Mizoram hi ram dang nena khaikhin ralah chuan ram te tak te ni mah se, a chhunga chengte ṭawng hman dan inang lo a tam hle. Chung zingah chuan chhim leh hmar hman dan tih te, chhak leh thlang hman dan tihte hi a hraw deuhah a ngaih theih a, chhak leh lutuk lama an hman dan hian ram pum a dap zo lo deuh a, ṭawng dik mang loa ngaih theih pawh a awm nual. 
Chhim leh hmar ṭawng inang lo langsar zual deuh chu (hmar lam hman dan dah hmasain, a dawtah chhim lam hman dan): tengtere leh chhimkelek; thingfanghma leh nuhnun; lamkhuang leh laui; kawlthei leh kawiam; saidawium leh palang; tuizem leh tawp; tlangsam leh pholeng; chawhtawlh leh maihun leh a dang tam tak a awm. Ṭhenkhat chu chhim lam tih emaw, hmar lam tih emawin a dik chiah lo thei bawk ang. Heng kan ṭawng inang lo zingah hian ‘kawiam’ hi ka’n sawi zui deuh ang e. 
Mi ngo ti chawt ila, Europe khaw­mualpui lama mi ni tur an ni, chutiang mi chuan kan thei sawi meka hi ‘guava’ an ti, a tobul (etymo­logy) lam chu a google mai theih ang. Anni mi ngoho hi kan pi leh pute nen khan an inhre har a, an ṭawng phei chu hriat mai ngaihna a awm lo. Hnampui hming pu china kan pi leh pute hnim hnaih hmasak chu Kawl hi niin an lang a, ‘Kawlkerang’ te an ti bawk. Silai pawh an hnen aṭanga hria an ni a, thi leh dar te chenin a ni ang chu. Hnam pui zawk leh changkang zawk na na na chu an thil neih ilo an dawr fo ang tih a rinawm a, chutiang aṭang chuan Kawlho thei chi khat kha hre chhawmin ‘kawlthei’ an lo ti ta niin a ngaih theih, Sap kan hriat hnua kan thei hriat ni awm tak ‘sapthei’ te pawh kan neih hi. 
Hmar leh Pawih ṭawngah pawh hian ‘kawlthei’ tih a ni a; Thado-Kuki pawhin an ti ve tho na a, an ziah dan a dang deuh a, ‘kolthei’ an ti. Zomi (Tedim-Chin) lam hian tlema tawngkam chhep dang hretin ‘kawl singkung-gah’ an ti a, chu chu ‘kawl thingkung rah’ tihna mai a ni, ‘kawlthei’ tih nen a danglam chuang lo. A nawlpuia hrut rual deuh puatin ‘kawlthei’ kan ti tlang vek a ni awm e. Burma ram lam aṭanga kan thil hriatah hian ‘kawl’ tih a tel duh hle, kawlhnam tih chu ‘kawl chem’ tihna a ni. Kawlbrahra tih pawh hi Kawlho aṭanga kan hriat a ni mai thei. Tun hma tak tak chuan ‘a kawlchhuak’ an ti a, chu chu Kawl ram aṭanga chawk luh, Kawl ram siam tihna a ni, tualchher ai chuan a tha zawk a ni ang. A hnu deuhah ‘a khawlchhuak’ tih a lo piang leh a, hei hi chu khawl hmanga siam tihna a ni ta thung.
‘Kawl’ tih hi han chai zui hlek ila, a tobul chu keini hriat phak rual ni lo mah se, ‘Kawl’ tih ngau ngau hi chuan ‘Burmese’ a kawk tih thuah hi chuan kan thu a rual vek ngei ang a, ‘Kawlvai’ tihah hian kan hriat dan a inang hlawm ang em aw. Kan dictionary neih hmasak ber Pu Buanga khan dictionary-ah ‘Kawlvai’ tih hi chi hnihin a sawi fiah a, (i) a Burman, a Burmese, tih leh (ii) Hindustanis and Gurkhas living in Burma tih a ni. Chutiang a nih chuan ‘Kawlvai’ tih chu ‘Burma mi’ tihna a nih rualin ‘India mi, Burma rama cheng’ tihna a ni tel. Hei hi an entawn ve hrim hrim nge, a awmzia ve reng ni zawk, Remkunga dictionary-ah leh Lalzuia Colneyte unau dictionary-ah pawh Pu Buanga ziah dan tho hian a inziak. 
Chutiang chu a ni laiin han inzawt ta ila, ‘Kawlvai’ tih chu ‘Burma mi’ tih bakin kan sawi hlawmin a rinawm loh a, kan hriat zui dan hi a dik ta vak lo zawk ni tak maw! Pu Buanga leh Sap Upa-ina an buatsaih, kum 1898-a chhuah, “A Grammar and Dictioary of the Lushai Language (Dulien Dialec)t” tihah phei chuan anni pahnih hian ‘Kawlvai’ tih chu ‘Hindustani and Gurkhas in Burmah’ tih chauh an ziak a, Burma mi an kawhtir miah lo. Mizo leh Vai Chanchin Lehkhabu, kum 1905 October thla chhuakah Hrangliana Palian, Circle Interpreter, Champhai chuan, “Rih a chuan Kawl vai lam-in pum an shiam a, kan kal kan kal mai a,” a ti a, ani hman danah hi chuan Burmese sawina a nih hmel, India ram lam mi, Burma rama cheng sawina a ang lo deuh. Thil chhinchhiah tur pakhat a awm, Mizoram lam hian ‘Rih dil’ tih duah kan ching a, chanchinbu hluia kan hmuh ang hian a hming hi ‘Rih’ tih chin chauh a ni, dil zawng a ni ngei mai; amaherawhchu, dil tih kan telh nasa deuh a, a hminga tel ve reng emaw ti tawk an awm phah. Tlawng pawh hi lui a ni a, ‘Tlawng lui’ tih chu a sual hauh lo na a, ‘lui’ tih sawi tel ziah kher a tul hran lo. Chutiang bawk chu ‘Rih’ hi a ni. 
Kawl kalsanin Kawr lam an hnaih a, Kawr chu Bengali sawina a ni. A then chu Kawr chauh ni loin Reng ram lam thlengin an zuk tla thla. Khawtlang lam kan tih pawh hian Reng ram lam an hne hnai hle. Anni Reng (Tipperah, Tripura) lam hian kan thei sawi tak ‘kawlthei’ kha ‘guyaam’ an ti a, an ṭawng pui ber ‘Kokborok’ tihah pawh chutiang chuan an ziak lut. Hmanlai khan Reng lal kha Mizo lalte nena khaikhin chuan an lian tham hle. Thlang tla thui deuh chu Rengpui thuhnuaia awmin lal tenau deuhah te an awm a, chung chu Rengte an ti ṭhin. Mizo zingah pawh Rengte an awm ve nawk nghe nghe ang. Chutianga inpawlh ve deuh roh kan nih avang chuan ṭawng pawh inlak tawn chin a awm lo thei lo. 
Reng ṭawng ṭobul hi chhui ngaihna tak pawh kan hre lo. Mizote ai chuan anniho hi Sap leh Vaiin an tlawhpawh hmasa fe zawk tih chu kan hre thei. Sap ṭawnga ‘guava’ kha lam thiam loin emaw, an lam dan hre sualin emaw, ‘guyaam’ an lo ti chhawm ve ta mai nge, hmakhawsang ata an sawi dan ve reng tih kha zawhna awm thei a ni. A enga pawh chu ni se, Tripura lama hnam tam takin ‘guyaam’ an tih kha Mizo zinga thlang tla thui deuhin hre sualin ‘kawiam’ an lo ti ta ni berin a lang a, chu chu chhim lamin an hmang zui zel a, a chhawng ta duah a nih chu. Reng rama hnam thenkhat hi chu Tuikuk kan tihte hi an ni a, khawthlang lam tawng chu Tuikuk ṭawng nena inpawlh deuh nawk nawk pawh a awm thei ang. 
Kan sawi tak ang khan ‘kawlthei’ tih chu ‘Kawl’ leh ‘thei’ tih belhbawm aṭanga lo piang a ni a; ‘kawiam’ tih erawh chu hnam dang ṭawng aṭanga lak a ni thung. Kawiam tih hi Pu Buanga pawhin a dictionary-ah “kawiam (F)” tiin a ziak lut a, kualkhung chhunga ‘F’ lam pum hi ‘foreign language’ a ni a, ‘hnam dang tawng seng luh’ tihna a ni. Hemi vek hi Remkunga pawhin la chhawngin a dictionary-ah ‘kawiam (F)’ tiin a dah. Lalzuia Colneyte unau chuan ‘F’ tih lama hi chu an thai lang ve ta lo. 
Pu Buanga leh Remkunga chauh kha ‘F’ lam ri an ni lo a, tun hma Govt. ME School, Serkawna headmaster ṭhin, C. Saizawna pawhin a lehkhabu ‘Pi Pute Tawng Kauchheh’ tihah ‘hnam dang tawng Mizo ṭawng anga hmante’ ziak tlarin ‘kawiam’ tih hi a telh ve bawk. Ani chhim lam mi thiamin ‘kawiam’ tih chu hnam dang tawng a tih chuan a dik ngei ang. 
Hetia kan ziah avang hian ‘kawiam’ kha kan hnual­suat ta bik tihna a ni lo a, a tobul ni thei awm kan han dap mai chauh a ni. Thuziak hlui lamah, Mizo leh Vai Chanchin Lehkhabu, kum 1906 September thla chhuakah hian ‘kawlthei’ tih a lang tawh a, ‘kawiam’ tih chu a lang lo, chutih laiin ‘laui’ tih a lang ve leh tlat thung. Hetiang hi chu a ziaktu hman dan dan a ni mai ang chu. 
- Rempuia R. Lutmang

- Rempuia R. Lutmang

KAWIAM (F)

Khawvel hian hmanlai ata tawh vawiin thlengin kawng hrang hranga miin an ngaihhlut zawng leh, ropui an tihzawngte chawimawina (Awards & Prizes) hrang hrang a pe ṭhin a. Khawvel mipuite thlamuang taka kan awm theihna atana thawh hlawk hnenah te, literature lama mi ril bik hnenah te, khawtlang leh ram tana thawh hlawk bikte hnenah te, mi huaisen bik hnenah te, sport lama mi chhuanawm falte hnenahte thlengin chawimawina ‘awards’ chi hrang hrang an hlan ṭhin a ni.
Amaherawhchu, chawimawi leh fak phu ngawih ngawih, chawimawina awards a hrana hlan ni ngai si lo, tu khawkhaina kan ûksak lutuk loh nia lang chu mahni chhungkua ngei tana mi ṭangkai leh thawhhlawkte hi an ni. Heti ang mite hi sapin ‘unsung hero’ an tihte zingah an tel ve ngeiin ka hria.
Chhungkaw member-te chu kan hrisel ṭhat a, damlohna leh ramtuilei lo emaw, rualbanlo kan awm lo a nih chuan kan chhungkaw tana sum leh pai thawhchhuaktu chu a hnathawhte a ropui em em rualin, a tihtur ve reng leh thil naranah a la ngaih theih a. Mahse, chhungkaw ṭhenkhat erawh chu chuti ang chu an ni ve lo. Chhungkaw ṭhenkhatah chuan hna thawk thei pakhat chauh awm, mi dang zawng chu tar leh naupang chhia chauh awmte an ni. Hnathawk thei awmchhun chu hrisel loh ni leh dam sam loh ni pawhin chhungkaw eitur thawk chhuak tura kawla ni chhuak chhiara hna a thawh ṭauh ṭauh ngai dinhmuna ding an awm nawk a ni.
Khaw pakhatah chuan putar kum 70 chuang tawh hian a tute 4 lai mai loh theih lohvin a chawm a ngai a. Chu putar chu a ha hi a na thei em em mai lehnghal a. Eng ang pawhin a ha chu na mah se, amah leh a tute ei tur thawh chhuah a ngaih avangin ha nat vanga chek tlawk tlawk chungin ni tin lo lamah a feh ṭauh ṭauh ṭhin an ti! A va fakawm em! Chawimawi a phu hliah hliah a ni.
Mizo tlangval pakhat, fapa mal hian vai rama chetla ṭhang tak nula ni khua vak lo nupuiah a nei a. Fa pathum an neih hnu lawkah chu a nupui chuan vairamah a eizawnna ngai lamah a kirsan leh ta daih mai a. An fa té ber phei chu kum khat em pawh a la tling si lo. Chutah naute pa lah chu accident avangin a thi lehnghal a. A fate chu naute pi, kum 60 chuang fe tawh, hrisel lo tak chuan loh theih lohvin a awmpui a ngai ta a! Rora te a chhu a, a chang leh thlaite a zuar a. A tute tan a va hlu dawn tak em! Amah leh a tute enkawl nan a tha zawng zawng a sawr chhuak zo vek a, chuti chung pawhin an mamawh daih a thawk chhuak zo chuang lo. Fak a va phu em!
Chawimawi an phu asin
A chunga kan han sawi tàk ang, mahni chhungkaw tana thawhhlawk em em mai, kohhran leh khawtlang pawha inhmang hman ve meuh lo, lansarhna, hmel mawina leh lan mawi lam pawh ngaithuah hlei thei lo, a thawh loh rual ruala an chhungkuain chhuan an chham nghal maina tur mihring hi khaw tin leh veng tinah an awm asin! Mi tam tak hian kan chhui lo mai mai a ni.
Hnuchham chawmna leh tar leh riangvaite enkawlnaa thawkte kan ngaisang a, kan fak mawlh mawlh mai. Fak pawh an phu reng lah tak a. Tar, naupang leh rualbanlo tam tak hi an chhungkuaa mi pahnih khat, anmahni hmangaih taka tha leh tui zawng zawng seng zo, a thim a var pawh thlu lova enkawltute avanga ‘home’-a dah loh mai mai hi eng zat tak awm ang maw?
Mi pakhat chauh nunna chhanhimtu pawh India President-in India mipui hmaah Bravery Award ropui taka a hlan chuan, an puitlin ṭhak thlenga ni tina an mamawh zawng zawng pea naupang enkawl sei liantu te, pitar, putar engmah ti thei tawh lo, duat taka enkawltute leh rualbanlo, enkawl buaithlak em em mai, an thih ni thlenga hmangaih taka enkawltute pawh hi a enkawltu chu tu pawh ni se, chawimawi an va phu em! "An tih tur ve reng an ti a ni mai a," tiin mi ṭhenkhat chuan kan hnial a ni thei; a dikna chen pawh a awm ang. Mahse, mahni tih tur dik tak ti ṭha peih lote avang hian a ni khawvel hi a buai ni. Mahni tih tur dik tak taima taka tite hi mi ngaihhlutawm tak an ni reng a ni.
Heti ang mite hi mi biru, entawntlak leh chawimawitlakte an ni. Fak nachang i hria ang u. Mahni vengah pawh chawimawi phu bik an awm chuan a veng bil ang tal pawhin chawimawi ṭhin ang u. Mahni chhungkaw tana mi ṭangkai tak hi society tana mi ṭangkai tak a ni tel nghal a, an hlu em em a ni. Chhungkaw tin hi society peng tê zawk kan ni vek a, chhungkaw member tin hi society member kan ni vek bawk a ni.

- Zomawia Khiangte,&nbsp;Goshen Home, Biate

- Zomawia Khiangte

THE UNSUNG HEROES  (Mahni Chhungkaw Tana Mi Ṭangkaite)

Kan ti nek nek a, hun lahin min nghak lovin a liam zel si a, hei MLA Inthlanpui kum chu kan lo thleng leh ta chu a ni dèr mai a, eng ang rilru puin nge kan inthlan ang tih pawh hriat thiam a har fut mai a. Covid hripui leng atalangin, ram chu sawi loh, mahni chenna khua ngei pawh ngaihtuah fum fe hman lovin, mahni chhungkaw damna ngawr ngawr ngaihtuahin kum hnih linglet ṭhak chu kan hmang liam hlawl a, khua a veng ve ta deuh e tih kumah kan inthlang dawn chu a ni leh ta der mai si a, rilru put thiam a har duh fut awm e.
Tun kan sorkar hrawn mek hi han thlir ta ila, an sorkar tirh kum kha chuan Congress NLUP sum hnutchhiah hmang khan kawngpui pawh an chei mam ṭha hle a, mipui pawh kan lawm hle chu a nih kha. Khatiang zel khan kan kal dawn emaw tih laiin khawvel pumah hripui a leng ta chiam mai a, eng dang ngaihtuah thei lo leh cháng dang kan hman lek lovin hripui leng do a ngai a, an sum neih ang ang pawh mipui dam khawchhuah nan hman ral zel a lo ngai ta si a, hmasawnna hna pawh a muhil ta ṭhup mai a ni ber a. Anni, sorkarna chelhtu tan pawh ram hmasawnna lam a chak lo tia mi relna pawh, hnara hnuaiah phatna a bo love tih ang hrimin phat mawina tur a awm zel zawng a nih hi! A sawiseltute tan pawh han mausam lutuk ngaihna a awm bik awm lo ve. Mahse hei, hripui reh hnuah Budget an pharh ta chu a ni a, heta ṭang hian an nihphung chu a chiang mai turah ngai ila, chutihrualin kan mithiam, budget chinchang hriate pawhin beng lo chhi ngun hle ula a ṭha awm e. Heta ṭang hian an tun hnu tur chu lang turah ngai mai ila a ṭha awm e.
Party lian dang Congress party lah hi Central lamah an zuih viau mai si a, chutih rualin kan ramah ngei pawh hian an sorkarna a la rei lovin, an sorkar lai khan an induhsakin, an pumpui lam kha an hmangaih ve deuh a ni ang chu, kan la chhangkham angreng viau mai bawk si a. Mahse heti chung hian member chu an la ngah fut hmel a, rin aiin an la lian viau chuan a rinawm a, an hruaitute hian hma lak an thiam viau chuan chak mai thei pawh an la nih hmel fut awm e. Mahse, ‘ṭhat loh theih lohna bawm’ an tih mai khan mi ngaihzawn a hlawh vak awm lo ve chu a tih theih, a hming hrim hrim pawh a chapo deuh tlat!
Party lian dang ZPM hi eng tak ang ang maw? Mipui mimir hi chuan han ngaihzawn an tum viau chuan a lang a, an CM candidate thleng pawh hian mi duh chu an hlawh viau awm e. Thingtlang lamah pawh hian a ruka an party lo ṭantu hi an ṭhahnem fut chuan a rinawm. Mahse, hetih lai hian an thu leh hla an thlak tam deuh a, a changin kohhran hi kan unit te an ti a, a chang leh unit din an sawi mawi a, an thu an hla hi hlîn tur ber hriat a har deuh a, lo tling ta pawh ni se CM nge lal anga Valupa tih pawh hriat a har a, an inrelbawl dan hi mipui tam ber hian an la thal thiam lo deuh a ni awm e; pawh a tih theih. An thiam viau chuan mipui, rorelna ṭha duha rilṭam hi an hui puk thei mai chuan a rinawm.
Hetiang hi kan party lian pathumte nihphung a nih laiin party chhunga awmte pawh hian kal dan an thiam vak lo fo bawk. Tuna sorkar mek party pawh hi thingtlang lama an hruaitu tam takte hi chuan an party chhunga mite hi duh bik leh duh loh, kawm serh deuhte an nei niin an sawi ṭhin a. Hei hi chu ruling zia ve pakhat a niin, tun sorkar hnuaiah hian a tam deuh hlek nia sawite a awm bawk a. Engpawh ni se, rorel lai pawh hi an inenfiah a, an insiamṭhat viau loh chuan an tan sorkar lehna chance hi a sang hranpa vak chuan a rinawm loh. Sorkar department aṭanga work lo kal ang chite, hun tlai tawh lama party induhsak nana lo pawh pen ang chite pawh tun sorkar lai hian an nei nual nia sawite pawh a awm a, hengte hi a nih tak tak phei chuan inthlanpuia an chance tibotu a ni thei mai ang tih a hlauhawm hial thei awm e.
Aw le, engpawh ni se, kumin kum tawp lamah hi chuan kan inthlang dawn ngei ngei chuan a rinawm a, chu vangin kumin kum khat chhung na na na hi chu ram vei tak takin, mahni pumpui leh party unaute hmakhua ngai lovin, ram, khua leh veng hma ngaiin kan sorkar hruaitute pawh hian hna han thawk teh se. Hmasawnna lama mawngvawm ba ang hrima an beih chuan an hma a eng a ni tih hria se, chutih rualin party dang pawhin social media lama thu belhchian dawl lo tak tak hmanga inbeihna hi bansanin, ram tana an hma lakna tur ringawt ngaihtuahin hna han thawk bawk teh se.
- Patrick Z, Chhingchhip

- Patrick Z

INTHLANPUI KUM KAN LO THLENG LEH TA DER MAI

Pu Lalduhoma chu MLA a nihna aṭangin a Kristian pui, a Mizo pui ni bawk leh a MLA pui ni hial; mi 12 te chuan "A ZPM lutuk, Independent a ni si" tiin an hek a, Dan ngai pawimawhtu Speaker Pu Lalrinliana Sailo chuan MLA aṭangin a bàn ta a ni tih kan la hria. Lunglei Municipal Council inthlana Independent MLA panga dang; ZPM hminga campaign, ZPM flag bula dingte kha MNF MLA-te hian an hek ngam tawh lo vem ni? Dan ngai pawimawhtu Speaker hian a bàn ngam tawh lo vem ni?
Kum 2018 khan ZPM party registered party a la nih loh mai avanga Independent-a din a ṭul a, ZPM Flag leh ZPM Symbol nen an Campaign a, anmahni pawh ZPM an inti a, chumi hre chiangtu chu Speaker, MLA 12 leh Mizoram mipuite hi an ni. Chuti chung chuan Independent a nihna lai chu changchawiin MNF MLA-te chuan anmahni aia MLA Senior zawk chu an 'HEK' ta a, Speaker dikna duh chuan a bàn ta a ni. A vawtuin ek a cheh a, Bye Election-ah MNF Vice President Pu Vanlalzawma chu Pu Duhoma'n a hneh ta a, Ruling Party ni chungin dawl zawrin an zawr.
MNF MLA 12, a ṭhen phei chu Kohhran rawngbawltu langsarte hian Pu Duhawma hek mai duhtawk lovin anmahni thiam inchantir tumin Press Conference an ko zui a ni. Tunah hian hèk tur Dr Vanlalthlana, Pu C Lalsawivunga, Pu Lalchhuanthanga, Pu VL Zaithanzama, Pu Vanlalhlana te chu Lunglei khawpuiah ZPM takin an campaign a, langsar takin an ZPM - Dan ngai pawimawhtu MLA 12 leh Speaker hian an bân leh bân loh kan en dawn. Pu Duhawma er leh huat luatah kum 2023 inthlanah hian mipuiin an chhinchhiah dawn che u a nia, in kal zel dan tur hi.
- Lalropuia, Ramhlun North