Lenchonghoi: Fictions with a purpose

Naga gal khoh laitah 1993 apat tukum 2013 hi kum 20 lhinna ahitai. Hichehi keidin akidanna achomdeh’e. Adeh in Pate nikho ahung lhun ding tahjeh hin! 1993 March/April nisa satni khat chun kasopipa (kapalen chapa) toh huon pam a kisel pumpi chu kakaidoh lhon in ka-kap jeng lhon in ahileh kakeng jetlang se sechu lahthei anahi tapoi. Kasopipa vangchu ima ana tipoi. Ka innchung’u bi kikhu ni ahi in, kanu leh kapa jong inn-khu na a jaolhon ahi. Pumpi agin jehchun inn-sa a hungkon jouse chu akichauvin thal ginna lang delding leh jam ding asatkah taove. Chomkhatpi kamit a kho ajing in kahung hadoh chun lam kajotgon ahileh ka-ngelpeng gu in tol kachon in ka kengphang lang se se chu san dehduh in akikhai long long’e. Asat petchun na jong anapon, athijong alongpoi. Kakeng chu anunglang avun leh thajung bouhin ahen ahitai. Kanu chun kei kisuhkhah he bang in thal gin nalang ahindel jeng in eihung mudoh masapen in apang’e. Kanu in ihung pomdoh jou chun kapa ahunglhung paijin, hichun aman eipo...

Laijon Digest a fiction kana jih nahi ahungsot thimtan, kajihdoh jong phachompi ahitai. Khatvei veileh “Ipi phachom lou kingadoh tahen” tin kageljin abangkom teng le vang “En akijih louleh kuon ajih ding ham!” tin article jihding hi kakin dan in kahin kigel kitji. Alangkhat ah asimho lunggel ding jong kagah ngaito jin ajatjat kagel dohji. LD a ka-article jih ho jal a Laijon ho akon pachatna kamu tampi aum tan, thanom tah a ana simjing ho jouse chung’ah kakipana seijouhuoi ahipoi. Chuleh LD a fiction hung kiso ji ho chung’a ana lungphamo tampi jong aumding katahsan in amaho chung’a jong kakipana alen’e. Mihem jouse lunggel kibanglou ahi in, adei aumleh adeilou jong umtei ding ahichu hetsa ahi. Ahin aphat-aphatlou lang chu thilchom in kakoiyin article hohi Laijon khatle ni beh in aphatchompi ding joh thupi in kagel’e. Hijeh hin ka-thusim jih ho jeh-a musiet kachan ding jong imachan kagel poi. Ka-article simjing Laijon 100 lah a khatseh seh in aphatchompi jong leh ‘aman aletai’ tia k...

Aphat hi 2004-05 laipeh ahitan, kum-10 ache tai. Sadar Hills Saikul a um Mehs School a Class-X simlai kana hi. Class-IX kasim chun Inn apat kana kile tho jin, hichu ahahsat jep jeh in Class-X simkum beh amun ah kium hen tin kaloipa Hekhup toh Innsan kaki lah hon’in hiche a chu umdin kana kigo lhon’e. High School kakai laichun koima hetlouvin kitepna tampi kana sem’in hiho lah-a khatchu ahileh ‘ Matric chai masang a dongma neilou ding’ tihi ana hi. Chapang dang bang a sei ngailou, nuthu-pathu nunglou behseh kana hilou jehchun kalungtup hi kijou tei nante tin kana gel’e. Hinlah thuchih khat in: “Promise are made to be broken” tia ana seikhah khelkhel jeh hintin, Insaan a kaga umpat ni chun Inn-neite chanu Elshy chu hoi kahin sah khatan, guhthim in kave lhi jingtai. Elshy hi school a ka-junior ahi in, nungah melhoi tah ahikeo hilouva chonnem tah Houbung sung a sinthei umtah ana hi. Insung a nuthu-pathu nung Pathen ging khencha hing numei nunnem tah ahijeh in kangaisang lheh-e. A-...

Nilhah khatchu kaki ngaito to le ipi tia hibang a hi kamthip a koima tohjong kiheto lou’a kaum ahitadem tin kei-le-kei pichi kaki oimo lheh jeng’e. College kahungkai nala kumni lam alhingtan hitia pihi kaum peh peh le hithei louding ahi tin kaki gel’e. Hinlah mihem khat in i-hinkho mandan chula nikhat kah a kikhel jeng theilou ahijeh in alonaje aumdehpoi. Mi kaki hetpi aumle phone no. kakilah kitji thou’in hinlah min eihin call loule ken koima behseh ka-call jipoi. “Pasal la kihi ngal’a…” kati jin khatvei tou nungah ho agah ki-call a phate a mi ahin houpi lou uleh kaki phalam pai kitjin nung-call ding kagel thei ji tapoi. Nungah phone a gah kihoupi ding kiti chu eimi ahile aphajep in jatdang ho vang hoitah a iki hetpi ahiloule upai aumpoi. Adeh in meilhei hohi kiboltheisah jep dan in aum uvin kivoppi ding kiphatlam um kasa dehset-e. Hijeh hin amahon eihin houpi masat lou-ule kamoh houpi jipoi. Phat chomkhat jouvin college kahung kaipan kit tauvin final-year kahi phatchun mi atamt...

December ahung lhun a Christmas ahung nai phat in kanu in Second Saturday ni leh Bazar kai in che hite tin ahin sei in, keijong office suty kahijeh chun kipah tah in kana noppeh in ahi. Service kamu na sotloulai, Kanu toh jong Bazar gakai khom khalou lai kahi jeh chun katha jong anom lheh-e. Bazar che thanom behseh vang chu kahi pon, hinlah Kanu ngaitah in Christmas kon teng mi atam jival in che ding thou thou aha tam masang in kichedoh hen ati ahijeh chun kagel le pha jong kasah in hijeh chun Bazar kai in kana kilhon pi in ahi. Ahimong in kumkhat lhung kei a khatvei vanlhah Bazar kaiji ahijeh in kagel khohpeh in Bazar lah dung ah kaga lhonpi le in aman atu-achate ding von ima akivet in ahi. Phaisung lah chu aban ban in kahin chon lhon in ahile Gambhir kailhang mai lah a kavale lai lhon in Nupi naolhang bep khat in eihin houpi in, kenjong kavet leh kahetkhah sa toh akilou in hinlah hoitah a kahet tahlou phat chun phatah in kahoupi tapoi. Suun lang ahung hitah phatchun Kanu toh Ho...