----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:28
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Himendra's reply to
Saurav
I would disgree with both Jugal da and Himenda.
Religion, Language, Culture, Nation all are constantly evolving over
time and will always undergo change. Any resistance is not only futile
but also against the normal and natural course of history.
For example, most of the Assamese (Koches) speakers or for that matter
the Bengali speakers in North Bengal were Bodo speakers at one point of time.
Does it mean that the Koches should abandon their Assamese or Bengali speech
and return to Bodo fold ?
Or for that matter, Mithraism was the dominating religion all over Middle
East and Europe before Islam or Christianity. Should all of them (those
Christians or Muslims) abandon their faith and return to their ancient
religion ?
We should learn to realise that NONE is ever eternal - be in Religion,
Language, Race or Nationality. The ONLY ETERNAL FACT is the Change
itself.
Utpal
Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
people of Assam to remain Hindu, but become
> Hindi-speaking!! I am
not sure what history has in
> store for Assam, but I would like the
language
> preserved for eternity!!
Jugalda,
Conversely,
would you be happier if the people of
Assam keep Assamese as a language
but become all
Muslims? Let go of all the "secular" customs
and
traditions that are associated with Assamese
being
Hindus?
And in alternative situations, would you rather
the
language be Hindi-ized (meaning significant Hindi
influence) or
Arabicized (significant Muslim
influence) if these are the only two
options
available? Bengali in Bangladesh is undergoing
rapid
transformation as the country itself transforms into
a
fundamentalist state.
Just interested in understanding your
point of
view?
Rajib
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