Dr. Sylvanus Lamare,Principal,St. Edmund’s College,Shillong.
Palat 175 tylli ki snem ki la ïaid ba ka ktien Khasi ka la long ka ktien thoh da ki dak Roman bad ha kine ki 175 tylli ki snem shibun kiei kiei ki la jia ha ka jingkiew irat jong ka ktien kum ka ktien thoh. Ka Khasi Authors’ Society naduh ba la seng ïa ka ha ka snem 1979 ka la shim kawei ka rai ban pynneh pynsah bad ban kyntiew ïa ka thoh ka pule ha ka ktien Khasi da ki nongthoh Khasi. U Prof. H. W. Sten kum u dkhot bashit rhem ka Khasi Authors’ Society, u la trei shitom bad phah ka Memorandum sha ka Sorkar Jylla bad sha ka Sahitya Akademi ha ka snem 1994-95. Ka ktien Khasi ka la dei ka ktien hikai ha ki skul haduh ka kyrdan Middle English ne klas VI bad ka la ïoh ruh ka kyrdan kum ka ktien thoh eksamin haduh klas VI naduh ka snem 1902. Ka la dei ka sobjek ha la Intermediate Arts ba la ithuh da ka Calcutta University naduh ka snem 1900. Ka la ïoh ruh ka jingithuh na ka Calcutta University kum ka kawei ka subjek ha ki kyrdan pule haduh ka kyrdan Degree. Ka la dei ka sobjek Modern Indian Language (MIL) ha ka Matrik ne klas X, kum ka sobjek Modern Indian Language (MIL) bad Elective ha ki klas XI bad XII naduh ki por Assam bad wat ha ka Jylla Meghalaya. Ha ka Jylla Meghalaya lei lei ka la dei ka sobjek kaba ki khynnah Khasi ki dei ban shim ha klas X, XI bad XII bad ki dei ruh ban pas tad haduh ban da weng noh da ka Meghalaya Board of School Education ha ka snem 2013 ban pynlong ïa ka kum kawei ka Elective sobjek ym shuh kum ka compulsory subject. Ka la ïoh ka kyrdan kum ka sobjek honours, elective bad Modern Indian Language na Gauhati University bad la pyntrei kam thikna da ka North-Eastern Hill University. Ka la kynjoh kum ka sobjek ha ka kyrdan Master Degree naduh ka snem 1981. Kum ka sobjek ha ka kyrdan M.Phil bad Ph.D ha ka Khasi Department, North-Eastern Hill University. Ka jingkiew jong ka ka long ba mynta lah ban thoh dissertation bad thesis ha ka ktien Khasi.
Ka ktien Khasi ka la ïoh ïa ka kot khubor “U Nongkit Khubor” naduh ka snem 1889 kaba la sdang da u William Williams. Kiba bun ki kot khubor Khasi kiba la mih na kawei ka por sha kawei pat bad mynta ki long “U Mawphor”, “U Nongsaiñ Hima”, U Rupang”, “Ka Kynjat Shai” bad kiwei. Ka All India Radio ka la sdang ban ai khubor da ka ktien Khasi naduh ka snem 1948 ter ter haduh mynta. Ka Doordarshan Kendra ruh ka la sdang ban ai ki prokram Khasi naduh ka snem 1994 ter ter haduh mynta. La mih sa ki lad pathai khubor shimet kum ka “Peitngor Cable News”, “Ri Khasi Channel”, “Batesi TV”, “T7” bad kiwei kiwei. Ki la mih ki jingai khubor lyngba ka internet bad ki blog kiba pher. Ha ka jingpule ruh ki khynnah ki la nang ïapas ha ka sobjek Khasi. Naduh ka 4 tarik u Jymmang, 2005 ka ktien Khasi ka la ïoh ka kyrdan kum ka ktien synrop jong ka Jylla bad la sdang ban pyntrei kam ïa ka ha ki ophis trei kam ka sorkar ha ki dur ki bym shai. Ka pyni shai ba ka ktien Khasi ka dei kaba im bad kaba kiew irat bad kaba ïaid ryngkat bad ka por.
Naduh ka snem ba ngi la ïoh la ka jong ka Jylla, ha ka por ba ka Jylla ka don la ka Ïing ban Thaw Aiñ ka la don ka jingpyrshang da ki nongïalam ka Jylla ban dawa ïa ka jingpyndonkam ïa ka ktien Khasi bad ka la sdang ha ka 6 tarik u Ïaïong 1972 haba u Prof. Martin Narayan Majaw u la ong kumne, “Sir. If Khasi language is to be enriched and raised to the highest possible level certain subjects like music, fine arts and handicrafts should be incorporated in the present system of education. In this respect, there should be two types or two kinds of principles to be laid down; one is that it should have a job oriented syllabus and the other is on certain other suggestions which would take time to read but the basic fact is that education should be very strongly pressed.” Kiwei ki nongïalam kiba la dawa ban rah kyrdan ïa ka ktien Khasi ki long, Francis Mawlot, Edwin Bareh, E. K. Mawlong, H. S. Shylla, Ardhendu Choudhury, Titos Chyne bad kiwei de. Wat ha ka Sahitya Akademi ruh ka jingdawa ka la long naduh ka snem 1974 ha ka por ba long dkhot u Prof. R. S. Lyngdoh, Prof. H. W. Sten, Dr. M. P. Lyngdoh bad une u nongthoh; hynrei ka la shuh sah ha ka jingïaleh haduh mynta. Ha Lok Sabha la pynpaw ba dei ban ithuh ïa ka ktien Khasi da u Prof. P. G. Marbaniang haba u kyrshan ïa ka jingithuh ïa ka Nepali bad Manipuri. U P. R. Kyndiah pat u la dawa ban ithuh ïa ka ktien Khasi haba u kyrshan ban ithuh ïa ka ktien Boro bad Santhali. Ka daw bah bym poi shano shano ka long ka jingbym thikna uba bun uba lang yn ïoh jingmyntoi aïu? Lada yn ym don jingmyntoi, nga tharai kiwei ki ktien kin ym dawa bad ïaleh dohïap ban ïoh jingithuh da kaba mih surok, poi Delhi bad phah ki memorandum sha ka sorkar Pdeng da ka jingïatrei lang bad ka Sorkar Jylla. Na ka bynta ban ïatip yn ïoh jingmyntoi aïu lada ka ktien Khasi ka rung ha ka Eighth Schedule ngin pashat katto katne ba ki paidbah kin sngewthuh ïa kaba ki kyrshan.
1. Ka jinglah ban pyndonkam ïa ka Ktien Khasi da ki nongmihkhmat jong ngi ha Lok Sabha bad ha Rajya Sabha ki Ïing Thaw Aiñ ka Ri India. Kata kan long ka jingsarong ïa ka Jait bynriew. Haba don ba la kren Khasi donkam ki nongpynkylla kata kan pynmih ki kam kum ki nongpylla ktien ha ki ar tylli ki Dorbar Thaw Aiñ ka Ri. Ka jingbuh jingthoh ha ki ophis trei kam ka Sorkar India kin long ruh ha ka ktien Khasi, kita ruh kin plie ki lad ïoh kam ïoh jam.
2. Ka jinglah ban pyndonkam ïa ka Ktien Khasi ha kaba thoh ha ka Indian Civil Service kata ha ka Main (One of the Indian Language (One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution) kaba long 300 marks.
3. Ka jingpyntrei kam da ka Sahitya Akademi kumne harum:
i. Ka jingai khusnam da ka Sahitya Akademi shisien shi snem (Sahitya Akademi Main Award) ïa u/ka nongthoh Khasi kaba kynthup ïa ka jingbuh jingkynmaw bad ka song pisa kaba shilak ryngkat ka jinglut jingsep ha kaba leit sheim ïa ka khusnam. Hadien pat ka jingpynkylla ïa ka kot kaba ïoh khusnam sha kiwei pat ki ktien ka Ri India.
ii) Ka jingai ïa ka Bhasha Samman kaba la sdang ha ka snem 1996 bad haduh mynta la ïoh da arngut ki nongthoh Khasi, u Dewi Singh Khongdup ha ka snem 1997 bad u S. S. Majaw ha ka snem 2011. Kaba kynthup ïa ka jingbuh jingkynmaw bad ka song pisa kaba shilak.
iii) Ka Translation Award ka dei ka khusnam kaba la ai shisien shi snem sha u/ka nongthoh Khasi kiba pynkylla ka kiwei pat ki ktien ka Ri India sha ka Ktien Khasi. Kane ka kynthup ïa ka jingbuh jingkynmaw bad ka song pisa kaba sanphew hajar.
iv) Ka Bal Sahitya Puraskar kaba la ai shisien shi snem sha u/ka nongthoh Khasi kiba thoh ïa ki jingthoh na ka bynta ki khynnah. Kane ka kynthup ïa ka jingbuh jingkynmaw bad ka song pisa kaba sanphew hajar.
v) Ka Yuva Puraskar kaba la ai shisien shi snem sha u/ka nongthoh Khasi kiba hapoh ka rta kaba laiphew san. Kane ka kynthup ïa ka jingbuh jingkynmaw bad ka song pisa kaba sanphew hajar. Ha ka Jait bynriew Khasi i Kong Janice Pariat i la ïoh ïa kane ka khusnam ha ka snem 2013 ha ka ktien English ïa ka kot kaba la ai kyrteng “Boats on Land” (Short Stories).
vi) Ka Premchand Fellowships ïa ki nongthoh Khasi kiba thoh ha ka ktien Hindi.
vii) Ka Sahitya Akademi Fellows ïa u/ka Nongthoh Khasi kiba la paw bha
viii) Ka Honorary Fellowship ïa u/ka Nongthoh Khasi kiba la paw bha.
ix) Ka Anandacoomaraswamy Fellowship kaba ai sha ki nongthoh kiba thoh ïa kaba ïadei bad ka Ri Srilanka.
x) Ka jingshim bynta ki nongthoh Khasi ha ki prokram jong ka Festival of Letter sha New Delhi ne ha kiwei pat ki jaka man la ka snem.
xi) Ka jingbei pisa na ka bynta ki Seminarsha ka Ktien Khasi kiba lah ban pynlong khah khah.
xii) Ka Samvatsar Lectures kaba jied ïa u nongthoh Khasi uba la paw bha ban ai ïa katei ka jingkren.
xiii) Ka prokram Jingïakynduh bad u /Ka Nongthoh (Meet the Author) kaba yn bei tyngka da ka Sahitya Akademi.
xiv) Ka Kavi-Anuvadak ka jingpule poitri ha ka ktien kaba la thoh da u nongthoh hi bad da u/ka nongpynkylla sha kawei pat ka ktien ha kajuh ka rynsan.
xv) Ka prokram People and Books ka jingkhot ïa ki bym dei ki nongthoh hynrei ki dei ki briew kiba la nang la stad bha ban kren halor kano kano ka kot Khasi kaba ki la pule.
xvi) Ka prokram Through My Window ka jingkren jong u nongthoh halor uwei pat u nongthoh uba im ha ka juh ka juk.
xvii) Ka prokram Samvad ka dei ka prokram kaba khot ïa uno uno uba la kynjoh sha ka thong
xviii) Ka Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi prokram ban kren bad ban sngap kiwei ki sngew kumno halor ki jingthoh jong u/ka.
xix) Ka prokram Mulakat ka dei ka prokram ha kaba ki nongthoh kiba kham khynnah ki ïoh ban ïaphylliew jingmut bad pule ïa ki jingthoh jong ki.
xx) Ka prokram Asmita ka dei ka prokram kaba pynpaw ïa ki nongthoh kynthei bad la plie ha ki ïa ka rynsan ban pynpaw pyrthei ïa ki jingthoh jong ki.
xxi) Ka prokram Avishkar ka dei ka prokram kaba plie lad ha ki nongpule ban sngap ïa ki nongthoh kiba pher na Ri India.
xxii) Ka prokram Antaral kaba dei ka prokram kaba kren ïa kiwei pat ki jait jingthoh ruh.
xxiii) Ka prokram Loka: The Many Voices ka dei ka prokram kaba pynpaw ïa ki khanatang, puriskam ryngkat bad ka jingpyni ha rynsan. Ïa kane ha ka ktien Khasi la leh nyngkong ha St. Edmund’s College da i Kong Silbi Passah ha ka snem 2014.
xxiv) Ka prokram Kathasandhi ka dei ka prokram kaba pynpaw ïa ki jingïathuh khana kiba ki nongthoh ki la thoh dang shen ha kaba ki pule bad ïaphylliew jingmut.
xxv) Ka prokram Kavisandhi ka dei ka prokram kaba plie lad ïa u nongthoh ban pule hi ïa ki poitri kiba u la thoh ha khmat ki nongsngap.
xxvi) Ka prokram Workshops ka dei ka prokram kaba plie lad ban ïaphylliew jingmut, ban pynkylla na kawei ka ktien sha kwei pat.
4. Ka jingtrei kam bad jingbei tyngka da ka National Book Trust, India ha ka dur ki seminar, ki pynmih ki kot na ka bynta ki khynnah bad halor ka Jylla bad ki Book Fair.
5.Ka jingtrei kam bad jingbei tyngka da ka Central Institute of Indian Languages ha kaba wad jingtip kham bniah halor ka ktien Khasi bad ka jingpynmih ïa ki jingthoh kiba ïadei bad ka ktien Khasi.
6. Ka khusnam da ka K. K. Birla Foundation ïa u ne ka nongthoh Khasi.
7. Ka jingrung ka sobjek Khasi ha ki University bad College ka Ri India haba don ki samla pule kiba pule Khasi MIL lane Khasi Elective ne Honours.
8. Ka jingdon la ka jong ka station radio bad doordarshan kaba pura tang na ka bynta ka ktien Khasi.
9. Kan dei ka ktien kaba baroh kiba trei ha ki ophis Sorkar ha Meghalaya ki dei ban nang ban kren bad ban thoh kham ha ki district kiba bun ki Khasi.
10. Ha ka pisa kaba ngi bat ngin ïohi ba la thoh “Kane ka dei ka shispah”.
Ka jingkyrshan ïa ka jingtur shakhmat ka Khasi Authors’ Society naduh ki por kiba mynshwa haduh mynta, ki paidbah ki khmih lynti kumno ki khun samla kin ïoh ki jingmyntoi ha ki ophis trei kam kiba pher ha la ka Jylla bad wat shabar Jylla ruh. Ka dei ka hok jong ngi ban ïoh ka jingithuh ïa ka ktien Khasi namar ngi ïoh la ka Jylla ruh namar ngim kwah ban kren da ka ktien Assamia. To mynta ngin kam kynti ïa la ka hok bad ngin ïeng tylli ban pyrta jam da kawei ka sur, “Ithuh noh kloi ïa ka ktien Khasi. Wat pynslem shuh. Phi ki nongïalam kyndit bynriew noh”. Namar “Haba ka ktien ka im ka Jaitbynriew ka im” bad “Ka Jaitbynriew kaba pule ha la ka ktien lajong kan ym ïap” ong u Rev. Phadar H. Elias.
[Ïa kane ka jingthoh la lum jingtip bad buh tang kat ban pynmih kot khubor dang don bun ki mat kiba la ieh noh].