Ningsinglubada 23rd November, 1997 @ 2.30pm
Dr. Moirangthem Jiban Singh *
- Tada angang leikhibra?
- Oja! Lengsinbirak-o, Fida asomda……
- Yani-yani, ei chatkadaba yum kharasu leiri. Kuina famgadaba natte.
- Atomba-do hojikta lairik parambanine. Kadomda chatkhraba jatno? Magi ‘Time Table-se’ amukta yeng-jage oja. Aah! Magi time table-sidi ‘English-ta’ ibanina khangdre oja.
- Time table! Tada, Ei oina hekta yenglage, kadaino?
- Asida, Faklangda thetlibasine.
- Tada, magi time table-sigi matung innadi, pungkhaimarom-di mahak tumningba fanaba loubuklomda piruk-ka thum-morok-ka saina-saina, MIL paba chatkhi.
- Kkangdreda mana toueibase. Chak chase kourubasu eigi matam youdri hekta khumlak-i.
- Fare tada, eina lakcharibase atei karimatagi natte. Angang-gi ‘Progress Report’ yeng-hange haiduna laklibani.
- Progress Report?
- Yengbiyu tada! Subject khudingmakta mahaksu 1st / 2nd /3rd taduna school asigi afaba-hotnaba kanba maheiroi ama oiri. Mahakki hotnabasida tadakhoisu pukning khara thougatpiyu.
- Um, tougani. Lairaba haibadu oirabanina maningsu thunghanba ngamdre oja.
- Se, makha-sida tada-gi ‘Sign’ amukta toubiyu.
- Kadaida?
- Asida tada.
- Yaraba?
- Yare tada, chatlukhige. thangnaba yumsida amukta changlukhige.
- Fare oja, lengbiruro. Cha-su amata thaktre.
- Konna lakke tada. Ngasidi thabak khara yamle.
- (Mapukningda) Aassssssssssssssssss! Inaba paper amafaoba leitrena, kamaina touni? Peisasu amata leite.
- (Makhong Thoktana, Tunglomdagi) Se, lousillo. Che-Kalam leiyu.
- Yaranida eeteima, eeteima adum thamjillo.
- Ei nang-gi ‘Progress Report’ ure. Ubada yamna nungai. Adubu, Eikhoi angangdi yadre.
- (Ngakna) Eigi Progress Report?
- Aah! Nang khanghoudrabo? Houjikta, Asem-gi Oja Ibobi laklambado?
- Thengnahoudre.
- Kadaida chatluriba?
- Loubuk-ta Lairik paba.
- Loubuktadi karigi?
- Tumningba fanaba, piruk-su chanaba.
- Se-ne, lousillo. Yamsu yamdre, lupa 15-khaktane.
- Yarani eeteima.
- Louro se.
- Yarani eeteima, hayeng konna lourage.
- Leikai-sida khwaidagi maram-mokpa, gyan taba, hotnaba kanba nang-khaktani eeteimana nungsiba. Se lousillo, oktrabasu eeteimana adum pidoine.
- Yarani.
- Loudradi, eeteima saorage?
- Eeteima!
- Heima! Amuk kapla-malle?
- Kap-te.
- Namit-tagi chentharaklibaduna karino? Kap-kano-se.
- Eeteima?
- Peisase loudragadi, eeteima nangna ngangbasu tararoi. Louro se? Lairik kanna pagadabaniko.
- Um, page
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Houkharaba thoudok kayada yumfam oiduna meeoinabana magi-magi tung-gi asha amada ngasi hingnari. Houkhraba Nokningba-Kapningba, Saoningba, Nungaiba-Awaba, Pendaba, Nungsiba-nachingba thoudok kayabu mathang naiba khudonjari. Pabiyu ngeihak pothabiyu.
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* Dr. Moirangthem Jiban Singh wrote this article for e-pao.net
The writer is a District Nodal Officer for Environment, Karnataka Health System Development & Reform Project, Chikkaballapura, Karnataka, and can be contacted at mjscholar(at)gmail(dot)com
This article was posted on March 08, 2014
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