Birthday boy Pu Darsiemlien is a good cook!

[Photo: Pu Darsiemlien Ruolngul (extreme right) with his family in New Delhi]

INPUI patron and one of the early Hmars to join the government service, Pu Darsiemlien turns 60 today (July 31). Some of his close friends pay tribute to the 'man of the day' in their own ways. Pu ROHMINGLIEN PAKHUONGTE* writes:

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JNU campus le CGHC, Vasant Vihar chu an hlat naw bok a. Hostel-a vâi thlâi suong rim nghok vieu ta ding lem chun Vasant Vihar laia U Siem thlâisuong sa va fâk vak kha Tuikuk thlêm sam an hril ang el in, thlêm le fiel hran ngai loa inpeisa zing ka ni hlak hrim a. Bu fâk malama titi kotlâng hei dâk mol kha, bu bo khoma thlâkhla um khop a tling ta hrim hrim a. U Siem chanchin hi ropui le enton tlâk tak tak- ruol pawl a thiem zie, mi tiktlai a nina, hnam an voina le an pêk zo na, thrangpui ngaihai chunga a kut hlawk zie le dang dang hril ding um sienkhom choka sunga a private life ka lo hmu ve dân tlawmte, a kum 60 tling ka lawmpuina’n târlang lem lang.

Thlâisuong taima le thiem, bufa dinga mi fiel konga khom bengvâr le taima tak a nih. A uluk nuom deu hunah kêlsa hi a suong deu tei hlak niin ka hriet. Thlâisuong inthuomna bîk silfên, apron le lukhum vâr chen hmanga inthuom ruok chu a ni ngai nawh. Dân narânin a zân pyjama suit an bel si naw leh Meitei puon triel, insu deu rupin a hrêng hlakin ka hriet. Choka intêp deu takah hmebêl, kawi deu ngula ngir chila a hang vil vêl ta khan chu an hmui thra chau ni lovin hmu nuom um a tling a nih.

Khâng hun lai khan chu, thlâi suong malamin suor kila changal tui ni awm tak, palanga fîm eng deu kieu hang mai ruk ruk a ta. “Eheu, a recipe khom duoi hazâng an naw ding a nih” lungrilin a lo ti nghal a. Ûmthei bit thlawr baw hak hak angin noah hei sung a ta. Hmebêl sîn inri roka hongin hang chok let vut vut a ta. Chu zo chun no chu inrang taka banin hmebêlah an tlong ta ngei ding rawm son pal i ta. Ka hâ se! A suongtu baua sung tlong puot dinga buotsai a ni lem. U Siem thlâi suong hi uluk deu a nih. Inhnik naw ruol ding khom a lo ni naw hrim. “Thiempu chanpuol” a um ang bokin a suongtupa ngei khoma chanpuol a nei ve hlak a lo nih. Hmê hi a khâtin an hnik el thei nawh. A suongtu an um ngei ngei a trûl. A hmê le a suongtu hi an poimaw rêl leiin vil hne ve ve an trûl hlak hrim a nih.

U Siema thlâi suong châng chavai chîk taka lo thlîrtu ta ding chun hmu nuom ding a tam thei hrim. A sa suong thawk khat hmin phuol hunah, thlâisuong thiem quality dang- hme intem thiem nina hnesaw taka a hang show mol hlak kha; Priya cinema hall-a film en nêka thlang lem hiel khop a tling hlak! Hmebêl intlok bor bor sunga sa tlang pakhat, a kutpui le kutchal chaichea hmangin hne takin hei hmer dok ngei a ta. Khawte kohran upa sakramen kîl, a neng chena tlâk fai pap ngei tuma vânva dâk awra uoiin no a let khup angin, tang deu uokin satlang chu a bauah thun a ta. Machi, hmarcha le mosola an chawi tawk dân ngaichâng pum zingin hei thriel nok nok a ta. Chu lai zing chun a kuta âieng le hmarcha rawng inpol ber nuoi el chu U Reng choka parda duot lai ngeiah hei zût fai malam a ta. A tawi zawngin, U Reng hin ieng ang choka parda rong mawi khom khai sien, sawt riel lovin U Siem hme suong rong hin thlasik ang khêl lovin a triel mawi tho tho hlak a nih.

Chun, ngaita, chuong po po kâr laka chun bangru laia dumhmuom, Raja ngei chu, thingpuife khom lo ni tê rêng sien, nupa terek thingpui inlumna dinga thlâk hun tawk êr ding awma ngai chu a kutpha chungah hmet hlûm sok sok a ta. Fathiet pui ruol zet dinga puomin a hner karah a zep bok hlak. A hmuom dong hnung a peihawnna ruok chu a thlâisuong buoi laia a nghat remchângna tieng tieng kha ni deu takin ka hriet. U Siem hmuomdong ta hnung, truonga Raja inthal ruou hmu fûk châng chu inhuon hiel nuom a um hlak! Naupangin truong dungah inpal thlûkna’n hmang pal rawi an ta tiin lungrila inlauna chen khom a um rum rum hlak.

Ekhai, “Thu le hla’n ka puong sêng nawh” an lo ti ang el in U Siem thlâisuong thiem zie le hmu nuom um zie hi voikhat phûra hril zo el chi an nawh. Delhi ka suoksan hnungin, sûlhnung ngâi hun an her suok ve châng khoma inpawl malama U Siem thlâisuong tungngha ngêi kha lungrilah a thar rop hlak.

U Siem thlâi suongsa inhnik tak, hmu nuom um tak bok hi thrang le tharin an la hung chên zom pei theina dingin Pathien malsawmna dongin, ngal fîmin dam raw sen.

(*Note: Pu Rohminglien Pakhuongte is Vice-President of Partnership Mission Society and Secretary of the Hmar Christian Leaders’ Forum. –Ed)