O' Chandan-da Chandan-da: Kun dilli-wallai baru apunar paani-khuwa pukhurit bih dhaliboloi xaah korilsil, je` aapuni hoke`-bihoke` Dilli-r bodnaam gaai tot napai? :) with all due respect, isn't that called 'leketiai thaka'? :)
If the Haryanis (or whatever you call the people from Haryana) turn around and accuse us that in Assam, the culture dictates that the villagers sell their daughters to become prostitutes, won't that be dead wrong and offensive to us? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:38 PM Subject: RE: [Assam] girls from assam cheap in haryana > At 3:15 PM -0500 8/8/03, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: > > > > > >That's a scary place you just described, Santanu. > > > ** I agree Alpana. But what REALLY got me about this whole affair was the > following in the oiginal post: > > > >"She was sitting right there under the tree. Hanif was > >showing her off because she was to be sold. All of us went to have a > >look. Shahzadi and her husband Razak bought her for their three > >sons. Thousands of these girls are bought and sold in the villages > >all around us. We really don't see anything wrong with this > >practice." > > > And how far is this place from the nation's capital? > > I just couldn't believe this. > > I asm sure there are worse things around everywhere, but as isolated > instances. This sounds like the CULTURE here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am going to scratch it off the 'places to travel in India' list :), > seriously. Some of my colleagues have been asking me to organize a tour to > India where they, with others from the college/community, would accompany > me. I was thinking about those few days - how I won't sleep until I put > them on the plane to come back to the states. Now one more thing to > worry/drop off the list. :) > > > > > > > >It was good to see you back here. so you are all settled in SMU. Was > >thinking about you the other day, if y'll have moved or not. How is the > >weather there, I hear in last few days it was 'warmer' in Dallas than > >Houston. > > > > > > > >Welcome to Texas! Keep in touch, in fact, do plan to visit us after you > >get a break or two. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Roy, Santanu" >To: "Saurav Pathak" ,"Alpana B. Sarangapani" > >>CC: >Subject: RE: [Assam] girls from assam cheap in haryana >Date: Fri, > >8 Aug 2003 14:27:58 -0500 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > >Saurav Pathak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, August 08, > >2003 12:43 PM > > To: Alpana B. Sarangapani > > Cc: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Assam] girls from assam cheap > >in haryana > > > > > > > maybe the problem isn't really the libido of > >haryanvi males. because > > parents of rural assam do send their children > >to families in the > > cities, to miss their childhood, education and a > >dignified and > > sheltered life. > >Saurav: > >It is of interest to > >note that: > >1. Haryana is a state where the practice of bonded labor > >(i.e., slavery) -often child labor - in hazardous occupations (such as > >brick making or stone quarries) continues to be in vogue - not very common > >in neighboring Punjab. > >2. The dominant peasant Jat society is the > >least "Brahmanized" one I have seen in the Hindi heartland - it is > >habitually irreverent of religion based values and therefore forcibly > >taking "other people's women" (even an outside village's woman) is not > >really frowned upon. I have travelled through villages around Rohtak and > >Kurukshetra - and pretty much any woman that is not from the village is > >treated as legitimate object of acquisition. I have been told that this is > >a historical effect of this tract having been exposed to continuum of wars > >and invasions. > >3. The fact that these people have gone all the way to > >Assam to buy girls means that procuring girls from assam is significantly > >cheaper than anywhere in between. Think about it now - that includes > >Bihar, Orissa, Chhatisgarh, Jharkand, Eastern UP, Bangladeshis in all > >these areas, tribals of east India - in fact all of the so called > >traditional "labor catchment areas" including tribal & arid areas. It is > >the most telling comment on destitution in rural Assam, the sheer > >hopelessness. > >Personally, I don't see what policing can achieve - in > >Assam or Haryana. The fundamental problem is far deeper. Simply carrying > >out police action will only mean that the middlemen will have to share > >their spoils with the police. That will make the local police richer, but > >little else. Dissemination of information about the actual fate of emigres > >by social workers at the village can be somewhat helpful - but only up to > >a point. Perhaps, this is only a prelude to a more serious outflux of > >Assamese workers (yes like the "Biharis") to earn themselves a square meal > >in the developed parts of India. > >Santanu-da. > > > > >Add photos to your e-mail with <http://g.msn.com/8HMZENUS/2746??PS=>MSN 8. > >Get 2 months FREE*._______________________________________________ Assam > >mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > > > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
