C'da, > Why don't you do the honors this time Ram? Unless you too have not been able > to shed the pseudo-education that spawns this kind of ideas :-)?
Heh, heh, heh. That is a tall order. We have been hearing this from our childhoods. I wonder who initially slapped this label on the Assamese - "Assam is the land of lahe, lahe" and more importantly WHY? Is this the same as Barua's 'Hobo Diok" attitude? It will be interesting to get different views. "On 9/7/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O' Ram: > > > I think we need to put up a page in RaizKox -the Assam Wikii-like-pedia, on > the primers of the > work ethics of the Assamese 'race'. There are so many clueless people > floating around, it is amazing. > > Why don't you do the honors this time Ram? Unless you too have not been able > to shed the pseudo-education that spawns this kind of ideas :-)? > > c-da > > > > > > > > At 12:58 PM -0500 9/7/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > >As our frugal economy runs on govt. jobs, it does not pinch the whole > society much > > Well! people do not realize the long-term effects. Another facet is the fact > that services that are postponed (travel or surgeries) are also taken in > stride by the people. > > It is like 'hobo dikok, aaji no ho le, kai le hobo, ki nu dangor kotha?" > > As for your other comments regarding "reflection of the lethargy of the > Assamese race" you might expect a barrage from Chandan da. He is unlikely to > let that pass by :). > > On 9/7/05, anupom rajkhowa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The immense success of bandh culture in Assam is in fact a reflection of the > lethargy of the Assamese race. Had there been an urge in the race to work > hard, to be enterprising and a willingness to accept change, this bandh > culture would have never been a problem. It would have died a natural death > or atleast would have been genuinely issue-based. Repeated bandhs have taken > the heat off bandhs and it holds no air at all. The govt. is least concerned > and the people take it as a never ending holiday. As our frugal economy runs > on govt. jobs, it does not pinch the whole society much. So where is the > end? The end to all problems in Assam and the whole of North East is > DEVELOPMENT. Development in atleast the establishment's view of the > problems. The race have to stand up again. And this time they should not > become tools in the hands of crooked leaders who after using the race threw > them to bandhs. > > > > > Anupom Rajkhowa > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
