5 long years, Dad...

It's been exactly five long years since you left this world, on that fateful Easter sunday of 2004/march,11...We all remember you and miss you,dad..

The old memories are still fresh, things have never been the same for us since then.. As time goes by, little by little we see that "time is not a healer, but the revealer of how God does the healing"..and we are thankful for what God has been doing in each of our lives and as a family.

"Am I living a life that was worth dying for???" I hesitate to answer....

Being a Special One

"I asked for all things that I might enjoy life,I was given life that I might enjoy all things!"

I could not recollect, but it was more than two decades ago when God decided that my parents should have a special child. Born into this world just like any other baby, but God knew that this baby would grow up to be someone, and He also saw that my parents would be able to give me enough care and love that I would need.

It so happened on one fine morning soon after my third birthday, paralysed whole left leg due to poliomyelitis. But it was my parents untiring effort and prayer that I was finally be able to walk again at six years of age.Then schooling was a wonderful experience to start with,to go out and interact with other kids. Back then we did not have a vehicle,so my mother would drop and pick me up every other day,so often carrying me on her back. I wonder if I would ever comprehend a bit of my mother's love for me. It would make her cry sometimes,but God never forget to give a reason to smile.

I just cannot forget my friend Laldinpuia(lunglei), he often carried me on his back after school because the road was uphill.Even then, I was a regular boy to be spotted in the football/hockey ground, or in front of table tennis board; I just could not sit still.

When God closes door; He opens a window...It appeared be an adversary on one side, nevertheless, on the other hand I was blessed academically. Having been a mizoram state topper three times out of five exams, being able to study Medicine and graduated from JIPMER,one of the most prestigious medical college in India, and having a job...I could not ask for more.

My leg still hurts on prolonged movements, but it's a simple reminder that I cannot take things for granted. And it feels so good,rewarding and blessed to be in a healing ministry,in being a doctor, when you have known a little bit about Pain.

I often thank God for the warm, understanding people in life who make it possible for me to be like other human beings. Who am I to cry for what might have been, instead of accepting and cherishing the Special being I am, and will always be..

We all are special, but we are just different...

Thingtlang ah chuan

Kum tling lo deuh thingtlang khua a ka awm chhung khan thil engemaw zat zir chhuah nei ve niin ka inhria a. Thil inthlau rau rau ah hian mihring theuh tluk a inthlau thei hi kan awm awm lo ve.
Hmasawnna kawngah hma lak tur kan la ngah em em, kawng chhe si, electric current pawh la luhna khua tam tak te, tui thianghlim tha lakna awm tha lo te, health facilities chhe luttuk te hi ngaihmawh awm zual te niin ka hria.

Amaherawh chu Mizo te hian rinawmna kan tlachham ta luttuk a, tin,mahni hma kan sial luttuk vang hian kan nih tur ang hi englai mahin min nih tir thei ngai lo vang..Khawpui chauh ni lo, thingthlang thlengin pawisa hian min zem a anih tak ber hi.

Hmun tam tak,e.g.ka awmna hmasa te, chu malaria endemic region a ni a, fur lai ah pawh mahindra pik-up bak a tlan thei si lo,chu pawh vawi engemaw zat nawr chhuah ngaiah damlo na tak han inphurh thin te tul chang awm lo thei si lo...kan inphur hlum zawk mai ang a tih kha zawhna lian tak rilru ah a awm reng thin.

Medical and Health care hian kan ramah pawh hma a sawn hret hret zel a, primary health,grassroot level ah ngaihpawhmawh a tul zia kan hre thar zel a, beiseina sang tak nen han thlir phawt mai ila.

Doctor zir duh chhan min han zawt a..."its a noble profession, eh eh to serve my fellow human beings etc etc kan han ti thla ve duah zel ngawt a, kan han zir chhuak ve ta cheng a, thingtlang awm loh theih dan phet kan han zawng nghal ringawt a, hemi kawngah chuan kan rual u te kan tluk lohzia hi ka hre thar thin...Medical officer,Group A,gazetted officer ve meuh in tuikhur atangin tui an han khai dawr dawr a,motor dawng chin pawn nawr nun ngai ang chi te kha an dawn phak tawk a nia, health facilities leh infrastructures chhe bawk si, level pui te tluk loh kha hrehawm an ti thin ngawt hian ka ring thin.

Things have not changed much since then, but we are far better off now.Sometimes when I put aside my ego,comfort, my selfish being..I say this to myself 'Yes, anyone can't become a doc, still proud to be in a healing ministry ,no matter what"

Hats off to all the doctors in the villages near and far who still think it is noble to serve others.