NINGSING MAMISING-11

                                                              Vadodara khongchat-ii

Eikhoigi asuk yam toubiriba Shipraga karino amadi chaminnaningkhi. Aduna houdoklui ‘Shipra  achapot charusi’. Harao harao yarakkhi. Hotel amada mahakna puduna changminnei. Yamna nalli. Punshida adugumba hotelda achapot chaba amukta changjadri. Hoi akademina achangba khrach puthoktuna achou achouba 3 star hotel ahum marida lek chaduna leiba fanglakkhibaduna amani. Inglaba musicna rasi hapliba hoteldugi ahangba table amada changsinduna famlui. Menu da iriba achapotsingdu amatta khangde. Mamaldu ubada kokchaobi kakhi. Eina Manipurgi hotelsingda imannaba imannabisingga chaminnabadu lupa  chahum amukta youkhide. Ayambana 30-40gi bora kangou chaminnabamaktani. Lupa lising chatpi amatang purseta yaori. Ateidi hotelda airbag manungda thamlammi. Karamtouni maithongse asum suktharak-i. Tamo da hanglui, ‘Tamo sel yaorira? Eidi lising amatang purak-e. horel aada singjinge.’ ‘yaori yaori ei pige’ khumlakpada swar khara hondokkhi. Shiprana achapot khallu haibada khanfam khangdadana menudu maraga fana kuina leirui. Khanfam khangdre khangbadagi mana oina khallaga order toukhi. Eina apang ataknana asigumba achapot amukta chadri hairubada tamona Manipurida ‘Prema, nangbu leishabini. Hotel atangbadaga amukta changlaga chadabra. Eikhoidi yam charakkhre’ hairakkhi.

Achapot puthorakpa ngairingei Shipragi khubakto paiduna mayi yenglui. Khubak mayiga meegi character amadi punshiga naknaba mari leinei haibasida chetna thajarakpa kuire. Cheirogi palmistryda numit kayani ngaokhi matam ama. Meegi khubakta yengbada thabak oikhi. Yamna heirubagisu natte, ahei sarubagisu natte. Mee haraonaba hotnabasu natte khangninglubagini mayina sannariba lilabu. Classta ojasingna para  taklakpada atamnana sadharan meeoisinga mannadaba  makhoigi mayibu onthokna mittana yengkhi M.A. tamlingei. Khubak mayida panbada yenghanningdaba masagi punshigi maramda khangningdaba meesu tanggi. Nupagidi makhut pairudrasu nupigi yengbadadi set faktuna yenggani  khang heida heiraba palmistgum. Thawai yaona hangnarakkani, ‘Thabak fanggadra? Nungairakkhidra? Karam kanda luhonggani? Icha kaya pokkani? Kayam kuina punshini?’ akhangba kharana khumni khangdraga khangde. Heisu heitana karigi  yenglibano nganglakpana kayama. Adubu nisha haiduni hekta yengninglui.  Shiprasu onthokna khangningba matou utlak-i. Eina akhangba kharadu hairaga nokminnaringei maya kaduna yengliba tamona hairak-i, ‘ fana nungairi nakhoi anigi maongsi, kadai nangi cameradu pirak-u, photo kappige’.

Pizza, pasta, vej-burger, juice mathang mathang puthoraktuna tabledu pumthal thalli. Tamogi pizza, eigi burger fana haorammi, Shipragi pastadudi heinadadana amuk huklubadgi makha tajadre. Eikhoina yennaduna chaminnabadu mee uramgadra, nokninglamgadra khangde, nungshi channana chaminnabagi mahaodudi fana oinamkhi. Chaba loisillaklaba bill pibagi matang youraklabada tamo Budhi hougatkhi. Kachin thangna famliba Shiprana tamona pikhidoure khangbadagi ‘no,no, Budhichadra,don’t, I’ll…’ hairaga khanghou hougatlakpada eina makhut fakhi, ‘Shipra, don’t give, please...tamo piruro…’. Tamona piba hallabasu countergi meeduda handokkho ma pige hairui. Eikhoina handorakkanu fana hairasu lou yadna noklaga pithoraklaga Shipragidu oina loukhi. Thorakpada  mana nungtigi lunch chaba hotelni hairakhhi.

Taxi tongduna amuk lakminnare.Thawaisi nungaifam ikhang khangde, meegi maran yamna tonsinlaba meegum ifun fungatli. Ikaibasu fao-i.  Ithanta khanjei, eina ma oiramlagabu asumna tuoramgadra? Hajiktang chaona imannaba imannabisingna eigi pursetagi sat-hanbada laiman oijaribani. Einasu nongmatta atangba pot chage haikhide. Chaningdaba sakhi. Scholarship fange kari chaningge haiyu leige nongma fadok imannabinaka harakpada ahaoba atangba achapot mayam yaoridu usinnadana lupa tara piba caketa khut thinjaribini. Shiprana hairak-i, ‘ Sayaji Baugta chatlaga yengba loisillasi ngasigidi. Taxisi mafamdudagi thadokkhrasi, horel hanbana amada hallasi’. Khallak-i, handakti taxi bharasi eina namdana pirage, madadi pihallaroi. Tamona phone recharge hapningi haibadagi  recharge yonba dukan thiraga kumthaminnakhi. Taxi driverdu mapokthok maya langlaba ahalni. Nanghouroidaba matagum hangkhi englishta ‘ bapuji how much will take fare?’ English khangdaba ahalni, bhara faobadi broken hindida hangba heifam thokpani, adubu leitolsidagi hathu hathubanara thoklakkhide.Faonadaba londa kanna wari shannaringei  makhoi kakhatlakpana hankhi.

Taxi khamle, Shiprana hangbada driver hanubadu seven hundred haiduna houjikta English wahei thetlak-i. Khutlei thuna khutna paiduna thamlaba peisadu pikhi. Shiprana 'Prema ei pige nang pirunu' fana khamlasu driverduda namduna pisilli. Harao harao louraga lupa chahum handorak-i. Bhara faobadi eina piredana. Ne khara takhi. Shiprana ahalduga kari karino lonnaraga lupa chamma chatpi ama mangondagi amuk pikhi. Karino haifet khanjanei. Taxi chatkhrabada ‘Prema, eina piganu hairaga piri karigino. Driverduna nakhoibu foreigner oina ubadagi seven hundred hairini. Eina Indianni ngangnage touraga, lupa chahummuktani loufam thokpadi. Yam henjinkhare’. Eina ngakna hanglui , ‘nangna amuk lupa chamma hapkhriduna karigi?’ ‘Adudi eina ngasai hotelda masu charusi haibada magi chafam ama lei konna chage haibagi chajarunaba pikhibani. Nang matungdi pinuko. Nakhoibu foreigner oina ubagi henjin henjin haibani’. Mana thengnakhiba thoudok amasu tamlak-i. Chennaida Manipuri nupi  amaga rikshaw tonglaga chatminnakhi. Driverduna Singaporedagi oiraboi khanduna lupa kungi lambiduda lupa chani piyu hairakkhi. Maduda mana ngangnaraga athokpadu pikhi hai.

Chaokhraba parkni hai,Sayaji Baug. Acre kayana konba nongmada koiba loiba ngamloidaba parkni. Pukchel chaoba leibak mapu oibagi gunna leitenglaba Maharaj Sayaji Rao III na Vadodaragi meeyamda tamlamba khudolni. Numit mayum  changkhraba amam angan sinnaba matamni. Shiprana lamjingduna ashatpa leina leitenglaba gate ama faoduna changminnakhi. Meegi mee ngakta leirammi. Kanglup kanglup famduna wari shannabana shannaba, ngahou ngahou chatpana chatpa, mee yengbana yengba,mahousa yengbana yengba makhal makhalni. Top top taraba eigi fijolduna ayengbasingi meetyeng chingsinnabagi maram oikhibadu heinadaba faorak-i. Oily oijaraba maisi nungsa marakta chatlubagi irang langkhattuna mingselgumle haibasu photo yenglaga khanglak-i. Chaora chaoraba kona pambisingna background oihallaga angle semlaga Shiprana eikhoigi photo loubikhi. Tamonasu Shipra eikhoinibusu kappikhi. Matam adu non-Manipuri Muslim hatlubagi mapanda leiba Manipurising mathawai puduna chenthoknarakpagi irang nemthadri. Akibaga awai akhum touna tounana chatningbagi mayaina lakpani. Kurta paijama litpa tupi angouba uppa nahamacha khara theinabada murum murum sonnaraga yengnahoui eikhoibu. Mihun sude, Shiprada mipaiba fongdoklui. 'Nangi dresstu setlaklammoidabani' hairakpada 'sheireng pathokpa yaorubadugi setpani, hongdoknaba tanjasu fangdre'khumkhi. 'Chummi chummi, hayengdi achamba setsi' hairaduna eigi pambomda konbirak-i.

Amambana kupsillaklaba park adugi machi amada leptuna wari sanaminnarambadagi tamodu mayumgi phone laktuna khara chatthoklaga kuina wari sakhi. Asangba napithaktuda rumal tharaga Shipra eikhoinisu wari chikthanakhi. Chahi hangnabada supnagi numit taramathoinikhak eingondagi hallamkhi. Adubu eingondagi mana halle haiduna eibu manao amagum loinarakkhi. Eina ngakna hai, ‘Shipra eikhoinimak piscesni!’. Ibanigi marakta mannaba kaya leibanani nongmatanggi manungsida asuk chetpa marup oikhribasi, wakhalda faorak-i. Eina hanglubadagi mayumgi maramda tamlakkhi. Mapadu achouba thabak ama toui hai. Nungai yaifaba imungni. Eina eidi main roadtagi tamna leiba nga fabana mapung oiba khungang amada pokpani. Manipuri mediumda tamlakpanani lon ngangbada warisi. Masina eibu pukning hanthahalli hairubada khut paisinduna ‘ Prema adummaina touganuko, ngangla nganglaga heijarakkani’ themjillak-i. 'Nangi sheirengsingdu chaorakpa idea ama iraga eingonda mailda tharak-o, translation toubige. Ei Manipurda nongmadi koirakke. Khungangduda chatsi. Nahakki maramda documentary film namsi...' Mamanggi mopokta eigi lamanka tonhoudouduna singdoknaba ngairamba meegum mayang leibakki sakmannadabi marup asina mapan naidaba nungsiba pibiri. Kaya chaoba lamanno eingonda amuk tonsilhanbiriba. Karamba numitta eina amuk singjaba ngamlagaba...