"Had there been an urge in the race to work >hard, to be enterprising and a willingness to accept change, this bandh"
Well where is the incentive to work.Every work ends up at Indian Rupees--going back to source - leaving only garbage,pollution and insult to boot. Our economy has to be CREATED.Work will have to follow. Or Die. mm >From: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam Bandhs >Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:03:07 -0500 > >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 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
