Bah Shiningstar Warjri, Umran-Dairy, Ri-Bhoi District.
La iohi ia ki jingkren pashaid, ki jingkren sngewmeng pyrshah jaitkpa u CEM ka KHADC u H.S. Shylla ha kylleng ka ri khasi, lyngba ki kot khubor. Halor kane kamat, nga kynmaw ia kawei ka kyntien shongnia kaba dei ha ka ktien nongwei kaba ong, “A Tree with strong roots laugh at storm” lane “U dieng baskhem ki thied u phuh samrkhie ia ka eriong”.
Kumba u HS Shylla u ong, “Kiba ai jait kpa kidei ki nongshun bakhraw tam ka jaitbynriew”. Nga iohi pynban ba kane ka kyntien kadei ka kyntien pynheh jubor palat ia lade, u shim ia lade ba udei u Jaitbynriew, ha ka jingshisha, kiba ai jait kpa kidei ki nongshun bakhrawtam u HS Shylla ym ia ka jaitbynriew kumba u ong, nalor kata, kidei ki nongshun BAKHRAW ym ki nongshun bapoh ne barit baria.
Ki Jaitkpa, kidei kiba la seng nongrim naduh ki arphewsan snem mynshwa, ban pynneh pynsah ia ka snam khasi tynrai, bad pyrshah shongkha khleh; ban pynneh pynsah ia ka pyrkhat pyrdain ieid jaitbynriew, ban pynneh pynsah ia ka dur bad jinglong jingman khasi nylla. Ki jaitkpa kim pyrshah dustur hynrei ki pynbeit ia ka dustur ba noh shiliang khmat palat. Ban ong ba kiba aijaitkpa kidei ki nongshun ka jaitbynriew, kadei tang ka nia bishni, pihuin khlem nongrim, kiba u HS Shylla u ju mlien kum kine ki jait ktien, haba don ki nongkynshoit nadien.
Ngim da sngewpher eh ia ka Jingkren kulmar u HS Shylla, namar udei u jait briew u ba ju kren kumne na ka por sha ka por. To ngin ia peit khyndiat ia ki katto katne ki nia kylla, ki nia khlieh khlieh tdong tdong jong u.
· Ngi don ka sabut ka bashai bha, ba u HS Shylla mynshwa u ong ba, “Ka aiom u kni bad ki pyrsa ka lakut lawai jynduh jyndam bad ka aiom u kpa bad ki khun ka la poi bad kam kut shuh haduh ka da wai ka pyrthei” Lada u ong ba, ngi thok, yn hap ban pyntip paidbah ruh ia kata, mano ba thok?, mynta pat u pyrshah kylla ia ia la ka jong ka nia.
· Mynshwa u Uranium um don jingktah, jingmynsaw lane jingma eiei ruh em, mynta pat, “Ka Sorkar kadei ban pyntikna ba kan nym tih Uranium, lem kumta ym lah ban ai NOC ia ka surok ban leit sha Nongstoin, Wahkaji Mawthabah”, namar mynta u Uranium u long uba ma bha ia ka jaitbynriew.
· Mynshwa u ai khusnam ia ka longiieng khun shiteng ba ki pynroi ia ka jaitbynriew namar ba ki ioh khun haduh 17 ngut, mynta pat kitei ki khun kin nym dei shuh ki khasi.
· Mar shu long CEM 2018, u pyrshah Shongkha khleh, mynta ki Ai ai jaitkpa ki kham sniew ban ia ka Shongkha khleh, tad haduh u Rymphang lah pyrshah sa iano pat?
· Mynta u ong ba ki Khasi kidei ban ioh khun palat 15 ngut, (Ia lade u don khun katno ngut tip?), hadien un sa ong, ‘ba ki dei ban ioh khun tang iwei’.
Nga iohsngew ba iathuh ki paralok, ba u HS Shylla ha office treikam jong u, ha kyndong kynshrot, u pyrshah muslim bha, nga lyngngoh pat balei ba um nud ban kren paidbah ia kane kawei pat, hato ymdei ba don eiei sha lyndet?.
Nga iohi shai kdar bha ba kane kamat pyrshah ai jait kpa u HS Shylla kadei tang kamat election ban ioh kiew kyrdan kiew rynsan ia lade. U pyrshah ia u Waibha Kyndiah, khun u PR Kyndiah (BKB) ba u ai jait kpa, ban ioh ticket ia lade na ka Congress ha Nongkrem ha u snem 2007. U pyrshah ia u bah Ardent Basaiawmoit MLA Nongkrem ha por ba long CEM 2015, ba um khang ai jaitkpa, tang ban ioh mat (Issue) election ha ka MDC ba ladep. Tang mar shu long CEM 2018, pyrshah khun dkhar, tangba ka kham sngew biang ka pyrshah ai jait kpa, namar ba u ong ba ki don tang 50, 000 ngut, katba ki khun kpa dkhar ki la palat lak, kut noh ka pyrshah shongkha khleh, ban pynlong nia kiew kyrdan noh da ka pyrshah aijait kpa.
La bna paidbah ruh ba kane ka pyrshah ai jaitkpa jong u HS Shylla, kadei ka nia kiew rynsan politic jong u. Ngin sa shu peit, mano ban ai tiket ia u briew ba shu wad daw beit bad u bym sngewnguh wat ia kiba la leh bha ia u. Udei u paralok ba iajan bha bad u Phadar Sylvanus Sngi Lyngdoh (Phadar Sngi) ha ki phew snem ba ladep, ioh daw pyrshah aiu re, tiak, sdang sa ki nia ialeh pyrshah wat ia u Phadar Sngi, ia uba ka Ri Khasi Jaintia ki burom eh. Namar ba la rai (Rai Plastic) ban nym ieng ialeh election shuh, sdang noh sa ka thoh article, thoh kot, pyrshah jingngeit jong kiwei pat, don ba kynshoit ialeh election biang, ym sngewlong shuh ban bein niam ioh duh vote. Pynjop election MDC da kawei ka party, sdang seng nongrim sha kawei pat ka party, ishongshit sa da kawei pat ka party, iasnoh noh hangta namar kham ibiang ka kabu. Wow, hangno hangno ruh ym idon nongrim, sa tang ba phin seng Party hi noh ha ryngkat kito ki niangkohnguh jong phi.
Ki jaitkpa ki ieng ha ka nongrim jong ka jaitbynriew, ki la long kiba kloi ban ialeh ia kum kine kiei kiei kiba phi kynthoh bad kynnoh. Ban ioh Schedule Tribe (ST) ne ban duh Schedule Tribe (ST) kam da dei eh ka thong jong ngi, hynrei ka thong jong ngi ka long, “Ia Jaitbynriew ban kyntiew” ym ia phi. Ban ong ba kiba ai jaitkpa kin duh ST, kata ruh kadei kawei pat ka nia biej ka nia kulmar jong phi. Ka jinglong ST jong kano kano ka jaitbynriew kam dei na ka jingai jait shano shano?, hynrei lada u kpa udei u ST Khasi, ka kmie kadei ka ST Khasi, lyngba ka bor tip thuh (Common Sense) ki khun kin dei hi ki ST Khasi, ym da kiwei pat, wat u khynnah rit u sngewthuh ia kata, hynrei haba la shlei palat ka bishni, pihuin ha ryngkat ka rhah kyrdan, ka bor pyrkhat kam da treikam bha shuh. Kane kawei ruh bah HS Shylla phi dei ban tip, ba ka ain kam kut tang ha phi, kan long ka jingjah burom, lada ka ain kaba halor duh kan sa pynksan pyrshah ia phi.
Nga ioh ban iatai bad uwei u Rangbah samla Khasi, uba stad u basian, u batrei shabar ka jylla, shisien u ong ia nga kumne, “Ki Khasi paka, ki khasi nylla lane kita ki Khasi kiba dei hok ban ioh Schedule Tribe kidei kito ki ba dang don ha ka jingngeit khasi barim hi, kiwei pat ki jingngeit, kim dei hok ban dawa ba kidei ki Khasi ST”. Nga ju iohi ruh ha ki jingiatai ha Facebook, kito kiba don ha ka jingngeit khasi tynrai ki ju ong bad kynthoh kumta hi. Haba kumne pat, sa mano mano ban dang duh ST?. Hato kum kine ki jait nia, kidei ki nia pyntylli jaitbynriew ne pynpait jaitbynriew?
Ki nia pyrshah ai jaitkpa ki ong, ‘Kiba ai jaitkpa kidei ki nongpynkhein dustur’ hynrei ma phi pat phi pynneh dustur kumno mo?. Lada phi kwah pynneh dustur shaba palat, ladei ban thaw ain, ba ki kynthei kim dei ban ialeh MDC namar kat kum ka dustur u Khasi ki kynthei kim ju don bynta ha ka Synshar ka khadar ne ka sain Hima Sima, namarkata kim ju shong Durbar, kim lah ban long Rangbah Shnong, ym lah ban long Myntri bad ym lah ban long Syiem ruh. Haba poi hangne pat kin ong ba, ‘Ka MDC kadei lyngba ka ain ka sorkar India, ymdei kat kum ka Dustur jong ngi’, nga ruh ngan ong lem, ‘Ka ST ruh kadei ba pynmih ka Sorkar India, u longshwa manshwa um pat ju kren ne ong eiei shaphang kata ka ST’.
Nalorkata ban pynneh ia ka dustur, ladei ban kynthup ruh ha ka bill ba, ki shynrang khasi baroh kidei ban shu leit thiah sha iing ka tnga mynmiet, tangba kidei ban bsa, ban kamai kajih ha iing kur, namar ka dustur khasi nylla ka long kumta. Ia kane ka bynta, ki MDC kidei ban sdang shwa na lade khnang ban pynlong ain bad neh ka dustur khasi tynrai bad nylla. Ka jinglong Syiem kadei ban hiar kniteng la kniteng, ka jait kan hiar Meiteng la meiteng, ym dei ruh ban ong ka khai ka pateng hynrei kadei ban long ka khai ka meiteng, ha ka dustur u khasi ka pateng kam judon.
Lyngba kine ki nia u HS Shylla, “Dei u kpa uba kha, u kpa udei u symbai tangba ka jait pat na imei”, ym da ijngai bha shuh ba u HS Shylla un sa kyrshan aijait kpa. Sa tang khyndiat dang dang donkam pat ban tip khambha, kata ka long ba na u symbai mih ka jait. Ka mariang ka ai nuksa ba paka tam, ‘Na u symbai sohmynken heh, mih ki jait sohmynken heh’ bad ‘na ki symbai diengkseh mih ki jait diengkseh’. Kane kadei ka saindur Blei bad ka mariang kam ju iaid bakla, hynrei dei u briew u pynbakla khnang.
Nangta phi ong ruh, ba lada ai jait sha u kpa, kan sa poi ka shong sang. Shwa ban poi sha kata ka kyntien sang, phi ladei ban tip shwa, ba ka sang ka wan nangno?. U khasi u ong, ‘Ka Pap, ka sang’ nangta ‘Ka sang, ka ma’. Nangne ngi sngewthuh shai ba ka pap kadei ka sang bad ka sang ka don jingma, la hakhmat U Blei bad u briew ruh. Lada kaei kaba nga leh (ai jaitkpa) kam dei ka pap, kan nym dei hi ka sang, haba kam dei ka sang, ngam don jingma hi ruh. Ka sang ka ju wan tang ha kito ki ba kwah ia ka, ym kiba kiar hynrei kumba ka long mynta, ki khasi ki pdiang bad kdup ia ka pap, ki tieng pat ia ka sang.
U bah HS Shylla u ai por hynriew bnai ia kiba ai jait kpa ban wan pynkylla jait kmie noh. Balei phim ong ia ki khun kpa dkhar ba kidei ban ai jait kpa noh hapoh hynriew bnai?, phi lah tieng ba ki khun dkhar ki la kham bun paid bad la kham bun vote. Balei hynriew bnai?, nga sngew phi la bakla khein bah Shylla, ha jingshisha kadei tang saw bnai, namar hadien kata phim don bor shuh ban kren bad hylla kylleng kylleng. Ki Ai jaitkpa kidei ki ba skhem ha la ka nongrim, kim don jingtieng jingsalia eiei ruh em halor kitei ki jingpyntieng kohtympan jong phi, lait noh kito kiba shu ai jaitkpa but tynneng khlem nongrim. Sanphew hajar ngut kiba ai jaitkpa kumba phi ong, palat lak, kiba kyrshan bad dang thmu ban ai jait kpa, ladei ka por ia phi ruh, ba phin pyrkhat thymmai noh. Ngi ladep ialeh laslem, bad ngin dang iai ialeh ban pynsngewthuh ia ka jaitbynriew ba ka Jaitkpa, kadei ka stieh ba ki mynder ki tieng eh.
Phi pynksan ba ka jaitbynriew Khasi kadei kaba kyrpang, katkum ka jingtip jong nga, kawei pa kawei ka jaitbynriew ka don beit ka jinglong kyrpang bad sngewkyrpang ia lade. Kumba nga iohi, ka jaitbynriew khasi kadei kaba jyllei tam ka kit khunrei, kaba jyllei tam ha ka dih kyiad ki shynrang bad ki kynthei ruh lah bun, kaba jyllei tam ha ka iap kyiad ha ki pdeng rta. Hato kine ki ain jong phi ki lah ne em ban teh lakam ia kine ki jingpang jong ka jaitbynriew?. Ki nongwei kiba iaroh ia ka dustur u khasi, nga iohi ba kidei tang ki riew shim kabu, lada u iaroh shisha ong ia u ba udei ban bud lem ia kane ka dustur khasi, hynrei ngam pat ju iohsngew ba ubym dei u khasi un bud ia kane ka dustur shabar ka ri khasi.
Ka jingleit ialap jong phi kylleng kylleng ka la ai jingmyntoi shibun ia ka ai jaitkpa, namar naduh ba ki la iohsngew na phi ia kine ki nia, bun ki la phun bad wad jingtip khambniah, ia kaei kaba kim pat da tip bha, ‘Uei u kpa?’ ‘Kaei kata ka jaitkpa?’ ‘Balei ki ai jait kpa?’. Phi la pynsliang ia ki babun, ki samla mynta ki la sdang ban sliang bad wad ia ka jingshisha.