SIX ROUNDS

By ~ Khupding Ngaihte

Big B leh Dharamji-te'n Sholay film a a jean jacket uh silhkawm a Amjat Khan leh a heute douna dia ana zat uh revolver-te genna hilou. Boxing leh kimawlna dang khenkhat a a round gukna pen genna le hituanlou. Khovel kipeipei a gukvei a kipei nachiang genna le hituan samlou. I gennop pen ahihleh sana (clock) a a dakkal chiamtehna pen gukvei a kipeikualh hunsung chiah ahi. Hiai hun bel Delhi leh innlam kikal a train a khualzinte'n lamkal a a hunzat sung uh le ana hideuh tangpi hi. Ken le tutung train a tuang a innlam kong paina a ka thiltuah khenkhat hon kumnuam kana hi gige ve. 'Eimi' hihkhak a hamphat huailuat na khat ana om hiveh aw.

Bangteng hileh a fellou deuh chihmahtak chu confirmed ticket le neituan selou in train station lam manoh in kong kipankhe sukmai uh. Hiai ni bel 19 May, 2013 Pathianni ahi. Saket metro station a kisutuah in kou mithum railway station lam manoh in kong diangkhia ua, mi tam hun laitak ahihziakin metro ah kong kinehtou petmah mai uh. A naak noplaw khol hetkei! Chandni Chowk station ah vaite gimnam apat suahtaksak in ka omthei vanglak ua, huchi'n kumkhia in railway station lam ah ka paiphei pah uh. Lawmpa khatpen ticket ding kava latawm phingphing zomah lai ve ua. Train ah lut dia kisa a, a bogey awng penpen khat ah lutgeih d chi a ka zonzon nalam un Nagate ticket confirmed louh mah khat toh ka kimaikha zawbawn lai uhi. Seat neilou ngen mi 4 tuangkhop sawm chu ka hi peuhmah ta ve ua.

Nidang in bel khatvei keikia tuadan mah in kana paikha ngei a,himahleh huai bel phalbi lai ahih banah sepaihte toh kava tuankhop khak ziak in haksa lawmlawm lou hi. Tutung a pen chu mi 4 tak hizomah,kei a zahkai pen a paimun pen dankhat a om nalai, ka lungsim ah 'tutung chu nuamsim ven' kachi lel hi. Train sung ah kong lutta petmah ua,mun-awng omsun dailenbukte kal ah kong kihen pah tiikteek uhi. Amun a uihlou khol hetkei a, a huchih kia le hilou in midang khawng le a omziak un a awnglua ahikei lai. Seat tanglou chu hichih mai ngai mah ahi mai hi. Vante a lem di dandan a kakoih liailuai khit un train bel hong taita petmah a, kouteng le ki-entuah in, hahnuih le ung hu-uih tam diklut luatkhak di lau hileh kilawmtak in ka nui viaivuai laitei uhi.

Train sawtlou hong tai nung in,kou toilet lam ate' innveng naipen a compartment apat nupi khat leh tangval khat ka toilet uh zang di'n hong pai uhi. North-east mel a pu ua, a pasal pen ka et leh train station a kana muh Nepalite hi'nteh kana chih pa ahi. Himahleh hon paukhiat tak un eipau, Lungthul kaihdeuh khat in kihou mawk uhi. Eimite ana hi uh eivele! Lawmpa khat toh a kihou zek ua,huchi'n toilet a zatzoh un lutnawn hiau uhi.

Ka lawmthak uh Nagate kachih pen ka luttung uapat phone a pau a ana buai mahmah kachih leh a phone hon pephei mawk a,''Nou mite ahi,kihou mah di uh'' hon chi hi. Kenle ka lasuk pah a, ka houpih leh eipau in hong pau ngut a, amin khawng ka kan a eimi min mah zaw ana hi aka. Huchi'n a tangvalpa hoihtak ana kem di'n hon ngen a, kenle lunghimoh loudia hilh in huchi'n ka hunsak photmai uhi. Hichibang a namdang toh kingaih chihkhawng a hithei lawtham eivele chihkhawng ka ngaihtuah a, Zomi nungak khat toh a kingaihkhak ziakin ka lawmpa hampha kasa mahmah. Khawpi khawng ah om a namdang tampi toh tengkhawm ihihna ah hichibangte omkei hial lele i nam a ding mahmah inle zumhuai lehlam leh kilawm zawzen. Mi'n deihhuai honsalou chihna himawk thei leh kilawm maw? Himahleh ei ki-omlai buangsam a chih uthuai sim hi(xD). Huchia banglouteng ngaihtuah a ka om laitak in den a eimite ka muhte un amau kiang a om di'n honsam uhi.

Mi 4 tak kahih ziak un vapai di bang kisuanglah kahi di uam ah,aihkeileh a fellou mawng kahi zaw di uam ah.. ka vante uh hon nawnlut sak thutthut uleh kava panpihthei sam uhi. Amau bel mi 3 tuangkhawm ana hi ua,a khawnung a ka theihthak dan in Nuhoih leh Pahaute nupa toh Ulian kachih uh tangval khat ahi. Amau seat 4 a reserved uh ahi a, khatpen van koihna di'n zang uhi. Adang 3 teng a khatchiat a nuamtak a ihmut theih ding hisap a ana lak uh bel ahihtuak peuhmah.

Nuhoihte siamna ziak in piilut in ka omta ua,toilet kikal a ihmu theilou zen a om liailuai di lai compartment sung ah kong lutta uhi. Ka gei ua vaite khawng in hon eng tuak petmah phetsam uhi. Amau a mipihte un khawtuah ut le uh le khawtuah senglou ding chih khawng ka ngaihtuah a, i tawm liikliak le hamphathuai hi na e kachi lel hi. Himahleh kou mi 4 hilhial hon laklut ut himhim uh bel lam-et phaklouh ahi mai hi. Hiai chiah ahi eimi hihkhak hamphathuai sese ka chih natak. Den a haksa lawdia kana gintak teng tun chu hon manghiauta hi. Mi 3 seat ding mi 7 in kon luah tamai ve ua. Kou adia mun lemzaw hon bawlsak bel ahi peuhmah ua,himahleh a siamluat ziak un amau tuandan lemlou pi khat suahloh hi. Kisuanlah huai, lah kipahhuai law petmah himai! Nuhoih toh Pahau in seat khat luah ua,kou adangteng a lem dandan a seat 2 ki-share in kong ihmutou pah uhi.

Mualdawn apat chihdia lah hilou deuh in, UP zanggam kawm koihiam apat zing ni hon suakkhia ahi ding a, khua hon lumnawn petmah ziak in khawlum in hon phawng a ka thoukhe pah hi. Train hon taitai a, nitaklam hong hinawnta hi. Nitak luphun hong hihtak lawmte a lem dandan in hon kilem nawn siausiau ua, gimsim ahi ngei di ua hon ihmu sukpah uhi. Kei bel ihmutlouh le khawksa lawmlawm lou ka hihziak in mi ihmut laitak hunlem la in ka phone chalzing di'n kava paikhia hi. Ka kiknawn lam in nuhoihte ihmutheilou ahi ding ua, ana thoukhia uhi. Kava tulut nawn a nuhoih toh kon houlim uleh a gennop bang hon tam vanglak a, hiai hun a hon gente khenkhat lungsim honkhoih mahmah a om ziak in i taklang nawn ding uh.

Nuhoih gendan in amau bel gamdang ah kum 33 hilhial bang ana khawsata ua, apa uh sepna ziak in khawpi tuamtuam ah ana tengkual kha uhi. Innlam aphak chiang ua leilam ngen tawn a ana pai uh ahihdan hon gen a, tua bel Gujarat lam pekpek apat hong kipan a Delhi a train hon khek ahi uh. Tuma a khatvei innlam zuan a hong paidan a genna ah, kou bangbang eimite khat mah ana panpih khangei uh ahihdan hon gen leh Nuhoihte bel mi maimai lou, hehpihna hautak leh a mipihte uh ngaina mahmah ahihdan uh kithei mai hi. Kamsiam lua zaw ahikei na ua, a gamtatdan ua pat deihsakna taktak nei a hon laklut uh ahihdan chiang mahmah hi. Ka mawk phatna le ahi samkei. Ka lawmpa uh station a ticket latawm kachih pen in TT-te hong pai ua sum 500 senlouh theihna mun a hon sen leh Nuhoih hong hehdek zawzen hi. Chihbel a ticket lak general category a maimai ana hi a, Nuhoih hehna ziak bel amau ticket khat aval a alak uh ana om gige ahihziak ahi. Gen masa hileh sum sen ngai hetlou a kou naute ahi hon chilel thei ding uh chihdan ahi. Muhtawm khat in hichituk a hon deihsak theih tulai khovel, kineksiat guigui nalak a ding a thil lamdang mahmah khat ahi mai hi. Mi theih a ngaihsang huailou pi a ana khawsa le ahithei ua, himahleh kou adi'n bel amau kan a hon khawngaih omtuanlou kha ding hi.

Aban a genzelna ah, huai mi khat ana panpih khakngei pen uh a khawngaih huaidan gen hi. Amah pa bel tangval ahi a, Nuhoihte'n a tuahkhak ni un bel lam-et bei leh mangbang kisa innlam paisawm ahihtuak hi. Nuhoih in hon gensawn dan in amah pa bel innlam apat mi khat in Delhi ah sepna zonsakthei ding chi a ana pii ahi a, himahleh a piitu pa'n sawtlou a omkhawm nung ua mundang ah ana kisuansan ahi hi. Amah pa bel Nuhoih gendan in mawltuak mahmah a, huai ni a le ticket bangmah nei selou a train ah ana tuang mawk hihtuak hi. A mawlziak in kuamah bel i simmawh tuankei a, Nuhoihte'n leng ana khawngaih mahmah zaw uhi. Singtang taktak ah teng in, siamsinna lam a hamphatna i ngahtheih dite nasan nekmangsak in om gige leng tua pa sang in kimawlzaw khamawh lou ding hi. Hiai tungtang a lamdang kasak mahmah leh ka lung hon khoih mahmah nawn bel eimite lak ah hichibang a sepna om chi kikhem a khawpi lam a kipii mawkmawk chihkhawng ana om pentak ahi. Mi khat hinkhua suksiat dimdem a sum tamlou muh nangawn khawk sazou nawnlou i hita mai di uam? Eimite nasan hichi omta ihi umaw? Hehhuai mai veh EIMITEEE..!!

Huai nitak bel haksuak kahi mai ua, huchi'n zingkhua hong vaknawn in sana leng hong kipeipei leh ngavei bang hon kipeisuak tak in Dimapur kong tungthei ta uhi. Kong tunghak sim ziak un gari khatchauh ana om a, zingni-thaini a hong omnawn pah ding, Manipur-te'n pumpelh haksa isak mahmah BANDH kichi ka tunni ua ana omziak in bahara ana khang guih taget hi. Kou leng zingkhua hong vak chiang hon kimatzawk deuh khakleh chi in Dimapur ah kon giak ua, zingkal dak 6 le kim in Winger a tuang in kong kipankheta uhi. Senapati kong tunlak un vuah hon tam petmah a, huih bang hon hatsim leh Cyclone kilaptou a maimah maw chi'n ka pataudek phial mai aka. Himahleh gari tung a ka vante un vuah a thuak uh chihlouh buaina dang omlou innlum nuamtak ka hong tungthei uhi. Innlam ah chu..meltheih tam petmah!!

(Beita)

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