Congratulations Hazarika on the seminar, and welcome back C'da.
I too noticed that. Kind of surprised that he would find the time to read up on the crazy rantings of us netters.
He is apparently aware of >the >postings the NRIs of Assam origin >make on the net and refuted some of them >quite effectively.
Hopefully, he would give us a chance to respond. --Ram On 2/2/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
H: >The Minister, in a hard hitting response, >basically urged the NRIs of Assam >origin to >come out with new ideas and thoughts instead of >harping on the ills >of the state and pointing >out what is wrong. He is apparently aware of >the >postings the NRIs of Assam origin make on >the net and refuted some of them >quite >effectively. Could we hear some? m At 10:56 PM +0530 2/2/07, shantikam hazarika wrote: >We are happy that the EPIGENESISI Assam 2007 >concluded on a highly successful and optimistic >note. It was much more successful then what we >had anticipated, especially since our experience >to organise things differently in Assam has not >been very successful in the past. > >The conference was inaugurated by Shri Prithvi >Majhi, the Minister of P&D. Shri Tarun Gogoi >sent a message of encouragement that was a big >moral booster. The highlight of the inauguration >was a forceful presentation by Shri HS Das, IAS >on the financial reforms undertaken by the state >and the financial stability it is trying to >achieve. Many veterans agreed that they have >never seen a bureaucrat of Assam making such an >elaborate and forceful presentation before. > >The sessions started with presentations by Prof. >Degregori, Ms. Prins and Sid Choudhury, who came >in place of Shri Ashok Saikia who was felled by >a bad cold. The presentations generated a great >deal of interest amongst the participants, which >were moderated by Dr. Jayanta Madhab. > >The second session on 30th morning was the most >exciting. Arjun Malhotra and Subir Raha came out >with some brilliant new ideas and thoughts. Shri >ABHIJIT BARUAH also made a presentation about >his own efforts in the competitive national >environment. Amongst the panelist was Mr. Barada >Sharma from the USA. > >The final session was on how to network with the >NRAS. It was presided over by Minister Shri >Himanta Biswa Sharma. This session unfortunately >failed to achieve its objective much. Mr.Wahid >Saleh read out his paper which dwelt a great >deal on the ills prevailing in Assam and its >negative impressions above. S. Kalita gave a >concrete framework on developing the Assam Brand >in a systematic manner. Ms. Rini Kakati related >her efforts to get prominent Britons interested >in Assam and the lack of responses. From the >audience, Mr. Barada Sharma basically emphasized >on the need to "WORK, WPRK and WORK" instead >just discussing endlessly. Prof DiGregori and >arjun Malhotra also gave valuable inputs. The >Minister, in a hard hitting response, basically >urged the NRIs of Assam origin to come out with >new ideas and thoughts instead of harping on the >ills of the state and pointing out what is >wrong. He is apparently aware of the postings >the NRIs of Assam origin make on the net and >refuted some of them quite effectively. > >The overall attendance was quite satisfactory, >judged on our experiences. Of course, the local >media gave a complete ignore, except that the >sentinel published a photograph of Subir Raha. > >Shantikam Hazarika > >_________________________________________________________________ >Spice up your IM conversations. New, colorful >and animated emoticons. Get chatting! >http://server1.msn.co.in/SP05/emoticons/ > > > >_______________________________________________ >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
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