ZIKPUII PA THAWNTHU BU TE THLIRNA

 - Prof. Malsawmliana

Zikpuii Pa hi kan hriat theuh angin Pu KC Lalvunga a ni a, Mizote zingah chuan a hming hre lo hi kan awm awm lo ve tih khawp hial a mi hriat hlawh a ni a, a bikin thu leh hla lama tui mite chuan an hriat ngei ngei ngai khawp a Mizo Literature khawvelah chuan hmun pawimawh chang pha a ni a.

 

            A thawnthu ziak te kan thlir hma in a chanchin tlangpui han sawi hmasa lawk ila a tha awm e. Zikpuii pa hi Aizawl lal Hrawva leh Lalluii fa, sawm leh pakhat zinga a upa ber dawttu niin kum 1929, December ni 27 khan a lo piang a. Mizo High School atanga Matric a zawh hnuah Shillongah hnathawk chungin BA a zir leh a, kum 1953 ah a passed a ni. Sawrkara a luh hma hian  zirlai pawlah te leh Politics ah te a lut a, Mizo Distict Council-ah MDC te pawh a ni hman a, MZP President te a ni a, Chanchinbu te pawh a enkawl bawk a, Zirtirtu hna te pawh a thawk lawp lawp bawk a. Kum 1962-ah Indian Foreign Service (IFS)-ah a inziak tling a, Mizo zinga a hmasa ber a ni nghe nghe a. Khawvel hmun hrang hrangah te awm a awm kual hnuin kum 1990-ah Pension in a chhuak ta a, kum 28 chhung zet Zoram pawnah hnathawkin a awm bo a ni. October ni 10, 1994-ah a boral ta a ni. Mizote zinga ziakmite chawimawina sang Academy Award chu kum 1995 khan Mizo Academy of Letters (MAL) chuan a lo hlan tawh a, Writer of the Century atan thlan a ni bawk a. Heng bakah hian a thuziak avanga chawimawina engemaw zat a lo dawng tawh bawk a ni.

Thu leh hla a tui a ni a, kum 1950 vel atangin thuziak lamah a inhmang \an a. Hla sak mi hi 2 a phuah a, Hla hril (Poetry) 17 chuang a phuah a. Chungte chu la khawmin ‘Zozam Par’ tih hmingin a buin siam nghe nghe a. Essay hi a ziak tam hle bawk a, 50-70 tling dawn a ziak bawk. Chung zinga a lak khawm theihte chu a bu-a siamin- Zikpuii Pa Essay Ziahte tih leh Zikpuii Pa Kutchhuak tih te in a bu a lo chhuah tawh a ni.

 

Thawnthu (Novel leh Short Story fiction) tha tak tak a ziak bawk a, chungte chu a ziah kum nen :

1.      Silverthangi (1958)

2.      Kraws Bulah Chuan (1959) 

3.      Hostel Awmtu (1959)

4.      C.C. Coy No.27 (1963) 

5.      Curzon Road Hostel A-38 (1980)

6.      Nunna Kawng |huampuiah (1989) 

7.      Lalramliana (2000)

 

Heng a thawnthu 4 ( CC Coy No.27, Silvarthangi, Hostel Awmtu leh Kraws bulah chuan) te hi bu khata hlawm khawmin a bu hmingah ‘Lungrualna Tlang’ tiin kum 1994 khan a chhuah bawk.  Tin,‘Curzon Road Hostel A-38’, kum 1980 -ah Oman-a a awm laia a ziah pawh a bua chhuah a ni bawk. ‘Nunna Kawng thuampuiah’ tih pawh a bu a chhuah tawh a niin a thawnthu pakhat ‘Lalramliana’ tih chu kum 2000 khan tihchhuah a ni leh bawk.

Heng bakah hian a kutchhuak zingah hmuh zawh loh te a awm nual a, chung zinga langsar zualte chu:

1.      Lalringa leh Thangzuali

2.      Hmangaihna Vanduai

3.      Champhai Kawng Khualzin

4.      A Thurochhiah Chu Zawm Tlak A  Ni

5.      Mumangah Talin Aw

 

Kan sawi tak ang khan tun tumah hian a thawnthu kan hmuh theih te kan thlir thuak thuak dawn a, a kimchang erawh chuan kan thlir hman dawn lo. A hmasa in a thawnthu thenkhatte hi a thawnthu tlangpui han sawi hmasa thuak thuak ila.

 

 A hmasa berin a thawnthu tawi zinga mi ‘CC Coy No. 27’ hi han sawi hmasa ta ila. He thawnthu hi Maharastra State-a Nasih khua a awmlai, kum 1963-a a ziak a ni a. A thawnthu tlangpuiah chuan Ralkapzauva chu Mizo naupang mawl mang ve tak, mahse tumruh tak niin Aizawlah Middle School tha taka a zawh hnuah Shillongah High School a zir chhunzawm leh a. Shillong a Hostel a awm chhung hian nasa takin a aia u zawk leh Senior zawk ten an tihduhdahin an hrem thin a. Hrehawm ti viau mahse lehkha zir a duhna chuan nasa takin a fuih a, a tuar hram hram thin. High School a zawh hnuah College a kal leh a, College a kal lai hian sipaiah lutin Kings Commissioned Officer in a lut ta a. Training a neih lai pawhin a ti tha berah tangin Best Cadet te a ni a. Indopui lai a nih avangin Burma lamah an chho a, Japan ral an nawr kiang a,  Indo zawh hnuah Assam Regiment zawmin India ram hmun hrang hrangah a awm kual leh a. Sipaia a tan lai leh a zinvelnaah hian Shillong a thlen apiangin Kuli zingah Bahadur –a, Kuli No. CC Coy No. 27 chu a chhawr ziah \hin a, Bahadura nen hian an inkawmngeih zui a, Hostel a awm lai leh sikul a kal lai hian puih ngaia a awm leh harsatna a tawh apiangin Bahadura hian a chhan thin a. Ani bakah hian \hian duhawm tak Vai a nei bawk a, chu nen chuan an inkawmngeih a, zirna lama an inel thin a, a tawpah hna tha tak an thawk dun ve ve a ni.

 

A thawnthu dang ‘Silvarthangi’ tih hi a tirah chuan ‘Chawkidar Fanu’ tih a ni a. Champhaia a awmlai kum 1958- a a ziah a ni. Mizoram khawthlang lam, Saithah khua naupang hmeltha tak Silvarthangi chanchin a ni. A nu leh pa in an boral san a vangin a pate-a ( Chawkidar) in a enkawl a, mahse a patea te nupa chuan an tiduhdah avangin a hrehawm ti lutuk chuan pasal a um a, mahse a pasal um chu a tifuh lova, fa pakhat neiin a vak vai leh a. A chh<ngte zawng chhuakin a bel zui a. Nuthlawi a ni na in a la hmeltha reng a, tlangval hovin an la sep laih laih \hin. Chutih lai chuan a naupan laia amah ngaihven tu Overseer,  Babu an tih mai Lalsanglura nen an intawng a, Lalsanglura hi pathlawi ve tho a lo ni a, tichuan hlim takin an innei ta a ni. Silvarthangi hi a naupan lai atanga retheih leh chhungte tihduhdahna tawk a ni a, a tawpah a vahvaih kual hrep hnuah hmangaihtu tawngin pasal a nei ve ta a ni.

 

Kum 1959-a Guwahati-a a awmlaia a ziah ‘Hostel Awmtu’ hi thawnthu tawi a ni a. Hostel-ah amah chauhvin a thiante inkhawm hlanin a awm a, chutih lai chuan tunhma kum 100 chuang kaltawh a chu hostel-a awm ve tlangval pakhat, a thianten itsikna avanga an tihhlum thl^ nen an inbiakna chungchang a ni a. Hetiang hi mi tam tak chuan sawi se ‘Thlahrang thawnthu’ tiin an sawi ngei ang. Hetiang lam thawnthu hi kan neih tam loh pawl tak a ni awm e.

 

‘Kraws bulah chuan’tih ve thung hi chu kum 1959-a Saituala a awmlaia a ziah a ni a. Pastor Tlangkhuma fapa Dr Lalsawma hringnun a ni deuh ber a, a tlangval laia a ngaihzawng Thanchhingi’n, a chhungte tirh luihna avangin pasal a neih san a, an inhmangaihna erawh a ngai reng thung a. Hemi hnu hian Lalsawma chuan MLP zirin Daktawr hna a thawk zui a. Daktawr hna a thawh hnuah nula naupangte Hmingthansiami, Pastor Laltawna fanu nen inneiin chhungkua an din chho ta a. Chutia chhungkaw hlim taka an awm lai chuan thingtlangah sawn a ni a, chu khuaah chuan a tlangval laia a ngaihzawng Thanchhingi chu nuthlawi in a lo awm a, an intawng leh ta a. Ralkhat atangin a nupui leh a chhungten an chanchin an lo hria a, Aizawl lama insawn dan an ngaihtuah a, an sawn thla leh ta a. Chumi hnuah chuan an nupa an inngeih theih ta lova, an inthen ta nge nge a. An inthen hnu chuan an hlim thei ta lova, an fate ber a thih hnuah phei chuan an hlim thei ta reng reng lova, a tawpah an innei leh ta a, chhungkua an awmkhawm leh ta a ni. An fanu thlana thing Kraws intar bulah chuan Lalsawma chu inlamletin Pathian hnenah ngaihdam a dil a, ngawi renga a bula a nupui \hen tak Hmingthansiami lo ding ve reng pawh chuan lo ‘Amen’ puiin an inhruai haw leh ta a ni.

 

‘Nunna Kawng thuampuiah” tih hi Zikpuii Pa hian a thawnthu ziah ho zingah chuan a dah san ber ‘Masterpiece’ tih hiala a vuah a ni a. He thawnthu ah hian hmangaihna chu a laimu ber a ni a, chu hmangaihna chuan a changtupa Chhuanvawra nun pumpui a kuaiher a, a hnathawh duhzawng pawh hmangaihna avang chuan thlan chhan a nei a. A hmangaih Ngurthansangi a zawn hmuh theihna turin Police Officer nih a \angkai dawnin a hria a, chuvangin IPS ngat a thlang ta a ni.   

 

Zikpuii Pa thawnthu ziah hnuhnung ber ni ta ‘Lalramliana’ thawnthu (fiction) hi a hun tawp dawn hnaiha a ziah a ni a, kum 2000 khan a thih hnuah a bu a tihchhuah a ni.

 

Zikpuii Pa hi Mizo zingah chuan thuziak thiam berte zinga mi a ni a, heng a Novel leh thawnthu tawi a ziah te hi thuhril pai thiau, chhiar nin theih loh leh zirtir nei tha tak tak an ni hlawm a. Mizo  thalaite fuihna atana tha tak tak an ni a, a thawnthu te hian rualelna nasa takin min pe a, thalaite tan chuan chhiar ngei ngei chi vek an ni.

 

Zikpuii Pa thawnthu ziak te hi, ngun  taka zirin thil lang chiang em em chu, Mizo nula leh tlangvalte hmun sang taka a hung \hin hi a ni.

 

‘Nunna Kawng \huampuiah’ tih a thawnthu ziakah pawh, a changtupa ber Chhuanvawra chu Shillong-a College a kalnaah hnam dang zinga lawr lakin a chher a.  Inter-College Debate-ah pakhatna a ni a; IAS leh IFS-ah te pawh a tling a, mahse, Zoram buai laia Vai Officer rawng tak maiin nupuia a neih luih a, nawhchizawrhna khurpuia a nawr luh, Chhuanvawra hmangaih em em Mizo nula chu zawn chhuah a duh avangin IPS ngat a thlang a. Mi120 training zinga tuma tluk lohin a hung a ni. Tichuan nawhchizawrhna khurpui chu Chhuanvawra chuan a phin darh ta vek  a,  a hmangaih Ngurthansangi chu a zu la chhuak ta a.

 

Chutiangin ‘CC  Coy No.27 ah pawh Ralkapzauva chu  \hiante hnamdang leh Mizo te aia chungnungah dahin  a thiam thei ber pawl a ni a, Shillong-a a lehkha zirnaah pawh hnamdang tlukloh a neih chu  a leh thal a, Sipaia a luh hnuah an Training naah pawh a ti tha ber niin  Best Cadet a puan hial a ni bawk.

 

Chutiangin ‘Kraws Bulah chuan’ thawnthu ah pawh a changtupa Lalsawma chu lehkhathiam thei tak niin Dibrugarh Medical School-a LMP a zir lai pawhin a thiam theih avanga MBBS zir tlak ni a an ngaih kha a ni a. Hemi hnu zelah a hnathawhnaawh pawh mi fak hlawh niin mi te pawh an dah san a ni bawk. Silvarthangi thawnthu ah pawh Silvarthangi chu rethei bakberh leh chhungte tihduhdah ni mahse a hmelthatna leh duhawmna chu vantlangin an hmuh hmaih lova, nuthlawi a nih hnu thleng pawhin tlangval leh paho titi ber a la ni.

 

A dawt lehah chuan Zikpuii Pa thawnthu te kan chhiar chuan Zikpuii Pa hian Mizo hnam hi a dah sang hle tih a lang bawk.

A thawnthu hrang hrangah hian hnamdang nena awmhona leh lehkhazir hona reng rengah Mizo tlangvalte hi an chungnung larh zel a. Engtik lai mahin Mizo hnam hi a dahhniam ngai lova, hnamdang hnunga kal turin a duh ngai lo. A hnathawhna avangin khawvel hmun hrang hrangah kum 28 chhung zet a awm kual a,  hnamdang zia a hria a, rualawhna a nei nasa bawk a. Chuvangin Mizo hnam hian hma sawn se, hnamdang hi khum ila tih hi a duhthusam ber niin a lang . Chu chu a takin a thuziakah a lang a. Zikpuii Pa hi ‘Nationalist’ dik tak a ni a, Mizo hnam hmangaihtu leh dah sang tu, ngaihhlutu leh chapo puitu a ni. Khawiah pawh awm se a ngaihtuahnaah engtik lai pawhin Zoram hi a awm reng a, a theihnghilh ngai lo.

 

Tin, Mizo \awng a thiam hle bawk a, thuziak dan kalhmang a hre em em bawk a ni. A thuziak leh thawnthu ziak reng rengah hian tawng ulh a hmang ngai lova, tluangtlam te te in \awngkam a hmang a, chhiar a nuam a, a hahdam bik em em a ni. Mizo tawng upa hman dan tawk leh hman hun te a hria a, chu chuan a thuziak a tihlu leh zual thin a ni. Nunna Kawng thuampuiah thawnthu a Ngurthansangi hmelthat zia a sawi chhuah dan te hi a thiam em em a, “ A hmelah chuan khawvel hi a tharin a lang \hin a, ni eng leh zan thim te hian ngaihnawmna rawng thar an inthuam a, an danglam tak tak lo. Amah hmu phaklo a duhthusam chuan a hmel ang chu sam phak a ni lo. A hnar ngul a sangin a ngil a, a mitmeng a mawi a, a ngaih la tawk chauhvin a mithmul a er a, a han nui chu a mawi zia sawi turin a hmuh a hmuh a ngai. A taksa a hleitlingin pian a thiam a, Mizo fate zingah hetiang a lo piang ve hi chawimawina kan chan theih sang ber a ni. Khawvelah hian mi tlemte hi mi piang fuh an awm a, chutiang bawkin a ni pawh, chhun tur zawng zawng leh chhun theih zawngte khumin mak takin khuanu ruatin a lo chawr chhuak a, a mawi mai ni lovin, amah chu mawina a ni.”

 

A thawnthu ziak thenkhatte hi historical novel kan tih ang hi a ni a, a ziah hun laia khawvel chanchin te a hriattheih a. Indopui pahnihna hun lai behchhana a ziak te an ni bawk a, chuvangin a changtupa Sipai Officer (Commissioned officer) a \an tir a ngah hle a ni. Zikpuii Pa hi lehkhathiam leh khaw hawi zau a ni a, a hriatna pawh a zau a, a thawnthu ah te hian thil bengvarthlak tak tak te a zep tel nual thin a ni.

 

A tawp berah chuan,Zikpuii Pa thawnthu ziakte hi chik takin kan thlir hman lova. Pakhat  te te pawh hian chin leh viau tham a ni a, zir tham vek an ni. Mizoten hetianga thuziak thiam Zikpuii Pa kan nei hi kan vannei em em a. A thawnthu ziak te hi tun thlengin an la ngaihnawm reng a, zirlai atana hman tlak vek an ni a, an hlu em em a ni.