A gelhtu toh kisai: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, “Nam Pa” chih a om tuh Octobe 2, 1869 in piang a, January 30, 1948 in si hi. Amah thutak leh lemna deih a pan nasataka latu khat ahi. Aman thumal mawl kha kha zangin thu gil pipi gelh khia hi. Hiai thu gelh, “Young India” apan laksawn ahi a, hiai ah leng tua bang mah in thumal hou chik chik te zang in thu hon gelh hi. Hiai ah, Gandhi in sahkhua kawk tuam anei kei a, himah leh sahkhua ahihna ah sahkhua teng teng kai huai a agelh ahi. Gandhi ngaih dan in bel, sahkhua kia in mihingte lauhthawng louhna kha (fearless spirit) hon pethei ahi, chih ahi.
Ka khual zin vial vial na ah, dotna khat hong ki dong tangpi gige hi, huai ahih leh, “Tu leh tu a India in a taksap bang ahi hiam?” chih ahi. Tua ahih man in, dawnna ka piak gige ahih leh, “India in tu leh tu kia hilou; maban kum tampi aleng I taksap gige ding uh ahih leh, sahkhaw mitna tak tak (true religious spirit) ahi” chih ahi. Hiai toh kisai a ka gen ut pen ahih leh, I sahkhua un hon thuzoh mah mah ziak in lauhthawnna toh I khosa den uhi. Tangtawn daihlou ding thuneihna tawi tute I zahtak in I lau uh a, huaikia hilou in khalam a thuneihna tawi tu leng ilau uhi. I sahkhaw makai te mai ah I ngaihtuahna tak tak I gen vek ngam kei hial ua; I khovel heutu te’ thuneihna thupi leh lamdang sa in I om uhi. Hichi bang a I omna in, amau te ading leh ei mah adin thil lauhuai piangsak lel hi. I sahkhaw makai te leh politics a I makai ten bel thutak din ahon deih uhi. Lord Willingdon in Bombay mipi te kiang a athugenna ah hichi bang in gen hi, ka muh dan in, eite’n ‘i’(no) ichih ut hun inleng itung a thunei te zahtak ziak in, i lungsim tak a suak hilou pi in ‘aw’(yes) ichi tei tei nak uhi. Tua ahih manin aman mipi te hangsan na kha nei ding in thuhilh hi. Hangsanna ichih pen, midang te kipah sak ut na ziaka thu zuau pi ahih kei leh thu diklou pi gum a panpih tei tei ding chihna hilou hi. Kei ngaih dan mawl takin bel, Hangsanna ichih, I tangtawn mun ding itun ma leh thutak bang hi hiam chih I theih ma a ihin pih dia kul leh poimawh, alou theilou hi in ka thei hi. Hiai ngah theihna ding in, ki phawk tak tak na/kitheih telna (consciousness) neih poimawh hi. Huai ziakin Pathian I lau ding uh, tua hileh I mihin’ pihte i lauhna bei ding hi. Eite hon ompih a hon veng gige ‘kha’ khat om ahi chih kitel taka thei hile bel, hiai khovel ah lauh ding bangmah a omkei hi; Pathian lauh chih louh ngal. Khovel vaihawm te’ vai hawmpa’ (Pathian) adia ginomna kana ginomna dik leh hoih a omkei a, ama adia I ginom leh, khovel vaihawm te toh I kisai na ah pilna ahon piak behlap thei lai hi.
Tu huna I school naupang te lak ah ‘ginna’ mangthang hiai hiai ahi chih ka muh in ka lungsim a nasak mah mah hi. Hindu sahkhua gingta naupang khat kiang ah a haksatna te dawn zangkhai tu dingin ‘Ramanama’ apan in zil lai la in chi a ka thuhilh leh, Rama kua ahia? Chi in lamdang sakna in a kidim hi. Muslim sahkhua zui naupang khat kiang ah Koran na sim ding a, na pathian na zahtak ding ahi chi a ka thuhilh leh, aman Koran sim theilou ahih lam hong kipuang a, huai ban ah Allah kichi a thu vuak ahi chi in hon gen hi. Awle, ken hichi bang naupang te kiang ah siam sinna a kalbi poimawh pen pen lungtang siangthou neih ahi chih bang chi in ka gingta sak thei dia? Na siam sina in Pathian apan ahon gamlat sak deuh deuh leh, na siam sin nanga ding in bang a phatuam dia? Tua kia hilou in, nang khawtang adin bang chi bang in mi phatuam na hithei ngei dia? Na mihinpih te tunga nahoih sep tungtawna pathian kiang tun sawm nahi chi in miten ahon gen ua, a gen dik uh. Aziak ahih leh pathian vantung a om ahi kei a, lei nuai ah leng a om samkei; na mihinpih te (Hindu leng himaithei, Mussalman, Parsi ahihkei leh Christian leng ahi maithei) ah a om zaw chih kei ngaih dan ahi.
Lehkha bu sim tam in na tangtawn hinkhua ah poimawhna anei tam hetkei ding. India pumpi mun tuam tuam a school naupangte toh ka houlim khakna apan ka theih khiak khat ahih leh, amauten lehkhabu tuam tuam ahah sim mah mah ziak un, a thu sim te un a lungsim uh thuzoh mah mah ahi, chih ahi. Amaute lak a khenkhat te ngaihtuahna paikhial bang, khenkhat te lah ngaihtuahna chiim tak neithei nawnlou te bangin a om uhi. Amau te’n bang chituk in pan la mah le uh, a thusim te un thuzoh mah mah ahih man in, huaite apan suak ta zou nawnlou uh ahi chi uhi. Amaute ka heh pih in a hinkhua uh puaknat huai kasa mah mah hi. “Hiaite apan in bang chileh suakta thei ding kahi uhiam? Hiai khovel thil apan suahtakna bang chi in ka ngah thei ding ua?” chi in panpih bei takin amauten ahon dong ua, na pathian kiang uah tai unla, amai ah khukdin in thum un kachih chiang in amau te’n, Pathian kua ahia? ‘Thum’ ichih bang ahi hiam? Chi maimah uhi. I naupang te uh hiai bang khop a mangthang ahi ta uhi. Na muh phak ua om leh khabu teng sim vek ding ahikei chih tuh ka dawnna ahi. Amau leh amau aki ven siam uh poimawh ahih dan te hilh kawm in, laibu te, ahoih leh hoihlou khensiam ding in ka thuhilh hi. Huai ban ah a heutu te un leng a naupang te uh Lungsim leh taksa a kizopna neihpih a, lamdik a pi ding leh khovel pilna kia hilha ahun te uh zangbei saklou ding in ka thu hilh hi. Tulai khovel, miten lawh muh nadi lel a na asep na uah, heutu ten a naupang te uh a subject baak uh adang bangmah hilh manlou uhi. Hiai tuh naupang te salam leh khalam a akhan na ding uh daltu lianpi khat suak hi. Huaiziakin heutu te’n pan nasa taka ahon lak kei uh leh bel, i hih theih tam hetlou suak hi. Siamna leh pilna sang mah inleng, naupang te ah itna leh zaidamna chi hon tuh mah mah le uh kachi hi.
Hiai khovel a mithupi tak tak ichih te amau leh amau a ki pitou a, midang apan panpihna latamlou te ahi nak uhi, etsakna din sahkhua makai thupi tak tak Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed chihte leh mithupi tamtak muh theih a om uh. Hiai mite’n amau leh amau a ki muan ngamna leh a pathian uah muanna kiptak nei uhi; huchi mah bang in amaute Pathian inleng ompih a, thawmhau ngeilou uhi. Abu Bakr (Prophet Mohammed’ Sung’pa) in Mohammed a khualzinna a ava zuih lai in khovela khemna tuam tuam ten amau te delh a, puk baihlam mah mah dinmun a aom lai un Abu Bakr lung buai kisa in Mohammed kiang ah hichi in gen hi, “Hiai khovel khemna hattak te bang chi in I zou mah mah dia? I kiginlouhna lam lam apat in ahong suak ua.” Chi hi. Mohammed in taihilh kawm in gen a, eigel kia ihi kei, pathian eilama pang ahi, huai ziakin eileng thum (three) pha ihi chi hi. Ahih kei leh Bibhishana leh Prahlada te’ ginna sawiliin vuallouh te apan in zillai ilak ding uh ahi. Hiai miten amau a ki muan ngamna leh pathian a muan ngamna a neih mah bang ua, nang leng huai bang ginna kip na neih kahon deihsak ahi.
Sahkhua neilou in mihing a khawsa zoukei ding. Khenkhat te amau kideihkhop ziak leh kipilsak ziak in sahkhua gingtalou pawl om uhi. Himah leh huchi bang mite bel ‘nak(nose) neilou in huih ka dik(breath)’ chi toh kibang lel uh hi. Mihing in thil tung peuhmah aziak ding I omsak tei tei sek ua, ahih kei leh sia leh pha theihna I neih ziak leh thil naranlou/gintak thu (superstition) khong tungtawn in , ei sanga thunei zaw khat, thil hih thei zaw khat zaw om mah ahi chih I gingta uhi. Sahkhua ka gingtakei/ a omkei chi a hahpan mah mah ten leng thil hoih hih ahih kei leh nungchang hoih neih in ei ading in thil hoih ahon tun chih a gingta thou thou ua, thil hoihlou hih in vangsiatna ahon tun chih leng a gingta thou uhi. Bradlaugh kichi, sahkhua a omkei chi pawl te laka gentham ching mi khat ahi, aman leng thutakna toh hinkhua ka zat ziakin haksatna tampi ka thuak a, himahleh huai in amah ah kipahna ginseng louh tun ahi chih a gintak thu puang hi. Hiai kipahna pen, khovel in a piak kipahna bang ahi kei a, kha toh kikholhna ziaka piang kipahna hizaw ahi. Huai ziak in ahi mi kuapeuh in sahkhua khat/ gintak khat nei tei tei thou uh ahi ka chih.
Tulai khovel ah, pathian tellou a lawhchinna sang pen muh sawm leh, neih sawm leh tan sawm mi tamtak om hi. Huai ziakin hichi bang mite kiang a thutak, kha leh ginna bang chi bang a hilh a theisak ding kahi hiam katheikei? Amau te’ kideihkhop leh kithupit sakna sang mah mah ahih man in, amau sanga lianzaw leh thil hih theizaw om ahi chih va hilh pen thil haksapi suak ahih man ahi. Ka hinkhua a ka thil tuah te apan ka theih khat ahih leh, hinkhua kipak leh lawhching tak zatna dingin, ei sanga thunei zaw leh thil hih theizaw khat in khovel, van leh lei leh aksi te tung a vai hawm ahi chih gintak a, huai a kingak louh ngal in hinkhua buching ahon pe theikei chih ahi. Ginna neilou mihing bel, tui suahgiat apat mal khat paih khiat, tuipi piau a mangthang bang ahi. Tui mal neu neu kigawm in tuipi bawl ahih manin, huai tuipi a malkhat banga a om leh bel, tuipi thupi tak bawltu in a pang kha a, tua kia hilou in, ganhing tampi ading in hinna nak in apangkha hi.
[Author Note: Hiai thugelh, Board of Secondary Education Manipur te Class X Additional English syllabus apan kilasawn ahi. Kisiamssak ziak hilou in, hoih sak ziak leh mi tampi ten simkha in thei kha le chih deihna ziaka ka hon lehkhiat mawk ahi. Thu gelh dan leng adik kim khol kei ding, huaite ah na ngaih siam uh kahon ngen hi. I pau leh lai gelh dan uh khansak na din pan la chiat ni].