SUTPU KHOVEL-I

A Sinlai bu a, “Na pianpih pau nam-mol pau ahihziakin, nam-moldangte- America a Red Indian khongte pau mah bangin, pau aw ging 16kia a om a” chih schoola azil ziak a akhovel muhdan piangsul ahih ka gingta phal kei a. “ I tun leh zua lungmolin ... “ chihla sa a khangkhia ahih ziak ahih leng ka gingta sam kei hi. A pianpih pau a azillaitanpha Meiteite laigelh letkhezawk a, a laibu kom toh khuikhom zok a, MIL chi a azil ziak bang leng hilou mai thei hi. “Neek khop lawhkhiakna ahih naak leh” chih thugin anei a. Huaithugin ahun ah bang ahunlou ah bang - tangvom gen a gen gige minam ahih ziak zong hilou mai thei hi. Himahleh, aduhthusam ahihleh, nek-khop lohkhiak a,
lohlaak ni chianga, a za-ip apan ‘thaiboih’ bag lakhia a, sa-nga pava nih toh innlam pai nalnal hia.

A kholui khuk uleh, huai bazaar khang a luiguamtan amau gam hiin ngaia- a mangkang pau takin ‘ei control area’ chi hi. Huai ‘area’ khaapkhat kia aleng akhen khak chiangin, ui guta agen uh mah bang pah khualkhual hi. Huai khenlam peuh mah ‘gamdang’ chi a, atengte zawng‘namdang ’ chi hi. Gam itna chih angaihtuah chiangin, ‘namdangte’
hawlou a, gam leh nam it theih ahihlam mawngmawng thei khalou hi. Huai ziakin, a sinkhaa-tui a kamsung a hong khatou velvul zen a ‘namdang’ achihte ahuat chiangin, ‘nam leh gam it’ kichi in amahleh amah kipaakta mahmah hi.

‘Misual’ chihin ahihna tak gen chian theilou a. Aziak ahihleh, midang adinga sual viau dingin ahangsanna in daihlou a. Ahihziakin, aduh le ut teng amah a ding a hoih khat leng omlou hi. Dangka tengkhat, tengnih tunga ginom a, asang a sim loh khiak sangin, tengkhat-tengnih a eukhiak theih chiangin - amahleh amah ki tuisa buah ahihlam kitheilou in, pil kisa in - siam kisa mahmah hi. Huai in mithangpaihna atungah leihbo khasek hi.

A khamlouh kal a gen dingthei leng hiloupi; akam nam zek chiangin, agen ding itatsatlou a, khovel a hatpen, pilpen leh, vuk sang aleng ngou zaw bangin kithei kheguih zel a. Midang gen noplouh teng gen a,"mizahtaakhuai" - huai neck-tie oka, sun khovaak a, misuam leh guktaak-laaktaak ching teng ngaitheilou in kou zialzial zel hi. A zukham ann kham lungmok in, ahong kiknon ding khuaimu bang a hong kik ding hia, ahihkei leh khetbukin chih don phalou in huai ‘ gam it’ te loi khong, “Bang a na aim & objective uh” chi heihai thei zel hi. A kham sungteng ‘kamkei’ lunlai bangmai in hangsan a, akham a ven
chiangin, lungnou suak suk zel hi.

‘Mizahtaakhuai’ leh ‘nam-leh-gam adia sem’ teng sulungkimlou a,nikhat, oh! Zankhat mitlian tuak kha a, zingkal a zingzu simten lamlian nola hoktui luanna guam a khophoklou a suklup phong uhi.Khovel a Damdoi inn niinpen leh buahthah penpen kidemna om taleh,tuhtu omlou a khatna la ngeingei ding khop a niin lah, Damdoi inn omsun hi boksi ah polut uhi. Hiai Damdoi inn a sem Nurse ten damloute a biitakin, a puansilh uleh a omdan ua pana, aza-ip uh gikvaklou ahi chih theih ngoihngoihte gelgot a, kouzialzial leh hansan gamgam damdoi hoih pen in ngai uh a, pan zawngla nasa uhi. Damdoi inn hulliap a puansia tung a khophoklou a lum in, azi in amaitang thoupi
boh ding vengin, tanchinbului khat in zapzel a, vaihamsaan hun a Doctorte – hiai khovel a migenthei leh liangvaite kiang a hongkilaak hun ding uh ngak lahtakin, tuithol khat toh hulliapah na ngaak uhi.

Hiai Damdoi inn ah Nurse leh Doctorten na muakin na olmoh kei mahle uh, amuaktu dingbel na om tham hi. Huai Damdoi inn sung a Ekbuk a, ek letneinoite apanin Santeen hik, TB hik, Sungkhoh hik leh Khosikpi hik te ‘goth’ leh ‘magoth’ te mah bangin, huai Damdoi inn kil li apan in a muak dingin hongpai noinoi uh a. Huai mi-atna dohkaan tung a Sakol hik (Tetanous) ten zawng amau ‘control area’ sung, mi-atna pindan vengbit dingin ‘si-thuu nam’ zen in sem ua, si-thuu leng nam deuh gige uhi.
Tetanous hikte a number a tawm zaw deuh ahih chiang un, a ‘control area’ uh veng bit dinga pantaktak a apan uh ngai ding mah hi. Khovel koilai peuh ah natna hik hiin hiklou hita leh, mahni ‘control area’ ngaipoimohlou bel omlou hi!

Amin leh veng omna gelh khial nimnem mahle uh, tanchinbute’n mikhut lum athuakthu hon gelh sam ua. Tua akhoihtuten a Indongtate uh palai in hon sol uh a. Indongtaten kingainiam takin, ngaihdam hong ngen uhi. ‘Non ngaih dam kei ua, police a thubuai na report uleh, nou sang a kou police golhgu tam thei zaw ding unga, court ah leng kou pan zohtan na neih-leh-lam un daihlou ding hi,’ chih toh thuah ngal uhi. Innteekte zak phak dingin, ‘Veng commander’ le amau naute ahi chih zawng gen zauh uhi. Mihingten i theih dia kilom i theihlouh chiangin, ki kiguiha, i hisaplouh lamlam in thil pai sek hi. Huaiding akhualpih ziak uh ahi ngei dia, ‘Pi leh Pu court anon khin uleh lah, court ah vualzou le uchin le, court thupukna gelhtupa ka makpa pa uh lomte ei ve’, chih deihsaktak in hilh bok uhi!

Plaster a kipum tuam a, na khe Damdoi inn lupna khekhuanto lam a khaua kikai a, akhau mong a suangtum, sikhal adim khat kikhai velvol a om chiangin ‘ Phuba laak Kei a ahi’ Achih olsamtak a pomsuk mai alampi tomin, pumpelh hoihpen hi. Huanah, na zi leh ta te neek ding - na pu zawnten/ na suungten buhchii dia akoih uh na lawinu’n natate -gilkial leh dangtaak a a om ding uh a ngaihngamlouh man a, ava nget khiak hia; na ki etkolna’ng damdoi khatvei thu a, a course kim aleng leizoulou a, khatkhat a sumleitoi ding muh dana zil a, na innteeknu un alei ahihchiangin, ‘Pathian min a ngaihdam thuai mai’ pil huai in hangsan huai pen hi. ‘Ngaihdam’ olsam deuhna dia ‘pektamlou’ maitang diaahon toi khong uh etlah huai ngoihngoih thei bok hi.