Maitshaphrang Ideology

• Kum ka jaidbynriew rit paid ba la ker kut da ki jaidbynriew heh paid kiba shu ap tang lano ban pynkylla rit paid (minorities) ia ngi ha la ri lajong, kaba donkam palat ia ngi mynta ka long ban ieng tylli kawei kum ka jaidbynriew. Hynrei kane ka kyrteng Khasi and Jaintia la pyn donkam da ki bor ba nabar ban pynpait pynpra ia ngi kum ka jaidbynriew khnang ban shynshar in ngi (divide and rule us) bad kaba sngew sih ka long bala pyndonkam da ki briew jong ngi hi, ki riew shimet bad ki katto katne ki seng, ban pynpait iangi.
• Ka pynmih ruh ia ka jing ia sngew pher jaidbynriew ha pdeng ki Pnar, bad ki Bhoi, ki Maram, ki War, ki Lyngngnam, bad kumta ter ter. 
• Haduh mynta la pyndonkam ia ka kyrteng Khasi and Jaintia ban Pynpait bad sa Shynshar ia ngi (Divide and rule us)

The most important institution in every society.

Together with all the above problems, there is an increasing breakdown of our family system.

• Early marriage early divorce and increase in young divorcees.
• Increase in overall divorce
• Increase in unknown fathered children with no meikha
• Increase in multi-fathered children in one family
• Increase in untimely death of husband resulting in increase of young widows. Why are there so many young widows in our society when there is no war?
• Increase in child labour (die kwai, kot khubor, etc.)
• Increase in number of orphanages, where are the Kurs and the Khas. Dei tang ha ka jaid bynriew Khasi ba ki khun ki kylla khunswet tang shu iap ka kmie watla dang don u kpa, haba ka kur ka long kaba duk.
• In a family where there are no daughters only sons, the moment the parents especially the mother dies , the mother’s clan will take away all of that family’s property including the house, and the sons will be left literally on the street.
• Increase in number of old age homes, again where are the Kurs and the Khas, bad ka Khun Khatduh?

• Kat kum ka jingshem jong I kong Dr. Biloris L. Lyndem, kaba la pynmih ruh ha ka kot khubor TELEGRAPH 3^rd April 2001, na ki 179 ngut ki kynthei Khasi ba I kylli jing kylli (interview) baroh ki jubab ba lah ba ioh lok da u shynrang bym dei u Khasi bad kawei na ki daw bah ka long ka jing bun palat ki kynthei khasi ki ba shah pynkit khunrei khlem da ai bai bam. (Sa pule ruh ia kaba mih ha ka Shillong Times 28^th Jan 2018)
• Lah nang bun ki kynthei Khasi kiba shongkha ia ki bym dei ki Khasi. Ka shongkha khleh ka don ha ki jaidbynriew baroh kawei ka pyrthei, hynrei balei ka jur ha ka jaidbynriew jong ngi?

Kaei ka daw ba ka kylla long kumne?

• Ka jing bun palat ki kynthei Khasi kiba kit khunrei bad khlem da ioh bai bam na u lok uba la phet.
• Ka jing sdang bun ki lok Khasi (shynrang Khasi) kiba iap noh khlem dei por (kiba bun ki kynnoh ba dei ka kyaid) bad ieh lok khynnah (young widows) noh ia ki kynthei Khasi ban kit marwei ia ki khun, khamtam lei lada kine ki kynthei ki wan na ki longing kiba duk. 

Kaei kaba mih na kane?

• Kane ka jingbun palat jong ki kynthei Khasi kiba kit khunrei (khamtam sha nongkyndong lei kiba bun khun) bad ki bym ioh bai bam/maintainance, ka pynshong syier, ka pynmih ka jingtieng ia kiba bun ki kynthei Khasi ban ioh lok da u shynrang Khasi “katkum ka kotkhubor TELEGRAPH 3rd April 2001”.
• Dei hangne kein ba kito ki shynrang bym dei ki Khasi kiba kwah shim kabu ki ioh lad bad ki shim kabu ruh namar ba ka don ka jingmyntoi na ka rukom ioh pateng bad jinglong S.T.

Balei ka leit jia  kumne?

• Ha ka jaidbynriew ai jait kmie jong ngi , ha kaba ka kam shongkha shongman ruh kam da pyrkhing ban da iathoh iatar (compulsory registration of marriage), ka long kaba suk ia u shynrang ban mih noh na kane ka jingia shongkha (very  easy for a man to walk out of a marriage) bad khlem da ai bai bam (maintainance) namar ki niat beit sha ka kur jong ka lok da kaba ai daw ba ki khun kim dei ki jait jong u ki dei jong ka lok. Ngim lah ban kynnoh than ia ki shynrang, namar haba ka dustur ka ai lad, u bym don jingkitkhlieh u shim kabu.

Crisis for identity

Nagaland Post – Thursday 27th August 1992

Men are good for nothing. While women earn for the family, men just eat and drink. They are parasites.

Femina Magazine – 1st May 1997

Where women rule and men are used as breeding bulls

Article by Thomas Laird & Paul Andrew

Many arrived with the British from Bengal and Assam and had relationships with the Khasi women.

The men who fathered these children either left or kept the women as concubines

The British and their retinue of Babus left behind a soiled soil

Article by Parameta Lahiri-Mūller

In one of my studies I found that of the 179 Khasi women I interviewed all preferred to marry non-Khasi men.

Telegraph North East Section – 3rd April 2001

A young Khasi girl in the film says she is disillusioned with Khasi men because most engage in drinking and gambling. She says, with a smile, that she would instead marry an outsider or dkhar.

The Shillong Times – 28th Jan 2018

Website by the name Loopoocoo reflected on the Khasi society, albeit wrongly. Among other inconsequential things, the article said women freely move in and out of marriage a sign of apparent empowerment.

Loopoocoo Website – 14th May 2017