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Ram:
This is a case of 'litikai'
Assamese intellengtia acting 'Hobo Diok' for the whole world to see. These
are the same people who would like to swim along the current like a bunch
of 'litikais' and who would not mind telling later, 'I knew it from the
beginning, I told them so, they cannot use ASOM, and what not".
BTW recently I sent a news item to
Assam Tribune on the New York Book event with a specific note not to change
the spelling of the word Assam to Asom, and not to publish the news at all if
they have to change the spelling to Asom.
Do you know what they did.
'Litikai' Assam Tribune (I have heard it is running without an editor now)
published the news changing the spelling to Asom. They even donot seem to
have the basic courtesy.
I say Hobo Diok Oxomia Deka Burhar
dol!!!!
Assam is doomed because of the Assamese.
Rajen Barua
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:43
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in
Asom politics !
C'da,
While I too support Barua's position, I also support his logic in terms
of the Indian constitution.
As far as the rest of the world knows, the word "Assam" is still
enshrined in the constitution, and legally Assam is still within the ambit of
the Indian Constitution, also Assam still uses the Indian currency, its laws,
is political setup etc etc. So, when someone "legally" wants to use Asom
instead of Assam, they would have no locus standi.
Preserving the scantity of any constitution depends upon the people who
follow it.
--Ram
On 10/20/06, Chan
Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rajen:
While I understand and support your position, I think you made a really
big mistake in presenting it in terms of the sanctity of the Indian
Constitution, which is about as sacred as the picture of some Hindu god,
pasted on a wall in Guahati to discourage them from taking a leak against
it.
c
At 7:52 PM -0500 10/20/06, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote:
I have a
pending request to people who use the spelling ASOM, the request was
posted in the net before. I propose to post the request till I get a
response.
The
request is this:
Would the
people who use the spelling ASOM would kindly clarify whether they
are using the word ASOM in place of the word ASSAM which is the official
name of our state in English as dictated by the Constitution of
India. The Assam State Govt has not changed this name yet. If
they are using ASOM in place of ASSAM, then I would say that this is
not legal, and would be a violation of the Constitution of India.
On the
other hand if they are using the word ASOM for the Assamese word
OXOM, (with the guttural Assamese X sound) then I would say, that will be
a wrong usage since nobody in the world would pronounce the SO in
ASOM as Assamese Guttural 'kh' sound. That will be a mis
representation of the Assamese language, and in fact that will eventually
kill the guttural 'kh' sound from the Assamese word like it already killed
this 'kh' sound in words like 'Saikia', 'Sarma', 'Sibasagar' etc.
And if no Indian would pronounce the word OXOM correctly with the
ASOM spelling, why then we are trying to force everybody to pronounce OXOM
by writing ASOM without clarifying exactly what we are trying to do.and
thus trying to kill the Assamese sound in the Assamese
word?
Would the
ASOM -walas come forward from their closet respond to my standing
request please.
Or is it
a Assamese Hobo Diok type demand?
Sorry if
I have spoiled somebody's mood, but I think we as Assamese must know
exactly what we are trying to do.
Rajen
Barua
----- Original Message -----
From: Assam.org
Webmaster
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Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:41 AM
Subject: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Siddharth Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Date: Oct 20, 2006
1:20 AM
Subject: Fashion Show in Asom politics
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'Dichotomy'
in Dressing among 'Showpieces' in Asom Politics
It is disheartening
to see the sample of women entering the political scene in Asom. They
happen to climb the ladder of politics with the help of 'crutches' like
their influential husbands or even fathers-in-law. Unlike neighbouring
Bengal or distant Maharashtra, Asom doesn't have a Mamata Banerjee or
Medha Patkar. The state has only some 'butterflies' who love to roam
about in 'designer' costumes. The Dichotomy in their personality can be
judged in the manner of their dressing. When abroad, they lap up
trousers made of jeans. Back home, they attend political rallies in
cotton or khadi mekhela-sadors. Whereas be in the US or India, True
Representatives of People like Mamata Banerjees, Medha Patkars et al
rock the world in their cotton or khadi saris. This letter is not aimed
at Eastern and Western dresses. It is just meant to show the
instability in 'psychological' integrity and dressing
dichotomy prevalent among the oppurtunistic, affluent women making
inroads into the political arena of Asom.
Yours
sincerely,
Siddharth Barua,
MRD Road,
Guwahati - 781 003
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