Thanks for the thought Chitta. As you might have
noticed, I did contribute a few things to
Assam.org.
While I agree it is a good thing to aim to put
together a comprehensive, accurate and inclusive
account of Assam ( and I will be pleased to
contribute in areas I am capable of), to do so
to educate or interest Indians will be about the
last of my priorities. I care less about what
Indians know about
Assam . More so since I KNOW how interested
Indians are , by and large, about others , their
culture, their history, their language--what have
you. By and large, Indians are perfectly happy
to suck-up to those who they deem are superior
and are ever ready to p--s down on whom they deem
inferior.
On the issue of debasement of Kanaklata's name
and account, I take issue with those who would be
apologetic for NOT making enough info. public,
for not educating Indians about her. The
responsibility for doing the required legwork,
about finding accurate information lies with
those who are doing it.
If one looks at the many different Indian
websites about India and Indians, one can
instantly see all the errors, misinformation and
even debasement that run rife. It points to a
culture of absence for the quest of excellence
and accuracy that is endemic in India in every
sphere of life.
At 8:19 AM -0700 6/29/07, chittaranjan pathak wrote:
Dear Dr. Das
Thanks for highlighting the erroneous biography
to coast guard. I think they will amend based on
your feedback. Also you have tried to bring it
the notice of the press in Assam. Hopefully ,
the description will be corrected. But I think
error may not be willful. It is really hard to
find biographies or information about Assamese
personalities. Many outsiders dont know about
our famous luminaries as there are so few
Assamese outside Assam to give them the
information. When late film director Satyajit
Ray was chosen by Assam government for Sankardev
award, the maestro admitted that he did not know
who Sankardev was.
May be all of us in Assamnetters can do our bits
to fill this gap. When somebody googols Assam,
the portal of Assam.org appears amongst the
first few hits. Those interested in Assam or
Assamese may try to get into the Great Assamese
personalities list. It is a great list but it
seems the list is not getting much attention
lately. It will be great to have the biographies
or at least short account of all the
personalities. For those interested in Assamese
personalities, this site should provide good
insight. May I suggest that the webmasters take
special interest to make this section more
informative? And it will be great if the
knowledgeable Assam netters take some time off
to populate the biographies or life sketches of
few luminaries each. It will be great if
prolific e-writer like Mahanta da diverts some
of his attention to fill this gap. I am sure
there are many more members who can contribute.
Shri JP Rajkhowa (who I believe is a member) has
chronicled Chilarais life and times. Can we
look to people like you Dr. Das, Mahanta da and
Rajkhowa deu and numerous others to help the
custodian of the website fill this gap?
A feedback of the custodians on this incomplete list would be appreciated.
Regards
Chittaranjan Pathak
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