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Shait ïohsngew ïa ki Kyntien kyntu ïa ka Jaitbynriew: “trei lut ïa ki kam rit kam ria baroh bad u mynder un ym don Jaka shuh ha Ri jongngi”. Kine ki long shisha ki Kyntien pynkynmaw ïa ka Jaitbynriew ïa kaba la ïai kyntu man ka por – Ha ka Jingshisha kata ka dei ka Stieh ïada bakhlaiñ tam kaba ai Burom ha kajuh ka Por ïa ka Jaitbynriew. Kum ban shu pynsnoh halor kane, nga sngewdei ban kubur ba la don shisha bun ngut ki Khasi kiba la trei ïa kum kine ki Jait kam mynta – Ka Jingïaroh ha ryngkat ka Kitbok Kitrwiang ïa ki – Ka Jingma kaba lah ban mih nangne ka long ba haba baroh shikatta, ki Khasi ki shait ñiewpoh ïa kito ki Khar Metor kiba pynkhuid ïa ka Sor Shillong bad ïa ki Khar die shana, kyrmen ba ïa kane kajuh ka Jingsngew (mentality) yn ym leit pashat mynta da ki Khasi sha ki Khasi kiba trei ïa kine ki kam. Lada ngim phikir, ka Jingsngewpher Jait (namar ka Jingtrei) ka lah ban wan rung ha ka imlang sahlang Khasi! Ngi donbok shibun ba ngi don ka Nongmuna trai-ri kaba paw shynna hapdeng jongngi “Ka Mawlynnong”!! Hato dei ki Khar Metor seh kiba la pynlong ïa kane ka Shnong ban ïoh kup ïa ka Burom “Ka Shnong bakhuid tam ha Asia”? – katto katne ki ‘Trip Advisors’ lei ki da thoh “Mawlynnong, ka Shnong bakhuid tam ha Pyrthei” – dei ki Khasi hi kiba la wanrah Burom ïa kane ka Shnong. Kumne, Don ka Burom ha manla ka Jingtrei. Khlem ki Nongpynkhuid Sor, ka Nongbah baroh kan sma iwtung; Kumne, kum ka Jingburom ïa kito kiba pynkhuid Sor, la donkam ban kheiñkor ïa ka kam jong ki da ki Kynja Prokram lehburom ha ki Por Khristmas ne ha kano kano ka Aïom lehkmen jong ka Jylla!
Nangta don ruh ka Jingïawer: “Wat thied shuh na ki Mynder – boycott lut ïa ki mar ki mata ba die ki Mynder bad sa tang katno u Mynder un phet krad namar un ym sngew phoida shuh ban kamai kajih ha Ri jongngi”. Ka Jingkylli ka wan: Lait noh tang ha ki Basa Doh, Basa Dohkha bad ki Basa die khutia mutia, katno ngut eh kita ki Khasi kiba don ne pynïaid ïa ki Dukan heh (wholesale) ha kaba lah ban jied ïa ki mar ki mata bapher bapher ha ka Dor ruh kaba long “wholesale” na ka bynta ban leit die pateng biang sha Nongkyndong? Nangta lada don ruh kita ki Dukan Khasi, hato phim pat ju ïohmad bad ïohsngew ba ha ki katto katne ki Dukan Khasi (ba shait shong da ki kynja Longkmie), lada phi leit thied Jaiñ – phi jied, phi kynsher bad kynther ban peit bha ïa ka rong, ban peit bha ki suh kumno, bad kumne kumtai – lada ki nongthied ki dei na thaiñ nongkyndong lei, ka Jingkren tohmet na ka trai-dukan: “Wat ym shu kynther kai lada phim kwah thied…nga hap pynbeit biang”. Tang katta ka Buit khaïi (business tactic) u Khasi. Ah u bapli! Kumta u para Khasi hi un her krad na Dukan Khasi bad un leit thied noh na u MaKhar namar na u, phi lah ban jied ne kynsher, kynther katba mon, u Makhar hi u ïarap ïa phi ban pynkynsher, pynkynther ha ryngkat ki Ktien pynsngewbang ban thied – lada phi pan dor shaba palat ruh u Makhar u ïaleh ban pynjem “manga la duh palat te” – u da sei lut ïa ki Jaiñ na Jaka buh – lada phim thied ruh, u pynbeit biang bad um pyni Jingdom hakhmat kiba wan thied, u da kren tipbriew kum uba don burom bha shisha “Sa donbok mo… Sa wan biang mo”. Ka buit stad khaïi (Business tactic) u Dykhar!!
Hato kata ka snap khaïi kam don ha u Khasi? Hato ki Khasi kim lah? Hato jur than ka Jingsarong ha u Khasi? Hato jur than ka Jingïabishni bad Jingpihuiñ? – Ï’u Duk shah kynnoh Nongtuh; Ï’u Riewspah shah kynnoh Nongri Thlen-Taro; lada heh ka Dukan Khasi shah kynnoh ai bih-ai kynbad? Ynnai pynlong salonsar than ïa baroh u Paid Khasi tang na ka daw jong ki khyndiat ngut. Katba nang bun paid ka Jaitbynriew, hangta nang bun jait ki Khasi. Lada ngi peit tang na Ïitkhmih wohdong wohnia, ka Sngi kan sep ryngkat hangta. Lada ngi plie ïa Jynkhangbah kyrmen-jingbha, Pongshai na ki Syrdeng ka rung hangta. U Khasi u lah beit ban longtrai ha ka Khaïi! Ym ju kha ïa uno uno u briew ryngkat bad ka snap! “Ym ju kha ïa ki Riewkhraw, hynrei la pynlong ïa ki Riewkhraw”. Watla ki don ki snap ki sap jong ki Kmie ki Kpa kiba hiar pateng sha ki khun; watla katta ruh ki khun kin ym lah thaw pyrthei ei ei lada khlem ai lad ïa ki ban pyndonkam ïa kita ki snap ki sap. Kumne ban ong ba u Khasi um don sap khaïi ka dei tang ka kyntien kai, ka kyntien jong kito kiba peit na ka Ïitkhmih sop-pring; ha ka Jaka ba kin pynkhuid ïa ka pring nalor, ki kynnoh pynban ïa ka Ïitkhmih.
Nga phohbha shaphang kata ka Por ha kaba ki Khasi kin long Kynrad halor ka Khaïi-Pateng ha la kajong ka Ri. Ban poi sha kata, ka Jaitbynriew ka donkam ïa ki Rangbah kiba lah ban pynïaid pynroi ïa ka khaïi ym tang ha ka shipateng bynriew hynrei ka ban ïai bteng ha ki pateng ban wan – lada ka Khaïi ka kut tang shipateng bynriew, ïa kum kata la hap ban khot “Khaïi-Sahteng” lane “Khaïi-Shiteng” – lada ka nang suhthiet bad purthiet ha ki Khun ki Kti, ïa kum kata ka Khaïi lah ban khot shisha da ka kyrteng “Khaïi-Pateng” – ka Khaïi kaba nang ïai bteng ïai roi ha ki Pateng la Pateng.
Baroh u Briew u don la Sap la Phong,
Ka shong kumno ïa ka ban pynurlong;
Lada u dei na Sor ne Nongkyndong,
Ym shym la kha ïa u ban long Nongkhrong.
Ym myntoi Jingpyrkhat khyndai Umtong,
Katba shijam shakhmat phi thait ban prong;
Jingpihuiñ phi ïai lum ha la Tyngkong,
Phi tih Liewlep lade ryngkat ka Krong.
Lada phi kwah longtrai ha Ri lajong,
Ïa Khia ïa Shon Jaitbynriew ban tynrong;
Napdeng ki Tum ki Tam kylleng sawdong ,
Longtrai Khaïi Pateng da kynmaw dngong.
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