Rajen & Ajanta: The Government should not take a unilateral discussion to change the name from Assam to Asom. I have always supported for the name to remain as Assam and will lend my support to this arguement.
Mohan R. Palleti > 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 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:41 AM > Subject: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics ! > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Siddharth Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Oct 20, 2006 1:20 AM > Subject: Fashion Show in Asom politics ! > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India > Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. > Get it NOW > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
