Very perceptive of you Mohan. You see it clearly and say it concisely.
Furthermore, it ought to be beneath the dignity of any Oxomiya who values his identity to go beg the Indian Supreme Court to reverse something that their fellow Oxomiyas have done to damage or dilute. If the Oxomiya people cannot even rise to defend their history and their identity, on their own, then they do not deserve to have any. Those of us who see it clearly, have an obligation to stand up and defend what is right. cm At 8:59 AM -0500 1/1/07, Mohan R. Palleti wrote: >Dear HT: >Your idea about the PIL to stop GOA from changing the name Assam to Asom >is very good. > >However Rajen's initiative and efforts to put together a signed petition >with research materials that tell us since how long in time, the name >Assam has been in use? Has the name Assam ever been corrupted at any point >in time, is also commendable. > >I suggest that you see it as two different approaches. One that reasons >with the GOA with research materials as to why the name should not be >changed. The other is a PIL that will stay the official name change >legally, and will use compiled documents such as what Rajen has put >togeher. > > >Mohan R. Palleti > > > > >> Dear Shantikam, >> >> Happy New Year to you, your family and your friends ! >> >> I am glad you liked the true-story of the rhino-charge imagery in Calcutta >> Press in 1946. The rhino dominated some other areas of literature for some >> time. I remember just two more episodes which I'll write if everybody >> wants >> it. Until such time, Happy New Year to everybody ! >> >> With the best, >> Himendra >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "shantikam hazarika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 3:19 AM >> Subject: Rhino Charge stories ! >> >> >>> >>> That was exciting. Can we have some enterprising Assamese who can >>> retrieve >>> the cartoons? That may bolster Assamese morale and the journey back from >> the >>> prevalent despondency? >>> Bordoloi was really a lion, why could not the others be like him? >>> Shantikam >>> >>> >>> >>> >From: "Himendra Thakur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >To: "Rajib Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >CC: "shantikam hazarika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Manoj Das" >>> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Ankur Bora" >>> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]> >>> >Subject: Rhino Charge stories ! >>> >Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:38:49 -0800 >>> > >>> >Dear Rajib, >>> >Thank you for mentioning the "rhino charge" ! Let us break away from >>> >serious discussion for a while and get into experience sharing !! >>> > The first "rhino charge" cartoon that I saw as a schoolboy in Tezpur >> was >>> >in 1946 (long before you were born, maybe before your parents were >>> born!) >>> >when Assam blasted the "Grouping Proposal" brought from London by a >>> >high-powered Cabinet Mission from the British Parliament. "Grouping" >>> was >>> >supported by Nehru as a quick alternative to his power, who rebuked >>> Assam >>> >with his infamous statement: "Assam must sacrifice for the greater >>> cause >> of >>> >India." >>> > The Calcutta Press wholeheartedly supported Assam during our >>> struggle >>> >for survival from the "Grouping" trap in May 1946. That was where I saw >> the >>> >cartoon of "rhino charge" for the first time --- a rhino (marked >>> Assam) >>> >charging with its head down towards a bunch of British >>> Parliamentarians >>> >who were running helter-skelter with "Grouping Proposal" papers flying >> all >>> >over --- will one of our young artists redraw that cartoon just for fun >>> >today? That will be very exciting ! >>> > Gaining international and national admiration for stubbornness, >>> Assam >>> >was very soon promoted to the image of a lion: In the terrible "Direct >>> >Action" in Calcutta by Pakistan-supporters on August 16, 17 & 18, 1946, > > an >>> >Assamese student, Poet Amulya Barua was killed by the Muslim rioters. >>> In >> a >>> >prompt telegraph to Surhawardy, the Pakistan-supporter Prime Minister >>> of >>> >Bengal (a Chief Minister was called "Prime Minister" in those days), >>> >Gopinath Bardoloi, the Prime Minister of Assam asked whether he should >>> >dispatch a few battalions of Assam Rifles to Calcutta if Surhawardy did >> not >>> >have enough policemen to control the rioters. >>> > This was headlined in the Calcutta newspapers as "Assam Lion Roars >>> ." >>> >We must revive our self-confidence that we inherited from the >>> historical >>> >days of Chakradhwaj Singha, Atan Buragohain, Lachit Barphukan, to >>> mention >>> >just a few. Your opinion "Does anyone on the ground really care ? " >>> >carries an undercurrent note of despondency. We must wake up from >> despair, >>> >stand on our own feet and claim our rights: Assam Assembly does not >>> have >>> >the rights to change the name of the State without public >> endorsement ---- >>> >that is the crux of the "Petition" which should be rewritten in a >>> brief >>> >format without the Dutch connection and without the controversial >>> issues >>> >like X sound, etc. >>> >With love to everybody, >>> >Himendra >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Spice up your IM conversations. 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