Kum 40 nungin-
NA LEEL NGAM DIAM...I DOHTAM ??
- L.T.Ngaihte,Kabul
Huai ni in, Pu Dongzathang te inn,Pearsonmun a singpi dawn khin, kong a hong khak kawm in, ‘hiai lampi zuitou le ucin, sak zek ah,ana ka dia, ataklam zui le ucin na tung mai ding uh’ci’n hon hilh a,kou leng huai ding in gari ah ka lut ngal uhi.Huai ka lampi tot in kou gari sunga tu nihte kiang ah lamtuam tuak in gen a nei ngei ding. Ka gei a lungmuangtak a tu, ka zi kiang bangcibang gen anei a cih ka thei kei.Kei kiang ah bel, gen nop haulua in, koitak a pat ding ahia cih nasan thei zoulou abang hi. ‘Antang sai-ip, liang a pua a khe a na pai keukeu lai khong,na lawmte toh Cinema thu kikum a na kizuih touh lai khawng,nang kia a huihpi-vuahpi thuak a na pai lai khawng,cih simsim tetoh Lamka hoh awl a napai touh lai khawng,khedap thak in nakhe a hon hetdulh a khevuak a na pai lai khawng...na leel ngam dia hia ?’ hon ci in ka thei hi.
Awl in gari ka hek tou a,ahihziakin, ka ngaihtuahna ah thil tampi khatvei in hong lut khawm a,bang pentak ngaihtuah ka hia cih leng ka thei zou kei. Ka lampi tot in lah, hon zalbawl hileh kilawm in, ‘a kum tak ngial le na thei lai ahia?’ peuh hon ci abang hi. Ngut, bang cik kum pentak le ngaihtuah ka hi..ka ci.1971,hia 72 hia,73 hia..akoi pen le hita ahia ? Omkhawm vek, om mia-mua,limlak cianglou deuh etbang in ka thei hi.Lung-vaih huai tak ahi.Pearson khua kheng tou in lamkawi mahmah na khat ka tun in, ki ipzoulou in gari ka kholsak a, ‘zunsuak na e’ cih toh pawtkhiak ka thuah hi.Ka lawinu kiang, ‘hiai lamkoi a vuahpi leh huihpi hattak ka thuak lai a, khatvei hon mut leeng zek eive’ka cih leh ‘he3’ hon cihsan lel hi. Huai nitumkuan a,lam kisial thak tung,lei san sesu lak a tuihawk hong luangsuk te ngap tou zel in,lamsak len kawm in kapai a,Teisiang taang apan huihpi hattak in hon seepsuk a,lamsak a suang dawk te lenkhalou hileng hon mut leeng zou hial ding a bang hi.Huailai khong in,Mission Compound kici ah Car khat mah a om kei a,singtang apan hiai mun a Mission cawmna mu a laisim kipan tung in, kum 40 nung in hiai lampi mah,black top a kibawl, car in ka zui kha ding cih khong zaw,kua lungsim leh ngaihtuahna a na kigelh a mah diam maw..?
Huailai a tuihawk luan na lamgei khong ka en a,loupa hing nou mitmet in a bawm a,a kal ah lampi vom gilgel in a paitou a,huai zui in ka taitou uhi.Sau tailou in,nidang a Vaimim lou omna ka tung ua,ka tot lampi in, ‘hiai vaimim lou a SSPP Unit in Social Work na neih uh na thei lai hia ? hon ci in kaza leuleu a, ‘khaih,khaih, huai lamlam zaw hon tun dah mai dih e..’ka ci hi.Laukha toh kisel theih le hizel lou a maw ? Ngut, vaimim la a kikuan a, nungak-tangval tamkuam, vuah hongzu mawk incin, ka gei a nungak puannak silh hong kawt gawp, anuailam hong kimu thei law mawk..aman le thei ahihcia,a om hong nuam ngellou, kou om lah nuam deuhdeuh!!Tamai zen.Tua zaw India Khawpi khat a damloute enkol a nuamsatak a khosa hihtuak, amah vapai kha leh a ngaihtuah khasam diam ? Amah kia a omkhak cian, ‘huailai’ khong a ngaihtuah kha sam diam ? Vaimim I gen lakloh leh, apam zek a nidang a Haokip Pumpelh omna kiang a Vaimim huan. Pu Thuamvung a. Nitak khomuizul a Lamka hoh kiklam in gap khat bek kilai khe tei sek,hostel a sik singlem neihsun a kisel,nibangzah hiam nung a iva hon cia,a huu te na dat in,singlem sunglam teng bang kang phiak-phuak. Guta matlouh a suakta tam hina mai e.
Awlin kong taitou zel ua, gintaklouh pi in, lampi taklam ah ana kihei a,ka mazek ah,gamlak ah,papaak khong tam mahmah sekna mun tangdung khat ah,mun awng lianpi ka tuak ua,lamdang sakna in ka gal et a, langva in khenkhat ban ah mualsuang lianpi kiphut khat leh a gei a Singlamteh lianpi kibawl ka mu hi. Lamdang na e.Kava ennai ua, ‘Kilemna Mual’ ana hi a,a gam hausapa mun piak a, mi phatuamngai leh sulnung langsaknuam te’n Zomi leh Kuki unaute kaal a kitheihsiam louhna apan suahtakna theih gigena a alam khiak uh ana hi.Huai mun apan in Mission Compound ka gal et a, sing hing dipdip te kaal ah kum 40 paita a Petromax zang a kikhopna leh Baptisma ka tanna, TE Paul Memorial Chapel ka gaal muh thei hi.Huai zingsang Pastor S T Henpu(Pu Khupzapao Pa)in Baptist na hon piak mi 5 ka hi ua, hun sawt lut mahmah ahingei dia, thugentu ding Rev.Nengzachin in Pulpit sung apan,Pu Henpu kiang kindeuh a zou din hon hilh suk hial hi.
Rostad Memorial High School a kai, Bible Hostel a om a Mission stipend Rs.40 toh kana khosakna, Mission Compound ka hong lut ua,gamlak a Ngia in Belam nekdi zong bang mai in, lamlian lianlou kha ah ka tai phei ua,nidang a football ka peksekna mun ka taklam ah a om a,neulua,loupa saupipi in tuum ahihman in, ‘hiai zawn eivoi ka football field uh’ kaci ngam pha kei maimah hi. Ka veilam a Pastor Khupkhothang leh Pastor ST Henpu inn cihte om didan cu ahi.Muhding bel aom kei.Field khit a Office building bem pelpol, huaisung a Rev.Nengzachin office akaisekna,thugendia kava cial sekna, le muhding om non kei.Koitak tung ka hita a le ka ci sim.A gei a Mata te dawr omsekna, huai a nungak heel a kava hohsekna bang le om non kei! Ka veilam teng a ka ‘alma mater’ ,Rostad Memorial High School, E-shape a kilam, kiphah ziahzuah sek pen, abuilding laita pen ‘Prayer Hall’ kici sek, ataklam pang,Teacher te office,muh ding himhim ana omta kei.Maizen !!Ka zi kiang,huai mun awng kok in, ‘hiai a school kai ngei ka hi’ kacih cian a nuih aza maimah hi.English Worship Service a, huailai pek apan Sappau a thubang na gengen ta hi tel ing a,Headmaster Pu Jamkhothang in bang aci ngaihmah diam aw’ kaci kho nung sek hi. ‘Now I call upon Pu Rev.Nengzachin’ ka cih ciang a, ka cihkhit mama a hong ding tou gegep sek zaw hia.. Ka kum nunung lam in Pu Thuamson Headmaster in hong pang zual a,Pu Vung D.Tombing nung in,ka kithuah kha manzek uh.Hon ngaina sam hiam, kum 40 nung a inn kava pai in, ahong mu a, amah zaw a fallet lukhu toh, a smart ngei in a smart hi.Ka zahtakna thupi tak ka laan.
Pu Nengzachin inn omna ka enen a, vaimim huan in a dim a,lohngaihna theilou in, lampi neukha paiphei kava zui a,inn khat na kiphei lam a,ak peuh a kikhum hi. Kuamah muh ding lah om lou, khotul- simbu peuh kava ngaihtuah kha hi. Pa Chin te inkong zek a, tui kaina mun, mun neucik lah ka mangngilh theihlouh bang,koi lak ahita de aw..ka cih thoh lel hi.TE Paul Biakin bel ana ding laisam hi. A sung a valut di ka cih leh tala in a kikalh a, apua a nidang a ka dakkhet hawmthoh takin lim kava kilak pih hi. Ka zi in leng,hon ngainat pih mahmah a, alung a leng mahmah tei in ka thei a,ka kipak hi.
Ka U Joy (Joyful Jamchinlian Hangzo) dohtam lenkawl sang muh ding himhim ana om ta kei a, in lamsa zatlouh a kong kikalh bikbek, lamzoh louh a nutsiat leh vaimim pakkeu kuan te lou ngal muh ding a vang mahmah. Nidang a hiai kongzing te a nungak-tangval school kai ding, Biakin kai ding kileh vevu a, a kipahna nuih gingte un mualthawn a, lum hehu ngei ahi cih bang gintak haksapi a suakta. Na gingta kei zong in, tuacibang na hi ngei a,kua vai hawm khelh man hiam aw, hicibang a mun nuam leh thoveng, tua galgam tang a, nuihging khak ding dong lauhna mun ahih tak mai ??
‘Kum luang khen khosawt sinlai ah vung den,
Laiah vung hounem na vangngai ing;
Chikchiang ken kon ngilh zou diam ngaih aw ?
Kha kapham dong lailung a ngillouh ding.’-T.Jam Khothang