“Ikha maw, nidanglai a maw tuilak a gulpi khat khosa inchin maw, eimi nungak melhoih tak khat toh kingaizawng uh hiveh aw. Hong kiteng unchin, hilehle gulpi kha maw eimi te lak a teng ngamlou inchin, tuilak mah ah omden. Eiminu’n gulpi a ngaihluat chiang in sam diin a naunu sawl zel hi. ‘Bawi aw, gulpi hon va sapsak ou.’ ‘U ei, bang ka va chi sap di eita?’ A u hilh bang a, ‘Santai lii a gulpi aw, ka u’n hong in chi hi e…’ a va chih daldal chiang in gulpi hong vak huut-huut zel hi. Huchiin eimi nu’n le nau hon pai ta hi. Kha kua nung in nau hon nei ua, gulnou ngenngen tampi hong piang a…” chia kikhim ihmut tumte: akhimtu hiin khima omte hitaleh, kikhim ihmu khin tham hi unchin, a lungmuan-nakging uh; sanapi’ kung ngaatpen’ kalsuan ging tektek; refrigerator mau ging henhen; leh khatveivei kongzing a uital bauh ging kongkong loungal thawm zak di om nawnlou hi.
Fepbuar ni 20, 2013 zingkhua hong vak dia, nitaklam dak 1:30 akipan Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi, India ah Zomi Nam Ni 65vn hunpi zatna thupitak in om ding; khawvel kilchih akipan Zosuan sang tampi paikhawm ding; Fepbuar ni 22 chiang Mizoram House Conference hall ah YPA diamond jubilee kilawm dia; huai mun mah ah Marchi ni 09 chiangin Zogam.com kum sawm chinna lop dupdup hinawn ding chih te ka ngaihtuah kual vel a, ngaklah kisa’n hi-heholh hial hiing. Ihmut suk lian thil baihlam hilou hi.
Chin State a unaute pen, “Burma te khawng…” peuh chi thei zel pawlkhat om hang. Mizoram ah i Paihte ua; Burma Paihte leh Manipur Paihte in hon phelkhap zawmah uhi. Ei le ki Paite sak lah lou. Lamka leh a sehvel a unau pau kitheituah teng lah dialdial a diamdiam thei mahmahlou. Huan, i tenna Manipur state ah ki Manipuri sak thei lou nawn. Zogam chikchia hong pallun di le a tel diam ah! Sudan gam kipana gamthak Julai 2011 a hong piang South Sudan te khopi Juba ahi. Huai gamsung ah Jonglei kichi state khat om a, va pemlut mai bang lunggulh huai deksek. Himahleh, nam leh nam kal a buaina, tualgal khawktak tunna ahia, “UN Mission in South Sudan” (UNMISS) min a India galkap mi 2200 valte kidenlutna mun ahi.
Khaih! Naupanlai thu khawnga ki-oih ihmut tum zawk mai di adiam:
Unau ka tam ua, Singngat khua a khosa, khosakna le haksa. Khosak haksa chia khokhang a kisuan mawk in lah thupi gen tuanlou dia! Nu leh pa’n loukhou in nektak zong uhi. Pawl sawm tan bek zohsak chiat hon lunggulh ua, lounasep kia huntawk lou in zuapa sumdawng diin zinkhe khop hi. Unau lak a upa pen, sanggampa lah Lamka leh Imphal khawng a siamsin dia om hiven, khawl hunte ah a omnate panpih kilawm sa’n inlam hongpai vang petmah. Hong pusuak hun sun chiangin le sawt nituang ngeilou hi. A mel peuh mangtheih mialmual in om a, album a kiphiathalh ngai mun mahmah hi. Ka kikal ua sanggamte lah numei ngen hilai. Tunnu’ damtheih khollouh ziak in unau kua laka tamzaw nuneu: Za-nguri dawntei ka hi uhi. Hichibang khawng ahih nimnem ziak hikha’n chin, khanvualte toh tehkak in khutnasep paidan ka man baih zawtham hi.
Nikhat, inkiim a nna sem hiveng, hon donteitu, ka nuneu daktor kiensak pailam hong dinkhawl hi. A Rani Mukherjee mit-hah etlawmtakmai in hon en nilouh a, “Bawi na fel ta telmai, huandai leh kelkong khawng bawl thei ta!” hon chi hi. “Nunute, thukpang ah singpi a om dia, baal, hakai leh kawlkai khawng toh ana meh ve,” ka chih leh, “Hilou e, na naute amaukia a ka nutsiat ahia, ngaihtuah huai uh, nidang chiangin aw…” chiin hon dawng hi. Ka nu’n, “Nguri, daktor pa’n bang hon gen a?” chiin dong hi. “Damdawite sutzop leh niteng a kikap di hon choh belhsah banah ka duhzawng khenkhat nek di hon khap.” Mi duhzawng khawng nek phallouh chih himhim! A paikhiak kuan a, bang dia maimit nomsak se adiam aw? Kal sawm vel suan in mite’ huaidai leh inkhuamte len in khawl tawldam kawm zel hi. Paw vualvual zou vual hikei mahleng, a inn tan uh va tonpih awmtak zaw hiven maw!
Hun leh nite mualliam zel in, duhduh nek phalna ngah khongkhong ta. A thu omdan theisiam lou ka hihmanin kipahpihhuai ka sa a, daktorte ka ngaisang zou hial hi. Huaitan ah huntawk lou in “Etmai ahi ta!” dinmun ah hong kaisang nawn. Zingkhat, ka nuneu dangte leh nunu zing ann ne diin hong kisu khawm uhi. “A dinmun a hoih hetkei, inau zaw khahsuah petmah di ihi ta, sawt hon dampih nawnlou di eive, deihlouh i tuah chiang un thuaksiam dan zil ni…” chia kihoulim tiptip uh ka zaa. “Ki-khamisak viau si, Pathian na muang kei tel uh!” chihbawl in ka pawtkhiaksan hi.
Roubul te innuaia leikhate bawl tungsou sawk diin ka kuan ta. Tungman sawkkhin, inn ka tunkik in Pathian muangloute ana om nawnlou uhi. Ka pu’n dorhon gan a, pipi’n zabellu sekh hi. Sailim hual dia tusuk kiangkiang pan Salvation Army Biakin kongtual lam ah pichingte kah husa hong ging! Ngaihphalou piin pangkhang a ka khodak leh ka nuneute inn pan a hong ging ahi chih chiang hi. Sawtlou nung in Konvenson Biakin mual a khotang’ dak kikhai khetging in hon zui. A gin ze-ol dan chu patau dak khetging toh tehkak in lei leh van bang mai ahi. Sawtpi kikhen ging a, bil-aphuai lua hi. Dakkhentupa gophel a vakap fok mai bang baihlam dekdek.
Nuneute’ inn lam a taisuk vengveng in hulliap ah ka ding hi. A sakmel khat vei bek muh ut lai mahleng lut ngam se lou – ‘naupangpang misi inn a hoh louh dii’ chih a hih sek ziak in. A lupna zawn hia ka theih, innuai a bawng ek lak ah ding in luankhi ka nul hi. Himahleh, “Bawi kap ken, na kah di hon phallou ka hi, tawpta in…” hon chih sek lai te lungsim ah hong lang a, tua le kapkap dia hon phallou di ahihdan ka phawk hi. A damlaia a duhduhte duh nawn lou dia; nek ngai nawn lou dia; leitung gim gentheih; natna leh haksatnate thuak nawn lou dia; lungmuang tak a om ta di ahi chiin ka kikhamuan hi. A paukam nanung: “Oi! A mawi tel mai – a nuam lua, a nuam lua!” chih ahi chih ka theih in, laktouh a om; Si-al khen Van Innpi tual tung nai tadih kei mahleh, paradise a tawldam hi himhim diin ka koih hi.
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(Hiai thugelh, mahni mimalvai sim mahleh hon donteitu ka zahna leh ngaihnatna etsakna dia hon suahkhia mai ka hi.)