A TLAI ZO TA

          A tukhuma namtu chuan a nam nat em avangin kawngpuiah chuan a bawkvak phei dawrh a, diktak chuan chupa chuan a nam pawh niloin a beng a ni mah zawk e.  A vunchhia thian mawlh mawlh chungin a lo tho chhhuak a, a meng kun lap bawk a. A hmelah chuan a thiam vena te, dikna a neih vete chu chhete mahin a tilang lo a, a nachang lah a hre hek lo. A bul vela lo thlirtute mitmeng leh hmelah pawh chuan amah chhan tumna leh a thlavang hauhna reng reng a lang lo. Thenkhat chuan an lo khawngaih ve deuh pawh a ni mahna; Mahse an tilang chuang lo.
        A sam pheng leh bal zet te, a kawrfual tawp leh hlui tak mai, thler hniang tawh mai te leh a ke, pheikhawk bun ngailo tih hriat taka bal dum khak tak mai te chuan a mitmeng, khawngaih thla la tak mai leh tleirawl dangte mitmeng a duhawmna ang tho awm vete chu a hliahkhuh zo a ni mahna. A nih loh leh a bengtupa kuta rangkachak zungbun hrawl tak mai te, a car tle zur maite chuan amah chhantu turte a hnawttiau zawk pawh a ni ta ve ang.
       Hetiang thil hi a vawikhat tawnna a ni lo. Nikhua a hriattirh ata eizawnna leh thiltha tihtur a hriat ve chhun chu ‘kut dawh’ a ni a, a neitute hriatloh laia thil han lak mai te hi ‘ruk’ a tling lo. A nu, la naupang tak, eichhiat vanga hrisello leh bawrhsawm tak nen chuan eitur an mamawh a, chutianga nun chu an eitur hmun ve dan tura khuanu ruat a ni miau si!
        Kum hnih a nih pawhin a nu in a la pua a, chu chu a chakloh leh chawrche vang mai bakah chutia tih chuan an eizawnna ‘kut dawh’ kawngah tlemin an hlawk ve phah deuh a ni. Ei ni eh nghei ni inzat rengin a lo thanglian chho a, hriselna lamah chuan beisei tur sang tak a neilo.
        Kum thum a tlin chuan amahin ei a zawng thei tawh a, a nu pawh a chhawk zangkhai ve deuh. A kutdawhna te’n an pekduh loh vanga chil han chhakkhum maite hi atan thil mawilo a ni hran hlek lo. Anmahni hnampui aiin hmel danglam deuh pute chu an eizawnna atan an tangkai zawk, tih te a hrechho zel a. Mipa leh hmeichhia an kaldun hian a mipa zawk hnena kutdawhin a hlawk zawk tih te, a hmeichhia zawk dila an lo chhawn that vakloha ngenngawl deuh hian an mipa kalpuite an tawrhhlelhawm thei tithe pawh a hria a. Rin aia tam an pek tuma dil nawn leh chiam pawh hian tih fuh leh tih fuhloh tum a awmthei tithe pawh vawiina mi pakhatin cheng sawm a pek hnu lawk a a ben thal thuai dan atang hian  a zirchhuak ngei ang, amah tak hian a zirchhuak tih inhre tak maw?
         An chenna chhehvela inchhawng sang tak tak ngir khep khup te, lirthei insulpel zut zutte chu a awt lo, a duh leh duh loh chu a hrelo, a la ngaihtuah ngailo hrim hrim a ni. Chu’ng thil ni theilo tawp ngaihtuah ai chuan a nu nena an eitur atta per hnih tal neih theih dan tur chu ngaihtuah a tul zawk thin si a.
         Neihnun hmel tak tak, neih ui tak tak te, neih vakloh hmel, belhfakawm tak tak si te a tawng thin a, a tan chuan thil mak a ni lo. Puar khawpa ei chu thlahlel ve bawk thin mahse a nu nen ni khata vawikhat tal chaw ei chu a thlakhlelh ber a ni. Anu lo chu he khawvelah hian mihring ngaihtuah a nei lo- tluk a ni!
        An chenna kawtthlerah chuan anmahni ang bawka dinhmun chhia an inbawk hrang ve far a. An chenna chu ‘in’ tia han chhal tur a awm lo. Puan an inzar hliah tawk tawk a ni ber. Mahse chu hmunah chuan mihring an cheng a, hringnun an chhiar ve a ngai a,. Chhungkua- nu, pa leh fate, thenawm khawveng then leh rual te pawh an awm ve a. Chu laiah chuan an hringnun chu an chhiar ve a ni.
        Kan nau-i pawh chuan chumi nia ben leh ih a tawh mai mai te chu hre awm pawh a lang loin a chenna lam pan chuan hlim takin a rawn zuang tum phei alh alh a. An chenna chu mi pangngai inti te hian chenna tlakah kan ngailo a ni maithei; Mahse chulai hmuna chengte tan chuan chulai hmun tluka an thla ngamna hmun dang a awm lo. Chulo rengah kan nau-i chu engvangin nge a hlim loh tehlul ang, vawiinah a nu nena an ni hnih, ni thum ei lai tur a hlawhchhuak tlat a lawm.
        Rilru hlim tak chungin thil a ngaihtuah kual a, chu’ng an chhehvela milian leh mi hausa ho nundan te chu a thiam tawkin a’n thlir ve a. Hringnun hi an hriatthiam ve tak tak a ring thei lo. Eitur duh tawk an nei a, ruahsur leh nisaah ngaihtuah buai ngai miahloin in ropui tak tak an nei a, ngaihtuah tur tak tak an neilo a, nuamchenin an leng mai mai niin a hria. An nun chu ho a ti a, a khawngaih deuh bawk.
        Chutia rilru hlim taka inngaihtuah chung chuan an chenna chu a va hnaih zel a, thil chu pangngailo riauin a hria a. Anu chu a lo awmlo a, an thenawmte bungbel neih ve chhun te chu hmanhmawh taka paldarh ang mai hian a lo let niaih a. A’n hawiphei leh deuh chuan chulai vela chengho chu an lo bial laiha hmanhmawh takin a tlanphei ve nghal a.
         A thilhmuh chuan a barakhaih hle. A naupan tet atanga kut a dawh pui thin, a thian, naupang dangte’n an velh dawn pawha chhan thintu, a nu tih loh he khawvela a thian tha ber, a thianpa chu thichhawngin a lo let reng mai chu niin.
        Kutdawha an chuahdun thin lai te kha a ngaihtuahchhuak a, a tap a a nui deuh bawk a. Vawikhat chu pa pakhat fel deuh main an la ei ngai reng reng loh thil thlum tui deuh a thianpa chu a pe a, a thianpa chuan midang hriatlohin a pe ve a nih kha. Khami tuma tui an tihzia, an hlimzia leh dam man awm an tihzia te kha..                                         Vawikhat motor-in a su tur pawh he a thianpa ngei hian thihhuamin a lo chhanchhuak tawh bawk a ni. Khami tum khan a thianpa khan rawn bawhphei lo sela chuan a thi chiang ngawt ang.
        Chutiang vel ngaihtuah chung chuan a thianpa lam chu a pan ruak ruak a. A thianpa chu chau takin a lo thaw hrawp hrawp a, a chatthla tep tawh ang. Anni tan damdawiin kal te chu van vawihkhum tum ang hlauh a ni si. An sir kawngpuiah chuan hmansen loh pawisa akin mi an vei suau suau a, mahse chu’ng mite chuan chulai kawngsirah chuan mihring an awm ve a ni tih hre awm pawhin an awm lo.
       Chu chu a ni, hringnun an tih ve chu. Mahni tanghma haiin, tumah an in ngaihsak lo a, anni’n an neih chuan midangin neilo mahse pawi an ti lo. An dam chuan midang thih chu pawi an ti miah lo, chutiang mihring tenawm chuan kawngsira mi rethei te te, neih neilo, mahse inhmangiah tawn tak tak te chu hringnun pawh hrethiam ve lo turah an la han ngai ta dah a nia!!
       A thianpa mitah chuan a han en a, ani chuan a lo en ve a. Chumi mitkhap karte maiah chuan thil a lo hriatthiam ngai loh kha hrilhfiahin a awm ta. Ni e, a thianpa chuan an han in entawn vang vang a, thil chu a chiang uar uar mai a ni. Tukina kutdawh tura a chhuah dawn khan thei tui tak hawnsak a intiam a, mahse khatih lai te pawh khan a thianpa chuan thei tui deuh hawnsak ai chuan ama bula awm tur khan a duh zawk a lo ni. A thianpa mitah chuan amah mamawh ngawih ngawih hmel a zu hmu thei a. Thil dang ni lo, amah ngei chu a mamawh a ni.
        A lo hre ve riai ruai tawh a, tv a a en atang te pawhin hmangaihna chungchang chu a lo hre ve tawh thin. Mahse a taka a hmuh chu nula leh tlangval inngaizawng, nula sum mena meng leh tlangval rusum thlak tum mena meng leh khawsa te an ni thin si. Kutdawh, ti a hmusit tute mit leh chezia ngeiah chuan ‘hmangaihna kut dawh’ a hmu thin a ni.
        A hmuh lai ngeiin a thianpa chu a chatthla mek a ni- a va rang awm teh thut em. Nimina an bawlhhlawh hai naah a ke kha chu a tipem ngei a, vawiin ah pawh a vakchhuak peihlo a nih kha; Mahse nizanah pawh tv an la enho reng sia.
       A in ngaihtuahchhuak thut a, a nuin a naupan deuh laia damdawi hming a sawi pakhat kha e’nge kha….. ‘paracetamol’!! Damdawi dawr lam panin a tlan nghal a, a neihchhun vawiin nilenga hahtaka mi kut hial tuar khawpa a hlawhchhuah chuan paracetamol chu a va lei ta a ni.
       A let leh chuan mi chu an lo tam leh zual tawh a, a inhnawh lut tawlh tawlh a, ‘hei damdawi ka…’ a thianpa chu a lo leng awrh awrh a,  a rawn melh tawk tawk a, a rawn hmuh chuan tlemin hlim hmel a pu deuh a, a tlai hman ta!
      An chhehvela motor horn ri ruai ruai te, mipui zi nuaih nuaih te chu engmah a hre tawh lo. A dawmdawi lei chu  a hum ngawt ngawt a, tlemin lo haw hma deuhin damdawi chu pe hman ta se a thianpa, a hmangaih chu a chhanchhuak hman ang em? Tunah chuan chhan rual a ni ta lo. A TLAI ZO TA !!