[Assam] Political buffoons of Assam involved with Indian politics, your game is up; it seems!

2006-03-20 Thread Bartta Bistar
ULFA washes hands off Assam elections http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=""> Guwahati: The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has said it will maintain equidistance from all political parties in the run-up to next month's assembly elections in Assam. The elections are

[Assam] Indian 'witchcraft' family killed

2006-03-20 Thread Neep Hazarika
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4822750.stm --- Neep Hazarika ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

[Assam] ahom and buranji

2006-03-20 Thread xourov pathok
1. What is the origin of the name Ahom that is ascribed to the group of people who came from northern Burma and were part of the Shan ( did they pronounce it as Shan?) tribe before they entered Assam ? dilip-da, yasmin saikia of univ of north carolina claims that the word ahom in the

Re: [Assam] ahom and buranji

2006-03-20 Thread Rajen Barua
Xourov: Great! Does that 'Dewdhai oxom Buronji' by Aton Buragohai tells when it might have been written? Was it by Aton Buragoahin himself? And can you tell us by reading the Buronji how the name of Assam is referred as in the Buronji? I mean how is it spelled in Assamese, is it Oxom, Axam, Acham

Re: [Assam] ahom and buranji

2006-03-20 Thread xourov pathok
--- Rajen Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Xourov: Great! Does that 'Dewdhai oxom Buronji' by Aton Buragohai tells when it might have been written? Was it by Aton Buragoahin himself? And can you tell us by reading the Buronji how the name of Assam is referred as in the Buronji? I mean

Re: [Assam] ahom and buranji

2006-03-20 Thread xourov pathok
rajen-da, yes, it was indeed written by atan burhagohain. at least that is the accepted fact. so it was written in the 17th century. i should be more clear. only the bahgarhia buranji is written by atan burhagohain. the deodhai oxom buranji is written by someone else.

[Assam] Fwd: FW: Jugal, if you would like to pass this on to assam-net

2006-03-20 Thread J Kalita
--- Kalita, Jugal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: FW: Jugal, if you would like to pass this on to assam-net Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:08:17 -0700 From: Kalita, Jugal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Vijeet Sarma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Enough of this Controversy !

2006-03-20 Thread Rajen Barua
Some people seem to be quite happy with ASS. It seems Asom Sahitya Sabha (ASS) changed its name only in 1964 to ASS. It may be the right time now for it tochange to OXX (Oxom Xahitya Xobha) RB - Original Message - From: Ram Sarangapani To: Webmaster Cc: [EMAIL

Re: [Assam] HPI, March 20, 2006

2006-03-20 Thread umesh sharma
let them rewrite it first to remove casteist referneces. later on the aggression part could be taken care of. nowadys nobody is touching it at all - just like none is thinking of revising Quoran to remove references inciting violence.umshRajen Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vishwa

Re: [Assam] National Lottery Payment to Umesh Sharma

2006-03-20 Thread umesh sharma
it seems this is a fraud - butyou never know. This is the catch where they ask for money. UmeshPS: maybe they might pay something. Today I got $50 as payment for teaching a GRE student for www.ltsprep.com . tthey owed me $140 however. In their letter they wrote my address in both the

[Assam] Bhrigu Phukan no more(The Sentinel,21.03.2006)

2006-03-20 Thread Buljit Buragohain
Bhrigu Phukan no moreOur BureauNEW DELHI/ GUWAHATI, March 20: Former general secretary of All Assam StudentsÂ’ Union (AASU), founder general secretary of Asom Gana Parishad and former Asom Home Minister Bhrigu Kumar Phukan breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Re: [Assam] HPI, March 20, 2006

2006-03-20 Thread Ram Sarangapani
A cursory reading of the VHP message is interesting. The fact they are urging the rejection of castes is a good thing. But their reasons in the interest of consolidating Hindu unity to fight conversions and Jehadi terror. is passe. The shadow of casteismmustbe erdicatedfrom Hinduism. A good

Re: [Assam] National Lottery Payment to Umesh Sharma

2006-03-20 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
Umesh, Most of us who have been here for a while knew this is fraud. We just wanted you to experiment and learn. So we didn't tell you. That is part of learning, don't you agree? :-) My older son always said, "Dad, you can sermonize all you want, but unless I try, and succed or fail, I'll not

[Assam] Correct the pronounciation not the spelling.

2006-03-20 Thread Tasiruddin Ahmed
Raiz, I would like to pronounce Assam as in Assamese language, even if the word is written in Chinese. Changing the spelling is not the solution, pronouncing the proper noun correctly is what matters. Many writers have given examples of name change like Madras to Chennai or Bombay to Mumbai.