Re: [Assam] Now it is time for Indian Prime Minister and others topublicly apologise for Indians cal ling Assamese Mongolians'Slit-Eyed gooks' an d Manipuris 'Chinkys' to start with andprose cute the offenders.

mc mahant Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:41:39 -0800

Can I butt in?

Never---Not even when angry-.

From:  "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:  "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC:  AssamNet <[email protected]>
Subject:  Re: [Assam] Now it is time for Indian Prime Minister and others topublicly apologise for Indians cal ling Assamese Mongolians'Slit-Eyed gooks' an d Manipuris 'Chinkys' to start with andprose cute the offenders.
Date:  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:24:22 -0600

C'da,
>However, even though those exact words might not have been used (actually the >Hinglishwallas, scions of a deeply racist desi-population could not come up with such >a term to begin with) can you question the essence of what it says? Manoj gave a >good literal, account of that earlier here in Assamnet

One hears of politically incorrect stuff like this all the time. But do you seriously think anyone who has lived in Assam would use such terms?

Do khar-khowas ever use similar language to describe Nagas, Khasis, Manipuris or others, or the common 'Maarwai belta', or 'Oi Bihari', or 'Bongal' or 'Piyaan' - choice descriptions heard all over. Oh!, I am sure you might counter this by saying these are said lovingly, and we really don't mean anything by it :)

I did read Manoj's account (I think). And, yes, it does upset us when we hear stuff like that, but then are we holier than the rest? You tell me.

When you (not you personnaly) preach PC - it just can't be a one-way traffic, can it?

--Ram

On 2/9/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Ram:

>The term "Slit Eyed Gooks" was used by C'da.

*** Yes I do take credit :-). I try to use the power of words, in colorful ways when I can, to help register an idea. I knew it would upset some. Usually those who cannot face up to the realities that face them, something they would just as soon not confront. That was the whole idea.

However, even though those exact words might not have been used (actually the Hinglishwallas, scions of a deeply racist desi-population could not come up with such a term to begin with) can you question the essence of what it says? Manoj gave a good literal, account of that earlier here in Assamnet, if you missed.

c-da

At 8:58 AM -0600 2/9/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:

The term "Slit Eyed Gooks" was used by C'da.

He was assuming like (BB) that others use that term, and wanted to pin that on others.

Whats the confusion?

--Ram

On 2/9/07, SANDIP DUTTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

When did other Indians call Assamese "Slit Eyed Gooks"? This term is used by your own friends here!

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Blair says sorry to harassed Shilpa

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London, Feb. 7: Shilpa Shetty had a private 10-minute meeting today with Tony Blair who apologised to the Bollywood star for the abuse she had suffered on Celebrity Big Brother.

After the meeting, which took place at the House of Commons, Shilpa interacted with a 100-strong medium scrum, consisting of journalists, photographers and TV cameramen from Britain, the US and a contingent which had flown in from India.

The location was unusual - on the banks of the Thames river. Wearing a white Nita Lulla jacket with a sari and with her ubiquitous mother, Sunanda, by her side, Shilpa recounted: "The Prime Minister was really, really kind. He said that I carried myself with the utmost dignity."

She added: "He said he was very sad to see what I had to go through in the (Big Brother) House. In turn, I said I really needed to thank him personally for all the support he showed me and my country. I took the opportunity and I thanked him. He was very, very sweet."

Earlier, the winner of Celebrity Big Brother sat in on "Prime Minister's Question Time" (when David Cameron, the Tory leader, said Blair should be evicted from the House). She said she was intrigued by the occasion and said Blair had shown a "sense of humour" with his answers. "I have never been to the Lok Sabha and I have come to the House of Commons."

Shilpa was invited to the Commons by Keith Vaz, Labour MP for Leicester East, who said: "She went to the members' dining room. She met Tessa Jowell (culture secretary), who has given her a gift. The Prime Minister has given her a gift, signed by himself and Mrs (Cherie) Blair, a portrait of the House of Commons; she has had lunch - she had smoked salmon (good humoured shouts of 'oh, stop it', from Shilpa) followed by dessert, Shilpa's Delight, which was a selection of English desserts."

One suggestion she knocked down firmly was the idea, mooted by Vinod Khanna, that she would join the BJP.

She told The Telegraph: "Oh, not at all. I have never really been politically-inclined. I don't know where this comes from (Vinod Khanna, she was told). No, it's very kind of him. I know him personally but nobody has spoken to me about joining any party and I don't intend to do so, not in the near future."

Summing up her day at Westminster, she said: "I thought it would be really boring actually but I really enjoyed it. I was pleasantly surprised."

Vaz's nine-year-old daughter, Anjali, placed a traditional garland around the two guests before Shilpa posed for pictures.

Asked what she thought was the main difference between the House of Commons and Big Brother House, she replied: "I think the main difference is that they were more polite in there (the Commons) and I don't get a chance to stay." She would be returning to India shortly as she "really missed" members of her family but would be returning to the UK to continue her AIDs charity work.

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