Collin Wanñiang
U Syiem Wickliffe, ki ong ba ha ki Sngi khatduh jong u, u la pynmih ïa ki Kyntien kiba lah ban pynwan kumne: “Ka long kaba ïap ïa ka Jaitbynriew Khasi ai-Jait Kmie ha ka Jingïaleh bad kiwei ki Jaitbynriew ai-Jait Kpa sawdong jongngi.” Ha ka por Khynnah ngi shait ïakren byrngia “O ki Dykhar ki leh khongpong – leit shongkurim pynban ka Kynthei ha Ïing Shynrang.” Don uwei u Paralok na ki Thaiñ Myanmar uba la ïathuh ba ha ka Shnong jong u, ki don ki Riewtymmen kiba la ïathuh ba ha ki Por mynshwa, ha kata ka shnong, ka la don ka Jingkhawai Bamkhana baroh shishnong. Kumta ki la ïaphon ïa ka Doh bad ki kynja Jhur khlaw. Baroh ki la ïabam sahuh, laitnoh tang arngut ki Rangbah kiba khlem lah wanpoi na Jingbylla namar ka Jingshlei-um bad kim shym la lah ban jangka sha shiliang. Kat kiba bam ïa kata ka Jynbam (baroh kiba don ha shnong) ki la kylla khleh-biej. Ki la ïarkhie kylliang iwei ïa iwei. Hadien katto katne sngi, la wanpoi kita ki arngut bad baroh ki la ïarkhie ïa ki: “O ki la khleh-biej kine arngut.” Ki ïai ong shi ïai ong man ka por, katba kita ki arngut pat ki tip shai ba dei kita kiwei ha shnong ki la kylla khleh-biej. Phewse, hadien ba ki la ïohsngew shi ïohsngew ïa ka Jingkren beiñ pyrshah ïa ki, kine arngut ki la kylli: “Phi la ïabam aïu?” Kita ki Bahaïing ki la ïathuh baroh kat kaba la jia. Kumne, kita ki arngut ruh ki la shet kumjuh bad ki la bam. La jia kumno? Sa ïapynkut hi maphi!!
Mynta ha Sla Pyrthei uba bun eh dei uba shim Jait Kpa bad kita kiba shim Jait kmie ki dei sa tang kita ki Jaitbynriew sahdien kiba kheiñ hiar pateng na ka Kpoh ym na u Symbai. Hato kane ka Khana ba la kdew haneng ka pynksan ïa ka Jaitbynriew Khasi? Ka shong eh ha phi ban pyrkhat….da kaba sngewthuh bad pynshong nongrim ba kum kata ka Khana puriskam ka la lah ban jia shisha plew plew? Ha kajuh ka por da kaba pynshong nongrim ha ki Jingmyntoi ne ki Jingduhnong ha baroh ar ki Kynhun.
Ha ka Jingïasyllok jongnga khah khah bad ki Nongsepngi kiba shim Jait Kpa, haba nga ong ba ki Khasi ki shim Jait Kmie, ka Jingsngewthuh jong ki ka long beit “Wow! A woman’s Paradise where women’s rule” (Wow! Ka Paradais jong ka Kynthei ha kaba ki Kynthei ki synshar). Ka eh shibun ban pynsngewthuh ïa ki ba kam long kumta namar ki pynshong nongrim beit ha ka Deiriti ka jong ki hi kaba long khongpong ïa ka jongngi. Ha ka Jingpeit jongnga, ka Jaitbynriew shim Jait Kmie, naduh hyndai hynthai ka ïaleh kumno ban thew tarajur ban pynïasuk hapdeng ka Kheiñ Kur na ka Kynthei bad ka Synshar-Khadar na u Shynrang. Ha kiba kheiñ na u Kpa, ym don Jingeh namar ka Jinghiar pateng ha ka Synshar-Khadar ne Khaïi-Pateng ka tuid beit na ka Laiñ Kur u Kpa. Katba ha ka Kheiñ Kur Kynthei, la hap ban ïapynbeit ha kata ka Rukom ba katba ïa ka Jait la shim na ka Kynthei, ïa ka kam Synshar-Khadar Longsyiem-Mansyiem la shim na u Shynrang. Ka Jingeh bad Jingduhnong hangne ka long ba u Shynrang u hap leit noh sha Ïing ka Kur ki Briew. Te, ban lait na kata, ki hap ïapynbeit biang ba u Shynrang um dei ban leit sha Ïing ka Kur ki Briew – u dei ban sah beit ha ka Kur lajong – u lah ban leit tang mynmiet ha Ïing Khun (ym sngewpher mynba dang shim ïa ka shongkurim tang kum ka Jingïadei ban pynïoh khun ïa ka Kur Kynthei) – u hap long u Kñi ba bsa, ba pynheh pynsan ïa la ki Pyrsa ki Para – ha ka Ïap ka Im bad ka Saw ka Sian, ka Kur kan peit ïa u – Ïa ki Shyieng ki Shruh jong u ynda u la ïap yn hap thep lang ha ki Mawshyieng jong ka Kur.
Kine ki Jingleh Jingkam baroh ki long ban pynbeit ha ka Dustur shim jait Kynthei, ba ka Kynthei kam dei ban Long Syiem, Kam dei ban shong Dorbar, kam dei ban long Tymmen Shnong (Rangbah Shnong), tt. Mynta, katba ka Pyrthei sawdong jongngi ka pyrta: “Equal rights for women” (Ka Hok markajuh ïa ki Kynthei), ka Meghalaya kam dei ban pyrwa eiei halor kane namar ka Kynthei hapoh Jylla ka la long lypa ka Kynrad? Ka la long lypa kata ka “Kong 13 Bor” kumba ong i P.B.Lyngdoh (Nongsaiñ 18.10.13)? Ha ki Jingleh Jingkam jong ka Mynnor ka Kynthei Khasi kam shym la lah ban long kata “Ka Kong 13 Bor” – la hap ïada ïa ka da ki Kñi jong ka Kur!
Mynshem bnai, kawei ka Jingthoh (ST 14.9.13) da u H.Srivastava ka la kynthoh ba ha Shillong ki tieng ban don ïa ka Elekshon Municipal namar katkum ka Aiñ (Constitution of India’s 74th Amendment) shibynta na ka laibynta (1/3) ha ka Municipal Corporation ki dei ban long ki Kynthei. Ha Meghalaya shim Jait Kynthei, ki Kynthei kin sa knieh noh (1/3) ïa ka Bhah ki Shynrang, hangta kin sa pynjemdaw shuh shuh ïa ki Shynrang Khasi kiba la jemdaw lypa. Bun na ngi tang mar syn ïohsngew ïa ka Kyrteng Dykhar, ngi la sngewjli lypa. Ha kane ka Jingthoh lah ban don ka Jingpynksan (exaggeration) jong u Nongthoh. Phewse, donkam ban peit ruh na ka Ïitkhmih jong u Bar Jylla ban sngewthuh ïa ka Jinglong-Jingman jong ka Jaitbynriew. U E.Dahlberg u ong: “U Nongshun uba khlaiñ u kham bha shibun ban ïa u Paralok uba tlot.” Ka Kyntien imsngi Persia ruh ka ong: “Pyndonkam ïa ka Kti u Nongshun ban kem ïa u Bseiñ.” Nangta u Antisthenes (445 – 365 SK) uba dei u Riewstad Philosophy jong ki Grik bad u Khynnah Skul jong u Socrates, u la ong: “To sngap ïa ki Nongshun jongphi namar dei maki kiba nyngkong ban shem ïa ki Jingbakla jongphi.”
Napdeng ki Jaitbynriew Riewlum jong kane ka thaiñ, ym lah ban len ba ki Khasi ki la dei kiba nyngkong ban ïoh ïatyngkhuh bad kiwei ki Jaitbynriew kiba, ka Khaïi-pateng bad ka Pule-Puthi jong ki, ka kham khraw shibun ban ïanujor. La ong ba ha ka Por ba ki Phareng ki la wan pynlong Nongbah ïa ka Laban, ki Khasi hana ki la phet noh kham pajih namar ki tieng ban ïakhleh lang. Kumta, ki Phareng kiba la wan ïalam ïa ki Babu Bengali ne Assamese ban trei ïa ki Kam laiphew jait, ki la pynshong ïa ki ha Laban. Tang hadien katto katne por jong ka Jingïaimlien bad Jingïaikynduh khah khah ba ki Khasi kim shym la tieng shuh. Ha kata ka Por la nang heh nang heh ruh ka Laban bad la buhai shnong ha ki Dong bapher bapher ba la pynlong mynta ïa ka Sor Shillong. Ki Khasi ki la kylla shalak bad smat ha ki Jingtrei kumba trei lem kita ki Phareng bad Dykhar namar ki la pule ïa ki Jingpule kumba la leh lem maki.
Kumne, lada ngi peit bniah bad pynshong nongrim, lada phi ong ba phi la dei kita ki briew kiba la shai, ka ïaryngkat bad kata ka Jingnang Jingstad kumba long lem kita ki Phareng ne Dykhar. Haba kumne, ïa kum kino ki Briew phi khot ba dang dum? Ha ka Jingrwai “Wah Rilang” u Nongrwai u da ong: “Myn hah rum, myn hah rum, ki ong ki myn dang dum”. Ha ka Pyrkhat-Pyrdaiñ Khasi, hadien ka Jingsep noh ka Sngi – ka Jingngen noh u Bnai kaba la wan lynshop ïa ka Jaitbynriew hadien ba la pynkhyllem noh ïa ka Diengïei; ki ong “Ngi la sah ha ka Dum ka Lyngngoh.” Hato haduh mynta ngi dang sah beit kumta ne ngi la kham lait na kata ka Dum ka Lyngngoh? Ka shong eh kumno phi shim ïa kata. Ha ka Liang ka Niam ka Rukom ap Jutang, lah ban ong ba u Khun Bynriew u ïaisah ha ka Dum ka Lyngngoh lymda U Blei U ai ïa kata ka Jingshai.
Kumne, ngim lah lait na ka Shalyntem ka Por kaba pynkylla artad ïa ki Jingleh Jingkam ha ka Jaitbynriew. Lada phi ong “Ngam kwah phah Skul ïa ki Khun namar la wanrah ïa ka Skul da uta u Kharlieh u Kharïong”, ki Parashnong parathaiñ kin ñiew ïa phi kum uei? Kata ka Jingnang Jingstad ba la wanrah da ki Nongwei ka la pynlong ïa ki Khynnah ban tip ïa ka Pyrthei baroh kawei ryngkat bad ki Riti ki Deiti bapher bapher. U Khynnah Khasi uba shait pyrkhat baroh shikatta ba ki Dykhar ki leh khongpong (Leit shongkurim ka Kynthei), u ïoh Jingtip ba ym dei tang kita ki Dykhar ba leh khongpong, hynrei u babun balang ha ka Pyrthei u leh ïa kata kaba u pyrkhat ‘khongpong’. Ha kat kata ka Khep, u Khynnah Khasi u lah ban pyrkhat kylla “Pleng dei mangi ki Khasi kiba leh khongpong.”
Hato ym dei na ka Jingnang Jingstad bad na ka Jingïohi ïa kiwei kaba la pynlong ïa kiba bun ki ïing Khasi mynta ban sop da ka Tin ne Dewbilat (ka Khyndew na Bilat) ha ka jaka jong u Skum u Traw? Kam kut tang ha ka Ïing, hynrei ha ka Longïing ruh – ha ka Jaka ba u Kpa un sah beit ha Ïingkur ban peit ïa ki Pyrsa ki Para, um sngew ïahap shuh, u pynlong noh ïa ka Longïing kaba kynthup ïa u Kpa-ka Kmie-ki Khun. Phewse, ha ka Jingleh kumta, ha ka Jingpeit shisynpeit ka paw beit kumba leh lang u babun balang ka Pyrthei baroh kawei (nuclear family); katba lada peit shynna pat, ka Jingïapher ka long Bneng bad Khyndew – U Kpa um pat dei uba tehsong ïa ka Longïing (Ka Kmie bad ki Khun shikur – U Kpa marwei lakajong). Kumta, ïa ka iktiar Kñi um pat lah ieh namar u dei Shikur bad ki Pyrsa ki Para; katba ha kajuh ka por um lah leh hok shuh ïa la kajong ka Kamram Kñi, khamtam lada u leit shongkurim sha jngai na ki Kur. Kumne, ka Jingkylla kaba la wan lyngba ka Jingnang Jingstad ka la rung ruh ha ka Pyrkhat Pyrdaiñ Khasi kaba la paw mynta ha ki Jingleh Jingkam ha ka imlang sahlang.
Ka Kamai Jakpoh ruh kam dei shuh mynta tang ha ka Rep ka Riang, la bun ruh kiba khaïi-pateng laiphewjait. Ha ka Khaïi-Pateng, hato u Kpa un thoh ïa ka Kyrteng jong ki Khun ki bym dei ki Kur jong u ne jong ki Pyrsa kiba dei ki Kur jong u ha ka Dulir kum ki Nongïohpateng? Kane ka Jingkylli kan ym mih lada ka imlang sahlang Khasi baroh ka dang shaniah beit tang ha ka Rep ka Riang sawdong ka Trep i Mei ha ka Khyndew Kur Khyndew Shnong. Kumne, ka shim por ïa u Khasi ban roi ha ka Kamai kajih. Bunsien ka Kamai kajih ka neh tang shipateng bynriew katba dang im uta u briew (kane ka lah ban long namar ïa ka Iktiar u Shynrang Khasi, hadien ka Jingkylla leit ïingbriew, ym pat pynskhem haduh mynta mynne. U shu ïai bunkam bad Kam Kur bad Kam Khun). Ka Shillong ka la long ka Nongbah jong baroh shi thaiñ shatei lam-mihngi, kaba mut ba napdeng ki Paid Riewlum baroh, dei ki Khasi kiba la ïatyngkhuh nyngkong bad ka Jingnang Jingstad jong ka Juk mynta. Jyn da la long Nongbah ka Aizawl ne kiwei ki Nongbah kiba ki Shynrang jong ki, ki la skhem lypa ha ka Iktiar, naduh mynno tharai ki la kiew stet!
Hapoh ka Nongbah jong baroh ka Thaiñ kum ka Shillong, la ïakhleh lang ki Jaitbynriew bapher bapher; kumta ruh ka Shongkha khleh ka lah ban jia. U Bah Fabian Lyngdoh ha ka Jingthoh jong u (ST 5.10.13), u da kubur ba ha ka Por jong ki Phareng la don shibun ki Babu kiba la wan ryngkat ki bahaïing na ri Thor sha Shillong. Hadien ka Jingleitphai noh ki Phareng, bun ngut na kine ki Babu ki la kyllalong ki Kpa ha ki Longïing Khasi. Kumne hadien ki spah snem, kita ki bym dei Khasi ruh ki la sngewtrai noh ïa ka Shillong. Kawei na ka Jinglong jong ki Sorbah kaba pynlong ïa ki Nongshongshnong baroh ban sngewtrai ka long ka Jingïashongkha para maki. Ïa ki Kynthei jong kawei ka Jaitbynriew la phah shongkha bad kawei pat. Ïa kum kata, la leh ruh da ki Syiem ha ka Por hyndai na ka bynta ban ïateh Jutang bad kawei pat ka Hima. U Bah Fabian u da kubur ïa kane ba ha Shillong, ki Khasi ki sngew ba ki la plie palat ïa ka imlang sahlang jong ki sha ka Pyrthei namar ïa ki Kynthei Khasi ym shym la khang ban ïashongkha bad kiwei, katba kiwei pat ki khanglad ïa ki Kynthei jong ki ban ïashongkha bad ki Khasi. U la ong ba kane ka jia, lehse na ka daw jong ka Jingpoh ki Shynrang Khasi ne na kiwei ki daw. Lada dei ha ka spah snem ba 15 ne 21 ne 22 ruh, ïa ki Kynthei la ïai peit ïai shim barabor kum kita ki Dak ki Shin bapaw shynna, ki Muhor jong ka Jaitbynriew. Te, lymda don ka Jingïakylliang ïa ki Kynthei ha ka Shongkha Shongman, ka Jingkren shaphang ka imlang sahlang kduplang ha ka Nongbah kam kit Jingmut eiei.
Tangba sa leh kumno? Ka lah ban don shisha kata ka Jingtieng na ka liang jong ki Kmie ki Kpa bad ki Hynmen Shynrang jong ka Kynthei Dykhar ban phah shongkurim ïa la ka Khun ka Para bad u Shynrang Khasi namar ki Jinglong bapoh jong u Shynrang ha ka Dustur Khasi – kumba la shu ringdur ïa kaba lah ban dei shisha ha ka Pharshi Drama jong ka Maitshaphrang Movement “Juliet & Romeo”.
Phi don ban ong eiei?