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> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:26:20 +0530 > From: Webmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Fwd: Assam.org: Comment > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Himendra Barthakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Dec 25, 2005 9:06 AM > Subject: Assam.org: Comment > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To > The Editor, Assam.org > Dear Sir, > I am pained to see the personal attack on Shri James > Michael Lyngdoh by Shri > MC Mahant in your journal. I met Shri Lyngdoh in > 1997 at the Rashtrapati > Bhavan in New Delhi when he was the Principal > Secretary of the President of > India and Chairman of the Association of the IAS > Officers of India. > Representing International Society Against Dowry & > Bride-Burning in India, I > wanted to talk with him on a very sensitive subject > of issuing an appeal to > the IAS Officers not to take dowry in their > marriage. Instead of the > customary practice of denying and covering up the > matter on behalf of other > IAS Officers, Shri Lyngdoh not only granted me an > hour-long interview, but > also called the General Secretary of the Association > of the IAS Officers to > join the discussion. At his instance, the General > Secretary, a senior IAS > Officer from a dowry-infested area of India, agreed > to issue the appeal. I > was immensely impressed by the straightforward > truthfulness of Shri Lyngdoh. > It is extremely unfortunate that Shri MC Mahant has > written "I never met a > Khasi Christian caring for India's rapid strides > towards Super-Power > Status." In our search for the truth, we should > scrutinize what is being > said, irrespective of who said it. Democracy is > ruined by ethnic > stereotyping. By his own behavior, Shri Mahant has > proved that Lyngdoh's > remarks on some aspects of India's democracy were > right. How will Shri MC > Mahant (complete name unknown) feel if someone > disqualifies him by saying "I > never met an Assamese Hindu Mahanta caring for > India's rapid strides towards > Super-Power Status"?? > With due respect, > Himendra Barthakur, Boston, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
