ME AND TAXI

"Tumna a san leh tlakna a sang.

Hna reng reng hi hmuhsitawm a awmlo, a thawktu thawh dan ah hna a zahawm leh zahawm loh a in nghat zawk"

Eng hna ah pawh tihtakzetna nen a kan tih chuan kan phak tawkah Lalpa'n mal min sawm nge nge thin.

Kan naupan lai te chuan kan tum hi an sang ve khawp a. Kan upa telh telh a loh theihlohna avangin eizawnna kawng dap ve a tul ta sia. Chhungte'n Taxi min lak sak ve ta rup mai a. Chumi hmang chuan eizawng turin kawl a ni chhuak chhiarin Pathianin Adama te bawhchhiatna avang a, 'thlan tla zawih zawih a ei hmu tur' a a tihna kawng chu ka nun in a lo tawmpui ve ta a ni.

Khatia Civil Service lam a luh tumin Class XII standard thleng tal Science knowledge neih a tha an tih avang a, Engineering emaw Doctor line lam ah ka kal leh zawk dawn em ni? Ti a boruak a in sang kan sak lai te kha chuan engkim hi kan thuhnuaiah la awm dawn hian kan hre tlat a. Eng ang a Officer lian leh hna lian nei te pawh kha, 'Enge ka la nih dawn, i hria em ni?' tih na rilru nen. Kan chung en duh bik der lo. kan khawlai kal te hi kan hawi vah vah a, mi chung a leng tur bik reng a Pathianin a ruat, chu kawng chu zawh mek ah kan in dah a. Kan chapo rilru ve ran thin.

Chutichuan a eng a hna mah thawk ta lemlo chuan October 2008 kum tawp lam chuan tuk khat chu zing ka thawh chuan Maruti Alto (Taxi) chhungah muangchangin ka lut a, a kawngkhar ka khar a. ka tinung a, accelerator pump in gear ka thlak hnu chuan ka eizawnna bul tanna'n ka tlan ve tan ta a ni.

Kum 2010, September vel thleng he eizawnna huang hi ka luhchilh a (kum 2 dawn lai), hemi chhung hian tawn ka ngahin tawnloh pawh ka ngah a ni.

Kan eizawnna, kan thiltih, kan thil hmuh hian kan ngaihtuahna a hruai em em mai a. Engineer nge Doctor nge Civil Service lam ti thin khan 'vawiin chu long-run na tur awm se aw...." tih te hi thupui a neiin kan sep rawtui nasa thei khawp mai. Kan duhthusam sang ber pawh chumi khami thleng Rs 800 a min hmang duh awm se aw.. tih angreng te hi nia. Kan lawmna leh thinrimna pawh hi a huang a luh ve loh chuan awihawm loh leh holam tak a ni thin a. A huang a luhchilh erawh chuan, mak tak a ni. Mi pakhat a rawn kal a, kan bul a rawn thleng dawn a, pakhat tlan laiin an phurh daih hi chuan thin hi a rim em em mai a. Ngaihtuahna a luh ngut ngut thei a ni. Rs 10 lek a min dil tlawm chuan, tlawm kan huphurh em em a, engkim huamin kan phallo bur a. tlawm min dil lo tu erawh chu kan tlawm leh lawi thin si (a avai erawh a nilo)

Driver ho kan han awmkhawm a te hi kan rum thei asin aw.. "chumi kha mi, taxi pawh ni ve lo chuan passenger a la ve ringawt ania" an tih hi chuan. Thenkhatin vawthlu ang u, thenkhatin a motor sawisa ang...te hi kan ti nuai nuai zel. Inhuphurh vang ni miah lo hian driver kan awmkhawmnaah chuan Kuhva leh Cigarette nei te hian kan ka atang a khuk chhuah luih pahin ha sen lang huam a kuhva thial nuau nuau chung hian 'ka neilo' kan ti tlat zel. Engemaw chang hi chuan kan chhangchhe ve thei. Motor Chabi inthuhruk sak avang a in tin ta uaih uaih te, khawlum nisa hnuai a rain coat nen a rawn service te, vai puan rawn veng chhuak te, kawr ruak si sunglass leh lukhumparh nen chauh a service te, stand a chatthla ta mai chi te, nula hmeltha deuh free tlat thin te..etc (a vai erawh a nilo)

Kan khua a kan Driver puiin nupui an neih te hian nuam ve deuh asin! Taxi 20 - 40 vel in zui diah diah a kawng kan han zawh a, horn pek in 'pit...pit...pit...' kan han ti hi chu a aia nuam dang a awm lo reng reng.

Nuamlo tak tak a awm bawk a. Thenkhatin Taxi Driver mai mai, mi pangngai pawh an nilo tih tawngkam an hman te hian a nuamlo duh ve asin aw..Thenkhatin min koh nan khalai a Taxi Driver kha min han titawp te, kan nihna ni mahse kan hming ngei a in koh ai chuan a nuamlo deuh.

Tidaih ila, Taxi khalh hi a fair khawp in ka hria a ni. Thawh loh hlawh lak a awm ve lova. Kan thawh chin, kan service chin, kan tlan chin, kan peih chin chiah chiah kan hlawh thin. kan tlan loh chuan kan hlawh lova, kan tlan chuan kan hlawh a ni.

BONUS : Kan thianpa pakhat Tuikuk phur chu a kawngkhar vuan chungin kawng a khar a, a kut a khar chilh a. A tur ve rengah a ngai nge ni, chutichung chuan stand khat a chuang a. Na a ti miahlo.