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On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send assam mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of assam digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Ranjit Gogoi' s Bihu dance troupe to perform at London > Olympic 2012 (Rini Kakati) > 2. EMFA urges for a high level impartial probe (Nava Thakuria) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rini Kakati <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:55:46 +0000 > Subject: [Assam] Ranjit Gogoi' s Bihu dance troupe to perform at London > Olympic 2012 > > > > > > > London Olympic 2012 is a month long celebration of dance taking place in > July. It co-insides with 'Big Dance' which is a huge national festival of > dance - part of the overall Cultural Olympiad and Olympic festivities. > > As Britain premier sporting venue Wembley stadium, along with five other > venues will be hosting London Olympic 2012. The Olympic torch will reach > Wembley from Greece on Wednesday 25 July, 2012 on its way to Stratford. > As Rini Kakati is an active member of South Asia Advocate Group, a part of > LOCOG 2012 ( London Olympic Committee of Games), she took the initiative on > behalf of the committee to invite the well-known choreographer Ranjit > Gogoi's Bihu dance troupe to perform at this prestigious event. The 16 > member professional Bihu dance group from Assam with traditional > instruments (with Buffalo horn pipe, dhol, pepa, gagana, taal, khol, japi > and sarai) will arrive London on 23rd July, 2012. > Ranjit Gogoi's Bihu team from Assam is selected to perform on that day at > Wembley as part of the cultural event. The Bihu dance troupe has already > been recognised in London as a popular folk dance after their performance > at Nehru Centre, House of Lords last year in June 2011. > Ranjit Gogoi will perform at various places in United Kingdom including > Southbank Centre. > > Ranjit Gogoi can be termed as the states cultural ambassador, Assamese > Bihu which he has been performing with great aplomb. For him it has become > a mission to promote and popularise Asomiya culture, dance, music, songs in > western shores. > Picture: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/attachments/folder/209038857/item/389585843/view > Rini Kakati > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nava Thakuria <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 06:11:55 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [Assam] EMFA urges for a high level impartial probe > > > Dear > editor, > > Here is a statement for your use. > > Regards, > > Nava Thakuria, > > President, > > Parag Moni Aditya, > > Working President, > > Bimal Ghosh, > > Secretary, > > Bhaskarjyoti Bhuyan, > > Treasurer, > > Electronic Media Forum Assam, > > Guwahati, Assam > > > > EMFA urges for a high level impartial probe > > Guwahati, July 14: The Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA ) > has appealed to the Government of Assam to initiate a high level impartial > probe into the allegation leveled by an activist against a television > journalist > involved with the incident of molestation of a girl at GS Road of the city > on > July 9, 2012 evening. > > In an emergency meeting held at Guwahati Press Club today, > the forum also demanded the State chief minister Tarun Gogoi, also in > charge of > Home department, to initiate for a collective analysis of all the forage > of the > incident after forensic test. > > The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) ladder Akhil Gogoi > had alleged in a press meet yesterday that Gaurav Jyoti Neog of News Live > was > involved with the incident of molestation of the girl. The EMFA urged the > KMSS > leader to submit the proof to support his allegation, and subsequently the > activist organized a press meet today to expose the involvement of the > journalist in the shameful incident. > > The EMFA resolved in the meeting that the visuals presented > by the KMSS leader were not sufficient enough to substantiate all claims > made > against the concerned journalist as being the instigator of the incident. > The > visuals shown by the activist was not supported by the raw footage of the > incident, rather it was an edited DVD format, where there remains > possibility > of doctoring. > > Hence the forum > demands that FSL test must include the raw footage of the incident (still > possessed by Akhil Gogoi as he claimed in a press meet today), the DVD > with the > same content offered to SSP Apurba Jiban Barua by the News Live and the DVD > handed over to EMFA by him after today’s press meet. > > Meanwhile, the forum argues that Gaurav could have (should > have) called the police first from the location of July 9 incident and then > asked the office to send the camerapersons.The EMFA reiterates that it > endorses the rule > of law and journalists must behave as the law abiding citizens of the > country always. Hence it believes that the law of the land > will take its own course in this respect as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
