O'Ram:
Kind of surprised that he would find the time to read up on the
crazy rantings of us netters.
Ki kwahe'? Ami ki bhrom bokw neki oxom-jaalot? Do we really 'rant'?
I know you are just being self-deprecating out of your innate sense
of humilty.If some think they do, they ought to go get their heads
examined by our very own Tilok Daktor of Dogpatch in the High Ozarks.
I am glad to hear that others listen in. If the movers and shakers at
Dispur do, that much better. We know the Sekurity-wallas and spooks
from Indraprastha do. Too bad they are pre-occupied with waving the
the super-sinister ISI boogie-man to join in the discourse. I do
understand however that desi-patriotism tottering at the brink,
could not survive a week without the fear of the dreaded ISI
conjured up by the spooks and the 'invader' invokers . In that I will
give the spooks and the sekurity-wallas a pass--from never
participating , while listening in surreptitiously in this
never-ending juhalor-mel of us kharkhowas and markhowas.
BTW, I take the opportunity to respectfully invite our friends from
Assam, the powerful as well as the
'nirih' and the disenfranchised, to chime in; to join the debates
and discussions, even if they are of a 'xaak-khowa, bhat-khowa'
kind. I have been told, my sometime use of use strident language
deters people from participating. While I plead guilty to the
charge, I can assure the possible participants that I respect all
view-points, and get nasty only with those who try to slip in
something deleterious to Oxom's interests in the guise of something
else or those who are patently disingenuous. I never get nasty with
well meaning people, even those whose views I do not agree with.
Finally a direct invitation to the dignitaries from Dispur to pitch
in. We will all benefit from that. There may be an occasional
confrontation or contentious debate. Bet these are always civil. We
also know, by and large, not to be disrespectful to public servants,
regardless of our personal views of the matters under discussion.
We can and do separate the personalities from the issues. So, please
do participate. You will do Assam a favor.
c-da
At 12:14 PM -0600 2/2/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[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
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