Shajibugee Nonglei- Nungshit:
Nongmadolse mabuk
nungaitramale,khongbaga laobaga. Nungshitsisu mathouna fudoktuna lamjel chelli.
Earth current haplaba chaoraba hostelgi buildingni. Laptop mamangda
khongrai chanduna famli ngasi ei. Kagi thong thongnao lonsillaga mong hadana
houkhraba matamda ningsingbagi hi hon-gatli...
'ibemma! ibemma!...' 'ei sida
leire...'
Shajibugi numidangni. Atiyagi irang marak marakta chenthoklaga yengna yengna imana thongliba shanthi shinggi chak loiba ngainei. Piklaba chakhummangduda hobe
hobe lanchak chabagum bajiga eiga ama, imaga ibungsinga ama famduna
chaminnei. Morokki yenshangni eigi leitonna sanga touba ngamjadaba. Bajina
chupthoklaga pirakpa alu, ngaiba ngamdaduna tengkottagi loukhatlaga sisa sisa
chasilli. Charingei ngaihaktuda touge matagum nongdolgi pungkhol, nungshit
ningthougi dhamka khanghen henjillak-i. Puk thanba thandaba khut chop chop
hamnaraga famungdagi afangba fi amamam painaduna amambaduda
chenthoknarak-i. Shumangdagi makhathangbagi loubuk shing peiriba adom tamnarak-i.
Pummam mamlasu chinfa puraba lambini. ‘Chello, chello’ laonaduna chellakliba
mayamgi mang itha thaduna mihun thahun sudana mamang pangna chelli. Loubukta
eeshing chingbagi khonglam macha ama leibadu kanbada khongfam chahoudraduna
tusilli ‘ahh!...’. Eina khongbanda tusillnglei loubukta peiba chomlang,
tou marakta tusilliba tamochaga tatonga nokngangda laonarak-i asoiba
thangjinnaduna. Eidi nokpaga changbaye. Eigi hek tungda chellaklibi imana
ei tusinbagi sahum tabaduda pakhatna ‘ibemma! ibemma!...’koima maringei
ibok-hoigi maninggi pungton makhongdagi laokhi ‘ ei sida leire…’.
Matam ado eikhoi leikaida jinghana kuppa yum khut thektuna paba
yari. Ibok-hoigisu ina kuppa leibakna faklang khaba mallaba yumni.
Eikhoigidagidi makhoigina fibham kharadi fei.Adubu makhoigi imungsu nong
nungshitpu shillaklaba eikhoidagi hannani chenthoknarakliba. Kum
khudinggi nong nungshit pantha mangoinana ima pokpa ipuna makhoigi ingkholda
saba ‘Nungshit Shang’ tamnani mayamna lan chenbagum chensinnakhibadu. Faklang
yaodaba, yumthaktangna leimaida chetna fajinduna khinba maning mamang onba
charuna maikei pumba kuplaga mamanangthangbada mamai fatpa shang aduda imung
anigi yamlaba meeyamdo pullap punna mahousa magi ishou nemthakhiba ngaiminnei.
Nungthil oiragana mahei mahei yum tekkhidra nungsha thina thina wari sanaduna,
numidang oiragana mana mana thokpa pakhatpana pakhatna,wari sabna sa,charu
mathaktuda tumningbana tum touduna. Len heithaba numittadi eikhoi angangsing
len haijillakpa khunba tannei. Ipuna nani cheiraklagana khunning khunning
khunba ngamda nga chaba yengbagum yengduna leinei. Numittudi shang youraga
imana ei mangkhibagi, tamochahoinasu makhoi tusinbagi wari tamnaduna nong
nungshitka kaobamakhei wa wa nokkhi.. Eisu shang manung yourabadata swar
hondoktuna nokpa yaokhi.
Adubu nong nungshit nemthakhraba
tungda hallakpa khuding eikhoina thajabidaduna hundokpiprambi iyum
mongbado mapi oro oro shinthana leptuna adum leirammi. Sangoi yumsada mamang
ollaga shaba nawa punshigi saidangfam adungeigi iranyaido ngasisu mitta
uri.Nongkhang chaibana machi machi horaba yumthak, tha subigum ponthoklaba
fammenlomgi mamang thangba faklang, wachap thaduna turoi ngamloi lepkhibido
pangal sonbini khanbiduna eikhoitana ikaiba pibikhibani. Tamthiba nonglei nungshit
amatana inthuba ngamdana chahi kaya lepkhi eikhoina namduna inthubidrifao.
‘…meesu lak-hanbinu…nungshitsu
fahanbiro…’
Irong chesabagi lingkhatpa kuidriba NGOgi office kani. Assistant
secretary thaba name platena mangda thariba tableda leitengbiduna fam
pairabi officer amagum famli. Talap fangdaba thabak oibadagi khongmee
lanmee mathang mathang chennakhiduna makok thongba officer ahumkhaktana
chalaihouraba officeni. Muslim khunni, ithak thongba officer animaksu muslimni.
Kaya thouna fakhrabino mapandadi, nungdana wakhalgi akanba lan: akiba,
chingnaba, shingnaba, leitadaba. Pammuna thamjaba lairik pumba samaj
sebari oidourabani haibagi wakhalda officeki libraryda dan toukhrasu oja
presidentki lairik eina khoidajaba mayam upu manungda yaoribadu paning paningna
paba fangkhide. So lonshillaga supnagi officeka mari leinaba boring chuba
lairiktamak pisillak-i. Numittu 'eikhoi chak chadri charukhige, Prema nang
lairik parammu hairaga' oja Angoubi, ka Samad animak mayum chatnakhi.
Leikaidugi mee ngaktani. Ithanta ngaihoure, parikhyagi lairik pabagum rule
mayam pana pana wakhal meisa langlingei kadomdagino khanghoude shajibugi
kallaba nonglei nungshit adu leithak leikha khonna Lankagi Rabongum
paisillakkhi. Lairikka paba changbaye. Taibang kanagi khonjen tadraba
kadu bhut makongumkhi,nungthil oirasu mamlaba kanungduda nong
nungshitsu ki, mee fattabasu ki, atoppa meeda natte fam puminnariba anidusu
yaona kisillak ‘he ima Saraswati! namombu nungsibiyu, meesu
lak-hanbinu…nungsitsisu fahanbiro…’ sonna sonna mit chejet uisin, nakong
kanna mensin kaya wana lenkhiba…
