> We should all work to eliminate the degeneration that India was forced to go > through the 664 years of foreign rule.
*** That piques my curiosity a great deal. Would any of you fine gentlemen enumerate the DEGENERATION that was brought upon India by them foreign invaders? And why Indians continue to reel under them? Good chance here to go on record ! At 3:38 PM -0600 12/31/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >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
