Shillong:U bah Toki Blah, uwei na ki khraw jabieng jong ka Ri Khasi, u dei uba la pass ia ka eksamin Indian Administrative Service (IAS), ha u snem 1972, ha kaba ula hap ha ka UP Cadre. Ha ka jingiathuh jong U bah Blah, u ong “Kam da eh, ban pass ia ka eksamin IAS, hynrei donkam ar tylli kiei kiei kata ka jingminot bad donkam da ka por ban khreh bad hangne ha Shillong, ngi donkam ia ki training centre”.
U Bah Blah, u iathuh ba ula trei ha Uttar Pradesh, haduh u snem 1986. “Nga trei haduh u snem 1986 bad nga risain noh” la ong biang utei u rangbah.
Mynta la shiphew snem tam, ki samla Khasi jongngi, kim don shuh kiba pass IAS bad U bah Toki, ula ong “Ki daw ki bun phi, kawei ka long, ba ka IAS, ka dei ka competi tive eksam bad ha ka shi snem, 15, 16 lak kiba thep aplikeshon bad shilak tam, ki ban ioh ban ialeh bad na ka shilak tam, kin pass, kumba shi hajar, ar hajar ngut bad nangta kin sa jied ha ka personal interview bad kin sa jied kumba 100 ne 200ngut”.
U bah Toki, u ong shuh shuh, ba ka jinglong ka pule puthi, ha kane ka jylla, ka hiar palat bad ula ong ba kham mynshwa ki kolej kum ka St Anthony’s, St Edmunds, St Mary’s, Sankardev, Lady Keane bad ka rukom hikai ka biang bha, hynrei u kren diaw, ba hadien ka jingioh ia ka hill state, ka pule puthi, ka la hiar shi katdei ha ka jylla. Kawei pat ka mat, ka long ba ym don ki jaka hikai pyntbit kiba biang. “Lah dei ban pynmih bun ki IAS” ong shuh utei u rangbah, haba pynpaw ia ka jingsngew jongu.
Halor ka reservation, lane ka bhah kam bhah jam ha ka jylla, U bah Toki, u ong “Ngi hangne ngi ioh ia ka reservation, na ka jinglong tribal jongngi. Ha ki state hi, ki ai ia kawei ka jaitbynriew ha kylleng ka India, haduh 50 percent; hynrei ngi hangne, ia ki Garo, kum kawei ka tribe bad U Khasi, Jaintia, kum kawei ka tribe bad ki ioh 40 40 bad ka la iaid mynta 50 snem”.
U bah Toki, u ong shuh “Mih ka jingiakhih puk, ban review biang ia ka reservation policy bad ka roster system. Nga te nga sngewlehrain, ban dawa ia ka reservation, hadien 50 snem, ba la ioh state? Hadien 50 snem, ba la ioh state, dang ia kwah reservation? Ka jingkylli ka mut ba khlem trei eiei? La phlop ka education policy, ym ioh kam ioh jam” ong shuh utei u rangbah.
U bah Toki, u ong shuh shuh “Ngi ki Khasi, ngi long emotional palat” bad u ong shuh shuh, ba lada peit ia ka result jong ka matrik, kin don kumba 60 hajar ngut ki samla kiba pass bad lada peit na ki kam sorkar, kin don kumba 500 tylli ki kam bad kitei ki dei ki kam khalasi, kam peon, kam draibar kim don ki kam kiba kham heh” bad u ong shuh shuh, ba lada ki 500 ngut ki ioh kam, kumta kumno pat ia ki 55hajar. “Ka focus jongngi kum ka state, kam dei eh ban ai kam sorkar” ong shuh shuh utei u rangbah bad u ong ba ka kam jong ka sorkar, ba dei ban ai ia ki kam.
U Bah Toki, u ong shuh shuh, ba ka sorkar mynta, ka ju pynshlur, da ki subsidy, hynrei, kitei kin nym lah ban iarap, namar ba lada pynmih ia kitei ki mar, ban die sha ki iew jong ka India, hynrei, ym lah satia ban die.
“Ka leh aiu, ka Planning Board?” kylli U bah Toki bad u ong shuh shuh ba ka sorkar jylla, ka dei ban plie ia ki iew ki hat sha Bangladesh. “Pynmih ia u phlang ruh, lah ban die sha Bangladesh” bad u ong shuh, ban pynmih ia ki soh, pynmih ia u khaw bad die sha Bangladesh.
U Bah Toki Blah, u kren sngewkhia shuh shuh, ba wat haba ia wad kam ruh, ha ki ophis sorkar jylla; donkam ban da siew pisa.
Utei u ophisar IAS ba rangbah jong ka Ri Khasi, u khot ruh ia ki samla ka jylla, ba kin dawa ia la ki nongmihkhmat, ba kin thaw ia ki ain, ki ban pynmyntoi ia ka jylla, da kaba u ong “10 sngi, yn shong dorbar, ia kaei ban iakren”? ong utei u rangbah bad u ong shuh shuh, ba donkam ban dawa ia ki MLA, ba kin shong dorbar 30 sngi, 40 sngi, 50 sngi ha ka shisnem.
Phi don ban ong eiei?