Awi-lou dak khet ka zakkhak nung kum 30 bang paita diing in ka gingta hi. Mi si hong om a, awi-lou dak hong ging a, a kilau mahmah a chimul bang a thou sisi zozen hi. Awi-lou khat hong si chu Saptuam inle program a bawl kei ua, nungak-tangval in haan lai in a laihzoh chiang un a vuikhe hiau uhi.
Thugentu khat in mundang koimah ah ‘Awi-lou daak’ omlou a, ‘Awi’ leh ‘Awi-lou’ leng kibang a koih a om uh. Himahleh hiai bang a Awi-lou daak om tuam thei a, Pathian thu awi leh Pathian thu awi-lou chi a kikhenthei vilvel a om pen chihtakna ahihdan hon gen leh dik ka sa mahmah hi.
Zat nawnlouh himahleh hiai ‘awi-lou daak’ ka muh in ka lungsim ah ‘mi chitak, lum leh lum vet, vot leh vot vet’ chih ka ngaihtuahna ah a hong lian mahmah hi. I sih nung chiang in genphat i sawm mawkna ua zaw huai di ana hikhollou maithei hi ve aw chih ngaihtuahna ah a hlian mahmah hi.
Lawi khat ngaihtuahna ah ‘awi-lou’ va chih lailai i chi mai thei ua, hiai chitata mi dukdak lou, mahni hihna a hi ngam lou, kilimbawl lel khawng hi diing in ka ngaihtuah hi. I hinkhua a om khalou, i niteng khosak heisuk-heitouh a om khalou, i hinkhua a teeng khalou himhim himahleh i sih chiang un Khristian hoih tak i suak vek ua, Pathian thu awi hoih tak i hi vekta uhi.
Khristian hinpih ngamlou in sihpih ngam i hi mawk uhi.
I pipute uh chihtakna mah thupi sa lel ing. Min gelh lut ngam nanana chu hinkhua kikhek ahi top mai uhi. Khristian-te min gelhna a agelhlut chiang un a hinkhua uh kikhek zou hithet hi. Huaiziak in ‘(Pathian thu) awi’ leh ‘awi-lou’ chi a kichiziat siang vet ahihna uah thupi mahmah uhi. I phaklouh gam ahi uhi. Amau’ hun lai di khawng i ngaihtuahleh haksat chi mahmah hi. Mi tengteng awi-lou hihlai a e’n gindan tuam va neih di chihkhawng thil haksa mahmah hi diing hi. Tuni in huchi bang in ‘gingta lou vet’ i hihleh huchi bang in om diing chile a ngam i om kei diing uhi.
Tuni in eite ‘AWITU’ i hih vek hang un i hinkhua un a genkhe kha mahmah kei hi. Minpu a awitu hi in ahihhang a sunglam nitna a dim, hinkhua in zui mawngmawng lou, i awi bang hihiam chih phawkna leng a om mahmah kei hi. Nidang ate’n min a gelhlut mai uh leng kikhekna a aneih bat lai un ei lawi sawmvei pianthak in leng bangmah a tohloh zou kei hi. Mite’n gingtu hilou, awi-lou chile uh le ut deksuai lou diing i hilai uhi.
I kilim siam ua, Pathian thu-awidan in i kikoih ua, hinkhua inlah zuikha mahmah lou, mahni mihinpihte itna mawngmawng lah omlou, alemchiing bang lel i hi uhi.
I mihinpihte i itlouhdan chu en zualle. Mipite hoihzawkna diing in solkal in ‘welfare scheme’ hoih taktak a hon bawl uh hi. Himahleh ‘awitu’ kichite’n nuiza bawm banglel suah hilou i hi uh maw? Huai ‘welfare scheme’ a tang dia guide line in a piak diatdiat sa na tawm a kiang ate tang teitei, huai le kimlou deuh a chih khawng ahi.
Ka kuva haina sekpa ni khat lungkim lou deuh in a hong tung a, a phun nulnul hi. ‘Hiii-hi! IAY ngente le building a teengsa vek,’ a chi hi. Village Authority meeting a va telzou phet thu a theihbeh chiang a a lungkim louhdan gen ana ahi. Hiai bang i dinmun uh ahi tel hi.
Mi’n, ‘Zawngsan’ (hausa lou) chile uh, ‘Eh! na luangman pe lah di hon sa maw?’ chi-alh ngam dite khawng Below Poverty Line-te hamphat pih dia solkal in a bawlte etlah sak tuntun Pathian thu-awi i hitel uhi. Muhna diing ahih chiang a zawng hih ut, hamphatna diing omna a daikilkal a mi hih linlou lah Pathian thu bang ki-awisak deldal zozen.
Apaap zong pozou ding na maw?
Na duhgawlna in hon ut sak ngoihngoih dinmun ah ding ve! A neilou taktak dinmun a ding taktak hile chin na peih diam chih kingaihtuah detdet tuak ka sa hi. Niteng neektawm diing sutuah zou hamham, alim-a al le nezoulou, haksa leh genthei tak a khosate tansik etlah sak ngoihngoih a, huaite ka hi kichi a huaite hamphatna laaksak chih bangchu Vaangam na gamlat lua. Nang-le-nang kikhem! Biakinn le naihnaih lou in tulai a Lamka a thang mahmah Setan bête ‘open’ tak a zop suk mai ahoihzaw kei maw? Awi-lou dak khetkhum theih di i hihlam kiphawk tuak ka sa mahmah hi.
Hichi bang deuh in i niteng hunzatdan ah, mahni hihna leh sepna mun ah ‘awi’ leh ‘awi-lou’ hinkhua kilatsak hun ahi kha diing, awi la blang, awi-lou la blang a om ngiainguai zaw mahni kikhemna lel ahi. Lum leh lum vet in, vot leh vot vetle Sian lung a awi zaw kei di maw?
Awi i hihlam i hinkhua a kilang mahmahlou chih chu chiang lua, ahihhang in i sih chiang ua ‘awi-lou dak’ bangchu kikhen nawn di vual hilou. Kuamah khalam dinmun zaw gensak thei khang hilehle i hinkhua in pokhe mawngmawng lou ahihna ah ‘awi-lou dak’ khetkhum vek dia kituak hilou hia chilam i hi. Kingaihtuah vengveng inla ‘Khrist-nun-leh-sinsak-zuitu’ – Khristian hinkhua i zatna ah zui dik mah i hi hia ahihkeileh ki-velthak mah ngai ahi na kichi thei hiam ah...
© January 5, 2013