Dear Himen da, >Will you kindly help me post this in the net!
It is a pleasure to post your post just below my response. > I am so eager to see the photograph of the Meenaxi Temple that they have > built in Guwahati .. Alpana will be here this Wednesday. I will be glad to post the photos. Emailing from Guwahati is still a big problem, and very few people have broadband connections. > The craftsmen who built the Meenaxi Temple in Guwahati are NOT foreigners > from South India. They are our people. Assam is NOT ONLY a part of India, > Assam is INDIA ... so is Tamil Nadu. Oh! Himen da, that was for Chandan da - I thought you would see through that :) > We should all work to eliminate the degeneration that India was forced to go > through the 664 years of foreign rule. I totally agree. Best wishes to you and everybody else. --Ram On 12/31/05, Himendra Thakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Ram, > > Happy New Year to you and Alpana and everyone in the net ! > > I am so eager to see the photograph of the Meenaxi Temple that they have > built in Guwahati ... I'll be very thankful to Alpana if she would please > email to me asap. I am continuously in touch with my friends in Madurai ... > Growing up in Guwahati, Goalpara, Barpeta, Mangaldoi & Tezpur, Mother > Meenaxi has been my weak point since I was seven year old ! > > The craftsmen who built the Meenaxi Temple in Guwahati are NOT foreigners > from South India. They are our people. Assam is NOT ONLY a part of India, > Assam is INDIA ... so is Tamil Nadu. > > Tamil Nadu is NOT ONLY a part of India, Tamil Nadu is INDIA. > > We should all work to eliminate the degeneration that India was forced to go > through the 664 years of foreign rule. By the way, the "Eighth International > Conference Against Dowry, Female-Feticide and Son-Preference" is being > organized by "Antarjyoti of Kanyakumari" on December 27, 28 & 29, 2006 in > Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. You will be pleased to know that we have received > positive support from the University of London for this conference. > "Antarjyoti of Kanyakumari" has so far received support from Manonmaniam > University of Tirunelveli, Bharathidasan University of Thiruchirapalli and > Madurai Institute of Social Sciences, Madurai. > > I toured South Africa from November 26 to December 7, 2005 and I was amazed > to find that South African Indians have eliminated dowry and hereditary > caste system ... something that India can learn. On my invitation, a > delegation of South African Indians will attend this conference.Their ideas > and achievements will help elevate the status of women in India, eliminate > the dowry system, and remove the hereditary caste system which causes > caste-politics --- a terrible drawback in the Democracy of India. > > We should all work hard to make India a better place ... Tamil Nadu and > Assam and all other states will shine like gems in the necklace of Mother > India. > > With the best wishes, > Himendra > PS: I still don't have the address of assam.net in my mailing list. Will you > kindly help me post this in the net! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]>; "MANOJ KUMAR DAS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dilip K. Datta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 10:30 AM > Subject: Re: [Assam] ATAN BURAGOHAIN SAKO > > C'da, > > >It will become a bridge to enable foreign vendors and local visitors > who will leave >their trash and excreta to defile the island in no > time at all. > > You of course mean ..'foreign visitors and local vendors.....' :) > > >Shortly thereafter some foreign businessman will pay some politician > >handsomely enough to allow building yet another UGLY north Indian > style >TEMPLE there with the ever accompanying trash and more human > excreta to >destroy it for good. > > I am not sure if had a chance to visit the newly built Meenakshi > Temple on HWY 37 at Guwahati. Built by 'foreigners' from South India, > it is really a temple, covering a huge area, lined with beautiful > trees, gardens, and walks, and kept very clean. It has become one of > the places the locals love to take you to. It is in fact far better > than the Meenakshi Temple at Houston. > We took some photos, when Alpana come back, I will be happy to share > those with netters. > > --Ram > > > On 12/31/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Himen-da: > > > > Since you asked, I am pleased to share my views here: > > > > *** We should leave the pillar at Umananda the heck alone! > > > > We don't need another ugly statue, crafted in an imaginary likeness of > > Sworgodeu Chakrdhwaj Xingho, which, more than likely, will be carved out > > with highly disproportionate features as are obvious in most ( if not all > > entirely) public statues in India and in Assam. I am yet to see one which > > could be called halfway decent. But even if a sculptor could be found who > > can do an acceptable job, we don't need it to desecrate Umananda. Does not > > matter whose it is. The pillar is an ABSTRACT element, and that is good. > > People can IMAGINE it to be whatever they want. Imagination is good, > > something that is sorely lacking in our people, particularly among the so > > called EDUCATED class. > > > > > > *** I will oppose a bridge to Umananda earnestly. It is NOT needed. It > > certainly will not be an ELEGANT span as you describe imagine it to be. > > Certainly not one of those graceful leaps of imagination crafted in > concrete > > as designed by Maillert in the Swiss Alps. If one is built it will be an > > ugly, highly over-designed, squat, disproportionate, visually confining > one > > painted with those awful black and white or yellow stripes that will > > desecrate the view for ages to come. That Umananda has limited access has > > been its savior. Make it more accessible, you may as well blow it out of > > existence. > > > > It will become a bridge to enable foreign vendors and local visitors who > > will leave their trash and excreta to defile the island in no time at all. > > Shortly thereafter some foreign businessman will pay some politician > > handsomely enough to allow building yet another UGLY north Indian style > > TEMPLE there with the ever accompanying trash and more human excreta to > > destroy it for good. > > > > Remember what they did to the beautiful Xaraniya hill, first by building > > that stupid Gandhi Mandap at its peak, then defiling the sides with the > road > > , causing enormous mud-slides and then setting the stage for complete > raping > > of the entire beautiful hill? Now it has turned into another Guwahati > slum. > > > > So, please, leave Umananda the heck alone. > > > > Best, > > > > c > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 7:22 AM -0800 12/31/05, Himendra Thakur wrote: > > > > Dear Chandan and Dilip and everybody, > > > > Happy New Year to everybody !! > > > > Attached please see a photograph that was published in the Assam Tribune. > > Just imagine a white statue of King Chakradhwaja Singha to replace the > > pillar with Umananda at the background ... that's what I imagined in my > > article ATAN BURAGOHAIN SAKO. > > > > You have to now imagine a spandrel arch bridge from the left (the > Karmanasha > > rock is not seen in the frame of the attached photo) to the Urvashi rock > > which will be the ATAN BURAGOHAIN SAKO ... as if paying tribute to the > > departed King. To quote from my article ATAN BURAGOHAIN SAKO: > > > > > > I imagine a west facing marble statue of Swargadev Chakradhwaj Singha to > > replace the existing pillar on the rock of Urvashi. When seen from the > steps > > of Kacharighat in Guwahati on a clear afternoon, this pure white statue, > > lighted by a setting sun, will shine bright against the deep green > > background of Umananda. > > > > Beauty of a bridge is in its visibility from a distance. An open spandrel > > arch of the "Atan Buragohain Sako" spanning from Karmanasha rock to > Urvashi > > will be seen at an elevation below the statue, as if paying tribute to > > Swargadev Chakradhwaj Singha. > > > > The sandbar at the foreground will have to be dredged away to recover the > > original pristine view. > > > > I need your comments. Kindly help me post this in the assam.net. My direct > > efforts have failed so far. > > > > With love to everybody, > > Himendra > > > > > > Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:panel.jpg (JPEG/prvw) (0080D20F) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
