Shillong:U Pastor MJ Skhemlon, ula don mynta 92 snem bad utei U Pastor, u dei uba na ka shnong Maw khan, kaba ha ka Hima Mawdon jong ka thain Mawsynram.
U Pastor Jones, uba shong ba sah mynta ha Umlyngka, u iakren bad U Rupang bad u iathuh, ba la kha ia u ha u snem 1930 bad ula sdang ban leit skul, ynda ula dap 13 snem ka rta. Nangta, ula shimti ia ka kam Pastor, ha u snem 1967 bad ula shong thait ha u snem 2002.
U Pastor Skh emlon, u iathuh ruh halor ka jing iadei jong ka thain jongu bad ka Bangladesh ha kitei ki por, ba u dang khyn nah bad u iathuh da kaba ong “Ia kata te nga kynmaw bha hi kein, namar ngi bad ki thie ki thain Shilot, ngi ia long kum shi hynmen shi para. Ki dkhar por tlang por tlang lei lei, ki don sha ngi hi kein. U soh, uba shu saw kum aiu ha suin. Ki dieng soh kiba heh ba heh ha ka thain jongngi mynshwa. Hap shan, lada phim shan da ki siej, ki khein baroh ki soh. Te ki dkhar ki wan, ngi ngi shu kheit, theh hangne, la wan da ki lieng, te ngi ia im bha bad ki dkhar. Te ngim khuslai. Ka por jongngi mynshwa kein. Ia ka bam ngim khuslai, nangthie na Sylhet te, Shilot. Ngi pahuh bha. Ngim treh ban bam une u khaw Shillong”. “Ngi suk bha, ngi ia im bad ki, kum shi hynmen shi para, ha shwa jong ka 47” ula ong biang.
U Pastor Jones, u ong shuh shuh ba ki briew sha Riwar, ki riew spah bha ha kitei ki por, da kaba u ong “Tang shu khmied ha jrong, ka pisa la hap.Shu dap tang da u soh te. Ngi por dang rit, man ka sngi hat Mawdon, I mei, la pynsuh da ki pla, ban leit kit pisa kein, namar mynshwa, tang ka rupa, ka shi tyngka, ym don lut te mynshwa. Tang ki shi tyngka, ki khia bha, paka rupa”.
La iathuh shuh shuh, ba ha kitei ki por, la ju shalan sha Shilot, da u kwai, u soh, tympew katba nangthie, ki ioh ia u khaw, ka syiar bad kiwei de ki jingdonkam jongki. U Pastor, u ong shuh shuh “Hadien ka partition(lane ka jing ia phiah ka India Pakistan), la ia long nongshun, ym long shuh. Mynshwa ngi ia shong lang, ngi ia sah lang, ki ia wan sah bad ngi ha bri baroh, namar ngi da shna, da ki iing kiba bha. Mar ia long partition pat te, da ia long nongshun, Hindustan Pakistan, haduh ba la palat. Naduh kata artad, ka ktah ka hiar ka ioh ka ha ki War, haduh ba ki kylla duk shisha”.
Phi don ban ong eiei?