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JULIE TOH KIMUH MASAKNA
By Ginkhenpau Valte
A ni leh hun chihte ka na chiamteh detdet kha vek kholkei. Poimoh khonung ding ahihlam leng ka na ngaihtuah kha ngei kei himhim. Himahleh huai ni omlou hileh hichitel a lunggimna ka damsung a tuakkha lou ding hi’ng a...
Lamka khopi pansan a phattuamngaihna nasem a hong om Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) kichite pawl in driver khat hi ding a hon lakna uh sawt nailou ahih toh kei leng hoh ding a hon sawlna peuh uah ka kilawp thei mahmah hi. Kei bang a laisiam lou leh sum neiloute a ding in Manipur ah sorkal nna muh ding kinepna om manglou hi. Sepaih khawng bangle, chizen peuhsetna hang a zaw, sum mah ngaisak ua, i mi neih louh toh kinepna tawm lua e. Hiai driver nna ka muh zenzen bang leng kei a ding in bel van apan athawn a hong kesuk van-manna hi in ka ngai mai hi.
“Imphal International Airport kichi na theina maw?,” ka heutu khat un hon chi a, “Huai Malom pelhsuk a Imphal khopi i lutchiil ahi,” chih toh hon thuah hi.
“Huai khatvei a mi i va pina hilou mo, Sir?,” ka chihleh, “Yes,” hon chi chat hi.
Dr. John bel ka Sir-te uh lak a hou nuam ka sakpen hi a, ka khosakna niamdan hon theih luat ziak a hon deihsak kholdiak hi in ka thei hi.
“Nang chauh a na va pi ngai ding ahi aw. Tuni a hong tung thak ding pen US apan ahi a, amin Julie ahi. A hong zin patna ahihman in hoihtak leh pilvangtak in na muak ding aw.”
“Awle, Sir.”
Zingkal dak kua lap ding in Imphal zuan in MSF-te gari Bolero thak liklek in ka taisuk hi. Hattai sim ka diam ah dak kua ginna’ng minutes sawm-le-nga in a sap in ka tung khinta hi. Awl a gari koihna munawng khat ah ka koih a, ka mi dawn ding muak ding in Airport tung a Arrival chih kigelhna lam ka zuan pah hi.
Akong ka tun in “Dr. Julie” chih kigelhna lehkha hon tawisak pen uh zalhkhia in, a mi mukha ngei nailou ka hihman in lametna toh hong pawtkhe teng ka na lak daudau a, a melte uh ka na enzui dandan hi.
Mi tamkhop hong pawt zoh nung un leng amah hong dawk ngei mawngmawng kei a, houh hong zin lou thak hialeh chi peuh in ka ngaihtuah mawkmawk hi. Lungke simtak in ka om a himahleh kiksan mawkdan om lou ahihman in ka ngak lailai a, mi hong pawtkhe ding bang leng kamsim man hial hi. Mingak a ding sam midangte bang a midawnte uh toh kipak in paikhe siausiau ua himahleh kei ngak pen, abangchi tuamse adiam ah hong dawk lou nilouh mawk hi.
Dak bangzah gingta ahia chih leng ka thei kei, ka lungke dimdem simta hi. Ka phone bawlsak pen a zoh man nailouh ziak un inn lamte’n lah hon call thei lou, ke’nlah amau call thei samlou in ka om hi. Ka Sir-pa’n zekai hon sa lua a hon hehsan khak ding ka laugu mahmah hi.
Ka dinna mun ah ka lai tawi toh kei kia ka omta a, midang ka kiim a a om nawn louh man un zumhuai bang a bangsim hial hi. Mi va dot ding chih mawklah Meitei pau malkhat lel leng a theilou bangtukka hihman in kipaukhe ngam vuallou hi.
Atawptawp in, mingoute nungak upat chisim mahmahta khat kongkhak ah hong pawtkhe khong a, ke’n leng ka lai tawi pen ka liksang tou pah hi. Agal ah ama’n leng ka lai liktouh ana mu pah ahingei ding a nuihmaitak in om hi. Ke’n leng hong tung khongkhongta eive chi in amah lam ka va zuan pah hi.
“Dr. Julie maw?,” chi in nuihmaitak in ka na houpih pah hi.
“Hilou. Christine ka hi,” hon chi daih a, mak ka sa mahmah hi.
Kei lamlam leng hon phawk chi nawn lou in, maingaltak in om a, ka lungsim ah ‘hiai minu chu Imphal hong zin mun mahmahta hi deive kuamah dawn leng ngailou’ ka chi hi.
“Huihah! Khatvei kisa thak nawn awle,” chi namnam kawm in kongkhak lam ka en nawn hi.
Puanngou khat a a lu khuh a, mit hah nemnoungingei, dum kikiai, nungaknou, taksa ngou-san siang hinhen a kikhai nalh huntawk mahmah, kei sang a leng naupangzaw di’a ka gintak khat hong pawtkhia hi. Denchiah houpih khial kha zel ning chih lauhna toh ka na et thoh a, himahleh amah ana hihkhak zenzenleh a muh pah theih ding chi in huai amah min kigelhna lai ka tawi pen chu ka liksang tou zawdeuh hi.
Kei lam hon zuan a, nuihmai leh nunnem melputak in, “Hello, Pau. It’s me, Julie,” hon chi hi.
Eh, khai! Maimah! Ka min bang hon thei a chi in, a mel bang a siat khol louh toh ka zumsim mahmah mai a, Sir John chihdan a ka na muak ginat khak louh man in ka kisuanglah mahmah hi. Kei kia a va dawn ding ka hihman a Sir John in ka min leh limlak ana khak khin vek hi dingdan eive ka chi lungsim, fel ka sa mahmah mai hi.
“Hi,” chih teng lel ka gen thei a, ka dangtawng bang binggawp hileh kilawm in ka paukhe thei kei lelaw maimah hi.
Hmnn. Gen ding pentak bangle theih louh toh, amah mu nuamlua hinapi en ngam zezen lou in ka om hi.
Ka khut a a van tamlou puakte la in trolley ah ka koih a, huaizoh in pau lou himahleh nuihmai leh zumkawmtak in ka khut taklam in ka gari omna lam manoh ding in ka kawkmuh hi.
Airport sung a mi om tengteng in kou hon en ahi de-aw chih theih hial ding khop in kou paina lamlam ah a lu uh hon hei sauhsauh maimah uhi. Nuam zezen. Haha...
Gari a vante ka guan zoh in ka taipawt ua, Malom-Bishnupur-Moirang khuate tawn in Lamka lam k’on zuan chenchen pah uhi. A hong pawt phet a ka kihoutuah uh chih louhngal hiai hun tan in bangmah ka kihou nawn tuankei uhi.
Mi melhoih i sakleh kizahtak a chih uh thudik mah ahi chih hiai ni chiah inchu ka theichian thakthak.
Ka omdan maksa ahingei di’a hon dong a, ke’nlah ka nuihsan thoh zel hi. Lampi lah selua ahihman in kising nungnung a, gari ka hathek ngam kei uhi.
Bishnupur ka hong tuntak unchu, sawtsim tukhawmta ka hih ziak uhle adiam ah ka neel sim panpanta hi.
“Huai a kizuakte hiai khomite’n soibum a chi ua, gawtuai apan kibawlkhia ahi,” chih toh nuih vemvum ka thuah guih kha mawk hi. Ama’n leng zachiang chiah lou ahingei ding a hon dong thak a, gen ut nawn kei sim mahleng hon dong thakthak ahihman in ka gen thak a, ama’n thei ngeilou ahihman in ka hilhchet nilouh bang hong ngai hial hi. Huchia ka houlimlimna lam uah ka hong kinel gawp khong ua, kei leng hangsan gawp in ka houpih zatzat ngamta hi. Ahitak in amah ka neel theihtheih di’a om ahi chizaw leng a dikzaw maithei ding hi.
Gamdangmi Imphal International Airport a ka va pikhak tengteng lak ah Dr. Julie lamdang ka sapen lai hi. Midangte bangloutak in, nidang a kitheisa hile ung kilawmtak in hon houpih ziahziah mawk hi. Lungsim neu chepchup nei mi leh mi simmoh a muhsitna lungtang neimi ahi peuhmah kei ding ka chi ngam topmai hi.
Moirang ka tun un, nidang a leng huchi a kikhawlsek ahihman in gari ka khawlsak gaih a, kisuanglah selua in, “Bang nektheih ka va lei di’a?,” ka chi kha lai zang hi. Ama’n leng lamdangsa hileh kilawmtak in hon en heuhou hial a, ke’n leng theikhe thak in, tuikenuih vemvam kawm in gari ka hingsak thak a huchi in Lamka lam manoh in ka tai sunzom nawn uhi.
Lamka ka tuntak un Red Cross Road a ka Office uah ka pai phot ua, huai ah Dr. John in Dr. Julie tuh kipaktak mai in ana muak hi. MSF a sem midangte leng hong pai in Julie hong chibai sauhsauh ua, amah min in hun saulou zatna ka neih ua huai ah ama’n leng report banghiam om ziak a Airport sung a sawtkhop a hentang thu uh khawng gen hi. Huaite zoh in Dr. John in amah gari a amah dendeuh chiang a hong pai ding a chih ziak in kei chauh in Dr. Julie tuh a tunna mun ding a kikhamsa New Lamka a om Venus Hotel ah ka va kha hi.
Hotel ka tun un a vante leh sai dingte ka saipih theihtheih ka saipih a, a pindan ding tan kha di’a hon chial man in ka va kha hi. Himahleh ke’n bel amah leng hilh masa sese lou in ka kiksan pah mai hi.
Hotel apan ka pisa lam uh ka zuansuk a, New Bazar ah ka nu hon thukhah zawngtah leh ankampak ka lei malam a huaizoh in ka phone bawlsak ka va la hi.
A zingchiang in a tunna Hotel apan Dr. Julie ka va pi a, ka pisa uah ka paipih hi. Mata khua leh Lingsiphai khua a hun kibang a Free Medical Camp neih ding chih ahihman in seh nih a ka kikhen uh ngai hi. Khua ka tankhakna va kan ding a Dr. John pindan ka lut dekleh Dr. Julie toh ana kihoulim hoihlel laitak uh ka tuakkha a, Dr. John kiang a Dr. Julie in banghiam nget nei ahi chih ka simtheih hi.
A kihou zohtak un ka lut a, Dr. Julie in kipahmeltak in, “Mr. Pau, kei team a nang omkha na hi aw,” hon na chi gaih a, ka liang hon betsak khakhauh hi. Ke’n leng poisa ngel lou in ‘kipahhuai e’ ka chisuk pah a, himahleh Dr. John mel ka etleh a nuihdan chu lungkim zou chiah lou bang ka sasim hi.
Sir John pindan apan pawtkhia in ka gari tui khawng thundim in, vante khawng guang in ka kisa hi. Julie in ka gamtatdan hon na enzui guden ahi chih ka Sir-pa pindan lam ka etkhak phet in ka thei pan hi.
Lingsiphai Team pen Dr. John leh Dr. George in makaih ua, Mata Team ahihleh Dr. Julie chauh in makaih hi. Dr. Julie in gari dang la tuanlou in kei gari heek pen ah hong tuang hi.
MSF pisa apan New Lamka lam ah ka taitou ua, hiai hun in ke’n houlim ka pan hi.
“Dr. Julie,” chi a ka sap patleh ama’n kintak in, “Julie. Julie chih kia in hon sam in,” hon chi gaih a, nui seisai hi. Ka nung a tuang eimi nurse nihte bang hong nuikulh ua, kei leng ka kisuanglah thak zezen hi.
“Mr. Pau, nang a hoihna leh thilhihtheihna om a hon mu ka hi,” hon chi phut a, kuamah hon chih ngeilouh kampha ahihman in lamdangsakna toh ka kiguih hial hi.
“Chihchuh?,” kigukpah sim leh nuihkawm heuhau thuah in ka chi hi.
“Hmnn. Na kiveidan leh kampau dante fel a, na lungsim leh khuak kin dingdan i houlim chiang a mankhe mai ka hi.”
“Kipahhuai hina e. Hilehleng hon theikhial na hi, Dr. Julie aw. Kei kha siamna leh pilna bangmah neilou mimawl ka hi.”
“Siamna-pilna na chih bang ahia?”
“Medical lam zilna ka nei kei; gari heek leh bawl khawng maimai hihthei nimnem ka hi. Siamna-pilna zil sawm himta lengle lai theilou ka hi.”
Ka thugen zumhuai bang ka sakik thak sim a hilehleng ka hihna diktak mah hilelven chi in ka kihehnem thak hi.
“Ke’n medical lam ka thei a himahleh gari heek nang tuk in ka siam kei a, gari leng kiseleh ka bawl thei kei ding.”
Hon dawngbing bang ka sa a, gen ding tuan ka thei kei zezen hi. Ka nung a tu nurse tegel leng thuduh kisa in amau houlimna bang khawl hial in kou houlimna ngai deda uhi.
Julie hong pau zom nawn a.
Siamna leh pilna kichite khuak a om ahizaw. School leh college a siamsinnate a hoih in a phatuam mahmah himahleh huai a va kai a va zil chih kia siamsinna hilou ahi. Enve, laisiam tampi khuakbul na thei voi maw?”
Huai thute a gen zoh in nui lualua a, ka veilam liang hon betsak khauhkhauh kawm in, “Ka nasep leh nekzonna in mi phalou hiam niamlua chi hetke’n. Driver om lou hileh na Prime Minister-pa uh amah gari a kiheek ngai ding ahi. A garihekpa lel leng a simmoh thei tuan hetkei ahi.”
A thugente ka zaknop lam hikha houh adiam ah, nuam bang ka sa a, driver hih bang ka na zumsek himahleh huai ni sun nitum ka nasepna zumpih hetlou in ka om thei hi.
Mata khua a damlou chi tuamtuamte hon ban et ua, kei bel anawl khat a ana tu in i Toupa Jesu damlai a natna chiteng a hihdam hunlai dingdante ngaihtuah in ka na buaizen hi.
Ninem lam in ka kik ua, lamkal ah Julie in hon houlimpih hi.
“Tunitak ka tunna Hotel a n’ong khak chiang in ka theih louh in hon na kiksan mawk ke’nla, kei ka hong kisa di’a ka man chiah nou inn a hong pawt ding ka hi.”
“Bang e?!”
“Tunitak nou inn a na sungkuante toh nitakann nekhawm ding i hi uh.”
Nuihmai mahleh chihtaktak melpu kawm in hon chi a, a dawn kik dingdan bang ka thei zok kei zezen hi.
“Mihai na maw! Dr. John in hon theileh ka sepna apan kei hon tawpsak ding ahi aw.”
“Ka thei. Hilehleng ka hong pawt ding a ann ka hong ne thouthou ding. Na sungkuante tunle phone zokve.”
Ama’n lah poisak chi mahmah lou. Seelseel mahlengle phatuam lou ding abang hi. Atawp in ka sungkuante phone ding in ka Nokia black and white ka lakhia a, ka call hi. Julie in hon na enzui den hi.
“Ka sungkuante kiang ah na hong hoh zual ding thu ka genkhinta a, ann bel na hong ne thei kei ding.”
“Bangziak? An hailaw ding hon sa na mawleh?”
“Eh, hilou hial!”
“Chihleh bangziak?”
“Koute an nekdan leh meh-le-buhte na theikei. Alianzaw a gen in, ka inn uhle...”
Om dingdan bang ka thei kei a, ka gari heek bang leng ka hihkhial kha dekdek hial hi. Julie in ka inn uh hong pha taleh ahoih louhdante leh ka khosakna diktak uh hong mu di’a, hon simmoh zaw ding hivaw chi in ka ngaihtuah hi.
Pisa ah vante va koih in, huaizoh nurse tegel a inn tuak uah ka va kha hi. Dr. Julie in hon call a, kei mahmah in a Hotel a ka va khak ding in hon gen hi. Dr. John ngaihdan ahi hetkei chih ka guk theih a nuam ka sa kei a, ka kisuanglah petmah hi. Mi piching ahihman in a pautam kei a, poisa lou abang chihmanthu.
Venus Hotel vak phingpheng muh in Lamka khopi thupina sulang ka sa a himahleh denmah chiang a kou inn a kawlphemeivak leng omlou a putawn de a om ding chih ka ngaihtuah chiang in i tenna gam khantouhdan kilual lou ka sa lua hi.
Julie hong mantak in, linpipi in kou inn lam a pai ding in Gangpimual lam ka zuan uhi.
[“Julie! Aw, Julie!” kichi Valte Ginkhenpau’ gelh tangthubu apan lakkhiak ahi. A tangthubu deihte’n online (amazon leh flipkart) ahihkeileh 9089402757 apan ngah theih ding hi.]