Michael N. Syiem
Nga juh kynmaw ba ha ki ar lai election por ba dang shu ioh ia la ka jong ka jylla, ki briew ki juh iakren ba ‘lada niew tang na ki pliang ja te u kyrtong u lah dei ban jop’. Na kito ki por haduh kine ki snem mynta te ka rukom ialeh election ka lah kylla bak la bak. Ki jingkylli kiba mih ia kito kiba thmu ban ialeh ka long ‘katno klur tyngka kaba phi don ban pynlut ban thied ia ki vote’.
Kawei na ki daw kiba nga shem kaba pynlong ia ka pisa ban treikam jubor ha kine ki election kiba mynta ka long ka jingdon jong ki MDC, ki MLA bad ki MP scheme kiba sdang da ki lak tyngka shisnem shisnem bad kiba poi mynta haduh da ki klur shisnem shisnem bad phew klur ha ki san snem. Ia kane ka MDC, MLA, MP scheme la pynlut da ki MDC, MLA bad ki MP ban shna surok, footpath, nala, community hall bad kiwei kiwei bad kumjuh ruh ban sam shuki plastic, top um, shatri, blanket, tiar shet khiew shet, bad kiwei kiwei ki jingdonkam shimet jong ki nongthep vote. La juh shem ruh ba bunsien la pyntrei ia kine ki scheme ha ki shi snem ar snem shuwa ka election khnang ban kynmaw ia ki nongthep vote ia ka ‘jingtrei’ jong u nongmihkhmat jong ki.
Te kito kiba kwah ban iakhun pyrshah ia u sitting MDC, MLA, MP ki dei ban don mar katjuh ka spah ne kham tam ruh kham bha ban ia kine, shuwa ka election khnang ba kin lah ban pyni ia u paidbah ba maki ruh ki lah ban trei kumne ne kham tam ruh ban ia kaba trei u sitting MDC, MLA ne MP. Hynrei kaba kham sngewsih mynta ka long ba kat nang mih ki snem lah nang iohsngew bad ioh pule ba lah shu thong syndon da ka pisa ban thied ia ka jingkyrshan jong u paidbah nongthep vote.
Kum ban shu pynkynmaw, KA MAIT SHAPHRANG ka la pynialehkai ia kawei ka drama, ‘Phi Vote Phi Rai – (1)’ kaba la pyni ha Shillong DDK ha ka 10 tarik Feb, 2003 bad hadien 5 snem ia ka drama ‘Phi Vote Phi Rai – (2)’ kaba la pyni ha ki local cable network ha ka 29/02/2008 bad ha u 02/03/2008 ban pynsngewthuh paidbah shaphang ka jingkordor jong ka shi vote. Phi vote phi rai ym tang ia ka lawei lajong hynrei jong ki khun ki ksiew bad jong ka jylla hi baroh kawei.
Ha kine ki sngi la don ki jingthoh bad kumjuh ki jingkren ha ki rynsan paidbah kiba kyntu ia ki nongthep vote ban shim ia ka pisa lada don ba tyrwa, hynrei ban da puson bha iano uba/ kaba tbit tam ban ai ia ka vote u/ka ban ialam ia ka Ri bad ka jaidbynriew sha ka lawei ba don jingkyrmen.
Ha kaba pynkut nga kwah ban pynkynmaw ia ki paidbah nongthep vote ia ki jingkren jong uwei u nongseng jong ka jinghikai Taoism, u Lao Tsu uba hikai kumne.
‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime’.
‘Ai ia u briew ka dohkha bad kan pynbiang bam ia u shi sngi. Hikai ia u briew ban nang ban khwai dohkha bad kan pynbiang bam ia u shirta’.
Phi don ban ong eiei?