- Robert Khuplunmang
Nu-le-pa thunun leh khangdawng numei zumthei mi kahi a, kahinkhuo ah mite siatna ding lunggel mawngmawng nei utlou in kisuangla zingmi leh maipha suimi kahi hi. Mel etlam ah nungah melhoi, mit rashi nei leh ka kawng (hips) meimei in pasal mit tampi hip jou hi. Tuakawmkal ah Christian kahi a, Pasian giinna lungtang kanei tinten hi. Laisimna lam ah laisiem tungtuang hisih nanleng exam kaneite ah Pasian lungsietna toh lawsapna kanei ngeisih hi. Lamka khopi a pawl XII jou in Shillong ah BBA sim ding ka ut a, Meghalaya zuan a kakuanlai in motaw sung ah ‘Kamson’ kichipa toh kakimu uhi.
Vangphat huoitah in Shillong college minthang ‘St. Anthony College’ ah ka course dei simtheina ding admission kamu hi. Nikhat class la ding a kakuanlai in class room mai ah gingtat huoiloupi in Kamson toh kakiphukha ua, kisuangla pumpum in ka bag ahing topsah hi. Nui kawm in Kamson in ahing houpi a, keizong ka-heartbeat ging za dumdum kawm in nervous tah in ka houpi hi. Hinanleh class la ding kahiman in kaki sawt hou thei sih ua, hun hing peizel in kal 3 nua in fresher night party ah kakimu kia uhi.
Kamson kamu phet in kalungsim guh ah kipahna’n kalungtang teng a luo dimta hi. Tuachin melthei bang in kaki houkiata ua, St. Anthony College a second year student hi in kathei kheta hi. Tuazan apat fone leh facebook tungtawn in kaki hou zing ua, khenthei guollou khop in khat-le-khat kakingaina panta uhi. Lawita dan in kihouzel nan uleng kani un kalungsim guh uah genkhietlou ittna neituoh ding in kagingta hi.
“Na thoutai?” “Na imu theinai?” chi’n niteng in kaki text panzel ua, gingtatlou kal in restaurant leh park a singpi dawn khom in lunch nekhawm teitei ding bang kasawm khawmta uhi. Class lajou chieng in drive in kapei zel ua, atangpi in College suti ni chieng in Cherapanji lam ah long drive ding in apaneu gari Swift car toh kapot khom zel uhi.
Kamson ahileh ahina poupou numeite’n si ki ittlou in adei chiet ua, numei te’n pasal adeite uh list bawlkhie ding uh hileh Kamson personality in 8/10 mu ngeingei ding in kagingta a, hinanleh daahuoitah in Kamson Christian sakhuo zuilou pawl ana hi hi. Kamson toh kholai kapawt chieng un khut kitu kawm in kavaah zel ua, akhut tulou mawngmawng in ama toh lamvah ding ka ut si a, katuh chieng in katahsa umdan hingzat tuom hi. Tam zattuom dan a kalunggel leh katahsa umte abul in nopmaw kana sa a, hinanleh Kamson khut a magic kithua dandeu in kakhut kalakhe ut nonsih a, ka ittna in kalungtang guh a khohsahna kanei teng athat siengta hi.
Nikhat kalawite toh kakimu un thau angsah dan thute uh ahing gen ua, kenzong chiamnui kawm in thudang kagen khum hi. Hinanleh kalawite thugen in kalungsim sukha in a aw uh kangaituona ah a thawngthawng mai a, zaan imu theilou leh neh-le-tah ngimtah a netheilou in kal khat sung mawngmawng kaki ngaituo hi.
Kal khat peita in zingmawng chin in kalua a, kangaituo chieng in ka sung hawmseng zieh a damlouna hi dan in kaki koi a, tuzingkal a khosih kanei pen kalung ha geelseng zieh leh ka period aki khel zieh hi ding in kangaituo a, kaki geel tha kiakia leh “Hithei hisihva!... utsing...Agai chu hisam sing e mo?” chi’n kalungsim thawmhau zen in dohna hoilou toh ngaituona hoiloute in kapum dimta hi.
Class lalou in doctor kung ah test nei ding in kakuanta a, lauthawng tah a kalunggel leh mang a mat dia zong kana utloupi ‘naupai’ kahi ta hi. Kum 19 kahipan a, kamailam hun zah ding tampi kanei nalai hi, bang bawl ding kahi’a? Kanu te lah kahil theisih a, hil zong kahil ngam sih hi. Ka test result toh Kamson kung a kapei ngai ahi’a, ama ngai dan kalah ngai mawngmawng ding hi chi’n kaki henem mai hi. Kamson kung a sil umdan kahil phet in alungthana maisuo kamupai a, tuabang Kamson lungthahna kana mu ngei vawtsih hi.
Kamson lungthah ki control jounonlou in ham hoilou teng toh kamin dan in ang han hi. Kenlah ka kaalam zong theilou khop in kamittui pawtkawm in ka en a, leitung a ka ittpenpen leh ka muon penpen betrayal tuoh ding kagingta khangei sih hi. Kamson in kamit tui pawt amu in ka zauthawng dante thei hita ding a, a ang ah hing kaiphei in ang koi a, kasam ah akhut zut suh in ka bil kawm ah “Abortion nei mei in” chi’n ahing gen hi. Kenzong kazahphet in Kamson kasawn khepai a, “Abortion bawl lou ding kahi” chi’n kap kawm in ka gen hi.
Hinanleh Kamson in kanu-le-pate’n tami thu athei ding uh consequence hing gen a, abortion bawllou hileng gai leh gilpuohsa ka schoolmate te kaimai tuo ding dan leh tuateng sang a ut huoilouzaw in ka sakhuo ‘Christian’ kahina zieh zum tungtuong thei ding in ang gen hi. Tua chi’n lampi dang um in zong ken zong kathei tuom sih a, Abortion nei ding in ut-le-da in kakisata hi.
Kamson in ka sung a um, hinna nei naungeh thana ding in arrangerment teng a hing bawl piahta a, clinic khat a abortion nei ding in room lam kazuanta uhi. Room kazot lai lampi ah lauthawng leh lungvai thachau in kakithing phei a, Kamson in kakhut tu kawm in “Bang ma chisih na vateh, tabang decision haangsantah nalah patat huoi mama teh” chi’n hing henem gen hi.
Nausuh kietna roomsung kalutta ua, doctor pan abortion kibawlna table tung ah hing tousahta hi. Lauthawng seng kahiman in kalung sim ka divert khietsawm a, minute 5 nua a katung a sil hing kibawl dingte ngaituona kanei laitah in ka gei a doctor pan “Na UNDERWEARR nasut khietlou leh abortion na bang chi bawl ding la?” chi’n aw khautah in ahing ngephei hi. Tua chi’n ka underware ka sutkhie a, kalung gel ngaituona ah kisiana pum dim in ka dim ta hi. Masang in ka underware kasut in nopsahna ding in kasut a, tu in vang tami nopsahna ding hilou in kisiana leh kingaisietna lunggel toh sil ka utlou bawl ding in kasut khieta hi. ....Zum nang ae!! Khovel a miteng in guahtang a ka um hing mu hitalou mo? Chi’n Lunggel tuomtuom kaneilai a, instrument khat kasung ah mat leh mat in lut-le-pawt dan in kakithei hi. Tauchi’n nidanglai a numei hoi kana hinate ka geelkhie a, tu in bang to bang numei suah katai chi’n in numei khelna bawlkha lou dan a kilepna hinkhuo kazat tah ding dan kakingaituo hi. Tabang hinkhuo..apat...kihemkhe tang....tabang hinkhuo....dei nonsing chi’a kanephu keehjou lou sasa ka gen lai in...katahsa sung a phin (needles) bang ahiam khat in hing dot dan in kaki thei a, naasa a kakikou leh doctor te’n sip khinkhien ding in ahing ngekia uhi. Khat veitoh tua phin hing kisun kia dan in kathei a, hinanleh ka nepet in kaki daw a, tuabang natna mat-le-mat in katahsa in athuohta hi. Kalunggel guh ah sil dihlou khat um chi kachieng tinten a, hinanleh chauseng leh thabeisengta kahiman in hamkhie leh awpawt jounonlou in ka um ta hi.
Tuachin Kamson leh doctor-te kihouna kaza a, sisan tam seengseng kana hi hi. Anatna thouhzaw guol ahilou zieh in katha abei deudeu hi. Ka thahatna teng beisiangta ahiman in atawp in katha umsun toh Pasian kung ah thumna kanei a, “Mangpa, Ka Underware kana sut zieh in hing ngaidam in aw” chi’n kalung a vai deudeu a, khovel muntuom a lengmang a kakithei kawmkawn in natna kathuahte akiam deudeu a, ka gei a mikihoute aw zong bei in athawn hiehie hi.
Lawm-le-guolte, i taahsah uh Paisan bieh innsiengthou ahi’a, Na UNDERWEAR uh a hun lou in sut sih un. University a numei khangdawng tamtah virgin sa in lut ua, hinanleh tabang in a siengthounate uh pasal amau khualloute kung ah amansuo zel uhi. Tu in taminu nausuh kiet zieh in asung a naungeh umpen athat a, ama’n zong asi pi hi. Tabang a sina numeinu guah a dia kisiem ahi sih chi thei in.....