- C. Lalawmpuia Vanchiau
Pachhunga University College Mizo Dept. in hun rei tak atanga an lo buaipui tawh, Mafaa pual lehkhabu ZORAM FA CHUAM MAFAA HAUHNAR [A KUTCHHUAK ZIR CHIANNA] in khaw eng a han hmu thei ta leh, a hming reh vung vung tawh han ri thar leh tur hi amah ngaisangtu leh a kutchhuak ngainatute tan chanchin tha leh thu lawmawm ber pawl a ni awm e. He lehkhabu hi Fraser Media & Publication chhuah niin, phek 270 a chhah, cheng 400 man tura ruahman a ni a. A chhunga thu awm te hi PUC Mizo Dept. in kum 2019 November thlaa ‘Resuscitating Mafaa Hauhnar: Contemporary Perspective on his Essays and Poetry’ seminar an huaihawt tuma mi hrang hrang paper chhiar chhuah dahkhawm a ni.
Mafaa pual seminar hi PUC Mizo dept. buatsaih bakah hmun hnihah huaihawt a lo ni tawh bawk. Kum kalta 2023 March thla khan St. Anthony’s College, Shillong chuan ni hnih awh ‘International Semimar on the Writings of Mafaa Hauhnar’ an lo buatsaih tawh a. Nikum September thla vek khan MIELS [Mizoram English Literary Society] chuan ‘The Writings and Philosophy of Mafaa Hauhnar’ seminar buatsaih ve lehin, heta paper lo lut te hi Journal of MIELS 2023 issue-a chhuah a ni tawh a ni.
Pawl / institution pathum ngawt maiin, Mizoram chhung leh Mizoram pawna writer pakhat puala seminar an hmang hi Zoram Khawvelah hian sawi tur a tam lo khawp ang. Seminar thenkhatah hi chuan an seminar huaihawt chhan bera chhungte an phusa viau thin a; hrilh leh sawm an nihna hmun te pawh a awm ve tho bawk. Seminar pahnih kan sawi takah hian Mafaa chhungte hrilh leh sawm an nih laiin, MIELS seminar bikah hi chuan hrilh an ni lo hrim hrim a. Heng hian engemaw zawng takin Mafaa thu leh hla ten academic interest a generate thukzia a entir awm e.
Sawi ta zel ila, Mafaa kutchhuak thenkhat hi zirlaiah telh a ni hlawm a. Manipur University hnuaia undergraduate course-ah a thu ziak panga: ‘Dum Duhawmi’ leh ‘Vaihna Vartian’ thawnthu tawi pahnih leh a essay pahnih ‘Aih Ka Laih Saih’ tih leh ‘Inthenna’ bakah a poetry ‘Nunna par tlawmngaihna’ telh a ni a. Mizoram University hnuaia undergraduate zirlaiah pathum seng luh a ni ve thung. A thawnthu tawi ‘Riahrun Rapawm’ tih, Prof R. Thangvungan ‘The Haunted House’ tia Saptawnga a lehlin chu English dept MDC paper-a thlan a ni a. Mizo dept in a ‘Inthenna’ essay leh ‘Pasaltha Khuangchera’ a review-na chu criticism paper-ah telh a ni bawk. A pian a seilena aia Manipur lama ngaihhlut a hlawh zawk hian ngaihtuah a tithui hle mai. Hun han kal det se, ICFAI University leh MZU lama PG course-ah a thu leh hla an la zir ve chawk ang chu maw?
Lehkhabu hminga ZORAM FA CHUAM MAFAA HAUHNAR tih hi a ril a, a thuk a; ZORAM FA CHUAM han tih ngawt mai phei hi chu mi thenkhat tan chuan a thikawm rum rum thei awm e. Lehkhabu thuhmahruai ziaktu Dr. H. Laldinhmawia chuan, Mafaa kha “a damlai leh a boral hnu thlenga mite ngaihsan leh ngaih hlut a ni hi a chungchuanna a ni a. AMAH ANG HI HNAM KHAT ZINGAH AN PIANG ZEN ZEN LO” tiin dik deuh maiin a sawi a. Zofate tana fahrin manhla leh hriat reng hlawh tawh tur, mibik a nih miau avangin ZORAM FA CHUAM tih pawh hi a phu a, a inhmeh bik hliah hliah mai a ni.
He lehkhabu hi Mizo Section leh English Section a then niin, mi 20 thu ziak chhiar tur a awm a. English Section a thu thawhtu pakhat hi kumin July thla tira boral, thu leh hla lama Mafaa a ai-hnah-phah-pui, Govt. Aizawl College-a English literature zirtirtu Lalrinmawii Khiangte, Miss Mamawii a ni. He lehkhabu piang tur nghakhlel ber zinga mi a nih pawh a rinawm. Amaherawhchu, lehkhabuin khaw eng a hmuh hmaa mual min liamsan ta thut mai kha a pawi ngawt mai!
Thu thawhtu dang sawi chhunzawm ta zel ila: Prof. RL Thanmawia, Lunglei J. Buana College zirtirtu Thuamtea Khawlhring, novelist C. Lalnunchanga, writer F. Vanlalrochana, Dr. H. Lalbiakzuali, H. Lalawmpuia, Rohmingthanga Ralte, Lalzarzovi, Vanlalhrilha, F. Lalzuithanga, Rev. Laltlankima leh he lehkhabu buaipuitu PUC Mizo Dept. a zirtirtu Enid H. Lalrammuani, Grace C. Malsawmi. K. Vanlalruati, Thang Sian Tluang, Lalrotluanga te bakah, English Section-a a hming kan lam tawh Miss Mamawii bakah Dr. Henry Lalmawiazuala leh Dr. Philia Khiangte te an ni a. A tam zawk hi chu college hrang hranga Mizo literature leh English literature zirtirtute an ni.
He lehkhabu bung tawp berah hian Mafaa kawmna dah tel a ni bawk. Kum 2018-a PUC in writer hrang hrang an kawmna, youtube lama en leh ngaihthlak tura an dah chhuah zinga Mafaa an kawmna chhiar theiha an dah tel hian he lehkhabu hlutna hi a belhchhah a rinawm hle.
Hming kan han lam chhuah tak te hian an thlirna kil hrang hrang atangin Mafaa kutchhuak, a bikin a poetry leh essay te an thlir zau a. Thenkhatin Mafaa hringnun leh Mafaa Bible chhiar dan min hrilh laiin thenkhat chuan Mafaa hming chherna, a Chawlhna Tuikam-a hlate min hrutpui a; mi dangin a boral kuma a tihchhuah Hringnun Hrualhrui min keupui bawk. Thenkhatin thu zangkhai lam ziaktu a nih dan thiam taka an seprawtui laiin, satirist a nih dan te, critic leh humorist a nih dan rawn sawi an awm a. A critical writing rawn bih chik te, eco-criticism hmanga a thu leh hla lo pawt fan an awm bawk. Chutiang zelin, thangtharte tihhmuhtu a nih dan te, a kutchhuaka rhetorical device a hman dan te, a word play leh metaphor, simile, hyperbole thiam taka a hman dan he lehkhabuah hian chhiar tur a awm a.
Ziakmi Mafaa kha mi hipna ngah tak a ni a. Lehkhabua thu thawhtu pakhat Rochana chuan, dik deuh maiin, “Mafaa influence ropuizia hi, amah kan ngaisang lo lui ve hrim hrim a nih ngawt loh chuan hmuh hmaih leh sawi hmaih theih a ni lo,” a ti a. Thangthar mai ni lovin a rualpuite zinga thu leh hlaa tuina thuk zawk tuhtu leh ziakmi tam tak hringtu a ni. Poetry bika a contribution phei chu hmuh kan theih a ni lo.
Kum 1997-a kum 22 mi chauh nia a chhuah, Chawlhna Tuikam-ah hian a hunlaia mi nawlpuiin kan la hmelhriat loh poetry form leh style hrang hrang, entir nan: ode, Shakespearean sonnet, Spenserian sonnet, Italian sonnet, free verse, Japanese Haiku, elegy hmang ten poetry a phuah bakah, occasional verse, Heroic quartain, French fixed form rondel, mediaeval Latin poem Ubi Sunt formula, French verse form chi khat virelay tih te thlengin kan mit min tihvarsak a. A theih china rhyme scheme a dah zel chu, inchhuih nawk nawk chunga lo entawn tawk an awm teuh a nih kha.
A hun hmasa lama a kawppui Thuamtea Khawlhring nen khan English literature hrula, English poetic form behchhanin Mizo poetry hmel thar hmuhtir an tum a. “Chhum tawrh ringawt lo deuhva chawhmeh siam dan tha tak” an hriat chu a helh pawl an lo awm ve lehzel a. Chung mite chu an pahniha an article intawm “Chhura ko thlak”-ah chuan: “‘Hetiang Sap thiltih pawng ngaihsan ka rilrem zawng a ni lo,’ lo ti an awm a nih chuan, duh leh chung mite chuan puan sinin tuibur hmuam purh purh se, necktie aiah kelmei awrh ngoh se la, chhipah sam zial leh se la, chhawhchhi leh bete hmeh pawlh leh mai mai se a ni mai,” tiin mei nei takin an khak let.
Ziaktu ropui, mibik a nihna kha a art-ah a chiang a. A mimal nuna mi inthlahrung leh zakzum tak ni si kha, hawrawp phena a bihruk tawh chuan tuma stop leh block theih a ni tawh lo va. A rilrua a vawn leh veite a sawi chhuak ngam lo a nih chuan, “Writer pawh inti ngam tur ka ni lo vang a, nawhchizuar ka nih loh veka leh, uire ka ni ang,” a inti mai reng a. Hawl ngam loh a nei lo va, hawl phak loh lah a nei hek lo. Chu chu a Vanglaini column a luahlum peih chhung khan kan hmuin kan hria a. Thu leh hla kawngkhar vengtu thawthanga ngaih Mizo Academy of Letters pawl meuh pawh a lunglen chang chuan a si bap bap thin a. Kum 2016-a Khawbung Hla Kungpui Muala seng luh tur thawma, ‘Virthlileng’ phuahtu Lalmama aia Lallianmawia Pachuau hming riring zawk tlat te kha awmhmunah a tha a lo na em em mai a. “Lalmama pawh a mam thei lo…” tiin a auchhuak a nih kha.
Khatia, kum 2018 Pathianni hnuhnung ber tuka min peih loh san thut thu khan Zoram khawvel a nghawr nghal a, mitin min barakhaih a nih kha. Mi ropui bikte thihna hian thu leh hla a kai chhuak fo. MNF sipai, Capt. Lalhleia leh chief minister hlui Laldenga te khan hla phuahsaktu an nei nual a. ‘Ram Kalsiam Hla Bu’ [2013] atanga a lan danin, Brig. T. Sailo kha a damlaiiin mi sawmhnih chuangin hla an phuahsak a. Zofate zinga hmingdai ngai tawh lo tur Lalsangzuali Sailo khan mi tan hla a phuah hnem a, amah pawh mi sawmthum chuangin hla an phuahsak ve bawk. Mafaa hun a lo thleng a, social media a luah hneh zia kan hria a, a bak chu thawnthu ang mai a ni. Print media lamah lah January thla tir atangin chanchinbuah hmun a luah chho nghal a. Karhnih tluan article huangah a hming kan lam a. Hla lama ani meuh chhing zo tur chu khaw lo la awm turah an la rawn chhuak mahna!
Mi thenkhat chuan an lehkhabu ziah tam an chhuang a, an uanpui thin. Lehkhabu tangkai lo ziah hnem hi literature hausakna a ni ngawt lo va. Kutchhuak hlu leh tha chu a ziaktu kum naupangah emaw, a nungchangah emaw a innghat lem lo bawk. Zir tur leh zir tlak min hlui chuan lehkhabu tha a ni mai. Kaphleia te, Lalzuithanga, L. Biakliana leh C. Thuamluaia te pawh kum naupang te niin mual min liamsan tawh mah se, an kutchhuak tlemte avangin vawiin thlengin an la nung reng a. Mafaa pawh kan zingah awm tawh lo mah se, a thu leh hla ten min la chenchilh reng a, min la chenchilh dawn chauh a.
Tachhip tlangval Kaphleia chuan a ‘Thlirtu’ essay-ah, “Kan dam rei leh rei loh te hi kum te, thla te hian a hril lo ve, kan thu leh kan thiltihin a hril ber zawk a ni…” tiin a lo sawi tawh a. Chu thu chu Mafaa chungah pawh thudik ding reng tur chu a ni e.