Dear Ram At the outset, I must thank you for your prompt and detailed reply to my mail. Honestly speaking, I am not aware of the history of the term HOBO DIOK on Assamnet. If I have hurt the sentiments by using the word, I am very sorry for that. I used the word as it described our attitude nicely.
You are very right. Frequent Bandh called by any Tom, Dick and Harry is the anathema for the state. As of religious tolerance, it can be attributed to the religious tachings of Mahapurush Sankaradeva in the 15th century. Moreover, due to the same reason, caste barriers are not that strong in Assam compared to other 'mainstream' states of India. I am tempted to say that our failure to propagate the contributions of our literary and cultural stalwarts starting from Bhattadev, Sankaradeva, Madhabdeva to Dr Bhabendranath Saikia, Homen Borgohain etc in the outside world (outside means outside Assam) is a big weakness. I wonder what would have happened had Sankardeva been born in some other state like west Bengal. In Chandigarh, Assam is generally identified with violent activities like no of deaths at the hands of police/army forces or insurgents. Looking for a healthy debate on the entire gamut of issues. Mayur __________________________________________________ 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
