Sikha leh thil mulkim huai tuak gige'pa chia mullit bawla ki hiau siausiau in ka bil hon sik geih hi leh aki lawm. Lawmte aw..kei zaw hu chi hiala gim neih huai hiin kaki thei kei. Tutungin mulkim huai leh sikha lam telsak louh teitei kon sawm di. Himahleh, sikha zong Pathian banga mun tenga om achi zel ua hi ven.
Labour naa sem din truck khat toh Singngat lam manoh in kong kisoi tou naknak ua, sausim kapai nung un tlawmngai mi thumin lampi, akuak luatna deuh leia vukin ana om ua,''TAX'' chiin Rs 100/- honna ngen uhi. Tam lodeuh lou adiam, sawmkhat sawmnih hileh zaw thilhoih bawl ahi ua zakhat piak ana kei. Gari paiteng lah ana ngen thou di uhia..! 8 am khawng hong hileh gari pai di avang ta dia semlou in atop thou di uh. Pe di maw, pelou di. En culvert ibawl chiang un amau a sanga thupi zaw hiven thousand per truck awle chiin ka nui zaizai uhi.
Singngat a giah buk di ka bawl lai un pitek khat hong paia ''lampi laiah zaw inn bawl kei unla asak hiam akhang hiamah bawl zaw un.'' Hong chimoka nuam kasa het kei. Akhang lah pucca road hia, asak lah khoubaang hizela kikhin theih di ahi kei. Lawmten bel mihai di sa in chiamnuih ana suah pah ua ka nui zuazua uhi.
Khua hong vakin group niha kikhenin culvert tuh kon panta uhi. 12 pm velin group khatte' nna sep en khe din kava kuana semlou hialin sepaihte' bunker di tou in ana buai maimah uh. Bangziak hiam, hon sawl u maw.. chia heh aw sima kakan leh, Sepaihten ''zu (Rum) na duh vele nangle sem ou zu kon pe di uh.'' honna chih khum mok uh ka heh tha hong suak sim ve. ''Hoih e, ahun ta. Daily wage 500/- ahi, rum bottle khat 250 man ahi a, half day danin 6 bottle hon pia un'' ka chih leh hong heh lo sima, athau tawi in hon ngiim tenton mok hi. Kei le kiheh suah sim lam ka hi di, na ut leh hon kap in, Right na nei kei, Nou Rifleman in 7days a 60ml le mulou phial in maw zu non tah, kin deuh in section holder omna hon hilh in, ka chih leh han in hong hangzak a athau toi in hon tat suk hi. Section holder hongpai a thil om dan ka gen leh ''min sem in a chih leh sem ve ua'' hon chimok. Kapau ngam non kei. Ka sisan in bel angaidam zou non kei. Ka mel theih khat alak ua tel ana oma, ka theih ut tamlou dongin Singngat Hq ah commandin Office mu din katai khia hi.
Sawt ki vei hetlou, CO ana pot khiak ziakin giah bukah lawmte sam khawmin, CO muh din 9AR A-Coy, Senior Rifleman, Mr. Lalzan Khan from W. Bengal tunga lungkim hetlou ka hih dan uh lai khat aat in ka pia uhi.
Nitaklam in Singngat police station a case file din ka pot khia ua, lawmte police apang ana tam mahmah ua anuam mahmah mai. Singpi dawn din hon zawn ua Meiteite' hotel khatah kalut uhi. Amau le eipau asiam lua ve ua le. Bang ziaka meitei pau zang teitei. Ka ngaih dan ahi het kei. Dotna tampi hong piang tultul ve. Khua in hon mialsanta, poimoh ka neih lai man un Thahdou veng lam ka va pha uhi. Vengkhung lam electric a vak phing phenga, aet lawm ngei mai. Shilong toh ka teh kak lua. THE SHILONG OF ZOGAM ka chi hial hi.
I ki paka idah leh zong suang tuahna atam zel. Tunung zek chiangin Meitei undergroung ten le cease fire hon deih tei di ua, a designated camp di un singtang bial mah hon chi di uh hia. I kaal uah ki lemlouh na hong om dia, sa leh gal in i ki nei di uh. Huai hun chiangin Singngat mel hoihna bang hong suak de aw chih khawng ka ngaih tuah mokmok sek hi.
Nitak asawt ta, kalumta uh. Thakhat in light hong mit guih mok, koua kia ahi diam aw chia khodak din ka thou khia a inn kawnglam kama noh aleh huai pitek nu ana om mok hi. ''Bang dia hiai muna inn lam teitei na hi ua, lung kim lou hial ka hi uh.'' hong chi mok hi. Ka thomhau tha hong suaka dawnna di le ka thei zok kei. Ka om miimuai laitak in mei hong paia ki nung heia ka et kalin piteknu koia pai ahia chih theih but louh in ana mang hiau mok hi.