Dear BK:
I can't see HOW the Oxom Xahityo Xobha could become the sole
custodian of the Assamese language or the Assamese identity.
It is typical of desi-demokrasy, where elections seem to bestow
dictatorial/monarchical powers to bureaucrats and elected reps., and
the ignorant public takes it lying down, while the intelligentsia,
similarly clueless remain invisible and silent.
>Rajen ought to
get a full hearing as anybody else.
*** It is NOT just Rajen's pet peeve. It is an issue for all
Assamese who care about its 'ostitwo', its claim to an identity all
its own, without apologies, without having to bow to ANYONE.
It is those who have no self esteem, continue to kow-tow to
superior language gods, be it Xongskrit, be it English.
*** About the 'Sankaradeva' spelling for example, could it have
been that when the first British colonial masters transliterated the
name, were also people who
were Xongskrit learners, and could not separate the Assamese
from its Sanskrit
connections? Thus they chose to Sanskritize an Assamese name,
when they transliterated them in English.
Once that happened, the subject people, and even their
intellectuals albeit similarly burdened by a subject mentality, could
not imagine transliterating Xongkordev. Instead they followed the
steps of their colonial masters.
And to this day, some, including for example the AT, cannot
imagine breaking from that tradition of colonial servitude, just like
many of Assam's intelligentsia.
But why should WE?
Best.
c
At 9:56 AM -0400 9/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Dear MKD/Mike et al
It appears the State Government sought Asam Sahitya Sabha's views on the matter of renaming Assam. It is possible without the benefit of wide discussion and debate the Sahitya Sabha recommended the change to Asom and the State Government accepted it.
Perhaps even now Asam Sahitya Sabha can take up the matter again. It is not too late as the necessary Constitutional amendments are yet to take place. Rajen ought to get a full hearing as anybody else.
Regards
Bhuban
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