KA TONHRIET-2 - L. Rothanglien Khawbung

Sweet are the uses of adversity,

Which like the toad, ugly and venomous,

Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

-William Shakespeare (As You Like It)

Ka nu le pa-in theitawp hung insuoa, khawpuia Pawl 11-12 ka’n chuk thei dan ding an ngaituo char char a. Chuong lai chun ka Mark sheet le certificate trul ding hai chu ka lo buoipui vat vat a. Ka document-hai chu kim diela ka lo inpei fel hnung chun Kolkata inchuk ding chun kan sum le puon neiin a zo hlol naw ding thu a ka nu le pa chun an mi hung hril a. Trap ringot el naw chu hang thaw rak ngaina ka hriet si naw leiin, mi hmu naw kara mitthli huoi zeu zeu chu ka chana tlu a lo ni ta a. Chuonga beidong taka ka um lai chun ka pi Larimawi (Milienropui nu) chun, “Lungngai naw rawh. I pi ka la dam annawm” ti pumin a almirah chu a hong a, cheng singkhat a hung lak suok a. “Hi hi hmang la, Kolkata i zu kai tran ding a nih” a ta, ka hlim kher el. Poisa le ka document hai chu, Sangzuol Sanate chun ami lo chawipek a, Calcutta Scottish Church College-a admission mi lo buoipuipek dingin Simon Hrangchal le Tlangtinkhum  (tuhin IAS a ni tah) hai chu a lo dande a. An beisei le ka beisei angin First list-ah ka hming a hung inlang a. Amiruokchu admission hun July 9-ah ka tlung hman ta naw leiin Second List-a thranghai khomin admission an thaw hnungin August thla lailung lai ka thaw thei ve ta chauh a nih.

Inhnûk, a huna tlung lo hi a lo poi sei khop el. A hunah tlung lang, admission ruola hostel khom hmu nghal ding kha, ka’n hnuk leiin hostel ka chang naw phot a, a buoithlak hle. Ka Pathien hring biekin a mi uksak ta naw amanih tia hang ringhla ding hlakin, a tlung inhnu kha kei ka ni bok si.  A hnungin Duff Hostel ka chang ve ta hram a. Hostel a um a Science la bok, ni tin ruolhai fak ang fak phak naw chu thu hran, lekhabu man ding tak ngiel khom nei loa vairampura um chu a’n hoi rak nawh. Kan pawla khan North East mi Science la panga kan um a, pathum chun class 11 khom zo loin an mi suoksan nghe nghe.

Thei tawpin trongtraina leh thrang hang lak ei ti de khoma lekhabu man ding nei thei lo el khel a, zing dar kawa bu fak zan dar sawm nghak nawk ngai bok kha, a karlakah ruolhaiin Chowmein, Fried Rice an fak ei hmu zinga du naw tehlem insir a, bei thawp cheng thum man, ni thum bek ring ka tih tia hang sie thrat kha chu, a siemtuhaiin ni tam dai dinga an siem lo ni reng reng lo, a chang leh a lo ap, a chang leh a lo innge hman, a buoithlak khop el. Tuisik leh inri khietin arukin ei hang lem ri dok a, trăm chu a lo hnêm tho. Khopin trăm a hriet nawh an lo ti a, trăm chun trăm hi a lo hriet khop el. Thuomhnaw thar nei dam chu ‘ka ha se!’  Vana ra a ni ringot.

Amiruokchu Bible tiema thrang ei hang lak tak tak chun rinumna khela beiseinain ami thruoi a, harsatna lampui khom hi ieng anga intung khom ni sien, heiha leh rema intawi thei a lo ni tho. Chuonga thei le thei loa ka thaw inrimna lei chun Pawl 12 chu ka zo ve hram a. Arts tieng inlet a, competitive exam-a thrang dinga lungril ka siem fel hnungin Presidency College a lut dan ka ngaituo a, entrance exam-ah ka bei ve a, mi thiem tak tak za tam lai a pathumna ka kai phak ve a, phŭr a um khop el. BA 1st year ka thaw kum hin kan college chu, India rama Arts college thra sawm an thlang lai pakhatna a nih ti India Today chun a hung tarlang nghe nghe. BA 1st year ka thaw kum hin ka u pa Sangzuol Sanate chun police constable sin a hung hmu tah bok leiin, ruol phak zo naw inla khom fak le dawn tienga chu buoi ta loin BA chu ka zo ve ta hram a nih.

BA ka zo hnung chun, ka thil tum tieng panna lampui chu ka hraw tran tak tak ding chauh a nih ti ka hriet leiin, kum khat vang sum zongin ka la’n mai buoi a. Pathien zar chauin, ka graduate-a inthok chun sung le kuo pur buoi ta loin sin ka zong sung po chu ka’n hlaw chop a, ka’n todel thei ve hram. Chuonga harsa taka thaw ve hram hram pum le mi lo lunginsiettu tam tak leiin, UPSC ti lo chu ka sin zongna a ka exam ta phot chu ka tling pei a, malsawmna dong peiin sin nghet ka lo chel ve ta a nih.

Hieng a harsatna ka lo tuokhai hi, malsawmna a lo ni ti dam a tharin ka hung hriet thiem pei a. Ka hun liem ta hai ka dawn kir chang hin, mi angin ka graduate hnung bek khan duthusamin lekha tiem thei chu ni lang, lekhabu thra hmu phak ve lang chu, khawlai District amani-a chu DC dam ka ni ve el ta naw dim a ni? tia inngaituo chang chu a tam.

Chuleiin tuta inchuk mek hai, mani le mani inngaituo ngai lo el khela lekhabu thra, institution thra le hun thra iengkim inchukna le inzoma dong phakhai bek hin chu, nakie chena lungril inhoi nawna um thrak lo dingin, theitawpin in llekha inchuknaah lungril pe ro. Hun hi a hlu a nih, hmang thiem ei tiu. Ei hnam le society el khela, nakie sungkuo indin huna ding khomin a hlu hrim hrim a nih.

Tam tak tuta intivei deu hleka khawsa, intifel fé fè, inti Pathien thu awi bok, kohrana langsar le mi inpak le biek hlaw ringot hnota inhmang zo tum dam hi mani inhlemna a nina chin a um a, thil thra tak a ni bik kher nawh. Inchuklai chun hma khom siel ve ding a nih. Bo ruok khom en hlat met a ngai. Ei kohran le society khela hin a tiema a bu tam tiem khoma hriet lo ding tam tak a um a, chuonghai chu hriet tum ei tiu. Chu hriet chu hril lo, ei hmabula ei sin um zing, ei lekhabu hman ei tiem pei naw chun inti var vieu inla khom ei la sa taluo; ei hriet nawzie khom ei la hriet naw lem a ni thei. Ni tin ei trongtraia bu ei fak hlak ang hin, inchuklaihai chun ei sin tak khom ei thaw ding a nih. Lekha ei tiem pei naw chun hallelui rak rak rakin trongtrai ieng ang inla khom Pathienin lawm chuong naw nih. Mani sin thaw loa ama inpak ding ringotin a mi ti nawh. Mani sin ringum taka thaw hi trongtraina hlawk le indik taka Pathien biekna a nih.

Lekha tiem ding thu ei hril rawn ta tho leiin ieng ti anga tiem dim hril nawk tang ei tih. Student, college amani school la kai hai chu, ni tin darkar nga bek lekha tiem ding a nih. Chun graduate tah, sin zawng lem chun ni khata darkar sawm khom hun ei nei. Kar khat sung in darkar sawm nga bek tumtăr ding a nih. Hi ka hung hril anga tiemhai chun sin invai ngai naw hrim hrim an ta, entrepreneur nuom amani, private sector le corporate-a hai khom an hnuoi pawl ni ngai nawng an ta, chun sorkara ngat lem chu OFFICER ngei ngei a nel. A harsa nawh, ei unauhai khomin hieng ku hin an tiem a, an mi lekhel zo an tah.

Mani inringzona, tumruna, tuorselna le taimakna khela chuh, hlawtlingna chie a um an tah. Tuor met ei tiu. HMAR PASALTHRA le NUNGHAK HMELTHRA tak tak hai, thaw ro lekha tiem ei tiu, ei ruol ban theina sun a nih. Ei thuom le mobile phone ti vel chun ruol la el naw phot ei tiu. Its a War of Grit and Determination. Whoever sustains the tempo and fights to the last wins not only the war but the world.

(Delhi, September 29, 2012)