Ram:
One of the abiding mysteries of this "Assam is the land of lahe, lahe" thingie to me is how those who slap this label on their 'race' while the labelers themselves escaped from it. Would they not do an enormous service to the despicable slowpokes of Assam if they shared how they escaped from the genetic curse to have turned out to be the god's-gift-to-humanity they must be? Obviously they have found the secret answer. I can't wait to learn that secret myself. But something tells me it won't be divulged. Why would they give out their trump card? Or would they? But seeing how you tippy-toed away from it, I don't think it would be wise for me to hold my breath. I don't want to become a martyr for as stupid a cause as this--trying to find out how these achievers broke free from their destined fate. c-da At 6:03 PM -0500 9/7/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >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
