BAIBEK vs VA-AK
By :- Siamno Ngaihte,New Delhi
Midang’ phawkpih louh leh vei khak hetlouh lampang kon kum mawk deh! July ni khat jingkal ahia, walking zou inn ka pai leh ka corridor ua ka inn kongkhak bul uah nidang a om ngeilou thil khat ka tuak hi. Huai tuh, baibek tawsan nupa ka kongkhak uleh akianga tawhlet a lengtuah-lengtuah in hamin ana ham uhi. Lamdangsa a ka daak touh leh ceiling a tubelight tuamna sikleen sung ah baibek buu (nest) ana om a; huai apan anou nih leeng thei pan laka khat hong kikhai khesuk a abuu sunga ompen tawh khe langkhat kizom / kimat ana hi uhi. A nu leh pa’n husa neitak mai in hotkhiak sawm in pan la mahle uh akiang ua valeen louh ngal hih theih neilou uhi.
Huchiin Moite leh ka tapa neupen uh Mungmung toh tua vasanou nih kikhai lengleng ka veel ua, Siamese twins dan deuh a piang sual akhe ua kizom uh hiding in ka koih uhi. Atawp in tutna dawh in ka lakhia a, innsung ah ka tawilut hi. A nu leh pate bel dah leh mangbat chitak maia hamham ahihman un baibek naupang tegel leng kipek kawm in aham chiauchiau uhi. Khut a tawikawm a hoihtak a ka veel chet leh a khe langkhat uh khau dandeuh banghiam thilman (sticky) toh ki-awk ana hi ua, awl in ka suutkhia uhi.
Huai baibek naupang tegel bel maban a athiltuah ding uh theilou in ahalh mahmah leklek ua, khut a ka tawipen Mungmung in pakta a hong nuaigawp khak ding lau in innkong ah ka tawi pawt hi. Huchiin anu leh pate omna lam ua leeng sam ding in innsawng nihna apan khat khat in ka vawk khia hi. Ka inn gal ua singkung lianpi ah anu leh pate, ani-agangte hidia gintakten amau meel mu ut a sam in ana hamham mai uhi. Naupang tegel leng tuunlezua saumang juan in lamhaih hetlou, anglum a bitna delh in hat nai kei mahle uh leeng diaidiai in ava tung thei uhi. Agal ah ka en en a...anu leh pa leh naupangte kivaidawn, a kipah thawm uh ka za thei hi.
Himahleh, sawt kihallou in, tua kipahna leh lungdamna husa hong daai pah a. Kuamah kei kiang lam a kipahthu gen ding in hong leeng kik nawn kei uhi. Huchi-a sawtlou ka etjui lai leh, patauh chitak thawm hong om a, baibek nu leh pa te taw-aam phiphe a ham zuazua in a kivaidawnna uh singkung lian leh buktak apan in hong leng khe vengvung maimah uhi. Khai aw...poina e! Huchi ding sale’ng naupangte khah khe nai lou hial ding ‘ing a, inn a duattak a kem a ka hihtheih bang tawk a bitna pe ding hi’ng a, hehpih huai na-mahmah uh e! Lungtang hon vut a, a nuam hetlou thil ka gaalmuh uhi. A nu leh pate kou lam manawh in beidong tak maiin hong leeng uh a: ‘hong panpih nawn un, ka buaijak uh,’ chi hi-awmtak in ka thei hi. Naupang hing leh dam a vaitungte, kipah thawm leh husa nei tak maia vaidawnna aneih laitak uh; nu leh pa’ anglum a lungmuang leh maban ding sau ngaihtuah hetlou a omlai - Va-ak (crow) melse tak khat in naupang khatpen va-abduct (koihkhiak dia vapikhia, chi ni) a, anu leh pa leh ani-agangten kidelh huan, beidong tak mai a gamzon ana hi uhi. Tua Va-ak melsia in a kiang naichik a paang singkung khat ah atuan pih a, sing teh omlou ahihman in kou omna apan tua amuk a atuah naupang baibek’ mul pulhkhe thilthilte ka mu thei uhi. Panpih hong ngen ahi peuhmah ding uh: koulam ah baibekpite hong leng jel mahle uh hihtheih ka nei hetkei uhi. Lungsim ana mahmah mai. Baibek nu leh pa bel tua Va-ak singkunga tu pheuphau mai ah, “ka taneu uh ka it mahmah ua, amah leng damlouhna apan damkikpan phet ahi, hon hehpih inla hon khah mahmah maive,” chi a va-thum hingei ding un ka gingta – lauhthawng chitak in tua Va-ak mai ah ava leng diaidiai uhi. Va-ak bel amau toh teh in lianpi, mel-et a leng lauhuaipi leh thilhihthei tak ahi hi. Kisuanlahna leh lauh ding nei hetlou bangmaiin abul ah baibekpite va lengleng mah le-uh humpinelkai mai a zusa pheleklek bang phet ahi uhi. Baibek naupang khat pen bang dinmun ah a-om dia? Chih peuh ngaihtuah kawm in atawpin kisil ding in ka lutsan hi.
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Huchiin, ka kisil sung in hiai thiltung leh kum khat phial paita a ka sanggampa David thiltuahte kibang hina maizen e chih ka ngaihtuahna ah hong lut a, hiai bangteng kon gelh kha hi.
Amah ka sanggampa, kum 2010 a anawibawk Sielmat Hospital a ki-operation, dam taktak theilou leh alangkhat complain kipan tuung, khopi a damdawi ki-enkol sak ut chi in lametna lianpi tawh nikum June kha in kou omna lam (Delhi) hong zinsuk hi. Nekzonna, ziletate etkolna ding chiin Bungmual a Kaikhanlian Guite’ inn luah in nektawm thilte zuak in dawr neuchik a bawl a. Inneipa’ deihsakna tang in a dawr keklian in tua mun ah a’ zileta tawh teng lut ngal uhi. Khosakna leh naupangte’ siamsinna kitoudelh haksa sa sim mahle-uh nulepa leh sanggamte sawklou a mahni khe a din sawm ding chih thupi a nei in maban hoih zaw lametna tawh asumdawnna ah lunglut suah in a zi tawh panla uhi. Icecream koihna leh diesel generator bang leikhia in, sumdawnna maban lampi hong enkhe kawm ding chi a hong zin mah ana hi hi. Hibang hun sung in, Pawlpi lam a asepna apan bang a khawlsak a hong omtak chiang in, innkuan khawsakna leh etkolna a lungsim tamzaw, hun tamzaw piak theih hita dia kikhual tak a khawsak sawm ding chih bang ka kikupna pen uh hiden hi. Ahitak in, zileta bang nei a, ka school ua apoimawh bangbang sem a kizang kimlai insungmite’ lemsakpihna om hetlou a pawlpi a ana lut ahihman in khawlsak a a-om zong ka nu leh kou a sanggamten ka lungdampih zaw uh leng ahi hi. Kei na ngaihsut kik dan mawkmawk: pawlpi apan khawlsak dan tungtang ah, thukijakna a kitak lang leltak himahleh, amah tunga lungtun louhna nei a tawpsak ahih ngal in tuh maban ah ahuchih-khachih louh ding chih pen heututen chi kha zek le uh bel mihai in leng pillawh thei hi a, ka chi hi.
Solomon mi pilpen a kigen in thil tengteng thei bang mahleh a bukim veklouh bang in thudik thei kimlou a thudiklou pansan pawlkhat in bang doh-ai ana saam atazen ua chih in om hi. Den a i gen Va-ak melsia (Va-ak melhoih na theingei hia?) bang mai a mat ding leh nek ding lel kia zong a, a thahatna suang a amah sang a hatzaw dang omtadih lou bang a ngaia hunlemtang la leh lunggel gel (conspire) khenkhat ana om uh hiven chin! Delhi a om jenpi Guwahati apan a sms a mi vau chi bang a ngawh in; Jesu mohpaihna ding, mat theihna ding leh mohtan a thah theihna ding; thah nung nangawn a siamlouh tansak dimdemna ding lampi a zon bang deuh un pan ana la ua – solkar tawh leng pangkhawm ahingei ding uh - polis, army leh security agency adim-aha a omna mun ah, mat a a-om jan a mobile network hoihlou sese chih khawng in saupi hon ngaihtuahsak hi. Hichibang khop ahihlai in, tuabang a panla mite leh tuabang a David tung a lunggel leh gamtangte leng tuni chiangchiang in zaw, thu lui bang sim mahleh, melma singdang hilou ua, misipa’ sangawizawnpihte leh azu-aham athuakpih, ‘dammaw’ chi a kei nangawn in chibai ka buktheih zelte ana hisese ua; thamlou in, siampulian leh Juda Iskariot te banga ahoulimna munte uh zong pi aw pu aw a’ chih ngutngutte saulim na hi chitchiat veh e – a’ pu leh piten tuabang a’ tupapa uh vai kikupna dingin a’ intual uh phal peuhmah ding uh hiam chih bang hon ngaihsun sak a lungtang tawng mahmah hon vut hi.
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Awle, huham taka va-ak melsia acheet ni jingchiang sunnung in inn kiang a vaiten vasate dawn ding chi a plastic kuang a tui akoih uh va-ak khat in ana dawn pan kiangkiang a: “nang le, na melsiatsiat tawh!...” chi-in ka niliap in ka hawlkhia kha zawjen hi. Huai baibek naupang’ tung a hiamgam tak a gamtang pen le ahina diamah. Huai bang thiltun hun in baibek innkuan in thil tampi angaihtuah ding un ka gingta hi. Va-ak kichite bang leng sithei-mangthang thei hi ua; vasa dangte’ ta leh nau it lai pipi a thah sak bang ua amau tung a leng vasa lianzawte gamtang thei uh hi a; tagah meithai abawl uleh vasa dangte nek ding tan ding laaksaka asukgentheih bangbang uh amau tunga leng tung thei hi a; ameel mahmah uleng vasa dangten mu peih nawnlou uh ahihlam kitheilou uh hiding hi ua; ei bial ah hiaiva-ak kichite pawl omkei le-uh vapal leh kawlgitte toh galmuang taka khawsa khawm ding hihang a; tangtawn a vualtungtuang den ding kisa uh ahidiam maw....chih khawng tua baibek innkuan lunggel ding ka suangtuahna ah hong lang mawkmawk ka chi. No boxing!
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