Written by: K. Lianthansang
“A nu-le-pa’ theih a zu himhim dawnloupa in zu kichi himhim dawnlou a va om mawk ding hi a sathei kei a; ngawl leng a sawm ngei kei himhim”
– James Guite
`Kum 21 ka hih akipan gamdang ah nasem in ka va kilawh hi. Lawmte ana omsa khat zui ka hihman in ama’ sepna mun ah hon khum ngal a; ka sem pah mai hi. Kha 5 khawng lawmpa tawh ka sepkhawm nung un mun dang ah hon kisuankhiak san a, ama’ paikhiat nungin eimite mi 9 velin ka semkhawm lai uhi. Kei sepma a ana sem kum 5 khawng a senior khat in hon enkol hi. Amah bel kou na-gum semteng’ adia ‘Leader’ dan khat ahi. Ama’ etkolna nuai ah eimite mi 9 leh Assamese-te mi 23 kigawm khawm mi 32 khawng ka hi uhi. Thubuai-labuai a om hun hiam, thuhoih-lahoih om hun chiangin ka leader-pa un hon enkai zel a, haksatna ka tuah nikhua un leng ka ‘boss’ uh(ka sepna Company uh neitu) kiang ah hon gensak zel hi. Phat leh salhna aw teng ka leader-pa uh tan vek ahi. Lawh hong piakdek chiang un leng, ka leader-pa uh tungtawn in hon pekhe zel uhi.
Nidanglai hun sutkik zek zual ni. Kum 10 paisa in eimite khat in huai company ah va semkha a, a nasep hoih a sakluat ziak un, “ Na mi-le-sate 10 khawng hon tonpih inla, hiai ah semsak ni” chi’n ana genpih uhi.
Ama’n leng Lamka lam ah mi 10 vel hong kaikhawm in, kuansuk uh a, na ava seppih noinoi mai a,hihhoih mahmah(a lam paiman ding uh leng company neitu’n a piaksak vek hilai). Huai hun in a kuhkal ua, a company neitute’n leng mai-et mahmah uhi. Dan-le-dun zuih ding khawng bawl in company neite tawh kitheihsiamtuaha ana bawlkhitsa diam uh ahihtuak hi. Huai lai a ana semkha mikhat in, “ Huai hunlai a Company neitu tawh Agreement ka bawlte uh ahihleh – Hiai mun a om sunga sihna-manna tuak a om ngeingei leh aluang inn tan puaktung ngeingei ding; room leh silh-le-ten a ‘free’ liauliau ahih vek diing, Christian-te’ Nipini tenga ‘suty’ vek ding, Customary Right peuhmah kizahtaktuah chiat ding chih leh damlouh-hitan hun a sen tengteng Company neitu in a seng vek ding chihte ahi hi. Tulai in a zui nawnkei ua, kua thubawl ahi diam ah” chi’n hon gen ngei hi.
Hiai company a ana lut masate’ zawh in hon khat(2nd batch chi zawzen ni) va lutsuk nawn uh a, leader hoihtak(lai leng siam bok) nuai ah a om uhi. Hun hongpai zel in, 3rd batch te lutsuk nawn uh a, huai hun in leng zuih dia thusun a bawl uh hoihtak in a zuilai uhi. A leader-te uh leng sum a khempuk zawh in a om ngei kei ua, a 4th batch na dingin kei leng ka va lutkha a, leader hoihtak nuai ah kum 3 sung ka semkha hi. Damlouhna ziakin ka leader-pa uh Lamka lam apai kal in, 3rd batch-te khat in ‘leader’ hihna hon latou ngal hi. Ama’n a utdan tengin thil hon peitou ngal a, a iplah ka tam mahmah uh(iplah vek phial ka hi uh). Hunpaisa a thupukna omsa hon zuihpih nawnta kei a, Pathianni tanpha leng ka khawllouh hun uh a omta a, nasep hun gina(exact timing) leng ka nei nawn kei uhi.
Ka khawnung theihkhiak dan un ka sepna uh Company neitu in khawl ni ka hauhluat pen uh beisak ana tumgu tinten a, ka leaderpa uh thuzawh ana hi phiangsan hi. Khawl ni neih pen Company neite adingin manna ahihman in ka leader-pa uh sum piak zek a, na hon sepsak uh amau’ adia punna ding mah ahi hi. Pathianni kichi Christian-te’ nipi ni chihte leng ka leader-pa uh ziakin ka khawl nawn kei uh. Ka leader-pa uh i chih chiang in apa Lamka khua a saptuam khat a kulmut mahmah pawl ana hinawn leuleu hi. Amah ngei leng a pate’ theih a Pathian lau, zu-le-sa ngawl chih a om ahi hi. Himahleh atak in bel zu-le-sa himhim a ngawl ngei kei. Lawmpa, James Guite in “ A nu-le-pa’ theih a zu himhim dawnloupa’n zu kichi himhim dawnlou a va om mawk ding hi a sathei kei a; ngawl leng a sawm ngei kei himhim” chihdan a, thu a gensek khawng tawh kituak kasa mahmah hi.
Pasal hon tampi mahmah ki-omkhawm ahihman in ka kilimsuah thei mahmah uhi. Achang in ka kikumkhawm zel ua leader-pa kiang ah, “ Nidang a makai masate hon paipihdan mah zuithak n;. Boss-pa kiang ah leng na va gen dia” ka chih chiang un, “Ka thunuai a na om peih kei ualeh mundang ah sem mai un” chih khum in ka omzel uhi. A hitak in amah bel kou leh boss-te’ kal a palai ding a ‘leader’ hihna piak a om mah ahi. Himahleh, ka Boss-pa uh leh amah(leader-pa) ana kithumuhsa vek uh ahihziak a tuabang a hong dawng ngam lel ahi. Ka boss-pa uh kiang a, leaderpa ka hek chiang un, “ Hiai Government a hilou a, kei a ahi. Na leader-pa uh na muan kei ua leh tawp mai un” chi’n honna dawng zel hi!. Ka boss-pa uleh leader-pa’ uh omdan mi khenkhat in gen le uh, “ Kigul luk kawm a, kikel pawl(thuah)” chi ngeingei ding un ka gingta. Leader-pa bel pawl 7 zoudek geigei ahi a, ka sepna mun ua senior pen ahihziak in ‘leader’ hihna piak a ana om ahi hi. Upate’n, “ KELPA TEI” a chihte uh ahi ding neu filfel zawmah ahihman in. Ka company neitu’’ uh ‘idea’ manban hi ngeingei leh zaw….
Huchi a ‘kisongsolawi’ kawm simpi a ka omlai un ka leader-pa utawh zu dawnkhawm thei cheuhcheuh hong tamta a, Independence Day chiangin bel ka khawl sam ua, zalen kisa in ka chiau vengvung sek uh. Kum 3 paisa thu ahi ka gen. Independence Day ni khat ka khawl ni un lawmte tawh an ka nekhawm nainai uhi. Ke’n leng, ‘bang gim anam dia aw, a limlouhdan bek theihna di’n ka hon’chiam himhim ding’ chi’n nektheih leh dawntheih teng ka chiamkhata a,huai ni a, an ne ka hihlam leng ka theikei hi. Ka meh uh leng ka thei bunkei. Limlak khenkhat ka etkikna ah bel ankuang ka tawi sam! 3vei ka luak lam leng ka thei mialmial. Huai zalenna ni pen ana zangkhial kha ka hita. Mi khenkhat in a zalenna ni uh suahtakna hun a a zatlai un ke’n khamtheih kol a saltanna ni dingin ka zangta a, alehlam ah, thangpaih ziak leh lawmte hihziak a hihkha leng ka hisim hi.
August 15 ni a, khamtheih chi tuamtuam in thakhat a huih nung bangmai in hon nawk a; alimdan leh limlouhdan theichian dinga hon chiamsak(nek leh dawnsak) ziak in - ‘Fifteen Oh-gust kei dinga siatna ni’ chi’n ka chiamteh hi. Huai akipan khamtheih sal ah kana koltang kha a, Lamka lam a ka paikik nung tanpha in leng ngawlthei nawnlou ka hi hi. Tu a ngawl sawm a - OST(Opioid Substitution Treatment - buprenorphine) kihawmte ne dia hong pai ka hi chi’n, Lamka a Distct Hospital compound sung ah pasal khat in hon gen hi. Hiai OST tawh kisai a haksatna a tuahte uh leng hon gen nuam ahihdan hon hilh mahleh, kei leng damlou enkol a om ka hihman in sawt ka kihoupih man kei uhi.
Laigelhtu’ Lungsung Pan:
Mundang-gamdang a nasem a vakuante’n leng haksatna tampi tuak sam uh ahi. Huai banah, tate’omdan theichianlo pi in mawk gup kei ni(alawmte’n thei hoihzaw tham uh ahi). Khamtheih sal a awkkhate atamzaw, innsung khawsak haksat ziak a kingaisia leh lawmte hih ziaka chiamkha in zongsang paisuak hi nuam viau uhi. Huai ziakin khamtheih sal a i tan leh leng a suahtak dingdan ngaihtuah thei chiat lehang hoih mahmah ding hi.
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