Thangthar Mizo Poetry-A Feminism Hnuhma

Sawihawnna

            Tunlai huna ngaihdan (ideology) langsar, ram la zau leh darh chak ber pawl zingah Feminism hi lam hmaih theih a ni kher lo ang. Mizote zingah pawh kum eng emaw chen a\ang khan hriat a hlawh tawh a, tunhnaiah phei chuan sawi pawh kan sawi lar hle. A nihna tak hre lem lo pawhin a hming tal chu kan hre belin lam pawh kan lam zing viau a. A enga mah hmaa lo pawng do ngawt kan tam rualin lo sahuai thing vawn \un pawh kan tam viau.

            Khawvel al hnehtu ngaihdan (ideology) dang ang thoin feminism pawh hian thu leh hla a hring tamin, thu leh hla huangah hniak a hnutchhiah chiar ve dup a. “Thil dang zawng aiin thu leh hla hi hmeichhiate tan, an ngaihtuahna chhungril, khawtlanga an dinhmun, inkungkaihna thar leh an nuna an duhthlanna tak tak dap chhuahna a nih bakah an chhehvela intluk tlan lohna awm do let tura hmanraw \ha ber a ni a (Literature, above all, was a place where women could explore the intimate details of their emotions and social interactions, imagining new relationships and life choices, while also protesting against the injustices they saw around them)” (Sanders). Mizo thu leh hla huangah pawh thupui pawimawh ber pawl a ni chho ve ta hial a ni. Kum zabi sawmhnih pakhatnaa Mizo thu leh hla thli tleh natna ber tih hial theih tur poetry huangah pawh feminism rim nam a awm ve nual a, \hangthar Mizo hla-a feminism hnuhma kan en dawn a ni.

Feminism Chu Eng Nge?

            Bell Hooks chuan “Feminism chu kan pianpui sex avanga inrah behna titawp tura beihna hi a ni a, eng chi leh eng hnam bil mah a kawk lo. Mipa aia hmeichhia vohbikna a ni lo a, awmze nei zawka kan nun thlak danglam tumna a ni zawk (Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression.  Its aim is not to benefit solely any specific group of women, any parti­cular race or class of women. It does not privilege women over men. It has the power to transform in a meaningful way all our lives),” (26) tiin a hrilh fiah a. American ziaktu leh feminist Marie Shear pawhin “Feminism chu hmeichhiate hi mihring an ni tih hriat chianna leh pawm nghehna hi a ni (Feminism is the radical notion that women are people),” (6) tiin kum 1986 khan ‘A Feminist Dictionary’ tih lehkhabu a review-naah a sawi a, he hrilh fiahna hi hriat a hlawhin pawm pawh a hlawh hle. Feminism chuan kan khawtlang nuna hmeichhe dinhmun en fiahna, history-a hmeichhiate dinhmun sawi fiahna leh siam \hat ngai lai siam \hat a, khawtlang nun pumpuia an dinhmun chawi kan a tum ber (Harrison 296). A awlsam thei ang bera sawi chuan, hmeichhiate hi mipate ang leh tlukpui, mihring an ni ve tho tih pawm dan leh rin dan hi feminism chu a ni (Lengermann 223).

            Feminism tih \awngkam hi French thumal, Utopian Socialist, Charles Fourier chher chhuah feminisme tih a\anga lak a ni a, English-a hman a nih hmasak ber chu kum 1890 vel kha niin ram inrelbawlna leh dan mita mipa leh hmeichhe intluk tlanna tura beihna chungchang sawi nan an hmang (“Feminism”. New World Encyclopedia). Tunah chuan sap \awng bik pawh ni tawh loin khawvel pum \awng ang mai a lo ni ta a, Mizote pawhin kan \awng ang thaw thangin kan hre bel ta hle a nih hi.

            Feminism hian pianhmang hrang hrang neiin sawi a ni a, zirna peng hrang hrangah a hmel tar lan dan a awm thliah bawk. Entirna atan, Feminist Geography, Feminist Theology, Feminist History, Feminist Literature and Criticism leh a dangte. Feminist ten ngaihpawimawh hrang hrang an neih zingah hmeichhia an mahni an inenkawl theihna, ram inrel bawlna lama an chanvo, khawtlanga an zalenna, ei leh bar zawnna kawnga mahni an intunnunna, nupa in\hen chungchang, zirna rualkhai taka dawn, hnathawhna leh thil danga intluktlanna, hmeichhe chunga hleilenna te hi a langsar zual a ni a, a dang pawh sawi tur tam tak a awm. Awmna hnun azir te, hnam leh sakhaw rin dan azir te leh chhan hrang hrang avangin ngaihpawimawh zawng hi a dang sung thei a ni.

            Historian-te chuan feminism hi \huang hrang hrang pathum (three waves)-ah hetiang hian |huang khatna (first wave) kum 1830 a\anga 1930 chhung vel; \huang hnihna (second wave) kum 1960 leh 1970 chho vel; \huang thumna (third wave) kum 1990 hnu lam an \hen a (Harrison 297-299). Heng \huang thum bakah hian tunhnaiah \huang lina (fourth wave) awmin an sawi bawk a, chu chu kum 2012 a\anga in\an angin an sawi. Heng \huang hrang hrangah hian ngaipawimawh leh vei hrang hrang neiin a hawi zawng pawh a dang hlek hlek hlawm a ni. (Brunell and Burkett)

Thangthar Mizo Poetry-ah Feminism

            Mizote hi zai ngaina tak hnam kan ni an ti \hin a. Hla hawi zawng chi hrang hrang pawh kan hnam upat loh ngaihtuah phei chuan ngah ve tak kan ni. Chik zawk leh uluk lehzual zawka zir chian chuan kan folksong leh tunhma lam deuha hla chhuak zingah pawh feminism hnuhma hi hmuh tur a awm nualin a rinawm a. Tun \um bikah erawh chuan feminism hnuhma leh a thu khel pawimah hrang hrang kum zabi sawmhnih pakhatnaa chhuak bik hla a\angin kan thlir dawn a ni.

Mahni thatna hmuh :

            Feminist movement-in a ngaihpawimawh em em pakhat chu hmeichhia ten eng mi pawh ni se, eng hmel pawh pu se, eng pianphung pawh neiin eng mizia pawh nei se la, an mahni \hatna an hmuh a, an inpawm hi a ni a. Chu chu khawtlang pawhin hmuhpui a, pawmsak ve turin min beisei a. Anita Vl Nunmawii chuan ‘Khuanu Duhsam Lanu’ tih hla-ah heti hian a ziak:

Sakhmel \ha lo,

Pian nalh si lo,

Bahsam sei hniang lo,

Kimtlang sei hniang lo,

Mitmeng mawi lem lo,

Nui mawi em em si lo,

Khuanu duhsama duan

Lanu ka lo ni e. (Zaikung Thar vol. 1 30)

            He hla phuahtu hian feminist rilru ang takin a hmel hmai lan dan, a pianphung leh pawn lam lan dan, mi tana mawina leh itawmna reng reng nei lo tur chu chhuang takin, a chapopui zawk emaw tih hial zawk turin a tlangaupui piap piap mai a. Pawn lama a lan dan chauh pawh ni loin, a mizia leh a \awngkam te chen chuan nelawmna reng reng nei lo leh \ihbaiawm hial zawk a nih thu te a la sawi ta deuh deuh a! Chutiang khawpa  mahni leh mahni han insawisak chiam chiam mai chu a rilru zauthlak satliah ngawt lo. Eng ang pawhin awm se, eng hmel pawh pu se la, engtiang pawhin miin lo sawiin lo ngai mah se amah khan ama hlutna leh chungchuanna a hmu chiang a ni zawk. Chu chu feminism-in a tum pawimawh tak pakhat a ni.

            Janet Lawmsangzuali pawhin pian nalhna te, hmel\hatna te pawh hi khawtlangin a duh dan anga a hrilh fiah mai niin a ngai a. Chu tehfung hmanga tling lo, mi hmuha chhe tak, pian nalh lo leh thau lek luak pawh ni se zahpui tur a awm lo a, miin \ha ti lo mah se a \hatna a bo chuang lo tiin heti hian a ziak chhuak:

But over time you

grow  as a human, as a woman and begin

to realize that

being fat shamed is okay,

being invisible is okay

because that is why your power lies.

You are not shame.” (Collected Writings from Hilltalk 68)

            Hemi sirah chiah chuan Debbie Rinawmi chuan ama hlutna a inhre chiang em em a, fakna leh chawimawina dawng tur nia inhriain, ‘Keimah Chu Fakin Awm Rawh Se’ a lo ti ve mek bawk:

Keimah chu fakin awm rawh se,

Harsatna kara huaisenna ka vawn nun tlat avangin;

Chutah chuan, khang hunah khan,

Ka \hian neih chhun chu harsatna, manganna leh hrehawmna an ni a.

(Zaikung Thar vol. 4 53)

Pawngsual chungchang :

            Feminism-in a thlurbing pakhat leh a ngaihpawimawh em em pakhat chu pawngsual leh a tuartu chungchang leh vantlangin kan thlir dan bawr vel hi a ni a. Pawngsual chungchanga Feminist  ten an ngaihpawimawh hmasak leh an sawi hmasak fo chu ngawih bopui mai loa sawi chhuah/au chhuah hi a ni (Whisnant). |hangthar hla phuahtu pakhat chuan pawngsual tuartu dinhmun hi tar langin, ‘Tuartu Aw’ tihah chuan heti hian a tuartu tan aw a rawn chhuahsak a:

I duhthusam rawkrai lo puitlin nan,

Ka chanpual nun chu i pumbilh a,

Nawmna runthlak thlakhleh avangin,

Ka thianghlimna i famtir ta si.

 

I suangtuahna hnawm tin phur chu,

Ka thinlung hliam nan I duang a,

I sum phal loh chakna rawngin,

Saruak hmelhem mi chhiah maw? (Chawngthu)

Hmeichhe chunga hleilenna :

            Khawvel pumah hmeichhe chunga hleilenna leh nupa/kawppui inkara tharum thawhna hi a hluar hle. WHO-in kum 2016-a a tar land an phei chuan hmeichhe pathum zela pakhat hian an kawppuite lak a\angin kutthlak/tharum thawh (physical and/or sexual violence) an tuar a ni. India rama hmeichhe pasal nei tawh za zeal 37.2 hian nupa inkara kut inthlak an tuar anga chhut a ni a, Mizoramah chuan za zela 22.1 a ni. (Lalhmingthangi 217)

        Thangthar Mizo hlaah pawh hemi chungchang hi hmuh tur a awm a. Hla pakhat ‘Mipa Suak’ tihah chuan atirah mipain hmeichhia chu han duat viauin, \awngkam \ha tinreng nen dim takin thlem vel mah se sakawlh hlauhawm ang maia a hran khum leh thu heti hian kan hmu:

Thiam tin thawia a vil lanu,

A valh thang rawngah chuan zim lutin,

Kam \ha hlana vaunt ngei kha,

Kamkei val iang a hrang leh ta si. (Chawngthu)

            Jennifer Zothansangi thung chuan hmanlai a\anga Mizo mipa ten kan thupui pakhat, vawiin thlenga a zun zam kan la kalsan hleih theih loh hmeichhe ngaih/theih tam tumna rilru chu hmuin, a tuartu hmeichhe lam an at reng tawh bik loh avangin chutiang ti \hin mipa  chan tur chu ‘Chawh Chiah’ a nih thu thiam takin a sawi a.

Lerh leh luck fawma

fing inti-a

i theih apiang

i ‘theih’ lai khan

i ro thuhruk

‘Hmeichhe a tak’

i tih \hin thinlung kha

kulh kawngkhar anga ngheta

kharin a awm dawn si

beisawnnain a tihchhiat tawh avangin

sut hawn rual a ni tawh lo ang. (Zaikung Thar vol. 3 75)

Khawtlanga hmeichhe dinhmun :

            Mizote hi mipa rorelna (patriarchal system)a inenkawl kan nih vang nge mawni hmasang a\ang tawhin kan khawtlang nunah mipa leh hmeichhe chanvo hi a inang hle mai a, tunlai hun thleng pawhin kar zau tak a la awm. “Mipa chuan pa a nih hnuah pawh nula a la rim thei a, a duhna lam lamah talin tlangval ang main a la che tla thei a. Hmeichhe tan erawh mipate zalennaah an leng ve kher lo” (Sailo 20). Kan \awngkauchheh hrang hrang, kan thu fing, thawnthu leh titiah te hian mipa voh bikna, mipa chungnun zawkna leh mipa leh hmeichhe dinhmun inthlauhzia tilang thei tur a awm nual mai a. “Heng thu fing leh puithuna hmangte hian hmeichhiate hi awp beh an ni fo.” (18)

            Chutiang chu kan khawtlanga hmeichhiate dinhmun a nih laiin hmeichhe khawsak dan, thil tih leh thawh erawh chuan hriatsak emaw sawi chhuah emaw a hlawh lo hle a. Tlangval tan tlawmngai chawimawina nopui a awm laiin nula tan a awm ve lo a, Mizo khawtlang nuna ropui ber tih hial theih tur thangchhuah pawh mipate chanvo a ni. |hangthar poet C. Remsangzuali chuan hmasang a\anga Mizo nulate hnathawh nasatzia, thil tih nasatzia leh chet nasatzia ‘Lanu Leng Nunchan’ tih hla hmangin a tar lang a:

Zing\ian kawl lo eng riai mai hnuaiah,

|uan\ul vanga hma taka thovin;

An hun an chhiar, lanu leng tin ten.

Zing buh den, dawntui thal ngaih vang ten.

 

Kawltu chawi ban zai an rel lo,

Lentu zing riai tluang lam zawh zelin,

Hlim ten an thawkza lawmruakte nen;

An chhiar kawla ni lo chhuak chu. (Zaikung Thar vol. 2 16)

Mizo nula chu a thawh hlim a\anga hna \ul thawkin a vir buai char char a. In chhung enkawl leh in lama chet ngai zawng zawng a che vek chung pawhin ram lama hnathawh a awl thei chuang lo a. Mizo nulate chuan hunawl an nei hman lo a ni ber. Tin, hun nuam ber anga sawi \hin vangpui awllen lai meuh pawhin an awl hman tak tak lo.

            Mizo khawtlang nunah hian nula senior leh tlangval senior dinhmun pawh a inthlau hle a. Kum in zat reng pawh ni se kan thlir dan a inang lo viau a, mipa lam kan en liam mai mai laiin hmeichhia erawh chu a kum a lo tam deuh hlek chuan fiam leh chhaih a hlawh nasa bik hle.

‘Di tawng lo i,

Di vai ruaii,

A tawng lo, chhawl \huaitu

A dawng lo, biahthu di’

tiin an sel. (Nunmawii 91)

            Mizote hi thu khuh thiam tak, mi pawi sawi hlau tak hnam, mi mit kan tikham ang tih hlau reng renga hun hmang \hin hnam kan ni a. Mahse chu hnamin mi pawi sawi leh mi tihnat pawh pawi ti hauh loa kan sawi hreh lem lohna chu hnam dang kawp thu hi a ni. Hemi chungchangah hian Mizo khawtlang nuna hmeichhe dinhmun chiang takin a hriat theih ang. “Mipat hmeichhiatna chungchangah leh hnam dang nena inngaihzawnna chungchangah Mizo hmeichhiate chu mipate awm dan anga an awm ve phalsak an ni lo a, mipate tan kawng zau taka a inhawn laiin hmeichhiate erawh dem an kai hma hle” (Sailo 40). Mizo nula hnam dang pasal neite phei chu hnam phatsantu tiin kan chuk a, kan chirh theh nasa thei hle. Lalsangliani Ralte chuan Mizo nula, hnam dang pasala neite dinhmun heti hian chiang takin a tar lang:

I am the cross

an entire tribe has to bear,

the inciter of gossip,

the source of humour… (Zaikung Thar vol. 1 286)

Mizo nulain hnam dang pasal a neihna zungbun a bun rualin a chite zing ata hnawh chhuah a ni a, hnam phatsantu tia vuahin sawi leh sel, chil leh chilh a hlawh zui nghal. Mizo tlangval erawh chuan hnam dang nupui nei pawh ni se hetiang em ema chhut zui a hlawh ngai lo. Chutiang ‘hnam phatsantu’ tan chuan rorelna dik lo thei lo, Van rorelna chiah beisei tur a awm tawh!

Now, I only dare seek solace

in the reassurance of knowing

the final and most crucial judgement

is to be made by the Jehovah

who made all men,

and loves all equally. (287)

            Mizoram chauh ni loin India ram pum huap ang pawhin nuin a thihsan ai chuan pain a thihsan avanga fahrahte nun hi a hrehawmin a khirh zawk em aw a tih theih. Sorkar ang pawhin thliarna leh thlei bikna a awm emaw ni aw tih theih a ni. Lalnunsanga Ralte chuan

If it wasn’t for the Indian government

I swear I won’t even remember my father’s name

They’re obsessed and keep asking for it,

For every important document of my life. (Collected Writings from Hilltalk 27)

tiin a naupan laia brosalsantu, vawihnih chauh a hmuh hman a pa hming sorkarin an ngaihpawimawhzia a poetry ‘(Optional)’ tihah a ziak a. Sorkar mitah pawh hian pasal tel loa fate chawi liantu nu chuan awmzia a nei tham lo tihna a ni mai awm e!

Hmeichhe ropuina :

            Hmeichhe ropuina, chungchuanna leh mipate aia an nep bik lohzia chungchang hi feminism thu ken laimu ber pakhat a ni kan ti thei ang. Kum 2019 tawp lam a\angin covid-19 hripui a lo leng a, khawvel pumah kan buai nuai nuai mai a ni. Centre for Economic Policy Research leh World Economic Forum ten ram 194 an zir chianna a\anga a lan dan chuan Covid-19 hri leng do kawngah hian hruaitu atana hmeichhe nei ramin an thawk \ha zawk a, hmeichhiaiin ram a hruai hian awmzia a nei zawk (Garikipati) tih a ni tlat. Tin, kum zabi sawmhnih pakhatnaah ohei hi chuan mipa rorum tak tak aiin hmeichhiate hi hruaitu ni turin an \ha zawk tih a ni mek bawk.

            |hangthar hla phuahtu Lalremruati Ngente chuan hei hi a hmu chiang hle mai a, a hla pakhat ‘Hmeichhia’ tihah chuan heti hian a chham chhuak:

Nang chu,

Leillung din tirh atang reng khan,

Khawngaihna leh lainatna vawng tur leh,

Huatna karah pawh hmangaihna lantir thei turin,

Rilru no leh nem taka duan I ni si a. (51)

            |ulna hrang hrang avanga a nu hmu thei loa hmun danga ‘chhingkhual chang’ Valpuia Kingbawl chuan a nu bulah chuan a lungngaihna leh natna zawng zawng bo vekin a ring a, a hla pakhat ‘Chhunu Kiangah’ tihah chuan nu ropuina heti hian a puang a, a ti lutuk mah mah tih a rem lo ang.

Lenkawlah turni’n \ian dar a khawng ang a,

Nun riakmaw’n thlamuanna hla mawi sain maw,

Thangvanah siar chhawrthla an zai taw hang.

Ka chun nunnemi kiangah chuan. (Zaikung Thar vol. 1 203)

            “Mizo ten hla lenglawng phuah kan neih hmasak Zosapthara hla ‘Ka Nausenin Tu Nge Mi Kawl’ tih hla hi kan chhiar chuan nute hlutzia uar leh thiam taka inzirtirna a ni tih kan hmu a” (Sailo 19). Chumi hrulah chiah chuan Zama Khiangte pawhin ‘Ka Nu’ tih hlaah nu ropuina hmangin hmeihchhe chungnunna heti hian a chham ve bawk:

Rinawmna laka rinawm,

Thatchhiatna tihtaimak zawh loh,

Silh leh fen mawina ni lo, chhungril diknaa inthuam,

Lei rohlu ni lo, hmangaihna paipawntu,

Ka nu, ka nu ngei kha. (Zaikung Thar vol. 4 225)

A tlangpuia lakin hmeichhiate hi mipate aia taima leh thawkrim zawk an ni duh viau a, rinawmna leh chhungril chakna lamah pawh a nghet leh paukhauh zawk an ni duh viau mai. Tin, hmangaihna thuah pawh a chungnung zawk an ni hial ta ve ang.

Beih letna/do letna :

            Feminism leh women movement kan tih reng reng rawn chhuahna chhan lian tak pakhat chu khawtlang, sakhua, ram leh hnama an dinhmun leh rah beha an awm do letna leh vantlang thlir dan leh ngaih dan nghet sa beih letna a ni chawk. Chumi hlimthla chu \hangthar Mizo hla-ah pawh hian hmuh tur a awm nual a.

            Anita Vl Nunmawii chuan khawtlang leh sakhuain a phuarna piah lamah amah leh amah(hmeichhia leh hmeichhia) a inphuarna a hmu tel a, chu inphuarna leh inawpna chuan amah(hmeichhia) chauh ni loin mipate pawh a phuarin a thlung tel ve tlat tih a hmu a. Chuta \anga tal chhuahna thu chu heti hian a ziak:

Keimah leh keimah ka inphuar a,

nang pawh ka phuar tel che a

Tunah chuan phuarna hruihrual te ka phelh a,

Kan zalen ta. (83)

            Khawtlang nun, sakhua leh chhungkaw thlenga kan inawp behna hian a tuartu kut chauh a khirhsak lo a, a awp bettu zawk pawh kha a thlung bet vet ho a ni. Police-in an mi sual man thlunna atan mi sual kut leh anmahni kut kutkawl hmanga an thlun zawm hian mi sual chauh kha a phuar lo a, amah a inphuar tel ve a ni. Chutiang chuan kan inawp behna hian a awm beha chauh ni lo a awp bettu pawh a thlun tel tlat avangin awp behna lak ata awp behte an chhuah hian a awp bettu pawh a zalen tel hlauh a ni.

            Anita Vl Nunmawii vek hian, “Ka silhfente chuan min phuar hian ka hria a, a zavai chuan ka hlip ta a,” (78) a ti bawk a. Silhfen hi eng ber nge ni ang tih hriat har viau mah se, hmeichhia an nih avanga phuartu sakhua, khawtlang, hnam leh chhungkua thleng pawhin a ni thei a. Chutiang phuartu zawng zawng lak ata intizalen a, inphelh ruak a kawk theiin a lang a. Counter culture rim te pawh a nam rum rum.

Chanchin hlui en nawnnna :

            Chanchin hlui, history, feminist \henkhatin ‘his-story’ an tih hial hi mipate chanchin ziahna leh mipa khawvel tar lanna a nih duh khawp mai a. Chumi en nawn a, history kan hriat dan avanga buklung dik lo kan lo khai tawh siam \hat hi feminism ken tel pakhat a ni a. Thil thleng pakhat ni si a sawitu thlirna a hran avanga inpersan tak si a awm theih \hin avangin mipa thlirna a\ang chauha ziah \hin history chu an en fiah \ha leh \hin. ‘|hangthar hla phuah tur a phuah zawh khah ang’ tih avanga a nung chunga an phum tak Pi Hmuaki chanchin hi kan hre lar viau a. Mahse Malsawmi Jacob chuan Pi Hmuaki chanchin chu a en nawn a, \hangtharte hla phuah tur a phuah zawh khalh mai ang tih chauh chu a nung chunga inphum chhan emah a ngai thei lo. Mipate khawvelah chuan Pi Hmuaki kha kalphung (system) awm sa sawisel a, tal chhuah tum niin a ngai a, vantlang rin dan leh pawm dan thlak tum angin a hmu. Chu chu a nung chunga phum a nih chhan ni pawhin a ngai a ni.

You derided their philosophy

wouldn't sing their eulogy

after a successful raid,

tried to stop them dating lasi

told them to choose tlangsam over kang\hai

Their annoyance grew day by day,

decided to silence you altogether

Shut you out from golden sunlight

wind and call of chuk-chu-ri-kur. (42-43)

Tlangkawmna

            |hangthar Mizo hla-a feminism hnuhma lan dan hrang hrang kan tar lang tawh a. Tuna kan sawi bakah hian thur chhuah tur a la awm nual bawk ang. Mizo \awnga ziah hla ho aiin sap \awnga ziah (Mizo poetry in English) lamah hian feminism hnuhma hmuh tur a tam zawk a. A lan dan maiah chuan mipa kutchhuakah aiin hmeichhe kutchhuakah feminism rim hi hriat tur a tam zawk fe a. Thil mak erawh a ni lo. Chutih rual chuan kan tar lan bakah pawh feminism sulhnu lanna Mizo mipa hla hmuh tur a awm ve leh zauh \hin bawk.

            Eng thurin leh ngaih dan mah hi a \ha vekin a \ha lo vek hauh lo a. A \hatna lai kan lo lak thiam a, kan lo thliar thiam zel a pawimawh hle. Khawvel tukverha kan dah ve phak tak hnu hian khawvel chiahtu thil hrang hrang kan lo hmu ve ta zel a. Chung chuan kan thu leh hla lamah pawh hlet a chhuah ve \an mek a. Chutiang zingah chuan feminism hi kan thu leh hlaa hniak lang fiah ber pawl a ni ngei ang. Eng thil thleng pawh, eng ngaihdan leh eng thurin pawh ni se kan thu leh hla tihausatu, hmasawntirtu atana kan hman thiam zel a \ul tak zet a ni.

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