Ram:
You have gotten off on a tangent, missing the point entirely.
It was nothing to do with political correctness, and everything to do
with a mind set; a mind set that devalues and ignores the humanity of
the people of the NE, who don't look like the occupiers, don't talk
like them, eat strange foods and worship different gods.
It is such a mind set, created by misinformation,
dis-information,religious bigotries and the pervasive racism that
marks the Indian ethos, further augmented by such laws as the AFSPA
and the ignorant and insensitive media that enables the occupying
forces to take the lives of the likes of Nikhilesh, Bholu etc. so
casually. The Punjabi officer would not have ordered the killing so
far outside of his authority, had the victims been some of his own
kind. And no one would have made the arguments to mitigate his guilt
by suggesting that they could be ULFA.
Why? Because they look like them, don't they?
Why else?
c-da
At 10:24 AM -0600 2/9/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[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 <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When did other Indians call Assamese "Slit Eyed Gooks"? This term is
used by your own friends here!
----- Original Message ----
From: Bartta Bistar
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To: AssamNet <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2007 5:59:09 PM
Subject: [Assam] Now it is time for Indian Prime Minister and others
to publicly apologise for Indians calling Assamese Mongolians
'Slit-Eyed gooks' and Manipuris 'Chinkys' to start with and
prosecute the offenders.
Blair says sorry to harassed Shilpa
AMIT ROY
<http://samachar.com/showurl.php?rurl=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070208/asp/nation/story_7365808.asp&news=Blair%20says%20sorry%20to%20harassed%20Shilpa&pubDate=Wed%2C+07+Feb++2007+21%3A16%3A41+GMT&keyword=telegraph_home>http://samachar.com/showurl.php?rurl=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070208/asp/nation/story_7365808.asp&news=Blair%20says%20sorry%20to%20harassed%20Shilpa&pubDate=Wed%2C+07+Feb++2007+21%3A16%3A41+
GMT&keyword=telegraph_home
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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