Ram da and Mayur,
By the way, that was Utpal using Malabika's Assamner email id, where we receieve all Assamnet emails.
Mayur, I would like to assure you that I was not really bogged down by the particular word "Mainstream" . I myself is half Bodo and half Assamese (caste Hindu ?) and married to an Assamese (again Caste Hindu?) from Nagaon.
In response to Ram da's note
>> I have not heard dominant cultures others being clubbed together as parallel streams.
I would say that may be a time has come when we change the mindset. A time has come when we recognize that the key to harmony lies in recognizing plurality with equal status/honor as a fact of life.
Only if we could instill that notion of parallel streams with mutual respect and understanding amongst India/Assam's different religions/regions/languages/cultures, we could do away with a lot of ethnic/regional conflicts that we are so used to seeing.
Thanks
Utpal Brahma
urlington, NJ
Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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