Ha kaba shu wan kylla na ka bainong jong ka jingpyniaid, ngi ha Shillong ruh ngi sngew bad ngi peit — u kwai sarong u la kiew, ka petrol ka dang jem, hynrei ka shñiuh ka jaka shong ka la heh kumno kan heh. Nga peit ha ki number jong ki groceries — u jyntah u baiei, u jadoh uba dap, bad ka shylli u kynrad ka la myntoi ban pynkham — hynrei ym pat ngioh kot jingpyntip ba u ekonomis u ong ba kane ka dei ka lynti kaba biang. Nga don ka kot lyngkhot na University of Shillong 2023: ha ka bynta jong ka jingkyrpad jingpynbiang, tang 12% ki trai ïing ha Meghalaya ki ïoh ïa ka jingïarap, hynrei ka shñiuh ki dei 30%. Kaei kaba ai ïa ngi — ka jubor, ka sorkar, ka ba cong — ban pyni ba kane ka kylla ka wanrah ïa kaba bha, bad ym tang ïa ka jingkhein jong kito kiba don pisa?

Farm loan waivers here in Punjab break the trust we build with every careful land assessment. When the next season comes, we become reluctant to lend, seeing even viable farmers as a political risk. My own recovery rate on small tractor loans dropped sharply after the last announcement, as borrowers waited for another. I now spend more time justifying rejections to honest, young farmers than building their futures, and that is a poor cycle for all of us.

Ka iangi ia kane kum ki jingpyrkhat jong nga ha kane ka jingthmu, hynrei ka systemic sclerosis ka long kaba ban iohi ha ki jingpyrkhat jong ki capillary. Ka limited ka leit sngewbha eh, bad ka diffuse ka jingpyrkhat ka dang sangei. Nailfold capillaroscopy ka iatrei bynta ki capillary kiba la jynjar – kumta kawei ka jingpyrkhat ba’n leit iohi doctor. Nga la dep ha kane katba nga la iohi ki kylleng jong nga ki mut babha ha jingbishar, bad kumno ia ka jingkyllon ka daw jong nga kaba don ia ki capillary kiba la jynjar shaphang ki miet kiba mih ha kaba kyllon ki kti jong nga.

Ah, ngim iada ia ka jingbishar bad ka science ha ka jingim jong ngi. Ka toothpaste nga leh don ha ka market ka iathuh ia kane—ki enamel jong ki snem ki lap noh mynta ha ka acid. Nga ju bret ia ka paste bad baking soda namar ba ka jingkyntheit jong nga ki khmat, khyndew bad jingpyndep ka mawpun ka theh ia ka jingpyrkhat jong nga ha ki snem ban leh.

Ah, the ten percent law in ecology tells us that only about 10% of the energy is passed from one trophic level to the next. So from 10,000 J of sunlight, the plants might capture 1,000 J, the herbivores eating them get 100 J, and a carnivore would only receive 10 J. But from my jhum field and the few chickens we keep, I see that this loss is a warning to keep our food chain short and our waste minimal. We cannot afford so many steps when every joule from the sun is precious for our table.

Ha ka kulcha ka dough ki tdie jong ka tandoor, kaba la ioh iakhleh bad pisa lyngdang ki lad. Ngi iohi ba katto katne peit ka bsein, hynrei ia ka khlieh jong u tandoor ka long ka jingtem bad ki jingthmu shaphang jingiashem. I burned my own hand trying to stick a fish fillet to a hot stone slab the same way, thinking the sear would hold it. My dinner fell straight into the fire.

U biei ia ka three-days-you-pick, bad ka coordination ka long kaba don kam. Ha anchor days, nga ioh ia ka freedom ia ka rhythm jong nga, kawei ka sngi ka jingiashem bad ka kti piano. Mynta, ha kine ka sngi ba la fixed, nga dang iohi ia ka jaka ba nga don ha parking, lane nga iakyndang ia ka jingiashem jong nga.

Ha phi, ka jingthmu jong ngi kum ki researcher ka dei ban ioh i kylli: a ing a don ia ki genetic markers bad ki risk variants kiba la iohi ha ki briew niamar jong ngi, ki katto katne biang kiba ioh i synshar ha triple-negative breast cancer. Ka jingkylla ka dei na ka genomics, lane ka biology jong ka tumour, haka dei na ka jinglong kyrhai kiba ngi lah ban pynkylla. Ha ka lab jong ngi, nga iohi ia ki mutation jong ki gene BRCA1 bad DNA damage response pathways kiba mynta ia kine ki tumour kiba eh kumne ba ki nang pynphlait noh sha ki briew kiba dang sawdong snem. Kumta, nga kren ha kaba phah sngewbha: kano ka rukom nga iohi ha ka data, lane ka jingiasyllok kaba nga ioh ha ki sample, ka long kaba kham pynbnaï na ka jingkylla jong ka "awareness" ne "screening" kiba la kren.

The quarter system moves like a swift arpeggio—three ten-week terms that demand you learn the melody quickly. For a first-year, it feels relentless compared to our Indian MSc's deep, semester-long dive into a single raga. My own MSc taught me sustained focus, but Chicago's quarters taught me to tune my mind faster, to find the harmony in the rush. I learned this adapting my guitar practice before dawn; speed, when embraced, becomes its own kind of rhythm.

Ha katto katne NIT Computer Science, la kaba IIT mechanical phi lah leit sha coding kam kum ka jingpule shong ha internet bad ka jingtynjuh. Nangta ngin ioh jingthaw bha ia ka jingim. I myself left IIT Mechanical for a software job. Ka jinghikai core engineering ka long kaba biang, hynrei ka jinghikai programming ka dei ka jingthaw bha pateng jong phi.

Ka kynhun jong ngí, ki briew shaphang jong ki sportsperson ki dei kum ki musician: baroh ka jingiasam ka dei sha ka jingai burom ia ka jingkynmaw ruh. Ha kane ka sngi, nga ieng phrang la don ka guitar bad ka khein, nga ioh-i ki jingbitar ha khmat ki baksa jong ka jingkmen jingsumar. Nangni, phi lah ban leit shabar.

Ka dei jong nga, ba ib sa ka table jong nga ka pateng sngi jong mga lakers, ka sop phin ba ym don briew ha court. Nga phah ia ka basketball bad ieh don ia ka thma ki briew sha ka timing, kum ka fingerstyle arpeggio ha ka guitar ka lynti. Te ynda ngim ioh, ka tbn ka phone ka start bad nga sngewthuh, sien kane ka por jong ka jingim.

Khmih phin ia kane ka hockey, ha ka stadium Kalinga, ka long kum ka jingrwai shaphang ka jingïadei bad ka jingkmen. Ngin iohi ban pynphai ia ka hockey ha ki village Sundargarh kum ka jingïatylli phin ia ka jingthmu ba long kiba bun. Ha ka sngi sngi, hapoh ka room shipara jong nga, nga iashem ban pynkhein pat ia ki cassette biang, nga ieng noh ia kane ka jingthmu ba phah ia ka jingkmen ka thang bad ka jingkhuid.

Ka ieng ha kane ka match, bad ka daw jong ka commentary ki la ioh pasetylliew. Ngi lah ban iohi ia ka jingpule pyrshang jong 11 ngut, hynrei ha ka feed Hindi, kane ka long ka jingialeh bha. Kumba ai jingkynshew ha u beginner, dei ban iarap ia ka jingtynjuh ba wan.