B.M.Lanong
Lada ka sorkar hi kan rai kut, ban weng noh ia ki PWD ophis na ka khyndew 3 Dong Barik shawei pat bad da kaba burom ia kito kiba la ai la kijong ki jingmut, hynrei ngi kiba sngew, ia kane ka Shnat 3 Dong (Triangular patch), donkam ban da pyrkhat janai bha, ba kaba bha tam ka long, ban pynkylluid noh ia ka iaid ka ieng, da kaba wanrah biang noh ia ka rukom iaid kali ba mynshwa, ban pyniaid lang bad sharum bad shaneng, namar ki surok baroh 3 Dong ki long lypa ki baiar. Hynrei ban kham iar shuh shuh, shim jaka noh sa mar 4 ne 5 phut ei-ei na baroh 3 dong, tang katta, ki jingeh ki paidbah kin lait phar, khamtam ia ki khynnah skul bad ia ki nongleit trei-leit ktah ruh.
Ha i mat 3 Dong hapdeng sor, iba tang 3 acre tam, long hi seh mo ban shna sa kawei ka jaka shong kai,Park? Ha shiliang Civil la don lypa ka Phan Nonglait-Hydari Park kaba heh. Ha lyndet ruh la don sa ka pung sum, Crinoline Pool bad ka jaka thad sngi kai. Nakhmat lynti State Central Library pat, shu bongang jynjang la poi ha nan Polok. Shane te imat ym ilong shuh kita ki kam Park shi Park. Te hynrei yn biang hi khyndiat i jaka phlang jyrngam hapoh ine i Shnat 3 Dong, ban don sa ki dieng samah (shrubs) bad ki syntiew, ban iamareh ki khyllung-khynnah bad iaid kai ki tymmen ki kro de, ha i kynja mini Park.
Balei ngim ia pyrkhat sa ia ka Civil sangsot bad ia ki nongpang bapli kiba wan na kylleng, khamtam na sha thain nongkyndong? Ka phyllaw Civil ka la kylla long ka jaka kaba iadon lang bad nongpang bad bympang bad kali kit nongpang bad kali kit bahaing ba iasynran lang. Nangta bad nongdie bad nongthied, kine phew rynjain, hapoh i phyllaw khmat Civil.
Balei bym thaw iwei i jingkieng simpyllieng (simpyllieng ne rainbow bridge) ban sdien na phyllaw Civil sha shilliang ban pynpoi sha shiliang surok bah, pyndam noh ia kato kaba khun kali napdeng, shna bha ban ieng tang ki kali ambulance bad jong ki bahaing nongpang. Ka phyllaw Civil ruh kan kylluid phar da ka lyer khuid, kan her lut kata ka Korona, ka Kobit.
Balei bym lah shna Dukan?
Mano ban leit rung lada ym don dukan? Niuma nga mynjur ba kita ki dukan iew heh (Shopping mall) te kim dei ban don, namar la dep kdew, ba ka jaka ka long kaba rit, ba khim. Hynrei lada dei ban don pat i jaka shong kai barit, lane mini Park, ki dukan ki dei ban don lang, ban die sha-jingbam, ki soh ki pai ki jingbam-jingdih bahar rukom,(lait noh ka khor lehse) nangta, ki tiar ki tar kynthup jong ki khyllung khynnah ki jain ki nep babun rukom, khamtam ki tiar shna hi na la ri (local handicraft) bad ki syntiew ki skud, ki kot ki sla ban pule myllen…ter-ter-ter.
Kin don ruh ki jaka pynieng kali kiba dei ban siew dor, ki jaka pyllait ruh ba siew dor hi bad ia kine baroh donkam ki nongpeit-nongpyniaid nongsumar, nongpynkhuid, ka um ba pahuh na thain Malki tharai, ia kaba ka sorkar kan hap siew tulop. Kumta kan siew ia ki nongtrei da ka jingmih kaba kan ioh na kine ki dukan, ym ban shu kren tang ban lait syngaw, ba ym donkam buh dukan. Ia kane ka bynta, iehnoh ha ka sorkar ba kan pyrkhat, tangba da husiar sorkar, ia kita ki Shopping mall, ym don ba kwah.
Ia ki dukan ruh da khot tender, ba ka dei ka jaka ba la pynmlien lypa da ka PWD, ym dei ba ai tang ia ki bahaing ki heh sorkar.
Haba la don pat ki dukan, ha ki jaka shong kai myllen te la donkam kein ki sur pynpyngngad khlieh ruh, ki jingput-jingtem, tangba ia kito kiba iajlaw te, don ka jaka hajan, hapoh Library, ha Polo bad ha kylleng ban iajlaw katba mon.
Ka pynkynmaw ia nga ia kito ki nongrwai ka kynhun ‘Sore Throat’ na Shillong, ia kaba iwei i tymmen ila kylli ha ka step kaba bud, ‘U ein utow iasia uba iajlaw kattow-kattow’, uta u samla u jubab, ‘utow iasia u Sore Throat’ ita i tymmen i kylli hok, ‘U Ksow Trud?’
La bun ki jingmyntoi ba la kdew shakhmat, hynrei wat ia ki ophis PWD ruh kiba ar lai mala, lah hi ban dang kdup lang shaba kham kyndong sharud, hynrei kan shong ha ka Sorkar bad ki stad kiba dei peit ia kine ki kam, kumno kin pyrkhat ban leh ia kaba bha tam.
Katne shuwa.
Phi don ban ong eiei?