A English chuan sawi ila, 'Nineteen eighties' kan ti anga, a tawiin a chiang viau tho mai tur hi a ni a. Mahse, Zo tawng ngeia dah a ngai si a; 'sangkhat zakua sawmriat chhovah kha chuan' tiin bul ka'n tan ang e.
Khatih lai kha chuan, Aizawl tih loh khaw dang hi chu thingtlang tak tak vek kha kan la ni mai a. Khaw khata Television (TV) awm miah lohna khua kha a tam zawk a la ni. Keini pawh, Aizawl atanga motor-a darkar 3 tlan chauhva hlaa awm ni mah ila, 1980 chhovah kha chuan TV en tur a la tam lo khawp mai. Veng khata a neinung deuh tak tak chauh khan an la nei a. Chutah pawh, tun laia remote control hmanga thunun ang chi kha a ni lova. A TV in a bawm leh a chhin thlenga a rawn chhawm tel ang chi, BPL, sei ret rut, a bawm a sei ang aia a tak te leh viau si ang chi kha a ni. A kawngkhar kha han hawng ila, a sir lehlam lehlamah khan a chhin kha a pilbo daih thei lehnghal a. A channel pawh hmeh chi a ni lo, a herha herh chi kha a ni. A dum leh a var (Black & White) chauh a la ni bawk.
A TV set chu thuhran, TV programme mawlh mai khan rualawh a tina thin. A hun lai khan rualawh vak ngaihna kan hre mang lo kha a vanneihthlak ngawt zawk mai. Tun laia Disc Antenna lian pui pui ang chi hi a awm thei ang tih pawh kan ngaihtuah chhin thiam loh lai, Antenna pawr chhir chher, herh herh ngai kha a ni a. Tlang sang deuhva awmte an vannei a, an TV a fiah deuh bik a. Kawr ruam deuhva awm, TV nei phak ve site Antenna hrui kha chu a sei thei khawp mai!
Radio fiah lo zet atanga Thangbuaia teho zai ngaithla a, Pathianni zinga T. Lalengzauva leh The Sun Beams ngaithla thin tan kha chuan a dum emaw, a var emaw, hmuh theih a nih a, a che thei a nih kha chuan, a hmuhnawm emaw hmuhnawm loh emaw lam a ni lo, a chhuah hrim hrim kha chuan 'en reng' kha a ni tawp mai.
Channel dang a la awm lo, Doordarshan leh Bangla kha a ni mai a. India ai khan Bangladesh TV ah Sap film a chhuak nalh thei zawk. Film hmuhnawm a chhuah hmaa, peih lo leh hrethiam lo chung chunga Cricket highlight kan en tluanchhuah zak zak thin te, bengngawng tana thuthar an puan thin, hrethiam ve hawt lova kan en tluan zak thinte, Muslim-ho pathian bia, an kun rual dual dual a, ring zeta pakhat a au ruah ruah thin en zawh phawt a ngaih thinte pawh kha hmanni lawk a la niin ka hre mai ka ti!
Kha'ng hun laia kan film en thinte kha ka la hre nual mai. The Fall Guy, Street Hawk, Against The Wind, Wizard, Knight Rider, The A-Team, McGyver... a va han hmuhnawm thei tak. Knight Rider leh McGyver te kha hmuhnawm ka ti zual bik. Pathianni zingah, inkhawm kal pahin He-Man kan han en a, 'Bai da pauar awf greis skal' (By the power of great skull) kan han ti a; kawrkilh tla phungin kan han inpawt a! Chawhnu inkhawm banah 'Thunder Cats' kan han en leh a! Pathianni kha chu a nuam thin mang e!!
Thunder Cats kan en zo chiah a, mahni In lam panin kan tlan haw a. Kan inthlak sawk sawk a, phelsepa siam ngunhnam kan lachhuak a, ving lutukin, 'Thunder, Thunder caaaaaaaaaattts' ti chungin kan han tlanchhuak leh nghal a!
Pathianni bawk a ni em, ka chiang lo; vai naupang pali channa film, hmuhnawm ve zet, 'Ek-Dui-Tin-Char' kan en thin bawk kha. A hlate kha mawi kan ti thei. A awmzia kan hre lova, a dik leh dik loh pawh kan thlu chuang lo, 'Ek-dui-tin-char, charo milge kis-ka riske namaskar' te kha kan ti a, kan tui ve em em tho va. Kan ban, bal tial ve thin takte kha kan han tilang a, TV a an tih ang chiahin kan kut kan han inbawhthuahtir a...
Fakna pawh kha a la tam lo. Chhiar tham lek a la ni. Fakna a rawn lan dawn apiang khan a bialin, rin tam tak kha a rawn inrin chhuak tuarh a. A zawh ve leh chutiang chiah chuan a rawn inrin leh a, a lut leh raih raih thin a. Bangladesh TV ah khan Red Cow kha a lar a. India TV ah chuan Nirma, insukna sahbawn fakna kha a lar ngang mai. Red Cow kha - a dumin a rawn zuangchhuak ngei a! A bur varah khan a'n zuang lut leh thauh a! (Color TV a awm hnuah Red Cow kha a sen a, a bur pawh a eng tih kan hre hnuhnawh a nih kha!!) Nirma kha chu, naupang te, kawr var ha kha, a rawn vir chhuak chiai chiai a; a lam zui a. 'Washing powder Nirma, Washing powder Nirma, Nirma...'!
Mithun-a te, Kumar Gourav te kha an lar em em thin a. Vinod Khanna leh Amitabh Bachchan pawh an la cher khawp mai. Infiamna pawh TV ah a la chhuak tam lo. Kapil Dev-a te, Sunil Gavaskar te kha an lar em em ringawt a. An lem chuanna poster kan neih avangin, TV a an lo lan tawh kha chuan kan inti hmelhriat ve viau thin! 'Chittrahar' en tur ringawta kan inhnawh nasat thinziate pawh kha aw..
Thli tleh avanga TV Antenna tliak te, a booster chiate kha, a neitu aiin kan ui lo chuangin ka ring lo.
Hun a lo kal hret a, Video player (VCR) a lo chhuak a, tun hma ai chuan en tur a tam ta hret. Wrestling-te kha hmuhnawm kan va han ti thei tak em! Khang hun laia larte kha - Hulk Hogan (Halkhugan!!), Tatanka, Hitman, British Bulldog te kha an ni a. 'Vakineia' te, 'Rulneia' te pawh an awm kha! Tun thleng hian kha mite kha engnge an 'screen name' ka hre lo, keimahniah kha chuan, 'Vakineia' tih leh 'Rulneia' tih khan a chiang tawk viau mai.
Kumar Gourav-a channa, 'Love Story' te, Amitabh leh Dharmendra channa, 'Sholay' te, Mithun Chakraborty channa, 'Dance Dance' te, 'Vai Tarzawn' kan tih maite kha kan en hnem a; kha'ng film-a hlate kha sak theih loh kan nei mang lo. Kan lam dik em chu ka hre lo, mahse kan sa ve thei vek a, a thiam pawl ka ni ziah lehnghal!! Interval a'n awm ngei a, pawnah, zun pahin kan han chang chhin vel a, misual lama chan fuh kha a ninawm. Tluk deuh reng a ngai a, a tir lamah kha chuan kan han ri ve fua fua a, a tak taka kan hneh ngei ngei turte pawh kha a changtupa an nih tawh chuan a tawp lamah kan hneh loh a ngai a. Misual nih chuan, a tawpah a changtupa kha hneh loh a ngai tih kan hria a, a taka kan ngam a nih vang ngawtin thil tihdanglam theih a ni ngai lo.
Kan fate hi chu an vannei ta ngawt mai. TV neihte chu ‘mihausa tan chauh’ emaw kan tih thin ang te, a neituten an in chhunga min luhtir phal dawn leh dawn loh hre lova, kan film duhzawng a chhuak dawn tih hre chung sia, rilrua enghelh leh helhkham nei ran chunga kan awm thin dante kha – ni e, khatih hun laia kan ngaihtuahna angte kha engtikah mah an pu ve tawh dawn lo. Ni tina Pogo, Cartoon Network leh Demand Channel nen, an duh duh hmetchhuak thinte hi chuan kan naupan lai huna kan rilru ang kha an pu ve ngai dawn lo kumkhua a. Kan lunglenna leh kan ngaihtuahnate pawh a inthlau dawn mang e tih hi ka ngaihtuah thin. STAR zarah anni chuan khawvela thil thleng pawimawh apiang, an duh hun hunah an en thei tawh a. An kum ang kan kum lai khan hetiang hi lo nei ve phak tawh ila tun ai hian kan hmantlak zawk ang em? Kan fate hian eng ang chiahin nge he hringnun hi an rawn hman chhoh ve ang?
Kan fate rual lek lek, naupang te te, tarmit vuah fir fer an tam ta mai! Hengte hi kan hmasawnnain a hrinchhuah, In tina kan hun tak kan TV set-te vang hi a ni ang em? Kum 10 aia tam computer hmanga eizawn tawh hnu pawha tarmit vuah ngai lova ka la awm theihna chhan hi – Pathian ropui malsawmna a nih rualin – kan naupan laia TV en tur mumal pawh nei lova kan awm vang a ni thei ang em? Chumi vang chu lo ni kher lo ta se, kan tu leh fate ang hian, kan hmuh theih tirh atang khan ni tin zan tin TV hmaah, duh duh hmetchhuak theiin awm ve ta ila, tun ang hian kan mit hi a la tha kher ang em?
