http://www.nagalandpost.com/Statedesc.asp?sectionid=56644
It seems there are plenty of temples and mosques in Nagaland . I had the impression that there were none. My father had great memories of Dimapur, Mokochung etc and even commented to some villagers that he was not married he would have got married there - and thus starting some earnest attempts by villagers to get him married . He had to stress repeatedly that he had children (we guys) back home. Anyhow there was one lovely young woman (Asan La) who sent a black and white photo and a letter in English all the way back near the Western Indian border where we were based - after he had resigned and gone back home. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimapur I did talk to one of the security guards at Jaipur School (ex-army) . He mentioned that the real reason the other security guard had to leave his job in the North East was becos he had instigated a fellow ex-army guy to leave his Naga wife and head back home. The Nagas , he said, were after other north Indians but they had trated their bro-in-law with great respect . But after he ran away, they even followed with him to the desert with his wife - but he never went back. Not much different from the case of Pandit Ravishankar (India's first Grammy winner) who had a child in the West and ran back and got married again. His daughter Norah Jones won 5 Grammys in 2003, though angr with her father. Umesh Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, MARCH 3 (NPN): The president of Muslim Council Dimapur (MCD) and GB of New Market Furkhan Uddin, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at his residence here at New Market, Monday morning around 8.15 a.m. According to family sources, around five to six armed men went to the residence of Furkhan.When the domestic hand opened the door, one of them fired several shots at Furkhan. The victim was immediately rushed to Zion Hospital but succumbed to injuries at around 9.10 a.m. Family sources also said Furkhans wife was cooking in the kitchen when late Furkhan Uddin was shot. SP Dimapur SR Saravanan said the assailants fired five shots with M 20 and 7.65 pistols. The SP suspected that the motive could have been either business, political or internal rivalry. Various organizations and individuals took out a protest rally at the Masjid near DDSC Stadium to condemn the killing of MCD president. Congress candidate from 1 Dimapur-I A/C, KL Chishi termed the killing as cowardice and said the time has come for society to shun violence and bloodshed. Condemning the murder, Congress candidate from 2 Dimapur-II A/C, SI Jamir called for peace, safety and security from all sections of the society. NPF candidate from 1 Dimapur-I A/C Atomi Zhimomi termed the murder as an insult to all the leaders in Dimapur and said it was a day of mourning not only for the Muslim community but Dimapur as a whole. Representatives from Naga Women Hoho, NSF, Muslim community, GBs Union, NMBOA, DMC and others also spoke at the rally. Later a one minute silence was observed to pay respect to the departed soul. Meanwhile, the Muslim Council informed that the namaj-e-janaja of late Furkhan will be held at Idgah Field, near DDSC Stadium, at 1.30 p.m., while the dhafan will be performed at Dimapur Muslim burial ground at 2 p.m. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
