Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Road to Tiddim

Posted by: "Pum Khan Pau" paupk@yahoo.co.in paupk
Mon Mar 2, 2009 6:37 am (PST)

Dear Lawmte,

Sia Gin Mang in material hoihpi khat mipite adingin ong luikhia ahih manin lungdam peuhmah hang ei.

Galpi Nihna tawh kisai Vum Kho Hau in a laibu (A Profile of Burma Frontier Man) sungah a gelhte tampitak British record leh record dangdangte ah omlo ci le'ng kikhial lo kha ding hi. Vum Kho Hau mah bangin eimi sungah record a nei om kha lai ngel lo ding hiam?

LEISAN MUAL kikapna (Battle of Basha Hills) bang Japante leh Zomite (+Indian forces) kikapna lakah a nasia pen pawl hikha ding ahih manin a kicianzawin theihnop huai peuhmah hi. Numei leh naupangte nangawn in tua hunin Red Cross Society te nasep bangin sem uh hihtuak hi.

India a Nagate lakah Japante suan/ta zong om hi cih mi gen ka za ngei hi. Record i sim ciangin Japante mi 40 in nungak/numei khat kikop uh kici zen hi. Chin Hills ah zong Japante hiamgamna nasia mahmah ahih manin numei tunga thaangtatna hangin Japan suan i om kha kei phial tam, a kan huai khat hilo ding hiam?

Gal tawh kisai ah a nungcianga ciamtehna hoih khat pen Haan (War cemetry) hi. Imphal ah Japante in gal a lelh tak uh ciangin a si a liamte a hi thei bangbangin Tedim (a phualpi uh) ah kipuak uh a, misi tampitak Tedim ah kivui hihtuak hi. Tua ahih leh tu-in Tedim ah Japante kiphumna haan bangzah muh theih dingin a om lai tam?

Gal vai ah a kisam mahmah khat pen "Propaganda" hi. Galpi Nihna hun sungin British te leh Japante propaganda bang ahia? Bangci bangin propaganda thehzak/hawmkhia uh hiam? cih zong theihhuai hi. A hang pen Zomite lakah a tamzaw in British te a gup pong hangin a hun khop khat mah Japan lamah pang uh hi. Tonzang Ukpi Pum Za Mang in zong a tuungin Norman Kelly i sapna bangin "Levy" ding ama mite lakpan a piak lohna Japante gualzawh ding a upna hang hi, kici hi. "Wartime propaganda seems to have greatly influenced the reactions of the local people" ci le'ng kikhiallo dingin um ing.

Kikup ding tampitak om hi. Theihna kicianzaw a neite in hong gen beh zelta un.


Pum Khan Pau

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