< It would be nice if Hazarika shared his thoughts and others pitched in too.>
Hazarika Sa'ab please elaborate.Nothing to shy away from.We all love you and
your work.
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 14:19:57 -0500To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [Assam] Profile on Shantikam Hazarika
---by Mitra Kalita
Good to have you back Xourov. Hope you will stay for a while :-).
*** I think the issue has to be looked at in more detail. Hop[e Hazarika will
share his thoughts on the assessment.
If I were to look into it, my queries would be:
Who does this group of people with that 'dependency culture' include?
Does it include ALL who live in Assam? Or does it include only those
who are
'ethnic' Assamese?
If it is the former, then the cause might have environmental bearing.
If it is the latter it might be cultural/economic /education influenced.
Also if it includes only the ethnic Assamese, then does it encompass
ALL economic
strata? If yes, that would be difficult to believe. Because
for those from the
lowest economic strata, like rural folks, it would not be a
persuasive
argument. They do not have the luxury nor the wherewithal to go
plea for
a seat at a sought after institution for their underage
children, much less for
grown adult children.
That would leave urban/educated/economically established sector in this
group.
That would lead one to inquire if the Indian governmental structure,
where mai-baap
who know best, dictate to its grown adult children on what they can or
cannot do and
control all their activities with the purse strings, creating a
permanent set of dependents
have anything to do with it?
These are only some of the questions that come to mind. There are more. It
would be nice if Hazarika shared his thoughts and others pitched in too.
Finally, if anyone in this list has Mitra's e-mail address or can contact her,
he/she might consider requesting her to participate in the discussion too, if
she can; or at least listen in.
cm
At 8:21 AM -0700 5/24/07, xourov pathok wrote:
A good question. The last few days I have been looking for barasahoriya bhaona
on the net, and that culture did not look dependent. But put another way, it
could mean the Assamese have a strong sense of community, and work best in a
community. The individualist streak is missing, probably. The individualistic
streak can only develop in an urban environment, and even Guwahati is just a
generation away from its rural moorings. Shantikam Hazarika is probably a
pioneering urbanizer, in that sense.x
----- Original Message ----From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: xourov
pathok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thursday, May 24, 2007 10:21:41
AMSubject: Re: [Assam] Profile on Shantikam Hazarika ---by Mitra KalitaRe:
[Assam] Profile on Shantikam Hazarika ---by Mitra Kali
That was a fine article by Mitra. Hazarika can take just pride on it. I saw it
earlier. One of Hazarika's comments struck me as loaded:
"Here, we don't teach
people to stand on their own two feet," he says, rueful again. "I call
>it the dependency culture. It is the biggest stumbling block to development
>out here," he adds.
*** Question is WHY? Where did it spring from? Is it genetic? Is it acquired?
If so from what?
Perhaps we can dissect it and learn from? Perhaps Hazarika can elaborate on it?
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