Written by: K Lianthansang
Guite Road in a totkhak Zodawn khua khat ah ka na piang hi. Ka khua uh khaw neuchik ahi a, inn leng atam hetkei. Khawpi lamte tawh kithuzakna dingin - lehkhathon(letter) leh phone (network omna mun zontawm) ngai ahi. Tagah (ka pa'n hon omlouhsan) ka hihman un khawmite' simmawh leh pampaih in ka om sek uhi. Khawsakna anop zawkna ding khualna in class VI ka sim lai in ka nu ka zinkhiatsan a, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu ah kilawhtawm in kava om hi. Ka zin nung ka nu tawh ka kithuzak kha nawn himhim kei uhi.
Zan khua a nasem a, sun hun a khawltawldam zel ka hihman in, ka nu'n midang' phone a hon houpih sawm sunsun chiangin leng ka phawk khakei sek hi. Nikhat(kum kim ka om nung), ka ihmut lai in phone hong ging a, ka etleh BSNL number akipan ana hi hi. Ke'n leng ihmut suak kawm pipi a, “Hallo..” ka chihleh, ka nu'n “Bawi, na damzelna maw? Na nu ka hi. Na papite' phone hon zatsak zual ka hi. Ka damkei sim a, sum non khaktheih khak leh chi a hon phone ka hi” hon chi hi. Ke'n leng, “Nu, ka ihmut suaklua eive...nitaklam chiah hon call thak mai ve. Ihmut lim laitak in zaw hon subuai dah mai in” ka chihleh, “Bawi, network leng vang(kimuzou pahpah lou) a, tu aleng khawkhung lam a peihlou sasa a va kaltou ka.." a chihtawh kiton in ka 'off' khumta mai hi.
Hon call thak nawn khak ding ka lauh ziakin phone 'silent mode' in ka koih mai a( hon houpih sawm ualeh leng, phone ging kizalou di'n ). Ka ihmut nawn in, mang(dream) bang ka hoih nei zawzen hi. Ka mang hon genzual leng. Ka pa sisa tawh louvat in ka na kuankhawm ua, ka nu'n sengzing pawkawm in hon nungdelh hi. Louvat a kuan a, sengvang puak awmtak, bangziak a ka nu'n sengzing pua atel dia aw? chi'n ka ngaihtuah nilouh hi. Vuah hong zu a, Tuivai-lui dung a ka pailai un(ka loulam uh Tuivai-lui gei) suang siktal kha in tuilak ah ka pa hong kia hi. Ka nu'n leng a sengpuak koihkhe selou in a bawhzui a...mangbang taka ka kikou leh kikoukhia ka hingei dia, ka lawmte'n hon phawng uhi.
Nitaklam nitum kuan a phone ka 'on' leh ka nu' hon call na number mah ah call hong pai hi. Ke'n leng 'sum khak ding thu mah hon gendek ahi get kei dia' chi lungsim kawma ka pick-up leh ka papi ana hi a, aman “Na nu tuni in a omnawn kei. Himahleh a luang muhzawh ahi naikei..” chih teng hon gen a, aban hon genzom thei nawnlou hi. Thuchian kimzaw ka dot kik takin, kidik kawmin, “Na nu....tuni a khawtaw lui a tuitawi dia kuanlai, vuahpi in zuk khum a, a luidung a 'samekuangkai(sa-mekuangkai - singtum khawng tui in luidung a alom a atuahte )' apai ziakin huai in tuahmang a hingei ding. Tuni a akimuh zawh kei leh zingchiang in khawkim-khawkiang tawh zon ngai ding ahi” hon chi hi.
Ka kihou zawhphet un khawphawklou in ka kipuk hi. Ka papi tawh ka kihou ua step gei a ding ka hihman in ka kipuk a, step a tuksuk ka hingei dia, ka khanlawh takin Hospital ah ka na om hi. Ka khut a kituam bengbung a, ka mit leng khatlam a hakthei kei hi. Bangchi kitahkhak ka hiam chih leng ka thei bunkei. Step sautak a ka tuksukna bel hi ngei di'n ka gingta hi. Ka nu' sihna thu in hon buah tawh, ka liamna ma tawh, ka mang hoihlouh tawh ka lungsim a thawmhau ngei mai. Ka paudek chiangin leng ka aw a pawt zoukei a - hawm heuhuau mah ka bang hi. Mittui pawtsak chihlouh ngal hihtheih ka nei kei. Innlamte houpih nuam leng leng ka houpih thei tuan kei. Damloupi a lah innlam zot ka utkei zel hi.
Ni bangzahhiam nungin, innlam akipan call hongpai nawn hi. Ka papi mah ahi a, ka nu’ luang mukhe khin uh ahihdan uleh tutan a innlam ka pailouh ziak hon dong hi. Ken leng ka omdan ka gen a, Hospital akipam leng pawt nailou ka hihdan ka hilh nungin, ka nu ana vui mai dingin ka ngen hi. Ka nu' hon houpih lai a a thugente khawng ka ngaihtuah kik a, kidek zawh ding vual a hinawn kei. Ka nu'n tha hatlou sasa a kei hon houpih nuam a, khawkhung mual sangtak a vakal(network zong a) ahihdan khawng ka ngaihtuah chiangin ka kisik mahmah hi.
Kar khat zawh in ka tanaute uh khat in hon houpih nawn hi. Ke'n leng, “Innlam kong pai ding a, himahleh ka lawmte khat hon tonpih ding ka hi” ka chihleh, “Poilou ahi..nang kia na hong pai leng thawmhauhuai ding ahi” hon chi hi. Huai nungin, “Ka lawmpa ahihleh a khut kitan ahi a, a mit khatlam leng del ahi. A innkuante’n a etkol khaklouh uh ahi” ka chihl eh, “Huchibang mi ahihleh zaw hon tonpih se dah in, ei adia buaipih ding tamsak maimai, tunggikna phet ahi kha ding” hon chi hi. Hiai thu ka zak in, “Aman, hiai mun a innkuan neilou ahi. A tanau omsun ei himai ihi. Amah na keppeih kei ding ualeh zaw ka hong paikhe sese dah ding a, ka lawmpa hiai mun ah ka khawsak pih mai ding” chi a ka genleh, hon hehsan mahmah a, phone hon off khum chot mawk hi.
Huai hun akipan ka nu' kivuina mun-le-mual mu nuam mahleng ka pai utna teng a bei hit-het hi. Kei ka khut khatlam hoihlou hi a, ka mit khatlam se zawmah ahihman in, innlam pai leng ka tanau-lainate un honna kemnuam kei ding uh chih ka thei hi. Ka lawmpa ka chihpen kei-le-kei ka kigenna ahihdan thei le uh leng, na semthei nawnlou ding ka hihman in, dongkholh hon sa mahmah ding uh chih ka muchian hi. Ka’ nu damlai hileh zaw ka hihna bangbang a hon pom ding hiven maw, chi'n khasetak in ka hinkhua ka zangta.
Laigelhtu' Lungsung Pan:
I hinkhua uh pilvang takin zang chiat ni. Hiai thugelh a mipa tawh kibang a hinkhua zatkhak theih gige ahi. A khawnung a kisik in bangmah tan hontun kei ding. Hiai akipan in sinlai banghiam lak sawm ni.
- Ka Kipak -
-Thaikawi Tongluan
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