Someone forwarded me the website of Nagalim http://www.nagalim.nl
On 3/5/06, Himendra Thakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you, Manoj! Encouraged by the positive response from friends in the > net, I am really thinking of writing a detailed report of my experience in > Nagaland which may help the future generations. I completely agree with you > that "Assam must cultivate friendship with nagas." --- that will be easy, > because essentially, we are the same type of people ! > > With love to everybody, > Himendra > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Manoj Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Barua25" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Himendra Thakur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "J Kalita" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:35 PM > Subject: Re: Letter to the President of India > > > Dear Himendrada, > > Hi Naga brother! Naga has become a word associated with respect, > valour, resistance and resilience, so you should feel proud being some > sort of a naga. Few years back I was in Shilliong for a shor trip with > Ajanta, Dewang and Priyanka. Some warned it was not safe to roam > around after 7 pm. So we hit upon a novel idea, we all wore naga > jackets. Whenever we had to ask for direction, local boys used guide > us with due respect. Of course you got have that naga look on your > face :) > > More on my naga conection.. my great great grand father escaped the > 'man' from a place called nagakhelia or nagahuliya (not sure) near > Dibrugarh. We are known as "naga bongxho" in Dhemaji, all we normally > address among us as naga. We do command certain respect as not many > ventures to take any 'paanga' with our brethren. Whenever I mention > this to my naga friends, they say I look like a sema naga. > > In Gujarat and some parts of India naga means naked. I have a strong > feeling that the naga word in nagaland context has come from the > "naga"- snake of "ulupi" myth. > > Assam must cultivate friendship with nagas. When eventually Assam will > be swamped by Bangladeshis, it will be only place where kharkhowas > will find refuge. Kashmiri pundits came to Jammu and Delhi. kharkhowas > will have no western escape route. Arunachal and Nagaland or Nagalim > will be the only safe haven... a bleak future eh.. but I see it coming > too soon.. > > Dear Umesh's letter on the fate of his brethren in Bangladesh in > another mail today..it's frightening. Our secular intellectuals should > take note ot it. Don't repeat the mistakes of the biddhists of Gandhar > and Takshashila. They were practicing non-violence in an area > surrounded by violence. It's not to be so, but one should be > practical. How safe it is to be secular in an area surrounded by > unsecular bigots. > > MKD > > Mabbe you will throuw some light. > > Manoj Kumar Das > B 109 Gr Floor Rear > Sarvodaya Enclave > New Delhi 110017 India > Tel: 91 11 26533824 > Telefax: 91 11 26533829 > Hand Phone: 91 9312650558 > > > -- Manoj Kumar Das B 109 Gr Floor Rear Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 110017 India Tel: 91 11 26533824 Telefax: 91 11 26533829 Hand Phone: 91 9312650558 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
