Kea kan zin thin lai kha

            Tunhma kha chuan khaw kar kawnga zin turin ke ngatin kan kal tang tang thin. Kal chhung a reiin rin aiin khaw inhnaih tete te pawh kha kan thleng har em em thin. Tunlai angin pheikhawk chhuat chhah leh dup nuam, bun nuam tak tak awm hek lo, puan pheikhawk se, tenis pheikhawk var leh rubber pheikhawk te kha kan bun ve phak awmchhun a ni mai a. Zinkawnga bun atan chuan a pan lam deuh mah mah thin. Silipar hi a invaw thlup thlup duh deuh na a, bun a hahdam ru phian thin.

            Ka pian leh murna, ka seilenna hmunin a zir miau si lova, naupan lai atangin kein ka zin zing malh malh hle. Chung hunlaia ka zinkawng zawh chanchin tlemte ka han phawrh lang ve reng reng ang e.

Kea ka zinchhuah hmasak ber kha

            Kea ka zin hmasak ber chu ka nutei pasal neih dawnin a ni a. Anni kha Lungrang khuaa innei tur an ni a. Chutih lai chuan tlangah an la awm a, motor kawngpui lamah insawn an la awm mang lo. Kum 7 mi vel ka ni a. Kein Chawngte atangin Lungrang kan pan a. Chawngte phai atangin Rualalung panin kan kal ngat ngat a; ni a sa si, a hahthlak ngei mai. Kawng chho awm miah lovin zawl hlir emaw chhuk hlir emaw awm se ka ti ngei mai. Chawngte leh Lungrang inkar hi kilometre 21 a ni a; ka la naupan tehlul nen, kein ka kal chhuak ve parh mai. Kea ka zin hmasak ber a ni a, ramhnuaia sava hram ri hrang hrang hriatte kha nuam ka ti a, ka hlim ngei mai. Hmanhmawh hauhlo leh muangmara kal kan ni bawk a, chau hauh lovin kan kal thleng ve thak mai. Hemi tum hian kawngsirah satel lian deuh mai, dum ren run, kan chhar nghe nghe. Ka la naupang hle na a, ka zinchhuah hmasak ber a ni bawk a, tun thleng ka theihnghilh thei lo.

Ruahin min nan

            Vawikhat chu ka la naupan viau laiin Lungrangah kan zin a. Kan zin haw lam chuan kei, U Valtea leh U Seimami te nen kan kal ho va. Anni chuan an thawmhnaw bakah ka thawmhnaw min ah sak a. Keiin sairawkherh ka ak bawk a. Lungrang leh Rualalung inkarah ruahin min nan ta a. A tirah chuan ka kal hah vangin lum ka ti a, ruah a han tla chu nuam ka ti ngei mai. Naupang ruah do thang tih takah ruah han do chu nuam ka ti kher mai. Mahse, a sur tam tial tial a le, a nuam ta reng reng lo; ruahtui taksa ah a dir tluk tluk a, ke pen a hrehawm a, a vawt bawk a, nihliap lah kan nei si lo; changel hnah an sik chhum a, kan khum ta far mai a. Zinkawngah ruah a sur chuan changel hnah khum hi a lo zia khawp ani tih ka hriat phah.

Ka la hriat reng pakhat

            Vawi khat chu Lungrang atangin Pu Thanhlira nen Chawngte lam kan pan a. Sairawkherh ka ak a. Ani'n plastic bur ah tuisik niawm tak a khai a. Chawngte lam panin kan kal ta a. Naupang kalpui a ni bawk a, a hmanhmawh bik lova, muangchangin min chhawm pahin a kal a. Rualalung leh Chawngte inkar, Sairiltui chhak kan thlen hian kawngchhak lam a rawn ri sul sul a. Vawilehkhatah rul lianleh sei tak mai, dum zer zawr a rawn lang a, kan zawnah tak mai chuan a rawn tleng tlang fua mai a. Mihring hi rinaiin a lo tuanran theih a niang e, kan zuang kang zawk mai a. A thaw fua in ka hre nghe nghe. Ka hlau kher mai. Pu Thanhlira zuang kang zawk, tla leh khan a thil khai kha leiah a nghat chawrh mai a. A plastic bur chu tetakte hian a pawp ta hlauh mai. Zu a rawn put chhuak a.

            A kutin a hup, a rawn putchhuak zel si. A tan chuan kal chak a tul ta. A theihtawpa chaka a kal chuan tam tak a put ral hman lovang a, tam tak a save hman dawn a ni tih a hre reng. Chak takin a kal a, keiin theihtawpin ka um a, min kalsan a hreh si, a rawn hawi let a, min nghak leh thin a, a hmelah a hmanhmawh tawh tih a lang reng. Khaw kar kawng ramhnuaia naupang han kalsan ngawt chu a hreh bawk si. Ralkhat hla takah kan inzui a, theihtawpa chakin ka um a ni deuh ber mai... Sairiltui luite kan thlen chuan kan kal fo tawhna a ni bawk a, ka thla a muang, min kalsan mahse ka hlau tawh lo.  Chuta tang chuan khua a hla tawh lova, km 3 vel chauh a ni tawh bawk a, ka hlauh tawh loh thu leh min kalsan mai turin ka hrilh a. Min kalsan chu a hreh khawp mai, mahse thiante nen krismas ruaithehna tur changel hnah sata kan kal fona a ni bawk a, ka hlauh miau si loh vangin chak takin khaw lam panin kalsan ta a.

Kal chungin ka muthlu

            Zan khat chu  kan sitting room ah mu chungin radio ka ngaithla a, ka muthlu lawp lawp mai a. Chutihlai tak chuan kan YMA hruaitu a lokal a, Rualalungah kawthalo vangin mi tam tak an dam lova, tlangval tlawmngai thenkhatin damdawi han pek chhoh a that thu a rawn sawi a. Ka insiam a, rei vak lovah damdawi akin thian dang 4 nen zan khawthim karah torch light nen Rualalung lam panin kein kan kal ta a. Rualalung kan thlen chuan zinglam dar 1 bawr vel a ni tawh a. Riak lovin dar 3 bawr velah kan haw thla leh nghal a. Rawlthar mut duh vanglai a ni a, kan kal chau bawk nen. Zing lam dar 4 bawr vel ah chuan kal pahin ka muthlu vel. Mutchhuak tawngkhawngah chuan kal pahin a lo mutthluk theih tlat nia maw le. Mak tak a ni, han sawi fiah vak ngaihna pawh ka hre lo. Lung ka chhuih palh a, a na deuh bawk a, ka harh nghal kawk mai.

Driver to vanglai kha

            Khang hunlai khan motor a vang em em a. A awm chhun pawh buhfai thiar motor  Jeep leh Jonga an ni deuh mai a; tin, sumdawng thenkhat te'na an hire motor kha a tlan zeuh zeuh bawk a. Motor khalhtu khan ngaihsan an hlawh thin kher mai. Khang hunlai kha driver te'n ngaihsan an hlawh ber lai a ni hial maithei. Driver hmelhriat nei chhungkua kha chu an itawm thei asin aw.  Nu leh pa in an be tha a, nula lahin an pak huam thin bawk. Driver han sawi kai takah chuan an handyman te kha an va khawngaihthlak thei tak. Jeep kha a thi zing si, a thih apiangin hmalamah an tlan phei a, an herh nung ta thin a nia, a hautak thei khawp mai. Motor engine cover rang taka hawng thin tur leh motor hnuaia zangthala mut mai thei turin an in ready reng bawk. Kawng chhiat lai phei chuan motora chuan lai leh kea an kal lai kha a inzat thuakin ka ring thin. Kumpui lingletin motor an zui a, an la khalh thiam tha-thum lo a nia...... Kha tih hunlaia driver kan ngaihsan zia kha aw. Mipa naupang chuan driver nih kha kan chak ber a ni fo thin.

            Vawi khat chu Lunglei atangin ka haw dawn a, Lungsen bus ah ka chuang a, Chhumkhum ah ka chhuk a. Motor a van em avangin chaw ei kham veleh ka suitcase puanin ka tuam a, ka hnungpuak a. Chhun nisensa hnuaiah, a hmaa ka tih fo tawh thin angin km 53 kea kal turin kan khawlam panin ka chhuak ta a.  Km 18 vel ka kal hnuah One trone a rawn tlan hlauh mai a. Ka chuang ve ta a. Driver chuan min be ve bawrh bawrh a, a fel khawp mai. He driver nen hian a hnu kum tam vak lo a liam hnuin Shillongah M.Sc. zirin kan la in class-mate dawn a ni tih hi, hetih lai hian kan hre lawk bik lo reng reng...

           Rubber pheikhawk bun chunga zin chhuah chang a, slipper ken theihnghilh palh hian ke a va rimchhe duhin a va han hrehawm chiang kuang tak e aw... Kea kal a that ve em em na pakhat chu motor ruih a awm ve lova, rem leh rem lova bus banga kai eng pherh duai khawpa luak a awm ve lo. Pawisa kan save a, luak kan save bawk. Tin, ka hriat chian em em pakhat chu, mahni chauhva khaw kar kawnga kea zin hian kal chak a awl thin bik khawp mai.


            Tunhmaa kea kan kal lawp lawp thinna kawngpuiah te khan duh duh huna chuan theih turin motor service a awm tawh a, diak chiau per pur kara motor kan nawr tang tang thinna ah te khan motor kawngpui tha tak a bawk dum zar tawh bawk. Khawvel hi a va lo changkang chak tak em. Hmana zualko tura khaw kar kawnga kan tlan ngat ngat thin te pawh kha, hmeh keuhva "Hello" tih hmangin kan liamsan ta. Hmm... kea kal a tlem tial tial a, hna hram thawh a tlem tial tial bawk a; chutih laiin chaw ei a tui em em tho si, thau mai loh chu hmabak a awm ta lo anih hi. Kan thau kung kung poh a ni ang chu. A dam hian han dam phawt mai ila......