“I will go before you to level the mountains,” – Isaiah 45:2
Risky sim mahleh: Lamka lam, a pai poimoh lou hi khollou, leh amah ngei in le pai lunggulh chinten hiven chiin, tangvalpa paina di train ticket ngaihtuah tawm tengtung in ka kipei lung-am bem ten hi. ‘Phutphut sek, Chop-le-chilh a thil sai veu, chih leh thil khempeuh nawmtawm bawl thei tak chia!’ chih ka loh a, awimoh-huai pumpang kei. Ni 15 November 2012 zankhang piin a puneute nih toh New Delhi Railway Station - Ajmeri Gate lam hilou; Pahar Ganj lam a lut thram-thram in ka’a kha uhi. Train hong toot vangvang a, kikhin diatdiat panta pen nungdelh in, ka “Huchibang-khachibang” molhmolh uhi. Train nung a X laimal lianpi kigelh ka entum vongvong mai ve! Blockade khauhpau sim khat om get di ahi chih thei zenpi ba’ paisak mahmah ka zenhouh a?
Oh! Where is my boy tonight? Ni 17 nitaklam dak 04 lakvel in Brahmaputra Chiaugal tung uhi. Huan, ni 18 nitaklam anhuanhun vel in Guwahati a “The Lamka Guest House” nawsia a Winger ngaihtuah dia Paltan Bazar a paltat nung in ka kithuzakna uh hong kitatsat mawk veh! Kipan khia uh adiam, kipankhe lou...leilam a ka ‘indirect’ sak chitchiat chu aw...inkal kitawi zen in direct flight sak ta kha leng maw! Paithei mawngsan mahleh, lamlak ah bangteng a nawk tou mahtak diam maw? Keimah kimohsakna’n ka dim ki-keih hi. Limlang mai ah mahni kileikhak zozolh leng lah kongpi kaan kenchin! Zalna laikhun tung ah ihmu thei himhim lou in ka kilep khovak a, ‘astray’ bang dimlet le-law hial hi. Sung peuh puak zawmah nalai seth. Ngaihtuah louh di teng ka ban ngaihtuah kual vel. ‘Gos’ vekvuk kei mahleng, kei matphakna chiang a khalam hinkhua a dingkip sam hia kithei pa’n thumna nei zihzeh mai – huai mah lah ka khalam nawitui leh hon hihhattu lah ahi sek ngal a! Nget sasa nget thakthak louh kidek chu haksa sim.
Tuate siang ah a telsam diam? November ni 19 jingkhua taang singseng in inmai tohlet ah a ngaihnat-huai leh sigui zungjamte luandan lamzang sak zou khop a etlawm leh gennei nizung hong ki-khoh lut zingzeng venchin! (New Lamka, Khominthang a inn-sak ka kipatchil lai in Vengnuam a ka innpi kipana phalvak a tungsuk veu ka hia, galmual a ninou hong suak dot chim louh lai nite ngai siing e! Aw huai mun a kawlni suak kidang ngeilou ah lametna laigelhpa’n a nei lai diam?) Jing dak 6 a kipan sun dak 01 tan “Papa, Imphal ka tungta, pa Kaphnun in hongpi dek” chih awnem ngaihkhiak di lamen in ka Samsung Galaxy ka jut ngil kelkol hial hi. Ka cellphone ah thoupi hong boh leh le a kitotah khamoh kei ding! Imphal, Kangpokpi leh Guwahati ka call kual-call-kual a, news update ka dap kual kimvel.
Senapati ah gari tamkuam saltang uh chih ka theih in lungmuang dawm deuh hi. Mikhat ka call leh Kalapahar a omlel ahihdan leh Kangpokpi a tunkik chiang a kei tapa va ngaihven tum ahihdan hon hilh hi. Haipi Village (Late Major Pagin Kipgen te khua) a mikhat ka houpih nawn a… “Buhkhen a lou kuan ka hi uh. E! mawto maw…pai vetlou eive, “eh!eh!eh! ana khawl dih, taithei chichihte’ tai ging vengvung husa kiza chiai…ekhai! escort toh paikhe thei khong ahi awm ve uh…truck, bus leh Winger tampi akizui duahduah ve ua…ana lunghimoh nawn ken, tungtou na di ahi” chih kammal in hon khamuan, himahleh kei momnou a kihel sam diam maw, aw tuate lak ah!
Aman honpi: Tung sunni hangkai pianta, Imphal a om tupa deihtak Hauzel Kaphnun toh ka ki-‘helou-halou’ tehsiak ua, “Sangte damtak in Saipi lem omna khopi hong tungta. Lamphelpat lam ah ka paitou puatpuat ua, Manipur Express Editorpu pai khin chiah mahleh Pa V Vungkhum (Special Contractor) lehlang diin hong zin zenzen a, amau lak a kihentou sakmai ka hi, Pu Lal” hon chi chiah mai chu aw…bil-ek tuk ging leltak a hihlouh deih selua’n bilsung bang khuttal muk in ka sun kualvel zawzen hi.
Train ticket ka ngaihtuahni pan a hon panpih, tutna leh lupna kichian hon ngahsakpihpa, train station a naupa hong khakpihte, a tuanpih vai lungnelte, A zintunna Lamka Guest House neite, a pindan koppih Muana from Mizoram, mi tuamtuam zankim-zankhang a ka tokbuai te, U Hnun leh Singngat khosuak Guwahati a om, ka fb friend le hi: amah unaunu Rualboih Guite tung ah kipahthu ka hon gen thakthak hi. Na hoihna te uh ngilhpi kum tung mahleh mangngilh vengveng vual ahi sin hauh kei. Tutan honpii Toupa’n thupina tengteng tangkim sipsip ta hen!
Risk mawk lak nawn louh di ahi di, a tawlhuai lua; mukmul, nakmul leh khamul nasan kidok zotzot mai aka hia!
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