Tears in the heart of Delhi
Mel leh puam a etlah huai ka hi het kei. Mi banga kamsiama manih ma khuat thei zaat le hi kei mah leng, mi' laka hon sit hetlou a ka tunga kiniam khiak gige. School fee ka piak zohlouh ziaka scho lak di neilou a ka oma lawmte' laka ka maizum di khuala amah a teng hon pe khin vek. Ka school bag puak kaki zumpih ngei gingta a ka phallouh pi amah a toh hon ki puak khel teitei. Talab(Gutkha) ka guk nek hon theia ka ngolh theihna dia centrefresh packet khat hon tawia deihsakna toh hon thu hilh. A hon duat zoua akianga kingek saktaka ka nuak san gige, ki vengsiam, kamdam leh nuihmai taka kum sagih bang hon houpih phat huai kasa hi. Ka genthei danuh theia ka birthday ni-a sweater hon leisakin athupina leh pilna ka muchiang hi. Kakianga agamtat khohei dan leh a itna thu hon genin kakaal uah sihna lou ngal khenna om din kasuang tuah kei hial hi.
Vengkhat ka hihman un school kai kuan leh pai in kaki ton gige uhi. A mel hoihin kamsiama, pasalte' lung kuaizou mahmah hi. Lawmte hi in teacherte hileh Sawmi(baihlam zodin Sawmi ichi di) adeih thei petmah uh. Lawmte' ziaka ka kaal ua itna piang ahi chileng ka khial kei di. Khosak haksat ziaka ka lawm ngoihngoihte' enghouna leh hazatna kampau in kou gel hon hek khawm hi. Ka sukhei-touhei na uah vakhu nupa ka bang ua, anu leh pa'n le hon taa bawl ua, a inn uah angtang kisa in kaki inteek sak mahmah hi. Laisimna hih buai din bel kaki khawl ngei kei hial uh. Vangsiat huaitakin pawl sawm leh nih(XII), Sawmi in hon fail a ken bel ka pass khe dom hi.
Sawmi telloua khosak zaw haksa kasa lua. Deihsakna leh vualzawlna tampi kana taisanta. Nu leh pa leh tanau lainate' deihsak thu hilhna le ka bilah alut thei non kei. Sawmi mah in zong kei tellou a thuakzoulou ahihdan nitengin hon hilh den. Laizilna taisan in itna mualsuaha laikuang sawk khawm din ka thukim uhi. Tua dingin kingaknang neukha poimoh ka hihman un Sawmi in Delhi a asanggamte bela nna va sem dia ana masa din hoih kasa ua lam dik leng hingei din ka gingta ua, Khut kilenin thumna toh kaki khakhia uhi. Nna sepna det hon muh hun chia kei, pham dong tuibang luang khawm dia kuan din tong ka chiam uhi.
Hun hong ki hei in huihkhi lang adangta. Ka ngaih, ka kinepna leh ka hinna tengtenga ka it Sawmi, akhut zong midang khoih dia ka phallouh, kakipahna pen in gentheihna tawpkhawk hon guan din pasal dang hon neih santa. Phutluiha pasal nei hi din zaw ka gingta kei. Himahleh, ka tunga achitna leh kaki chiamna uh pelin pasal nei ngam din ka gingta kei. Sawmi ziakin ka maban di teng amialta, siamsinna hi'n lam tuamtuam ah kaki khelta. Ka hinna tengin itmah leng a pasal, govt. servant aneih hoih kasa. Keisangin enkol in sukipak zou zo dia, lung ngai vung vunga nek zong lou di ahihmanin. Tunung chianga keia dia panpihtu hoihtak, pathian' belseh danin kakoiha kipah nang kon zong teitei. Himahleh naa kasa lua. Sawtlou nungin tanu melhoih tak anei chih kaza. Ka hih theih sun chiin nau en din Delhi lam, neih sunsun bei zenin kazuan hi. Nidanga Delhi a ka pai chia Sawmi, ka zi hi ta dia, inntum-loutum suanga innkuan kipak leh thupi suang khe di chia kaki pah didan ka suangtuahnate toh aki khai tel. Nau en di maw, singdang sannem ka ngaihnou en di ? Kong bul ka tunin innsunga nuta kipah meltaka om ka gaalmuh hi. Ka awm hong bingin ka tha hongzoia maban kasuan thei nawn kei. Ka mit ah kipahna maw khasiatna khitui...kathei siam kei, kham vuallouhin hong tak khia hi. Va lut hial leng, kei ki suzahlaka thil hoihlou atun ngei kagin takmanin ka kiksan hi. Himahleh koilam zuan di ka diam. Manohna di theilou in phalbi zan sawt Delhi kholai ah khitui toh kazan hak hi. Sawmi ziaka genthei, amah adia thuak hileng zaw maw.. tunlah kei leh kei kigawt ka suak maimah hi.
A kuma sim pailiamta mah leh ka mangngilh thei kei. Ka mangin ka mu gige. Nikhat ka mang lam dang tak ngaihtuah a ka tut lai in fon hong paia Sawmi' lawmte khat in Sawmi lungsim venglou ahihdan hon hilh guih hi. Lam dang kasa lua. Aihangin piangsual kikhel omlou mah hi. Ka hihtheih om kei mahleh nikhat a veh din kava kuan hi. Sawmi' melmuh saka ka omlouh banah innsung nasan siksakin ka om kei. Nau en dia kakuan laia hon mukha om hi di hiven, Sawmi kava bum hi'n ana koih ua, nathil bawl kin takin leh kikin, chih leh mihing aw suak dia kilawmlou hamsiatna kava lohtak maimah hi. Hon ging lel het kei un, ki it-ki ngai ka hih uh thei gegu a zan khat thu a zi leh ta a ki neithei tuh ka hon muangmoh zaw. Khasia in hehmah leng ka din munin hon zilhlouh manin ka paisan hi.
Deihsaktu leh ka kaal thu uh theiten Sawmi in a ki chiamna uh paap pua ahi, a chi uh. Huai hial din ki chiamna ka neikei uh. Ken le itna ziakin Sawmi' nopsakna di ka deih. Kei ka dah zongin nih leh thum kipah nangin ka phal. Sawmi ngai in dah mah leng kei hon deihlou tuh gen theih kanei kei. Kiten di kasawm uh hon tangtun pih louh le Pathian minin ka ngaidam hi.
Hun hongpai zela, Sawmi lah hoihlam manoh tuanlou in apasalten le khakik mai uh chih kaza. Thupi kasa lua. Lung khoih tentun zaw apuah zakni a om zel bangin nikhat ka lawmpa kiah ka gen khekha hi. Ken zaw Sawmi, mitdel khebai in om leh le kazi ahihnak leh kakem di, tun le ka itna neng chikle akiam naikei, ka chi-a, apasalte' hon houna ka gen khiak leh paw siamlou lua ahi di, courta ding hial din va chou hi. Lawm aw, na hon thuakpihna thupi kasa, hiai tan hial din chitna i nei kei, den chiah kituisa buah thei ihi, ka chih leh ahunzil in thutak honh pawt na ve ka chithei vanglak uhi. Sawmi' pa mission's worker banah saptuam lama lu mahmah ahihziak in dawi le kau thu thei te bang dot ut huaimah leh hikhi'n lou hi'n ka thei uhi . Doctor result ka ngak ua, "numei natna" ziak ahi achi uhi.