Seems to me like classic case of the cart before the horse.
Rudimentary understanding and adherence to democratic principles
would have dictated a public discussion of the proposal and the
people's advice and consent, BEFORE any adoption by GoA of even the
INTENT to change Assam's name, much less file (with all the
formalities) for PERMISSION from the gods in Dilli to approve the
petition.
>the reluctance
by the intellectual establishment (which also feeds separatist
ideologies) to accept any modification of an >unwieldy and
unnecessarily complicated alphabet where some of the letters are
identified by numbers, not sounds, >because these sounds are
exactly alike.
*** This is another point that Rajen has been attempting to drive
home, without any success, even among the intellectuals who could be
expected to heed ordinary logic, like Assam Netters. Forget about that
Kharkhowa brain-trust in Assam who are eternally beholden
to Sanskritic servitude, and thus are unable to purge the
dontyo-murdhonyo-talobyo differences, among other such irrelevant
nuances, that long disappeared among the SPEAKERS of the Assamese
language.
At 7:57 AM -0400 10/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ram
After recceiving your e-mail I sent a short reply, then myself searched the website for the latest official notification in this behalf. It appears what M S Prabhakara has summed up in an article in the Hindu following Government's proposal (on Feb 27, 2006)to change Assam into Asom reflects the actual state of affairs.May be you've already read his long article(http:www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2311/stories/20060616001408200.htm):
"So, the tension continues between, on the one hand, nationalistic assertions seeking to distance the land and its people from India, perhaps even strive and attain sovereignty; and on the other hand, the reluctance by the intellectual establishment (which also feeds separatist ideologies) to accept any modification of an unwieldy and unnecessarily complicated alphabet where some of the letters are identified by numbers, not sounds, because these sounds are exactly alike."
bhuban
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