Bah Francis Syiemlieh
To par ñiangkhriat lypa bad to sngewsyier lypa lada ngan ong ba tang shu mar īaweng īa ka Jingkhangdam (Lockdown) ka Khlam Coronavirus ha India kan bthei kumba bthei u Suicide Bomb uba la pynam buhrieh lypa ha ki briew bad uba ap tang īa ka por ba yn khem noh īa u budam bapynīap briew jraiñ! Te yn ymlah shuh ban tehlakam īa kata ka jingmynsaw kaba mih na kata ka jingbthei da kano kano ruh ka bor ne da kano kano ruh ka jingstad, tad haduh ynda ba kala dep shuwa ban shim īa ka jingim bakordor jong ki briew da ki phewhajar ngut lane da ki phewlak ngut ruh.
Na ka thymmei jingtip kaba katkum ka Worldometer kaba haduh ka Snginyngkong, 13 tarik u Īaīong, 2020 ngi īohi hangto ba ka jingīapbriew ha ka pyrthei baroh kawei ka lakot sha ka 1,15,278 ngut (Shilak, khatsan hajar, arspah hynñiewphewphra ngut). Napdeng ki ri kiba la shahktah jur tam eh ha kane ka Khlam bashyrkhei kadei ka U.S.A. Hangne ki briew kiba la īap-khlam kila kot sha ka 22,115 ngut (Arphewar hajar, shispah khatsan ngut). Ki ri kiba bud īa ka U.S.A. ha ka jingīapbriew babun tam eh pat kidei ka Italy ha kaba ki briew kila īap haduh 19,899 (Khatkhyndai hajar, phra spah khyndaiphew khyndai) ngut, Ka Spain haduh 17,489 (Khathynñiew hajar, saw spah phraphewkhyndai) ngut, ka France haduh 14,393 (Khatsaw hajar, laispah khyndaiphewlai) ngut, bad ka England/U.K. haduh 10,612 (Shiphew hajar, hynriew spah khatar) ngut. Ha India pat ki briew kiba laīap ha kane ka Khlam katkum ka jingbuh jingkhein jong ka Worldometer kilong 331 (Laispah laiphewwei) ngut baroh. Hei! ka sang ho ba phin ong “tang 331 ngut?” Shuhshuh, kidon haduh 162 tylli ki ri ha ka pyrthei ha kiba ki briew ki laīap na kane ka Khlam bam briew. Hynrei don ruh ki ri ha kiba ka jingiapbriew kalong tang 1 (iwei) bad 2 ngut. Kaba pynsngewtynnat ban tip pat kalong ba haduh mynta kidon haduh kumba 51 tylli ki ri kibym pat mad satia ïa ka jingïapbriew wat haba kane ka Khlam Coronavirus kala poi ha ki ri jongki ruh. Watla katta, to sa dang īapyrkhat bha kan jia aiu īa kane ka Jaitbynriew jongngi kaba ka jingbunbriew jongka kalong tang kumba 20,00,000 (Arphew lak) eiei, lada kane ka Khlam Coronavirus kan wanpoi sha kane ka Jylla ba lymmuh-lymmaiñ jongngi ruh.
To peitthuh bad to pynshongnongrim bha ruh īa kane kawei ba, kumno ba kat ki Ri-sepngi kiba kum ka Italy bad ka U.S.A. ki ri ha kiba ka rukom-im (standard of living) jong ki briew kala long kaba labiang bha (la standard) nadong shadong ruh hynrei ha kane ka khlam ki liem toiñ, khlem da lah ban īalehpyrshah eiei ruh em, namarba īa uta u Jingpynkhiah ne u Antivirus haduh mynta ym pat lap satia bad yn sa dang lap, tangba tip haduh lano? Ban kum ka Ri India leilei ha kaba ki briew kidei kiba dang bang bha ban lehsih bad ban lehsyntan (kata, ban lehkhuid nawei bad ban lehsih hawei) ha ka jingmlien jongki, kibym pat nang bha ban burom īa ki kyndon jong ka koit ka khiah jong ka imlangsahlang (still reckless about health norms and advisory on community health) ne, ba kim pat ju mlien ban lehkhuid lehsuba īa ki jaka paidbah mynno mynno ruh (still in bad habit concerning Public Sanitation), kane ka Khlam Coronavirus kan bam shngiam īa ki briew kumba bam shngiam ka ding īa ki īieng-slum ne kumba ktha shngiam ka rakot kaba dang thngan bha harhar bad kaba dang bang bha ban bam briew.
Ha ki ri-sepngi kum ka Europe bad ka U.S.A. ka jingbunbriew (population density) kam pat long eiei ruh em haba īanujor bad ka jingbunbriew jong ka Ri India. Ki briew ha kitei ki ri haduh mynta kim pat īashong khah ne syndah than kumba ka long ha India, bad khamtam eh hangne ha Rikhasi, namarba maki kidon īa ki rule ne ki kyndon aiñ kiba biang bha ha kaba īadei bad ka rukom tei ne ka rukom shna īa ki īieng ki sem jongki, kibym shah īa ki briew ba kin tei ne shna īieng lymmuh-lymmaiñ kat katba ki sngewbit hala ka jinglehmon lajong. Kaba mut ba haba ki mut ban tei ne ban shna īieng haei haei, kidei ban da bishar bniah bha shuwa īohba kin wanmih pynban da kino kino ki jingīasngewsih ba para marjan-marpa (troubles, neighbourly conflict, social disharmony) hadien habud. Īa ki īiengbriew ha kitei ki ri-sepngi lathaw ha kata ka rukom ba kawei ka īieng kan don kham pajih na kawei pat ka īieng khnang ba ka jingkhapngiah (congestion) jong ka shnong ka thaw bad ka jingīakajia majia ba paramarjan kan ymdon ne kan duna. Nangta ruh, ym kumba kalong hangne ha India, ki briew ha kitei ki ri kim donpor ban īatur-īajan khlem kam khlem jam kumba īatur īajan khlem kam khlem jam ki briew hangne ha ri jongngi. Hangne ha Rikhasi jongngi leilei ka rukom shna bakhah ne ba syndah-syndah (randomly close construction) jong ki briew īa ki īieng ki sem jongki ka pynīohi pynban la kumba ki briew ki tieng ban īashong pajih ne kham jngai kawei ka īieng na kawei pat. Hadien kata pat ki sa īalorni lorhap para marjan haduh ban da īalong nongshun khait. Ynda kila īalong nongshun pat ki sa īa kajia-majia (quarrel) para marjan bad ki sa īakhlong īatrud ruh iwei īa iwei. Hato kane kam long pynban kumba ailad īa ka Khlam Coronavirus ba kan khyrwait naphang, namarba la īakhah ne īatur palat? Lada īakren īa ki lynti ki syngkien leilei la ishongksuid lut khait. Hangne, lada ka Khlam Coronavirus ne ka COVID-19 ka kwah ban īaidlait ruh kan nym lah satia ban īaidlait namarba ki lynti ki syngkien kilong kiba khim palat palat bad ymdon jaka shuh ban īaīaid-kiar iwei na iwei, lait tang ban shu īaīaid kyrshut ne ban shu īaīaid pynkynriang met ne ban shu īalymbub beit tdum. Kidon ki footpath ne ki lynti īaidkjat leilei, namarba ki rit ne khim palat, ban īaid tang marwei ruh la thlun. Ta kumno ngin leh ‘Social Distancing’ hangne ha ka rukom kaba dei? Lahbiang tang ba ngin shu īadro jylli hakhmat jong ki dukan? Kala dei kapor īa ki Khasi ba kin pyrkhat thymmai bad jynsur mynsiem noh īala kijong ki longdien īohba maki kin sa kylla long-ksuid na madan ha madan na kadaw ba kila khim palat ki lynti ki syngkien bad ki shnong ki thaw.
Shuhshuh, hangne ha Rikhasi-Pnar, khamtam ha ki jaka sor bad khap sor, ka rukom shna īieng ne pynīeng īieng jong ki briew kalong kaba lymmuh-lymmaiñ bad kaba khlemakor haduh katta katta. Wat īa ka dur ka dar baitynnat jong ka shnong ka thaw la pynsniewdur noh da katei ka rukom thaw īieng kaba lymmuh-lymmaiñ bad kaba khlem jingīohijngai lypa, kaba khlem jingthew jingwoh bha bad kaba khlem pyrkhat lem īa ka jingīashongsuk shongsaiñ ba para marjan marpa. Hangne la shna ne pynīeng īa ki īieng (houses, buildings) da kaba khlem pyllait jaka kylluid shuh hapdeng kawei ka īieng bad kawei pat. Ymdon shuh kiba sngewthuh īa ka jinglong bakyntang jong kata ka “no man’s land” ne ka jaka bala pyllait-ei khnang, khnang ban kiar na ka jingīashut bad ka jingīatyngkhuh beit ba paramarjan (direct neighbourly clash). Imat īa ki īieng ne building hangne la shu pynīeng la ka pynīeng madei mata tang namarba ki briew ki don pisa, bad wat īa i jaka iba la pyllait-ei khyndiat khynsoit da kiwei pat la kurup-ei noh da kito ki riewdaini bakhim jinglong kibym salia eiei wat lada kan mih ka jinghurihura balaiphewjait hadien habud hapoh shnong poh thaw, namarba lakhim lut kiei kiei baroh. Hynrei ha ka jaka ba ki briew (kata, ki traiīieng bad ki trai-jaka) kin sngewthuh noh īala ki kam daini bakhim mynsiem lajong, ki pynksan nia pynban īalade da kaba ong hana ba u Blei Ula kyrkhu īaki bad hana ba u trai ulah ban leh katba u mon īala kajong. Kine ki jait briew baroh ki īoh jingpynksan īala kijong ki nia badaini lajong na kane ka Land Tenure System kaba mynta kaba dap tang da ka jingdaini bad ka jingkhim jinglong suda. Kumta lada ka Khlam Corona kan wanpoi shane kan bam īa ki briew kumba lehkai na kadaw ba ka rukom shna īieng hangne kalong kabym biang bad kabym pynsngewkoit pynsngewkhiah (unsystematic and unhealthy) haei haei ruh em. Hato ka Land Tenure Act jongngi ki Khasi kam aibor īa ki briew ba kin long kiba khlemraiñ bad kiba daini? Hato kam lah dei kapor īa ka Sorkar Meghalaya ba kan pynduh noh (scrap) ne ba kan thaw thymmai biang noh (amend) īa kane ka aiñ ksuid jong ki Khasi īa kaba latip kum ka Land Tenure System ne ka Land Tenure Act? Hynrei da kane ngam mut pat ba ka Sorkar Meghalaya kan knieh noh īa ka hok longtrai jong ki Trairi-traimuluk halor ki jaka ki puta jongki. Kaei kaba dei ban kylla hangne kalong ba ki Khasi (ki Zamindari bad ki traiīieng-traisem) kidei ban long noh ki briew kiba kham kylluid mynsiem īa ka Sorkar bad īa ki shnong ki thaw lajong. Da kaba leh kumne kan wan ka jingīabha ba para marjan bad ka jingkoit jingkhiah ha ka shnong ka thaw bad ha ka Rikhasi baroh kawei.
Ha kajuh kapor, na kadaw jong kane ka Khlam Coronavirus ne ka COVID-19, ka ‘National Lockdown’ ka dang dei ban dang treikam shuwa tad haduh ynda ba ngi la iohi ia ki dak ki shin batikna ba kane ka Khlam Corona kala īap ne stait. Ngim pat dei ruh ban shah īa ki kali kamai (Commercial vehicles) baroh ba kin leit kamai. Ki skul, ki kolej, ki university, ki training institutes bad ki training centre baroh kim pat dei ban plie. Ki company bad ki call centre kidei ban khang shuwa, hynrei ki dukan ban recharge mobile (mobile recharge outlets) kidei ban plie noh, tangba kidei ban bud pyrkhing bha īa ka ‘Social Distancing’ kumba long kiwei kiwei ki dukan die marbam. Nangta ruh, ki īiengdum ne ki cinema hall, ki jingīalum paidbah kiba kynthup īa ki īiengmane jong ki Kristan bad jong ki Protestant, ki temple bad ki mosque bad ki meeting ne ki jingīakynduh lang ba bunbriew (large crowd gathering) dei ban khang shuwa tad haduh ynda la tikna bha ba ka Khlam COVID-19 kala īapduh. Ym pat dei ruh ban shah īa ki nongbylla bawan nabar (migrant laborers) ba kin wan sha kane ka Jylla, bad kumta terter.
Ah to husiar bad to da kyndit bynriew lypa! To īasuk noh ruh bad u Blei, da kaba puson īala ka jingim aīu phi la lehsang īala ki para briew bad kumno phi la saitlah īa ki aiñ u Blei, khnang ba lada kane ka jingrongnoh kaba lawan ha ka dur jong ka Coronavirus ne COVID-19 ka wanlap īaphi ruh, phin lap īalade ba phi khem shahrong noh sha Dujok īa kaba phi la ju mutdur ba ka Dujok kadei tang ka khana jong ki biej!!!
Phi don ban ong eiei?