Nisim hun

Zan nitak sawt kitusim ahidia, tuzing kithou hak mahmah veh aw. Tuzing va chih dia le suun hita, eh, suun le hilou, nitaklam hidaihta! Nitaaklam daak 1 khawng in i hongthou khe kiangkiang a, nidang a innlam a zingthou phet, thumna nei a, "Aw Toupa, tu ziingkaal khovak..." chih dandeuh te a geentheih nawn himhim kei. Akhenchiang a,"tu ziingkaal" chia thuumna va kinei kha teitei naak!

Thoukhia, kihahsiang, neekdi zong. Zaan nitak a singpi dawnbang omhiam, chia i et leh a beel a na geep gemgom, singpitee dim a omzomah. Huchia fridge hongsuk in bread tamlou om hiven, baksuk pah ziau lel. Innkong a va pawt a bawngnawi valei a singpi bawlthak di, chihbang chu peih huailou himai. Tui toh sang mehkhop khawng le uthuai zotham. Sang sialpeh guapguap kawm in news i honsim a, huaile a main paper etsang a, HT City e, Times City e, a huai lampang deuh te'n mit ana la masa haam hiveh aw.

News simkhin, annhuan ngaita. Zaan nitak a neekna nung silsiang hongngai ta. Kare, zaantaak in kisil kha maileh hoihdi hia... Silsiang suatsuat in, huchia ann honhuan ta. Ann chu buaihuai lou. Cooker a phiitsak ziaulel. A meh di! Bangmeh di? Buaihuai nawn geet telmai. Bangmeh huandi eideh aw, chih ngaihtuahna a le mahni leh mahni kipei hai theihthok aka mole. Daal, dailuah, havai, allu, tomato, aktui - hiaiteng huankual dan lampi ngaihtuah nawn di himai. Bash!

A hongmin tak a, thuukpah in baksuk pah hnuurhnuur mai. Lim leh limlou omlou, annkam a lim naak lechu, a vang hukna'ng bangmai a henluut suk nuulnuul zeel. Khamkhop neekkhit a kuang te heemkhia. Sil nailou. Awl a sildia kheet.

Khualah lumveen, chi, tuivot bottle khat khawng dawnsuk kulkulh. Huaikhit fan kipei vutvut pen off geih in innphiat hahhah. Innzuut. Fan on nawn. A zoh, dongniin omhiam, chia en. Jean khekor te khat a koihna apat lakhia, a niin de aw, a siang de aw, chia en vungvung. "Aah, hiaizaw ngaihdam theihlai, a sianglai ve" chi a koihluut nawn. Mahni dong khawng chu mahni thu mah hiven maw. Hon sawpsak di lah kinei nailou ahihchiah ngaihdam haat thu a paidi hizeel mai.
Hihdi teng kihihkhin ta hiveen, banghih taak di ahihde aw, chia ki ngaihtuah panta. Ihmut lah peihhuai nai deuhlou, pawtkhiat dia lah khualum lua, laisim dia lah peihhuai lou zeel, nungak heel di, chilelah call center ngen a seem ahihchiang ua ihmu di uh... Abang-abang hileh innveng te'h ka va daakphei zual, chi in va hohphei ta. Chihleh Korean movies ana en uh, va entei. Lakloh lua, paikhe thei mahmah lou, a tawp a chu khua hongmial manta.

Inn ah paiphei nawn in, annhuan kipat dia lah baihlai ahihchiah, chi, inn a le om peih tuanlou, pawtkhe nawn. Hohna dek te inn ana kikalh, a dang paiphei nawn. Huaile ana kikalh zeel. Atawp a chu cyber cafe ah vahoh. Tulai cyber cafe te le abang thuthei ahi ua, identity proof mi ngeen chhen ua. Min bang chu dik kigelh ngei selou. Phone number lah i meltheih te' aa khawng gelhsuk geihrer. House number la chu A267 khawng chisuk lel.

Amasa peen ah Orkut hong in, window dang a Yahoo Messenger. A zoh Gmail, Yahoomail. Scrap, offline, mail check, chih te hihkhin a reply ziahziah. Lawmte online a omleh houpih cheuh. Huaikawm a, YahooGroups luut, SSPPNet sim zualzual. Simkhit a Zogam.net en, HCN Live ngaikhe ziahziah. Nuam e, innlam news update changkaang lota. A zoh Zogam.com, ZogamOnline.com, misual.com... baan et in favorite bloggers khenkhat te' blogpost te sim cheuh nawn. Huaikawm a chatting hih zungzung. Kirang mahmah eive, aak ann tu kibang mai molee.
Cyber apan pawtkhia, huai apan meh lei dia pai. Mehlei di thei zoulou in, eimi te' sa minsa zuak khawng va lei suk. A bawl baihlam pen himai lou hia, sa minsa nanaana chu!

Ziing a annkhing te toh sa minsa zialkhawm nawn ekhgiap. Ann neekhit a music ngaih kipan ta. Laangaih te bangchu thupi theithou. Alternative, Heavy te ngen ngai puak borbor. Innveng te'n bengseng a sa duam, chih te bangchu kikhual vetlou himai. A ngaihkia hileh, laam a laampih zomah lai ivoi.

Khualum lua ahihchia veng dang a pawt khawng a pawtpeih lou, lawmpa toh ann nekhin kuva haidia kizui khe suk ta. Kuva haikhit a nungak va heel. Va chiak zialzial. Card khawng kimawl. Huai apan painawn in mundang ah va luut nawn. Huai ah le midang ana om uh. Va chiak nawn zialzial. Daak 12 bang hong gingthei ta ahihchiah chi, innlam zuan a paita.

Inn tunphet a kihahsiang in, huaizoh la ngaih kipan nawnta. Tutung chu ahi burbur te hilou, a om hiauhiau te. Dan Seals, Glenn Frey, Gary Allan, Don Williams, Air Supply... lunglen bang huaidek zezen.

Saapla tuamtuam ngaikhe khin in Deih Anglai Vol. VIII i honngai panta chu, i lungsim hon zou eina ve. Lungsim le hilou, i kha tan pha. Amak khat chu hiai eive, saapla te sang mah a le eimi laa te'n i kha honlawng theizaw hiveh aw. Zaansawt nung a, room ah eikia om a, tunglam a ceiling fan kipei vuuvuu enkawm a lum hang a, i Zomi zawlla kulmuut tak i hon ngaihleh aw... hunlui te ngaihna bang hongpuang huaihuai mai ka chi.

Zaan lah dai deuhdeuh veen, eilah kilungleen deuhdeuh veen, a khenchiah zaw ngaihtuahna a paisau thei telmai. Hichia hunzat touhtouh mai a le i mabaan ah bang hongtung di ahia le? Ah, kingaih tuahtuah sang in, bangmah ngaihtuahlou a, carefree tak a ut dandan a ommah nuampen maw, chi in light i off a, i hong ihmu suk dirdir a.

Hiai himai khoveel i chih. Bangmah thupi omlou. Bangmah a hou le om tuanlou. I om daandaan a om di himai.

[Lungsim suangtuahna apan gelh maimai hi e. Thil tuah taktak hisaam kei. Ngep de le]

Spirit of an NRZ

These days, people keep on changing their contact numbers. Apparently from other connections to Hutch, or from old Hutch to new Hutch. I just don’t get the whole thing. Maybe Hutch comes up with package of special offers. Special offers? For me, it’s a killer offer. It kills. I’ve been sticking with my number (read as connection) for years, and I plan to keep that way. It means a whole lot more to me than just numerical numbers and the convenience they give us. It’s about perseverance, loyalty, fidelity, and the likes.

Last night I called up Ms. X to inquire if she knows the new contact number of a particular friend. Again, it’s a Hutch number. The moment we started talking, things seemed to flow smoothly. The fact that I called her for a specific purpose almost slipped off my mind. Unfortunately, she didn’t have what I were looking for, albeit the conversation just went on. We talked, we joked, we laughed, and eventually our topic wandered off into – yes, you’re right – romance!

Hey, don’t get me wrong here.

We talked about love in general. Which is when the conflict started.

I mentioned about her boyfriend, how good they look, how happy she is, how lucky she is that she’s the center of everyone’s attraction, that so many guys are crazy about her…

“You are talking nonsense, this is too much,” said she. My God, did I say something wrong? But hey, I was just…. She didn’t give a damn. Then the line went dead.

She probably thought I was flattering her and all. But I swear I wasn’t. This is what everybody does. This is what we usually do. Us, from Zogam. That’s the way a boy talks to a girl, back home. I was saying all sort of things to her just for the sake of it. To keep the conversation going. And it didn’t have much bearing on me.

I texted her saying sorry.

She replied back, “Oh, don’t take me in a wrong way. You were making me blush with all the complements, so I just said that. Don’t mind. Hope you’ve got what you’ve been looking for.”

“I tend to forget there’s a huge cultural barrier right between us, Delhites and Lamkans, and I was just doing our usual rounds! Which makes you blush. Which makes me realize my wrongs. We’ve gotta try to break the ice that sits freezing between us… so that we all could live as one!”

This is what she’s got to say, “Hey, even though I might be brought up outside Zogam, let me tell you that I’m very much like you all. I know my identity and maybe at times I may not reach the level of jokes you guys crack, but I’m so much into being a Zomi.”

“You may not reach the level of jokes we crack.” I replied her. “We may not reach the level of education you attain, your wit, wisdom, chawkeeness, vaipau siamdaans and all. We’ve gotta help each other grow. Help us, we’ll help you. Tell this to your Delhi Zomi friends in every way you can.”

Now, this is the kind of spirit every NRZ (Non-Residential Zomis) should have.

I music dinmun

Zomi lasiam, Chingthianngai in a bawl, “Tuibang Gawmni” album leh JK Kam, Khaipi, Sanlun leh adg. adg. te bawl, “Baanzaal” te mazek in ka ngaikha a. Hiai geel i ngaihkhawm chiang in kikhiatna uangtak muhtheih hi. Baanzaal peen, Tuibang Gawmni toh teh in music te changkaang thei mahmah a, siamthei peetmah uhi. Laa thu te bang leeng gilzaw diak hi. Bangziak a hiaibang kikhiatna om ahidia le?

Tukum SSPP JHQ Delhi in music awards daan khat patkhiat sawm ahihthu ka na zakha hiauhiau a, taksuah a honghih leh hihlouh diing ka geen theikei. Mahleh, hiai thu toh kisai in ngaihdaan tamlou k’on gelh. Mimal ngaihdaan liuliau ahi.

Hiai bang a music awards bang hawmkhiat theih hileh, i khanglui leh khangthak, la siam, tumging siam, leh lagelh siam te “theihpihna” leh “haanthawnna” nasatak a honghi ngei dia, mabaan a music lam a i dinmun hong hoih zawkseem, changkaang zawkseem-na a hontut ngei ka lamen hi. Hiai award bang hawmtheih hi a, sutzop touhzeel hileh michih lak ah “kitaitehna” i chi hia, tup khat - huaibel, award laak - hong om dia, i dinmun hongkhang mahmah diing hi.
Tulel dinmun in lasiam te’ lak ah ki-elna a omkei a, amau ngei in leeng kipahpihna bangmah a dong tuankei uh. Bangtan hiam a pat i laa tualleeng te uh a hong niamkiak a, laa thak i neihlouhna khua a sawtta. Pathian’ laa lam ah ahihleh maa i sawn a, khangthak lasiam bangzah hiam hong kipankhe te’ ziak in i mabaan a limchi. V. Lalboi, Grace Siamte, Vungthiankim, Gloria Chiinlianniang…. tawmchik lel geen in.

Amasa in, recording studio i neih te’n i music changkaanna d’in moh a paw lian mahmah uhi.
Lamka ah recording studio li (4) bang a om a, tua te: Lengtonghoih, ZRS, Gibeon leh Roulngul ahi. Lengtonghoih in van a nei hoih mahmah a, himahleh a khoihsiam diing mi a tasam. Music ahihleh Sia Gohau in a tum a, amah ahihleh siam lotel, amah kaan omlou phial. Himahleh, a music paidan te a update meengmeeng khollou a batna chiang om. ZRS ah TG Lian in a khoihdeuh a, amah hi amah-leh-amah a kisinsiam ahi a, ei’ dinmun a din bel siam huntawk. Himahleh a hihtheihna in phaaktawp a neihhun hongtam. Ahia, hiai i geen in, i music khantouhna dia amau geel’ sepkhiatsa te kitheih mohbawl i chihna ahi tuankei.

Kei muhdaan in, laa a kibawl chiang in, kigin khawlna ki tasam mahmah hi. Studio sung a khatvei sa, huchia a key teng musician te’n ana gelhkhia un, huchia record suk ziaulel. Nawmtawm taktak a thil i bawlziak un i laa te uh a nalh diing bang in nalh thei mahmah lou hi. A kaih mahmah leeng tulai vai nawnlou theilua.

Kei’ mimal thiltuah khat k’on gelhdia. Class XII ka zoh un, kitheih gigena diing, chi in ka lawmta un laa ka na gelh ua, sum kithoh in ka na khum ua, a video leeng ka na bawl uhi. Amasa pen Lengtonghoih ah ka bawl uhi. Music bel siam lotel, himahleh aman ei’ deihdaan hondawp khollou in, ut daandaan a hon zuutsuk mai. A mixing lampang leeng chaudeuh bangsim. Deihbang a chiang zoulou. A kumnawn in ZRS ah a dang ka bawl nawn uhi. Hiai ka bawllai un ka hinkhua a ka mangngilh meengmeeng louhdiing thil khat ka hontuak. A dawr ua ka omlai un, amau a hong houlim ua, CCPur a laa te a thringdaan, Mizoram a te toh tehdia lei-leh-vaan a batdaan khawng a hongeen ekek uhi. Kouleeng ka dawng ua, district khat toh state khat chu tehkaak theih louh di ahi, chiin ka pang saam uhi.

Hiai in i dinmun a niamdaan a hon sulang. Huaikia ahikei, simmoh a i omdaan toh. Tualou in, lawmdang te khat in hichiin geen ngei hi: “Khatvei, unau Mizo te’ inn ah news fee va dong ualeh local channel ana en unchin, huai ah kha eimi te’ laa khat hong kikhah hiveh aw. Amau le ‘A thring eem mai, hiai te te’ laa khawng’ chia channel kheek geih uh.”

I laa te uh, public domain a kaapkhiat theihna lampi omsun, Lamka a i local cable te’n i music dinmun hihsaangna di’n moh a pawlian mahmah uhi. Tamtak te phungvuh in, mipi te’ theihdi’n phoukhia uhi. I paidaan un mimal a music video bawl te’n cable operator te a kipan bangmah sum a mukei ua, a muhkiik uh omsun bel a laa te uh mipi’n a theihpih uh ahimai hi.
Kou’ thiltuah hongeen zeel leng. Laa nih ka bawl te uh video ka na bawl uhi. Amasa peen Hornbill te ka kila sak uhi. A thawn in video hon bawlsak ua, amau copyright a tang uhi. Himahleh duhthusaam tak a editing bawl omlou in a sial in cable ah hon khahsak top uhi. A nihna ka honbawl nawn un Bungmual a Uptown te kiang ah ka hih ua, video laakman leh editing man in Rs. 800 ka seeng uhi. Hiaibel kou’ aa hong hita. Kou a CD nei mawk le ung le bangchia mipi’ theihdia hihlaar diing? A thawn a cable te va khahsak mai ngaizeel.

Hiaibang i dinmun ahi hi. Phattuam ngaihna ngen a pangtou ki hichiat sim hi.

Tulel dinmun in laa tualleeng thak, hit deuhmai i neikei a, Mizo laa te’n nasatak in i huihkhua a honzeel hi. A video uh nalh i sa a, a laa uh nalh i sa a, a kicheidaan uh i enton a. A tom in geenleng a culture uh a honzuak nasa mahmah uhi. America in leeng a culture Hollywood leh MTV tungtawn a a zuakkhiat bang uh ahi. Politics ah luutzual le, nidang in CNA hon makaih lai in MNF in i nung a honzui a, himahleh en tu in amau, Mizo te’ nung i zuita. Music dinmun leeng huchi hileh kilawm. Lengtong Pauno te khawng in album a bawl masak lai ua a quality toh huai hunlai a Mizoram a suakkhe te’ quality tehkhaak sin lehang, hon phazou teuhlou uh ahi. Himahleh tuchiang in Mizo te nungdelh zeel i hongbang. Bangziak ahi diam? Talent a neihziak uhia? Sum a hauhziak uh? A ki pahtawi siam ziak uh ahidiam? A media te uh? Lelte magazine leh Lelte Awards ziak mahmah ahi diam?

Hiai hi hoihtak a ngaihsut a, thathat laak a, spring bangmai a hon kaaptou tu dia i zat uh poimoh ta hi.

I media te mahmah un leeng i music leh a dinmun lel te a ngaineepna chiang om hi. Music news i chi hia, review, critics chih daan deuh khawng muhdiing om ngei mahmah lou! Malam in Frontier Weekend te’n hon pan man mahle uh hong tawpkiik nawnzeel ua.

1990s nung lam apan music trend ka na muhdaan in V. Paukhansiam, Lengtong Pauno, Haumang, Lianlunching, S. Chingnu, Zorock, SN Thanga, Thangboi Mangte, Muana Ngaihte leh new age ah Thawnkham, Benjamin Thomte, Mimin Baite, S. Pauginmun, Rabbi – hiaiteng album ana bawl, michih in a laa te uh i saktheih pih simchiat te ahi uhi. Maihkhaak tampi om maithei. Hiaiteng a laardiak te ahi uh.

Huan ah, geenlouh theihlouh khat, i society seh nih in a kisuah a, a zawng leh a hau, i chi hia, a changkaang leh a changniam, khopi suak leh singtaang suak. Hiai geel kaal ah gap lianpi a om a, a music deihzawng uh leeng a tuam mahmah. (Michih’ taste leeng a tuam.) Khangthak te kawk deuh le. Muana Ngaihte’ sak Deih Anglai bang New Lamka leh a baan a Zodawn te ah a laar mahmah a, himahleh a khopi lam te ah kuaman ngaihtaak a sakei uh. Thring a sa uh. Eimi laa te singtaang lam deuh te’n paakta, ngaisaang in, a na khopi suak deuh te’n Mizo laa leh saaplaa khawng ngai ut zaw hi a theih in om hi.

Hiai music taste geel kaal a gap awng ompeen hukdim khangthak te’ mohpuak ahi. Michih in i laa te uh i ngaihsaang vek theihna diing un panla ni. Midang te’ hihdi’n ngaak keini. Eilou a seemdiing mi a om tuankei. I music siamna te SSPP conference chia perform na’ng tanlel in hunsa kei ni. I la lui te sa thak ni, remix thak ni. La phuah ni, lapau te keembit ni. Talent hoih taktak neite’n kisaan in tulai vaideuh in i la te uh kaih bawl ni.