Kolkata (City Of Joy) Diary ~By Upa Chinsum
Thupatna: 26 June 2013 (Nilaini) zingkhua hongvaak a, ka ji leh tate bel Nipi Khawl zang in Bungmual, Lamka ah vaithaam lai uhi. Tua bang hun a Delhi hong omkha thei ka U Chin (Ginkhanchin) leh U Lian (Florence Liannu) – U Chin in ‘thumna’ hon neih zawh in T-3 (IGI Airport) vanlengphual zuan in kikhawhkhia ing. Ka ticket tawi AI-20 International flight (via Delhi-Kolkata) ana hi, nuam gaigai thou e. [26/6: AI-20, Dep from T-3 (Delhi) @1405hours, 30/6: AI-23, Dep from Kolkata Airport @ 2015hours].
4.00PM laka Kolkata vanlengphual bawh, Gol Park a om state guesthouse ‘Bedi Bhavan’ ah hon tungsak uhi. Phakna diing skul/ exam (sub) centre tam lel a’ih ciah [h.t. ESE ah centre 18 leh CMS ah 4], ci in a zingciang 9.30AM a hongla di’n driver-pa huau ing. Kihahsiang zawh in, khawtualte mel theih lawm-le-vual leh u-le-nau khenkhat kiang’h Kolkata vaphak thu, tunna mun leh nituang zek diing hihdan ‘sms’ tungtawn in zasak ing – asia-apha tuahtheihna khawvel a ‘our whereabouts’ kici sek hilh hoihsak ziak in.
Nungkik zual. Kolkata khawpi bel 1999 kumbul lam a ka muh (Asst. Grade foundational training course zou kuan, study tour a Kolkata leh Bhubaneswar vafang kha), tua mukha nawn thei di’a om ka hi. Section Officer i-card tawh ‘Inspecting Officer’ (I.O.) minvuah in hilai, TOUPA kei di’n hoihna e… TOUPA Pasian leh sepna a heutute tung ah lungdamna lian, PTL! Examination hunseh ahihleh -
Engineering Services Examination Combined Medical Services Exam
28/06 (Friday): 9.30AM-11.30AM* N.A.
29/06 (Saturday): 9.30AM-11.30AM*
2.00PM-04.00PM* N.A.
30/06 (Sunday): 9.30AM-12.30Noon#
2.00PM-05PM# 10AM-12.00 Noon*
02PM-04PM*
<*objective type #conventional papers>
EBCC Kolkata kemtu lawm (Pastor) Pumsuanthang tungtawn a thu kaihkhawm: - EBCC pawlpi in Pastor quarter ah Kiginni teng 11.00AM in Toupa buankhawmna (thumkhawmna) nei zel; EBCC Nipini kikhop hun 2.00PM leh ZCF, 3.00PM. Kolkata a mi-le-sate biakkhawmna hun leh kei vazin san sepkhiak hun kituak kha ahihman in pianpih laizom Kolkata vang khawlai a leengte tawh TOUPA min a hun zatkhawm lemtang geihlou diing abang hi.
“Lungtang kisakkholhna mihing aa, leidawnna (a tangtunsakna) TOUPA aa” cih gelh lungsim ah hong langa… Laisiangthou a i muh Sawltak Johan zong Patmos tuikulh a a va-omtuam manpha mahmah lel hive’n (Kilakna 1: 9-12), TOUPA’N Kolkata a omtuamna hun thawveng hon bawlsak zong hikha ding ahi ci in, Bible leh anuai-a laibute pua ing:-
• Release of the Spirit (Watchman Nee)
• I Talk Back to the Devil (A.W. Tozer)
• His Faithfulness Reaches the Skies (Francis Sunderaraj)
27.06.2013: Kolkata Centre (ESE) Examination Coordinator Shri S.P. Mishra, mi polhnuam, lawm-le-vual khawlthei tak ana hi a, Joint Secretary, West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) a akaisanna zong naikha hilai dan ahi. A seppihte’n zong neel uh. Mishraji in hon genna ah, “Tuhun in inspection in vapai lecin, skulte’n class ana neisim ciat diing ua, na etsawm pen ‘seating arrangement’ na zou nailou diing uh ahi. Nitaklam dak 2.30 khaw’n inspection paipan lecin, na siik suak zawh ke-le, Civil Services (Prelim), 2013 Examination hun a kizang skulte laka pan teel khiak centre hilim un, a fellou om di’a gin-huailou, patauhhuailou ahi” hongci. A cih banga gamtang in, taksa mahmah a vaphak manlouh centre hunkhop omte Mishraji’ pisa apan telephone tungtawn in….. Ebenezer!
Nitak, Bedi Bhavan tunna pindan nuam mahmah ah tawlnga, laisim.
28.06.2013 Zinglam: Engineering Service Examination, 2013 ‘General Ability Test’ @GAT subject, 9.30AM to 11.30AM sung neih ahi. Hiai hunsung a exam centre 1/3 khawng vapha man hamham, kikak pipi ahih ban uah gari kiphunon mah tam hive’n. Nitaklam, off! Sanggampa Lian Naulak in “Friday nitaklam thawveng na hihleh kou inn, Keshtapur (Salt Lake tawh kinai) ah kithuah ni” honcih sepkhiakna lemchang hong suak. Tunna Bhavan zotma, Mishraji kianga, “Tuni nitaklam Keshtapur a tanaute kiang pha-ut, gari…” ka cih leh, “OK, meltheih/ tanau te inn phak na di nei na hihleh, gari vazang in. Nitak driver kingaksak a, Bedi Bhavan a na kiiknawn vungvung sang in giak suak inla, zingkal cia’h driver-pa huai mun apan kipisak lecin, Salt Lake apan in examination inspection n’on pantou di’a himai eivo’i” hon cita. Hehhuai hetlou!
Nitaklam: Lawm Pastor Pumsuanthang, Gol park Bedi Bhavan ah hong vaaklut hi. Amah tawh kitonkhia in Pu Khenthang Paite tutna Central Excise pisa Shatipally a baangsuk, a dawhkan a singpi dawnna leh TOUPA kianga kipahthu genna hun zang. Pu Khenthang bel ball pek siamna zar a sepna/ kaam piaka om, Superintendent (Central Excise) dinmun tungtouta ahi. Pu Lian Samte (the writer), tua ni na kailou, a tutna vamelh himhim. Pastor teenna Salt Lake <W-7, Cluster–X, Purbachal, Sector-III) ka tun un khua mui pianta. A ji (Nu Chinglian) & tate cidam leh navak in na om siausiau. TOUPA min phat in om hen!
Nitak: Pastornu honbawl, singpi limtak dawn zou, Saptuam gari Omni Van a Pastorpa tawh Lian Naulak te inn zuan a taikhia. Lian’ inn (flat) ah ka Pu Khenthang te nupa, Pa Paukhanlun Vaiphei (Lian’ naunu pasal, Compassion East India a ‘Partnership Facilitator’) te zong ana om ua, cimlou hial in hun ka zang khawm uhi. Naupa Lian ahihleh CBI nuai a ‘Assistant Examiner of Govt. Question Documents’ post lenlel, amah thusiamna tawh lungsim a om awlmawh/ veite genkhiakna hun piak in ka om sawnsawn a, hampha ka kisa. Pastor Thang in dam a kimuhtuah tuah leh nek diing mansate ziakin TOUPA kianga kipahthu-genna hun hon zanga, tua zawh in innteknu (Nu Vungngaihlian) buatsaih an limtak ne ziizii ung. TOUPA hoih hi.
Hiai zan, Pastor quarter a giak ngeingai.
29.06.2013 Zingkal: Dam a thoukhia, Pastorpa laptop a limlak tuamtuam om, tha-ngahhuai takte amah tawh en, cimlou taka houlim kawm, breakfast nekawm/ dawnkawm. “Gate a omta ka hi, pu” cih phone call hongpai a, Pastor & innkuan tawh kikhen hun hongtung ana hi maimah! Mi-le-sa, Kolkata vang khawlai a leengte leh Pawlpi (EBCC) kepna ah Mrs. & Pastor Pumsuanthang, TOUPA Pasian in makaih tawntung hen aw!
Sunma: Exam centre bangzahhiam tawntou. Lampi a tailai a ka lungsim a hong om – Lam gei peuh a teeng, khawsakna niam deuhte manphatna ahi. India dinmun (a hihna diktak) khawvel ma-a laktute himai ua! Bharat solkar adi’a mizawng-daipamte factor hikha law mahmah uh ahi cih khawng maimai ahi. Examination centre khat a tuahkhak, ESE observer Shri Sandip Chakraborty, SPIO & Asstt. Secretary, WBPSC in Mishraji pisa tan honzui hive’n, lampi a, “CPI vaihawm hun sawtkuam apan, vaihawmtu tuam Mamta Banerjee & team in WB ah vaihawmna lenlel uh. Tua vaihawm lelte sep hoih hi’a na theih bang gen di na nei a?” ka cih leh (in a serious note), “A sep hoih uh gen di khat le ka thei kei” honci.
Sun: Shri Mishraji & a P.S. tawh sun-an nekhawm kawma k’ong kikup ciang un, “Zingciang ESE & CMS Exam om tuak ahih tawh kiton in, CMS Exam centre 4 a seating arrangement tuni (nitaklam) a na etcet a, zingci’a huai exam mah inspection na bawl di hi di ahi” honci a, Inspection bawl di’a sehna lai (UPSC suah) thutuun tawh hong kituak hi – “Shri T.C. Naulak, SO to Kolkata centre… The inspection of the examinations is to be carried out from 27th to 30th June, 2013 (day of arrangements & actual conduct of the examinations). On 30th June, 2013 he is required to inspect the conduct of CMS Examination only.”
Sunnung: An nezou CMS Exam Centre Coordinator (Shri Adhir Mukhopadhyay, Dy. Secy, WBPSC) ka vamuh cia’n, “CMS Exam, Kolkata Centre inspection bawltu diing ‘nang’ na hi cih hilhna lai mulou ka hi/ hongpai lou ahi” ci’n, kei hon sehna lai uh copy etsak nung in zong duai (gen hak) sim hi! UPSC Delhi control room te phone. Laisuahtu (di) pa Shri Gopal (Under Secy) lah Bangalore Centre ah I.O. in na kuanta zaw-mah! UPSC officer dang khat kianga thil omdan gencet nunga kihousak leh, (A. MKP) hongneem a, inspection paina a zat di gari hon omthei di a cih kawm in, exam zawh vanlengphual tan hongkhak sak diing iaipian lai hi [Sept 2013 a pension di ngaak, vom bilbel, kumlui sim khat le tuh hi’n]!
Amah (A.MKP) pen a mizia tuamsim, Mishraji te’n le theihna ciang nei uh hi diing in, “Va-houpih inla, gari arrange diing haksa sakna a neih leh patau ke’n; kou honsai mahmah diing ka hi uh” ci’a hon huausiausa uh (banah, Nipini sun WBPSC canteen a kelsa nekpih di’a hon dawpsa uh) ka hi. Thik he..
Nitak: Tunna pindan a lai sim. O/o the Commissioner of Service Tax, Central Excise Bhavan Kolkata a seem lawmpa Inspector Pa Lian Samte & a ji (Nu Nianglunmawi), tulvuah phin ninip nuai ah hongkuan ua, a car uh Honda City ngat in hongla uhi. Nuam. Lian quarter ah a’ ji & tate banah Tg. Sasang Vaiphei tawh kithuah in hun manphatak zangkhawm ung, PTL! Hiai hun in, laptop screen apan THE GOOD OLD DAYS simsuak leh muhdan tangpi kumthei di’a hamphatna inntekpa’n a honpiak, a simtham bok a, ka kipak lua! Tua laibu (memoirs), omze neitak sung ah Thanlon-Lamka-Delhi-Lamka-Kolkata zinlam a Lian in a totkhak news & events leh adventure khenkhat, tangpi-tangta theih di’a hoih navakhuai pipi tuang hi. Hiai laigelhpa min, (Upa) Thangzalun min & adg. dg. tuankhakna peek a om ka ci. Khaih!
30.06.2013 Zingkal: Baihsim in reception a piak diing teng (room key, tunman cihte) pefel, briefcase tawh Bedi Bhavan nusia ing. WBPSC building sawng 7na-a CMS Exam, 2013 material te koihna strong room ahon hon zawh un, centre 4 a diing vante hawmzaakna in zui. Ngaihdan khat honglang, CMS Exam i/c (A.MKP) kianga, “Tuni exam zawh ci’a vanlengphual zuan suaklou a Keshtapur phak utna neilai ka hi, pu” ka cihleh ama’n, “Huci ahihleh, sunnung lam inspection na pai cia’n na zawhna skul apan hong kiiknawn sese lou in driver-pa kikha-suaksak lecin amai vele” honci a, Ka TOUPA’N hon zawhsakta...
Sun-an, Mishraji leh a’ P.S. pa tawh kelsa nekhawm, kikhelahtak in!
Nitaklam: Pu Khen (Khenthang Paite) te omna veng Keshtapur ka lut un, vengsung lampi ah amau kikhawm tawp hongpai tawh kituntuah geih ung. Driver-pa khah, Pu Khen te tawh a inn (flat) ua lut ton ngal. Pu Khen in bel a’ ma ni (Kiginni) nitak vapha di’a honci sim [a’ tupa Khanthang Paite @ KT Paite te, nupa thak liklek tua Kiginni a Kolkata tung diing, amau tawh hun zang di’a hondeih], keilam lemtan-louhna om man a hiai, Delhi tuanglam zawt hun a tot ka na tup tiltel mah ahi. Amen. Pu Khen te inn a tut-khawl sung in Lian Naulak zong a khekhol-tom tawh hong vaaklut a, huan, Pu T. Thangzalian, ADSP, CBI, Kolkata & innkuan te zong maitai takin hong kizuilut naihnaih uhi.
Nupa thakte (national football player Pa Khanthang leh a ji, Chingbiaklun @ Biakte) tel in ciak vingveng ung. Ka pipi (Nu Remkim) bawl singpi lim deuhmai Lia Judy in honhawm a, dawn zawh in Khanthang te nupa kawkbiik thutom genna leh thumsakna hun saulou zang. Tua khit kicibai kualna in zui. Taxi service/ stand koi ah...?’ cih ka dot man ma’n Pu Khen in a’ car hon lakhia, heutupa Thangzalian zong ji-le-tate nusia-a hong kumsuk hive’n, ka 3 un vanleengphual lam zuan vatvat in car sung ah dur in ka dur uhi..!
Thukhupna: Innlum RZF-II/131, Gali No. 5, Mahavir Enclave DELHI ka tun in ji leh tate ana tung zouta ua (27/06 in), a Pu Khum (H. Velthangkhum)’ tousa gawh va-uap kawm apai le ahibok ua, report diing ahau uhi. Inn na-ngaak U Chin/U Lian te zong na dam, Imphal apan ‘Delhi sauliim’ tung pawl hi’n Kolkata apan examination duty zou a inn pitunga ompa hita leh, akua-akua maitai ciat ung. TOUPA hoih hi. Hicitan hon makaihtu Amah, vangletna khempeuh, ukzawhna khempeuh Amah aa hitawntung hen!
“Lemna leh muanna gam zaw Toupa a-neite hi,
Huatna leh kidanna om ngeilou;
Ei adi'n I gam adi'n damna,
Toupa ahong om chiang in.
[Peace and harmonious state belong to believers,
Free from hatred and prejudice;
Wellness for us and the nation,
Just as His presence pervades]”.
(T Pumkhothang)
Lawm Pastor Pumsuanthang laptop apan limlak
Sungkuante Nipi Khawl zanga innlam a pailai uh
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