December Buhchiar

December kaal li-na khawng a hong hita. Ziingkal baihtak ahi.

Taxi heekpa’n a horn meekmeek mahleh lampi ot in a om tuankei uh. Flyover abawl ziak un traffic a jam nasa lua. Innlam pai dia kisa, huai Delhi University siamsin nu’n a Kingfisher flight a laplouh khaak diing alau mahmah.

Mumbai khohun nuamtak nuai ah huai officer-nou pa, Marine Drive ah lungmuang tak a ‘walking a pai’ heuhheuh lai in, zaan a office a asaappa toh a kihouna uh a phawkkhe guih a. Suty a ngetsa, a phallouh khaak diing alau mahmah.

IBM Bangalore a seem pa'n night duty zouphet, a pisa nuai ua ATM a sum a valaak khiat dek leh a sum hongpawt ta reengreeng lou. A sum lah kiam. Balance omlai teng in lah daih nawnlou. A sanggam pa’ pocket money di leh van man di, a huntak a, a khaak theihlouh khaak diing alau mahmah.

Happy Valley taang lam apan hong kipan, ziing nisuak in a tohlet uh a hon khohkha panta. Nupi nu'n singpi bawldia kisa, gas a hon tohkuang leh, a hong engsim zuapzuap a. Ann-le-meh min tan a daihlouh khaak diing alau mahmah.

Khawlhun nuam zang dia innlam pai, nungak-tangval hon khat, Dimapur peel ah bus in a hongtai ngiahngiah ua. Tunkaal ngaaklah gawpta ahihman un, Manipur a bandh a na om nawn khaak diing alau mahmah uh.

Lamka venglai a mihausa mahmah pa, a innchhawng hulliap apan, ziing singpi leh sang limtak dawnkawm in a hong daakkhia a. A neih-le-lam, a huangsuang, a kongtual liantak mai, a gari te, leh a inn thupi tak te umkiim veel a ding vialvual diing dai saangtak alam, tukum sung a azoh manlouh khaak diing alau mahmah.

Huchilai in, Zodawn khota khat ah, lamnawl a bi-inn neuchik sung apan meikhu a hongpawt tou ngiaingiai a. Innsung ah, nupi khat leh a ta, naupang nih te'n mei a awi dirdir uhi. Naupang neuzaw pen in a nu kiang ah, "Nu, ka gilkial," a chi a. A nu'n bangmah a gen kei. A innsung uh a hon enkual a. Daappeek a kibawl, innbaang leh tuang apan huihvot hongluut te'n, kithopna'ng puanlum gina nei hetlou, amah leh a tate a muut huauhuau a. Akawng a aveh, a sumbawm a honmai a; Ch 50 leng a om zou nawnkei. A anntang koihna bawm uh a honhong a; a tozelh phial ana omta. A chini bawm uh a melhphei lai in, a tapa pa'n, "Nu, ka gilkial," a chi nawn a. Chini a ngolhna uh akha a sim bang phata ahihlam a hon thei khia a. Chi ahihleh omzek lai.

"Bawi, ann i huan mengmeng dia, i nepah di uh aw."

"Nu, ka gil a kial voi!"

A nu’n annbeel a hon suang a, a hongsou bibirh ta. Nou nih a honla a, buhtui naang dilhdelh a sung a, chi a sohkhit in siikkeu in a hontok hi. Huchiin, a tate apia a. A tate’n limsa tak in a dawn kitkit ua, a kipaak mahmah uhi.

Himahleh, aman bel, a ann neek diing un tukum Krismas tan a daihlouh khaak diing a lau mahmah.
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Krismas leh Kiteen hun hongtung nawnta.

Delhi tangval khat in a nungak nu, Krismas zang dia innlam paidek airport ah vakha. A nungak nu’n a luutsan dekkuan a kha, khitui a mangpha kikhaak khawng paa salou inchin a nap niit thruai mai, chidan eive.

Nikum lam a Singngat ah Tuailai Day a di lapawl zil uh hiveh aw. Unau nih ki-group kha unchin, a naunu’n laa va zil, a u pa’n va zillou. Chihleh, group leader pa’n a naunu kiang ah, “Na u abang chi maww?” chia a dotleh, alu susuk ngauh kawm a, “Adau!” chi a dawng.

Huai bangdeuh in, i Krismas zatdaan uh leng ‘dau’ gawpta eideh aw, chih theih in a om hi.

Nikum a Delhi apan innlum a Krismas zang dia pai, Khuakhual in, “Biakinn lam ah ka lamet sang in hou ka sa,” chi hi. “Nidang dan a phuur tak leh nuam tak a lengkhop chih om nawnlou. A minpu mah bang.” Siampu in, “Pianna khua, nu-leh-pa tenna leh khanletna a Krismas zat ahihziak in nuam ka sa veve. Ahihziak in, nidang toh tehvual ahikei. Kumdang ngai a lungleng tak a Krismas zang kihi lel a de aw,” chi in gen hi.

“Krismas le mi’n hou ngaih gawpta,” chiin Sanmawi in gen. “Mi hong huchih chiang ua ei le kiphur zou taktak lou aka hia.” Biakhoih in, “Krismas le thring gawpta chihchu lawmte kampau a kiza tampen. Neulai a kumbul apat Krismas ngak pen om nawnlou. Theihlouh kal a tung mawk,” chi a, “annek khawmna bang a omlouh leh Pathianni maimai mah bang,” chi in behlap hi.

Puite in le nikum, a veng ua Krismas kilopdan nuam salou petmah. “Biakinn mun nih ana kisuahta inchin, mitheih le tawmgawp. Lengkhawmna ah Krismas phawkpha le omlou mahbang. Neulai kan a Krismas nuam omkei,” chi maidan eive.

Jehou Samte in, “Nikum Krismas keimah tawk in nuam ka sa mahmah,” chi hi. “Hilele, nitak lengkhop anuam keilua. Tawp pahpah. Tuailai lamte phurdan toh upate phurdan kibanglou.” Khokhawl in le, “Nidang toh kibang lou vek himai,” chi. “Gintak s’ah nuamlou zaw. Hilele innlam ahihziak a chu nuam kisa himhim.”

“Kei ngaihdan in Krismas da deuhdeuh in ka thei. A kithalawp pawl om mahleh nidang dan a vaisaidan nuamzou nawnlou kasa,” Kimbawi in chi hi. “Atawpna ah chu i innkuan pih te toh zatmah nuam pen, akoikoi hitaleh.”

Joy Thanglian in, “Neulai a Krismas nuam ka sakdan tuk in nuam ka sa thei taktak kei. I khanletna mun a le ki omkha nawnlou. A mite, a mun hong kidangta,” chi hi. “Neulai a lawmte toh Mas zatkhawm ki ut. Tulai a ahihleh nu-le-pa te toh zatkhawm nuam kisa zota,” chi in geen behlap hi.

Sangpui in, “I Kristian-na in kum 100 apelh chet leh i Krismas dawndan leh zatdan te, tuma a i pipu te’ zatdan agen utoh tehkhin in chu kikhe lota. Krismas omzia theilou a zang itam lota un ka thei,” chi hi.

Innlam a om Suasuan in hichiin gen, “Mundang a om te hehpih huai theilua uh eivoi. Phuurtak a Krismas zangdia inn hongpai unchin, hilele ei a innmun a om te a na kiphuur taktak lou ahihchia, amau kia a a hongphuur-na daan uh om theilou.”

Ahimhim in, khopi khawng saang a innlam (read as Lamka) a Krismas zat nuamzaw eive maw. Lamka sang a le Zodawn lam ah nuam zawtham hilai. Huaichiah, i pichin nung sang a i naupang lai a Mas i zatte nuam kisa zaw. Adik hia? Akoi-abang hileh, nidang a Krismas nuamtak a a kizat seklai ni te ngai vungvung a, tukum Krismas lungleng tak leh houchik a zangliam mailou in, tuhun, tukum mahmah, a nuam theibang pen in zatchiat sawmni aw.

Leen Heisa & Deih Anglai Kaihthohnawnna

Khua mialpan chih diing ahi. Tedim Road a ka hongtai lai un, lamgei a billboard vaak phengphung te ah, "Remembering Thangboi Mangte & Muana Ngaihte: A Night of Tribute | December 31, 2009" chih a kigelh ziizia hi.

Khominthang khang a Hangshai Auditorium ah ka tailuut ua, kongtual ah ka hongkum khia uhi. Mi ana tam mahmah ta.

Ka khut a honleen a, kongpi lam ka zuan ngal uhi. Gaal apan camera in a kaap, a ngawng tan a kaisuk, a bilbah vaak siilsial te'n kei a honsal kha viat a. Ka melhphei a. Mauve rong, evening gown leh fur coat a silh, leh, a khut a YSL clutch a tawi, leh a gladiator heels te'n a pii suak sak mahmah hi. Kei le ka cream coat silh toh kilawm hun ka kisa tei thou.

Huchih lai in media leh paparazzi te'n a hon uum kiimveel lutlut ua, ka tonpihnu (eh, 'hon tonpihnu' ka chihna) a pibawl mahmah uhi. Kei chu a gei a ding nirner. "Tuzan Thangboi leh Muana te zahtaakna in bang laa na sa dia?", "Video album bawlnawn dek nailou maw?", "Nou gel a kingai chi dandeu i?" chih khawng in a dong nonouh ua. Kou geel hon thruai tupa'n le hawlkhiat hak a sa man dektak ve. Lawmnu'n bel, nui hiuhiau kawm in a dotna te uh, pilvaang tak in a dawng hi. "Eh, nang le na 'Lungzen' laa, video bawl sawmlou maw?" chia khat in kei a hon dot phutleh, 'camera de chuaichuai' kawm ah, nervous ziak hia, bang a, ka dawng moh kiikei hi.

Lamka adia lasiam, laar leh melhoih pen (phial) a agennu uh toh huaizaan red carpet tung ah ka hongpai ngiah-ngiah uchu nuam eina ve. Chialtuam celebrities te tutna vual ah ka va tu ua, khawllou in lim a honla suksuk reng zomah uhi.

Hangshai Auditorium lian takmai sung ah mipi a kidim mupmup mai a, eimi, lam tuamtuam a mi tallang teng leng a kimvek un ka thei. Amak mahmah chu, politician leh contractor te a mavual ah a tusak kei zenzen ua, a nunglam ah a tusak daih uhi. Amau sang in, Zogam lasiam te, laphuak mi leh tumging tumsiam te poimohna piak in a omzaw uhi. Hiai tak ahi fuh ka sakna. Huaichiah, Mizoram lasiam te khatle chiallou zenzen uh.

India a music production companies thupi taktak leh, state gentak louh, national media leh TV channel tuamtuam te bang in hiaihun a uaphoih mahmah uhi.

Nidang in, 'Deih Anglai' laa te khawng, mi'n New Lamka leh singtang lam te 'piakbawl' mahle uh, hiai zaan nana-na inchu, Manipur, Mizoram, India khopi te leh gamdang apan mipi a hong paikhawm vek uhi.

Treenn, trennnn.... kipanta.

S Pauginmuan in, "Sakmel etlawm tullel heisa pallun..." chih laa a honna dan in a honsa a, Thangginsang in, "Khat zuansial..." in a honzom hiauhiau hi. Muana Ngaihte toh a aw uh kibang mahmah, H Muanga in, "Duangvul veng..." a honsak leh, mipi lak a khenkhat ana nehnou bang ompah veh aw. A Thangginsang mah in Muana' aw dan chetchet a, "Guite Kual..." leh "Ka mangbatna zankhua na sawtngei..." hon sa zomah lai. Huchiin, Rig Vedaz in, "Ngaih gibang khendiing na leel..." laa, alternative leh punk rock chomkhawm in mawitak in hon sa nawn uhi.

Mimin Baite in, "Lailung zuang in bangteng ka gelchiang in..." a honsak leh a nunglam a te a hong kikou cheelchuul ua. Himahleh, Benjamin Thomte in, "Gibang khenna diing in kawlni hongsuak a..." a hon awih hiahhiah chiang in, mipi te a hongdai hiau ua. Auditorium sung ah Thangboi Mangte' laukha hongleeng mah bang in mipi te a honzen sungsung hi. Ka paamdeuh ua tu, nupi khat in puan a amai humkawm a ana kidiik hithit ka muthei hi.

AIR Paite programme a hit mahmah, "Giakmoh Vabang..." sa nu, Sangkhawl in mipi tampi ma a a dinpatna din, "Lenkawlni mualdawn ah hongsuak in..." honsa a, naak siam tel ekhai. Siamtak ahi. Hiauhiau mai.

Tu in amah Zaila Kumpinu ngeei - S Chingnu a hongluut ta a. "Mitmei ven zatam kaal ah..." honsa a, RD-i in,"Solkha taang aw, solkha taang..." honsa a, Muanlal in, "BT Aw Nang ngaih..." in a honzom hi.

Midang, namdang te' aa sangmah a eimi ittna laa te mahmah a thupina uh haih vuallouh in a muhtheih hi.

I kisaktheih pih mahmah, Kawlgam apan Thawnkham le a hongtel thei a, "Liamsa Nunlui..." a honsa a, a laa a "khomual a tulsing zong poulai..." a chihna mun lak ah ka na sakpih vakvak tei aka. Thangbo Mangte in "Lungtup lia vangngaih aw..." chia ana oih riahriah laa, Kapno in hon sa nawn mai chu - himai. Ahi a, amah Thangboi Mangte phazou di zaw kuamah a omkei himhim.

A damlai a Muana Ngaihte thu a gen uh khat, ka va ngaihtuah leh ka nuih a hongza dek mawkmawk ka chi. Nungak tuitawi te'n eengbawl unchin, Chingthianngai toh laa khat a a kidawnna dandeuh ua, "U Muan, huai a leeng te bang a?" a chih uleh "Na **," chia dawng ek, hilou maw? Khatvei, nitaklam khat, Tedim Road a ka paitouh uleh Thangboi Mangte toh kitontou kha. Ka ngaihsaang dan uh khawng, laa siam ka sakdan uh khawng ka kigen huan uleh aman houchik a hondawng: "Khemkhem geuh eive!"

Thakhat in, ka phone in ka zabawm a honphu liitliit a, ka et leh U Dong (VL Mangzou) apat message ana om a.

"Tutpih fuh ve, hehhoh!"

"Fuh di chu. Kaw om n'oi?"

"Chief Guest pa' ki'ah."

"Rigvedaz' Zaching (album honna) na gelhdan in fuh deuh in hiai thu n'on gelhnawn di chu maw," ka chi hi. Ngaak di himai.

Ana khawldih uh. A kimlou khat om. Numei lasa tawm lozeen a. Eimi numei, iitna laa sa di om nawn mahmah lou mawk. Bangchi! Zawllaa sak khelhna a ngai izit?

Huchih sung in, 'Deih Anglai' leh 'Leen Heisa' laa te, i lasiam te'n abaanbaan in a honsa zomzeel ua, huaizaan in, Thangboi Mangte leh Muana Ngaihte geel - a kha uh kaihthoh in a hong om ua, amau ngaina a mipi a saang a sim paikhawm te'n itna leh zahna thupi pen a piaklai un --

Alarm clock a hong ging longlong a. Khanglou phut. Mitnuai kawm a ka phone ka et threei-thruai leh "December 2, 2009 7:30 am" ana hi! Geihrer!

The Lost Wallet

I woke up to the sound of my SMS tone one fine afternoon. With eyes still shut, I groped for my cell phone that was lying next to my pillow. I rubbed my eyes and squinted down at the screen. It was from ICICI Bank. Yet another offer, I grumbled. Then I slowly read the message.

You have made a Debit Card purchase of INR 3,990.00 on 18 Feb. Info: IPS*DAKSH SOLUT. Your Avbl. Bal is INR ______.00.

It was Sunday, February 18, 2007, and the time was exactly 1:48 pm.

A debit card purchase of Rs. 3,990.00 at Daksh Solution? For a brief moment, I felt as if I were wandering in a dream. Soon, I began to realize that this was real.

What the hell’s going on? I was sleeping the whole morning. How could I possibly go out and make a purchase? Did they send a wrong message to a wrong number? My debit card was in my wallet, safe and sound. But hey, where's my wallet? I suddenly sprung up from my bed and reached for the place where I always keep my wallet. Empty. I shook my head in disbelief. Again it was empty.

I was caught in a whirlwind of confusion.

I searched all the possible places where I might have left the wallet. The movement was hasty and rough. Rummaging, turning things over, pushing things aside, emptying contents. I had literally checked every possible place. Still no sign of it. I even called a friend who I went over to his place the previous night in hopes that I had dropped it somewhere around his room. Negative. It could have been that it slipped off on my way back home, though that still didn't seem likely to me since my wallet was securely tucked away in my back pocket, and I knew for sure it was still there when I reached my room. Yes sir, it was there last night – for I took out the key from my wallet to unlock my door. I was starting to believe it was stolen rather than me simply leaving it somewhere. I finally gave up the search.

My wallet's gone. And my world swirled into darkness.

I fell down upon my bed in bewilderment. I just laid there for what seemed like hours. I felt so dumb. I blamed myself for being so careless. This was the second time my wallet got stolen. I was pick-pocketed for the first time in the fall of 2004 at the infamous busy Sunday Market near Lal Qila, Delhi. They were professionals. I couldn't have really taken care of myself better. But now this happened right inside my room. My goddamn room. And all the while I was sleeping like dead.

Weekends are my off days. My roommate went out around 10:30 am that particular day, and I didn’t lock the door from inside. Hence, the raid must have taken place sometime between 10:30 am and 1:00 pm. If someone had indeed entered our room during that time, why would he choose to take 'only' the wallet? Most importantly, how did he manage to pick it up from a place so secure and safe? He came in quietly, took the wallet from its hiding place, and left. There was around Rs. 1000 in it, an ICICI debit card, a driving license registered in Manipur which my parents sent to me only a couple of weeks ago, visiting cards, passports, some pictures, and all. My cell phone and other valuables were left untouched.

I immediately called ICICI customer care, got my card blocked and requested for a new one.

It dawned upon my mind that the whole operation must have been planned far in advance. He must be someone who is well aware of our schedule – who knows the time when my roommate would be away, and when I would still be buried in deep sleep all alone with an unlocked door. He must be someone who 'knows' the patterns of our room, where we keep things and where I would always leave my wallet and all. Indeed, he must be a really clever punk.

I was seething with anger thinking about the way this guy slipped into my room, stole my wallet, swiped the hell out of my card, and enjoying my money like a big fat slug.

At this point, I honestly had no clue who the culprit was and was still quite shocked by the whole thing. I had to flip back and catch up on clues. Any clues. It was broad daylight, there was no damage, and so the possibility of the involvement of a local goon was ruled out. Must be one of us. He used my debit card to make a purchase at Daksh Solution. He didn't have to know the PIN. Just my name. Smart kid. And where the hell is that Daksh Solution? What does it sell? I was becoming more and more dazed as I struggled to find further clues and piece them together. But all these led me to nowhere.

I literally gave up the hope of getting back my money. Adiós, oh precious wallet of mine. May God bless whoever keeps it.

Two days passed. On Wednesday, February 21, Robert, a friend, came to me and said, "My sisters have just told me that this guy down the road was selling them a newly bought Motorola phone the past Sunday. I think the cost of that phone is Rs. 4,000. Isn’t that the amount swiped out of your card?"

“Yeah. Who is this guy?”

“That I won’t tell yet. We’ll meet him first.”

“And do what?”

“I don’t know. It’s highly likely that he’s the one who took your ATM card. We will investigate.”

“But, we didn’t see him take the wallet. We have no evidence.”

At first I was hesitant but Robert was quite insistent. And so we decided to go to ‘their’ place after dinner.

The room that Robert led us in to turned out to be that of my friend, Biak (name changed). I protested to Robert.

“How could he? I can’t think he would be the one,” I mumbled as Robert knocked the door. It was difficult to imagine that he, of all people, would want to steal anything from me.

When we entered, Biak was ‘unusually’ anxious and nervous. He was different tonight. He was no longer the Biak I knew. He stammered as he said, “I wasn’t expecting you. What brought you guys here?” He asked, again and again, why we were there. He was restless and kept flipping a Motorola cell phone open and close. He dared not look at me in the eye.

“You’ve got yourself a new phone, huh?” said I.

“It’s for my brother.”

Robert joined in, “How much do you pay for it?”

“Four thousand.”

“Wow! This is cool, man! Let me have a look,” said I.

The first thing I do when Biak gave me the phone was giving a missed call to my number. I saved it (it was a Hutch number). He then went to the loo. On the pretext that Robert wanted to buy the same phone, we asked his roommate when and where did he buy it. He said it was Sunday and told us the location of the shop.

After we left their place, I said to Robert, “He’s my friend. Goddamnit.”

“Yes, he WAS your friend.””

It was getting late and all the shops were already closed. We were walking along the clogged lanes of Munirka when the Sherlock Holmes in me suddenly woke up. I began to see the possibilities of Biak being the one increasing more and more. And as I started to piece the baffling puzzle together, all roads seemed to lead to Biak. First, I have to make sure that my identity is not misused. I made a call to Hutch customer care and explained the situation to the executive. I gave the exec the number from Biak’s phone. Luckily, the number was not registered under my name.

As we reached the shop where Biak seemed to have bought the phone, I looked up at the board above the door. There, printed in bold, were the words, “Daksh Solution.”

And that was the beginning of the end of our friendship.

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I wrote the above piece two years ago. After all this time some nagging questions still haunt me. Whose fault was this? Was he desperately in need of money and I failed to acknowledge that as a friend which led him to the point where he would steal? Wasn’t I there for him when he needed most? I am sorry for whatever happened between us. I have forgiven my friend and want us to start over again. In fact, he’s the most caring friend that I ever have.

Interview | Zogam mial ah khua vak puak: Siamkhankhual Dousel

Geenthoh leh lungsim a awlmoh chiatchiat, sepsuahna a hongtel chiang in a taksuak diak. Siamkhankhual Dousel (“Sir Khual”) in tukum Sinzawl Convention High School a pawl X sinlai naupang kua (9), a tenna inn Zoar Veng, Bungmual ah samsuk a, zintun top a, kha khat sung di veel athawn in lai hilh hi. Hiai numei li leh pasal nga te, Thanlon apan mi khat chihlouh Sinzawl mi ngen ahi uh. Sir Khual in amau te June 22 apan niteng in dakkal 2 maths leh science hilh hi.

Sir Khual in mi a deihsak dan, a naupang lui te’n geen mangmoh uhi. “Sir Khual in student te akua-akua hitaleh a awlmoh a, kitheihsiam tuahna abawl. A mi panpih utna, ginomna leh chihtakna te thupi ka sa,” chiin Marilyn, Class of 2001, LFS in geen hi. “Sir Khual a ngaihsan huaina mahmah khat chu aman teaching kha a naa ahihziak a seem mai ahikei a, teaching a uut taktak ziak a seem ahihna thupi kasa.”



Directorate of Education, Manipur website dungzui in i district ah solkal junior school 45 leh high school 27 om, chih ahi. Baan ah, Zodawn lam ah EBCC leh PCI(R) in school bangzah hiam a nei bok. Himahleh, kumteng a pawl X board result suak i etchiang in Zodawn lam te’ min a kilang kha ngeikei.

Bangziak ahi dia?

Phamta Pu T Thangthuam in hiai dotna hichiin ana dawng ngeita: “Singtang lam, i bial lam uh, Guite kual a high school te ka et chiang in kahkhiat huphup mai ka ut sek.”

Nikum in Siamsinpawlpi GHQ in Teach Zoudawn nuai ah “Integrated Residential Bridge Course Coaching Camp” Sinzawl leh Lungthul ah ana saita. Delhi Baptist Youth Fellowship (EBCC) in leng Zodawn siamsinna tundingna di’n May, 2009 in Project Nehemia tungtawn in nnasep ana panta.

Hiai toh kizui in, August 4, 2009 a phualpi’n Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008 a namkip; leh HRD minister Kapil Sibal in August 24 ni a gamsung a school board te a mathematics and science a di “core curriculum” kibang bawlkhiat a lunggulh thu a geen na liimnuai ah, “Sir Khual” in Zogam miallak khuavaak a puak kipahpihna in ZogamThuthang in amah houlimpihna, Munirka, Delhi ah August 24, 2009 in va nei hi. Delhi hong zinzual ahi. Amah thuzaak ut,a nnasep kipahpih leh kithuahpih ut bang i om zenzen leh 9856730781 ah hihtheih gige diing.

H O U L I M N A

ZogamThuthang: Athawn liauliau a Sinzawl naupang lai nana hilh a, kipahpih lua a houlim dia hongkuan ka hi uh. Bang in hiaibang a nnahoih seem dia honpi ahi deh aw.
Sir Khual: Eh, ana theikha uh maw?

Theikha e. Gamchih, chi zezen le, deengsuak neivoi.
Aw. Zodawn lam te ka awlmoh luatziak ahi. Khosakna lam ah neektawm zong, loubawl a neekzong ahitangpi ua, tulai bang a kialdiak laitak uh hi inchin. Pawl X tan beek a khua uah honzou thei le uh ka chi mahmah. Cl VII, VIII khawng zou a, Lamka hondelh chiang ua, amau lah naupang lai, siatna lah saang ahihchiah huaite a hong kibual baih uh eichu. Zodawn khote apan pawl 10 rizal chiang bang hong kilang ban leh chih huai lotel.

Thupi lotel! Hiai eive maw Zogam iitna diktak! Ahihleh, bangchi dan a amau te va theikhia e?
Sinzawl ah ka nuneu’ nau, Paukhanlun in sem inchin. Aman kha awl moh mahmah. Huailam a hilhdia honzawn ua, hilele ken Lamka a mi hilh nei ka hihchiang a, va kuantou theilou. Huchia, Paukhanlun tungtawn a ka hon theihkhiat ahi.

Amau te bangchidan in na hilh a leh?
Tutung chu a etkhiat photna dia ka sapsuk ahi. Bangtan a thei ua, bang dinmun a ding ahi ua, chih khawng theihna di leh board question paizia a hon matchiang na di ua hilh phot ka hi.

Hilhtouh nawn lai sawm maw?
January-February khawng in hilhnawn ka sawm.

Bangchi na sa? Lamka naupang te toh teh in bang a chi ua?
Ka gintak sang in a theizaw uh. Lamka a kai tampi khupzou di eive ua. A text bu khah hahsim zoulou deuh eidi ua aw, ka chi . A text bu mahmah ana simtan di'n ka geen a. Amau lak ah le a theibaih pawl, leh a theithei lou pawl a om thou ua. Huaichiah, a genhak kei ua, thu a mang thei mahmah ve ua. Lamka a skul khenkhat te sang bang a chu siamzaw tham uh himai. Maths ahihleh a dan om, science a chau ua. Amau own word a neuchik description piak haksa a sa uh. Hiai lampang ah chu Lamka a te a phakei uh, chih hi’nteh.

Alak uah a siamthei mahmah khat om inchin, huaipen bang hoihtak a a hon simtouh di deihsak huai mahmah.

Nang amau te athawn a theihna na guan ban a, neek di leh giahna bang ana pia chin a.
Hi, huai di mah a ka sapsuk ahi. Hilele, amau bang ki a kisuanglah zomah uh. Hiai kha kisuanlahna chi hihetlou hiveh aw. Kial mahmah ahih utoh, nek di leh tunna di tengteng ke’n ka sikvek di mah h’inchin. A hong omsung ua, a sung te un gotuai, malta, samphok leh meh di nengneng hon khaak lemlum ua, anntang bang le amau kham di khop, tam loulou hon kipuak unchin. Ka zohni ua a nu-le-pa te uh thuhilhna bang a naupang te'n ann hon neekpih uh. Huai lampang hon ngaihtuah kei le ule khawk hetlou hi a.

Hiai na thilhih, na sungkuan te’n a hon kithuahpih uhia?
Kithuahpih lotel. Ka pa bang in a hon lungluut pih mahmah a. Zin bang le ka paneu Biakmuan te toh ka kihawm uh ahi. Nidang pek apan ka pa’n, zindou chih khawng vualzawlna a a ngaih gige ahi.

Ahihleh, hiai pen kumteng a sutzop touh zel sawm maw?
Phakchiam khat nei ing a, huai ka phaakma sutzop touh zel ka sawm. Kum nih, kum thum tan bang, a kizom in result hoih taktak hon pokhe thei uhenla, first division bang, huaikhit chiah amau leh amau a khe un hong kiding khe thei le uh.

Nang kha Guite Kual apan a pawl X first division a zoukhe masa pen hi di neive maw. Bangchik kum, koi apan a le?
1992 a Hill Model High School, Singngat apan ana zou. Kei nung a 1995 a Douthanlun in Manipur pumpi a 5th position bang a hongpang inchin, huchia kha a trend khat hongpai tou om hiveh aw. Tua le, Zodawn lam te'n first division a zou zoulou di chihna thu om hetlou. Board exam avek un hong lohching uhenla, a school min un first division bang ah hong om le uh, huai in anuai ua te tha hon pe dia, huchia hong hoih toutou di ahi.

Ahihleh, Lamka zaang a nna nana sepkhaak dan hon gen sin dih le.
1999 a Foundation School, Bungmual ah sem pan ing a, extra class toh hihpih heehuu mai. Huaikum a avek ua hong lohching unchin, first division ah mi 8 bang om uh. Huainung tuni tan a hoihtak a paitou charchar uh, chih di ahi.

2000 a kei rehab ah omsuk ngal chi aw. Kumtawp lam a rehab ah naupang te, a uniform uh toh hongkuan uh. Ke'n le chain bulh kawm a ana hilh sukmai. Huai batch te tu in a career uah lohching pipi hita uh ahi. Khat bang in IIT apan zoukhia a.

Rehab ah le ana kihilh neive uai maw. Thupi mahmah e! Hiaithu gelhkhe le a poidiam?
Poilou e, ahi mah ahichia. Rehab ah kum sagih phial om ing a, kumteng naupang te a hongkuan gige uh.

Tulai in bangchi dan in tuition na hilh a?
Inn ah ziingkal 4.50am - 8.00am sung batch tuamtuam in class IX, X leh XI te ka hilh a, nitaklam chiah X toh XII te ka hilhzel.

Foundation School apat result hoihpi na hon piangkhe sak a, huainung na om nana ah naupang te’n a hon delhzui mai ua. Naupang leh nu-le-pa tamtak in na siamna a gengen mai ua.
A credit kha kei a di hilou, naupang te’ heutu, kumtawm a amau ana hilhte’ a di ahi zaw. Kei ziak hi zenzen lou. Khenkhat in, kei kei min khawng honlou om unchin, hilele, hiai kha team work ahi. Kei kia’ hih hilou.

Zodawn hi’n Lamka hitaleh, sinlai naupang hi in, midang hitaleh, khamtheih hih a kithang mahmah nguut a, aziak di hon zonkhiat sawm dih le. Hiai tungtang na muhdan himhim hon gen kawm lechin maw.
Singtang apat Lamka a skul hongkai, lawm hon nei uh chi aw. Hiai a lawmpolh te tungtawn ua khamtheih a piiluut a om tangpi ahi uh. Kou hunlai, OMPAPA haatlai hiven, kisual kithang petmah. Hon panpih di lawm i neih ngai. Huai i lawmte toh i kipolh chia a hih-hih uh hih ngai. Va hihkhaak louh theihlouh khat a om ahi. A hih leh a hih i hong kipawl tuah chiang a, kihih-hih kha. Tuchiang in ahihleh nidang dan in huchidan muhdi a om vak nawnkei a, hilele, khamtheih hih naupang pungtoutou zellai hi'n muhtheih a, poi lotel. Nopbawlna leh Christmas hongtung lelah, mi bangzah in khamtheih hon hihthak dia, chih a om.

Khamtheih zaw... A hihkhinsa te’ haksatna leh sihdan khawng muhnung a le tamtak in tawpsawm tuanlou. A hih pung toutou zel.
Amak a mak eichu, khamtheih in a hon thunun dan. Muhtheihlouh thil khat om eichu. Khamtheih in i ngaihtuahna avek a thunun himai. Daal zoh vual hilou ahi. Huaiziak a, a hihnai lou, leh a hong kipan thak sinlai te bang, chiam hetlou di leh hih hetlou di'n ka ngen ut.

Ahih nai hetlou te’n a hon hihlouhna di un bangchia panlaak hoih na sa?
Study hoihtak a bawl di. Student hong kipan thak te, dendrite, RP a hong kipan tangpi uh ahi. Hiai zuaktu te tung ah penalty khauhtak mai bawl di. Tulai in, Lamka ah NGO tuamtuam in khamtheih doudalna din (ana hihsa te panpihna din) pan a la ua, hoihlua. A hih nailou leh hihdia kisa panpan te, hihlou dia hilh/kawkmuh i mohpuak chiat ahi.

Sau i pialkhe man sim ua. Ahihleh, i gam khankhiatna di’n siamsinna mah poimoh hin na thei hia?
Hi lotel. Hoihtak a anuai apat pattouh di chu ahi. Hilele, ken ka awlmoh khat chu, Lamka a pawl XI sinna mun te mahmah ahi. Hiaithu tuma in article khat ka na gelh ta a.

Hon genchiang sin ve.
Lamka a higher secondary college te'n pawl XI sinlai te houbawl sim uh bang ka sa. Adiak a, maths kha hoih hilhlou ua thei ka hi. Tehkhinna dia, "trigonometry" bang poimoh lotel inchin, bulsuut pih di ahi. A zatna tam inchin. Tua, naupang te, a value khawng petop hang a, bangchi dan a huai value hongpiang khia ahia, chih khawng theihsiam sak ngai maw.

Eimah ve. Eimi te, maths kha kichau thei mahmah. Huaichiah, pawl XII tan a maths leh science la te bang, a tamzaw graduation ah arts lam a kiheiphei duamduam hang a. Kilunglut lou hia, kisiam theilou himhim, ahihke'h ahi di dantak a hilhkhaak ki a omlou, chihbang ngaihtuah theih dekdek a om.
Huai hi'nchin, Lamka a college te'n pawl XI, XII naupang te, hiaisang in a mathematics leh science uh hon awlmoh pih zawlai le uh chihhuai. A fee lah saang tham thou, deihbang a ginalou. Enve, gamdang a XI-XII zilman tamlua, eigam ah hoihtak a i puahhoih di uh hilou maw? Huai hileh, eite mah in kihamphat pih dia, polam mi te bang in le hon boh di ua, Lamka khopi "Zogam khopi" diktak hongsuak di ahi.

Kumteng a pawl XII science result suak i etchiang in, tamtak in lohchinna i ngah gige a, hilele, engineering leh medical entrance exam tuamtuam khawng a luttou zou di kivaang thei mahmah maw.
Hiai entrance exam na dia, pawl XI leh XII, adiak a XI sinlai te poimoh lotel inchin, college te'n nasatak a pan a laak uh ngai ka sa. Na chihbang ua, pawl XII khitchiang a entrance exam tam a tam, hilele huaite vaan a gah mah bang. Huaichiah, pawl XII khawng hih heehuu hang a, MIL leh subject dang, leh plus-minus tungtawn a pass khia, a thawm chu ngaih a ngaih. Hilele, i lohchinna te uh polaang lotel. Giklou. Tui pailou thei lua.

Ahihleh, atawpna di’n, tua Sinzawl naupang te lai na hilhna apan na muhkhiat bang ahi di?
Ka muhkhiat chu a heutute uh hahpan naa uh ahi, chih a naupang te apan a kithei. Ahitak in, hilhtu heutu te' hahpan leh panlouh a skul naupang te ah kithei mai ahi. A skul chairman pa bang in a hongveh kha a, naupang te' nu-le-pa te'n leng a tate uh laisiam di a deihsak mahmah uh. Ka gentaksa bang in, a hilh a nuam ua, a thei baih mahmah uh. Amau te ka hilhkhaak in kei ah lungkimna liantak a hon tun.

Zogam mial ah khua vak puak diing in, hong ging hi sapna aw tuni in, kua hiam kuan diing khuavaak puak diing Zogam ah, singdang omlou siamsin te loungal
~Rev Lian C Tawmbing

Paldai Luiguam Ah

"U Mung ei, kei ziak a maw hiai tantan na hongpai? Huai Paldai luiguam ah, zaanmial nuai a, na laitah diing kuan in, ka min, khatvei beek, hon na sam mah niteh maw..." chiin Niangbawi a kidiik hithit a.

Ni bel niam naikei mahleh Skul mual in a liahkhaak ziak in Mawngluikawi leh thuumna mual lak teng aliap dipdep a, akhang a Luipi zaang ahihleh nisa in a hai lai hi. "Welcome to Singngat" chih signboard kitaakna gei a duty post apan mei khu a leengtou viaiviai a, avang apat SBBL thaulawng nih in Mawngluikawi leh haanmual lam a kawk hi. Hiaimun ahihleh Lamka lam zuan diing gari te'n damtak a a zotna mun uh a tuntheihna diing ua thuumna a neih zeelna uh ahi.

Himahleh, huai November, 1997 nitaaklam khat a pai, gari leh asung a tuang Zomi te, damtak in a zotna mun uh a tungkei hial uh.

1997 phalbi kuan in Lamka lam paisuak theilou, Zodawn lam apan gari asawm a sim Singngat khua ah taang uhi. Zin kihawm a, innchih in a tawmpen in zin thum tan bang nei uhi. Akhen in 10. Lamka lam apan neek diing leh van atun nawnlouhna lah sawtta ahihchian nikhat a ann nihvei nethei te a hampha asuak uhi. Ani-ani in tiinsung a anntang kikoih te a kiam hulhul a, "anntang phaam" di phaamkhiat bang a lithuai mai. A leina di sum neite a din leng dawr ah van lei di atawm hiaihiai ta.

Atawp in gari taangte pii diing kawm in, IRB te’ veenbitna nuai ah supply ("control anntang" chia sim di) a hongtung hi. Huchiin, Zomi te' vangkhopi zuan in, tua November nitaaklam, AIR Imphal a Paite program kipat diing kuan in Mawngluikawi mual apan a hong taikhe ta uhi.

Huchiin, hiai tangthu a hong kipanta.

Leisiatna nai leh Leisiatna gamla mun te peel a a hong taisuk lai un, Niangbawi in a u Mung khelah tak in a ngaihtuahtuah mai hi. Suanmung in leng a ngaihnou' tuanna gari kizui diandian te a tummang matan uh ana gaal et tei a. Niangbawi' tuanna Tata lusan ah naakna diing awnglou phial in van toh mihing siat in a kisiat thoh uhi. Ama leh anung uah IRB te gari a tai a, alai ah nautaang pua gari 10 veel a kizui hi. Paldai zaang a hongtun chiang un diiphawmna daitak mai in amaute a honbuak pan ta. A lauhuai Haijang khua tung diing ahita ngaal ua. Huchiin, Sumchinvum te’ waiting shed atun un, Haijang te' duty post a kigaalmuh theita hi.

A khosung luutna gate uh kihong sa in ana om a, awl in a hongtai tou uhi. Lampi siik ah sou zum, hiam taktak a kiphut seuhsouh a, a duty post polam uapan kuamah a kimu theikei. Lamdang tak in khua a dai dikdek hi. Aak khuang nasan zaakdiing a omkei.

Thakhat in duty post sung apan thau a hong kikaap phungphung a. Gari baang te bang a kaap pailet pokpok a, a nungzaang khawng uah thautang a buur chorhchorh hi. Niangbawi’ gei a tupa' lu a kaap darh phuah ua, sisan in amah a per suah hi. A khuaktui a bo zoihzoih a, loh ngaihna theilou in akap hawhaw uhi. Meelma te, mualtung khawng a panmun fuhtak khohsa diam a ana om ahi ua, nuamtak in mipi te akaap ziahziah uhi. Khenkhat te gari apan a kitawm khia ua, Paldai lui lamzuan in a taisuk uhi. A tai zoulou te'n a ommun uah a sialpi vuahthuak topmai uh. Amau te adin a kihumbit theihna sun uh ahihleh alu uh akhut ua hum kawm a thuumna neih ahimai.

Thau ging leh naa sa a kikou husa leh mau huthut leh sisan luang zengzung kawm ah thuumna nei di'n amit uh a hon si ua, himahleh hakkiik ngei nawnlou thei dinmun a om ahihdan uh a kitheihna un amau ah lungmuanna a tunthei taktak tuankei.

IRB te lah meizial in a kibu khunkhun ua, thuk leng a thuk ngamkei uh.

Agaal apan thauging ana zaakchiang in Suanmung in om didan a thei zoukei. Niangbawi bang a chi deh aw? Thuumna mual apan mipi te'n a mulkimhuai "Haijang ambush" a etthoh mai uhi. Nupi te'n a kahkhum huphup ua, "Lawmlawm, a si gai di uh!" a chi ua, thuumna bang a neihsak uhi.

Pathian in Singngat taang taisan ta ahi diing.

Tangval hon a kikaikhawm ua, kuansuk mai a sawm uhi. Himahleh, heutu te'n a khou uh. "Zahngai ua! Zahngai ua!" Huchihlai in Suanmung, a captain form kilawm takmai a kithuam sa in a hongpai a, Defence Chairman pa a M-16 meithal in a honngiim hi.

“July 7 ni a mi 18 thah di leh khosung haal dia ana pekhia, i gamtatna teng honna daal gige, Major Nautiyal (32 RR) thah a kisawmlai in na honkhou ua, na thu uh ka na mang uh. Tu a na hon khouhnawn di uleh na tung ah ka thautang khah di ka hi," Suanmung in a chi gamgam hi. Haijang a meelma te sang in Lamka lam a heutute bang a mohsa zaw phial hi. "I kikawmtuahna uh honna khaaktan gige, Haijang khua bangziak a ana 'hahsiang' mailou i hi ua? Lamka a bit naak leh chi a Singngat lam te a nelhsiahna uh ahi ka hehna," chiin a haang motmot a.

Huchiin, Defence Committee te a kiheem khia ua, "tangval" te'n ma a honla ta uhi. Himahleh, operator pa simlouh "tangval" guk, huaibel, meithal guk lel a om laitak ahihziak in, Suanmung a beidong sim hi. Khosung tangval a kuan ut teng a samkhawm ua, a paidiing dan uh a hongeel khawm uhi. Paldai luiguam apan nawktou di, meithal nih kizui di, meithal khat in khosung tangval nga makaih di, kiiklam chiah Khamsiam' zaanglou buuk khang ah kingaak khawm di, a chi uhi. Ambush na a liam leh a suakta theite zong di pawl leng a seh ua, first-aid kit tawi toh innhaalna di zirigan tiin khai pawl toh, honching tak in a hong kuansuk dupdup ta uhi.

Muikhua ziing diing kuan, nidang a Niangbawi heeldia a kuankhiat hun bang ahita a, Suanmung' ngaih a pha thei mahmah kei. Gari a, "Damtak in aw, mangpha" a kichihlai uh khawng a mitkha ah a kilang thakthak hi. Singkung kawm a lengthe khuang tialtial loungal thawm dang zaak diing a omkei. A biri teep hu, khahkhe luahluah in tunglam a entou a, a mial mahmah a, aksi bangzah hiam a phe leplep uhi.

Paldai a hong tungsuk ua, set a hon uleh headquarter lam apan thu a hongtung hi. Gari te bel avek un taisuak thei ua, himahleh a si zah leh liam zah kithei nailou, mi 'hunkhop' kimlou, chih ahi. Luidung a hon zuitou ua, liam leh bai a om bangzah hiam a hontuak uhi. Suanmung in Niangbawi didan - nungak nou, puanak san silh, mizeen - a kanbawl chiang in a theikei uhi. Suanmung in bag leh puanthem, si baang niuniau khawng a honmu a, khat bang Niangbawi' puanak toh a kibang sim hi. Khua amial luat ziak in chiangtak in a mu theikei.

Niang, koi a om na hi hiam? Damtak in na tungsuk deh aw? Ahihke'h hiaimun a kei honna ngaak maw?

Suanmung adin a iit, Niangbawi' meel amuh nawnna diing lametna, gaal a Haijang duty post sung a meivaak kiukiau, huih in a muutliing derder, phe leplep, mitdia kisa bangmai ahita. A gam-le-nam leh Niangbawi adia a hinna pephal in, humpi neelkai haang bang in Paldai luiguam ah, huai zaan khomial nuai ah, a hong huumhaam ta hi.

Ka manta.

Huchiin, a panmun diing chiat a hon zuanta uhi.

Dai khipkhep a a omlai un Thangboi in naakpi in a veih a honteh dop a, a lawmte a kiguihsak hial hi. Zaan dak 9 geih agin in, Muansang in a G3 in deihthu in duty post a hon kaap a, a thawn zoihzoih hi. Langlam te ahihleh ana ngawi deedaw zezeen uhi. Duty post lam thautang a a kithehhuan touh lai un, thakhat in, a nunglam ua Sumchinvum mual apan, langlam te'n a hon hawtsuk dodot uhi. A tung ua singkung nah bang a pulh sungsung hial. Amalam ua Haijang leh apang ua Sumchinvum apan a hon beihsuk chiang un, a kuanlam te a buaisim pah uhi. Khenkhat, sou a va kidawt pilh kha bang a om nengnung ua, eek siik kha pawl toh, buai in a buai uhi.

Langlam te lah atam un akhauh mahmah uhi. Mualtung a hoihtak a kibawlsa, post a pang ahi ua, a kuanlam te bel, guamkeen lak a singbul, suangbul khawng beel ahi lel uhi. Khatlam te' thauhoih 20 diing khawng toh Suanmung te' a guk lel kibei ahi a, nasa kha tel e. Ahihziak in, Suanmung leh aheu te hi, thau kaap leh zat daan siam mahmah ngen ahihban uah, thautang a tamthei lam pua ahi ua, a lau tuan teuhkei uhi.

Dakkal nih sung khawllou a a hong kibeih nung un, khat kaapliam in a hong om uhi. Hichimai a luhzoh diing a batlouh ziak un, Suanmung in a pandaan uh a hon khenpih hi. Galvan tawilou teng Khamsiam’ zanglou a ana kinung tolh phot di'n thu a pia hi. Huchiin, thauhoih tawi teng a hongpang thak ua, nasatak in a hong kikaap tuah bobok nawn uhi.

Amau lah a naihtou thei nawnkei ua, langlam te'n lah a hawlkiik zou tuankei uh. Thauging vengvung, meithal tang leeng aam zotzot kawm ah, Suanmung in gaallam ah Niangbawi' aw za hi'n kithei hi. "U Mung, U Mung..." Ka manglam hia, a taktak? Adaak vuaivuai a, bangmah a mu theikei. Thakhat in Suanmung a dingtou a, "Na hon chou taktak uleh, pang ua! Bangmah theilou numei-naupang kaap sang in pasal leh pasal kibei ni," chiin a kikou hi. Hehzaak ta himai. Duty post a LMG tawipa omna mun hawt in a hawt tou hi. Muansang in kuun dia sawl in, a bohpai hi. Huainung teng LMG tawipa' thawm a kiza nawnkei.

A thautang uh akiam hiaihiai a, langlam te'n lah beihpi a hon suahkhum thakthak uhi. Huchih sung in ziinglam dak 2 bang a hon peelta. Langlam te'n amau uumkual dia hong kisakbawl uh ahi, chih Suanmung in a thei a, Muansang' kiang ah ana nungtolh khesuk mai di'n thu a pia hi. Amah zaw Niangbawi' kiang a pai din a manta.

Muansang in, "Nangla, Sir?" achihleh, "Kei zaw ngaihtuah ka ngaikei. Heute dam in inn ana tunpih lechin," chiin a dawng hi. "Hilou..." chia Muansang in adawn leh, "Ana pai ua ka chi. Kin!" chiin Suanmung in, a paamlam a kiboh phei in, a thau akaap zutzut ngaal hi. Muansang in leng thil omdan a theichiang mahmah; ai-anntah a pang mi khat omkei le uh langlam te'n avek ua umkual dia kisa ta ahingal ua. Zahtaakna lianpi toh a heutupa uh nusia in aguuk in a hong kikhiin kheta uhi.

Langlam te'n a heute’ kikhiin khiatna lam, a thaulawng uh a ngatlouh teitei na di un Suanmung in, a lehlam zuantou in thau ana gin hi. A bokvaak tou a, Haijang leh Sumchinvum kizopna lampi kaan thei in, mual lehlam pang ah a kumsuk hi. Siluang bangzah hiam ana kikham teltul atuak a. Huchih lai in, thakhat in a gil a hong savut a, a khuuk kikhep nolh in a puuksuk hi. A puanak akhoih leh sisan in ana depkawt dekduk a. Thohkhiat sawm mahleh, tha a nei nawnkei. A lu a kipei chuaichuai a, a aam a hai huaihuai.

Huchiin, a mit a hon sita.

Muansang te Paldai zaang a tun un kikaaptuahna thauging nasatak a za lai ua, himahleh haanmual a tuntouh tan un bel langlam' te husa kia a kizata. Suanmung' thau ging zaak diing a om nawnkei. Suanmung' thawm a daita.

Ni nih nung tan a leng Suanmung a hong kiiklouh chiang in damlai di’n a gingta nawnkei uhi.

Vangphat huaitak in, Niangbawi bel damtak in Lamka ana tungsuak thei hi. Mahleh, a U Mung’ tanchin a hon zaakchiang in thuak zoulou in a pindan ah a hongkap huphup hi. “U Mung ei, kei ziak a maw hiai tantan na hongpai? Huai Paldai luiguam ah, zaanmial nuai a, na laitah diing kuan in, ka min, khatvei beek, hon na lou mah niteh maw...” Ama a din hinman om a sa nawnkei. Akhut a atawi, Voice of Churachandpur (sic) Evening Post simzom theilou a, mittui in amit a tup vuung dildel lai in, Muansang a hongpai a, "Kin a kin in Lamka College ah vapai ni, thilkhat k'on etsak ut,” a va chi hi.

Lamka College sung ah damlou keem in nurse te ana kivei zatzat ua, a siik khat ah pasal khat gulkaws kikhai a om kiang ava zuan uhi. Agei a tuntak un Niangbawi in “U Mung… U Mung lah na hi a,” chiin a hong kikou khekha zezen a, a mittui a hongpawt zoihzoih hi. Agei ah ava tu a, awl in amai a va zawt thiamthiam hi.

Bangtan khua phawklou a om ahia, chih Suanmung in a theikei. Amit a hon hahkhiat leh agei ah Niangbawi ana tumawk a, lamdang a sa mahmah.

Huchiin, a hong kitawp ngoihngoih uhi.


© vaphualization june 23, 2009 | Thiltung taktak pansan, iitna tangthu phuahtawm ahi. Hilele, a ni pen kitheichiang chiah nawnlou. November, 1997 dia hisaap. Min kizang kha te’n geen neilou ahi aw. And, special thanks to Muan @Zogam.com, for the twisted plot.

Singngat MCA Project (2005-2009): My Letter to the Editors of TSE & IFP

It is Singngat. Officially it was Singhat. And now, it's Thinghat.

A report on The Sangai Express

Sports facility inaugurated
Imphal, June 04 2009: GOC 57 Mountain Division Maj Gen Shakti Gurung today handed over the third phase of the Thinghat Model Village which includes a football stadium and sports centre, to the people. The Model village constructed under the military civic action project is said to be a dream project of the then Army Chief General JJ singh, who had himself inaugurated the first two phases of the project in June 2006, according to a PIB (DW) release adding that with the completion of the third phase the entire model village project under 'Op Sadhbhawna' has been materialised. In the first phase, boys and girls hostel and vocational training centre were developed with the second phase initiatives covering renovation of the community hall, water harvesting, supply scheme and provision of books for the library, the release informed. Maj Gen Shakti Gurung, a keen sportsman himself, during the handing over speech reportedly urged the locals, especially the youths to utilize the facilities in honing their sporting talent in addition to expressing hope that the remote village will someday be able to produce sportsmen of national and international repute. The GOC also kicked off an inter-village football tournament organised by the 30 Assam Rifles to commemorate the occasion.

A report on The Imphal Free Press

GOC hands over model village
Imphal, June 4: The GOC 57 Moutain Division, Major Gen. Shakti Gurung today handed over the third phase of the Thinghat Model Village, Military Civic Action Action Project to the Locals, informed a press statement issued by the PIB Defence Wing.

It said that developing insurgency torn Thinghat as a model Village was the dream of the Ex- Army Chief, General JJ. Singh, who had earlier inaugurated the first two phases of the project in June 06. the statement further said that with the completion of the third phase of the rpoject, the entire model village project under ‘Op Sadhbhawna’ has been completed. In the first phase Boys and Girls hostel and vocational Training centre were developed and in the second phase Reonvation of the community hall, water, harvesting, supply scheme and provision of books for the library were carried out stated the released.

It further stated that the GOC, VSM a keen sportsman himself, while handling over the third phase, which includes a football stadium and sports centre, urged the locals, especially the youths to utilize the facilities to hone their sporting talent and expressed hope that the remote village would someday be able to produce sportsmen of national and international repute. The general also also kicked off the inter village football tournament which was organized by the 30 Assam Rifles to commemorate the occasion said the statement and added that the locals expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the GOC and Commandant of the 30 Assam Rifles for their unfettered support to the village of the Thinghat sub-subdivision and promised unflinching supports in defeating the menace of insurgency and bring back normalcy to the area.

Here's my letters to the editors of the two papers.

Dear Sir,

This is in reference to the June 5, 2009 news report, “Sports facility inaugurated” regarding a PIB release stating that the entire model village project under 'Op Sadhbhawna' has been materialised in Thinghat [“GOC hands over model village” regarding a press statement issued by the PIB stating that the Thinghat Model Village, Military Civic Action Project is completed]. Well, I guess this report must be talking about Singngat. I really don’t know since when it became Thinghat. Some go as far as to call it Singhat. Let the authorities please take note that it is, and always, Singngat.

I want to take this opportunity to thank the Ex-Army Chief, General JJ Singh for his vision, dream and humanitarian work he has done for the people of Singngat. Also I would like to thank the Army for wiping militants the hell out of Singngat and for restoring peace and stability in the area. And I want to thank them for promoting social progress and development through this MCA project in this far-flung corner of the world, Singngat, which had long been seen merely as a political battlefield to capture loyal votes by politicians. Surely, the Army has outperformed the politicians here.

Launched in 2005, the Singngat MCA project proposed to invest Rs. 2,78,50,000 over the next three years or so on human resource development, educational enhancement, women empowerment and infrastructure development. Some of the components of the scheme have been implemented but, most of them are at best an unfinished agenda. It is the people’s wish that the Army continues to do the good work of completing the unfinished tasks, at the same time maintaining the finished projects so that Singngat could, in reality, serve as a springboard for empowering the untouched, but unquiet hills beyond. This, I think, has been the cherished dream of Gen JJ Singh.

Sincerely,

Haumuanlun Samte

The Sangai Express publishes my letter on June 11, 2009:

‘Singngat not Thinghat or Singhat’

Sir,
This is in reference to the June 5, 2009 news report, “Sports facility inaugurated” regarding a PIB release stating that the entire model village project under ‘Op Sadhbhawna’ has been materialised in Thinghat. Well, I guess this report must be talking about Singngat. I really don’t know since when it became Thinghat. Some go as far as to call it Singhat. Let the authorities please take note that it is, and always, Singngat.

I want to take this opportunity to thank the Ex-Army Chief, General JJ Singh for his vision, dream and humanitarian work he has done for the people of Singngat. Also, I would like to thank the Army for wiping militants out of Singngat and for restoring peace and stability in the area. And I want to thank them for promoting social progress and development through this MCA project in this far-flung corner of the world, Singngat, which had long been seen merely as a political battlefield to capture loyal votes by politicians. Surely, the Army has outperformed the politicians here.

Launched in 2005, the Singngat MCA project proposed to invest Rs 2,78,50,000 over the next three years or so on human resource development, educational enhancement, women empowerment and infrastructure development. Some of the components of the scheme have been implemented but, most of them are at best an unfinished agenda. It is the people’s wish that the Army continues to do the good work of completing the unfinished tasks, at the same time maintaining the finished projects so that Singngat could, in reality, serve as a springboard for empowering the untouched, but unquiet hills beyond. This, I think, has been the cherished dream of Gen JJ Singh.

Yours faithfully,

Haumuanlun Samte
Editor, ZogamThuthang
(A Zomi SMS news service)

Outer Manipur's New MP: Thangso Baite

Thangso Baite is the new MP from Outer Manipur. Well, congratulations! I honestly don't know how well he will fare this time round. I wrote this piece in Manipur's leading papers when he was an MLA. Let me paste here just for the sake of update!


Just Where is Thangso Anyway?
AS THE WHIRLING wind of the legislative assembly election starts blowing, stories of ministers promising hefty developmental funds and distributing the popular ‘red shawls’ among the deserved lots begin to do the rounds this time over again. I fail to grasp the reason why this hullabaloo has to wait all these four years only to be revived now. And at the end of every five years, the same old story continues.

They said this is politics, this is Manipur. And worse, this is outer Manipur. I hope I don’t get that wrong.

When I was a small school kid, I dreamt of becoming a politician one day. I could see just how mighty politicians were, with myriad of ‘yes’ men hovering around, and a substantial amount of money at their disposal. They were being venerated as idols and everywhere they went, they carried the airs of a celebrity. Oh, how I wished I could become one someday! However, this perception began to drift away as time went on. Be it politics or politicians themselves. We were told that ‘politics’ is the art and science of governance, and that government must be people-oriented, transparent and efficient. But from our own experiences we come to learn that politics is a dirty game, an arena of the struggle for power and more powers. And the essential qualities for any political system like people-orientation, transparency and efficiency don’t seem to find their place in the present state of affairs. Politics tend to be considered as a mere means of securing income. Or let me put it quite this way: it is a means of occupation. Now, this is the politics of Manipur I am talking about. This is how politics has been played in Churachandpur. You grab it, you have it, and you want to have more.

Singngat happens to be one of the most devastated arenas where political gladiators – using ethnicity as a political tool to mobilize support and gain power – are engaged in a real mortal combat. Their games are pretty high, played by maverick players. With eyes wide shut, the people followed the path laid by the leaders at any cost, to any extent, and in the process they went too far without knowing the fact that an iron curtain had descended across them marking a wide communal divide. The rule is clear here. You are a Paite, go for him. You are a Zou, go for him. You are a Thadou, go for him. Perhaps, that day isn’t too far when the ‘go’ gets changed to ‘kill’. (Hey, that thing happened once or twice in the past, right?)

From Gouzadou to Thangkhanlal down to N. Zatawn, et seq., I had watched them grace social functions, misleading the public with ornate promises which were never really realized. They emanated supreme control over the hypnotized crowd who were swaying and applauding with the promise of a better tomorrow, and of building Singngat into a kind of "New Jerusalem." Their motives were to garner vote banks. Just that. When the results were out and all things said, the newly elected MLA zoomed down the Imphal valley reneging on the promises he had made to the people. But long after the excitement died down, the innocence still lingered in the minds of the people. And they still continued to hope that their representative would, somehow, make a noble appearance once again to shower upon them the light of the new age he had articulated sometime before with fervid eloquence.

Their wait seemed to last an eternity.

Nothing has changed. Singngat still lays a moldering ruin. In fact, the 1997 ethnic clash has left a clear mark on these once beautiful, serene Singngat highlands - dark and deep. Through this day the people of Singngat, who are now scattered across the globe, still recall with fond memories the good old days when peace and tranquility prevailed. Life was so good and the town was prospering exceedingly well, with different ethnic people living together harmoniously. Oh, but those were days never to be seen again.

A decade has passed. Yet the breaking of the dawn is still a far cry for the poor Singngatians. Apparently, they are lying low awaiting the return of better times. Here I am, lost in reverie, looking out over a now-turned-into-a-small-hamlet so quite and still and dark it could well have been a sort of post-apocalyptic. And the words on the street are clear. Empty. Desolate. Neglected. Abandoned. The government machinery has completely collapsed and there is little, or no, sign that this place is part of the Indian state. Gone are the days when well-equipped doctors and nurses attended to patients under the sprawling expanse of the hospital building in downtown Singngat. The building is now a little more than a colossal wreck, standing in a forgotten corner, slowly wasting away as time goes by. The Singngat SDO office complex had given out long ago and the office guys had been working somewhere in New Bazar, the heart of the district headquarters for quite sometime. The situation now begins to improve a bit. But the SDC, who is in-charge of the office, still continues his oh-so-religious trait. He seems quite reluctant to miss the Sunday worship services at home. I am wondering what future has in store for those poor students whose school – the Singngat Govt. High School – had been occupied by the Army though it may seem a fringe benefit for the teachers working there. And the people would call it their lucky day when doctors made an occasional fleeting visit, that too once every two months or so.

Obviously something is wrong somewhere. But in the end who gives a damn anyway? Water scarcity and dilapidated Singngat-Lamka road condition had been grappling the people of Singngat since time begun. I am aware of the hardships people have to undergo in fetching water to as far away a tiny stream as over one to two kilometers, everyday, which is flowing in barely more than a trickle. I am aware of the overwhelming fear and uncertainty that is running through their minds when people take a bus ride down Tedim Road, especially during the rainy season. Through this day, the infamous ‘Zezaw tou’, the most terrible part of the Tedim Road stretch, continues to haunt travelers using the roadway. Just imagine how the bus fares between CCPur-Imphal (over 60 kms.) and CCPur-Singngat (barely 30 kms.) could be the same. But their deafening voices are unheard, their dying cries are disregarded.

Meanwhile, Thangso Baite, the constituency’s MLA, resurfaced on the limelight recently after having been hibernating for years, with a far different reason. While the people are wailing with a soulful anguish over their condition, the MLA seems just as interested in conferring meritorious awards to the successful first class candidates of this year’s HSLC examination from within the constituency. And that too within the comforts of his posh home in Lamka. His passionate interest in education may be attributed to his having an MA degree and his serving as the principal of Christian English H/School in Sugnu in the early eighties. In the meantime, 22 villagers of the sub-division are being incarcerated somewhere deep within the Myanmar’s military regime. The safe return of these men to their loved ones depends entirely on the diplomatic policy of the MLA, only if he is still the same ‘master strategist’ as he had been in the 2002 election. In some way, his assumption of power quite reminds me of the way Benito Mussolini rose to power way back in 1922.

After having been elected as the MLA, Mr. Baite has made just two visits to his constituency till date. That’s a whole four-year period. The fact is that he just made occasional noises to demonstrate that he is still there, somewhere, chilling out. The first visit was in early 2004 and the last one was in April 23, 2005 as part of the CM team, where the CM laid the foundation for a 33 kV sub-station in Singngat. And everybody knows that the project wouldn’t be completed till the foundation stone withers away. Yet, the Singngatians still have a reason to smile amidst the hype. During the recent Assembly session, Shri Devendra Singh, the then Works Minister, in an answer to a question posed by the MLA, announced that – a whopping – Rs. 112.04 lacs has been spent in Churachandpur to Singngat road construction for the last three years. Plus, the CM, on the occasion of the Congress Workers’ Meet held in Lamka on June 10, 2006 said that a sum of Rs. 2.5 crores has been sanctioned on Singngat-Lamka and Lamka-Sugnu roads combined.

And now all I can ask is just what the hell are the CM and the Works Minister talking about? The above-mentioned amounts could nowhere be seen in the entire 30-km stretch of road from Lamka to Singngat. Where has Thangso Baite been all these years? Perhaps, if he made just one last appearance to the people of Singngat and see their conditions with his own eyes, that would sure bring a sigh of relief to the people, even if it’s for a fleeting moment. The people, bogged down by neglect, deprivation and hopelessness over the years surely know not to ask for more. Just one more visit and they would gladly clap their hands. And he would, perhaps, win his second term hands down.

© copyright vaphualization june 17 2006

Lungzen - II

S Pauginmuan toh Chingmuankim Shoute ahihleh eimi laa siam ka na ngaihsaang gige ahi. Zogam.com adia ka na interview apan mimal in ka hong kithei uhi. Nna ka hon sepkhawm patna uh ahihleh ka na gelh "Tuunnu Zolei" (Mamuan Khuptong & Chingmuankim Shoute in SIMAS 2007 a asak uh, a video a kibawl man ma a a mp3 ana kithehzaak manta!) laa ka honkhum uapan ahi. Hiai “Tuunnu Zolei” laa kha, Lun Thawmte in a thunon’ kaih a bawl, Sonmual Valte in music bangkim a bawl ahi.

March kha lak in sava neuchik khat ka kiang ah a hongboh a, "Chingmuankim Shoute in khanawn a pasal nei di eive," chiin a honhilh hi. Kare, laa kibawl man nawnlou di eive maw, ka chisim a. Nidang in, laa khum di'n ka na sawlsek a, "Hongelh lechin k'on sak sak di," a honchi zeel hi. Omna mun tuam, innlam paihun kituak kha ngeilou ahihman in ka thilsawm uh a taangtung thei ngeikei.

Huchiin, March kaaltawp veel in khatvei ka fawn a.
“Thil khat k'on ngen aw?"
"Aw. Bang a?
"Laa khat bawl le eivele. Na nungak hunsung a na sak tawpna din."
"Aw, tham e. Nang hon chih ahih in chu."

Huchiin, U Muan (Pauginmuan) ka fawn a, hiaithu ka hilh ta. "A laa thu hon khaak lechin, ka na bawl di uh," a honchi hi.

Laa gelhsa lah a kinei mai kei a, bang lampang gelh di ahi dia, chiin ka buai mahmah. Pathian laa va gelhdia lah "kha" in honpi zou kisa taktak (nai)lou. Gamngaih laa gelhdia lah, i gamngaihna dau gawpta - ei' iit a kaannatna om hetlou ahihdan muchian lotel ta iset kaa. Huchiin, khoveel a tuailai te' lungluutna pen iitna thu mah gelh ahoih e, ka hon chi ta. Article hunkhop ka na gelhta a, gamngaihna thu bang, galbuai lai a a haksatdan bang, gam leh nam vai bang, khotang vai, Zodawn hehpih huai ahihdan bang, leh itna tangthu khawng. Hiai ka gelhsa te' lak ah itna tangthu te mah in mi hiip pen a, simtu te'n kipahpih zaw ua, comment bang tampen ka muhkiikna himawk inchin. Ka journal lui te ka hon pheen a, English poem nalh ka sak leh eipau mah a ka na gelhkhiat sa te ka hon pholhkhia hi. Nidang, chile 2001-2 veel in ka khua uah Pu L Nengkhothang' kiang ah pupa laa tuamtuam ka na dongsek a, aman a hon sa daldal zeel hi. Huaite kha ke'n ana gelhkhe zeel. Lungleen laa a hon sakkhat ah, "Chikleh sawlbang bang diam aw, lia lungzen aw," chih omkha hiveen, huai a "lungzen" thumal pen nalh ka na sak gige ahihtoh, huai pansan in iitna laa ka hon remkhawm panta hi. Hiai Pu Nengkhothang' lasak, a khonung in Pu Zamzachin' laibu bawl, "Paite Tanchin" ah "Loulam La/Huihnung La" chi a tuangkha ahihdan ka hon musuah hi.

Bangziak a hiaiteng hon gelh ka hia, i chi maithei. Kei-leh-kei hong ki-pump puak ka hikei a, himahleh igam ah itna laa gelh leh itna tangthu gelh te'n ana thuak gige uh, mite'n a muhdan uh leh a koihdan uh, thei lotel ka hihman a hong kigenchian ka hi. Itna tangthu gelhte bang, i lailam khanna dia a thilhih uh phawkpih lou in, "a zei" i hisak ua, huaimah bang in, itna laa gelhte "mi lungleng, hopeless romantic, vuallel" i hisak uhi. Album a kibawl chiang bang in, Pathian laa phuak te, a min uh taaklat zel himahleh, zawl laa phuakte' min taaklat ahingei kholkei. Mite'n hon nuihzabawl na di phet uh, chi a aphuak te'n a min uh taaklang ngamlou le ahimaithei. Himahleh, ken bel hiai ka chi: ipau-ihaam khansakna di'n tamseem in zawl / saanneem / itna / lungleen / lawm ngaih laa phuak touzeel ni. Angmalas, Emty Shoute, P Suan, ST Hauzel, DK Khuptong chih te khawng a phu bang uh theihpihna leh pahtawina piaktuak uh ka sa.

Laa kha, kei' theihna kia in daihlou ahihman in U Jon Naulak in naaktak in a hon huh hi. Gelhzoh ahih in U Muan ka SMS suk a, aman Chiengkon a H Kailalmuon akaih ana bawlsak hi.

A kaih bawlzoh hita, a track le kibawlzou ta, fawn tungtawn a bang a paidan kingai sak ta. Huchihlai in, "Lungzen s- I" a i geenvak, "zawl laa vs Pathian laa" kaal a buaina in a honnawk piansim hi. Hiaiziak in maw, i nam pumpi'n iitna laa mawitak mai nei di lai i chaan mai di, chiin ka kidong tuaituai hial hi. Atawp in, "Hiai laa ahihleh i soft power khansakna'ng peetmah a bawl ahi," chiin ka hong haanchiam thak uhi.

April 17, 2009 4.30 pm in U Muan in, "Laa ka khumlel uh," chiin a hon SMS keuh hi. Ama' kiang a a khum uh ahi. Ka fawn a, U Kim' kiang ah, "U Kim, va pai biambiam chi aw?" ka chihleh, "Hi, va pai biambiam keivoi. Ka thumang thou maw," chiin a hondawng hi. "Thumang tak na hi, kisuanlah huai rumrum zezen aka!" ka chi a.

Huchiin, hiai "Lungzen" laa khumzoh a hong hita.

Video le bawlngaal ka lunggulh uhi. Lawmnu lah April 23 a a kiteenna adia pumbuai hita. Nitaak khat khawng a inn uah -- alawm-avual, a innveng leh inndongta teng a omkhawm nuainuai lai un -- video camera, a stand toh light sytem toh bang toh va kipoluut luailuai maile eive, U Muan toh ka kichi ua, hilele haihuai deuh a hongbat ziak in ka tawpkiik thak uhi. Buaina te le tuam thei lozeen a!

Hiai "Lungzen" laa ka gelhthu a kigenkhak chiah, mite' hon dot masak pen hiai ahi: "Kua na phuahkhumna a?" Kuamah ka phuahkhumna ahikei. Ngaih Anglai OST a "Toupa Hun Tawmnou" phuahtu Evan Lang Do Khup, A-I-D-S natna vei a sih diing ngaak a om ahi zenzen kei, a suangtuahna apan hiai laa ahon gelhkhiat ahi. Iitna thugelh, iitna tangthu phuahtawm khawng a kigelh theih leh bangdia iitna laa gelh theilou tuan di, chi utdan keichu.

Chingmuankim Shoute in 2007 a, huaile hun sawttak nung a hilai, “Tuunnu Zolei” laa ahon sakkhaak cheuh bawn mite’n hichituk a kipahpih ua - Delhi a mi khenkhat te’n a a kipolhlimna ua ana laampih theih uh laa bang hi a, Hiangtam Lamka te bang in a laam kidemna khat a dia ana zang ua, i gintaak louhlouh khawng in a fawn ua ana play kauhkauh uh hisaam inchin – hiaibang a eimi nungak aw hoihnei, a aw paammaih lua hilou hiam, chihna ziak a hiai “Lungzen” laa piankhiat sak chu ahideuh ve. Huaichiah, i soft power khansakna'ng.

Sumsuahna dia bawl ahihlouh ziak in, a video a hong om chiah (a omdi leh) phalna la selou a teisawn, laaksawn leh kipiaksawn phal ahi aw. Ahia, ngetnop khat k'on nei. Mabaan ah hiaibang a athawn a hawmkhiat dia bawl hilou, i laa te, kuaman aguuk in teisawn nawnkei le. Hiai itna laa ahihleh Chingmuankim Shoute in ama' utthu a Pauginmuan toh a honsak ahikei. Nget leh zot a a omziak ahi. Zawl laa sak sia hi a ngai a, mohsa ut i om zenzen leh a sa te mohsa lou in, a gelhtu, kei hon mohsa zaw un. Period.

Lungzen Preview Peetmah
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S Pauginmuan & Chingmuankim Shoute
Lungzen
Written by Haumuanlun Samte
Music by S Pauginmuan
Tune by H Kailalmuon

[W A R N I N G: Hiai "Lungzen" laa ahihleh lungleen laa peetmah ahi. A ngaikhate'n khat vei ngaihna a nalh pahlou, i ngaihngaih leh hongnalh dedeuh a chi uh. Saap laa, rap, rock leh metal lam ngainate adia chu "Lungzen" ah ngaih di omlou didan ahi.]

Lungzen - I

Kua' Soft Power in Lamka khopi' lung azen a?

2000 kum a S Pauginmuan leh Chingmuankim Shoute in Siallouh Vangngaih II album a, "Nihgel Itna," "Hon Heisan Ke'n," leh laa dang ana sakkhawm nung un, tu in, kum kua vingveng a kiveiliam nung in, a hong kimuhkhawm nawnna diing un a comeback single uh "Lungzen" a honsa uhi. April 17, 2009 a kikhum ahi. A video om nailou. Hiai "Lungzen" ahihleh, Angel Tongsuah Kilawm - Chingmuankim Shoute' hong kiiknawnna laa hinapi in, amah' ngaina tute mangpha ahon khaakna laa a hongsuak maita. Iitna laa a amah ngainatu te.

Laa leh Tumging
Laa leh tumging in thilhihtheihna thuuktak a nei. I kipah, phuur, heh, lungkham leh lungleen hun chiang in a hon kithuahpih thei hi. Ging kilawm, luang hialhial in i lungleen hun in a hon ompih a, i dah hun in a hon kahpih thei. Huaimah bang in, ging kilawm in a hon su thathou a, kipaak in a honlaam sakthei zeel. Atak a i tun theihlouhna gam a hontun pih hi.

Nidang in ka Pu Lal (Thangbiaklal) in a pindan sung ah, guitar tumkawm in Lengtong Pauno leh V Siampu' laa te khawng, leh ama' a te a sa vongvong sek a, agei a va tu in a ka va ngaikhe zeel hi. Zawichik in a guitar a saai a, a mit a si a, nuam a sathei telmai. Ama' sang mah in ken nuam ka na sa zaw abang. Mahleh, a laa te a khumtheih ma in sihna haanmual a hon liamsan ta. Tuni tan in leng guitar ka letkhak chiang in ana saksa laa te ka sa lailai.

Delhi ah, innlam pai hongtung thak te kiang a kidong masa zeel hiai ahi: "Laa thak a om hia?" Eimi laa thak duh a kidangtaak hi penmai. "Om mahmah kei. Mizo laa ngen kithang!" Zanlam a ka lawmte khat' fawn ka etsak leh, saap laa toh Mizo laa ngen a dim a. "Bangziak a eimi laa khatle na koihlouh tel e?" ka chihleh, "Eimi laa koihtaak a om saam a!" honchi hiau zezen. "Eimi laa te a kaih nalhlou theilua."

Eimi laa te nalhlou chih pen ka pom. Himahleh ei' aa sang a midang te' laa, i khopi a a hong kithanzawk sek pen in a hon hih susuih ka chi! Hiaitak ahi "soft power" a hongluutna.

Soft Power
Soft power ahihleh thagum zanglou a, mi zohna ahi. Harvard University professor Joseph Nye in gamkhat' soft power hiaite ah a kinga a chi: a culture, political values leh foreign policy. Hiai thilthum te, midangte' adia etlah huai thei di a i phoukhiat siam chian i soft power khang a hong himai hi. Khoveel ah US' thahaatna kuama'n a chou ngamkei. Gam 130 vaal ah a sepaih te a koih a, khenkhat te adin huathuai mahle uh, American culture hi, khovel mite' etsaang pen ahi. A tawndaan leh hihna uh mite' kiang a a zuakkhiatna di'n MTV leh Hollywood in pan poimoh tak a la. Hiai ah politics hilou in culture leh popular media lam i geen zaw diing. 2007 in Chinese President Hu Jintao in 17th Communist Party Congress ah China in a soft power a haatsak seem poimoh ahihdan a geen hi. Kum tamlou paita in US$6.6 billion hithet bei in, a gam solkal' media nih, CCTV and Xinhuanet a puahpha uhi. Confucius Institutes a pankhia ua, huai tungtawn in Chinese culture, khoveel ah a thehdalh sawm uhi. Huaimah bang in, UK in British Council, Swiss in Pro Helvetia; leh Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal te'n Goethe, Cervantes, Dante Alighieri, Gulbenkian chih te a nei diudeu uhi.

Tulai in Lamka ah, beauty contest-na bang om henla, a telte' kiang ah,"Koi gam ah na zin utpen?" chih dotna kibawl ta leh, Switzerland khawng hinawnta lou in, avek phial un, "South Korea" a chi ngei diing uh. Arasoiyo? Tangval nou, Burmese rappers ngaisang te bang Mandalay, Yangon chihkhawng ah va zin ut maithei eive ua.

India bang in le, akiim a gamte kiang ah a soft power hu naaktak a zaap eingal ve. Adiak in, Bollywood leh a TV soap opera te tungtawn in. Indian diplomat, politician leh laigelhmi Shashi Tharoor in hichiin a geen, Damascus ah a President pa' uh lim tuk a lian, kholai a atun vialvual uh omsun, Amitabh Bacchan' aa ahi. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi bangchu, asuahlai a, Afghanistan nupi te'n ana haichilh hial dan uh ahi. Ngaihtuah mah, AR Rahman in a "Jai Ho" laa tungtawn a bangzah ta a India hihna khoveel' kiang a zuakkhia ahi di?

Eigam ah enta le, Lamka bang, unau Mizo te' soft power in a zou mahmah. Naupang pauthei tuung te nasan in Mizo laa sa hitel hang a. Cable TV te ah Mizo laa ngen phial kikhah, kholai ah le Mizo laa ngen phial kiza himai. I biakna laa te bang le amau' aa apat lehsawn vek phial eive maw.

Kum bangzah hiam paita a "Hmelthra" leh "Ikaina" laa te a hong kithan lai in, Frontier Weekend editor Pauzagin Tonsing in Mizo leh Meitei te, media lam a Lamka khopi a hong kituhdan uh ana gelh ngeita. Blogger Carey Suante in Lusei (Mizoram) leh Tedim (Chin State, Burma) te, koipen in Lamka influence zaw hiam, chih dotna a bawl hi. Tedim lam apat hong kipan laa leh tumging te'n Lamka a deeng masa pen ua, huai in kholak pau nasan ana thunun zou; himahleh tulai in, Burma sang in Mizoram, gam etlah huai zotham ahihna toh, Mizo in naaktak in Lamka a influence ta, chi hi.

Lamka huihkhua a Paupu, The Hero a cheetdaan maimai lou khat ahi. "Hauhde, mu talawm lou ii, tahtah maw lawm, theitalouh," chih te khawng Lamka kholak pau vantang a hongsuak hi. "Mauna Ngen" laa bangchu hit peetmah maw. Sumpi (Sumpandi)' aa te le duur himai. Ama' chiamnuih te tungtawn in, i pau leh thumal hauhsakna tamtak phorhkhiat in a hong om hi. "A'ihbang, am set hang, akei mawhhh, hroih-hroih, lalat," chihte khawng akua-akua in kizang kheukhou mai. Huaichiah Buukpi pau: Apoisekei, a good di, houh kei d'i, ziang in e, leh adg dg.

Tu in, Lamka khopi apan khoveel polam' muh din i soft power baantha i zalhkhe zou saam hiam, chih i kidot ma in, i khopi sung mahmah ah, bangtan ah i soft power huu i zaapbaan a, chih kidong le. I niteng, kaalteng leh khateng tanchinbu te mite' hon simsak di'n i thehzaak zou hia? I thugelh te, i laibu bawlte, i tangthu phuahtawm gelhte midang te' lungluut didan in i gelh siam hia? I gam ah kua te lai a siam pen un kua te'n vai a hawm ua? Kua te kimawl a siam pen uh? Kua te khutsiam-silbawl lam ah a kiva pen ua? Kua te' lemchiin a etnop pen dia? Kua te a meelhoih biik uh? Cable TV te ah kua te laa a paimun pen? Kua te' laa a siam pen uh? Ahihkeh, i music video bawl te mi te'n et taak a sa diing uam? Ipau-iham, i tanchin, i thilchiin, i tangthu, i thugelh, i lagelh, i laibu, i khutsiam-silbawl, isiam-ipilna, imeel-ipuam leh i laa te'n midang te a hiip hia, chih kiveel a poimoh. Huchiin, mite' lungsim i zohtheihna din, tua atung a i geente naktak in khansak seem sawm ni.

Zawl Laa vs. Pathian Laa
February kha in innlam apan mikhat in, "Vungthiankim in zawl laa sa nawnkei heh, chih ZogamThuthang ah honna suahsak in," chi in a hon SMS hi. Lehlam ah, ke'n chu Thiankim in Kapno toh "Nihgeel Itna" laa honsak uh, kipahpih peetmah himai. I khopi a kithang cheelchuul midangte' laa muutmang duak dia hiaibang a iitna laa nalh hong kisa khia, chilam in ka la daihmai a. ZogamOnline.com in Lelte Award a laakzoh a a hiai tungtang a dotna ah, Thiankim in, "Mi khenkhat te'n zawl laa ka sakziak in mohsakna kampau bang ka za a, a lehlam tak ah hon kipahpih le om thou," chi hi.

Zogam.com in September, 2007 a a houlimpihna ah S Pauginmuan in hichiin geen: "Honbawl tu phatna Pathian laa ahihleh a sathei teng in chihtakna toh i sak di mah ahi. Zawllaa ahihleh mihing leh mihing kaal ki-iitna laa lel zaw ahi. Himahleh, iittheihna leh ngaihtheihna mihing kia lou, ganhing tanpha in leng a nei chih i thei. Iittheihna leh ngaihtheihna nei ngei dia Pathian bawl i hihna uah, laa a va sakkhiak bang a siatna a om a?"

"Zawl laa kilawmlou, a uang deuh, a khawkdeuh a omtham a, hilele kilawm taktak le tampi a om. Philia, Agape lam deuhte ahih leh ahoih a, Eros lamte bel innsung ah ngaih/sak dia kilawm lah deuh abang," chiin Chingmuankim Shoute in a interview-na khat ah ana geen ngeita.

Eilak ah zawl laa sak, khelhna bang a ngai hial tamtak i omlai man un a poi mahmah. Ken bel, ka lungleen hun in zawl laa hoih taktak ka ngai nguainguai a, huchiin, ka dah hun in Pathian laa ka ngai zeel. Tulai, huai The Radiants te' sak "Kulhpi Muanhuai" nalh ka sa peetmah. Ka kipah leh phuur hunchiang in chu, a zawl laa leh Pathian laa a khen sese lou in, a beat kindeuh leh a rock lamte ka ngai. Zawl laa hih i literature leh culture suk hauhsakna leh khansakna daan in lathei chiat le a uthuai telmai. Pau upa leh lapau kepbitna hoihtak ahi ngal ua. Tulai bang, i biakna laa te sang a i zawl laa te ah pau upa leh lapau omzaw eive maw.

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Music Review: Rigvedazz - Zaching

April 12, 2009 in Rayburn kongtual, Lamka khopi ah Rigvedazz in a video album masapen diing "Zaching" hongkhia hi. N Thangminlian in phamta N Khupbiaklal phawkgige-na dia a produce ahi a, aw, tumging leh lemchiin tengteng Lengtonghoih Studio a kikhum ahi. 2005 in a album masa uh "Zolei Ittu" ana bawlkhe ta uhi. Zogam.com Writers Award 2008 hun a, amasa pen dia a hon sakkhiat uh, "Zaching" leh "Noplen na'ng" chih laa te khawng i ngaihkhaak a kipan, lametna liantak mai toh ana ki mitsuan a, tu in, hiai laa te tel in, a lim toh kithuah, ettheih din a lakhil piching uh a hong suakkhe ta!
Hiai Zaching lakhil ah, laa thak 10 leh tuma a ana khahkhiat sa uh, single nih om hi. Single nih te bel "Zawlla" leh "Salpha Goukhothang" ahi. Huai laa nih te mah lah Lamka khopi a duur a ana duur khin ta kha hi unchin, tua athak te'n bangzahta in Lamka kialou, khovel a Zosuan tuailaite, chibiikle, a hon nawk diam chih chu kigen thei chetlou. Ahia, mipi te' lametna a hon vuaksuah sak uh bel ginhuai hetlou.

Bangziak in?

Hiai Zaching lakhil a laa te leh video te fuh theilua hiven. Hun sawttak ngaihtuah khawl detdet a, a siamna teng uh suah a, a hon bawlkhiat uh ahihziak mah ahi diing, laa te ngaih leh et a nuam thei petmah hi. Itna laa leh nam-leh-gam ngaih laa a tuunkhawm.

Amasapen in, Rigvedazz a lasa, Rig Valte (a.h.k. Goukhansong) ' aw hoihdan kha, maimai lou ahi. Nidang a kipan mite'n, "a singer pa uh a aw a hoih mawwww..." ahihkeh "saang a zou mawwww...." ana chi vengveng mai eive ua. Suun nisa vaak singseng nuai ah, sava khat in a kha te a zaappalh a, huai nisa vaak lam zuan in a leeng tou diaidiai a, a leeng sangtou zeel a, nuamsa tak in leh etlawm tak in a leengtou hiaihiai a - huaibang mah in, Rig Valte in laa a sa. Kipezou leh thazoh takmai in a sa a, a saanna mun ah leng maamtak in a awi vengveng a, hiaibang a a hon luansak laa te mai ah bil hum ngam i omtel dia hia? Hiaisang in performance nengchik hong kizil zek laileh, chi pawl om. Hilele, ken chu, siam sa lokhin himai.

Guitarist Mangzalian chu kisawi chii ahikei na a, hilele, a khut in nna seem veh aw. A taklam khuttal leh khutpi geel toh a veilam khutmal li te pangkhawm in thil thupi takmai hon zuutkhia a, i Zogam music leilawn, sangzaw seem ah a hon dohtou hi. Drummer Hau Tonsing in a nnasep a thazoh mahmah a, tumdan chituam leh mawi taktak in a laa te uh a honzeem hi. A meel bang le hoih vervur thou inchin, kilawm mahmah eive. Perform le siam zomah lai. A video a guest bassist dia a zat uh, Muamuan kha kilawm lotel. A hihdi tak hihkha eive. Kizep didan leh om didan a thei mahmah. Bass guitar tum kawm a hong kizawi heuhhauh dan in entu te mit a taisak mahmah hi.

Rigvedazz ahihleh rock band, 2004 kumtawp lam a ana kiphutkhia ahi a, a laa leh tumging te uh rock music ngaina te a di'n kipahpih huai petmah hi. Hiai Zaching album ah, "Am in" laa a guitar te leh drum a rep dan uh a kituak mahmah. "Henkol Sut", "Laizom Itte" leh "Vonggah" ah lead guitar pa siamdaan a kithei hi.

Eimite hi, atangpi in, tumging a lunglutmi i hikei ua, a bengseng leh senglou chi in music genre i khen mai uh abang. Ka chihna ziak bel, a bengseng lam ngai theilou nu-leh-pa te a din leng hiai Rigvedazz te' laa te mullit huai lo lawmlawm lou di ahi aw. Zawichik a pai diaidiai bang le hunkhop om ahi. Tehkhinna dia, "Ngilhta na hiam" chih laa bang, zansawt nung a hoihdeuh a i ngaihleh, kah ngoih-ngoihna chi ahi. Lungzuan thelbang thou theisak zungzung maidan eive. A laa thu leh a kaih zir in, ngaikhe tu te' lungsim lawngtheihna di'n music a tum un, laa a sa siam lua uh.

Rigvedazz in a lakhil thak uh tungtawn in debutante artist nih a hon phoukhia hi. EHA/Hornbill Teen Star 2008 RDi leh gospel singer Remkim. Rigvedazz toh RDi in a sakkhawm uh, "Noplen na'ng" in gothic paidan a zuisim h'in ka thei. I music paidan chithak a hon pokhia uh. Huailou in, Remkim telna, "Zohna Laa" kaih leh a beat a bawlnalh mahmah uh. Remkim kha, a zei a, a se hetkei ka chi.

A album lamin, "Zaching" single ah Zomi te lak a lia duangzen pen hi a telkhiat, Miss Zomi 2008 a pang a, hiai in Rigvedazz te' laa te a khawng un, a paisak mahmah din a ginhuai. Miss Zomi zet a telna chu! Fuh himai!

"Vonggah" laa ahihleh minit 15 veel a sau lemchiin toh kithuah ahi a, Thang leh Ching itna simthu ahi. Hiai album producer pa' gelh ahi. Khovel ah iitna kia a thil hithei lou ahihdan a hon ensak. Thang leh Ching' itna in tangtawn daihkei mahleh, a kingaih hunsung ua ana kithuahkhakna te uh, amaute a din, a mangngilh ngei nawnlouh diing uh hunnuam ahi himhim.

ZogamThuthang in Rigvedazz te' laa lak a nalh a teelkhiat hiaite ahi.
*Noplen na'ng
*Zaching
*Ngilhta na hiam
*Zohna laa

Nang la?

D I S C O G R A P H Y
Rigvedazz - Zaching
1. Zogam Zomi ***
2. Na siang zuan in ****
3. Noplen na'ng feat RDi *****
4. Ngilhta na hiam ****
5. Am in ****
6. Zaching *****
7. Henkol sut ****
8. Zohna laa feat Remkim ****
9. Laizom Itte ***
10. Vonggah (Thang leh Ching Simthu) ****
Bonus tracks
1. Zawlla
2. Salpha Goukhothang

* Ngaih taaklou ** Ngaih theihthou *** Nalh maimai **** Nalhlua ***** Nalh law peetmah

Alung uh aleeng saam diam?

HMHS 1991

LENTANG a ni hongsuak khia leh Sasankawl a ni tumsuk diaidiai ana mu a, Paldai a kileuh a, Saklamlui, Hailui, Mawnglungkawi, Luipi te a kisil a, Buanlawn taang a kipan hongnung hiauhiau Singngat huihkhii ana diik kha ngei khempeuh te'n, a mualliamta Singngat Vaanglaini te pholhsuah thakna di'n February 21, 2009 in Delhi ah Singngat Meet Masa nuamtak mai kinei hi. A milip a hisaap in mi 150 diing lak ah 100 veel ki paikhawm thei. A paallutna te hazaatna ziak a thumvei mawngmawng haal chimit sawm a a omnung a leeng puuklou hial a ding lailai, hiai khua hih a khomi te'n a iit un a ngaina mahmah uh. Kum tamtak sinna, sepna leh adiak a galbuaina ziak mahmah a khenzaak a a omnung un hiaini in a hong kimukiik khawmnawn thei uhi.

Hunzat dan te avek in i gelh kei diing. Ahi a, standup comedian minthang, chi zezen le, Pa Vanlallian (Lal-a) chiamnuih geen khenkhat taklang cheuh ni.

* Khatvei, Sir Pauzacin (Tompu) in a class pumpi ua, lai theilou unchin, zeep sawm. Lal-a kiang ah chiang vazong dia sawl. Khatpa'n chiang lian, hoih simsim mu na inchin "mahni kizeepna'ng khawng" chi a tangsam kung, akeu, leikha' neekbaang khat va la. Sir pa'n "Hiai in nang hon zeep leng le a dawl di hia! Adang, alet a lian (a khut zaak duaiduai kawm a) va la oh," chia sawl nawn. Chihleh, aman le tin-char sing, lian henhon khat, gik sa pipi a ava puakluut troihtroih leh mi tengteng nui zaak uh. Sir pa'n zeep ngaihna thei nawnlou.
* Pa LC Guite* kha amang a tang-au pa hong au inchin, "Zuau hongpai di ahi," chih ana gen. Aman le baang vang a zuau hongpai di kha ana chaang gu.
* Sanglian' mang a kha Toupa Jesu hongpai inchin Lentang lam apat a, jeep a hongtai suk, leivui khawng khu vengvung.
* Vanlalhngak in amang a thangvan hou gawivui ana ne.
* Sangrual' pa (Rumlian) thuumdan: "Toupa, van a aksi kai hnuar-hnuar zouzai te le nangbawl vek hileh a kilawm a, huaichouh le hilou in, nang hih on hmangaih viau hilechin a kilawm a..."

Hunlui ngaihna in paikhawm te a honzou sim vekmai. Kia genlouh, mun tuamtuam a om athu zakha te bang, a lung uh ana leeng mahmah hi. A hun kizatlai ngei in leh a khonung lam tanpha in, mun tuamtuam ah, Singngat vanglai hun te naaktak a kupkhawm leh suutthak in a om hi. Ke'n leng hiai apan ka ngaihtuahna a hongdawn khia, malai hunnuam te pholhkhiatna ka hon nei diing.

Khosung mun tuamtuam, veng, kimawlna munte, lawmlui te khawng lungsim ah a honglang pah a. Neu apan khankhiatna, inntek leh kineisak tak a ka om gige na Hill Model Skul bang. Khekol tom teeng litlet a, tai belbel lai hunte khawng.


Singngat Vangkhua: Google Earth image

Class B ka hihlai ua khatvei, lai ka theihlouh ziak ua Sir LP'n ka class pumpi ua break lai a kong hon kalhkhum inchin. Lau a kilau. Khenkhat bang tohlet a tawmpawt khawng sawm mawk. Adang te lah nu te ngai a nap puak peerpuur sa a kap. Numei khat in lah eek teh kha laizang inchin, huainung teng hongkai ngam nawnlou. Huaikum mah a YPA Hall hong dia Manipur Governor pu honghoh. Helicopter a tatak muh patna ahihtoh thupi kisa thou ei. A karnawn sung teng bang chu skul a laipuan te ah lenna lem kigelh dim maidan eive.

Neulai a ka sam sathau zat, Keo Karpin leh nisa in a hai, ka buangnai khedap gim bang ka thei mialmial lai hi. Sam, taklam siik a hiatphei pekpak a, ka skul bag (rong eng lampang leh vom hiirhiar, ama a innlem om) leh tuithawl (hiaichu thei zou nawlou) toh ka inngei zek ua ka lawm, Piaklian tawn a skul kuanzeel ka hihdan ka theilai hi.

Ka skul huang uh anuam mahmah a, a khanglam pang ah munkeen khat a om a, huai a loupa tung ah ka kitholh sek uhi. 'Skul mual' bawk liuhleuh tung ah rubber kung nih, a kizawn helhel in a pou ua, a paam ah vicks kung bangzah hiam a pou tei ua, huih in amuut chiang in a liing dialdial uhi. Nipi lai in tua singkung liim ah kitu thei a, phalbi chiang in ahihleh a sak a loupa tung khawng ah nilum ki-awi zeel.

Tuni tan ka theihzoh louh hiai eive. Bangziak a le zun thakkhit chiang a chil a kisiat khum sese? Huai kimawl chia kichi sek - ekslai doslai on da pona leflai - kha bang genna ahi di? Laibu kaal a chalk vui toh utong mei i koihkhawm chia ana khang taktak mah ahi diam?

Lawmlui khenkhat - Lawmlawmsang, Boipingling, Khairang, Pandar, Chinzahoulal, Ginmuanlal, Titiit, Lialian-Muamuan, Piuchok, Papau*, Apong te - hiai ka gelhlai ngei in ameel leh a uniform tanpha uh, lungsim ah a honglang thei hial ka chi.

Ka heutu te lak a ka ngaihnat pen ahihleh Sir HP ahi. Maths a hon hilhkhit chiang in khovel tangthu ngaihnop huai taktak a hon hilhzeel a. "Khisuangpi tung a iitna khitui," bang le hon hilhkha ngei. Khut zep tittet, kam ka heuhou zeen a kingai thei ahi aw. Miss TP le ngaihnat huai lua.

Khatvei, Sir LL in class IV ka hihlai ua, "Bullock cart bang a?" chia Lal (a mintak ka mangngilh ta) a, ameel chu theilaidot leh, dingtou inchin, "Meigiit" chi chat zezen. Hindi theilou te Sir MT'n honzeep hiveh aw. Ka nung ua tu, Thangpi kha akhut taklam na inchin, veilam pen doh di a chihleh taklam dohkha. Naa sa thou ei. Heutupa'n a zeepkhit a, "Hilam (veilam kawk kawm a) doh di ka tihleh hilam (taklam kawkphei) doh kha," men peeipuai kawm a chi. Khatvei tageet lah lawmpa Muanlal in Hindustan exercise bu, a kawmsah te neu chikchik a botkhia inchin, tui toh meeklom khawm nuahnuah a "napkhem lem" bawl a kineih nilouh.

Nipi khawlhun bang a nuamthei peetmah. Paldai a kileuh dia kangtarai a kikhoh suk zarzar, kiiklam chia sawntou traangtraang zeel. A kid lam a kipang kha ahihchia gimhuai thei thou ei. Super laizial, Cheeng 1 a tawn 10 om te bang le kithei kha saam. Mi' lou a ahawiguuk khiinkhian uh, tangmai nip deuhmai, nisa nuai a pet taihtaih bang chu lim thou e. Akhenchiah Khaupi lui lam ah ngakuai khai di bang a kikuan. U Pauli* te'n huan lianpi anei ua, huai ah theigah tuamtuam achiing uhi. Ngaih leh ngaihlouh omlou in TV en in inn dimzeen in ka va tu neihnaih sek ua, nitak chiang bang in, pailam in a thei te uh ka louvak sek zomah uhi. Mangthei lozeen dua! Huailai kha, Chitrahaar, Tipu Sultan, Chandrakanta khawng kithanlai hi zezeen.

Ka Pu John in theipi zong di'n a hon kuanpih vuhvuh sek a, ka na paina sa uh lampi leh gammang, singkung leh luidung te khawng mitkha in a ka muthei mialmial lai hi. A theipi duh le hituanlou, a zon pen nuam sak-a-sak thoh kihi dan eive. Nikhat ka theipi zonlai un, vuah a hongzu a. Luiguam lianlou khat a kipan laam nga (5) tan di khawng a nai, theipi kung ah ka Pu John a tuang a, kei anuai ah ka om hi. Huchihlai tak in, saklam apan huai luiguam zui in guulpi a hong kitholh suk honhon a -- lauhhuai himai. Khatvei lah, lampi lai ah guul ngawngsan khat in posi honna laakkhum maimah. Sawt ka kibei sim uh ka chi.

Kho saklam a om, dakkar khat lam paina, Munpi te seek bang ka va gu mun mahmah uhi. Sava beng dan a kineih in ka kuansek ua, akung a tuang in khat in honsawi a, adang te'n anuai ah ka na tom uhi. Tempawng khawng toh hondelh hun uh om. Huaichia i taina lam ah i seek puakteng tuukkhe gai.

Neulai hun a kigen chia zaw sande skul tellou a bukim zou mahmah lou hiveh aw. Ka heutu khat un ahon etkol dan fuh peetmah himai. "Zanlam Pathianni a sande skul kailou teng ding uah," a honchih chiang a a kailou teng kiding nainai zeel. "Damlouhna ziak a kailou teng tu uah," khit a, "Khualzin ziak a kailou teng tu uah," honchih a ading omlai leh chu mualphouna nasatak tuak uh himai. "Damlou lah hilou, khualzin lah hilou. Video en uh mo?"

Nguuttak, video et kha phuur a kiphuur thei. Kaizalal, Premjit, Thangkhojam chihte a laar deuh ahi uh. Premjit te'n generator neilou unchin mei a mit chiah paingai, a vaak nawn chiah va ki sunzom nawn zeel. Premjit kha Talpak te, chimaile, a ha fuh chiahlou hinchin, khatvei mi khat in "Nuamkei lua, adang suah ua," chidan hiam a achihleh, Premjit hehlua, "Na et utkei leh faw-ro (pawt o)!" chihkhum. Paumuanthang te' a lah mei a mit ngeingei leh, akhat-akhat in, "Paamthang, generator sta-ro (start o)!" chi souhsouh.

SSPP Singngat Block conference chiang in indoor items ah CTS te toh kou skul ka ki-elthei mahmah ua, football leh volleyball ah bang St. Joseph te toh kibeinaak thei himai. Mawltual langkhat lam ah amau, kou a langkhat ah, agaal a kitawng, kikou khum zeek sek. Junior football a pantheihna dia 4.10 inches tan a din saan ngai ahihchia, apeel te'n, a kawng uh gaak ek zel uh. Aniamdeuh na di ua. Field sak ah 'khaam' om hiven, huai ah lei kikhuak kuak keuhkauh inchin, football peek ki en deuhreng. Nitak ann nekkham chiang a lah field lai ah kimawl zoizoi zeel.

Huaichiah, skul a kumtawp chiang a farewell program mahmah eive nuam. Aziing apat a social work. Gate leh skul sung chei chih khawng maw. Mike bang chu ki a kipaakta hilai. Pa Khamsiam*, sappau a a hongpau thhroh-thhroh lai khawng bang, ka nuihchim theihlouh uh hunnuam ahi. Azoh nahtang teh kiphah inchin, huai tung a "Singngat Mehpok" kine zeel.

Hunlui mualliamsa te avek in theikim sipsip kei mahle, mun khenkhat leh thiltung khenkhat chiangtak a i theih kilkel lai om eive maw. Huaite lak ah i kepbit ut tuam leh mangngilh ut bang ana omlai. July 7, 1997 Singngat malam hunnuam te lah zaalmang mai suakta...

Singngat Vanglaini te leh Hausapi Vuum, Tampak zaang, Tuan Gou Road, Singngat Bazaar lai, Bethel-Zion-Station Veng kisuktuahna mun, Maar Vuum, Vungluai Huan leh Leisiatna Nai lim te khawng, tu a khoveel mun tuamtuam a kithehdalh ta Singngat mite' suangtuahna mitkha ah - meiziing in a tuamkhum lingleng bang a - ava kilat khaak mialmial chiang in, alung uh aleeng saam diam?

(*A kha uh khawl tawldam hen | Hiai a min kizang te ahihleh kisuk mualphouna dan a zat ahikei a, nidang apat a ana kigen dan mah a ka hon gelhkhiat mai ahi. A lehlam a la ina om zenzen leh ngaihsiam ka hon ngen.)

Delhi Singngat Meet 2009

February 21, 2009 in Delhi a Gulabi Bagh a Pa V Nangthanlian' inn ah Amasapen Singngat Meet 2009 neih in om. Hiai hun a limlak khenkhat te..








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