MESMERISING SPIRITS

Rilru leh tihtak zetna hian thil a lo tithei khawp mai dawn a lo ni. A bik takin kan ngaihtuahna leh suangtuah thu zeldin hian mihringte min tham nasa thei hle.

Thu leh hla miril kan tihte hi hian an ngaihtuah thu zeldin chuan lasi ram, khawhar leh lungleng takah chuan a hruai thei thin a. Thihna hlim kawr ruam atanga van pialral leh lei paradis nen lam a tem tir thin.

Suangtuahna hi aw!!! Ziaktu thian tha leh hmelma a lo ni fo reng a ni. Coleridge chuan ganja nena tangkawpin Kublai Khan-a khaw ropui Xanadu, a lo suangtuah chhuak a. CHutih lai thung erawh chuan Dante mihring rilru sawhkhawk, suangtuahna rum a lo ti chhuak thung si. Kierkegard te'n mihring khawvel awmchhan an suangtuah vak vak laiin Hans Anderson chuan naupang te thawnthu a lo ngaihtuah chhuak thung.

Zikpuii Pa chuan a Madrid zin thu a ziahin Spain ram ngaw cham del a hmuha lasi ram pawh thleng thei hial tura an zel din thei te chuan kan rilru chakna hrang hrang a tarlang chiang hle awm e.Tawk phawt se...ka zawm leh dawn nia.

English is a finicky language (not very original). For unsuspecting users like me, it just pounces on you when most unaware and take you by the head. In the end, it mini-doomsday for you.

The word ILLUSTRATIONS brings to my mind what happen to me when i was a young lad. Being very fond of comics, i always catch hold of books with the word illustrations in them. Most of the time I'm not disappointed, it always have wonderful art by cartoonist and artist which are like manna for a comics starved soul. Then, d-day arrived.

My uncle published a new book-English Mizo Dictionary with illustrations. My joy knew no bounds-Aha..here is s new book to satisfy my picture addiction. But then, even Rome fell. The illustrations were not pictures, rather, they were illustrations on how to use the words in sentences. Huh!!! SO much for the word.

That day led me not to judge a book by the cover (again, not very original) and also at the same time showed me the vagaries of words and IILUSTRATE what they are, just words.