Early Life 2 (Shillong awm lai)

Shillong lamah lehkha zir turin Pu Vanlalzawma (fam) aka Pu Zawma chuan min hruai thla a. Thla khat vel ka awm hnu chuan ka ni Biaknemi, (w/o Paul Z Hauhnar) te inah ka insuan lut a. St.Anthonys High School ah chuan ka lut ve tan ta a, he mi kum hi 1980 a ni. Zirlai naupang ho chu English in an tawng nak nak mai a, kei lah chu Mary Mount Convent School, Aizawl chhuak e tilo chuan hriatthiam riai ruai bak nei hek lovi le. Ka tawng chhuah hmasak ber hi ka theihnghilh ngai lovang. He said that, tih turah khan 'he is saying' atangin kan tan pang mai a, min nuih hluah hluah mai a, ka zak hle mai.

A hnu kum chuan, remchang zawk a ngaiin hostel ah chhungten min dah an tum ta a. St.Anthonys hian hostel an nei lo mahse, Don Bosco Boarding nen chuan enkawltu thuhmun (SDB) an nih avangin awm min rem tih sak a. Zan chu kan mu ve ta a mahse, ka harhna chu a thawleng ta khawp mai a. Ragging an tih mai chu min lo neih khum niin. Ka khum chu pawnah, basketball court lai takah an lo hung a, naupang ho lah chu an lo zi nuai nuai tawh mai a, ka zak ngei mai. Ka khum, feet hnih leh a chanve lek a hlai chu zo leh zo lovin ka hnuk lut leh a, midang chuan kut an lo beng hluah hluah bawk a. St. Anthonys ka luh lai hian Mathlenga (MPS) s/o H.Thansanga te nen hian kan inkawm thin a, a u DV-a hi min kaihruai tu, u bera ka neih pakhat a ni thin nghe nghe. Hetih lai vel hian Zauva (fam) s/o Lalthanhawla pawh St.Peters aluh lai niin, Ajailung Kamei(Manipuri Naga) hian a rawn hruai fo thin.

Pawl 7 ka nih atang chuan ka boarding awmna, Don Bosco ah chuan Bro' Colombi (SDB) kaihhruaina in Don Bosco Band ah chuan Tenor Saxophone te chu zirin, ka tum ve ta a. Pawl riat ka nih chuan English ah pawh tlem chuan hma te pawh ka sawn chho ve ta zel a, 'he is saying,' pawh chu a hun lovah ka hmang chhunzawm ta bik lova. A kum leh pawl 8 ka nih chuan Meghalaya a pawl 7 leh pawl 8 general knowledge inelna, 'Great Men Contest' ah chuan kan sikul ai ka awh ve tat a, Pathian zarah pakhatna ka ni ve ta hlauh mai, a van nuam tak em, ka lawm zia kha! Don Bosco ah hian Sunday hmasa ber hi free Sunday niin, mahniin kan chhuak ve thei thin. Chutah chuan ka ni te in emaw, Kolkata a Henry Shoes neitu u fapa, Thomas Lim, tuna Meghalaya Times editor/St. Anthonys college lecturer te inah ka awm deuh ber a, Chinese tawng/chop stick hman/ Chinese zia ka zir nasa hle mai.

Chumi kum chuan Khasi leh Mizo intih buai chu a zual leh a (1983), Naga thiante pawn Nagaland house lam te punin Mizo min pui thin. Keipawh chu Serchhip lam chhuak, Fela nen kan leng chu man betin ka hnungah razor blade in min zai ve a, ka te ring kher mai. A nat ai mah khan a rapawmna khan min ti thlabar niin ka hria (huai lem loh sa nen).

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