LAIMAL 'AW' LEH 'O' KAAL

 

"K'on tung pah di”

“Hon kuanta ve”

“Hon mulou na mo?"

 

Hiai a tung a kigelhte etsakna ahi. Hilehle huai bangsim a zang om sek hi.

 

"K'on tung pah di" leh "Hon kuanta ve" chia gente naupangchikte kia hi nawnlou in, nungak-le-tangval hialte bang leng huchi dan a pau om uhi. Huai phet leng hilou in college, Sunday school leh school khawng a sinsaktu bang a pang thei pawl bang leng om zomah diing uhi.

 

"K'ong" sik a "k'on" leh "hong" sik a "hon" zang i chih tangpite AD 1990 (?) nung a piang a khangthak zodeuhte hi un theih theih hi. Tuate tu in kum 30 bang valta uhi. A kum un graduate khin in Masters bang leng zou thei hita uhi.

 

Tuate sang a khawk zolai ahihleh, "Hon mulou na mo?" chia gelhte hi ua, amaute 'O' leh 'AW' zatna theibuaite hi uhi. Hiai 'AW' leh 'O' zatna theibuai i chihte a tung ate sang a upazote hi zosim uhi.

 

Hiai 'AW' leh 'O' zatna theibuaite'n lai a gelh chiang un 'victory' bang 'zawhna', 'paying a visit' bang 'hawh' chi'n gelh heihawi mai uhi.

 

Hiai 'AW' leh 'O' zatdan dik in gelh lehang 'victory' bang 'zawhna' chia gelhlou in 'zohna'; 'paying a visit' bang 'hawh' chia gelhlou in 'hoh,' chia gelh diing hihang.

 

PLS in 1967-68 kum a laimal 'O' gindan bawllem a, 'O' gindan leh 'AW' gindan i kibatsakkhak ziak ua theibuai pawl ki-om hi di'n um ing. I sim chia 'O' gindan leh 'AW' gindan kibangsak hinapi; 'O' pen 'tomgin' diing leh 'AW' pen 'saugin diing chih i behlapna uah, a behlapna kimangngilh sek bang hi.

 

~ Sumthanlian Suantak  

Nisim: 2022 kum Ziingkha 25 ni (25th May 2022)

NU, K’ON IT LUA. NU, K’ON NGAI LUA

 

EBCC Delhi | Nute’ ni (15^th May 2022) a simkhiak diing thugelh…

 

Hiai leitung hinkhua zang dia na sung apan na hon piankhiaksaklai in haksatna leh natna tampi na thuakte ka suutkhe zoukei hi. Na gilsung a kha kua ka omsung in kei ziak in haksatna tampi na thuak a, na duh-le-deihte bang ne ngamlou in, na duh hetlouh thilte bang leng ne mai hi diing hichin a maw, nu. A haksa mah diing maw, nu. Nu, k’on it lua. Nu, k’on ngai lua.

 

Ka hong piankhiak a kipan kei ziak a haksatna na tuahte a tam mah di maw, nu. Ka zunkawtte hon kheksak pahpah in, khovot chiang in n’on tuamlum zel hi. Na angsung ah ittak in na hon pombelh zel hi. Na anglum a n’on pom a nuam lua, nu. Na nung a n’on puak chiang in nuam sa lua in, ka ihmu pah zel hi. Ka lung a muang lua. Nu, k’on it lua. Nu, k’on ngai lua.

 

Khebuanpi toh lupna a ka kal chiang in leng na hon sawnkhe ngeikei a, na ta ka hihna ziak in na hon silsiang zozel hi. Ka damlouh chiang in leng na hon keem zel hi. Damdawi-inn bang ah n’on taaipih zel hi. Nu, kei ziak a zan ihmu lou a na om hun a tamthei mah diing maw? Nu, kei ziak a na lungkham hun a tamthei mah diing maw? Nu, k’on it lua. Nu, k’on ngai lua.

 

Ka lawmte ka phaklouh diing lau in, school hoih taktak ah na hon kaisak ua, school ka kai chiang in leng puan sawpsiangsa kia hilou in a nawtsiangsa n’on silhsak zel hi. Laibu hoih taktak na hon leisakte a manpha lua, nu. Ka kimawlna van diing, silh-le-ten, neek-le-taak ka poimoh bangkim n’on suktuahsakte khawng thupi ka sa lua hi. Nu, k’on it lua. Nu, k’on ngai lua.

 

Na nawitui in n’on vaak a, kei aa di’n an limpen leh bukimpen ahi, nu. Na angsung ah n’on pom a, na hon kepnate manpha lua eive, nu. Ka damsung daih diing n’on itna a thupi lua. Pathian thu n’on hilh zel a, n’on thuumsaknate mantam sa lua ing, nu. Hiai leitung ka khen chiang in leng vangam ka tun diing hon deihsaklai hichin a maw! Nu, k’on it lua. Nu, k’on ngai lua.

 

School ka kai dek chiang a na hon thuumsaknate, zingkal thoh chiang leh zan chiang a na hon thuumsaknate’n lampi dik ah hon pi zel uhi. Khitui kaikawm a na hon thuumsaknate.. lauhuai apan kei hon humbittu ahi a, ka lung a muangsak mahmah uhi. Nu, kipahthu gen siamlou in, gengen theikei mah le’ng hon thuumsak gige in aw. Nu, k’on it lua. Nu, k’on ngai lua.

 

Kihahsiang diingdan, kizep diingdan, lam tuamtuam a om diingdan na hon sinsakte’n ka hinkhua hon lamzangsak diing in ka gingta a, tuate ka lungtang ah ka vom diing aw, nu. Na hatlouh a, na teek chiang in kei leng nang chia phata diing hi ing a maw, nu.. Huai hun chiang in Pathian hatna muang in itna toh k’on keem diing aw. Nu, k’on it lua. Nu, k’on ngai lua.

 

~ Sumthanlian Suantak | Nisim: 2022 kum Ziingkha 3 ni (3rd May 2022)

BANGZAHTA A KUULMUT KUUL HIAM?

 

Namdang toh tengkhawm leh kithuzaktuah a kikawmtuahte i hihman un a gentu in ama' pau zang in gen zel mahleh a ngaikhetute khualna in a pau uh a va zatpih a kuulna om sek hi. Tua ziak in ei pau kia toh khosak theih hi gige lou ahihman in pau tuamtuam kilaktuahna nasatak om hi.

 

Tua bang ahihlai in mi pau i koppih leh zatpih tampi om a, mi'n leng ei pau hon koppih leh zatpih uh tampi om veve hi. A hon koppih tam zohpeuh uhleh i pau hat leh tungtuang bang hi. Ahi a, a zangtute veeksiamdan zil in huai .... mi'n hon koppih i pau i chih pen khangthakte'n midang aa sakkhak theih leuleu hi.

 

Tua ziaktak in pau mansak theih in khansak theih leng hi zel hi. Pau kia hilou in tawndan leh ngeina leng mi aa zui dia i kibawllem a kuulna om a, mi'n leng ei aa zui dia hong kiphahniam uh a poimohna mun om hi. Namdang toh zi-le-pasal a kineihna leh inndongtavai a kihounate diak ah mi’ paidan va zuih theih kuul lua hi.

 

Bawllem luat ngai khollou a kilang, midang toh kituahsak leh bawllem (compromise) ngailou i laamdante (cultural dance, traditional dance) bang a hoih zodiing deihna leh mit-hiip in mi mitlaleh chih deihman in bawllem (modify, modernise) toutou kihi, asiat-aphat thu genlou in.

 

Tua ziak in pau-le-ham, tawndan-le-ngeina thilte ah bangzahta a kuulmut kuul hiam chih theih haksa hilou hiam?

 

~ Sumthanlian Suantak | Nisim: 2022 kum Ziingkha 10 ni (10th May 2022)

ETLIAMTHOH DIING MO, BANGLOH DIING?

 

Pu Raja Goukhothang Guite’ sihdan thuthak tunai a hong kivawkkhia in i bouruak luahdim hi. Nidang pek apan i na kihilhdan diklou bang a gen a hong om pen valh haksa sa kitam hi. A ziak bel tulai a heutu khenkhat in a hon veekdan uh i etleh i pi-le-pute’n akhang-akhang a i innpipa uh pu Raja Goukhothang Guite sihdan hon na hilhte uh thuzuau leh phuahtawm suaksak hit-het uhi.

 

I pi-le-pute’n hon na vaikhah thu mah lah ei singtangmite’n thutak a i na pom hi a; Meitei-te apan bawlsiatna i tuah touhtouhte uh khasiatpih in, nelhsiah a om ka hi uh chia i panna leh dinna uh taklangtu di’n pu Raja Goukhothang Guite zekhem a mat leh thah a omna i gen sek uhi. Nelhsiah leh nehdeen in i om ua, tua i tuah lelte uh a tawpna a hikeilai maithei!

 

Pu Raja Goukhothang Guite sihdan toh kisai a tuma a phualpi solkar leh Manipur solkar kiang a i dinnasate uh zuau ahi chia eimah zuaugenhat bang a kipuangkhia a, ei-le-ei kitoleem kibang hilou hiam, chi ing. A bang thu za a, gendan-vekdan thakthak a veek mahmah leng i hi diing uh aw, chih in om hi. A Meitei-te mah in leng i pi-le-pute hon hilhdan a niallam uh leng zaak hilou hi.

 

Tua bangzah a social media a phunnawina a omlai in eisung a koi pawlpi mah heutute apan tulai a thuveek thak toh kisai diklou sakna leh mohsakna thusuah zaak in omlou bang hi! Ahihleh tulai a thuthak-lathak kigen pen i nam minsuang a pawlpite’n pompih leh hoih sakpih mah uh ahi diam, chih in om thei hi. I pi-le-pute’n thuzuau hon na hilh ua, zuau mah kipesawn nilouhkha i hi uh maw?

 

Inn peuh va haal a, kuahiam va khoih a, sisan i suah chiang kia ua issue a koih pante mah kibang hi. A thu a genlou a, khuttum toh kuante i hihna uh kikheng nailou zaw a bang ve. Diklou sak ziak a social media a gelh ngam diing leng banglou khop in Police-te bang i zang zomah uhi! Soiselna i neih in leng zuau toh polhkei mai le’ng zaw! Kisoiselna dik in kisoisel ni.

 

Thil paidan et in ei-le-ei mah kikhoih leh kitauhtuah diing kibang hi. Siingta’n gaal apan hon nuihsan diing ua, i puuk tamleh ei mah a zaang diing zaw hi lel hang maw! Tua bang ahihman in etliamthoh diing mo, bangloh diing?

 

~ Sumthanlian Suantak | Nisim: 2022 kum Ziingkha 9 ni (9th May 2022)

LAWM MUAMUANG LEH U HAUTHANG SUUNNA

 

Poithei e aw, maizen! Lawm Muamuang (kum 42 | sihni 15th Jan. 2022) in hon omlouhsan leng poi sakna toh kidim in gen diing leh gelh diing leng kithei zezen lou hi a...

 

Tua u Hauthang (kum 50 | sihni 17th Jan. 2022) in hon beisan chih zel. Poi lua. Mihing vaihawm hileh zaw hun nailou lua hi a. Poi petmah e.

 

Lawm kichi ka neih tuung in Muamuang ahi a, ahih keileh Muamuang ka theihleh lawm kichi bang ahia chih ka theih kiton hi. Imphal apan ittute'n a luang hon potou a, vuikhiak ahih tan kia hilou a tuni dong a ittu hau hau lolai.... Muamuang ka suun mahmahlai in u Thang leng ithuai hina tel e.

 

Muamuang in mi tampi hihlim a, nui saksak thei ahih bang in u Thang in mi tampite amau khe a dingsak in a khosakna diing uh siamna guan hi.

 

A nihnih un ka phaaklouh leh hichia bei mai di'n phalhuai lou hi na maizen uh e.

 

Muang leh u Thang, nou zaw a tawldam na hita mai ua maw... Sianmang anglai ah dawnbang tuak ni uh aw.

 

Hun-le-nite a hong liam dia... Belamnou Mang' leenna ah a na tutkhawl un aw. Na kiang ua ka hong pai hun uh om saam diing hi.

 

'Leeng diamdiam uh houlungtuak in..'

 

~ Sumthanlian Suantak | Nisim: 2022 kum Theinousihkha 17 ni (17th January 2022)

LITERATURE ADIA HUN POIMOH A HI DIAM?

 

Ei Paite mite lak ah Khristmas leh Kumthak hunte lawm a Biakinn zuan nuam a tamzaw kihi di'n um ing.

 

Khristmas leh Kumthak hunte pen i literature ua di'n hun poimoh mahmah leng suak hi. Hiai bang hunbite a hong tun chiang in bangchidan hiamhiam in i kisakhol zel uhi.

 

Saptuam tamzote bang in a voutuam in i Biakinnte uah vaiguan i bawl ua, banner leh lai bang i taakkhe zel uhi. Mi khenkhat bang in deihsakna thu sutkhiak thukizakna bang ah suah in mi nautangte bang in leng i deihsak leh ngaihnat deuhte kiang ah message hoih taktak gelh in i khak zel uhi.

 

Khristmas leh Kumthak hunte in aneupen apan alianpen tanpha adia muh theih leh sim theih dia lai i gelhkhiak tampen hun hi di'n ka gingta hi.

 

Tua bang ahihlai in laigelh i fimkhur louhpen hun uh leng bangsim hi. I gelhkhak dandan in mi lungsim i zohpen hun leng hi sek hi.

 

Etsakna khat English a thumal nih 'New Year' kichi ei pau in thumal khat 'Kumthak' chia kigelh i muh tam ziak in 'Kum thak' i gelh diing chiang in ngaihtuah sau tuanlou in 'Kumthak' chi'n thumal khat in i gelh gaihgaih zel mai uhi. A dik-diklouh genlou in tua pen i gelhdan uh suakta bang hial hi.

 

~ Sumthanlian Suantak | Nisim: 2021 kum Kaukha 15 ni (15th December 2021)

KHANGLUI ZODEUHTE KIPHA LOU A HI DIAM?

 

Naupangchik ka hilai. Sorkal a sepna ka neih nung kum 14 veel a phata hi. Ka ngaihtuah chiang in 2007 kum tan in leng i Lamka khopi uah sepna zonna dia coaching laak theihna omlam kithei lou hi. Khantouhna kong ah mundang khopi khawng a coaching kigente ei Lamka zaang ngei ah leng omta. Naak hamphathuai e aw. A hilh thei diing a siamna nei eimi mahmah leng ki-omta. A pang ngapte a di'n kongkhak kihong gige.

 

Alehlam ah hamphatna (opportunity) in hon naih ahihlai in hamphatna in hon paikheng thei hi. Dahpa bang a haikung nuai a thallupsa a hai min hong pulh diing ngakthoh mailou in haikung koi ah a om a, chia i kisak keileh hamphatna in ei lak kia hon naihlou in midang-gamdangte kiang leng naih veve hi. Tuatak ahi kidem-ki-elna a saan luatman in kisuuktak a pan a poimohna.

 

Mihingte kingek hiaihiai in duat in ki-om deuhdeuh hi. Bangchidan in eita? Tuma a pension-tate, amau hunlai a hoihtak a college khawng kai ngaungau a lohching mi om mahleh lounasep toh thuah a sepna a na gelhching a tam zophial hi diing uhi.

 

Tulai mite bel lou nna seemkawm a college kaai kitawm mahmah ta diing hi. Nidang a Pawl-VIII pass-te bang in leng siamtak in sap pau gelh thei uhi. Tulai mite'n opportunity neikawmpi mah in khanglui zodeuhte kipha lou a hi diam?

 

~ Sumthanlian Suantak | Nisim: 2021 kum Taangkha 28 ni (28th September 2021)