Dear friends,
Every time anything is discussed
in the assam.net, Mr. Mukul Chandra Mahanta has got to come up with his divisive
comments. Now he has written The Ahom King's Bamun advisers
led them into a pile of non-Engineering. The process continues. Xagors at
Rangpur are no good for man or beast. Engineering would have led them
to use slave lbour to dig perennial Irrigation Canals to serve
Zerenga/Jokaisuk- fed by meandering Dikhow's/Namdang's waters.
Imagine what they could have done to North-bank river valleys.
When I mentioned about Rasendra
Barua in my letter, I did not even imagine that someone would turn this into
The Ahom King's Bamun advisers. Rasendra
Barua family was involved only in installing the nag in a Sagar which were
called Rahdhala Pukhuri. They
were not The Ahom King's Bamun advisers who
led them into a pile of
non-Engineering.
Historically, the Chief Engineer
of the Ahom Kingdom had a title Changrung Phukan. It
was a very high post in Ahom hierarchy. Complete records of all the works of
Changrung Phukan were maintained in Changrung Phukanar Buranji.
Mr. Mukal Chandra Mahanta is
apparently unaware of the Changrung Phukan and the Changrung Phukanar Buranji,
otherwise he would have mentioned it. In his bliss of ignorance, he keeps of
jabbering History is Bunk Khasi Christian Bamun Adviser and all other
ethnic slurs and personal attacks, which are very harmful for the unity of
Asomiya people today.
Now, Mr. Mukal Chandra Mahanta is
advising his own engineering with alternatives such as Engineering would have led them to use slave lbour
to dig perennial Irrigation Canals to serve Zerenga/Jokaisuk- fed by
meandering Dikhow's/Namdang's waters. Imagine what they could have done to
North-bank river valleys.
Well, it is no use blaming the Changrung Phukan for not seeing these
alternatives. These alternatives were not considered by the British &
Asomiya Engineers who manned Assam PWD for the last 150 years. Maybe the
suggestions of Mr. Mukal Chandra Mahanta are not good alternatives.
As for the engineering expertise
of Mr. Mukal Chandra Mahanta, who is a trained Electrical Engineer (and NOT a
civil/structural/hydraulic engineer), it is reported that Mr. Mukal Chandra
Mahanta used bamboo reinforcement (without considering the lack of bond between
bamboo & concrete) in the prefabricated reinforced buildings that he manufactured and
marketed with good profit. It is also reported that a number of his
prefabricated buildings collapsed.
Before considering some
Non-Electrical-Engineering advice from Mr. Mukal Chandra Mahanta, the assam-net
has a right to know the whole truth about his bamboo-reinforcement. Instead of sprouting ethnic slurs and
personal attacks, and instead of giving engineering advise on a topic he does
not know, Mr. Mukal Chandra Mahanta should make a complete report under oath in
the net about how many of his prefabricated buildings collapsed and how many
people died or got injured.
With the best wishes,
Himendra Barthakur
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:28
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Dry Spells in
Assam-- Rain Water Harvesting
Dilip,
I share the agony of missing the substance of the 600 year of Ahom(our very
own) Buranji.
You raised thi question many a time.
I made enquiries at knowledgeable circles . Every time I drew a
blank.OXX know nothing of Xahitya!
Lately the alibi going the rounds is that the Brits had the Tai-Bhaxa
Buranjis destroyed and got the process of Oxomiya- Bhaxa- Xaasipaat-
Buranji writing started. Forget about dailyweather Data listings therein .
The whole is a mess. Let's hope they wrote in Tai-Bhaxa Buranjis --NON-Bunk
stuff. Let's hope.
The Ahom King's Bamun advisers led them into a pile of non-Engineering. The
process continues.Xagors at Rangpur are no good for man or beast.
Engineering would have led them to use slave lbour to dig perennial
Irrigation Canals to serve Zerenga/Jokaisuk- fed by meandering
Dikhow's/Namdang's waters. Imagine what they could have done to North-bank
river valleys.
Oxom has all the waters needed for 12 month-a -year lush agriculture. It's
only Engineering which can save us from disaster and take us to a position of
a hard- working people purveying healthy foods to the hungry
world.
Think!
mm
From: Dilip/Dil Deka
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Rajen & Ajanta
Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Himendra Thakur
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re:
[Assam] Dry Spells in Assam-- Rain Water
Harvesting
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:49:52 -0700
(PDT)
Barua,
How about the famous "Ahom Buranjis"? I heard throughout my high
school days that writing down everything as history was a trait with the
Ahom rulers that no one else in India could compare to. Can
someone open the Buranjis stored in Xibaxagor, Jorhat and Golaghat and tell
us how weather treated Assam from the 1200's to 1826, before the British
took over?
600 years of data would be a lot more comprehensive than the 60 years
of data that government of India metereological department (IMD) is keeping.
Don't you think so?
I am being facetious but why do we blame GOI always for everything that
is missing, including things before 1947? If we the Assamese think of
ourselves as superior to the other Indians, why don't we start pioneering in
areas that other Indians have not thought about? Oh, I get it. We will start
it once Assam is a sovereign state and we will not share our secrets with
the lousy Indians.
Dilip Deka
Rajen & Ajanta Barua
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Himenda:
I think you are missing the perspective of
the issue.
We are talking about what Assamese are doing
now.
Is there anybody in Guwahati NOW who keeps
records of Guwahati weather on a daily basis?
Are we concerned at all about our present
condition including the weather?
Simply hoping for things to happen out of the
blue does not work and will not work even when one does not debunk
history.
Thanks
Rajen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:14
AM
Subject: Dry Spells in Assam-- Rain
Water Harvesting
Dear Rajen and
Ajanta,
Dry spells in the weather of Assam were not
uncommon historically. The situation was addressed by our Swargadeva
Kings by excavating large tanks named as "sagar" (meaning a sea), like
Jaysagar, Shivasagar, etc. These "sagar"s were revered, dedicated in the
name of gods and respected dignitaries. Joysagar was named after Queen
Mother Jaymati by her son Swargadev Rudrasingha. These artificial lakes
were maintained with utmost care and respect.
Considering that the water level of the
artificial lake in Shivasagar is several feet above the water level of
the surrounding paddy fields, it appears the tank is fed by some
artesian well. In the historical records, there is reference to "naga"
(meaning a serpent) at the centre bottom of the tank. The family
of Rasendra Barua was expert in installing the "naga"
--- which could have been some kind of an inverted filter that also
served as a valve to control the upward flow of water from the
artesian well --- where they probably used mercury to hold
down the filter sand. Mercury was a mysterious liquid in those days,
called "rasa" --- generating the name "Rasendra Barua". The
technique was so strictly guarded as a "family secret" by the family of
Rasendra Barua that now nobody knows about it ! I have several cousins
in the dynasty of Rasendra Barua and they know nothing about the
technique !! But, we still have crystal clear water in Joysagar,
Sivasagar --- thanks to our bygone Swargadevs and Rasendra Barua
dynasty.
We must not give up hope. Young engineers
of Assam today can invent & devise a "Rainwater Harvesting
System" and save the excess water of the rainy days for the dry spells.
They must be carefull not to store water in overhead tanks exposed
to sunlight which will cause growth of algaes and ruin the system, like
what happened in Hawaii islands at one time. Overhead storage has the
great advantage of distribution without pumping. However, location
of overhead water thanks on flat-roof of buildings today will be a
terrible earthquake hazard because these buildings were not designed for
that kind of oscillating top-load. All these points must be considered
while designing a "Rainwater Harvesting System".
Dry spells of Assam were so common that
history ran into mythology. One instance is the symbolical story of
Kamala Kunwari where the princess (kunwari) sacrificed her life to
please the Jalkunwari (water goddess) so that the "sagar" (tank)
would be filled up with water. Seven decades ago, my father, the late
Kumudeswar Barthakur of Shivasagar Vishnu Doul (temple), made a Senola
Gramphone record to tell the story of Kamala Kunwari where my older
sisters, Saujanyamayi & Hiranyamayi, sang the songs. This gramphone
record was very popular in Assam in the late 30s & early 40s in the
last century.
Your querry about the "records of
weather in Assam for last 200 ywears" may not be available, but we do
have the records of intelligent leadership of Swargadevs, technique
of Rashendra Barua family --- we must never say "history is bunk"
--- we must go ahead to the future with hope, glory,
self-confidence, inventions, intelligent planning,
self-sacrifice and a strong determination.
With
love to everybody,
Himendra
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 12:10
AM
Subject: Re: [asom] Assam witnesses hottest
summer in 132 years
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in Assam for last 200 ywears?
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