- Prof. Malsawmliana
Tun tumah hian Mizo zinga ziaktu lar, Thawnthu (Novels) ngaihnawm
tak tak ziaktu, Padma Shree hial dawngtu James Dokhuma thawnthu ziakte thlirna
hun kan hmang dawn a ni.
James Dokhuma hi June 15, 1932 khan Sialsuk-ah a piang a, a pa chu
Hrangchina (Chhakchhuak) leh a nu Kapkungi (Ralte Siakeng) a ni. Unau 13 an ni
a, kum 1960-ah Chhuanthangpuii, Kulikawna nen an innei a, fa paruk an nei. Zirna
lamah chuan Pawl 5 thleng chauh a zir a, hemi hnu hian kum 15 a nihin Sipaiah a
\ang a. Sipai a \an chhung hian Hindi leh Gurkhali \awng a thiam hman hle a,
Education Instructor ah te a \ang hman hial a ni. Sipai a\anga a ban hnuah kum
1954-ah St.Pauls High School ah Hindi & Vernacular zirtirtu ah a \ang zui
nghal a, chumi hnuah Aijal Community Development Block-ah Sanitary Inspector
hna a thawk leh a, chutah kum 1960 ah Hualtu Middle School ah zirtirtu hna a
thawk leh bawk. Zoram buaiah khan MNF zawmin a rammu a, sipaiin manin kum
engemaw zat Lungin ah a t^ng leh bawk. Jail a\anga a chhuah hnuah Political
party te zawmin a inhmang chho veleh a, a hriselna a lo tlakhniam chhoh hnuah
politics chu a chawlhsan ta a ni. Khawtlang rawngbawlna hrang hrang –YMA, VC ah
te a inhmang a, Kohhran lamah pawh Salvation Army khaipa te zinga mi a ni.
Tichuan March 10, 2007 ah khawvel a lo chhuahsan ta a ni.
Mizo pa ah chuan pumrua lamah
vantlang chung lam leh hleitling a ni a. Tawngkam a thiam a, thu leh hla thiam, hla phuah thiam,
thuziak mai ni lo a sawi pawh thiam, rualkawm thiam leh fiamthu duh tak mai a
ni a. A hriatrengna a \ha a, mi thusawite hi a sawi chhawng thiam a, an sawi
ang angin a sawi chhuak leh vek thei a, a bula awm a nuam hle bawk.
Lehkhabu hi 42 a ziak a, hengte hi
thawnthu (novel) leh Mizo hnam chanchin, mimal chanchin, Kohhran chungchang,
Mizo \awng chungchang leh thu ngaihnawm tak takte an ni a. Hla (poetry) hi 40
chuang, Essay leh Article hi 400 chuang a ziak bawk a ni.
A thuziak avang hian chawimawina
\hahnem tak a dawng tawh a, chung zingah chuan – Lelte Best Writer Award (1986,
1988, 1991), Academy Award (MAL, 1983), Padma Shri (1985), Best Writer Award
(AMSA, 1991), Bhasha Samman (Sahitya Akademi, 1997) te a tel a, hei lo pawh hi engemaw
zat a dawng tawh. Kum 1997 khan University of California, USA chuan Honorary
Doctorate Degree a lo hlan tawh bawk.
James Dokhuma hian thawnthu ziah a thiam em em
a, a kutchhuak zingah hian a tam ber chu thawnthu (Novel) an ni a, chungte chu
han sawi diat diat ta ila :
1. Rinawmin (1970)
2. Khawhar In (1970)
3.
Thla Hleinga zan (1970)
4. Tumpang chal nge Saithangpuii (1981)
5. Hmangaihna Thuchah (1982)
6. Irrawady Lui kamah (1982)
7. Good bye, Lushai Brigade (1983)
8. Kimoto Syanora (1984)
9. Gabbatha (1989)
10. Silaimu Ngaihawm (1995)
11. Thla Hleinga zan Part –II (1999)
12. Kham kara senhri (2005)
James Dokhuma hian thuziak hi a
awlsam viau niin a lang a, chutih laiin a thuziak ho hi a tlangpuiin thui tak a
ni ngai lem lo bawk. Hemi chungchangah hian Pu R. Lalrawna (Gilzom Press neitu)
chuan ‘Adult Education Department-a ka awm lai khan Meichher chanchinbu kha kan
chhuah \hin a, thuchhuah tur neihloh chang hian rawn ziak teh a, kan tia.
Awlsam te hian a tukah khawl chhut thlap hian a rawn dah theih mai zel a,’ tiin
a sawi. Tawngkam a thiam a, Mizo \awng a
thiam bawk a, thusawi pawh a thiam bawk. Pu R. Lalrawna chuan ‘ Pu Doa chu, a
thusawi turte hi a inbuatsaih lawk vak ngai lova, a ngaithlatu turte mil tawk
zelin a sawi thiam a. Fiamthu pawh a thiam a, mi thusawi sawi chhawn leh te hi
a thiam em em a, an sawi dan aimahin a sawi chhawng thiam,’ tiin a sawi.
A thawnthu ziah hrang hrangte hi hetiang hian han thlir thuak
thuak ta ila :
1. Amah hi khawvel indopui 2-na lai vel, kum
1947-1952 chhung khan Sipaiah a \ang a, sipai a \an laia a hun hman \hin dan
leh sipai nun hian nasa takin a nunah bu a khuar a. A thawnthu ziak \henkhat hi
sipai chanchin leh indonaa innghat an ni hlawm. Entirnan, Thla Hleinga zan, Irrawady Lui kamah, Good Bye Lushai Brigade leh Kimoto Syanora te chu indpui 2-na
behchhan thawnthu an ni a. Hemi bakah hian
Hmangaihna Thuchah tih chu kum
1971-a India leh Pakistan indo behchhan thawnthu a ni thung.
Sipai
a\anga a ban hnu hian MNF rammu zawmin ramhnuaiah Independence sualin a lut ve
nghal a. Kum engemaw zat chu ram tan a sur a sa hnuaiah a hun a hmang a ni. A
thawnthu ziak zingah Rinawmin, Silaimu
Ngaihawm leh Kham kara senhri tih
te hi Mizoram buai kan tih mai, MNF in Independence an sual avanga India
sawrkar nen an indo, behchhan thawnthu a ni thung.
Heng
bakah hian Khawhar In leh Tumpang chal nge Saithangpuii tih hi
nula leh tlangval inngaihzawnna lam thawnthu tho a ni a. Tumpang chal nge Saithangpuii thawnthu hi hmanlai kan pi leh pute
hunlai behchhan thawnthu, Mizo khawtlang nun behchhana a phuah a ni a, hetih
lai hian Khawhar In thawnthu hi
tunhnai deuh, Aizawl khawpui pawh a indin chhoh hnu behchhana ziak a ni thung.
Tin, Gabbatha
erawh hi chu Bible behchhan thawnthu a ni thung a. Isua Krista ruang
hlawmthu, Arimathai khaw mi Josefa fanu, Kristian nula rinawm tak leh Rom sipai
hotu, Kristian tlangval fel tak inngaihzawnna lam thawnthu a ni. Kristian Love
story lar, Ben Hur, Quovadis te tluka Kristian Love story \ha leh ngaihnawm a
ni.
2. James Dokhuma thawnthu te hi a ngaihnawm a,
chhiar a nuam em em hlawm a ni. A thawnthu ziak zinga 9 (pakua) te hi nula leh
tlangval inngaizawng chanchin, mahse a tawpa lungchhiathlak taka tawp chi
(tragedy) an ni a. An thawnthu kalhmang pawh a inang viau hlawm a ni. Entirnan,
Silaimu Ngaihnawm thawnthu ah hian
Sanglura chu sipaiin an kahlum a, a ngaihzawng Ramliani lungleng lutuk chu a
tawpah thi ta hial a. Chutiangin Rinawmin
thawnthu ah pawh Lalrozuala sipaiin an tihhlum avanga a ngaihzawng Ramhluni
khawhar lutuka a awm tak dan thawnthu a ni bawk. An kalhmang a inang hle mai.
Hetih
lai hian a thawnthu pahnih te hi chu a hlimawm zawnga tawp (comedy) an ni
thung. Thla Hleinga Zan thawnthu kha a chhuak hmasa ah chuan lungchhiatthlak
zawnga tawp a ni a, amaherawh chu kum 1999-a part-II a ziah leh ah khan a
changtute –Kap\huama leh Rozami te chu an vanglaia innei thei ta lo kha engtin
tin emaw a tawpah an innei ta a. Hlimawm takin he thawnthu hi a tawp leh thei
ta a ni.
3. James Dokhuma thawnthu hrang hranga thil langsar
tak mai chu, a hma lama kan sawi tawh angin, heng thawnthu te hi nula leh
tlangval inngaihzawnna lam thawnthu deuh vek a ni chungin inngaizawngte hi an
innei lo deuh vek thung a. Tumpang chal
nge Saithangpuii thawnthu ah hian Fehtea leh Saithangpuii te hi tluan tling
taka inngaizawnga innei zui ta awmchhun an ni awm e. Heng thawnthu a
inngaizawngte an inneih lohna chhan hi chu hmangaihna kawng chhuk chho avanga
sukuk ta leh rinawmloh avang ni lovin, indona avang a ni tlangpui. Indona
avanga nun an chan avang te, hnamdang nupui pasala neih an duh chiah loh vang
te pawh a ni awm e.
4. A thawnthu hrang hrang kan en hian James Dokhuma
hi hnam rilru la na tak mi a ni a. A bikin Mizoram buai behchhana a thawnthu
ziakah te hian a Mizona rilru chu chiang takin a hriat theih. A thawnthu pakhat
‘Hmangaihna Thuchah’ ah chuan Lalthanpuia chuan a ngaihzawng, Marathi Kristian
nula, fel zet mai Sarah Bibi chu a hmangaih em em a. Mahse nupuia neih dawn
meuh chuan a rilru a lian ber mai ‘Mizona rilru’ chu a rawn lang ta a. Hnamdang
nupuia neih ngawt ai chuan tiin a hnampui nula ngei chu a thlang ta zawk a ni.
He thawnthu a\ang ringawt pawh hian James Dokhuma hnam rilru put hmang chu
chiang takin a lang.
5.
James Dokhuma Mizona rilru kan sawi mek lai leh a hnam rilru put dan kan sawi
mek lai hian a thawnthu \henkhat – Irrawady Lui
kamah, Good bye Lushai Brigade, Kimoto Syanora leh Hmangaihna Thuchah thawnthu
te hi Mizo tlangval leh hnamdang nula, hnamdang tlangval leh Mizo nula
inngaihzawnna lam hawi an ni lawi a. Amaherawhchu, a tawpah chuan an
inngaihzawnna hi lungchhiattlak zawngin a tawp vek a, an innei ta lo vek a ni. Irrawady Luikamah thawnthu hi Mizo
tlangval Thanzinga’n K^wl nula a chhanchhuah hnua an inkara hmangaihna lo piang
ta chungchang a ni a, amaherawhchu an inhmangaihna an tlan dun dawn chauh a,
Japan sipaiin Thanzinga chu an man ta a, an tan tir ta a ni. Hetih lai hian a
bialnu Kawl nula pawh Japan sipaiin an lo kaphlum ve daih bawk a, an
inhmangaihna chu a thamral ta a ni.
Good bye Lushai Brigade thawnthu erawh
hi chu Sap sipai pakhatin Mizo nula a ngaihzawn chungchang a ni thung a. Mahse
an inngaihzawnna hi a tluantling ta lo a ni. Hemi chungchangah hian James
Dokhuma chuan hetiang hian a ziak, “Mizo
nulate hi sap ti-a kan chhoh en \hin te tan pawh iai awm an nih lohzia leh neih
tlak an nih tho bakah “Sap indah san
zia, kan Zosapte meuh pawh khan Pathian thu chu min duhsak mahse, hnam nihna
lama min hmusit si zia a tarlang a.’ Kan Missionary te kha Pathian thu lamah
fakawm em em mahse, nupui pasala innei meuh tur chuan mi an hnualsuat si dan te
pawh ka thai lang tel bawk a ni” tiin he thawnthu a ziah chhan a sawi.
Heng
thawnthu ah te hian hnamdang nula tlangval nen an inngaihzawn chanchin te a
lang na in heng hnamdang nena inngaihzawnna thu te hi James Dokhuma hnam rilru
put dan rawn tarlangtu vek an ni thung.
6. A thawnthu ziakte zingah Rinawmin, Thlahlei nga zan, leh
Khawhar In te hi Nowgong Special Jail leh Gauhati District Jail-a atan laia
a ziakte an ni a. A thawnthu zingah Thla hleinga Zan hi a lar leh mi hriat hlawh
berte zinga mi a ni a, a kutchhuak zinga lar ber mai ni lovin Mizo novel zingah
chuan a hmingthang berte zinga mi a ni awm e. A tirah thawnthu lungchhiat takin
a tawp a, mahse chhiartute ngenna vang liau liau in kum engemaw zat hnuah kum
1999 khan Bu 2-na a ziak leh a, a tir lama nula tlangval inngaizawng, innei
thei ta lo te kha, a tawpah an innei ta a. Hlimawm takin a tawp leh ta a ni.
7. James Dokhuma hi Mizo ziak mite zingah chuan
Mizo \awng thiam leh \awngkam hmang thiam pawl tak a ni awm e. Khawhar In thawnthu a nula hmel \ha, Biakliani
chungchang a sawina hi han tarlang ila,
“ Ka mita a lan dan ang takin ka
sawi chhuak thiam lo zawk a. Nula dangte nena khaikhin ralah chuan sephung
chhunkhawm zinga khuavang lamdar ang, a ti han ni nalh zia lah chu thlasik lai
la lung ang maia sen no hiam leh a mitmeng ngaihnobeina romei zam chek te chu,
sawi chhuak thiam ila han chham mawlh mawlh tak ka nap a. Lal\in eng mai mah
nise a hm>l chu ka’n en \hin a
t<ma la hman ngai loh ‘siki’thar ang vela chei chuan ngailo kimtlang hi ni
ber hian ka hria a. …..A mi biak zawnga a hmui zohniar ang maia sen hiam leh a
ba bii-cha invuah dik tak, thlasik zo vu rang maia var, \hen chunga min han
nuih saih mai chu, pachang thinrim pawh nui nghal vur vur a mawi a ni…..”
Nula hmel\ha a sep dan hi a thiam em
em a ni.
8. A
thawnthu ziak te hi zir tham an ni a, School, College leh University ah te pawh
an zir hial nghe nghe a ni. Irrawady Lui
kamah tih hi Pawl -9 ah zirlai atan hman a ni a, Tumpang chal nge Saithangpuii leh Thla Hleinga zan hi College-ah BA zirlai atan hman a ni bawk a,
Mizoram University-ah MA (Mizo) zirlaiah Khawhar
In hi telh a ni bawk.
A tawp berah chuan James Dokhuma hi kawng hrang hrangah
thiamna a ngah hle a, Mizoten kan hriatrengna tur kawng chi hrang hrang a
hnutchhiah bawk. Thawnthu phuah thiam(Novelist), chanchin chhui mi (Historian),
mimal chanchin ziaktu (Biographer), Hla phuah thiam (poet), thutluang ziak
thiam (essayist), thusawi thiam (orator) etc. tiin kan hre nawk ngei ang. A
lehkhabu ziak te a ngaihnawm a, Thawnthu (Novel) nilo, a Essay ziakte pawh hi School,
College leh University zirlaiah te pawh a tel nual nghe nghe a ni.
Thuziak a ngah mai ni lovin
belhchian a dawl a, holam deuhin a thuziak hi a chhuah ngailo. A thuziak reng
rengah hian Mizo \awng dik thlapin a hmang \hin a, ziak zawm tur leh zawmloh
tur te, \awng upa hman hun te a hre em em a ni. James Dokhuma ang hi Zoram
khawvel hian a nei leh tawh lovang.