A Tribute to Dr H. Thanglora (Pa Thanglawr salam bukna)

Ziektu: Dr. Lal Dena, Inpui.com Patron

SEI! MIHRANG AN KIM TAH NAWH.

Pa Lawr kha hun iemani chena inthawka neumonia dam naw, a hnunga lung tieng natnaa tlak buoka umin May 13, 2013 zan tieng dar li le a chan ve vel khan muol a mi lo liemsan el tah a. Lekha inchukna tienga lampui mi siempektu, vawisuna ka nina hi ama le Pathien zar chauhva tlung thei ka ni leiin, kan pamna le ka ngainatna hi thu chun hril zo thei nawng ka tih. Hun iemani chena inthawk ta khan sinthawna hmun a lo indang tah leiin inhmu an khat tah a. Aizawlah kan zin zatin mathei lovin Eden tharah an inah lengin devan ka kai zie hlak A chanchin thenkhat le kan lo inthlawpnahai ram tin Samdal chatel tawm angin zuk thlir let vak ei tih.

Dr H.Thanglora hi Saihenthang Nungate le Lienzing Sawngate hai karah October 2,1921 khan Parbung khuo,Tipaimukh biel, Manipur-ah a pieng a. Anni ureng hi sal ruol pariet – Tuothuom, Thavel, Lea, Hniera, Ruma, Thanglor, Hmangpu le Khawrakhang an nih. Sungkuo inngei tawp an ni leiin, nuhmei nei hmasahai hlak chun in tum suok nuom um lo, nupa tuok ngahai le in hlam sawm vela sei an hluo a, Parbung khuoa in seih tak a nih. Sal ruol insung inngei le inthuruol an ni leiin an khawsa thei a, Parbung khuoa serthlum bil nei tha pawl tak an nih bawk. Pa Lawr-in nuhmei a neiin, a uhai pathum in tum an suok chauh. A hun laia hmethaa inthang Sawnglienhnem Khawbung (Nekawi tia hriet lar) leh March 23, 1946-in an innei a, nau pasal panga le nau nuhmei pali an nei. An nau pasal upa tak dawt H.C.Thangsang (a nuhmei J.L.Sawmi) le an nau laia upa tak Thangthieng (w/o Chawnglur) chu tuhin Rengkaiah an um a; an naupang tak Mrs Lily chu a pasal R.Lalnunsiama leh Chanmari, Aizawlah an um. Anni nupa hi chu nupa inhmangaih le inngai taluo an nih.

Pa Lawr hi lekha thiem thei tak el a nih a. Kum 1931-in Parbung Lower School-ah kaiin pawl li chen a zo va. Kum 1936-in pawl ngaa inthawkin Old Churachandpur NEIG Middle Schoolah a kai nawk a. Lekhathiem thei tak el a ni leiin thlatin stipend Rs.5/- a hmu nghe nghe. Kum 1938-in Churachand (C.C) High School, Imphal-ah a kai tan a, a thiem thei em leiin pawisa le lekhabu The Last Day of Pompeii lawmmanin a dawng nghe nghe.

Indopui Pahnina,1941-1945 re hnungin March 25,1946-in private candidate-in Calcutta University hnuoiah C.C.High School hmingin matric a ekzam a. June 15,1946 Inringni takin a pasi thu Gouro Singh, Headmaster, C.C.High School-in lekhathawnin a zuk inhriettir a nih. Hi kum vek September 9-in D.M.College-ah I.A. thaw dingin Manipur Rengpa unaupa chulai huna College Board Secretary ni bawk Maharajkumar P.B.Singh chun admission a lo thawpui a. Amiruokchu, P.B. Singh-in a tiem angin hi College-ah hin Alternative English a lak thei nawh a, ama khawma inphalam takin, “Thanglora, I am very sorry, I cannot provide you with Alternative English as I promised. If you want admission to another college, I am ready to refund your money “ tiin a lo hril phing leh, fee chu la kirin Guwahati panin Cotton College-ah admission a zawng ta lem a. Chu lai huna Cotton College-a Principal chu R.R.Thomas a nih. November thla chen khawmin admission a lo pek nuom nawh a. A khaw hnungin harsa takin admission chu a la hmu hram a nih. (Ama chun admission a hmu dan hi ngainuom um tak a nih a ti a, ei lo indawn hman ta nawa, a pawi bak el). Hieng lai hun hin Manipur sorkarin scholarship tribal le non-tribal ta ding pakhat ve ve thla tin Rs.25/- a lo siem a. I.A. a pasi tha leiin tribal scholarship chu pekin a um a. Cotton College-a inthawk bawk chun kum 1950-in B.A. chu a lo pasi tah a; Manipur-a Hmar laia B.A. pasi hmasa tak a nih nghe nghe.

Anni hun lai hin abikin tribal lai lem chu lekhathiem kutpar thlieka tiem khawp chauh an la nih. Sorkar sin hmu khawm a la harsa nawh. Sorkar sin am, an naw leh ram le hnam ta dingin ieng tak him thawng ka ta tia an ngaituo buoi lai zing chun Pherzawl Lal Dolur chun hieng ang hin lekha a zuk thawn a; “Ka sang Thanglor-in B.A. i pasi ti ka lo hriet a, ka lawm hle. In hman huna la hung vak la, sielin lawm ei tih” tiin. Pa Lawr chu a hun nei hmasa taka Pherzawl a pan a. December 16, 1950 Inringni chun khawtlangin umni kham meuhin a B.A. pasi chu hlim takin an lawm tah a nih.

Pa Lawr le Lal Dolur le a khawnbawlhai Pherzawl High School indin dan ding thua December 18, Thawtanni tuk zing bu fak khawpa an inbiekna ama (Pa Lawr) ziek ngei zuk tarlang ei tih: “Lal aiawin Mawntiri Saia (Hrangchal) chun thu a hung hril tan a. ‘Pu Thanglor hin ram mipui ta dingin high sikul phun i nuom ni awmin thuthang kan lo hriet a; i ngaidan hril thei a ni chun Pherzawl khuo hin kan hriet nuom hle, mi hung hril thei la nuom a um’ tiin. Kei chun, ‘Hi thu hi ka ngaituo nasa tah a. Parbung lal khawm ka biek a, amiruokchu a remtina ka la hmu el nawh” tiin ka dawn a. Pu Saia chun, ‘Pherzawl khuoah indin la, thil tha a ni tho ring a um a. Lal le mipui chun kan dit hle si a. Iengtin am i ngai a? a tih a. ’High sikul meuh indin ding chun lal le khawnbawl le khaw mipui inthuruola tumna tak tak a um naw chun hlawtling intak ka ring. Kawng iengkima mipui le lal tieng in inthururuol ngei ding ti hriet hmasak a tul. Parbung khu ka dit angin kan inthuruol ka ring naw leiin ka ti nawk ta naw deuh a nih’ ka ti a. Pu Saia chun,’Khawtlang mipui le lal tieng chu inthuruol vawng dinga inbe fel kan ni tah. High sikul indin ding thuah chu kan inkau seng a nih’ a ta. Kei chun, ‘Chuong a ni chun a tha’ ka ta, thu kan sukthluk chu a ni el tah a” tiin. Chuongchun Pherzawl High School chu February 1,1951 khan hawng tan a lo nih tah a. Zirtirtu hmasa tak hai chu Pa Lawr Headmaster, L.Rothang (Ruolneisangpa), H.Tuolien, Lawmthang le Kama Hindi teacher an nih.

Ram le mipuihai hmangaihna lei chauhvin hlaw thu hril lovin kum 1958 chen khan Pa Lawr-in Headmaster sin chelin a lo thawk a. Hun sawt naw tea High School tha pawltaka hriet a hung nih a. Assam Board hnuoiah matric result zaa za an pasi tum dam a hung um a. Thawk le khat lovin India hmar sak pumpuia Pherzawl High School hming chu an thangsuok nghal. Abikin unau Mizoram tienga mihaiin an hung baw bik

Kum 1956-57-in Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan, West Bengal-ah B.T. training-in a fe a. Chu khawm chu May,1957 khan hlawtlingtakin a zo nawk a. Amiruokchu, B.T. a zo hnung hin Pherzawl High School-ah sawt a thawk tah nawh. Sin tha lem B.D.O. pekin a um leiin, Pherzawl High School, khawtlang thuoitu le mipuihai thlakhla le ngai em em pumin January 13,1958-in a sin thar chu Jiribam-ah a zawm ta a nih. Amiruokchu, BDO sin khawm hi thaw sawt hman lovin Dr Rochunga Pudaite fielna leiin an ban nawk a, kum 1959 khan Sielmat Christian High School-ah Headmaster sin a thaw nawk tah a nih.

Hun sawt naw te hnungah Dr Rochung Pudaite remruotnain Northern Illinois University, USA-ah M.Sc.Education inchuk dingin a fe thla a; hlawtling takin M.Sc dikri chu Agust 8, 1963 khan inhlanin a lo um nawk a. USA-a inthawka a hung kir nawk hnung sawt naw tea Pu Rochung le inhriet thiem nawna leiin, mission-a rawngbawla thawk zing a lo remchang ta nawh a, a sin chu chawlsanin, hieng Vimala Raina H/S (1960), Parbung H/S (1961), Pant Standard H/s (1963) hai an din a. Kum 1964-in Chingmeirong Adimjati Siksha Ashram hmunah Adimjati High School, A.Daiho le T.Kipgen hai leh inthuruolin an hawng nawk a. Hi lai hun tak hin D.M.College-ah B.A. kum khatna ka zo hman char a. Kan pem chavai leh College hi ka kai zawm thei dim tia ka um lai chun, Pa Lawr chun, “Dena, Adimjati High School-ah hin hung thawk ve la. Zingkar class nei hlak i tah, sunah College-ah va kai i ta. I nuom phawt chun van tawng rak khawmin lekha inchuk thei pei ding nih” tiin a mi fiel a. A ti ang ngeiin Adimjati High School-ah ka thawk sungin private-in B.A (Distinction) le M.A (private candidate bawkin) Guwahati University pumpuia second position hiel lain ka pasi a. Hi lei hin kum 1972 khan Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-ah fellowship hmuin M.Phil ka thaw thei pha nawk a. A hnung peia UGC Teacher Fellowship hmuin Ph.D khawm ka hung thaw thei ta pei a nih. Hi hi Pa Lawr le Pathien zar lieu lieu a nih.

Adimjati High School-ah kum thum kan thaw hmun khat lai khan National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, chun education tieng awn All-India essay competition a buotsaih a. Pa Lawr kha thang vein, pakhatnahiel lain National Award khawm a lo hmu nghe nghe a nih. Amiruokchu, politics tieng a hung inhnik ta leiin, Adimjati High School-ah hin sawt thawk ta lovin Hmar National Union-ah President niin Manipur Assembly Election a contest a; politiks chu a kuong naw ding a lo ni leiin, a hlawsam a. Kum 1970-74 chen khan Kha Manipur College, Thoubal-ah Principal sin chelin, Dr (late) Lalnghawrlien leh khan an va thaw tlang nawk a. Pu Nghawr chu Churachandpur College-a hung insawin, Pa Lawr ruok chu Mizoram sorkar fielnain B.Ed Training Institute, Aizawlah Principal-in kum 1975-a inthawk kum 1986 chen a thaw nawk tah a nih. Hi zo hin Mizoram Board of Secondary Education-ah Chairman-in a thawk nawk a. Hi Board-a Chairman a ni lai zing hin a lo pension ta a nih.

Sawrkar sina inthawkin lo pension sienkhawm Indira Gandhi National Open University Study Centre, Aizawl-ah le College dang dang hieng, Lawngtlai College, 1988-1989, Lalhmingthanga College, Durtlang,1992 le TLR College,1994 haiah thawkna a lo nei zing bawk. Chuong lai zing chun The International University of Contemporary Studies, Washington D.C., USA-ah doctoral thesis a lo pek lut a; hi University hin Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) dikri chu July 10, 1999 khan a lo inhlan nawk ta a nih. Hi hai baka a amaa inthawk inchuk ding le a thilthaw inchik tlak thenkhat chauh la zuk tarlang vak nawk ei tih.

1. Lekhabu ziek: Pa Lawr-in text book Pherzawl Reader dam kha mawl tak si, tha em em a lo ziek a. A lekhabu siem dang Mathematics Tutor le Mathematics Secret, Paona Road-a Gandhi Memorial Press-in a sut dam kha Chalranghai khawmin an ngaisang hle. Ni kum October thlaa Rengkaia an nupaa damdawi pan malama an hung khan ka hang inhmupui zawk a. “Hi lekhabu pahnihai hi G.M Press-ah a copy la nei mei an tih hung zawng rawh uo” a mi tih a. Press manager a ruoltha tak pa hlak a lo thi tah si. Ka hlawsam hria a, la va zawng suok hram chu ka tum a nih. Kha lekhabu pahnihai kha an lo hlu em el.

2. A hla phuokhai: Pa Lawr kha pa khawsawt thei le hlaphuok mi tak a lo nih. A rawipa Pu Chalrosung hril dan chun keilet hla khawm iemani zat zet a lo phuok a ni awm. Chu hai laia pahni chauh zuk tarlang ei tih. Independent Kohran Hlabu No.232: Sandamtu lengna Zion ram khi ti thluk hmangin, a hnuoia hla hi a phuok a:

Lilipar lengna Bung tlangpui khi,
Ka lung an leng ni’n ka thlira;
Tuor an tak ngei de aw!

Chun, a hlaphuok pahnina chu Independent Kohran Hlabu No.51: Jerusalem khaw kawl Kalvari muolah ti thluk hmanga a phuok a nih.

Thapui hang thlir vel tam, ei tuonna tlang khi,
Nang le ei sulhnunghai ngaiin kan rum ie:
A thei chun lungrunpui kir zai rel rawh.
Hmu ka nuom ie, hmangaih lungrunpui,
Lungkham bangna ainawnpar sen sieri;
Hmar tlangpui mawi dinga i hung pieng.

Pa Lawr kha ei histawria hun inthlak thleng pawimaw tak hun, thanghlui le thangthar nun inchawk pawl lai huna pieng le lekha inchuk a nih leiin, thanghlui nun dan mawi thangthar nuna hlu luttu, hnam nunphung (culture) vawng hringtu a nih. Ring thar hmasahai khan Kristien hla thluk hmanga keilet hla phuok dam kha an lo theida a. Amiruokchu, ei mithiem hmasaha’n an lo inhnikpui tlat lei khan, kha dodalna kha a suknep a. Chuleiin Pa Lawr kha secular literature bul thut siemtuhai laia pakhat a nina hi inphat ruol a ni nawh. A hlaphuok danghai chu dam te’n la hung dap suok tum ei tih.

1. Insukfai le inchei mi: Adimjati Compound-a kan um lai, Pa Lawr a tho inhnuk lai ka hmu ngai nawh. USA-a inthawka a hung kir hnung lem khan chu, zingkar inhma taka ei va hmu chang khawmin, suit le necktie leh a lo induong hman zie. Iengtik lai khawm nghawngawr kha chu an thla ngai nawh. Inchei le insukthienghlim kha a ni tin nun a nih. ‘Role model’ a lo tling tak zet el.

2. Titi thiem: Pa Lawr anga titi thiem kha mi vang an tih. A thluok a tha a, lekha a tiem rawn a, tawnhriet a hauhva, hril ding a hriet rawn bawk. Mi an mizie ang peia pawl dan a thiem a; mi mawl khawm an mawl dan ang peiin a pawl thiem. Amaah khan boruok (chapona) a um nawh. A mizie hrilfie dan tha tak chu ‘plain living and high thinking’ (mawl taka khawsaa, thil insang tak ngaituo) ti inla indik takin ka hriet.

3. Saptawng thiem: Pa Lawr Saptawng tiem dan le ziek awlsam a ti dan kha mak ka tih. Saptawng ziek kha chu Parbung hlasak thiemnu an hril ang el kha a nih. Parbung hlasak thiemnu chu thing thingrem chunga an thunga, panthlang nghain a zuk sak el a nih an ti chu. All-India Essay Competiton a ziek lai khawm tum khat ka va tuok fuk a, chaira an thunga a ziek el a nih. A kawla lekhabu rawn ding a sie rem rum khawm ka hmu nawh. Mi thiem filawr chu a va ni ngei!

4. Inchuktir thiem filawr: Pa Lawr kha inchuktir thiem filawr, inchuktirtu dinga pieng (born teacher) a nih. Ieng subject khawm kha a thiem vawng a. Shantiniketana inthawka B.T. a hung zo hnung lem khan chu situational method of teaching kha a hmang nasa a. Pawlriet kan thaw tum Tense (Simple Present/ Present Continuous/ Present Perfect/Present Perfect continuous) a lim le thilthaw (diagram and action) hmangin a min inchuktir chu theinghil ngaina a um nawh.

5. Zoram khawvela thiemna kungpui: Zoram khawvel le puotieng chena khawm Pa Lawr kha thiemna kungpui a nih. Manipur-ah le Mizoram-a High School le College an dinhai po po vawisun chen hin thiembuk pawimaw tak an ni seng. Pherzawl High School ringawta inthawk khawmin Central Services – IAS/IFS/doctor/kohran thuoitu le missionary ieng zat am an suok ta a? Hril sei a ngai nawh. A dam laiin parthi ei lo inawrtir nawa chu, a thi hnung bek hin Hmar Inpui or HSA General Hqtrs bekin chawimawina la hung siem hai sien nuom a va um de! Bengvar thlak takin Reformed Presbyterian Church, NEC, hotuhaiin Saikawtah February 20, 2010-a Gospel Centenary an lawm tumin Man of the Century Award Pa Lawr, L.Keivom, kei le mi dang thenkhat an lo pek kha, an thaw tha ngei. Zawlnei khawm a veng tieng chawimawiin a lo um ve hlauh chang a um!

6. Hnam lungril (Mizo Nationalism) tutu: Pa Lawr khan Mizo Union khawm kha iemani chen a lo thuoi a. Hmar National Union President a ni lai khawmin Zo hnathlak pumpui inpumkhatna lungril kha a nei zing a. Hmarhai Hmar nina khela, a lien lem Mizo nationalism-a luongkhawm hi a idealogy ropui tak a nih ngar ngar. Chuleiin, Mizohai hnam anga an hung ngirsuok venaah hin Pa Lawr-in thu le thilthawin a bulthut a lo siem ve a nih.

Aizawla kan inbiekna: Aizawla vawikhat kan inhmu tumin, “Pa Lawr, mihriem hun tiem dan khawmin upa tieng in lo ni tah a. Mithiem hmasa tak in Io ni si, thangtharha’n in chanchin dam hriet an hung nuom ding a na, i autobiography dam hi i lo buoipui ta’m?”ti’n kan dawn a. “Ka buoipui zing” ti’n a mi dawn a. Aizawl ka suoksan hnungin lekhathawnin a lekhabuhai po po Isaac Memorial Library-ah thawlawm dingin ngenna ka siem a, ama hminga Almirah siem dingin thu ka tiem bawk a. Hi thil pahnihai hi a theina hmasa taka nu Hnem hei indawn ka tih.

Thu laknahai:
1.Pherzawl High School Golden Jubilee Souvenir, 1951-2000.
2.Joseph Joute, Hmar Mithiem Hmasa Dr H.Thanglawra ei lo the tah, Hmasawnna Thar, 14 May,2o13.
3.Thangsawihmang Sawngate, Rengkai.
4.L.Keivom, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi.