'Ani Ka Lo Ni' thlirna by Debbie Rinawmi

He hlahril bu ‘Ani Ka Lo Ni’ hi T.S. Khupchong ziah a ni a. Hei hi a lehkhabu tihchhuah sawmna a ni . Thawnthu lamah hlawhtlinna tam tak a lo chang tawh a, nikum lama rambuai behchhana thawnthu a tihchhuah ‘Zalenna Zawngtu Zalna Zoram’ tih chu Mizo Academy of Letters Book of the Year Top 20-ah a lang pha a ni. Mi tam tak chuan Tsa hi thawnthu ziaktu ang chauhin an hre maithei a, ‘Ani Ka Lo Ni’ tih bu erawh hi chuan poet tha tak a nihna a tarlang thung. Phek 114 a chhah niin a hla te hi huang khata sawi chi an ni lo va, chutiang taka hausa chu a ni. Chutiang te a nih avang chuan hla pathum chauh han chip zui lawk ila:

1) Vai Val Valzin: He hla hi Nissim Ezekiel-a hla ‘Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa TS’ te nen hian huang khatah a dah theih ti ila kan sawi sual kher awm lo ve. Nissim Ezekiel-a hla hi Indian hovin English tawng an hman dan tih-elna hla a ni a. A English hman danah Indian tih phung a lang tel a, English tawng thiam pangngai tak tan chuan a nuihzatthlak a, a nuihzatthlakna man tur chuan English tawng thiam a tul a ni. Hetiang chiah hian Tsa hla pawh hi Mizo tawng ‘second language’-a hmang angin a ziak a, a sawi tum chiang tho mah se, a kim lo va, Mizo tawng thiam pangngai tan chuan a nuihzatthlak lo thei lo a ni. Hetiangin-

‘Sihal leiah kua nei,

Chunglengin bu nei…’ tih ang te hi.

A nuihzatthlaknaah hian a tawp mai lo. Mihring nuna zawhna awm chu a rawn tarlang a, a thuk hle. Chang thumnaa-

‘Abdula tirsia zawng,

Islam cooker sia zawng;

Nangin eng nge zawn?’

tih bawr te hian ‘existentialism’ a pawl pha kan ti thei ang. Jean-Paul Sartre leh Soren Kierkegaard te thurin (philosophy)-a mimal zalenna, duhthlanna leh mawhphurhna a pawimawh ang hian Tsa hlaah pawh hian mi tinin zalenna kan duh avangin zawn kan nei a, chumiah chuan kan inthurual em em a ni tih te pawh a lang a ni.

2) Tawpna Bultanna: He hla zet hi chu a thupui atang reng hian a thukin a khal sa em em a. Chang tin mai hi zawhnaa a tawp rual hian chhanna a nei nghal em aw a tih theih a, a chhiar tu azir te pawh a ni mahna. He hla hi Black Sabbath album ‘13’-a ‘End of Beginning’ tih hla nen khan inanna deuh mai an nei a. Kha hla kha ‘technology’ in mihring nun a ‘clone’ chungchang a ni awm e. Chutah chuan lang lo ruamah mihring nun hlutna zawh a ni a. Chang khatnaah pawh ‘Is your life real or just pretend?’ tih a ni reng a ni. He hla phuahtu te zinga mi leh tingtang perhtu (bassist) Geezer Butler chuan, “End of beginning” hi technology-in mihring nuna ram a lak nasat turzia chungchang a ni,’ tiin a sawi. Hetiang chiah hian Tsa hlaah pawh hian mihring taksa chu mawi takin chei ve thin mah ila, tawih leh ral mai tur a ni a, chuvang chuan mihring nun leh mihring khawvel hlutna thu-ah zawhna a siam ta reng a ni. He zawhnaah hian a aia thuk zawk sawi tel a nei a. Ral leh mai tur a nih avangin he khawvel thil a ‘bera’ neih hi a fin thlak lo va, khawvel taksa ral huna intan tur thlarau hmun/khawvel atana inbuatsaih hi a pawimawh zawk tih thu hi he hla laimu hi a ni kan ti thei awm e.

3) Tawrhna Thuthang: He hla hi phek 25 laia sei a ni a, Mizo irawm chhuakah chuan a sei pawl tak a nih a rinawm. ‘A ni, ani ka lo ni’ tia a tawp avangin a lehkhabu hming kengtu ti te pawhin a sawi theih awm e. A bu hming han chhiar mai pawh hian ‘ani’ chu tu nge a nih a eng ang mi nge a nih, eng tiang fakaua pawimawh nge a nih tih hriat a chakawm hle a, chu ‘ani’ chungchang chu tlar 503-ah sawiin tlar 504-na (tlar tawp ber) chhiar thlen meuh chuan mittuiin biang a tihuh kawi nuai thei tawh a ni. ‘Ani’ hi a chak a, a harsatna tawh zozai te hi a tam em avangin thawnthu a ang hial a, chuti chunga dinhmun tha chang thei khawpa a thawkrim te hian Pathianin mihring tea chakna leh theihna a pek nasatzia a tilang a, lehkhabu hminga a hmang hial hi a awm takzet a ni.

‘Chu hmuna Samari iang mi tha kha’, tih te

‘A dawng asin, Lersia iangin…

Riakmaw a iang, thingthiang a vang’,

tih thu te hian a hla kalhmangah tunlai taka phuah siin Kristian sakhuana leh Mizo hmanlai thawnthu (folk literature) rem taka a suih zawmzia a tilang a. Chumi kawngah pawh chuan he hla hian pawimawhna tak a nei a ni.

Heng hla tarlan te pawh hi phek khatah mai chuan a nihna pawh sawi kim zawh sen a ni meuh lo va. Heng bakah hian Covid pual hla te, kohhran huang chhunga seng luh chi loh te leh hawi dang tam tak a awm a ni. A phek hmasa berah hian ‘Hei hi thinlung luangliam infin khawmna hmun a ni’ tih a awm a, a chhung thu pawh a khaikhawm tha viauin a lang. Chutih rual chuan phek tawp berah hian ‘Khawvel hi’ tih hla a awm a, chhiar a hahthlak a, a zahthlak rualin, a dik em em bawk si. Hla zawng zawngte hi a êng zawnga thlir theih an nih rualin a thim zawnga thlir chuan mihring nun chhungril that lohzia te, buaipui loh tur kan buaipuizia te, hlutna nei lo zawk kan ngaihhlutzia te a ni kan ti thei ang. Chumi thlirna atang chuan hla tawp ber pawh hian a khaikhawm tha em em tho bawk a ni.

He Hlahril bu tha leh changkang tak hi lo chhiar ve la, 'ani chu ka ni em?' tih hriat tumin mihring nun hi hlahril hmangin i han bihchiang teh ang aw...

(Debbie Rinawmi hi kan thiannu a ni a, tunah hian NIT Mizoram-ah Ph.D a ti mek. English poetry bu hnih lai mai a tichhuak tawh a ni. Hetianga thlir letna tha tak mai a ziak hi a chungah ka lawm tak zet a ni). 

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