India chhulchhuak zinga thlalak leh photojournalism lama ngaihhlut êm êm, mi tam takin “Father of Photojournalism in India” tia an sawi, Raghu Rai chuan kum 83 mi niin April 26, 2026 khan New Dehi-ah a khawvel zinkawng a lo zawh tawp ta. Raghu Rai hian a nupui Gurmeet Rai leh a fa te pali a kalsan a ni.
Thalak hmanga, kum 60 zet, India chanchin phochhuaktu hian India ramin a hun tawn hrang hrang, a bikin Socio-politic inlumleh chhoh dan a phochhuak nasa hle a, thlalak nung leh zûn nei tak tak a ni hlawm.
A bul ṭanna leh a zinkawng
Raghu Rai hi December 18, 1942 khan Jhang, Punjab (tunah chuan Pakistan ramchhungah a awm ta), Bristish India-ah a lo piang a, unau pali zinga a naupang ber a ni. Kum 1965 aṭangin thlalak lam hi a luhchilh ṭan a, a kum leh, 1966-ah thlalak lama hotu ber ni turin The Statesman chanchinbu-ah a lut zui a ni. Thiamna lamah chuan Civil Engineering zirchhuak a ni thung. Thlalak lama hruailuttua kaihruaitu hmasa chu a u, Sarampal Chowdhry (S Paul an tia an koh), a hunlaia thlalak thiam leh hmingthang a ni.
Khawvela photojournalist leh thlala thiam rual intelkhawm ten an din, Magnum Photos chu Nominee memberniin 1971-ah a zawm ṭan a. He pawl namai lo tak a zawm theihnana rawttu (nominate-tu) chu khawvela thlala mi te ngaihsan rawn Henri Cartier Bressan ngat a ni. Kum 1977 khan Magnum Photos-ah hian member puitlinga sengluh a ni zui ve ta a ni. Rai-a hi Indian Photographer zinga Magnum Photos-a tel thei hmasaber a ni bawk.
A sulhnu ṭhenkhat
Rai-a hian thil pangngai mai maia ngaih atanga thil danglam a phochhuak thiam thin hi a kutchhuakin ngaihhlut a hlawh êm êm nachhan a ni a. India rama khawtlang nunphung leh sorkar inrelbawlna kaihhnawiha mi hnuaihnung ber atanga a hotu lawk te thlenga an thlalak a phochhuak ṭhin a ni. A kutchhuak ṭhenkhat te:
Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1984):
Bhopal Gas leak avanga tawrhna a phochhuah zinga mi “Hriatloh hraichawi zalhna” tih chuan khawvel ram hrang hrangah ngaihven a hlawhin kha chhiatna ṭihbaiawmzia a phochhuak chiang hle niin an sawi.
Portrait:
India rama mi langsar tak tak – Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi leh Dalai Lama te portrait a lak sak chuan ngaihsan a hlawh a, heng bakah hian Indian Classical Musician te thla a lak pawhin ngaihhlut a hlawhin khawvel hriata Indian Classical Music vawrh lar kawngah a thawhhlawk hle.
The Dalai Lama by Raghu Rai en theihna.
Chanchinbu lam:
Sapṭawng chanchinbu, Mizo te pawhin kan hriatlar tak, The Statesman chanchinbu-ah bulṭanin, Chief Photographer a ni ṭhin a. Hemi hnu hian Sunday Magazine-ah ‘picture editor’ hna a thawk a, 1982 aṭang khan India Today-ah ‘director of photography’ hna a thawk leh bawk. Heng hna a chelh chhung hian awmze neia thlalak hmanga thawnthu sawi (Photoessay) ti larin, Indian journalism chu bungthar a kaipui a ni.
Chawimawina a dawn langsar ṭhenkhat
Padma Shri (1972): Bangladesh Indo kaihhnawih thla a lak, hnuk khawih tak tak te avangin kum 1972 khan India sorkar chuan Padma Shri a hlan. Bangladesh Liberation war by Raghu Rai en theihna
Photographer of the Year (1992): National Geographic chanchinbu-a a kutchhuak, “Human Management of Wildlife in India” (India rama mihring ten ramsa te an enkawl dan) tih avangin Photographer of the Year (1992), USA-ah a dawng.
Academie des Beaux Arts (2019): Academie des Beaux Arts-in an buatsaih, thlalak lama chawimawina ngaihhlut “William Klein Photography Award” chu kum 2019 khan a dawng a, he chawimawina dawng hmasabertu a ni.
Asia Arts Vanguard Award (2026): Tun hnai lawk khan Asia Society chuan Arts lama a thawhhlawk avangin chawimawina “Lifetime contribution to the arts” an hlan.
Ro a hnutchhiah ṭhenkhat te:
Rai-a hian lehkhabu 55 a ti chhuak a, chung zingah chuan Raghu Rai’s Delhi, The Sikhs, leh Calcutta te pawh a tel. Thlalak lam inhmang chhuanthar zawk ten kaihhruaina mumal an neih theihna turin “Raghu Rai Center for Photography” a din a, mi tam tak an inzirchhuak tawh a ni.
A fate u te pahnih, Nitin Rai leh Avani Rai te pawh hi thlalak lama thawhlawk tak an ni a. Nitin Rai hian Babri Masjid ṭhiah kaihhnawiha a thlalak te a hmingthanpui hle a, khawvel ram hrang hranga publisher te nen an thawkho bawk. A fanu Avani Rai hi thlalak leh film siam lama inhmang a ni a, a pa Raghu Rai-a documentary a siam pawhin ngaihhlut a hlawh hle.
A kutchhuak hmuh theihna dang
Thu lakna te:
- Who was Raghu Rai? www.livemint.com
- Raghu Rai: Capturing the spirit of India. www.proedu.com
- Raghu Rai – The Royal Photographic Society. www.rps.com
- Raghu Rai – Swasthyam. www.globalswasthyam.com