da U I.S Mawkhiew
Nyngkong nga panmab,la shisha ngam dei u khynnah pule ka Khasi Literature pynban nga donbok ba nga shim elective bad M.I.L Khasi.Ngam juh lah klet ïa kaei ba ki nonghikai ki juh ong,ba ka poitri kadei kawei na ki jingthoh kaba jwat ban sngewthuh muk mak namar ha ka la buhrieh ïa ki jingmut ba jylliew.
Ngam lah khlem da ïashim bynta lang ha kaba ïatai ymdei pat ba nga thmu ïa nia lyngba ka jingthoh i bah Purningstar Shabong uba la kynthoh la kam i dei ka kynthah ïa ka Jingrwai Ri Khasi U Rev.John Roberts. Mynshem snem nga la iakren bad u nonghikai jong nga shaphang kane ka jingrwai ba nga sa tip ba ka don 6(hynriew)dkhot. Nangta u da phah ruh ha ka whatsapp ïa baroh ki dkhot. Ha ka jingduna ka bor sngewthuh halor ka poitri,ngam da i don ei ei ban ong ba kine ki ar dkhot kin ïalam bakla,koit kam pher.
Nga ai ka jingïaroh ia i bah Purningstar ba i dei uwei shisha u kritik ka literashor,ngam tip bha,lehse i specialized ïa ka poitri.Ka jinglah jong i ban pashat jingtip ryngkat ka jingkynthoh ka la pynlong ïa nga ban pyrkhat imat ba i la ïakot rynïeng ha ka Criticism bad u T.S Eliot,R.A Scott James,Birjadish Prasad,Dr.Rajhukul Tilak bad kiwei.Lada ngam bakla i lah khamtam ruh ban ïa ki jong u Prof.H.W Sten,Babu S.S Majaw kiba dei ki kritik ba paw Ka Khasi Literashor.
Haba nga shong pyrkhat marwei hadien ba ladep pule ha kine ki sngi ïa ka jingkynthoh utei u samla,nga sngew sammut.Halade nga buh jingkylli kaei ka Poitri? bad ha ka jingsngewthuh jong nga kadei ka jingthoh kaba don ka thwei pyrkhat ba jylliew,lada ngi tare tang na sla khlem ïoh ki jinghikai ba paka,kata ka rukom bishar jong ngi ka shu long tang kumba ngam ha i pung barit.Ymtang katta wat haba ngam ruh lada ymkot poi sa ka nguid um bad kynnoh pat ka pung bashong ksuid,katba haba leh uba nang bad uba la pyntbit u da ngam shaduh trai bad u sngewthuh ïa ka dor jong ka jingjylliew.
Nga kynmaw ïa kawei ka jingong u Alexander Pope”A little knowledge is a dangerous thing” kine ki kyntien ki sneng ïa ngi ba ngin long kiba adkar ha kaba ïadei bad ka kam thoh namar lada ngim tip ne sngewthuh thikna kan wanrah pynban ka jah burom ha khmat ka pyrthei. Tang tiak halor kane Ka jingrwai,katkum u Prof.H.W Sten ha Ka thesis Phd jong u,u ong ba kane ka poim Ri Khasi (Khasi land)kadei kawei ba kaba ka jaitbynriew Khasi ka shim kum ka Jingrwai ieit Ri.Ka Sur ka long kum ka National Anthem ki Welsh “The Land of my Fathers” shah ngan buh ha Ka english ia ka jingbatai jong u ia ka dkhot -4 kumba ka long: In renewing the myth of how the first Khasis fell from divine grace through Satan’s temptation.Roberts is under the influence of the Biblical account of the fall of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.Satan,who tempted Eve is at once u Ksuid and u Soitan in the poem.The same devil beguiled the first parents of the Khasis and brought darkness into the Khasi world.Again, darkness is treated as a symbol of Sin as we find it referred to in the New Testament.sla-116 Ha kaba ïadei pat bad ka dkhot 6 u thoh shuh shuh ba ymdei tang ki dohlieh(English)kiba wan shane sha Ri Khasi hynrei ryngkat bad ki dkhar lane ki nong India ruh kiwan.Kane ka la ïarap ban nang ai jingshai ïa ki trai Ri ha kiba bun ki liang.U Prof.Sten u batai pynshai sa kumne:Roberts sees the other Indians who had come to stay shall always be there with the Khasis and in this stanza he tries to inculcate a sense of brotherhood among all peoples in the Khasi Hills.This may be lead together with his appeals to send children to schools with books and writing apparatus so that they could be useful in the society when they grew through preparation for the future responsibility.sla-117
Watla kitei ki jingpynshai kolong tang shibynta ha u kritik ka Khasi Literashor hynrei ha nga hi nga sngew kumba ong u Thomas Jefferson”Knowledge is power”
Ha kaba Thaiñ pynwai nga shu kyntu ia ki para Ri to keiñ noh ka kynthoh pynkulmar ne ktah mationg khlem datip.Kham tyngkan ka long emotional namar ïoh rkhie beiñ uba na bar.Ka bym tip kylli ne pan jingmut na ki expert,kaba artatien wat shlur bieit,u Alexander Pope sa shisien u sneng ïa ngi,”Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”.Tang kawei kynmaw:
“Ngi im ha kiwei pat ki sngi
Aiu ngin leh namar ka Ri”
Soso Tham
“Pynsahnam da ki kam babha
Wat pynbudnam da ki kam kynsha”
La kut
Phi don ban ong eiei?