Zodawn nipilai iitna tangthu te aziak tampi'n a bei uh. Mahleh a tung diing teng a tunkhit chiang in, thil khat a kibang gige a om. Aksi kikhoh mah abang uh. Thangvan kimlai a vaak siilsial. Tomchik kilang zual in. A hong vaakpuap ua, a mangnawn ngaal uh.

A tuanna IndiGo in Phaipi khopi a honboh hi. Air hostess maitai siiusiau te toh mangpha kikhaak in, leenna kong ah a hongpawt khia a, a hongdaak khia. Delhi khopi lum hemhum banglou in suun nisa neemtak leh huihvot ana nung hiauhiau a, kithalawp tak in a kumkhia hi. Avan teng a khawm a,  kintak in amah vaidawn a konglam a ana ngak, anu-le-pa kiang a hon manoh ta.

Anu'n a muhphet in, "Kim, na hongdam maw?" chiin ana liangkawi hi. Huchiin, anu-le-pa toh a car un Tulihal Airport a kipan a hong kitholh khia ua, Lamka lam a honzuan ta uhi. Tu in ahihleh a lung a muang lawta. Nu-le-pa te, innlum, mahni khua leh mahni mi-le-sa te omna mun ngei a nipi khawlhun zang di'n Kimbawi a hong kisa ta.

Kaal nih sung veel Lamka a a omnung in, a pute uh veh di'n Aizawl ah a innkuan un a hong zinkhia uhi. Aizawl ah kaal khat veel ava chaam nung un Guite Road tawn in Lamka lam a honzuan uhi.

Khopi ngen a khosa ahihziak in Kimbawi in singtang lam a mu ngeikei. Guite Road a a hongtai kawm un, lampi gei a mual te khawng etlawm a sa thei mahmah hi. "Novel a i sim,  movie a i et te ataktak a eigam a ana omdan eivele maw" chiin a pa te kiang ah a geen hi. Suun ni sa singseng, meipi liim in mual a liah dindin te bang, leh luiluang  te khawng a enchim thei mahmah kei.

Lampi khang a singtang lou a haichi pou siuhseuh te leh buuk bang, loulai a nnasem a om dialdial te bang a muh patna ngen ahi. Sava rong chi tuamtuam, singkahiang a boh te bang a digital camera in laaksawm sek mahleh a laakkhaak ma in a leeng manzeel uh. Akhenchiang in a gari uh khawlsak in lamgei khawng ah lim ava kila zeel hi. Kipaak a nui seuseu in, "Delhi ka tunchiah ka lawmte'n a en utthei mah di uh," achi hi. "Orkut, Facebook, Flicker khawng ah ka taakdia..."

Tuuktui luanlai hiven, lam kimchiang diing leng a taima un menchim nasatak in lampi ana khaak hi. Paisuak theihvual ahimai kei a, kiiknawn diing lah hitheilou, a hahsiang ua lampi a bawlhoih uh a ngaakmai uh angai ta. Bangtan ngak ngai diing ahia chih geen a haksa. Atom pen in kaal khat a kipan kha khat sung bang a luut diing. Huchiin, tua menchipna mun gei a khua ah a hong tawlnga ta uhi.

Kho hausa te inn khat ah, a gari heekpa utoh Kimbawi te innkuan a hong om uhi. Khopi a kipan a singtang a khualzin, kithalawp mahmah Kimbawi' kipahna teng a beita. Lampaina a a totkhak munte nopchi sa in etlawm sathei mahmah napi'n hiaimun a tawmchik sunglel om diing leeng a lin ngoihngoih hi.

Hiaimun ah meivaak a tungkei. TV omlou, music system omlou, Internet chihte om vetlou. Phone le zat theihlouh hilai. Gas a omkei a, heater a omkei a, ann huanna dia thuk a sing, khutak a chih nguingui ngai. Hiaiteng mai in leeng a lung a kesak khin dimdem hi. A tunni zaan bang un a ihmu thei sekei. Lamka a a innlum uh, thupi takmai bang a ngaihtuah a, Delhi a niang-leh-tai a a omdan khawng a ngaihtuah nilouh hi. Mall, showroom, theatre, McD chih te khawng a nuamsa tak a vaaklai hunte mitkha ah a honglang dundun a, ihmut sawm mahleh ihmutna in a siang a zuanthei mahmah kei.

Ziing beltak in alang-alang ah aak a hongkhuang pah cheelchuul ua, ni hongsuak a suun a hong hi a. Hihdi lah omlou, lawmdi lah omlou, chimtak in Kimbawi a om ngiungeu hi. Kisuk halh sawm in a hongpawt khia hi. A inn gei te' innkong ah tangval, ama' chia diing khat in tem in sing ana saat keuhkeuh hi. A thilhih ava en nilouh a.

Atawp in Kimbawi in, "Bang a na bawl?" chiin ava dong hi.

"Khuaibu di ahi," chiin adawng a, a saatzom zeel hi.

"Bangchi daan a?" chih dotna apan dotna dang ah kaltou zeel in singtang hindan chi tuamtuam, a theih ngeilouh tampi tua vaalnou in Kimbawi a hilh hi. Bangchi dan a hiaikhua hong paikha uhiam chih Kimbawi in agen a, huchiin a hong kitheituah ua, vaalnou in Muanthang ahihdan ahilh hi.

"Nang bangtan simta?" chiin Kimbawi in adong a.

"BA third year. CCPur Government College ah. Nang la?"

"Keile BA third year keive. Delhi University ah. Ekzam khin. Ahihleh nang bangchia kai?"

"Ekzam hunchiang a vapai zel, huchilou chu hiaimun ah sep theihtheih seem a kiloh."

Aziingchiang in Kimbawi in Muanthang' thilbawl ava en nawn a, a hong kihou theita mahmah uhi. A khankhiatna uh leh a ngaihtuahna uh kibanglou lua himahleh a hong kipawl thei mahmah ua, a theih ngeilouhte tuak uh kihilh tuah in nuam asa mahmah uhi.

Ziing phalvaak tuung in khomual lam zuan in, khogaal a nisuak khia, neem takmai te a en ua, huchiin, gophel kaapdaan kihilh in sava a bengkhawm uhi. Suun a honghi a, lou kuankhawm in loulai ah a vaak ua, tangmai, muvom, mazel leh haigah limchi taktak, athaklai ngei in Muanthang in Kimbawi a lohpih hi. Tua te buuktau a tukawm in a ne ua, a nih ua kithoh in a nuikhawm alh-alh uhi. Louvuum a mawngkung sangtak mai khawng ah a tuang ua, Muanthang in taamngai a muut vengveng a, tuahun chiang in muvanlai in a tung zawn uh ava veel diaidiai hi.

Gamlak ah vaak in thaang khawng a kam ua, theipi khawng a vilkhawm uhi. Luidung a vaak in, aisa bang a sawk ua, sanga khawng a man ua, tua luiluang sialsial gei a phazaang hing dimdim lak a tulliim nuai khawng ah khawl tawldam in maanlai tangthu leh khovel tangthu tuamtuam bang a kihilh uhi. Lui ah a hong kileuh ua, a kileuh khit un suangtung a lumkawm in ni neem hiihiai liim bang a awi uhi.

Huchiin, suunni hongtum a, khua a hongmial  a, sawtlou nung in kha a hongsuak a. Guitar tumkawm in laa sa in nuam takmai in hun a honzang khawm uhi. Solkha taang siilsial nuai ah.

Huchih hunsung in a theihlouh kaal un Muanthang leh Kimbawi kingai a hong hi maimah ta uh.

Hiai khangnou nih te' iitna hong piankhiat dan leh a taangthu uh a hong kizial touhzeel diing daan, Zodawn nipi hun leh tuuktui luang te'n a theihpih kei uh. Hun paisa leh mabaan hundiing himhim ngaihtuah lou in iitna lampi, nuam leh maamtak mai hidia a gintaak uh, a hon zui panta uhi.

Agaal a kipan et in hiai iitna tangthu, a hithei ngeilou diing khat hileh kilawm maw. A tangval pa i chihchiang in singtang dawn a niamtak mai a khosa hi a. A nungak nu lah a khebul a khoveel koihthei hial khop a hausa hizeel.

Kimbawi ahihleh khoveel thak a hongteeng mah abang hi. Amah a din a thiltuah khempeuh te leh Muanthang toh a kholhkhawmna te uh, thilthak zilna leh kipahna bukim tuntu ngen ahi. A theihngeisa khopi itna leh tu a a theihthak Zodawn itna te a tehkaak chiang in kilamdanna lianpi a om hi. Khopi ging vungvung leh michih in amau thilhih chiat buaipih a kuamah kingaihsak man di leng a omlouhna mun apan suakta bang in a kingai hi. Khopi a hunteng, 24x7, a tongleng tawivial (mobile phone) hiam vannnuaizom (internet) hiam a kizop tuah gige sang in hiaimun, sing-le-lou, paak namtui, huihkhi siang laang hialhial leh tungleng vasa haam seseuh na mun a lungdeih ngaih toh hun zatkhawm in itna diktak mah dawnsuang zaw hi a thei tlat hi. Ahi, restaurant, bar chihkhawng a hun zatkhawm sang in Zo mualdung a vaakkhawm nuam a sa zawtham.

Khatvei, a nu'n Kimbawi ki'ah, "Kim ei, huai na lawm Muanthang khatvei honvaak pih ve. I mu ut thou voi," a chi hi. Suun khat Kimbawi in leeng Muanthang a omna uah a hon tonpih ngei hi. Kibawi nu-le-pa toh a li un singpi dawn in a hongtu khawm uhi.

"Na nu, na pa te kua te a? Nou unau bangzah?" chiin Kimbawi' nu'n a dong a.

Anu-apa min a geen a, "Ka pa'n gaalbuai lai in honna sihsan a, ka nu toh hiai ah ka khosa ua, ka naunu, Lamka lam ah mi' inn ah ompih in a kiloh," a chi hi.

"Ahihleh nou na nu toh bangchi'a kivaak?"

"Buh tiin 1 mun di khawng lou ka bawl ua, huchilou, ken mi' lou khawng a kuan in leh a lemtheih nana ah ka kiloh zeel."

Hiai kihouna te'n amau gel iitna taangthu kigelhna laidal, ziikkeek hithet di'n Muanthang in ana ngaihtuah pha kei. Huai nung teng Kimbawi toh a kimu kha theinawn kei ua, a omna ua ava kanchiang in leeng anu te'n "omlou", "pawt", "manlou" chi hiam in ana heemkhe zeel uhi.

A kimuhnung uh kaal khat achin in, lampi a siangta a, huchiin, Kimbawi te innkuan in khua nusia in Lamka lam a zuanta uhi. Mangpha kikhaakna bangmah a omkei. A khomual uapan Muanthang in tua gari tai a en liam a. Tua gari in Kimbawi te innkuan kia a pailiam pih kei. Kimbawi kia leeng a pailiam pih kei. A itna, a lungtang leh a hinna ngei ahih a pailiam pih.

A itpen ' aang Kimbawi in a va beel ut ngeimai. Khatvei lai. Khatvei lel. Leh a tawpna di'n. Mahleh a hithei nawnkei. Veen in a om. Khaam bikbek in a om. A liammang matan uh a mittui vuung thriuthriau kawm apan a ittpen a gaal et a.

Huchiin a mangta.

Sabang a tatna sa munte uh Muanthang in ava vehkiik zeel a. Ama a di'n a lungzuan phawngtu lel ahita uh.

Huchihlai in, Kimbawi leeng hinkho thak zang diing chi in Delhi tual a tungnawn ta hi. Mahleh a ngaihtuahna mit ah tua mundai, thoveng, galmuang leh etlawm tak mai, mual hing dimdim te, luiluang sialsial te, paak namtui hiuhiau te a hong kilang kiikzeel a; huchihlai mah in zuunlouh vangsel Zolei gam, lampi setak mai, khoveel changkanna himhim omlouhna mun leh mizawng tak te teenna mun te ngaihsutna in amah a buakkiik khazeel hi.

Hunte luitui bang in luang liamzeel mahleh a ngaihtuahna ah a mangthei mahmah kei. Muanthang. Leh suunchim lungzuan a sialkhawmna mun uh, zaan chiang zaideih a awihkhawmna mun uh,  Zodawn tulliim.

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