BM Lanong
Khun-ka-mare, ine i Sahitya Academy ila don ka jingleh tam, noh lyndui pat shawei, kaba paw tyngkrein ha kaba iadei bad ka bynta ban ithuh ia ki ktien ka ri India hapoh ka 8th Schedule (Bynrap 8).
To ngin ianujor khyndiat. Ki jait briew Bodo ka Assam bad ki Santhal ka Jharkhand, kiba sapra ruh sha Assam, da kaba burom bad khlem jingbishni ei-ei ia ki, ki dang kham sah dien. Ki Bodo kim pat ioh ka state lajong, ki dang ioh District (Territorial) Council dang ha u 2003. Ki Santhal pat ki la ioh jylla ha u snem 2000. Hynrei kine baroh ar ki la ioh rung hapoh ka thup Bynrap Baphra (ym dei khyrnit) ha u snem 2003. Ym tang katta wat ki nong Goa (UT) ruh kiba kren ia ka ktien Konkani ki lah ioh lang.
Ngi pat ngi la ioh jylla naduh u 1972 tang hapoh 15 snem lyngba ka jingdawa ba jai-jai, katba halor ka ktien ‘Khasi’ haduh mynta sah lyngkrang ha kti kita ki stad ka Sahitya Academy, ia ka jingdawa kaba la sdang mar iaioh jylla hi, la kumba 46 snem ei-ei mynta.
Ka Gauhati University ka la ithuh ia ka ktien Khasi ha u 1948. Ka Calcutta University ha u 1954. Shano i Sahitya Academy i don ha kitei ki por? Tang kha ruh ym pat kha bha.
Ka Sahitya Academy ka pynlong pynban ia kane ka kam, kumba ka kham suk ban ioh ia u hati na lawbah ban ia i syiar shnong iba ri ha sem. Wow ko Sahitya!
Ban dei ha i Bah Heh S.J.Duncan, in jin da la ong ‘Phuit Ka Sabuit…..’ da kaba pyntam ia ki kyntien kiban jnang bad jngan lynter, kin thngad ngaw.
Ki Sahep Phareng ki la Nam-la Tang U Major P.R.T Gurdon uba la long DC ka Eastern Bengal bad sha kane ka thain ha ki snem 1900 ter-ter, uba dei ruh u nongsdang ia ka madan Polo ha Shillong, ha ka kot jong u ‘The Khasis’ ula kynthoh ‘ia ki riti ki dustur bad ia ka rukom synshar Dorbar. Nangta ia ki Khanatang, ia ka jingsdang ka jaitbynriew, ka ktien, ka akor ka burom, ki longing-longsem, ki lum ki wah baitynnat, kiba pyniap biej ia kino-kino kiba bha nusip ban iakynduh ia ki (Khasi).’
Ha ka dulir Gazeteer of Bengal and NE India 1905, u B.C.Allen ICS pat, ula buh jingthoh ba ki Khasi ‘ki long ki briew kiba iapher bak-ly-bak na kiwei pat ki jait bynriew ba marjan, ha kiba bun ki rukom’.
U Sahep Kieth Cantlie ICS, uba la long DC ka UK Jaintia Hills ha ki snem 1930-34, uba dei ruh u nongwad bniah ia ki riti-dustur ki Khasi, ia kiba ki Kashari bad ki nongiasaid ain (Lawyers) ki ju pynshong nongrim (rely) halor ki jingthoh jong u, ula kynthoh ha ka kot, ‘Notes On Khasi Law’ ba ‘ki Khasi ki long kiba shemphang bad stad tam ha ka pule-puthi bad kiba riewspah bha ha ki thain rilum. Ki la roi bha na ka liang ka thoh ka tar,ka liang ka khuid ka suba, ka rukom sumar dawai ia ki jait jingpang. Kiba la poi ha ki kyrdan heh na ki skul bah University ki don wat sha ki nongkyndong ruh.
U Subhas Bose pat u ju iaroh ha kylleng ia ki dorbar Khasi ba ‘ki dei ki dorbar kiba khlain ka nongrim halor ka hok ki paidbah ban pynpaw ia la ki jingsngew (democracy)’
Kiba pyndonkam bad Kren Khasi
Ngi la long shisha (mynshuwa) ka jaitbynriew kaba tip briew-tip Blei, tip akor-tip burom bad ba la nam-la tang da kiwei pat kiba la iohi bad iashem da lade.
Hynrei kawei kaba ka Sahitya ka dei ban tip, ba ia ka kam nguh kjat, bat kjat te, ngim ju leh tdot namar kam dei ka dustur Khasi. Kumba long mynta, 15 lak ei-ei ki briew ki pyndonkam bad kren ia ka ktien Khasi, naduh ki kyrdan skul sdang (nursery A-B) haduh ka kyrdan ba hakhlieh tam, Ph.D. doctor kot.
Ki khyllah jait ruh byllai kiba la kren Khasi, khamtam ki nongkhaii kiba kwah ban iaid iew ka kamai-kajih watla ki ju ong, ‘ai noh kato phan bad une tongtap’ tangba la ia pei. Hynrei wat ha ki skul ruh, bun ki khynnah pule khyllah jait ki pule Khasi, don lei kiba ioh ‘distinction’ ba ki la kot ha kliar bad tam ruh ha ka jingtip-jingtbit ia ka ktien Khasi.
Ka SBUK lei ka da ai buskit ia ki khyllah jait kiba ioh ia kitei ki kyrdan bashalor.
Haka Miet Biria 2014 (Risaw), une SBUK la ai buskit ia u Dilus Sibedi, u nongthoh ia ka kot ‘Jadoh’ bad ia ka jingkylla sha ka Hindi ia ka kot ‘Jingsneng Tymmen’ jong u Nongthoh Radhon Singh Berry.
Kawei pat ka khynnah Bihari Bero Lila Rai, kaba la ioh ha khlieh ia ka Khasi ha ka HSLC bad BA, ka la ioh buskit lang.
Mynta ka SBUK ka ai jinghikai ei ia kito kiba kwah ban nang pule bad thoh Khasi, naduh 2015, ha kaba bun kiba iawan pule shipor wat nabar ka ri India ruh.
Shano ka Sahitya Academy ka don? Imat ki stad kane ka Sahitya kim bna ia kine kiei-kiei. Ha ka jingshisha lei, ka dei ma ka kaba dei ban ai khusnam ha kum kine kiei-kiei. Kita ki dei ki stad ka Sahitya, kiba la dei ban kynphuit teng halor ki jingleh shiliang jong ki.
Ka SBUK ruh, lada ka leit inbait (khot sngewbha) teng ia ki dkhot ka Sahitya ba kin wan mad ia ka ktien Khasi, kan biang te imat.
Namar ka ktien ka ong, ‘tang uta uba phong ia ka juti, u tip hangno u don u prek bathar. Uba mad pat, u tip ka bang ne ka buid.’
Ki khraw pyrkhat bad ki riew shemphang ka Khasi Authors Society (KAS), kum u Bahduh R.S.Lyngdoh speaker barim ka Assembly, Bah H.W.Sten, Bah Webster Davis Jyrwa kiba la nang leit noh sha la shnong trai bad kiwei pat kiba dang ia khiah-krat, kum i Dr. B.R.Kharlukhi, Kong Dr. Helen Giri bad kiwei kiba la long ki nongmait lynti; la nang wan shan tyrpeng sa da kiba nang mih thymmai, kum ki jong i Dr. D.R.L.Nonglait bad ka kynhun KAS, tip sa katno kiban sa ialeit kham kloi bad katno kiban dang sah kham slem bad sa katno ka ktien Khasi kan dang sah ha suin, ka dei ka kam kaba donkam ban da pyrkhat khia da ka kAS, kaba la shimti ia kane ka lyngkor, kaba dei jong u paidbah ka jaitbynriew.
Ban shu dawa sah kumne kam long, ka dei ban don da u pud, namar paw beit pynban ban dawa sah ia kajuh-shi-kajuh ka kam, ia kaba i Sahitya i dang bat sah bad im treh pyllait la katta phew snem ruh.
Ki Ing Bishar (courts) ki da peit bad bniah bha ia ki nongrim bakongsan jong ka hok halor ka jing iaryngkat kyrdan hakhmat ka ain, (equality before law), bym dei ban leh shiliang khmat iano-iano (discrimination), ban kyntiew kyrdan shuwa ia u bathymmai halor u barim (supersession) bad kum ia kine ki rukom thew tarajur tuh, da kiba don ha kano-kano ka bor treikam, kum ia ki rephri ruh.
Kumta, ka don ka lynti ban leit noh sha ka ain, haba la biang ka nia ka jutang, ka nongrim ruh kaba biang. Hangne te lada i Sahitya im thngad, im thngan shuh artad.