Our Correspondent
Imphal, April 21 (EMN): A young private school teacher from a remote village in Manipur has written a novel using his smart phone.
This came to light when the 28 year old M Paominlal Haokip’s novel Henu Kanao Akap’e (English for: ‘Mother my brother is crying for you’) was formally released by Pastor Mangjapao Haokip of Kuki Baptist Convention on his 28th birthday near Pallel town, located 50 kms to the south of Imphal under Tengnoupal district on April 18.
Haokip, popularly known as M Lalcha Haokip, is a social science teacher at Corner Stone Academy, a private school in Manipur. He said, ‘The inspirational comments and responses I get about responsibilities and spiritual life of the youths and students from Facebook or WhatsApp are the driving force for me to think and write more on the phone.”
Speaking to Eastern Mirror correspondent, Haokip said that he writes down anything that comes to his mind, on his mobile phone, or wherever he goes. “That’s the advantage of having or carrying a smartphone,” he cheered.
Haokip is the fourth son of M Doukholun Haokip and Ngaitin Haokip of Sita village. He had written more than 500 poems, proverbs, and short and long stories. He owned his first phone back in October 2015. Since then it took him 29 months to complete his 72 page novel in Thadou-Kuki dialect.
Haokip’s fiction book is made up of 36 short stories, which he completed with his phone. Narrating about it, he said, “Whatever I note in my mobile were transferred to my pen-drive through my school’s computer and then I sent it to the press for printing.”
Haokip usually does not have enough money to clear the bills for the cost of printing so he clears his debt only after he finish selling his copies. He has always wanted to buy a laptop or a computer but the responsibility to look after his parents and his younger sister; he is bound to stick with his responsibilities.
Haokip advised the social media users to use the apps with due responsibility for a positive change and to be careful while sharing or uploading such sensitive materials.
