The Wandering Thought.

For a long time I wondered why do I have the most unique name. I never even once tried reasoning why my name is Baniaikynmaw? For the past few days I've been thinking of various names for my new born niece but was unable to think of any unique Khasi name. This let me into thinking about my own name instead. How did my mum decide to give me such a unique name? I couldn't think of any valid reason why this one particular name since my grand mum had given me a Christian name and a very common one at that... Today the 20 of February 09, after almost 25 years I came to know why I'm Banïaikynmaw. I felt so special when my mum told me the reason why I was given this name. The name was chosen so that my grand mum will always remember my dad by seeing ME!

Well... Some might think it's a funny incident... But to me... It's scary... It's been more than three years since I met with an accident but I still haven't got over the fear... I never had any problems crossing the roads by myself back home... I guess 'cause it's a very small city... Where I am right now... I can't even think of doing that on my own... To leave home is such a pain... I have to take an auto rickshaw from right in front of the house... Even if the directions are on opposite sides I'll still ask the auto driver to come to where am standing. Everyday the auto drivers in front of my house would drop me right in front of the office, so I don't need to cross the road. But today, I was stuck! I had to go for a meeting to the client's office and the auto was standing right opposite... There were very few cars initially from both sides of the road... When I was about to cross, there were more cars coming in the way... I was furious....

I don't remember when was the last time I was really myself? Hmmm... I wondered if this is really happening again? Well, finally it did! More than six months... Just phone calls and text messages... We decided to meet on 31 December 08... We never did! We were all caught up with work... Finally, we met on 17 January 09... The best time of my life! Never felt more at home and relaxed. There were the four of us and Damien was our host that day. The food, the drinks and the stories we all had for the time we didn't meet were shared. The whole time was spent eating, chatting and more drinking... We didn't have any TV to watch or music system... Not that we need any... The entertainment as always is my cousin... What more? He can't stop talking... At least one of us had more energy than anyone. By the time we went to sleep it was almost dawn... All of us woke up by 8 am and had a little breakfast and by noon the drinking sessions continued... We talked about life, work and o...

"A Khasi is a Khasi because of his religion. To understand a Khasi therefore one has got to go deep into the very root of his religion, which regulate all his thoughts and activities. Forget his religion and you will never understand a Khasi." By (L) C. Lyngdoh B.L. The concept of God : There is a clear concept of God in the Khasis, God Universal and in this context He is God of the Hindus, Christians, Persians, Muslims, Jews and of all other races. All races on this earth at the beginning of time entered into a covenant, where under was embedded the Law of their race, one distinct from the other. The Law enjoins that he must be healthy in his mental and physical being if he is to realise the glory of his Maker. The Khasi religion has no missionary intentions and received no converts to its fold through it welcome and cherished co-existence within its fold and with others. To a Khasi, religion is personal contact between God and man. He communicates through his prayers with h...