Jessica Rymbai & Badasuk Lamin
Ka Mei-Mariang
“Ka Mei-Mariang ka dei ka kmie jong ki jingthaw baroh.” Dei ma ka ba pun, ba kha, ba bsa, ba ïada, ba sumar, ba ai jaka rieh jaka dem, ba pyntngen bad ba pynim ia uwei pa uwei u jingthaw. Dei na kata ka daw, ka dei ka kamram bad ka jingkitkhlieh jong iwei pa iwei ban sumar, ban pynbha, ban ïada, ban tyngkai, ban kheiñkor bad ban burom ïa ka. Kaba donkam eh ka long: dei ban don ka jingkitkhlieh bad ka jingsngewthuh briew dalade ïalade ban nym ‘pynjot’ lane ‘pynjulor’ noh ïa ka bad ïa ki ki jingthaw jongka. Ha ka jingshisha, ngi kum ki briew ngim lah khlem da pyndonkam ïa ki jingdon jingem kiba ngi lah ban ïoh na ka mariang, kum ki maw ki dieng, ki khyndew ki shyiap, ki dawai ki kynbat, ki um ki wah bad kiwei kiwei de ki jingdonkam. Kumta, ha kane ka rukom kumba ka Mei-Mariang ka lah ban ai ïa ngi ïa ki jingdonkam jongngi, ngi ruh ngi hap tip kumno ban pynneh pynsah lane ban sumar sukher ïa ka khnang ba kan nym troiñ bad julor noh.
Ka Roi ka Par ha Ryngkat ka Pynneh Pynsah Mariang (Sustainable Development)
Ka roi ka par ka long kaba donkam bha namar ka wanrah shibun ki jingmyntoi bad ki jingpynsuk ha ka imlang sahlang. Ka roi ka par ka kyntiew bad ka pynsuk ïa ngi ba ngin jam bad poi shuh shuh sha kita ki jingïoh jingmyntoi lane ki jingdonkam. Kum ka nuksa lada ngi pynroi ha ka jngohkai pyrthei ka pynsuk ïa ki longïing ban kamai bad na kata ka jingkamai lah ban ïoh shibun ki jingmyntoi. Haba don ka roi ka par ka don ruh ka jingïoh jingmyntoi bad ha kajuh ka por ka don lang ruh ka jingduh jingmyntoi.
Ha kaba ïadei bad ka roi ka par ka ïoh ka kot kaba sngewtynnad eh ban pyrkhat ka long dei ban don ka jingmut jingpyrkhat lane ka buit (plan) kaba ai lad lang ïa ka mariang ba kan san lang lane kan roi lang ha ryngkat bad kata ka buit pynroi pynpar. Haba ngi thaw buit ban pynroi pynpar, ngi dei ban thaw lad thaw lynti ba kane ka jingthmu ban pynroi kan nym pyndap tang ïa ki jingdawa bad ki jingdonkam jong ki pateng kiba mynta, hynrei kan lah ruh ban pynbiang wat ïa kita ki pateng bad ki longdien mandien jongngi. Shuh shuh ruh ngi khmih lynti ba kane ka roi ka par kaba khlem da ‘pynjot’ lane ‘pynjulor’ noh ïa Mariang, hynrei kaba ai lad ryngkat ïa ka Mariang ba kan san lang bad roi lang hajuh. Katkum ka Bruntland Report (1987), ka roi ka par ba pynneh pynsah mariang (Sustainable Development) ka dei kata “Ka roi ka par kaba pynïoh lane kaba lah ban pynbiang pyndap ïa ki jingdonkam jong ka pateng briew kaba mynta da kaba leh adkar bad ha ryngkat ka jingsngewthuh ban pynneh pynsah ïa kiei kiei kiba hapoh ka mariang, khnang ba ki pateng ki ban dang wan ruh kin nym jynjar ban ïoh ïa ki jingdonkam jong ki kumba ngi ïoh ma ngi ka pateng ba mynta.”
Ka Wah Umngot bad ka Roi ka Par
Haba phai sha ka wah Umngot ngi kum ki khun Hynñiewtrep ngim lah khlem da kynmaw ïa ka jinglong kyntang lane ka jinglong blei jong ka katkum ki khanatang u barim. La ong ba ka wah Umngot bad ka wah Umïew (Umïam) ki dei ki shipara kiba dei ki khun jong u Lei Shillong. Kine arngut ki ïa mareh thong ryngkat bad ka jingïakop mano ban poi Shilot (Sylhet) shuwa. La ong ba la jop ka Umngot ïa ka Umïew, namar ba la poi shuwa ma ka (sa peit na ka kot u P. R. T Gurdon “The Khasis” ban kham tip bniah bha ïa ka jingïathuh khana shaphang jong kata ka jingïamareh thong hapdeng jong ki).
Nyngkong eh kum ki paid Khasi, shisien ba la kren shaphang ka wah Umngot, baroh ki la ïa sngewthuh lypa ïa ka dor jong ka ha ka imlang sahlang. Lada ngi ringdur bha na katei ka jingïathuh khana kaba la khot ‘blei’ ïa ka wah Umngot bad lada ngam jylliew bha ïa kata ka jingmut blei jong ka, ka la don kaei kaei kaba u mynbarim u pynshongnia halor ka jingmut ka jingkhot blei lane ka jingñiew kyntang ïaka. Ngi kum ki khun Khasi, ‘lada’ ngi pyrshang ban sngewthuh bha lane puson bha ïa ka rukom im jongngi, ka imlang sahlang, ka riti dustur, kolshor, ka niam ka rukom, ka jingngeit bad kiwei kiwei de ki rukom ba paw shabar jong ka jinglong jingman briew jongngi, kine baroh ki don bha ka jingïadei bad ka Mei-Mariang. Haba phai sha ka wah Umngot, kata ka jingkheiñ kyntang lane ka jingkheiñ blei u Khasi ïa ka lehse ka long kaba eh ban sngewthuh. Hynrei to ngin pyrshang katba lah ban ringdur ringdar ban pynshongnia ïa kata ka jingmut jingpyrkhat bad ka jingïohi jong u mynbarim halor ka jingkheiñ blei lane ka jingkheiñ kyntang jong u ïa ka wah Umngot bad ha kajuh ka por ïa ka Mei-Mariang hi kumjuh.
Kumba la kdew haneng ba shisien hi ba la kren shaphang ka wah Umngot, nyngkong nyngshap u briew hi uba na ka thaiñ Ri-War u la sngewthuh lypa ba ka wah Umngot ka dei kaei ïa u. Ym tang katta, hynrei hapoh ka Bri Hynñiewtrep jongngi hi baroh kawei. Ka wah Umngot ka dei ka rympei ka shlem jong ka jingkyrkhu na ka bynta ka spah ka phew, ka ïoh ka kot, ka kamai kajih jong ka imlang sahlang jong ki paid Ri-War. Ka wah Umngot ka ai shibun bah ki jingaiei ïa kiba ïai kyrsoi khlem da kut. Don shibun bah ki longïing longsem kiba im jakpoh tang na ka wah Umngot. Ki bsa bad ki pyndap ïa ka ïing ka sem tang da kaba shu im sngi tang na kaba khwai dohkha bad die ha ïew, ki don kiba shu leit tong doh tang ban ïoh jyntah jingber ha ïing. Kiba wan tong dohkha ym dei tang kiba na War, hynrei don ruh kiba wan na kylleng ki thaiñ jong ka Bri U Hynñiewtrep, naduh ki kynrem ki lyndan, ki heh ki haiñ ki ïa wan ban pynlut por khnang ban pynjahthait da kaba shu khwai sngewtynnad. Ki don kiba ïohlad ban kamai saitjaiñ saitnep na ka daw ba ka don ka Umngot bad ka ai ruh ïa ka umbam umdih bad um sait umkhlieng.
Ha ka por lyiur, ynda la jur slap ka heh rymphum bad ka tuid sha Bangladesh. Ynda ka la tuid ka ai lad ïa ki dohkha dohpnat kiba bun jaid bun kynja ba kin kiew na ri them Bangla sha Ri-Lum Khasi bad ha kane ka rukom ki dohkha kiba don ha wah Umngot kim ju kyrduh lada ong ha ka khwai ban bam lane ban die ruh. Wat ki kshaid bad ki wah rit ruh ki ïoh dohkha lang ynda la heh um, namar ki dohkha ki kiew lang ruh ha ki kshaid. Ym tang katta, ynda ka heh rymphum ka wanrah lang ïa ki maw-wah bad ki shyiap wah, bad na kine ngi ïoh shibun ki jingmyntoi ha ka liang ka tei ka shna: kum ki ïing ki sem, ki kynroh, ki jingkieng ïaid kjat, ki jingpynbha pynmiat ïa ka shnong ka thaw bad kiwei kiwei de ki jingtei kiba dawa bha ïa u maw bad ka shyiap. Kane ruh ka ïarap bha ha kaba ïadei bad ka scheme MNREGA, ha ka jaka ban thied na ïew ïa kitei ki mar, la shu ïohei na wah Umngot khlem da donkam ban siew.
Haba phai sha ka rep ka riang, ka wah Umngot ka long kum u thied snam uba ai jingim ïa ki paid Ri-War Khasi jongngi. Ka ai shibun ki jingmyntoi ïa kiba bun ki nongrep, naduh kiba rep kba rep khaw, rep soh rep pai, rep kwai rep tympew, rep dawai rep kynbat, thung shriew thung phan bad kiwei kiwei de ki jingrep. Da ka jingtuid jong ka Umngot ka pynim bad ka pynsngem ïa kine ki jaka rep jaka riang bad ki briew ki lah ban rep ha baroh ki aïom da ki jingrep bapher bapher namarba ki jaka ki long kiba im beit. Dei na kane ka daw ba wat u nongrep barit baria bad u nongbylla barit baria ruh u ïohlad ban trei bad ban rep lane ban kamai ïa ka hok jong u ban bsa ïa ka ïing ka sem bad ban pyndap dalade ïalade hi. Ki khlaw ki btap ruh ki rben ki jyrngam ki phuh ki phieng namar ka Umngot ka ai ïa ki ka jingtngen ka jingsngem.
Haba phai pat sha ka liang ka jngohkai pyrthei (tourism) hapoh Ri-War, ka jingkylli ka long: hato ka jngohkai pyrthei ka lah ne em ban long lada ym don ka wah Umngot? Ka Ri-War jongngi ka paw bha ha kine ki por dei na ka daw ka Umngot. Ka dei ka maka kaba ai nam ïa ka jngohkai pyrthei, ym tang ïa ka thain Ri-War jongngi, hynrei ha baroh ka Bri Hynñiewtrep jongngi, bad ïa ka jylla bad ïa ka ri India baroh kawei hi. Shuh shuh ka la ioh ia ka nam ha kylleng pyrthei na ka daw ka jingkhuid jingsuba bad ka jingsngur palat ka um bad ka mariang ruh. Dei na kane ka daw ka khring bha ïa ki nongwanjngohkai ba kin ym lah ban shah khlem da wan mad lane wan jngoh ïa kane ka jingitynnad, jingibang, jingishngiam jong kane ka mariang kaba U Blei Tre Kirot U ai ei ha ngi ki paid Ri-War. Te kane ka long kum ka jingkyrkhu, ka jingaiei, ka spah ka phew bad ka roi ka par, ka kamai kajih ha ka imlang sahlang jongngi. Ym tang kine ki jingmyntoi kiba ngi lah ban ïoh na ka jingdon jong ka wah Umngot, hynrei kiba bun kiba ngim lah shuh ban niew lane batai lut ha ine i jingthoh barit.
Ka jingkylli ka long: kaba kum kaei ka jingkyrkhu kaba ngi dang lah ban ïoh nalor jong kane? Hato dang don shuh nalor kane kaba lah ban bsa bad ban ai jingim naduh ha u duk u rangli haduh u riewspah riewphew? Hato dang don shuh ha pyrthei kaba ngi lah ban kamai spah khlem da donkam ban siew ne pynlut? Hato dang don lad don lynti da kawei kaba lah ban bsa ei naduh u pateng uba mynshuwa haduh uba mynta bad haduh uta u ban dang wan longbriew? Hato dang don mo ka jingstad lane buit briew kaba dang lah lane ïaryngkat dor haba ïanujor bad ka bor jong ka mariang halor ka jinglah jingïai ban pynbiang pyndap lut ïa ka jingdawa jong uwei-pa-uwei jingthaw? Haba ngi phai sha ka Umngot sha kita ki jingkyrkhu kaba ka ai, lada kam don kata ka bor blei kaba U Blei Tre Kirot u ai haka, ngi tharai kine kiei kiei baroh kiba ka leh ha ka imlang sahlang, kan nym lah ban long, namar da ka jingstad briew hi da lei lei yn ym lah ban pynïoh kum kitei ki jingmyntoi ba la kdew haneng.
Kumba ngi ïohi ba ka jingthmu (plan) jong ka sorkar jylla ban den ïa ka wah Umngot ha ki snem ba la dep bad ka jingthmu jong ka ka dang ïaid beit shaid shaid haduh mynta. Te, khlem da bun ktien shuh ngin kylli pyrthew bad pyrkhat noh: kaei ka ban jia lada den ïa ka wah Umngot? Kumba la kdew haneng ïa ka dor bad ki jingmyntoi kiba ïoh na ka wah Umngot ba wat haduh ba ki paid Ri-War ki kam ba ka dei u thied snam ka imlang sahlang jong ki, lada jia ba den noh ïaka long kumba mait noh ïa uta u thied snam jong ki. Ka sorkar ka kular ban ïarap ïa ki jingeh jong ki paidbah: hynrei ka shu ai tang i khaw ration bad umphniang sharak. Hynrei haba pyrkhat bad ïanujor ïa kata ka jinglah jong ka sorkar bad kata ka jinglah ka Umngot, shisien ong ka lah iapher bak-ly-bak. Haba phai hi sha ka roi ka par ha ki thaiñ nongkyndong, ka sorkar jylla ka khlem pat da leh eiei. Lada ym don hi ka scheme MNREGA, wat ka jingjngohkai pyrthei ha ki thaiñ nongkyndong ki shem jingeh bha.Wat hapoh ka Riti Synshar jong ka Ri India hi kam pat don kata ka Article lane ka Schedule kyrpang ka ban ong ban peit ne khmih tang ïa ka roi ka par jong ki thaiñ nongkyndong, hynrei ba bun don tang ha sor. Hooid, ka Sorkar ka kular ban iarap katba ka lah hynrei kan yn lah ban iarap lut ia baroh. Ka jingiarap ba ka ai kam dei kaba neh hajuh bad pateng la pateng namar kam dei ka tynrai (source) jong ka spah, hynrei ka mariang hi ka dei u thied snam jong ka spah bymjukut.
Kaba kham ma shuh shuh ka long ba ka jylla jongngi ka don ha kata ka bynta ba ki ong ka ‘seismic zone’ lane ka jaka ba hap ha ka jingma na ka jingkhih jumai. Lada den ïa ka Umngot ïoh ba jia ba khih jumai, kamut kumno kumno ka dam ka pait, ki nongshong shnong kiba don na shapoh ka dam kin ngam jyllop lut baroh khlem artatien. Ym tang ka Ri-War kaba hapoh Ri Khasi kaban ngam jyllop, hynrei kiba shong ba sah shapoh Bangladesh ruh kumjuh. Ïa kane hap ban pyrkhat bha namar ka kham ma shuh shuh ban ba ïa kaba duh ïa kita kiwei ki jingmyntoi.
Ynda ngi kheiñsap bad pynshongnia bha halor kitei ki jingmyntoi bad ki kam ba ki paid Ri-War ki im bad ki trei ka long kawei na ki kynja roi kynja par kiba sngewtynnad bha ban pynkiew bad ban pynbha shuh shuh. Kum kitei ki jingtrei jingktah, ki kam ki jam, ki khaïi pateng, ki kamai kajih ki long kiba khlem da ‘pynjot’ lane ‘pynjulor’ ïa ka Mei-Mariang. Lada den da ka dam, kamut kan pynjulor lut phar kitei ki jingaiei jongka wah Umngot bad haduh ha ka mariang bad haduh u briew u mrad bad baroh hi u jingthaw ba-im uba don hapoh jong ka bad sawdong jong ka. Kaba sngewtynnad bad sngew shngaiñ ha ka juk kaba ngi ngi im mynta ka long ba ngi dang donbok shibun eh ba ki pateng kiba hashuwa jongngi ki khlem da bam lut lane klun lut ïa kata ka spah mariang kaba ki ïoh wat lada ki seng makna ïa ka roi ka par. Haduh mynta ka mariang kaba ngi ïoh ka dang ïai kyrkhu kyrdoh ïa ngi da ki jingaiei bad jingdon jingem jong ka. Kumta ngi dei ban ri, sumar bad phikir ïa ka.
Sa kawei ruh ki District Councils kiba dei peit ïa kine ki jaka ki dei ban ïa kitkhliehlang bad pynsngewlang ïa ki jingdawa jong ki paidbah, ym tang ki nongshong shnong bad ki sengbhalang. Ka Sixth Schedule ka ïeng halor ka hok ban ïada ïa ka khyndew ka shyiap, riti dustur, kolshor ki jaidbynriew ritpaid. Te Kumta, lada kane ka Sixth Schedule lane ka STIEH BAH (kumba ong i Babu L. S Gassah) kam lah ban bah tymphalang lane ban ïarap halor kane, te ha kano ka nongrim la seng ïa ka?
Te ngin ïa pynkut noh shi kyntien da kaba ong ba ka wah Umngot ka dei ka rympei ka shlem jong ka roi ka par jong ka imlang sahlang ki paid Ri-War bad ïa ka jylla hi ruh kumjuh. Ka kamai kajih na Umngot kumba ngi ïohi ba kiba bun ki longïing longsem ki lah ban pyndap dalade ïalade (self-sufficient economy), ym tang ïa kiba mynta hynrei ïa kiba lashai ruh kumjuh. Ka sorkar ka tyrwa da ki lad jingiarap, hynrei yn myntoi tang ïa ki katto katne ym ia baroh kumba ka Umngot ka lah ban iarap ia iwei pa iwei ha ka imlang sahlang. Bad kita ki lad jingiarap kiba ka sorkar ka tyrwa ruh kin nym lah ban ai lane ban pynbiang kumba ka mariang ka lah. Ha kawei ka liang, ngi khlem pyrshah da lei lei ruh ïa ka roi ka par ha kane ka ri jongngi, hynrei ngi dei pat ban long kiba stad ban peit kaei kaba bha eh napdeng jong kita kiba ngi thmu ban pynroi bad pynkiew. Ka jingmut hangne ka long ba haba ngi seng ia ka roi ka par dei ban bud ryngkat bad kynthup ryngkat ia ki kyndon jong ka roi ka par kaba pynneh bad pynsah mariang. Sa kawei ruh ngi dei ban kynmaw bha: lada ngi pynjot pynjulor ïa ka Mei-Mariang, ngi la kit ram lypa na ka bynta ka jingim jongngi bad ïa ki pateng. Kumba ka ktien ka ong “Kumba ngi bet, kumta hi ngin ot ruh.”
KHUBLEI CHIHAJAR NGOOH.
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