh thân
thân ṭhin bawk).
Pu Vaivenga nena election-a an inkhin tum
khan, “Vaivenga, thosivenga ni zawk awm tak. Engtin
nge Vai te chu a ven theih ang? A chil lempui ngai lo
chauh a nih hi. Zawhte chhangban ei te pawh a ang, a
tep ang chek chek a. A reng reng thu-ah a pa pawh Pi
Puii a ni lo’m ni?” a ti a. Kha inthlan tum erawh kha
chuan Pu Vaia a hneh lo tlat si!
Pu A. Thanglura bawk khan, “Mizote chuan
ram hruaitu atan mi ṭha kan duh lo va, mi sual kan
duh bawk hek lo. Mi laklawh kan duh,” a ti a; tun
thleng hian a la dik zel chu a ni lo’m mi?
“Zu ka in lo han ti dawn ila, a rûka ka inpui ṭhin
Pu Hrangaia te, Pu Bawichhuaka te’n dawt sawi min
ti dawn si a”.
“Officer leh MLA te, intikohhran mi mi hian
Ram an hmangaih. Mahse an ram hmangaih dan hi
ka ngaihdan a ni lo. A mawi leh mawi lo pawh dawn
lovin Sawrkar ram an rûk chu sawi loh, mi mal ram
thleng an hmangaih a, an chhuhsak ṭhin.”
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chu fu a ṭha dawn tih a lang nghal reng alawm’ a’n ti
a. A huana fu-ah pawh chungnung tak zel lo chu.
Vawi khat khawi khuaah nge maw kha le? ‘Pu
Malsawma hi nupui a nei har em mai, a mipa lo a ni
ang e, an ti che asin!’ an ti rawk mai a. ‘Mipa lo, in tih
te chu na tak a nia. Tu nge ni a sawitu chu? Khawnge
a awm? Va ko rawh u. Farnu a nei em? A farnu chu
rawn la nghal rawh se. Ka’n lo test ang a, a chhe nghal
rap mai ang’ a ti a. Farnu lak ngam a ni lo dawn viau
mai. A nupui tur neih duh zâwng kha zing thawh hria
aṭangin a’n ṭan a, ‘kan thinur ruala thinur loh nachang
hre tlat’ tih te, ‘fate kan tel lova thui fe zirtir thei’ tih
te, a!.....point kha a tam lutuk a, ‘A khai! i nupui atan
hian hmeichhiain an tlin lo vang, pa fel pawl tak hi
nei mai rawh!’ ka’n ti a. A duh lo nasa khawp mai.
‘Pa fel pawl tak i neih mai loh chuan hmeichhiain an
tlin lo a ni e’ ka’n ti a. A nei har tawh si, ‘Hei, nupui
te hi eng tin nge maw zawn i tum lo nge maw ni le?’
kan ti a. ‘A, hmeichhe pakhat ngawtin a han pumbilh
a, a han ṭulpui mai atan chuan pamhmaiin ka inhre ta
a, ban tlang law law mai ila ka ti ta a ni,’ te a ti a.
(Eng nge ni Biate-a ‘a re’tih te kha? - H. Vanṭhuama)
“E... khangte kha, Biate khuaa Vanmawia inah
ka riak a. Sipai pahnih an lo lut a, ka lu bul an dap
a, hriamhrei an zawng niin ka hre ber a. An chhuak
leh mai kha a ni a. Bangladesh-a awmkhawm tam
nikhuaah a duh ang ang khan a sawi leh ta a. A lum
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The Older the Bull, the Sharper the
horns
By A. Thanglura
Pu Hrangai,
Kia hua? !! Keimah chu nangma chanchin hre
law lo, bengngawng ni ang! Beng pahnih chauh nei
bawk a, ṭhî pawh beh tawh lo maw le. Nangmah chu
Congress President ni bawk a, beng tam tak pawh nei
khup mai. Delhi ka Ladu pawh tam tak hmuh bangin,
nangma (“Puanhnuai ****”) pawhin “Thimtham”
ngam maw le.
Tunah, keiman jak takin jawt, nangmah nau
pian hun hnai ni lawm ni? Keimah chuan, Krismas
Salam, Jaihind ti mai ang. Marawh chu, Nauthar pian
chuan, hming eng nge buatsaih ang? Imanuel chu
tha lo mawle!
Pathian thu kha, nangmah Suangpuilawn Ralte
pan engtin sawi kha? “Awithangving, Imanuel hmuh
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si, in uluk a ngai si lo. Kekawr ka ha peih si lo, puan
kha ka veng mai ṭhin bawk lah tak a. Awmkhawm
tamnaah, “Hei le, kan u hi le, kekawr pawh ha lo, heti
tel tawl mai hi a ni a,’ a’n ti a. Ka’n veng ṭang mai
bawk si tak a. ‘Biate khuaa Vanmawia inah a riak a,
Sialsir Parliament rorel document hnahthial rovin a
fûn a, a lukham a,’ a’n ti a. Vaiin an han theh hlim
pawk mai a, ‘a re’ an ti a, an khuh leh a. Kawlphe
khawnvar, focus ding ṭha tak maiin an han chhun
vang vang ṭhin a, ‘a khai... hei êm hian India Union a
hai ṭet lo vang’ an ti a. Ngaih ṭha takin an kalsan leh
ta a. Kan MP te tan tlanchhiat a ngai mawlh lo, duh
tawka leh vel pawha man tlak nia an hriat loh te an
ni. Keini te chu dawih mah ila a âwm asin. Tia han en
mai hian kan âwm sa ruau reng a’ a’n ti a.
(Khawi laiah nge maw ni MP dangte pawh check lova
an chhuahna hmun kha le? - H. Vanṭhuama). A...
Siallukawt leh Rullam inkarah maw le! Chhunzawna
leh Hlunsanga sipai rual nen an intawk nguah nguah
mai a. Document an ak ûm mai si. Check ta’ng e ti
lem hlei lo khan an liam mai a, an pel zo ta maw
tihah an han tlanchhia a ni. “Aw, duh tawka a kal
tlar zawng zawng pawhina hmaichhana man mi-a an
hriat loh tan chuan tlanchhiat hah leh a va ngai lo ê...’
a’n ti ṭhin a.
“Biate khuaah vawi khat chu Bualhranga te ho
nen sawn public meeting an lo nei a ni. An lo theh
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S.K.Malhotra, standing for PMC,” ti-a chibai a’n
buk kha, Pu Thatchem chuan, “Oh, you remind
of Cleopatra!” tiin a chhang a. Kha mi kum khan
Mussoorie Academy-a sawizui hlawh zing ber a ni.
Pu Thatchem kha ‘presence of mind’ nei ṭha pawl
taka sawi a ni reng ṭhin a ni.
Governor D.C. Pavate
India Constitution hi khawvela constitution
ṭha ber pawla ngaih a ni ve a. Ram changkang leh
changkang lo tehfung ṭha ber pakhat, “Institutions”
an kal ṭhat leh ṭhat loh tih lam hawia ngaihtuah
pawhin ruahmanna a awm ṭha hle. Chu’ng zinga
pawimawh tak pahnih chu ‘Governor’ leh ‘Public
Service Commission’ te hi an ni a. Hetiang hna
pawimawh chelh tur hian an thiamna leh an mizia ena
chutiang hna a nih tur taka thawk thei tura ngaihte
dah turin chutiang tih theihna neitute chu puitling
tawk tura ngaih an ni. Vanduaithlak takin chutiang
thila mawhphurhna sang tak neitu Prime Minister te,
Chief Minister te chu rilrua puitling tak an nih bik
loh chang a lo awm a. Chutiang hna pawimawh chelh
tlak lo tak tak an dah chang a awm fo ṭhin a. Chu
chuan kan ram inrelbawlna kawngah hmasawn aia
hnungtawlh zawnga kan kal chang a awm ta fo ṭhin
a ni. Hetiang thu pawimawh tak pawh hi nuih bâwk
bâwk theihna remchangah kan han hmang leh mai a
ni ang chu.
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kawtah hian an lo ding a, ral aṭanga min hmu si khan
an bul kan han thlenin min hnungchhawn a, kan han
kal pelh hnuin min rel zui a, “Saw pa saw, ‘In mi’ min
han ti leh ta nghal” a ti.
Pu Lalbuaia kha fiamthu leh titi thiam tak a ni a.
Pu Biakthansanga in, Club ang ti tiha kan hman lai
khan tlai tin kan inhmu khawm ṭhin a.Ṭum khat chu
Pathian thu awih harsat lohzia, a letling deuh vek ni
se, vanram kai pawh a harsat zawk tur thu a sawi a.
“Uire suh tih aiah Uire rawh tih te hi ni ta se, keini
ang pa pianthiam lo leh hmel ṭha vak bawk lote hi lu
kan han khuih pial puat anga, bari te kan han ṭhen ve
rûih ang a, minu uire tumin kan han vak chhuak ve
dûk dûk ang a, uire tur chu kan hmu awm tawp si lo
va,” a ti nia.
Rajya Sabha MP a nih lai khan eng chiah nge
maw an tih ve ṭhin ti-a kan zawh chu, “Ele, pakhat(Pu
Sangliana) Lok Sabha-ah a muthlu thlerh thlerh
a, pakhat dang Rajya Sabha-ah ka muthlu thlurh
thlurh mai,” tiin min chhang a ni. Amah kha alawm,
‘Bel keh phuar khawm – tui pai thei lo’ titu tak chu.
Vai kan tihte hian Mizo hming hi an lam thiam
lo khawp a. A ziak hi an han chhiar a. An lam thiam
angin an han lam a. An lam rîk ang khan an ziak leh
ta ṭhin a ni, tiin a sawi a. A hming pawh hi, Lal chin
hi chu an neih ve a nih avangin fiah tak hian an lam
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Aizawla DC-a lo awm ve tawh kha)”, a han ti a, chu
pawh chu Cosavil tho a lo chawh a ni!!!!
Mussoorie-a sakawr chung chuan kan zir
lai khan, sakawr tê pawl Sarita, luhlul deuh mai
midangina an duh loh kha, ka tlai deuh avangin ka
chang a. A luhlul êm lah tak a, ka ning lutuk khan ka
theih tawpa nain ka boot leh lam leh lam khan ka kick
a, a awng ta deuh rap mai chu kan riding instructor,
Rajput pa lian pui mai, hmuihmul kî kual ruih mai,
Jemadar Nawal Singh khan min lo hmu kher a.
“Eh, Mister agar istarha kick karenge to, ghoda
puncture ho jaige,”(Khati-a na-a i kick chuan a dul
a pawp ang asin) tiin min rawn au nghek mai a ni.
Kan ṭhiante khan an lawm phian a, fiamthu thawh
nan tak an hmangzui ta nghe nghe a. Mussoorie-a ka
thiltih ropui ber pawh a nih tak hmel a ni. Ka Mizo
batchmate neih chhun JK-an(Mina-i pa) min boralsan
tawh si a, sawi chhawng tur dang awm hek lo, mahni
chanchin te ka’n sawi ta ngawt mai a nih hi.
Mussoorie Academy luh hlima President Mess
Committee thlan nghal vat a ngaih ṭhin avangin ni
thei awma inngaite chu anmahni thuin an campaign
nghal mawlh mawlh mai ṭhin a. Pu Thatchem
Chinzah te awm kuma an candidate lar ve tak chu
S.K. Malhotra a ni a. Dining Table- a Pu Thatchem
nena inhmachhawna an ṭhu kha an lo la inhmuh
loh avangin Malhotra khan ding meuhin, “I am
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in “Your identity card please” min la tihkhum zen a.
Pu Lalthanhawla te chu an rawn kal vawi khatna-ah
‘salute’ te an pe nghal maw le! Pa lian buang theng
thungina an tawn loh hi kan tawng hnem em!” a
ti bawk a ni.
“Zu han inho chang te hian no hnihna-a ṭawng
nuam kan han tih ṭan ve hian, kan mit te hi a lo kalh
khanglang nen, ‘a rui chhia’ te min han tinghal ngawt
a. Dawhthei tak kan ni zawk a sin,” a ti.
Kohhranho hi ka hrethiam lo. “Uai-in” lah hi
Isua thisen tluka dahin Biak Inah an sem a,
“Wine” lah hi Setana tluka ngaiin an dova.
Factory khata chhuak, Company pakhat siam, a
ingredient te lah a in ang vek. A eng ber hi nge
an huat ka hrethiam lo. “W’ ber hi a nih ka ring.
Keini Mizote hi zu in kan thiam lo. Kan neih
chhun te te hmanga in kan nih vangin kan han in ve
hian mi hriat loh kan hlauva.
“Kohima/Shillong kan awm lai chuan Aizawl
aṭanga Gospel Team lo kalte hi kan lo mikhual ṭhin a,
a tui tui kan eitir a, an kal duhnaah te ka sawrkar motor
dawn hian ka phur kual a. Ṭawngṭaina an han neih
chang te hian ka hming hi vawi hnih vawi thum te an
lam ṭhin. An fianrial ṭawngṭainaah ka hming lam tak
ang maw? Aizawlah kan han kal a, Shillong, Kohima
êk nei lo awm khawpa intiGospel te kha kuhva dawr
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ka nuamo, Pawla thenawm nih ka peio, Luka ka
lau” ti kha maw le.
Chubangin “Thupreichhaw tha ber ni lawm
ni? Shabas Halaluia, Shabas Haleluia ‘Tlungvel
Khawthangi’ Kostomanchhuhai?
A tawp berah chuan, nangmah ka u, ngawilawk
ta che. Engtinnge nangma Pathian thu, Jari pan sawi
kha? ‘Kik ru hunsak ang, Jung ru mu mai ang’ tih
laiin, nangma U.T. Tha-mi, Chief Minister kha,
jabaiin jawn pawhin, Gauhati congressah hmu jolo
maw le, nangmah Pathian thu kha diklo em ni le?
Awle, nangmah leh keimah chu indo lobang
unau ni bawk a, nangmah chu Da Da mawle. Thinur
lobang keimah kha, Lungmawl laisen mawle’ chi
kuang pawh hre lo. Nangmah phei chu ka nupui man
ei-tu kha ni lutuk mawle.
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kual thui hle hi a lo ni a. Khami an ti zo kha kel an
talh a, amah Pu Sawma inah, a pa hun laia an in,
rangva in kha a awm a ni a, choka a nei hrang ve a
nia. Tah khan an lo awm khawm, ka va thleng ve a.
Riangtlei lam aṭangin ‘va ko rawh u’ a’n ti a. A khai,
einaa tel zel zawng, ka ti a, ‘a... kal mai rawh, an
awih lo, kan lo kal leh tho ang, a buaithlak’ an ti a.
Ka va phei a, min hmu a, a vei tak thuak thuak a. An
khawtlang hotu, zirtirtu lam leh VC lam te an lo kim
ṭhap mai a. Kan nau hruai hote kha an lo tel nual bawk
a. ‘Kawmchhaka perthei te kha sawi tla ur ur rawh u’
a ti a. Buk khat emaw hi a nei a, a inti thilphal a, a
vei tak thuak thuak a. An zinga pakhat khan, ‘Vawiin
Bualhranga kha, khawvel hrang hrang chanchin a
hre tam mang kher e! Kha, lehkha eng nge maw a
thlen le?’ rawn ti hi an awm maw le! ‘B.Com(Hons)
a nih kha’ an ti a, ‘hre âwm reng nia maw le’ an ti
a, an en rawn ṭhap ta mai maw le. Kha kha a awi ta
awzawng lo. Fak kai ve deuh tur kha ngaithei hek lo.
‘Bualhranga, B.Com.(Hons), hre âwm rêng, hmm...
kat...a...’ a kâwi ta ngul ngul a, ‘hre âwm rêng, an
subject lak Book Keeping, Mizo ṭawngin ka letling
ang em? Lehkhabu chheh ṭhat, chutiang mai mai
an lâk laite chuan keini te chuan khawvel ngaihdan
dek che tham, Ideas that move the world te asin kan
zir’ a ti a. ‘E.... subject a va ropui hlei e...’ an han ti
ṭhin a. Book Keeping tih te lehkhabu chheh ṭhatin a
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“KA TAWNMANG”
By A. Thanglura
1. Hei hi maw Niserh Good Friday?
Serhdan erawh a dang Shillong khua ah,
Vawkruai ṭhehin Pastor rûnah,
Sûtpui nghengin an ir hoh hoh.
2. A-tak chang lo se ka tawnmang,
Baptisnu lunghnurin Pu Henkaia kawmah,
Bungbu-auhsukin, araltuithawi asah,
Keptuam dang hmuh a ngai tawh lo.
3. Kaihza khur hluk hlukin ṭawngṭai mahse,
Hei hi Mizo Kohhran chetdan a nih si chuan!
Tlai khawhnuah ka Hindu ve mai dawn!
Piangthar Pu Laldengan engtin ngai maw?
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letling mai zel a, a ni ang reng bawk si a, a mawl
thei ang berin.
“Riangtlei-ah vawi khat chu kan awmho a,
public meeting nei leh turin an inbuatsaih a. Chutih
lai chuan Riangtlei hian Private Middle School hawn
an tum a, Matric an zawng a, an buaipui a, an ri mar
mar maw le. Khawlaiah thu a sawi ta, ‘Riangtlei-
ho helaiah in lo awm ve a, khaw hnu takah Middle
School hawn tumin mi khuaah Matric in zawng duk
duk mai a ni awm a. In khuaah chawlhni in hmang
bel hul a nih hi. Unauza dar insi khupin chawhlui in
kil fo a nih hi. Tlangval meng ke kaw, salu hâwn âwm
hmelpu, thang vang vang awm ila, Matric zawn a ngai
lo mai ngai nia. Nangmahni chu BA naran te in ti ve
thlarawk mai lehnghal. BA kan naran lo, BA naran an
siam lo. Khawvelin naran a ti lo êm! BA tur chuan,
CHUAN sawm aia tlem lo in tâwn tlang a ngai ang.
Nangni Riangtlei ho, mi khuaa mi, Matric val zirtirtu
kan hmuh theih chuan, chumi hnua High School
awmna khuaa chhungkhat laina awmna remchang
kan hriat leh chuan, ÇHUAN thum êm pawh in la
paltlang em ni? Inrinniah Tuipui leh Raifan infinna,
in khân bel pangngaiah in tla bel hle mai a, kawlbial
te kha in hawn theih tawk a nia’ te a ti a.
“Upa Sikula kan luh ni kha asin! Pu Dara,
Mampui VC President, vai hlauh avanga awm ngam
tawh lo, pa mawl deuh mai kha a tel ve a. Mi zawh
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a ni ta deuh der hman a. Kan leader ngaihtha lo, lo kîr
leh khan min hmuh veleh security police hnenah an
zinga mi kan nih thu hrilhin min kal tir ve ta a. Pakhat
chuan, kan hriat phakah, ‘Saw mipa naupang pawh
saw IAS a nihawm chu! Chinese pawh IAS an lo
ni thei ve tho a nih chu!” a tizui a. Jawahar pek khan
“Ngawi rawh ka chhin chhiah ang a, Chief Secretary
ka nih hunah a beng ka piai ang!” a ti ṭâlh bawk.
Jawahar kha a talented chungchuan teh lul
nen zai lamah chuan a pachhe ve hle thung. A nau
Bitty kha Pop Group nei thei khawpa music lama
tui a ni thung a. Beatles lar lai, “I saw her standing
there..” lar zual lai kha a ni a, a ri zing deuh a ni ang,
Jawahar pawh khan, “So, how could I dance with
my mother, Oh, when I saw her standing there,” a
ti ve lauh lauh ṭhin a ni. Kan lawm em avangin a dik
lo tih pawh kan hrilh duh lo va, a sak apiangin kan nui
tet tet chauh ṭhin.
Mussoorie Academy-ah khan Medical Doctor
kan nei ve bawk nain a thiam lo em em mai a. A kal
apiang kha, eng natna pawh nise, Cosavil a lo chawh
zel ringawt mai a ni. Kan Khasi thianpa Hynniewtta,
sipai lama zu tuina lo hre lak lawh tawh khan a ti hnem
deuh ṭhin a. Zing P.T. a miss fo mai a. Doctor hnena
medical certificate a han dil pawh khan, “Doctor, I am
suffering from Ilango(kan thianpa Clement Ilango,
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lehin Sawrkar an han siam ve leh mai bawk ṭhin a.
Chutianga inlehburh zing lutuk sawifiah nana he thu
hi Pu Bawitluanga hian a sawi a ni. Tehkhin thu-ah
hetiang tluka a sawi fiah tum sawi fiah hi a awm theih
chuang kher lo ang.(Tunlai huna Corporation/Board
Chairman tih angrenga han tihlungawi theih mai
nachang hriat loh vang leh sum te an la neih tâwk ve
loh vang a ni thei bawk ang).
Pu H. Thangkhuma
“Nagaland-a kan awm lai chuan sawrkar motor-
te chu sangha vuak nan te, chakai khawrh nan te kan
hmang mai mai a. Delhi khawpuia kan han awm
meuh chuan motor kawl te chu khawiah, office kal
hunah chuan kan kalna tur bus fare kha duli a ni tih
kan hriat chian hnu chuan kutzungṭanga hmet fan
chungin bus stand-ah kan han inline a, rush hour a
nih ṭhin avangin keini pa tê deuh chu kan lang lap lap
fo mai a. Kan tlai chhe lutuk ang ti-a kan han zuan luh
ve hlauh chang chuan vaipa zak kha rim chhe hnîm
tawk vel hian kan han ding a. Mahse, chu ti tûk tin
chu a ni bik law, tih fuh tum chuan Punjabi nu hnute
hnêk thuak thuak châng a awm ve ṭhin,” a ti a ni.
“ ‘Pa te ṭhin chhia’ ti ngawt thinte hian an
hre fuh lo. Pa lianina an tuar loh pa teina kan tuar
hi a tam teh mai a nia. Shastri Bhavan-a kum hnih
zet Director level officer-a kan awm tawh hnu-a, suit
necktie nena inthuam thlapa kan kal pawh, gate duty-
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an hriat hnu chuan kan ṭhian dangte pawh khan min
thîk ta vak lem lo a ni.
Thingtlang khua-a training-a 4 zel group-a kal tur
kha, Jawahar leh kan hmeichhe pahnih neih chhunte
nen khan min dahho mauh mai a. Kan Revenue
Official, Durga Singh, Kanungo khan khua-a miten
mak an tih lutuk loh nan tiin kan kal hma ni khan
thu a lo va than lâwk a. “Hmeichhe naupang pahnih,
mipa naupang pakhat leh Chinese pa an lo kal dawn
a. IAS vek an ni a, mak in lo ti tur a ni lo va, zah
takin in lo en vek tur a ni,” tiin a lo va hrilh a ni. Kan
program an thlâk thut a, kan kalna turah khan group
dang an kal a. Khua-a mite hmuhnawm en tur ang zia
zanga a maka maka tam lo pungkhawm khan an hmuh
tum an hmuh tak loh khan an thinrim a, “Khawnge
hmeichhe naupang pahnihte chu? Khawnge mipa
naupang chu? Khawnge in Chinese pa chu?” tiin
an au vak vak mai a. Kan thiante pawh chu training
program nei thei lo khawpin an lo chhaih buai a. An
lo haw chu thinrim bawk si, nuih zatthlak ti bawk si
awm ngaihna tak pawh an hre lo a ni.
Secretariat-a Senior Officer hmelhriat tura kan
kal kha, gate-ah kan leader khan security duty hnena
kan nihna a sawi diat diat hnu khan an lut nghal a.
Jawahar nen bawk khan kan meizial zuk lai kha kil
khatah kan han pak âm tê tê a. Kan han luh ve dawn
khan kan ṭhianten min lo kalsan hman a, kan tâng chu
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chungchâng Assembly House-a an sawiho ṭum khan,
MNF tih ni-a Ruling Party lam khan an rin thu an
sawi chhângin Pu Saikapṭhianga chuan MNF hmêl
hmu hnai an awm lova, “special force”-ho tih ni-a a
rin thu a sawi pahin, silai mu ruak pawh a hnîm ngei
a, a zên rim kha ‘foreign’ zên rim a nih loh thu a sawi
a. P.C. member Pu C. Vulluaia’n hnâr narâna hnîmin
‘foreign’ zên a nih leh nih loh a finfiah lo ti zâwnga
a sawi chu, Pu Hiphei pek chuan, “Hnâr narân a ni
lo. Assembly bial khat mipuiina an aiawha an thlan
tlin, MLA zahawm hnâr, hnâr zahawm a ni!” tiin a
chhâng lêt bawk a ni.
Pu P.C. Bawitluanga
Pu P.C. Bawitluanga pawh kha duai lo tak a ni.
Tun hma lama Lai District Council a ngêlnghet thei lo
hle ṭhin kha nihna inchuh vanga an inlei chhawk sek
ṭhin vang a ni a, “Nangni Council siam fel tur chuan
Political Technician a ngai. In inthlâk zing lutuk a,
‘chungu nung chung bûk ang in ni, patla a dik thei
lo” tiin a fiam ṭhin a ni.
A ni lah taka, political party pakhat sawrkar
siam tura member ngah tâwka inngai, ṭhenkhatte phei
chu a tûk lawka, C.E.M./E.M. ni mai tur muta an lo
mut tawha, zîng lama ṭhian ṭhenkhatte’n lehlam an
lo pakaisan avanga ‘opposition’-a ṭhut leh rih châng
te kha a awm a. Anni pawh chuan chawlhkâr khat
emaw lekah ṭhian ṭhenkhatte chu lamṭanga la lêt
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Rev. Thansiama
Chhawrtui bial Pastor a nih laiin biak in
inkhawmah biak in leng lo khawpin mi an tam a.
“Pathian thu kan sawi thiamzia chuan Zoram dung
leh vang a fan chhuak a, chuvanga heti zozai i(Pastor
Chhawna) thusawi ngaithla duha rawn kal hi an ni a.
Heng mi tam tak hian an ṭhatpuia an ṭangkaipui atan,
tun ṭum chu inlarna hmuh thu tih angreng, vanram
fan thu tih ang reng leh hrilhlawkna tih angreng sawi
lovin Pathian thu tak min hrilhin kan ngaithla a ni
ang chu,” a ti a. Chu mi tum chuan Pastor Chhawna
pawh chuan inlarna hmuh thu lam sawi lovin sermon
pangngai a sawi a ni.
Pathianni zana sermon a neih hmain, “Kristiante
chuan Kross hi kan ngaisang a. Hei, pulpit bul bangah
pawh hian kan dah a ni a. Hmuh theih loh khawpa
hliahtu pangpar khawitu hian sermon kan ṭan hmain
han la sawn phawt se” a ti a. Pangpar buk ṭha tak kross
an khawi hnanna chu nu pakhatin a rawn la sawn a,
sermon chu a ṭan ta a ni. Chuvang chuan, “Material
hmanga Pathian kan chawimawi kan tih hian, a
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hnu khan Pu Dara kha, ‘Pu Dar, khawnge Phillipine
thliarkar a awm?’ a ti a. Mi tham lo em em zel khan,
‘A, ngawi teh, ka hre hauh lo,’ a ti a. A mâwl si a,
‘chutianga thliarkar awmna hrang hrang kan hre lo
zel dawn a nih chuan, politics sawinaah kan tel thei
lo fo vang,’ a’n ti a. Kan sikul bâng khan, ‘Vawiin
chu kan inzirtir pawh a ni lo, kan inching nau a ni,’
an han ti ṭhin a.
“Ni khat chu kan MP upa hote leh kan Speaker
Pu Vanhela tel ve bawk si, mi dang an tam bawk
si a, a lo thleng phei. ‘E, kha, in dam maw? a’n tih
aṭang khan an titi sawi lai an bansan a, an ngawi ṭhup
mai maw le! A rawn ṭhu a le, a ṭhu chauh va, ‘H.R.
hovin an Speaker ram fan zau zia an han sawi chu,
a fang zau hi an ti nasa khawp mai a. Silchar te a
hmu a, Haflong te a tlawh zel a, Shillong te pawh
a thleng vek a, Lumding te pawh a paltlang a, Tura
meuh pawh a thleng, an ti a,’ a ti a. Tura meuh han
belh, Haflong te tlawh tur kha... (H.R. chu eng tihna
nge? - H. Vanṭhuama), House of Representatives,
Parliament In hniam zawk, America tih ang deuh khu
maw le. (An Speaker kha tu nge kha? - Vanṭhuama)
Vanhela meuh saw le!
Lo lamah ka riak a, Changpawlah, in lah a
ṭitawm si a. Khangte kha ni lo lovin a sawi. ‘Kan u hi
le, an nu nen, an in Changpawl lamah ṭan a khawh.
An nu a ko chhuak, thlam lamah an nu feh turin a
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ropuina an lantir aiin an hliahkhuh a tam zawk fo
ṭhin,” a ti a ni.
Kan kohhran tikhawlotu tak chu mi tak
lo(mikhual) ruai a, Camping/Crusade uar hi a ni.
Zurui angin an inngai pawimawh a, an inti fing a,
chhungkua a tidarh.
Biak in inkhawmnaah hla pakhat a thlang a.
A phuahtu phuah chin chiah sak tur, a ti a. Mihlim
hovin an chhuahchhal a. Pathian fakna hlate chu kan
duh chen chen kan sanawn ang chu, nanga khap tur
a ni lo, an ti a. Ani chuan, Pathian fak duh vanga
sanawn ni lovin, lam rem hla thlûk vanga sanawn in
ni a. Chu chu tisa nawmna a ni a. Sual a ni a, khap
in ngai alawm. Pathian fak duh tak tak in nih chuan,
engati nge, Lalpa ṭawngṭaina kan sawi zawha, I lo
sawinawn leh ang u, ti in awm ngai si loh? a tih chu
chhanna nei an awm lo.
Bân hla kan sa ang a, tu mah lâm loh tur a ti
a. Nu pakhat kil khata lam phar dê dê chauh lam
hmuh tur a awm a. Kha nu chiah kha Pathian Thlarau
Thianghlim changa lâm, khap theih loh a nih kha.
Midang chu Pastor Thansiama khap theih vek in nih
kha, a ti.
Kohhran leh pawlho zingah mi tlem tê sawi
vantlang chawpa minghalho leh mahni dinhmun
khêlru site hi huana sihal lut ang an ni ṭhin. (El
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ko phei, sazu kaw laih chu kan H.R. ho chuan an lo
expert ngawt mai. Sazu kaw laih ngatah phei chuan
kan u hi a expert bik a, sazu kua a hmuh reng reng hi
a’n hnim vang vang a, ‘hetah chuan sawm panga a
awm ang a tihnaah chuan sawm panga a awm chat zel
nia’ a ti a, a va ho ve aw...
“Sapṭawng thiam lo tih te kha a hlawh ngun
deuh va. A run atan ni khat chu ‘Kan speaker hi a ni
saptawng thiam chu, Radio a’n lehlin reng reng te
chu, vel tihbuai nek nek awm lovin a letling kal zat
mai a nia’ ka’n ti a. ‘Thiam e, in Speaker chu, Radio
a’n vuan chat, a’n herh ri ṭât, chumi ringawt pawh chu
a’n let a. Vietnam-ah chuan America an tawlh deuh,
tiin a let nia. A herh ri chiah a, Vietnam-ah chuan a tih
khalh duai zel!’ a’n ti a. Tuk khat a let zat zat maw le!
Chhuat laiah khan an ngaithla reng a, Vanmawia te ho
khan, ‘kha tûkin pawh a leh leh zat zat mai kha’ a’n
ti a. ‘E, kha, tukina a leh kha maw? Kha, tukina a leh
dan kha, ngawi teh u, tukin ang vel te khan in Speaker
chuan lo let ve mai mai teh se. Mizoramin a chhiat
phah lem lo vang! An zirna te lah Char Nambar bula
khâwr chawp, a zawhna te pawh Thailungi thawnthua
BA a’n nia! An zirna aṭangin Bawrhsap in thlanga
varak dil te kha a lang ve a, a environment a chau em
mai. Keini BA-na aṭang te chuan Governor In a lang
vang nia. In Speaker sapṭawng thiam tih te chuan
Rangamati-ah, reserve Bazarah purun zawrhna te hi a
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kan dah chi kim bawk a, kan ṭha tlang viau a ni. Tlai
lama an innei, a laia puithiam an nupa-a an han kal
huala, kan bulhnai an rawn thlen lai chiah chuan, kan
thianpa Karl Reddy pa hrat khawkheng ve tak mai
khan ring tawk tak maiin, “Mike, what’s happening
here? A child marriage going on in the capital of
India?” a’n ti zet chu, midang khan min han en deuh
ṭhap a; Jawahar lah chu a puithu hlei thei bik lo a
ni ang, a kut zungchala a hmui cross-in, ‘’Sht......” a
rawn ti ve hram bawk a ni.
Jawahar kha thiam thei chung chuang Gold
Medalist ni deuh fo kha a ni a. 1985 khan Ivory
Coast-ah African Development Bank-in Personnel
Executive hna hlawh sang ṭha tawka an offer chu a
hnar phal lo va, IAS bansana a kal dawn khan ṭhian
zahoin a thlah nan chaw kan eihopui a. Kan han titi
laih laih karah, “Mike, you will be the first to visit
me at Ivory Coast!” a’n ti phawng mai a. Eng vanga
min duhsak fal ta deuh vak nge a nih ka’n zawh
chuan, “Because, you will be the only one who can
have elephant’s meat with me!” a’n ti leh ta daih
a. Mussoorie-a kan awm lai khan Aizawl aṭanga sai
sa rêp ka ken jacket ipte-a mi class laia ka eiruk ṭhin
kha, ani ka bula ṭhu khan, eng nge, tiin min zawt sek
mai a, ka hrilh duh lawk lo nain ka’n pe ve ta nge
nge a. Tui kha a ti em em mai a, min ei zawhpui rang
khawp mai. Kha kha a lo la hre reng niin, thil awmzia
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lutuk ni-a ngaiin, “Kan kawr dawn hi a tê lutuk a,
hâk tham a ni lo, zahmawh khuh tham pawh a ni
lo,” tiin a au piap mai a. Chutah le, zam ngai lo leh
dang ngai lo, Pu Hiphei a rawn ding a, “Ngawi teh u,
ṭhiante u, inngaihtuah chiang teh u, kan zahmawh
te hi a lian lutuk a ni zawk lo maw?” a’n tih chuan
member zawng zawng an nui dur dur ta mai a. Pu
Biakchungnunga ngei pawh kha a nui a ni.
Pu Hiphei hi(kha tih a ngai ta daih a, a uiawm
khawp mai...uihawm ti lova, uiawm kan tih hram
chhan hi a uih loh vang a ni!) pa fiamthu thiam tak leh
‘presence of mind’ nei ṭha tak a ni rêng a. Democracy
ṭhatzia a sawina lamah pawh, “Keini ang sân lama fit
5 leh inchi 2 pawh tling lo, Assam Rifles lâk dawna
intlara tling lo tur, Speaker hial kan nih theihna hi chu
a ropui alâwm!” a ti a ni.
Pi Thansiami’n (Siamte-i) sâwn man tihpun a
rawt ṭum pawh khan, “Vantlângin hetiang tihphung hi
ṭha lo ti mah se, kan Mizo upate’n, ‘a la ti ngai lote’n
tih an châk, a ti tawhte’n an zawngchhang, pumpelh
theih si loh’ an tih ṭhin vanga “sâwn thlâk” ṭhin hi
suala ngai reng lovin “regularise” ila, fa pangngaiah
pawm mai ila, buaina a tlêm zâwk ang!” a ti a ni.
Pu Saikapṭhianga, Pu C. Chawngkunga nena,
rambuai laia khawthlang lama a bial fang haw khan
Bilkhawthlîr bula CRP-ho truck-a chuang tute’n
emaw an kah vak ṭum kha an nang fuh a. Chumi
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Laughter is the best medicine
Sap ngaisang, Sapṭawng ngaisang hnam kan
ni bawk a, Sapṭawng ngei mai i han nuihpui ve
thung teh ang u:
Milkha Singh-a 400 meter race record kha tun
thlengin India tlan chak zingah khûm an la awm lo
va; Rome Olympics-ah kha chuan a lâr viau a ni. Kan
Vai ṭhiante mangang khan Olympic Medal kan lâk ve
theih dan awm chhun chu kan tlan chakte hnung lam
aṭanga China sipai awmtîr a ni ang, te an ti hial a ni.
While the great sprinter Milkha Singh was
relaxing during a break at the Rome Olympics, an
admirer came and politely asked, “Are you relaxing?”.
His quick reply: “No, I am not Relax Singh, I am
Milkha Singh!”
Chandigarh-a kan awm ṭan tirh khan kan ṭhianpa
pakhat Jawahar Lal Sarin, Pu Hiphei anga 5ft 2in
tling ṭha thum lo, Assam Rifles pawha tling lo ve tur
tho kha, Neerja 4ft 10in nen Delhi-ah an innei a. ṭhian
zahoa Chandigarh aṭanga kan kal kha car-ah bottle
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sualna lama kawng bawr che thei lo, khumbeta mu
reng mai chu a va ṭawngṭai a. “Lalpa, Damdawnga hi
Kohhran lama inhmang mi a ni lo va, Kohhranin kan
mamawh lo. Khawtlang thilah pawh a inhmang vak
lo va, khawtlangin an mamawh lo. Amaherawhchu
a chhungte hian an la mamawh tlat si a, han tidam
ta mai che,” tiin a tawngtai a, a tawngtai zawh hnu
lawkah Damdawnga chu a damfel nghal thlap a ni.
Pastor Biaktluanga leh Pu Damdawnga te hi a hnu-a
ka hmuhin ka zawt ve ve a, hetiang hi thil awmdan
chiah a nih thu min hrilh. Pastor Biaktluanga phei
chuan ‘inkhawm tura ka sawm pawhin a duh lo va,
khatiang khan ka’n tilui deuh ngat a ni,’ tiin mi n hrilh.
Pastor Luka
Pastor Luka kha pa tumtlang tak mai bawk a
ni a. Tuk khat an chhung ṭawngṭai inkhawmah an
nu kha ṭantu niin, Bible a’n keu va, a Bible chang
chhiar tur kha Luka ziak a ni a. “Ka chang chhiar
tur hi Chanchin Tha Luka ziak a ni a. Chanchin Ṭha
Mamipa ziak ka’n ti mai dawn em ni?” a tih chu,
Pastor Luka chuan, “Ti mai rawh,” tiin a chhang a ni.
Pu Hipheia
Peace Accord sign a nih hlima, Assembly-a ṭha
an tih thu resolution an khel ṭum khan, P.C. member,
Pu K. Biakchungnunga khan, Independence sual ve
lem State nihna lek fang han hmuh tak chu beitham
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Bethel vanglai khan an hotupa kha Dawrpui biak
inah thusawi turin an sawm a. Chutih laia thusawi
thiam ve tak, hun an lo pek hmasak chuan a remti
bik lo va. A lawm tawk an siamsak hnu-ah chauh an
insiamrem ta tih thu te kha huai taka sawi ngam an
awm a. Chutiangte chu Pastor Thansiama khan a lo
hre kiu kiau ni ngei tur a ni.)
Republic Vêng biak inah Presbytery
Khawmpui-a thusawi turin an sawm a. A thusawi
hma chiah khan kha tih laia hla lar tak, ‘Heti ema
min hmangaih hi...’ kha an sa nawn tlut tlut mai a.
“Pathian hminga inkhawmpui pawimawhah thu tak
kan sawi dawn emaw kan tih laiin, hla lenglawng te
in han sa hmasa lawi a,” a ti duh lek fang a ni.
Vangvat kai phaka ramthim veiho hi chu kan
chawimawi vak lo va, boruak lama kal thei khawpa
vei sângho hi kan chawisang viau zel a ni.
Nuho zaipawl an rawn zai chu, Pastor Chairman
chuan fakna thu te a chhakchhuah an beisei laiin,
ani chuan, “In in-practice huna in in chhuahsan ṭhin
chhunga in fate lo awm dan tur chu a ngaihtuah awm
awm mang e” a ti daih thung a. Nu tana pawimawh
ber chu in luahlum hi a ni, tih thu a sawi fo ṭhin
sawichianna a ni.
“Aizawl nuho hi hriatthiam harsa ka ti ṭhin.
‘Pastor Thansiama sermon chu ka ngaithla peih tawh
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fang kual a, I think, I think, a ti nek nek mai alawm!’
a ti a, a nêp duh awm!
“(Eng nge Vanmawia B.A. a han tih vel dan kha?
- Vanṭhuama)
Lehkha a va thawn alawm maw le. Thawn ve
rawh, saw lamah kan sawi ber i ni a, i hming a ri zing
ber. Nang tluka lar an awm lo. I thawn ve pawhin i
unaupa thawn rawh, an ti a. Inkah chawlh tirh deuh
lai khan ka thawn maw le, ‘a ropui’ a lawm em em
mai a, a lawmzawng tak turin ka ti a. A pawn lamah
khan ziak hraw tak mai khan, ‘Pu Malsawma, mi rilru
ropui’ ka’n ti maw le. A’n hmu kha a tui khawp a, an
tih kha maw le. ‘En rawh u, hei lehkha ka hmu e’ a’n
ti a. A rilru ropui kha a zuar tih kha a hriat reng mai
a, a enkualtir hle a ni awm asin. Tah chuan Mizoram
luah thei chhunga thu sawi zawng zawng comment
hetiang a ni. Pu Thanghuta leh Pu Ngurchhina sawi a
fing ber, Pu Malsawma a âng thiam ber tih a ni, te ka
va ti maw le.
A rawn chhang let leh a, phek thum phek number
kha a pe a, phek ruk a lehlam lehlam khan a khat dal
mai a, lehkha ip kha a chhah al mai a. Pu Thanghuta,
mi langsar, Class I leh V a’n ti a, Class I leh V te han
tih tel ngeih hi a ni law! ‘I lehkha rinawm vak lo ka
lo hmu a, Zemabawk lang theia BA i kâwm zing hle
tih a lang. I thusawi a ti rem rum a, a chhum rem rum
lutuk. Tin, ramhnuai laia thusawi leh fing kutchhuak
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lo, nuho sawiselna hlir,’ an ti a. Rev Vanlanghaka
thusawi ngaithla tur chuan biak in lenglo khawpin an
kal tam a. Ani chuan, “Aizawl nuho hi uire lo tu nge
awm che u?” tiin a kâwk sawk sawk a. Inkhawm banah
an lo chhuak a, ‘Vanlalnghaka thusawi thiamzia.....’
an ti leh si,” a ti a ni.
(A thu ni lovin a sawitu kan laltîr zawk ṭhin).
Nuhovin a thusawi an sawisel ṭhin hi ram leh hnam
insiamṭhat nana pawimawh ka sawi a ni a. Nuho huat
atana ka sawi a ni miah si lo va, a ti a ni.
Electric Veng tuikhura nu pakhatin tihdamna tui
a thâl ṭhin kha a awih ve pek lo va. “Pathian tih a nih
chuan a fate vek kan ni a, min hmangaih vek si a; kan
zavaia kan dampui theih nan Tuikhuah tlâng, Laipui
tlâng tuikhuah te tithianghlim se, pipe tui aṭangin
man chawi lovin kan lo la mai tur…” a ti duh lek
fang a ni. (Kha tui kha chhim lam atanga bum thiam
pa pakhat hnathawh a nih thu hriatchhuah a ni ta nghe
nghe a. A thlenna veng mite phei chuan kutthlak an
tum hial a ni.)
Hman deuha ni sawmli zan sawmli chawngheite
kha, a ngaihdan ka zawt a. “Nitin kan eikhawpin chaw
min pe ang che,” tiin kan dil a. Kan eikhawp min
pe ta chêng, han ngheisan leh rih te chu maw le,”
tiin min chhang a. “Thlalera Lal Isuan ni sawm li zan
sawmli chaw a nghei kha an entawn an ti alawm,”
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hnu i rawn sawi hi nang chauh chu ni la a awm e.
Zuchhipin an fak em che kha. A ram pum thusawi
thiama faktu an tê leh ta êm mai. Class I leh V lai te
pawh i ni ve a, a’n ti a. Pawl li tihna a ni maw? Ni
e. Tin, Pu Ngurchhinan number hnihna a hmu tih te
hian i thusawi a ti der dêp vek a, Jorhat chhuak, china
badam leh thingtheihmu phun thiam, Agriculture
Department-in Champhaia an tirh liam chhoh a ni a.
A nupui kha ngaizawngtu a hmuh hmasak ber a neih
liam ve ngawt a ni a. A nupuiin thlasikah tuivawtin a
inbual luihtir an ti. Ralvawng Camp-ah Pathian thu a
sawi sual bawk. Khang kha mi’n hre vek se, tu nge
number hnihna pe reng reng ang? te kha a ti a.
Pu Vanhela, sawi tel reng reng loh te kha a hmâ
châk zawng a ni a, Pu Vanhelan number lina a hmu
tih te hian, a’n ti tel lui ringawt a. Zuchhipa a chhut
sah leh Saitual-a a DC laia a thu chhe rem, di hmun
tlansana a Radio lak te kha...’ a ti a.
“Ama sawi aia ngaihnawm a tih zâwk zia te
kha miín hre vek se, tu nge number sawmpalina
thleng pawhin pe ang. Tin, he lam chanchin a’n ti a.
Lalthawmvunga China kal hawngin kawlpawnfen
a hawn, Lalrinchhana Delhi kal hawngin Zamzo
Archhuang chi a hawn, an kalna ropui leh mi capital
tlawh ve ve an hawn a nêp e. He laiah beai thang 40
leh aiawt 9 neiin ei an hmu hle. Lalrinchhanan aiawt
9 a chiah mek, aiawt chiahna lui dung aṭang hian
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True Copy
Dear sir,
Who is the very good singer in the Mizo
programme? I ask you, they say Vanhlupuii and
Thantluangi is competition but I say the good is
Vanhlupuii make Vanhlupuii more singing to this
radio We like hear to the singing Vanhlupuii , our
friends we don’t like to her mary any husband because
she will stop in the singing works, how many money
you give in the singing voice? I can play gitar my
friend is singing You call me in the radio, you tell our
Commandant to come to radio to sing and my friend.
We want singing very much of Vanhlupuii please tell
her we the sepoy love her than girl friend and wifes.
Tonight we sit near radio please make Vanhlupuii
sing very many of good love songs. Salaam Saheb,
Sepoy John c/o 99 APO
Lushai Sepoy pakhat pawh hian Sepoy Cook chemtum
nen meuh a um ziai ziai mai a. An mana an CO-in thil
awm dan a’n zawh chuan, “Engah nge chaw min pek
loh vei!” a ti a. Cook an han zawh ve chuan, “Ka pe
alawm, mi dang zawngin an ei a, a duh ve lo a nih
kha,” a ti a. Lushai Sepoy chuan, “Chaw min pe hlei
nem, chapati alawm min pek!” a ti a. An thu chu a
tawp ve mai a ni.
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a. A lam zawh chuan a pumpuia bawk awm chu a bo
daih mai a ni.
Zuata hi lehkha chhiar tam hriatna nei zau tak
mai a ni a. A kal kawngte hi an namai lohzia chu,hlo
thlo pah deuh zela lehkha zir, matric exam dawn
phei chuan thlam mei ênga zir ṭhin a ni. Duhamna
chungchang Radio-a ka sawi dawnin min pui turin
ka ‘request’ a. A thuziak min rawn pek zingah chuan,
“Pa pakhat hi a duhâm khawp a. Pawisa chhiar sen
loh hi han nei mai ila aw! Hman chawp tur tlêm
nen,” a tih thu a awm a ni.
Hman deuh lawk khan a scooter-in a nupui a
accident-pui a, a inhliam deuh nghe nghe a. Ṭhian
ṭhenkhatin engtizia nge ti-a an zawh chu, “Mi nute
tlukpui ai chuan mahni nupui te tlukpui chu a him
zawk ang chu ka ti mai!” tiin a chhang a ni.
A kawta a zawngṭah lo, a chhuk turin a
‘ladder’ a rap pial palh a tla a. A nâkruh te a titliak a.
Damdawiina a awm han kan hmasatuin eng nge a an
a’n zawh chu, eng danga chhâng lo chuan, “Pulpit
aia sângah chuan ka lâwn tawh ngai reng reng lo
vang,” a ti tawp mai a ni.
Pastor Biaktluanga
Past Biaktluanga pawh kha a ruh lang rata
thusawi chi bawk a ni a. Ramhlun Pastor a nih hlim
khan Ramhluna pa lar ve tak Pu Damdawnga, a tlak
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True Copy
Churachandpur, Lamka Manipur, 12.2.78
To Station Commander, All Indian Radio,
Shillong, Khasi Country
Sir,
I want your radio very much, but you don’t
give me good songs I want good songs like God’s
songs in meeting Sunday, Love song is dirty for we
are Christians We sing love songs we will go to hell
Many God songs is in the book of Sing Singers,
you tell all the Singters sing only God songs and shut
all the love songs. I want to look Mr PS Chawngthu
the Chairman of Mizo Program because his name is
very much telling in Mizoram I don’t never see his
body and face of him tell him I am very glad of him..
This is my thinking I can give you to make your radio
better. Good bye,
P. Kuki, c/ 99 APO
My now address
P. Kuki, Sepoy on leaf in 28 days.
Lamka
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Rev Vanlalzuata
Hman deuh tawh khan Arm Veng Kohhran
Hmeichhe Khawmpuia thusawi tura a kalin Pathian
thu hril lar ve tak tho, Ropianga, Keifang, ‘Chhhawrtui
Ropianga’ an tih mai ṭhin te nen chaw an eiho a.
Chumi tuma Pu Ropianga, a hma-a chawhmeh bêl lo
enkual veka sa chi kim an siam hmu tawh ṭawngṭai
dan chu hetiang hi a ni : “Lalpa, hei kan hmeh tur
ka’n en vel a. Engtik lai maha la inhmu tlang ngai
lo kan pumpuiah kan han tlat tlantir dawn a ni a. An
inngeih lo mai thei a. Insual an tum chuan Remna
Pathianin i rawn rem a ni ang chu.”
Keifang aṭanga Aizawl an kal dawnin Bus
Conductorin ṭawngṭai turin a sawm a, hetiang hian
a ṭawngṭai bawk: “Lalpa, hei fur khaw chhe hnuaiah
Aizawl panin kan kal dawn a. Seling daia quarry khuan
nunna a heh hle tih kan hria a. Kan chuanna pawh
hi a tawlh liam mai thei a. Tawlh liam mah ila, kei
chu pialral ngai mi ka nih avangin ka ngaihtuahawm
dawn hauh lo va. Ka chuanpuite eng nge an an dawn
ka hre lo ve. Kan nih nih ni turin Aizawl kan pan
dawn a ni”. A chuanpui ṭhenkhat ngaih ṭha lo deuhte
chuan bus an chhuksan nual a ni. Pu Ropiang hian
hman deuh khan a pumpuiah cancer a nei a. “Lalpa,
hei ka’n lâm vak mai ang a, ka lam lai hian he bawk
hi lo la sawn ang che,” a ti a. Engtinnge a laksawn
ang tih zawhna a dawng nia a hriat chu, “Heta a awm
hma-a a awmnaah khan dah let leh mai ta che,” a ti
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ka’n ti dek dek a. “Tu nge Lal Isua chawnghei turin
a kal ti? A pa hnena tawngtai turin a kal a, a kalna
hmunah khan ei tur a awm loh avangin a nghei ta mai
a nih kha. Chawnghei tur hrim hrima kal a ni lo,” tiin
min chhang a ni. (Kha mite chawnghei kha an mak
danglam ve bawk a. TV-ah a khât tawka dailuah dal
deuh leh biscuit ei chu an inphalsak tiin an inpuang
lawi si a nih kha.)
Inrinni zan inkhawmah nu pakhat a hun lovah a
ṭawngtai a, a ṭap chiam mai a. “Thuawih lo mittui hi
engtin nge Pathianin a ngaih ang le?” a tizui a ni.
Tlangval pakhat zu vanga thi vuinaah, a pa
thusawiin kawṭhalova thi niin a sawi a. “Kristian
danin kan invui a ni a. Tun hun hi kan tlangvala
thlarauin Vanram a luh theih dawn leh dawn loh thu-a
vanram gate-a a interview hun turah kan ngai ang a.
Chutih hun lehzela a thih chhan dawt muhluma kan
la sawi chuan, vanram lut tura inrecommend-na ṭha
berah chuan ka ngai lo va!” a ti.
Sap tihdan ngaisang vak lotu a ni a. Inneih
zawha monu a chibai dawnin, a ‘veil’ a keu hawng a,
“Khawnge monu hmel chu ka hmu ve duh asin!” a ti
a, monu chu a zak viau an ti.
Hun vawn dik hi a ngaih pawimawh ber pakhat
a ni fo va, “Pathianin thlasik a thlak ngai lo” a ti.
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Delhi kan check dawn a ni te an ti a. Vanhlira rih lam
mound hnih leh chanve a ni. Chu aiin Tlangchhuaka
ser sawmin a la rit. An mut a tui hle. Zing lam chauh
an hre tawh ṭhin. Tlang hi i hmu ngai em? tih te. Pu
Lalhleia’n runhmui hmun, sumhmun tia leh ûm ei
buk hnih a nei. Tin, nupui nei lo a ui liah. Hnah khat
kei ni te, Pu Chuanga te kan la leng ṭhalh ṭhalh e.
Nupui neih ching Hranghmingthanga te, Lalsanga te
hian an nei a ni. Nupuite kawngchilh vuan chunga
zalenna sual chu a tih chi loh hle. In inang tlang a ni
ta’ te a ti a.
Tin, Vanmawian BA a pass thar ta tih kan lo hria
a, a’n ti a. ‘Sairang chhak BA thar leh, kha leh chen
BA tawh chu hriatna a zau hlei ang tih a chiang sa a.
Zemabawk lang theia BA thar tan chuan Headquarter
tih leh sub-headquarter tih ringawt pawh lehlin fel a
har ang a. Hlabu kawmah leh kawngka lu chungah
BA tih tar sela a tawk a ni. Ex-service Association
an din a, Committee member-ah a lut pha an ti’ te a
ti a. ‘Khuta kan awmho laia Bualhranga te nen tu nge
sapṭawng thiam zawk tih min khaikhin fo va. Kan
haw duh ngai lo te kha kan ṭha hle a ni’ te hi a ti a.
Khaikhin a awm ngai reng reng si lo va.
“Mi a’n rel... ‘Dawr siam sela, Geography leh
Pre-reader tê tê zuar sela, an nupuite tlan lo tura
tihlungawi battir sela, bungraw la turin Silchar-ah
mi motor-ah a khât tâwkin kal sela,’ te kha a ti a. A
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Tun hma khan inneihnaa kal hma hi phûr lutuka
ngaih hlauh vangin monu chu a tlai lui deuh ziah
ṭhin a. Pastor Thansiama chuan, “In va tlai ve, kan lo
tihsan hman ṭêp che u asin” a ti ṭhin a. Doctor pakhat
a nupui neih nia lokal tlai phei chu, “Hun i vawn dik
loh chuan, damlo zai tur i tlai vanga lo thi hman an
awm thei a, hunvawn dik pawimawhzia hi i hre tawh
dawn nia” a ti a ni.
Chutianga a tih ziah avang chuan innei tur
apiangin Pastor Thansiama kuta innei tur an nih chuan
a hun takah an kal ta ṭhin a. Tuna a hun taka inkhawm
kan ṭan thlap thei hi Pastor Thansiama thawh rah a ni.
CM pakhat fapain nupui a neih tumin biak in
chhung hma lamah ‘enclosure’ paruk zet, VIP etc tan
an rem hrang a. Pastor Thansiama hun hmang ṭan tur
chuan, “Hei hi, kan Mission Veng biak in kha chu a
la ni si a maw? A sakhmel te chu a va danglam ta hê
hû ve, rem ṭhat leh nan hun a awm lo va, hetiang hian
kan kalpui mai ang a, innei leh turte tan erawh chuan
entawntlak a ni lo, tih i hria ang u!” a ti bawk.
Tunlai Kohhran kalphung a ngaihdan an zawh
chu, ‘Idol’ lar lai kha a ni bawk , “Remkimi ka ti mai,
tualthat, suamhmang, nawhchizuar, engkim a rempui
thei vek si a!” tiin a chhang a ni.
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lehkha tawp dawn lamah, ‘tin, i lehkha pawn lama
thu rinawm tak mai’ a’n ti ta a ni, a rilru ropui kha,
a... ‘a rilru ropui, i rawn tih hi tisa leh thisen maia i
hriat pawh a ni lo vang.’ A chawi vâwng nasa khawp
a, a rilru ropui te chu. ‘Hetiang hrethiam pha tur hian,
thiam, fing, ril nih a ngai a, philosopher tuin emaw
an sihhmuh che a ni ang. Hetiang hre phak puan
veng kan nei che hi kan thla a muang a ni,’ te a ti a.
‘Rilru ropui’ tih hi Zoram tan a ni ang a, Pa naupua
leh hmeichhe zan vak, uisa ei leh lu buk tihreh nan
hman a la ni ang. Biak In kal thatzia tehna nen,’ te a ti
a. A hnua kan inhmuh leh pawhin, ‘a rilru ropui tia i
address khan tun hmaa i sulhnu pawr kha a cover thui
ngawt nia’ a’n ti a, a va nuihzat thlak e...
“Ân rawngkai lo hi chuan a bei rei thei
lo, pulpit-ah pawh. Vawi khat pawh Rullam-ah,
chawlhni zanah ral a muang deuh va, kan inkhawm a.
Thusawiah an ruai, sawi pangngaiin a sawi a. A tawp
lamah ân rawngkai kha telh lo chuan tlei tla thei hek
lo, hmeichhe lam an hrâwm ṭan ta a. ‘Hmeichhe-ho,
kohhran zing aṭangin Committee in han nei hrang a,
ro in rel a, in thing âi dah khawm tur tun din te in rêl
thei ṭâwk a nia. A rêl ṭha pawlin kum khatah pawnpui
pakhat te in sual thlu a. In buhfaiṭhamin kori a’n tu
dawn deuh va, pulpit tlangsanga ding ve âwm ni te’n
in inhria a, mi thlawh thar sa tapchhak zawla ṭham
khawm avang ringawta pulpit tlangsang thleng âwm
in ni hlei nem’ te a ti ta a. ‘Nangmahni Biak inah in
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True Copy
c/o 99 APO, 18.9.77
Station Master, All Indian Radio, Shillong
My dear sir,
Salaam Saheb, why say you make sing
Lalsangzuali Sailo tomorro but Lalupa Sailo and party
sing? Make program very clean, we sit down think of
Lalsangzuali Sailo sing but Lalupa Sailo and party
sing Why? Very very sorry in the jungle we sing we
army is very think of our villej, Song is friend but not
Saikuti zai, tell him Mr P.S. Chongthu stop old song.
We sit in jungle, we don’t know our girlfriend and
family and villej so please tell him Mr PS Chongthu
to say more of our new Mizoram history every day
We don’t like other Vai Minister history of going to
Bombay or Madras. We like to hear the now history
and tomoro history of Mizoram. Mr PS Chawngthu is
very very good saying the history in radio, his voice
is like tiger voice he is man voice, tell him to say
more and more history and new song play.
Atention, Salute Saheb,
L. Patrick Kuki, P.T. Master.
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chuang lo ang”, a ti nghal zat e an ti.(An hmu lo mai
thei a ni).
“In nuam tur chuan tukverhah han dâk ila, biak
in 7 tal a hmuh theih tur a ni. Ka in aṭang hi chuan
biak in 40 a lang thei”, a ti.
An veng kha Masi lai khan an han zai tui awm
mai mai, Pu HLA kha hla thlan in-charge a ni a. Zing
dar 3 velah Pu Vaivenga (RIP) khan ‘’Pu Sawm, he
hla hi a sak ve theih tawh ang em?,” tiin inthlahrung
takin hla pakhat kha a rawn thlang ve a. Ani chuan,
‘’Theih loh, theih loh, nimin tlai dar 4 a thlan tawh, la
sak loh 100 a la awm!’’
A hming bulah Dr. a awm avang hian nu pakhatin
inentir tumin a pan rawk mai a, a ti fuh vak lo. Chu
nu hnenah chuan, “Lo kal teh, lo kal teh, khatah khan
ṭhu teh”, a ti a, hmai zangthal haha en pahin, “Kei te
chu pumchhe Doctor mai mai ka ni hleinem, thiam
uchuak avanga Doctor, zirtur zawng zawng zir zo
tawh, a bak pawh la hria ka ni asin”, a lo ti hrep mai.
Vawikhat chu MLA ho thla lak an tum a...an
muang chang si a....an hming khan a ko hmiah hmiah
a...(eg Pu Sâwt...hetah lo kal rawh....nang Pu Hawl..a
lAiah)... Sorkar officer pakhat inthlahrung khan....
sir te ti ve la a lo ti zeuh......sir sir kan tih chuan
engtikahmah kan inrem zo lovang a ti hmiah....a sawi
ang tak takin min 5 vel awrhah a rem zo vek.
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True Copy
c/o 99 A.P.O. 3.8.72
To, Station Director, A.I.R., Shillong.
Sir,
Not long once upon a time, I hear Siampuii
Sailo sing dead man song my heart is very crying.
I like it very much. I don’t know his address. So
tell Siampuii Sailo I think of him and to sing other
deadman song Please give me his address I want to
post envelop to him and tell very good singer, he is
not marry to man I think, if he is not marring I want
it very more to marry in the wedding, Sir, forgive me
say about Siampuii Sailo to you but what can I do?
I am very lonely to Siampuii I am only Sepoy very
poor but my heart is very much in Siampuii Sir, I
salute you. N/KT Vaiphei, 3rd Bn Assam Regt.
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hlei nem’ an ti a. Ani chuan Awm ti hman lo mah ula,
ka dah hman tho,’ a ti.
Mission Veng DYO Hall-ah hian All India Civil
Service Badminton competition kan thleng a, Pu HLA
hi Secretary a ni a. Nikhat chu a hunah a lo thleng
lo a, kan nghak ṭhap mai a; chabi a kawl si a, reifê
hnuah a scooter-in a lo thleng a. Engmah kan sawi
hmain, “Lo ngawi rawh u, kan nu pa damdawiinah a
ang chap chap tawh, tunah phei chuan a thi tawh mai
thei”, an ti mai a, tu man kan hau ngam ta lo.
“Reieka kan tleirawl lai chuan October thla aṭang
hian Masi hlate hi ka sa ṭan tawh a, Masi a lo thlen te
hi chuan kan aw hi a chhang phui tlat tawh a; kan zai
khawm te hi faifûk hlirin hla kan sa ṭhin”, a ti.
Kohhran Sunday Sikulah Secretary hi hun rei
tak chhung a lo awm tawh a, a mawng a zangin a tlin
em em a, Kohhran hriattirna leh thupuante hi a ziak
en lo hian hneh tak, dik em em hian ngaihnawm takin
a puang ṭhin. A ngaihnawmin a hmuhnawm ṭhin hle.
Kohhran Committee in Pu HLA hi secretary a ni rei
tawh a, a hah em mai, midang i ruat ve tawh ang an
ti a. Secretary thar an ruat tih kha hrilh an hreh si,
aaaa Upa Huala’n hrilh rawh se, a thiam ber ang an
ti a. Upa Huala chuan, “Sawma, kha, secretary thar
pawh kan han ruat tak kha”, a ti a. Rang em emin (Pu
Huala sawi zawh rual rualin), “Kei aia ṭha chu in hmu
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Mitthi kuang chei vak leh a bula ṭah thiam
viau leh ṭawngkam ṭha bel khawm vak hi tu man an
thatphah chuang lo.
Hlim tawp hlau lova leng nu chu, a in lam a
ngaihtuahawm awm teh e!
Mit bul cheiho an inbum nasa ber a, Ram tana
inpete an chuh helh ber.
Politician-ho hian midang fak an nghak zo lo
ber a, ram hmangaih intihote an chuh helh ber.
Rev Thansiama: Kohhran kalphung tha lo ni-a
a hriat a dona lamah chuan Lal Isuan Pharisaite
a ankhum ṭhin ang deuh khan, a ṭawng kha a
dengkhawng thei khawp a. Hotu lian zual pathum
dictator ang maia rorel ṭhinte phei kha chu a ngaithei
lo hle ṭhin. Inkhawmpui lianah an ni 3 kha a ṭawng
chhan tih chiang taka hriat theihin, “Kan kohhran
hi chu taksa lianpui, lu tê reuh tê, a hmai lam leh
a tukkhum lam hriat hran hleih theih loh,” tiin
a sawi a ni.
‘Kohhranah hian ṭhenkhat chu awmhmuna
pangchang ve ringawt, rawn hnaih tum si lo an awm
ṭhin. Ṭhenkhat chu an tui hle a, an tui lutuk hi an vak
liam ang tih hlauhawm khawp an ni.!
‘Kohhran enkawl hi nau awm ang a ni a, a â zawk
thua awm a ngai fo.’
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lo lut a, pawnpui hlui pawh bun in khum puk a, a var
dan te lah chu chingal sulhnu tih hriat reng reng’ te a
ti a. Hmeichhe inkhawm bang khan, ‘kha pa kha chu
rawih reng reng tawh tur a ni lo’ an ti a. I thusawiin
hmeichhe lam a va chawm lo e’ ka’n ti ṭhin a.
“Champhai khua pi Nghaki, Pathian thu sawiin
a vak ve a, a sawi thiam viau mai maw le, a ngaihthlak
tlak khawp mai a. 1967 vel khan hmeichhia-ina
thusawi a awm ve ziah kha a sawi a sawi mai maw le.
A sawi zo kha kan unaupa Kawlnia’n le, hmeichhia
te kha a chawimawi zawng te khan ti duh ngai hek
lo. ‘Hmeichhia, pulpit tlang sanga ding ler lawr tawh
leh tihkhawm ni khuaa chair la lek lawk tawh chu an
in lam va en ila, pain nau hnap tam tak a paw ṭeuh
châwk. Naupang bal tak tak an kai du0h châwk. An
vut arin a thai darh nuaih châwk,’ a’n ti a, in lam a
va’n tlabal awm e!
“Kawlnia’n Maite-ah, ‘In khua te chuan
Independence mamawh zia awl tein in hre thei ang
chu, êng chhe tê mah in nei lo va. Zanah nau a ê a,
nu ui ko turin a chhuak a, pa kha, let hlek suh, i delh
pherh ang e, a ti a, thim zingah ui a lo lut a. Uiin
nau mawng leh pa mawng a thliar thiam si lo, a liah
pawlh nuaih mai. Ti ngawt pawh chuan Independent
mamawh zia a lang mai lo maw?’ a ti a. Lawmawm
lam hi a awm ngai lo.
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‘Market thlarau chang kan awm ṭhin. Mi chhiatni ZU DUH HO SAM

te hi mahni hlawk nan hman kan tum ṭhin. Pathian tan
hrehawm pawisa lova nun hlan a ngai a ni.’
‘Nuho anga hlim tur hi chuan Bible hriat dik loh
Zu hi chu tiruitu a ni a, ka tlachham ngai lovang,
fê a ngai.’
Ani chuan tuihâwk luankawr chhungahte mi muttir
‘Bus bang bênga zai vak vak hi zaipawl member
ṭhin a, Hmingchhiatna hmunah te min hruai ṭhin.
ṭha an ni kher lo.’
Ka nunna hi mi tihchhiatsak ṭhin a,
‘Hlimpui tham kan chang tawh, tuarpui tham
erawh chu kan la chang lo a ni mai thei.’ Ama hming avangin sualna kawngah te mi hruai ṭhin.
‘Sum leh hamaṭhatna avanga Pathian hmangaih A ni, K.S. panna kawng zawh mah ila,
hi a tlo lo. Hmangaihna hian lêt ve, nun leh nun
Tuboh leh chemtê ka hlau lo vang,
inzawm a ngai. Rawngbawlna hi sum leh eng emawa
compensate chi a ni lo.’ Nang ka hnenah I awm si a,
‘Lal Isuan mipui sangnga lai a hrai kha a mak I dawithiam leh I rimin min thlamuan ṭhin a ni.
vak lo, mak zawk chu khati zat zet hrawk a rual em
Excise mite mit hmuhah ka hmaah hian chhuanlam i
em kha a ni.’
buasaih ṭhin a,
‘B-Pawl by-heart tham zet degree ziah tlar dul
Ka lû hi I tihai zova, ka noah hian I liam reng a,
hi a ṭangkai ngut emaw ni?’
Matheilovin zahna leh mualphonain ka dam chhung
Rev Chanchinmawia’n Fundamental Baptist
zawngin mi zui zel ang a,
a din hlim khan Khawzawlah inkhawmpui an nei
ve a. A ṭhianpa P.C.Thanglawta Champhai zin haw Tichuan lock-p vâwtah zankhuain ka tawm reng ang.
lam chuan a va chhim ve a, thusawi hun te a va nei
nghe nghe a. Presbyterian Kohhran upa a nihna chu
an chawlh lailâwktir phah ta a. Chutih hun lai vela
Pastor Thansiama zîng chhuak, sawi lâwk pawh

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“Malsawma leh President-in thu sawi sela an
ti a. Pu Malsawma’n a sawi hmasa a, Pu Laldenga
kha sawi leh turin a ṭhu khar mai a. Thu thar kan
hre lo nain inkawm ve reng reng teh ang, kan ti a.
A’n sawi a, a tawp dawn lamah khan le, fiamthu lam
kha a’n ti ta pek a. ‘1965 Champhai Campaign laiin
Tuikhuahtlang pathlawiin puanngo a hawn’ a’n ti
ta ale, an haw haw huk mai a. Pu Laldenga khan a
thlir chho tak zak zak a, ani kha a vai pup pup mai
si. ‘Aizawlah hawn thla ei, nu thikthuin sil ṭhata silh
phal ta hek suh, chhuat laiah paih tau,’ a’n ti a, an haw
haw ruih ruih mai a. Pu Laldengan a’n en ṭhin a, ani
lah kha a ding chhuak ṭang uaih mai si a, ‘naupangin
nau lem puak nan an hmang thei ta ṭawk’ te a ti a.
Hotupa kha a lo ding chhuak ale, a thusawi tawp dawn
lamah a’n tâi ve ta. ‘Ngawi teh u, kan Mahmuama
tlang pemsan tak kha tlang pawimawh tak a lo ni.
Tlangval pakhat mi ang tak mai, hleitling zet zawt, a
natna pawh serious deuh mai nurse pakhatin a enkawl
a. Medical treatment awm hlek lovin a zutin a zut
ruai ruai a, a zut dam ruah mai an tih chu’ a’n ti chu
a duh lo khawp mai a. Mahni lo maha hmeichhia
fihlimsan hneh em em, biak pawh be rei duh lo intih
nak alaia, nurse-in zut ngawt maia zut dam han nih
chuh! A tukah khan ‘nizan hotupa thusawi kha a va
rintlak e, a pawmawm khawp mai’ ka’n ti ṭhin a, a
duh lo khawp mai!
bawk a. “In hotute min hmuak tur an lo la kal na
nge?” a ti a, an kaltir ve mai.
A kawng chho hriat pawh kha a chho fu ni tur a
ni.....’’Hmaa kal te kapkâr aṭangin an khabê kan han
hmu thei’’, a ti.
Camera thar a neih ṭumin, ‘’Pa Sawm, thlalak
i thiam ve em ni?’’ an lo ti ngawt a, ‘’Teh reng mai i
mitmu ringawt pawh kha bang tiatin ka la thei’’, a ti.
A camera kha a țha awm asin. ‘’Tuikhuahtlang
ațangin Zemabawk kawnga kal liam tur hmel(hmai)
fiah tawkin a lak theih’, a ti.
A camera thar that zia a fakna ‘Tukkhum lam
atanga lak pawn hmel a lang thei’ a ti.
Tuikhuahtlang Kohhran, Mission Veng aṭanga
an indan tirhin Biak Inah zaipawl a conduct-a, a kut
leh lamin solfa a vaia leh lamin thla a la.
Scooter a neih tirhin a ṭhat zia zirlaite a hrilh
dan chuan, “Treasury aṭanga PUC, PUC aṭanga
treasury thlen nan petrol khelawk khat chiah a ngai”,
a ti. A scooter kha chu a ṭha alawm, ‘Hal chhe vek
mah ula a chhe lovang’, a ti tlat. Dr. Tawnenga hnen
ngeiah a sawi!
PUC-a a thawh lai khan attendance a lam chak
lutuk a. Zirlai ṭhenkhat khan, ‘awm pawh kan ti hman
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THAIBAWI HLA
(Psalm 23-na thluk)
Min awptu chu ka thâi a ni a;
Ka hlim ngai lovang.
Ani chuan hlobet hring dupte min thlawh faitir ṭhin a;
Chawhtawlh te-in min paihtir ṭhîn.
Ka nun hi min sawizawi sak tawh a;
Ama hming avângin thaibawi nihna kawngahte min
hruai ṭhîn.
Ani, len chhuahte châk huam huam mah ila,
Ka ṭhiante rêng rêng ka zui chhuak lo ang;
Ka nupui a awm si a;
A mitmei leh a aw râwl hi ka râp tlat a ni.
Ka vêngte mithmuhah ka hmâah hian tih tur min
buatsaihsak ṭhin a;
A pawnfen sû-ahte min tir ṭhin.
Ka lu hi a kêk tawh a, ka rilruah hian a châm reng a,
Mathei lovin ṭihna leh hlauhnain mi zui zel tawh ang a;
Tichuan, ka thâi hnuaiah kumkhua in ka kûn
reng tawh ang.
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CHAWHCHAWHRAWI
H.L.Malsawma
Vawikhat chu Traffic Police-in man an tum ve
ngawt mai a.. “A hlawh tam dan indawtin ding tlar ila
min âu phâk lo vang...” a ti zêk.. “In pute an lak dawn
khan an zawhna kha ka siam a nih kha”, a la ti zui.
Traffic police lo tidingtu a hauh ṭumin,
“In pu te angin arsi chu lawm ve ila (a dar veilam
khawih pahin) he lamah tuarrrhhh, (dinglam khawih
leh pahin) leh lamah pawh hian tuarh a ni mai, tu nge
ka nih i hria em, Dr HL Malsawma ka nih hi, lehkha
thiam vanga Doctor.
A zin haw kha check gate-ah an lo tiding a. Duty
hnenah chuan, “Ka motor hmaa intâr saw va en teh:
Director-ah pawh ‘Higher’ a nih saw...” A piaha duty
dang chuan, “Check tho rawh,” a lo ti zauh pek a.
Pu HL-a chuan, “A aia mawl a la awm ka ti...”
AR Lammuala puipun lianthama a kal tur an lo check
a. Suit necktie nena zahawm taka inthuam kha a ni
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awm lêm lova Lâwta ina va dâk lût chuan Rev
Chanchinmawia leh Rorelliana te Lawta bula lo ṭhû a
va hmu thut chuan, “E! Lâwta, tho tlêin an bawm
che a lo?” a ti a ni.
Ṭawnghriatloh te pawh hi hmuam telel ang
a ni a. A lawm rual chuan an tuipui em em a,
Vitamin erawh chu a pai lêm hlei lo va.
Comment : Pastor Thansiama thusawi leh
duhdante hian a bial chhungah chuan zawm an
hlawh viau ṭhin. A bial chhung lo hi a zau em si a ni.
A hun lai ni se chuan, SHU...tih angreng, bingbileh
tih angreng, thlarau fahrin tih angreng, disco lam tih
angreng, sawntlung ei tih angreng te hi chu a la thlarau
hauh lovang a, a deusawh hle ngei ang. Midangina
an sawi tam vak loh, anmahni chhung phei chuan an
sawi ngai loh, Pastor Thansiama chanchinah khan a
awm nual a. Mihlimte leh a sawisel dang tam takte
kha amah ngainatu tak an ni fo va. Mihlimte phei kha
chu thingpui lam tura a ina leng fo ṭhin an ni. A bial
chhunga chhungkaw tin kha a khat tawkin a tlawh
chhuak vek ṭhin a. Rethei chhungkuate phei chu thla
khatah vawi khat tal a tlawh a, Pathian thu a hrilh
bakah an harsatna kawngah thurawn ṭha tak tak a pe
ṭhin. Hetiang mite hi an in(Pastor quarters)-a tlangnel
taka leng fo ṭhin an ni nghe nghe. Kohhran Upa erawh
chu a ina lênglût an awm zen zen lo thung a ni.
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“Ni khat chu, lu, Chakma meh anga kawlh tak
tak si lo, ti fer fur khan an mêt. Khua a lum bawk
a, Bualhranga leh Lalhmachhuana’n min hnial rawn
a. ‘En rawh, Pu Thanghut, hei economic ngai lo,
sahriak ngai lo, samkhuih ngai lo’ an ti a, an chul
liam pawr pawr a, min hnial min hnial mai maw le.
In chhungah Kawlnia a awm a, a ngaithei ta lo. A lo
chhuak a, ‘Enga ti nge hetiang ang hi i hnial? tiang
hi an hnial ngai lo, hnial reng reng suh, tiang hi an
hnial ngai law. Khatiang kawlh fia fua kha Raltawna,
khiangkawl bunin a awt viau!’ a’n ti a, an reh vang
vang mai. Raltawna, khiangkawl bunin a awt viau!
“Biakdiki hmelṭha a tih danah a rilru a sang vak
lo tih a lan reng hi’ te a’n ti mai mai a.
Ni khat chu Thangphunga nupui a hmelṭha e,
kan ti a. In khatah an awm tlang a, mi nupui hmelṭhat
kha awih reng reng hek lo, a la nei ve si lo va. A neih
huna tluk a awl nan mi nupui reng reng kha ṭha lo
nihtir vek kha a tum a ni a. ‘Thangphunga nupui a ṭha
lo’ a’n ti a. ‘Ṭha an ti’ ka ti a. ‘Ṭha suh e,’ a ti a. ‘Ngawi
teh, kan khuate kawng contract-in an va kal a, ṭha an
ti a ni’ ka’n ti a. ‘E, Thangphunga nupui a ṭha reng
reng lo’ a ti sauh sauh mai a. Mi nupui hmelṭhat leh
ṭhat loh mai maiah kan inhnial rei khawp a. ‘A nih loh
leh, ngawi teh, chuti ringawt chuan, amah a awm si lo
va, tu ang nge ni ang?’ ka’n ti a. ‘Thangphunga nupui
chu hei, Mahmuama Zabanglova nupui Nubiali, sang
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zai, ṭawngṭai chu a rei lo thei ang berin i ti ang u,” a

ti a. Sermon petu pawh khan a hrethiam a. Minute
nga pawh tling mang lovah khan a zo mai a. “Bân
hla pawh a châng tawp ber leh thunawn sa ila. Lalpa
L. Malsawma Colney ṭawngṭaina pawh, Ramte.. tih atang khan i ṭan mai
ang u,” a ti a. Chairman ber chu a chhuak hmasa
berah a ṭang ta a ni.

Rammut lai khan Mizoram khaw tinah kan ram

dinhmun leh awm dan zel turah mipui beng a râwp thei
em em a. Hetih hun laia kan hotute zinga thusawi thiam
leh mipuite thlamuan thiam zingah Pu Malsawma
Colney Senator te, Pu R. Thangmawia Senator te,
Pu James Dokhuma MP leh Major Lalthangzuala
Sailo (Pu Zualthauva) te kha an ni a. Zalenna kan
sual chhan te, Ram leh Hnam Thuthlung te, Rammu
Sawrkar inrelbawl dan te leh mipuite zirtirna thu
hman nghal ngai chi te chu an thusawi tlangpui a ni.
Darkar thum hi an thusawi rei zawng tlangpui a ni
a, Pu Malsawma Colney leh Pu R. Thangmawia te
hian a chang chuan darkar 6 te an sawi ṭhin a. Mak
deuh mai chu a ngaithlatu mipuite khan an ngaithla
ning thei tlat lo kha a ni. Pu Malsawma thusawite
phei hi chu a sawina khuate deusawh tak leh chung
tlak taka sawisakna a ni a. A pianna Biate khua nena
khaikhin rilru puin a khaw tlawhte hi a sawisa ṭhin
pawh a ni mai thei a. Mahse, tumahin huat thu-ah an
la lo va, an hlimpui viau zel a. Senvawn khua erawh

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deuh zeh zuh, dang lêp lûp, hei hi a hnute lian deuh phawh te asin kan la rel ang,’ a’n ti a, a va tê âwm, pit
sela, chu ang chu a ni. Thangphunga nupui te chu a dâr phawh te han rel dawn chu.
ke lam han en ila, lâm a thiam lo tih a lang nghal a, a
“Ni khat chu Biak In saknaah ‘Pu Muan,
lu lam han en ila, ngati leh lawi si nge tih tur a ni,’ te
Liang tihna eng nge?’ an ti a. ‘Wall plate’ a ti a. ‘Pu
kha a ti a.
Sawm, tlung tihna eng nge ni?’ ka ti a. An Overseer
“Champhai Zathangvunga nau, Zaliana Lalthlamuana, khi lai Damdawi in compound-a awm
fanu Muani kha a chhuak ve a, kan Defence Minister ta khi, ‘Pu Muan, tlûng tihna eng nge ni?’ kan ti a.
R. Zamawia khan a nei ta a ni. Chungte chu alawm ‘Backbone’ te a ti mai mai a, chutiang chuan ka hre
mawle, kan unaupa Kawlnian ‘Champhaiah te khian ve alawm’ ka’n ti a. ‘I hriat ang chu a ni mai’ te an ti
nupui zawng dawn ila, R. Zamawia ten ka duh ber mai mai a. Pu Sawma hnenah, Pu Sawm, Pu Muanan
ka neihna hnu, ka duh loh a nei ve, te a ti khanglang tlung tihna a hria’ ka’n ti a. ‘Engtin nge a tih a?’ a ti
si ang a, R. Zamawia te duh loh nei liam ngawt âwm a. ‘E, backbone a ti’ ka ti a. ‘Pu Thanghut, English
ka ni si lo va,’ te hi a’n ti a. R. Zamawia te duh loh ṭawngin a ni lo’m ni mi zawh?’ a ti a. Nia maw le” ka
nei ve ngawt âwm nih loh ngawt mai zawng. ‘In fai ti a. English ṭawng kan hriat loh hi chu Pu Muana te
vur ringawt mai a, khuaah tih tur, tih loh tur in ti zawh chi a ni hlei nem!” a ti a.
puat puat mai. Khawtlang hotute remruat thiam tak
tak, thil tiṭhangte ngaihdan kan râwn a, nangni aiin
khawtlang rilru leh ngaihtuah dan te hi kan hre daih
zawk a ni a. Nangni in fai vur ringawt mai a, mi’n
an zah viau si che u’ ka’n ti a. ‘Nangni balh avanga
chhiatte chu eng vak va ni suh,’ a’n ti a. Sa chhiah lak
te kha kan rel maw le, kan pawisa nei lo mangangin.
‘Sa awk te an awm a, hei hi a ram pum chuan eng
emaw zat a tling thei ang asin’ an ti a. Ngurkunga’n,
‘Kan Parliament ho chuan sa chhiah te maw in tih leh
dawn a?’ tiin sawisel zâwng khan a ti a. Kawlnia’n,
‘E, kan Minister-te levelin kan la rel lo zâwk alawm.
In level tâwk te chuan rel tak tak dawn ila, Pit dâr
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ni lovin Mizo hla an sa zawk dawn a ni e, a thupui
chu, “Nangmah kha inbihchiang phawt rawh’ tih a ni
e,” a ti leh hram a. Zipper zip lo chuan an ṭan ta tho
a ni. Zarkawt nuho khan ṭha an ti ngang a ni ang, in
an thlen veleh an in-phone kual a, ‘theihnghilh palh
tâkah ziakin i dah ṭha ang u,’ an inti sap sap mai a ni.
Silchar Mizoram House-a servant ka zawt a,
Mizo officer zu in lo an awm em? tiin. A sawi dan
chuan a tlangpuiin an in a, tin a in lo ber pawhin
Beer an in. Tin, min tirh chang hian – “Ka hritlang
deuhva” an ti ṭhin a ti.
Officer leh mi neinungte hi “magnet” an ni a,
mi retheite hi “anti-magnet” an ni.
Tin, hmeichhiat mipat lamah hian dawt sawi hi
kan sam viau. “Di nei lo Pawla’n a sai an ti, fam mah
ila min sai bik tawh hlei loving e, ka di zawnna ka
nemrang puan tial” kan tih ṭhin angina putarte hi han
titipui ila, an vanglaia nula an theih tamzia an sawi
ṭhin. Mahse, pitarte hi an titipui leh ila, an nulat
laia virgin vek an ni.
Chaltlang kohhran pakhata Upa, boxing âtchilh
hi a awm a. Mike Tyson-a te inbeih ni kha biak
ina Chairman a nih ṭum a ni mauh mai a. Zîng dar
10:30 inbeih hun kha hmuh hman ngei a duh si a.
“Pathian chuan kan thinlung a duh kan ti mêk bawk
a. Vawiin chu kan thinlung lamah chêng ila, thusawi,
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chu Mizoram pawn lama awm an nih avang nge ni
hrethiam lo pawl an awm deuhva sawi a ni.
Thâwk khat laia Santa Barbara Cinema (Film)
a lar zual lai khan Chhinga Veng Kohhran Hmeichhe
hovin Rev. Vanlalnghaka (Evangelist) thusawiah an
ruai a. Krista tel lova Chhungkaw buai tehkhin nan
Santa Barbara film kha a hmang alawm maw le!
Chutah nu pakhat inkhawm bang chu a pasalin “In
thuhriltu chu eng nge a an?” tiin a lo zawt a. Chu
nu chuan a thusawi ṭhatzia chu hahîpin a sawi a. A
pasalin eng chiah nge a sawi tih a han zawh dîlchhût
chuan, Santa Barbara tehkhin thu lai chauh kha sawi
chhawn tur a hria a, an pa chuan mak a tih thu an
sawi a. Chutiang deuh chuan, rammut laia kan
hotute thusawi pawh hi a thupui hlapui khân sawi
chhâwn a hlawh vak lo va. An fiamthu thawh leh
an ṭawngkam uchuak lai khan hriat reng leh sawi
chhâwn a hlawh fo ṭhin a ni.
Rammut laia kan hotute fiamthu kha a sang
em em mai a, nakinah Pu Malsawman kan hotute
a sawisak dan chu kan la tarlang zel ang a. A bikin
kan MP chhuanvawr Pu Thanghuta, Chalrang khaw
chhuak, Advocate lar tak Pu Rualkhuma Hmar
pa nen phei hi chuan an inkawmngeih zual a. Pu
Colney-a’n thudik chanve leh phuahchawp hmanga
hmaichhana a sawisak dan pawh kan la sawi ang a.
Pu Thanghuta hian huat ahnekin a lawm thiam em em
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a, amah hian a sawi chhawng fo ṭhin a. Pu Thanghuta
Thukhawchang hi Pu H.Vanṭhuama, M.Sc. (Agri),
Director of Agriculture leh a ṭhiante’n Tape recorder
nen an ngaithla a. Chuta an inkawmna chu a ngai
ngaiin ziak chhuah a ni a. Hei hi THANGHUTA, Ex-
MP (MNF) Chanchin, kum 2018-a a bu-a chhuahah
chuan tarlan a ni a. Hei hi i lo la chhawng teh ang,
hetah hian amah Pu L.Malsawma Colney thlalak nalh
tak pawh nemkai a ni nghe nghe a, hetiangin:
Pu Thanghuta (L) Ex-MP Thukhawchang
(Pu H. Vanṭhuama, Chanmari te’n an kawmna)
Pu Thanghuta: Eng nge kan titi ang?
Pu H. Vanṭhuama: E, ramhnuai lam chanchinte
pawh kha titi tur a tam a ni lo’m ni? Ngaithla ang
u hmiang. Pu Kawlnia chanchin te pawh kha maw
le! Nia, Saitual leh Biate ropuizia te kha. Saitual nge
ropui Biate tih te pawh kha Pu Kawlnia’n eng nge
maw a ngaih dan - Pu H. Vanṭhuama ten an kawmnaa
Cassete-a record ang ang chhut chhuah a ni. (Khawi
maw laia mi dang thusawi lo lang zeuh bak chu Pu
Thanghutan a ṭhianpa Pu Colney-a thusawi a sawi
chhawn deuh vek a ni) :
“Mahni khua ve ve (Pu Colney-a Biate khua leh Pu
Vanmawia, Senator, Saitual khua te) tih ropui an
tum a, mihring tam leh High School awm te an han
khaikhin ṭhin maw le! A inzat zel mai a, Saitual Biak
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thinrim mangang chuan, “A titlatu chu a va chak dawn
lo e,” ti-a a inhrosak tê tê hnu-ah a sawi ai sawi turin
Upa Chawnghnuaia a hnawn a. A ṭhut fel hnu rei lo
tê-a a changthlan a’n hmuh veleh, Pu Chawnghnuaia
chu a ko thla a, ama’n a sawi ta nge nge a ni.
Pu Mûka leh Pu Chalhnuna kha Treasurer leh
Secretary niin Kohhran office enkawltu an ni ṭhin a.
Pu Mûka hna kha rip deuha an hriat avangin Kohhran
khan a hlawh thla khata cheng ngain an tihpunsak
a. Pu Mûka erawh chuan Pu Chalhnuna nena an
insemzai turin a ti ta thung a ni. Pay Commission
chu an mamawh loh hmel hle. An inkawm ngeihin
an inhre ṭha tawn hle bawk a, tum khat chu office-a
an ṭhut dun lai khan, Pu Chalhnuna khan, “Ṭhianpa
Mûk, kan rinna hi a lo dik loh palh hlauh chuan kan
chawh dun awm teh e, ti raw’!” a ti a ni.
Hman deuh tawh khan Zarkawt biak inah Bible
Society ni pawimawh hun an hmang a. Chairman a
kal paha zun in tlawh, lo lut chuan a ‘zipper’ a rawn
‘zip’ lo va. “Zanin kan hun chu kan tipui ve viau mai
a, zaipawl te pawh kan nei a, a ṭan nan hla han sa se,”
a’n ti chu, zaipawl conductor khan, ‘I zipper i zip lo
ve’ tih lehkha a pe phei a. Ani chuan a’n chhiar a, “E,
hei an hlasak tur chu Sap hla, a title pawh, ‘I zipper,
I zip love’(Saptawnga lam a ni a) tih a ni e,” a ti ta
daih mai a. An zai thei ngang si lo va, lehkha an pe
phei leh a. Chairman chuan a’n chhiar leh a, “Sap hla