November 27, 2019

A ithuai, a pammaih VL Mangzou

by Haumuanlun Samte

“Sum-le-pai, thuneihna leh thildang ah ka gam leh nam’ adi’n phattuamna nei zoukei mah le’ng, ka theihna tawmchik zat phatuam teitei sawm in lehkha gelh beek in pan ka la hi.”
-V L Mangzou

Nitaklam khat, nitum kuan ann nekkham in ka innkong uah mi bangzah hiam lampi siik ah ka na tukhawm uhi. A lawmte khat toh koulam zuan in lampi ah a hong pai phei uhi. A lian a, a taksa a kiphuh litlet a, a sam siikkhen in khatlam ah a huiphei a, khekor rong ukh, dup raih, a teng a, tem a paai a, a nung ah single barrel a kuah hi. Ka kiang uh a hongtun un, “Ann ne ta umaw?” chi’n a hon dong a, ka lak ua khat in, “Hi, neta,” chiin a dawng hi. Aman, “Nek di ann nei lai chihna. A kipahhuai mahmah e,” a hon chi a.  

Huai hun, Kuki-Zomi galbuai lai, Zodawn lam a nektak haksat laitak ahi. Kituah khak chiang a a thei-ut hisese kholkei lele, ‘ann ne ta maw’ chi a i kidot chiang ua, kidawng a, theizui nawn tuanlou a kipai liamsan zel ihihlai ua, hiai bang a VL Mangzou in a hon thugen, gen kha mahmah ka sa hi. Huai lai in Singngat Defence Committee a Commander-in-Chief hihna leen a, a muanhuai a, a mohpuak a thazoh mahmah hi.

Pawl XI vel ka hihkum ahi a, VL Mangzou te inn ah sisuunna om a, nitak leenkhopna a nungak-tangval te lak ah aman, inteklam apan thu hon gen hi. A tangval tung apan khotang a phattuam-ngaihna vai te a ana kiheldan gen a, nungak-tangvalte kiang ah, “Hiai dan a si-inn lengkhawm leh hantohnate a kuan ahihleh thil hoih mai hilou a, siam kithuktuahna ahi,” chi a, phattuam ngaihna nna semtou zel din hon hasuan hi.  A thugen tutan ka theiden lai. 

“Hill Model High School, Singngat a Class VI ka simkum un ka class teacher uh ahi a. Amah apan lai simdan ka zilkhiat ahihleh, a thu ngaihtuah kawm a theihsiam sawm di, chih ahi,” chi in Jacob Munluo, Kolkata a banker, in gen hi. “Note hon pe ngeilou a, ei theihsiam dan a gelh hon kizil sak a, ka na phattuam pih mahmah. Ama kiang mah ah khatvei kipahthu ka na gen man a, hamphat huai ka sa.”

High School ka kailai un, football club khat ka nei ua, jersey/kit leh signboard a thil gelhte aman a hon gelhsak hi. Tournament ka telna khawng ua star player dan in amah ka la ua, khevuak in a peek huihhuih sek hi. A leenlai a football ana nehsoh mahmah ahi di, “Singngat gam a ka theihphakna chiang a corner peek a direct a goal khum amah kia hilai ahi,” chi in a lawm, Ginlalmuan in gen hi. 

1999-2000 kuamlak in Singngat a khosung tanchinbu, ‘Tuailai Aw’ a suahni Pathianni kingaklah thei mahmah hi. ‘Kua te’n bang gen’ ziak ahi pen. Amah editor ahi a, mi a chiamnuihna te simnuam thei mahmah hi. A news min bang le, Chinglalven’ Pa’ Aw chih dia hoih ahi, chi in mi tamtak in gen hial uhi. 2002 vel ahi deh aw, in Tongluang ah ‘Because I Love You’ chih tangthu tom a hong suak hi. Lung hon khoih mahmah a, a gelhtu siam ka sa mahmah hi. A gelhtu min ‘VL Mangzou’ a kichihziak in kua ahia chih huaihun in  ka na thei pahkei. Ka kanzui leh ‘U Dong, VL Donga ahi’ chih ka theikhia hi. A penname dia VL Mangzou zang ana hi khanglang hi. Huai apan a thugelhte ka hon zuitou hi. 

Hihtheih, siamna leh experience tamtak ana nei, VL Mangzou in thu gelh hon pan taktak zaw, a bun viau. Kuapeuh’ kibulhtuah-pih theih di thu, neulai leh hunlui khawng leh hinkhua nuamsakthei thil tampi a thugelh te’n huamtou kha vek hi. A gelh tam a, mi a sukkhak leng a tam – a kipak leh a kipaklou hileh.

“Kisoisak kawt chihte khawng bang chu single a kuamah kilaulou hi’nchin, nih-le-thum in ahon bom ua leh a haksa deuh a hiven,” chi in amah-mah in gelh hi.  “U Dong in khua hong phak khak chiang a, va houpih le lah, hon na kawt di chih kitheisa. Houpih lou di i chih chiang a lah ngaihnat huai,” chi in Singngat a dawrkai, T Vungzamuan in gen hi. Amah toh kitheite, a soisak-kawt khaklouh kuamah le ki-omlou phial le kilawm. WhatsApp group bang a amah a hong pau naakleh, a kawtkhak lau in kiheem duamduam mai uhi. 

Himahleh, a polhnopna in kuapeuh hiip hi. Aneu, alian, atek-akhang kuapeuh toh kihouthei vek uhi.   Kei bang leng, kum 14 tak a ama’ sang a nau-zaw himahle’ng, a hon ‘naupang-zaw-et’ tuankei a, ka kihou leh kithuah khak chiang bang un ka nui khuaa-khuaa gige uhi. A hihtheihna chiang ah, mite panpih ut gige mi ahi.

Mi khenkhat in VL Mangzou’ thugelh dan ‘key’ manlou in theisiamlou kha zel uhi. Atak a a paudan ‘style’ mah in thu gelh hi. Atak a a chiamnuih gen bang in, a thugelh ah leng chiamnuih telsak gige hi. Thutak a gelh chiang in leng, a kiimvel ah thil tuamtuam helkhawm zel hi. A chituamna leh a siamna huai ahi. 

Nidang a ‘Tuailai Aw’ a ‘Kua Te’n Bang Gen’ a mi’ min baan gelh sek a chiindan bang in, anung a lai a gelhnate ah huai chiindan paitouhpih hi. A thugelhte ah min tamtak tuang gige hi. Huaibang min te ahihleh, i gam leh khotang adia mi’ theihphak, mi tallang leh siamna tuam neite hi se khollou a; a lawm, a meltheih, a seppih, kholak a a tuahkhak mi vantang te ahi tangpi hi.

I gamsung, adiak a Lamka kholai bouruak leh issues te, a thugelh te’n tuntou kha vek hi.  “Laigelhtu i tawmlaw lai ua, khat in a hon gelh peuh bang ‘dik’ i sa pah duam zel ua, akhente lah ‘diklou’ i sa bur ua, cross-writing chih a omlouh ziak in ‘gelhdiktu’ khenkhat adi’n singpi khai theihna ahi,” chi in ana gelh hi. A laigelh ziak in singpi khai in nihvei vel ana kuankha hial hi.

I gam a tanchinbu tuamtuam leh internet te ah ‘Singngat Special’ min in thugelh 100 val leh tangthu phuahtawm 10 vel  suahkhia hi. A min in khomin khat ging mahleh, a thutuun in i gamsung huap ve hi. “A thil gelhdante nalh se. I simchia a picture didan bang lungsim a dawkthei. Mittui bang le pawtzen a ka simkhak le om. Khuaknei mahmah eive, ka chi phet,” chi in Delhi a nurse sem a om, Biakhoih in gen hi.

Laigelh siam, VL Mangzou ahihleh a mintak Vanlaldonglian ahi a, ‘Donga” chi in kisam ahi. May 28, 1972 in Singngat ah piang a, 2001 in G. Mualkawi ah peemlut hi. A tuailai lai apan saptuam leh khotang vai ah ana kiheltou a, private teacher in kum thum vel a sepnung in Manipur Police ah ana lut a, Head Constable tan tung hi.

2019 kumkim vel apan a damtheihna hoih nawnlou in, Lamka Damdawi Inn ah ki-polut hi. A hatlai a mite’ sim dia thugelh hoih pipi ana pekhia a, a hong hat nawnlouh nung in leng, a kiimvel a omte suklim sawm in panla gige hi. Damdawi inn a amah vavehte bang, kihatsak teitei in chiamnuih in ana pawllim hi. Hatlou sasa in WhatsApp group a alawmte a di bang in chiamnuih gengen lai hi.

A gam leh a mite adia nna tamtak leh thupitak, a laigelhte tungtawn a ana sepkhiat nung in, azi Ngaihlun leh ta li te nusia in, August 17, 2019 in Lamka Damdawi Inn ah a hon beisan ta. I Zogam literature a a ‘mun awng,’ hukdim zoh vual hingei nawnlou ding hi.

Amah ngaina khenkhat kipawlkhawm in a laigelhte kikaikhawm a, a bu in kibawl hi.

(Lamka Post ah 26.11.2019 in suak)

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