MEL MUHLOH TONGSAN ZO KEI DIN LAI ANA NGEI MAI.

By ~ Muanlian Naulak

2006 lai vel in ka phone ka mekmek leh nungak khat number mekkhia kha in hualai in facebook cih khong vel ka za kha nai kei phial hi. Kong kihouhou uh leh amah Shillong a om cih khong ka thei a, aman zong Lamka a om ka hihdan hong thei a, lawmta dan in kong kihou zel uhi.

Kumte bang hong bei tou zel in kithuzak tuahtuah a ka omlai un theihloh kal in kou te geel kal ah itna liantak mai hong om mawk a, ka puakgik vante hong dawn zang mahmah mai in ka thei hi. Kei zong ka lungsim a cikmah hun a ka gel ngeiloh khat ka kam ah hong potkhia mawk ta hi.

Amah min ahihleh Lina kici hi. Lina ken lawmta dan a ka kigelgel mawk leh hithei ka sa nawn ta kei a, hong na it lua man ka hihman in hehna in lalou zaw in kong itna hong sansak maive maw” ci’n kisuanglah leh gensiam lopipi in ka gen suk miat hi. Aman zong hemlam tong a hong sansak mailou a tak simthu in ka tong naubang hong sansak dan hon genta hi.

“U, aw ken zong cik leh hibang simthu nong lel diam, cih haibang a ka ngaklah pen ahi. Hong sansak thei mah ning” ci’n ong dong hi. Kei zong kipak lua sim ka diam ah kikoukhia kha zozen in ka om mawkta hi.

Lina tak simthu mah hi maw, ka cih leh tak simthu hi ‘love u’ uu ci’n hong dong thukik hi. Ka kipahdan thu khong ka gen a, message a kihou ka hihman un theihlouh kal in zan na sawt man sim ahihman in, mangpha kikhakpih manlou zen in maimit sing in ka na om mawk ta hi. Zing ka thoh phetphet a ka phone ka et leh Lina apat 3 msg recieved cih na kigelh hi. Msg te kintak a ka et leh blank msg 2 toh ‘good night u u. See me in ur dreamz. Cih na kigelh a. Kei zong kintak in morning dear lovely sweet heart . Have a nice day ci’n ka khak thukkik hi.

Sinlai naupang ka hihman in kei zong thoukhia in ka kihahsiang a lehkha ka en vatvat sam hi. Sang inn ah madam te bang Lina mel in hong lang mai veh aw. Mukhalou ka hihman in kei ngaihtuah dan in cu melhoih lua di’n ka gingta khol kei hi. Asun azan in Lina tongsuak ka zak ut man in top-up man ding nisa in daikai mah leh kilohtawm theihna zong in ka buai vengvung hi. Kho-ul kai niuniau a ka sumloh sunte innkuante’n hong theihpih het kei uh a, ken zong top-up man lou ngal a zatna ding dang ka thei zou kei hi. Hual ai in bel tulai bang in nikhat thaman zong atam het kei a, 60-80 kikal bang khong lel ahi. Top-up kia bang hithei hetlou a validity bang thun tawm ngai zomah ahihman in kivak chu a haksa sim mai a, akallak ah lawmnu a bang thunsak a ngai zel hi. Nidang in bel lai siamlua hi kei mah leng khanvual khat ka phakloh hun om kei a, Lina toh ka kingaih ni ua pat in lailam himhim lungtang ah a om ngei kei hi. Omna khatlou melmuhloh tongsan lanu chu ka it khop mai. Aman zong hong it petmah ahihdan vel hong gen a, address vel ka kipiatuah uh a, van vel ka kikhak sam uhi. Amual zatam in hal mah leh ka itna chu singta in hong hal zou ken teh cileng ka khial het kei ding. A tongsuakte kei di’n khum ngingei a, a sakmel kei di’n rose pak bang in a etlawm hi. A sakmel ka cih ciang in buai thei tham hi. A limlak hong khak om a, hua pan a ka gen ahi.

Matric exam hun ding hita. Lai bangmah ka thei kei a, test ka bawl ciang un khat vei mahmah pass hun ka nei kei a, headmaster pa ka tung ah a heh mahmah mai hi. Ka hinkhua luite a et cia lah exam louh sak thei ding dan in a ngaihtuah het kei a, tulel a ka hinkhua ah lah exam thei ding dinmun in hong mu kei hi. A hang bel ka perfomance a et cia hoihlou lua a, fail ding sa in hong koih a, aman zong kei hong sam in ka va kiciam a, pass ngeingei ding ka hi ci’n agreement ka va gelh ek hi.

Kum khat nasepna guaksuak sak mai ding cih lung in ka gel ciang hithei ka sa mahmah kei a, lawmngaih lam zong phok pha lou phial in headpa mai ah ka kamciam tangtunsak teitei ka sawm ta a, lehkha sim kong kipan chenchen ta maimah hi. Kha nih sung bang chu lungdeih Lina houpih khakloh chu kum sangzatam kivei a bang lel hi kei din. Matric exam kong zou khongkhong ta uh a, phone khoih ka kipan nawn chercher ta a, Lina toh sunkhua, zankhua in ka ki msg uh a, ka kithuzak den ta uhi. Ka niteng khosakdan zong siangthou tak in ka hilh a, aman zong amau a hong hilh sam hi. Tua bang kawmkal ah mel kimu taktak nailou lim bek a kimukha pan ka hi uh a, himahleh kumkhua sawt a, gibang khenlou ding in tong ka ciam uhi. Theiloh kal in result hong suak phut a, kua man zong a uploh, ken zong zal mang a zong ka mat ngei hetloh lamdang tak leh vangphathuai tak in headmaster pa mai ah ka kamciam mai zum hetlohna ding in 1st Div. in ka na passed zenzen hi. Lungtang a bel Shillong lam a maban sutzop a uthuai khop mai. Himahleh akpi bang a nektawm zong maimai ka hihziak un ka pau ngam kei. Itluat Lina in zong hong zon sam mah ve aw, himahleh neih leh lam in a cin kei a, utlou kipang tentan bang a ngai sam hi. Lawmte bangzah hiam Shillong a laisim din a kuankhia uh a, lungsim khat chu kuamah theihloh in a kipak gu hiuhiau hi. A hang bel Lina kiang hoh tum sim lei zong belh ding om ta ci’n. College kai utna lungtang ka nei het kei a, a min in Lamka college ah admit ka bawl sam a, exam hun cia ka va kuan zel hi. Theiloh kal in phone buai a ka buai lai in kumte bang na pailiam a, lungdam pawi hun bang na tung man liang hi. Lungdam pawi ciang in zaw senvualte a it a ngaih toh pawt uh a, kei khattang galkhua in Lina sial in ka om hi. Hunte pailiam tou zel in XI bang ka na zouta a, XII bawl ka pan nawnta hi. XI zoh tunglai zaw scho. muh teng toh Lina kiang phak tum zaw ka hisam a, himahleh hua laitak insung haksat luat ziak in ka nu ka pa ka piakhia mai hi.

Lina kiang pha theilou phot chu ka hipeuh mah ta hi. It lei zong itlou ka bang maimah hi. A lampi om sun chu phone bek a kihou teitei ding cih ka tum tentan a, hou chu ka kihou gige sam uhi. Ka kihou ciang un ka gen tangpi uh ahihleh kiteng hun ding khong ka kihoulim zel uhi. Innsung neucik leh genthei tak a hinkhua mang ka hihlam uh hong thei chianta a, kei apat cu kigamlat deuhdeuh a ut pianta mawk a, niteng a ka phone ding zong a zathadah petmahta a, ken lah msg kia a lungkim zou taktak lou; a aw zak teitei ka ut mawk a, amah ngaihdan lam zaw ana hi kholkei. Khatvei vei lupna tungpan ka kingaihtuah a lelliang luat vang a ka lungdeih Lina in hong hou ut khol nonlou aitam maw ci’n ka kingaihtuah vengveng zel a, khakhat, khanih paisa lai a ka simthu lelte uh lungmitkha in hong lang zel a, buaina tuam nei hi zaw in teh ci’n ka kikhamuan zel sam a. Hunte’n mual na khum zel a kumte hong bei tou zel in Xii exam bang piathei ding in ka kisata a, exam te damtak in ka zouta a, exam zoh in ka lawm ngaihnu hong houpih dan dik sa nawn mahmah lou ka hihman in khua-ul kai nelnul zen in Shillong hohna ding sum ka kiloh kenken ta mai hi. Sum leh pai zøng a ka buai vengvung laitak in ka result uh hong kipuang a asanglua hi kei mah leh mi a sang niamzaw lua tuanlou in Xii ka na zou a, Lina ka hilh leh matric pass tunglai a hong kipahpih dan toh kikhia luapetmah in hong dawng ta a. kamsiam in cu hong kipahpih dan in hong gen hi. Kei zong admission bawlma pet ci’n lawmte zong Shillong ah na öm omsam hi ven ci’n sak melmuhloh tongsan lianu Lina kiang zuan ding in ka kithoikhiata hi.

Lam etna liantak toh Shillong khuapi zuan in ka zua saulim nusia in ka paita a, Shillong a lawmte innluah meltheih kinei sam hi ven huate manoh in ka kuan a Shillong khuapi bus phual ka tung in lawmpa ka phone a adress hong gen thak a, taxi pute kia gen in a inn lam zuan in ka tai uh a, sawtlou cik in ka tung pah hi. Lawmpa’n zong lam paina gim ding cih hong thei siam mahmah a, kisil siang in la tawldam in ci’n hong sawl a, kei zong ka tawldam ta hi.

Tawldam kawm in kumthum val bang paisa sakmel muhloh lanu muta ding ci’n phur tinten kawm in Lina ka msg keuh a, Shillong a amah mu dia zin ka hihdan ka hilh sam a, hon thusim bawl khol het kei hi. Heh tha bang suak piansim in kumthum paita a kumkhua adia i tongciamte ngilhta na hi hiam? Bang ding a tu a tuibang a lehluan sawm mai na hi hiam ? ci’n ka khak a. Bangmah reply na ka mu het kei hi. Lung zaw kham kipanpian simta eive . Kho-ul kai zen a ka loh ka duh ka deih khat zong lei ngamlou zen a amah sakmel muh theihna ahihkhak leh ci a na kikhol sam hia cih bang lung gel ka nei hi. Nitak ann nekkhit in ka phone a zingcia kimu ding in ka ngen a hong nial sam kei a khua hong vak in kimu ding in ka pawtkhiata hi.

I na zakzaksa uh tang minthang Happy Valley ah lungdeih lianu Lina sakmel muh ding cih ngaihtuah kawm in Happy Valley cih mah tak kei zong kipaktak leh kiloptak in ka diang tou vanvan ta a, kimu ding a kiciamna mun ah kei zong a kilawm thei tawp a ka neih kham toh kichei chitchet in sawtlo ka din leh. CAR sung pan in nungakno melhoih tak khat hong kumkhia a, ka et phei leh hoih lua petmah Sushmita, Aishawrya Rai ,etc. te phak vual ahi kei mai. Unau Kuki la phuah siamte’n Pathien semkhel lanu a cih uh hi nu di’n ka gingta. Ken zong hoih sa lua ka hihman in ka ngaihno Lina din ka um kei. Tangval dang toh kimu dia hong kuan dan in ka koih liang hi. Amah nu zong hong paiphei geelgel a, “u nong ngak na a sawtta hia ?” cin hong dong mawk a lamdang sak pian tak in, “eeeeeee……….. ! Nang Lina maw ?” ka cih leh, himah ing hong ci a, lungsim khat zaw hi toh bang a melhoih kei toh kingai mawk thei ci’n ka kipaklua petmah a a, langkhat ah ka et thak zel a, ka zum mahmah mai. Kei zaw a hoih thei pen a kichei ka hi ngal a, amah zaw a flop pen a hong taipawt zual ana hi maimah. Kichibai in ka tu uh a, houlim ka panta uh a, Lina i kamciamna bang a nang la ding a hong pai ka hi ta, ci’n ka gen leh hong theisiam mai in kei sukkhial ahi. Kong zui theita kei ding. Melmuhloh tongsan i hih ziak in hemlam simthu in na tong ka na sang kha a, hong sugenthei lua ing. Hong maisak in ci’n card khat hong piak chet leh tangval khat CAR sung apat hong pawt a, ka ngaihno toh khut kilen in mawng bang kikawi in kei hong nusiata uhi. Mite adin zaw Happy Valley ahi na a, kei a din zaw Sad Valley a hong suakta ve. Kah a ha goi cih louh bawl ding ka nei kei a, ka kap lualua ta hi.

Sad Valley apat ka giahna inn lam lungzuang tak in ka manoh suk a lampai kawm a itluat Lina chu melma Lina ci’n ka khekta mai a; melma Lina card piak ka et leh zing mah a pasal nei ding cialna card ana hi maimah a, ka kap a, ka mailam ka et leh cu a mial dundun ta mai. Kithah bang ka ut liang hi. Meipi hong zing in vanpi hong mial dundun a bang maimah hi. Kei zaw vangsia lua in, Khimzing in hong delh mawk bang ka sa a, ka tha teng cu a hawm gai vek. Lametna liantak a Shillong a zin zaw ka hi a, lametna thon in ka kilehkik a, ka giahna ka tunphet in puan lawmzial in Manipur bus stand ka delh a, bus kici himhim muh ding a om nawn kei a, lah khua vak ma ngeingei a Shillong nutsiat sawm ka hihman in ka buai vengvung a, tua bang a ka omlai in vangphat huai tak in sumo pai ding khat ka mu a,Shillong tualpi nusia in ka zua saulim ka zuankhiata a, ann leh tui himhim nelo, dawnlo in ka pianna gam lei silou deuh in ka tungta a, Sakmel Muhloh Vangngaih sial in luankhi nulna in ka hun ka zang mang vekta hi.

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