MUMBAI MAWL KHA! - Jacob Shakum

“…….and therein dwell my heart and soul; 

Stranger just I be when I am out of your realm.”

                                        - Anonymous

Jacob Shakum

   Mumbai kha October 2007 khan ka hung chuong kai ve ta nawl el a ka sin hung zawm dingin. Pu Stephan C. Hmar a PG a khan in hnaw lut nghal in ka hei um tran ta a. Khang lai khan Hmar Welfare kha chu um in, Fellowship ruok kha chu a la um naw a. Vai hai lai hmar tlawmte, in tar tawn a  um chuh hawphur um ding hin ka lo ring hlak a. A lo ni naw khop el a. Welfare thuoitu nil eh a lo um hmasa hai kha an fel in an tlin em em el a, infuina, khawpui a umdan ding ti hai kha a hung thar taphawt kha an lo hril mawl mawl ta lem a. Chu el ni lo in, in pawl pui a hmel inhrietna hai kha an hang thaw lom lom nghal a. Insuk mikhuol hman khawm a lo ni ta der dal a. Hi lei khawm hih a ni ding a nih tuchen a Mumbai a Hmar nauhai ei thil thaw na reng reng a khawm ei in thuruol in ei in pumkhat  tlat na hih. Chu hnung sawtnawte zo a chun Fellowship kha indin a ni nawk a. A mi keikhawm nasa nawk zuol tu a hung ni a. Thuoitu fel tak tak le in pe zo tak tak, a mi keikhawm tu ei nei hih lawm a um hle a nih.

   Sawtnawte hnung a chun quarter hai hung hluo in ka hang khawsa tran pei ta a.  Lenglai Group hun hung in her dawk in, 2008-09 suong kha chuh Mumbai Hmar nau hai kha kan hruot hne hle in ka hriet. Pu Kaprosang in a Mumbai hung tlung hma in phone hung thaw ngei hlak a ta, ‘Voizan tu PG am ei ngam ding?’ ti chang bo lo. Zan dar hni tlang ah Kalina kawtthler hruot suk chang bo lo. In lengna ta phawt a John Duhlian (Lalal) lo in hnar hman zie bawk leh. Marka in thingpui no lo dawm hman zie bawk a ta. Pu Lalrothang Tusing in ‘sapthei bil’ thaw a that zie le a hlawk zie a sermon chang bo bawk lo. Joseph Joute in “sin ah ka um’ ti deu ran bawk a ta. James Pudaite in phingtam em em a hme lo in tem hai dam kha. Khanglai hun hai mawl kha a nih ngai um a ka hriet chuh. Ka lungril tak a chuh ‘Mumbai mawl kha’ a ni ran a nih.

  Fellowship trantir lai a ‘in’ a in tar em em a, thlan tui leh (lum lei a) ei hang inkhom tran lai hai dam kha theinghil ruol chu a ni naw ngei. SMS group tran lai a ‘ngavok’ in Mumbai a hmar hai a suk buoi hai dam, MumbaiTalkies a trawngbau ei lo inchan far hun lai dam kha ei la ngai tak tak ding chu a ni hih. Sawtnawte zo ah, MumbaiTuisunsuo hung suok in Pathienni inkhom trin char a article tiem neka Trawngbau hang tiem hmasatak hun lai dam kha theinghil an tak hmel khop el. BKC ground ekdur lai a football van practice a, chu zo ah Lalal in ah bu hang fak khom kher lai dam kha. Hang in zawt seng el chuh a ni naw ding a ni hih. Mumbai mawl kha ei ti ran el ding chu  a ni hih.

  Mumbai khawpui ah Sikpui Sports, Sikpuiruoi dam, Christmas dam puithuo taka ei hang hmang thei hih a ropui in a rapthlak a nih. Ei thuoitu hai  an in pek zo na lei a hieng ni hai dam hih hmang thei ei nih. A mipui hai khom ei fel in thu ei awi tawl hle lei khom a nih bawk. Hmun dang hai hang en chun, in dem, hotu nina inchu, in hril siet ti hai dam hih a tam ta em em anih. Eini ruok chuh inthuruol khak a, pumkhat a ei um dam hih mi inhnar ei kai a nih. Chuong a ni lei chun, ei hnam mawizei chawisang tu ni rawp ei tiu.   

  Mumbai a hmar hai hi ei vangnei in ei hamthat nawk zuol na em em chuh Officer tha deu deu, insuk milien thak lo, Pu Darzakhum Songate le Dr. Laldaikim hai dam ei nei hih a nih. Pu Lalpiengfel Joute in a hung belsa bawk. A chin a lien, naupang le upa ei ni level ang pei a an min pawlpui thei na ringawt  dam hih thil rapthlak tak a nih. Kei ka mimal tak a khawm sin dang ka hung hmu nawk na hih anni lei le Pathien zar lieu lieu ka ti ngam a nih. Sin tha lem nei ding khan an mi ditsak a, an mi tur deu ran bawk hlak kha a nih. An ni ang hih Hmar in sawmnga (50) bawr vel nei in la chuh hmar hai hih duoi biek nawm ei nih. Hienganga hmar hai ta dinga an in pek zo na hih a thlawn naw ding a nih.  Tukhom hin sin hmu leh la hmu ding hung um pei ei ta, Mumbai ah hmar nauhai hih la changkang in mi inhnar thei tlukin ei la um ding a nih. Private a sin thawhai khom tak-in-ning deu in sin thawng ei ta, kai sang pei ei  ta, mi in za thei ei la hung kai ding  anih.  

  Hmar Christian Fellowship Mumbai le Mumbai Hmar Welfare Association Pathien in malsawm in thuoi pei raw seh!          

             

(Jacob Shakum hi Ministry Of Health and Family Welfare, Delhia Assistant sin thaw anih. jshakum@yahoo.co.in a contact thei anih)