Ka jingrwai ïa kiba dei ban leit Guwahati da ki match ha Highlanders’ room, hynrei katto katne ki guitarist jong nga ki la jop ïa ki jingstadio ha Shillong market lane. Ki dang thaw ia ka jaka ba kham bun ïa kiba ieid jingrwai.

A few Sundays back, I saw a young cyclist from Laitumkhre fixing his own chain at the market—no shop, just his hands and a rag. The road riders talk of endurance, the track sprinters of speed, but both trust the road under their tyres more than any government pamphlet on safety. In my village, a man who mends his own tyre gets to the destination; the one who waits for a committee to pave his path stays home.

Wat ustad? U shu kren shaphang Modi, hynrei nga iohi ia ki lynti kiba lah ban thung um da ki kot shkola jong nga. Ki ong ba kan pynkhamti ia ki jingkhot, hynrei u market u pynsngew