LIFT PLEASE !
Ghelea attvoddean Saliganv-Pilerne ganvan ghoddloli ghozal. Gas-cylinder haddunk ghel’le kodden eka tornatte cheddvacher akromon zalem. Tilsamni vellar gas bhorchea dukonnar ubem astona, number plate nasloli tourist taxi thoim thambli, ani motorin aslolea chogantlo eklo desi tourist cheddvachea onkola thaim ulovpan gul’l astona dusre desi tourist zobordosten cheddvak ubarun funkot lift divnk kotpot kortale tech vellar thoim ek ttrok pavun sorlo ani tem cheddum tea dharun tounnaxi tornatteantlea chopkantlem vattovlem.
Halinchea kallar amchea Goyant osle kauz nhoinch tholavea ostoreancher punn bhailea desantlea bhonvddekarancher antre-poirean zatat te ami potrancher vachtat. Amchea ostoreank, bhirant nastonam adle toren Goychea rosteancher eksurem bhonvunk anink magr uronknam. Daddleacho sangat nam tor hatak-golleak bhangar ghatlolea ostoreacher disa uzvaddan chorio ani kunn zatat tednam, Purtugez Salazareche koddok kaide ani hukumecho ugddas yeta. Innocent until proven guilty hea broxttoracher attapun aslole kaide amkam fugar korun martat. Bosichi vatt pollevn astona konnui on-vollki mon’xan lift dita mhotlear, ti nakarpak khubdam potrancher xiddkavnni dil’li astona, thoddo lok funkott mell’loli lift svikar kortat ani uprant naka aslolea trasant poddtat. Punn vhoili gozam mat veglli.
Adlea Goyant surya poddlo mhonntoch kallkhi rostear eksuri chollun vetole ostoreak tigelea ghora porian pavounk ganvant bore Samaritan asle. Punn aichea Goyant ganvchea lokam vonn bhailea lokacho ankddo odik vhaddlolean kallokhacho faido ghevn ostoreancher motte promonnan kuddi ani lingichem akromon zata tem pollelear, kaide ani hukume viret Goychem raj cholta kai dista.
Amche tornne pirayer ami saikolin bhonvpi. 1970 doskean tujea thaim saikol asop mhonnchem tum king aslo. “Hey, mhaka matxe saikolir bosoun vor mure” tuka sarki vollkonam, torui vatten cholun vetoli choli, tuje saikolichi lift mago. Konnagher veta tem vicharun adlo ganvcho saikolkar, surokxit taka/tika tanchea soireanchea ghora pavoitalo. Saikol aslolea mon'xam thaim sezarcho lok boro astalo. Posrear vochun vostu haddpak vinonti kori ani tarvotti onkolachi bail aslear “baba tum ek cold drink piye ham” oxem sangun tuji posreaveli trip funkot vochunk dinasli. Xezarchea cheddvanchi amizad tujea sovem dupett zatali. “uxir zata mure. matxe bosik/trainink pavoi re. Bab boro.” Ani zaitea zonnank saikollichi lift borich faideachi zaun, saikolivelo mog kazari jivitachea bandpasan ghott zal'lo, hem ami dollebhor pollelam.
Adim keddea ganvantlea bhitorlea rosteancher, atanchea bhaxen Kadambha bosio choltat te toren private bosi cholonasleo. Bhitorlea vaddeantlea ganvchea lokak bosik yevpak-vochpak khub cholchem poddtalem. Rostear saikolkar dislo zalear, tache thaim lift magun uskea mekllean saikolir boso. Koslich malis nastona saikolkar zababdaren saikol choloitalo ani lift dilolea mon’xak, bore toren surokxit tichea vo tachea zagear pavoitalo. Punn atanchea kallar soglem urfatem dista. Ganvchea vadd-vaddeamni upott iskutor ani motor-gaddi zaleat. Atanchem jivit chodd sompem zalam. Cholun veche vatter posrear vochunk skuttor zai poddta. Igorjek vetolo zalear motori xivai zainam. Punn xezareak konn tori duent poddlo ani tujea darar marlem tor tea vellar mat tuje skuttorin vo motorin petrolacho unnav zata.
Vattsuro lift magtta tednam, tuji skuttor vo gaddi tamboun poilea svater to konn ani khoim veta ti sodpus korunuch lift divnchi. Goyant chodd lok bhailo zalolean, vattsurean hat dakhoilo tor, don-tin pavtti chintun tunvem thambchem asa. Thodde pavtti motor vo skuttorichi lift magtolo monis koslea sobhavacho tem ami nokllo astat. Boreak ghel'le kodden fattir poddtta tosleo-i ghoxtti zatat. Ghoddie to vo tem ek kunni, chor, atankvadi, provodari ostori vo anink kitem zaum xokta. Trasant poddchea adim on-vollki mon'xank lift nam divop odik borem zatlem, hem mat mhaka monamposont dista.
Colva praayer beat show aslo. Vaddeantle bhurgeamni saikoli ghevn thoim vechem aslem. Konna thaim saikoli nant tankam saikolir lift dinvchi ani oxe toren ami sat zonn, char saikoli ghevn vospache toyaren astona okosmat mhoje saikolik fur poddlolo pollevn hanv niraxi zalom. Vell zatalo. Mhaka lagun heranchea beat show-achi urbha bigoddloli naka dekhun, hanvem tankam vochunk sanglem. Ponchar zalolea tubak fur marun beg-begim saikoilichim peddalam marit Berpatte Khrisnachea posreaxim pavlolom. Konn ek cholien mhaka hat dakhoun lift magli. Goddie zait hivui mhoje toren beat show-ak veta astoli. Tika mhoje saikolir bosoili.
Amchea ganvcho ek tarvotti mhojea fattlean Rajdhoot motor-saikolin yetalo. Tannem mhaka pollevn motor-saikol slow keli ani mhontlem. "tum mure Lino. Khoim veta? Ani hem konn re?", mhojea saikolir boslole choliek pollevn tika vollkotolea porim tannem portean mhonnlem. "Aago tum go? Hey Lino. Korpoi, korpi", oxem mhunnit tannem aplea motor-saikolichi gotti choddoili. Tea vorsak sanjechea vellar cheddo-cheddum saikolicher borobor dislim tor 'korpoi-korpoi' hem utor mhonnpan borench famad zal'lem. Tem kiteak zal'lem ti mhaka khobor nam. Ghoddie zait hench monant dorun tea tarvottean mhaka mhonllem asot. Punn mhoji zababdari asli tika hanvem surokxit Colva praayer pavoipachi. Ani hanvem toxem kelem.
Don disam uprant to tarvotti tachea ghorkanni sangata mhaka posrear ghavlo. Tea disa mhoje saikolir bosloli choliek hanv vollkotalo kai mhunn tannem mhaka vicharlem. Tika vollkona ani vollok korun ghevnchi mhoji itsa nasli mhunn taka sanglem. To dis Aitar aslolean ani tea vogtar tea vatteatlean bosi naslolean, tinnem mhojea thaim Colva praayer meren lift magli mhunn taka kollit kelem.
"Arre tem cheddum sarkem nhi. Eka vorak 300 rupia gheta", posrear vostu vorunk ailole lokam uzram tannem mhonnlem.
"Tuka koxem koll'lem? Tunvem ken'na tori 300 rupia hea adim, tika farik keleat?", tachea ghorkanni uzram mhozo ulot vichar aikun, taka motti loz zali.
Mogacheano, tea disa on-vollki choliek hanvem dil'li lift-ik lagon tea tarvotteak katkutleo zal'leo teo, ken'na-ken'na lift bangoddecho bhatmi paperancher vachtoch, yad zata.
Lino B. Dourado
http://www.goa-world.com/
September 4, 2010
[As archived by gaspar almeida, http://www.goa-world.com/]
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