At 2:52 PM -0600 2/13/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: >Hi C'da: > >> What am I missing? > >Or forgot that Indians, in general, are the most >close and narrow-minded, prejudiced and racist >people alive on the face of the earth?
**** But that would not explain this, would it? They are of the same race. Is it cultural hegemony? Is it economic controls? **** And is this reminiscent of Oxomiya resentments? If so, are the Oxomiyas unique in their resentments, as some would have us believe here? **** Finally, where did the much touted great Indian Unity in Diversity disappeared , from its most cosmpolitan metropolis, unless it was another Indian myth? :-) > > > > > > >"In order to make spiritual progress you must be >patient like a tree and humble like a blade of >grass" > > > > > >> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:36:00 -0600> To: >>[email protected]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [Assam] What is Going in >>Maharashtra?> > I hadn't followed what has led >>to what I saw in the ToI article > below. But I >>am very curious about claims of Indians in this >>forum > that Mumbai is the MOST cosmpolitan of >>Indian metropolitan regions, > where such >>conflicts as this does not exist.> > From >>recent outpouring of certain assamnetters' >>revulsion towards and > condemnation of their >>fellow Oxomiyas, whom they perceive to be > >>uniquely xenophobic, this news is certainly >>coming as a surprise. > More so because it is >>coming from Mumbai.> > What am I missing?> > >>cm> > > > > > > > > Maha exodus: 10,000 north >>Indians flee in fear> 14 Feb 2008, 0030 hrs >>IST,TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES> Print Save >>EMail Write to Editor> > NASHIK/PATNA: With >>violence against north Indians in this >>industrial > town and adjoining areas showing >>no signs of abating on the second > consecutive >>day, the number of migrants fleeing for their >>homes - > mostly in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar - >>crossed 10,000, making it perhaps > one of the >>largest exodus in the country from a single >>district in > recent years.> > And ironically, >>on the second day of attacks, its first victim >>wasn't > from UP or Bihar; he was from Ojhar, a >>mere 21 km from Nashik.> > Ambadas Haribhau >>Dharrao, 55, an employee of Hindustan >>Aeronautics > Ltd, was fatally wounded when >>Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists on > >>Wednesday attacked and pelted stones at the bus >>he was travelling in.> > The violence started >>10 days back when MNS activists attacked >>migrant > workers as the Samajwadi Party held a >>rally in Mumbai.> > Since then, MNS chief Raj >>Thackeray has carried on a vitriol-laced > >>campaign against north Indians, stoking >>chauvinistic feelings and > appealing to >>Marathi pride.> > >>_______________________________________________> >>assam mailing list> [email protected]> >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >_________________________________________________________________ >Need to know the score, the latest news, or you >need your Hotmail®-get your "fix". >http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
