B.M.Lanong
I Bah Maurice G. Lyngdoh, officer sorkar barim, iba ju don teng ruh ha ka Khasi Authors Society (KAS), ha kawei ka jingthoh jong i kaba khlem tarik, tangba kan dei hadien u bnai September 2001, ila ong ba u Dr R.S.Lyngdoh (Speaker barim) uba la ju long teng u dkhot ka Sahitya Academy (SA), ba naduh u snem 1973 ba sdang iakhih ban ioh pynrung ia ka ktien Khasi hapoh ka Bynrap-8 (Eight Schedule), ula trei shitom da kaba wanrah ia ka jingtyrwa (resolution) hapoh ka jingialang ka SA ha ka 16.2.1973, ba namar ba ka ktien Khasi ka la paw bad kiew kyrdan bha ha ka pule-puthi, donkam ban ithuh bad pynrung noh ia ka hapoh ka Bynrap-8 jong ka Constitution of India (COI).
La pdiang ia katei ka resolution bad ka SA ka la thung ia ka Expert Committee, ba ka ktien Khasi kan hap ban pynbiang lut ia ki jnit ki jnat (criteria) kiba iadei bad ka bynta ban ithuh ia kano-kano ka ktien hapoh ka Bynrap-8. I Bah Maurice i kdew ba sa shisien pat, ha ka 20.12.1973 u Dr R.S.Lyngdoh u la wanrah biang ia ka resolution kaba pynshai shuh-shuh, ba ka ktien Khasi ka la pynbiang lut ia ki kyndon ba buh da ka Academy, kiba iadei bad ka jingithuh ia ka ktien hapoh ka Bynrap-8. Hynrei ka Expert Committee, ka phah ap ban pynbiang ia ki jingdonkam baroh. Hynrei la don kiwei pat ki ktien, ia kiba la ithuh ia ki, wat lada kim pat pynbiang ia ki kyndon badonkam. La ap lai snem na ka bynta ka ktien Khasi, kumta kane ka jingialang ka SA kaba iakynduh mynta ka sngi 21.2.1976, ka sngewdei ban ai jingithuh noh ia ka ktien Khasi. Hynrei ia kane ka resolution la kyntait. Hadien kane ka Expert Committee ka la wan sha Shillong ha u snem 1977, ha kaba ka KAS ka la pynlong ia ka jingpyni kai paidbah ia ki kot Khasi babun rukom, ba la thoh da ki nongthoh bastad ka jaitbynriew, kaba la long ha St Anthony’s, ha kaba u Chairman katei ka Expert Committee, uba la ihun ia kiei kiba ula iohi, ula kular ba un tyrwa noh sha ka Sahitya Akademi (SA) ba kan ithuh noh ia ktien Khasi.
U Capt. Sangma u Pynkhein Kular
Ka KAS ka la nang pynbit-pynbiang shuh-shuh sa kiwei-kiwei ki bynta katba ka SA ka buh kyndon. Nangta kawei ka kynhun barit kaba kynthup ia u Ma R.T.Rymbai IAS, Dr R.S.Lyngdoh bad u Bah H.W.Sten ki la leit iakynduh ia u Chief Minister, Capt. W.A.Sangma ha u snem 1983, ba un wanrah noh syndon da ka resolution hapoh Ing Dorbar Meghalaya, ban ithuh ia ka ktien Khasi da ka sorkar jylla (State Language).
Kaba sngewsih ka long ba u Capt. Sangma uba la long Chief Minister haduh ba kut u snem 1988 um shym leh ei-ei ia katei ka jingai jingmut, nalor ba ula kular, ong i Bah Maurice.
Ka la don teng ruh kawei ka jingialang ki khraw pyrkhat ha u snem 1985, haba ka Expert Committee ka Sahitya Academy ka wan biang ha Shillong ban ia kynduh ia ka KAS, ha kaba la iadon lang ruh ki Officer Education ka sorkar jylla, u Dr C.L Anand, Pro VC ka Nehu bad katto katne ki doctor kot ka NEHU.
Ha ki jingiakren phylliew jingmut kiba la bishar bha ia bun ki bynta jong ka ktien Khasi bad ia ka kyrdan jong ka, utei u Pro VC Anand u la hun jrut bad ula ai ka jingkyrshan pura ia ka ktien Khasi, la katta ruh katei ka Expert Committee ka dang kdew hi ia ki daw ba ka ktien khasi ka dang duna ha ka liang ki tnat pynphuh pynphieng (creative literature) bad ha ki jingpynkylla ia ka Khasi sha kiwei ki ktien.
Hynrei kaba ai mynsiem pat hadien, ka long ba ba ha u snem 2000 ynda la wan long Chief Minister u Bah E.K.Mawlong tang kumba shi snem tam, u Bah Kek u la pynbna hapoh ka Dorbar thaw ain ka jylla, ba ia ka ktien Khasi bad Garo, yn ithuh noh kum ki State Language hapoh ka jylla, bad la thung ia u Bah Thrang Rangad, uba long Minister Education ha katei ka por, kum u Chairman ka Cabinet Sub-Committee ban peit bniah ia kane ka kam katkum ki riti-ki dustur kiba iadei bad kane ka kam, da kaba ia syllok ryngkat bad ka KAS.
Ki jinglong ka sain pyrthei ha jylla ruh, ki pynkulmar ia ki jingtreikam, namar la kyllon noh ka sorkar u Bah Kek, la wan shimti sa ka sorkar u Dr. F.A.Khonglam, kumta kine ki jingkylla ki pynthut bad pynslem ia ki kam ki jam.
Pynkulmar Sa ka Arts and Culture
U Secretary ka tnat Arts and Culture Meghalaya da ka shithi jong u kaba 24.9.2001, ula thoh sha ka KAS, ba ka SA ka la dep ithuh 22 tylli ki ktien hapoh ka Bynrap-8, kumta yn ithuh nangne shakhmat tang ia ki ktien kiba don hapoh katei ka thup jong ka COI, ia kiwei em.
Katei ka shithi ka pynkulmar thlim, namar ka KAS ka pynpaw pyrshah ba katei ka shithi ka ialam bakla ia kaei kaba ka SA ka ieng bad ba un da pynshai bha halor kane. Hynrei khlem ioh jubab ei-ei shuh.
Iohrung 4 tylli ki ktien thymmai
Ha u bnai December 2003 pat, la iohi ba la pynrung thymmai 4 tylli ki ktien thymmai hapoh ka Bynrap-8,COI bad kita ki long ka ktien Dogri, na ki thain Punjab J&K bad shawei, ka Santali, kaba iakren sha thain Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, bad shawei, ka Maithali kaba kham iakren sha ki thain Bihar, Jharkhand bad shawei. Nangta ka Bodo, kaba ia kren bha ha Assam.
Baroh ki la long mynta 22 tylli ki ktien kiba la rung hapoh ka Bynrap-8 jong ka Constitution ka ri India.
Ha ka jingiakren syllok bad u Dr. Sylvanus Lamare, uwei na ki khraw pyrkhat ka pule puthi, u sngew kumjuh, ba ka ktien Khasi ka la biang bha ban ioh rung hapoh ka Bynrap-8 bad u pynpaw ba kan nang iarap ban pynsted, lada ka sorkar jylla kan pynmih hukum ba kam don kano-kano ka jingmana ban hikai da ka ktien Khasi bad Garo ruh ia ki khynnah, naduh ka kyrdan ba shatrai haduh Class XII bad ban pynrung ia ki, kum ki Associate Official language. U Dr.Lamare u pynpaw ruh ba kan iarap shibun lada ki nongmihkhmat sha ki Ing Dorbar Parliament, kin sei bad iakren halor kane ka mat ruh ha Delhi.
Nga iohi ba ia ki daw ing hi, dei ban pynbiang noh da ka Sorkar khlem pynslem shuh, la kumno-kumno ban ithuh ia ki ktien Khasi-Garo kum ki State Official language.
Lada kat ki University Calcutta, Dibrugarh, Guwahti, NEHU ki la ithuh ia ka ktien Khasi haduh kyrdan Degree, PHD, naduh ki snem spah bah ba la leit, ki Saheb Phareng lei naduh u Cantlei, u PRT Gordon, u B.C. Allen bad kiwei ki la tip, la nam bad la iaroh ia kane ka jaitbynriew ba ka long kaba shemphang, kaba don ha ki kyrdan ba hajrong ban ia kiwei kiba sha kane ka thain, ki ong ba la don graduate shaduh ki nongkyndong ruh naduh ki spah snem 1800.
Nangta sa u Mr.R.S.Mooshahary IPS ha ka por ba u dang long Director General ka NSS ha Delhi, ha kawei ka Seminar, ka All India Tribal Language of India, kaba la long ha Delhi ha u snem 2003, ha kaba nga la leit shim bynta na ka liang ka KHADC, ha kaba um pat long u Lat ka Meghalaya, u la da tip bad u ong ba, “Khasi language is very advanced among other tribal languages in India.” U Mr.Mooshahary u dei na Bodoland Assam, kumta kum u rangbah pulit u tip bha. Ita i Sahitya Academy pat i dang kyllain aiu haduh mynta?
Phi don ban ong eiei?