Hi Malabika,
>What is mainstream anyway ?
After reading Mayur's explanation (and your concerns) I feel Mayur is right here.
The term 'mainstream' may not be the right word, but how would you for example, describe the American culture?
Here for example, Whites/Causian are 'mainstream' and others like American Indians or Blacks are not. Does that mean that American Indian culture is 'sub' of the mainstream or the African Amer. of the Whites. I don't know.
In the US,if Causians are refered to as the Mainstream and Indian Americans (like us) as not Mainstream, would not ruffle my feathers. I know we are not 'sub' anything of Causians. We are just small in numbers.
I have not heard dominant cultures others being clubbed together as parallel streams.
Hope you guys are doing great. How is Utpal?
--Ram da
On 9/14/05, Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1. Alienation of tribal people from the mainstream due
to the cavalier attitude shown by caste Hindu
Assamese. This has resulted in disunity and a sense of
mutual mistrust among different tribes. (I am a caste
Hindu myself
What is mainstream anyway ? Just like the Cow-Belt culture can not be a Mainstream culture in India, the Culture practised by the Assamese speakers in Brahmaputra valley is not considered MainStream by other speakers, for example Bodo. These are different stream, one is not "SUB" to another. What is needed between the 2 streams is appreciation and respect.
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