First of all I am not concerned abt other societies...neither am I interested in mentioning anything unpleasant abt Assam to Non Assamese. But its time we Assamese accept what is going on in Assam & what is wrong with our society then only we will know how to correct it.The AAMI Akhomiya NOHOU DUKHIYA ATTITUDE DOSENT HELP only HANDICAPS.
What kind of problems a common person who stays in Assam faces while dealing with govt officials will make you go mad if yu are a true Assamese patriot.I have experience of that..... I have dealt with a lot of govt departments in my 5 years here.Although I am myself a govt employee with more authority than a lot of people yet no official work moves without a bribe...just think what a common illiterate man must be facing.(Yes these are prevalent all over India...so what ...two wrongs do not make a right ....if a non assamese says these things you can say that its also there in your society but does that make us better ???). Let me give u one example.... Few days back ,something went wrong with the power connection in my auntie's place.She is 80 years old & stays alone..For three days I went to the complaint office three times a day....everytime they would promise to send somebody...ultimately I lost my cool bcoz they were not responding to an old lady's plea.Still they did not come. She was runing out of water.I had to leave for Cal in the meantime.So for 7 days nobody came. Ultimately my auntie who cannot see properly or walk properly had to bribe them Rs 1000 .Then only they attended to her complaint.These things are pretty common. Do you know that Land Grabbing by the mafia( surrendered freedom fighters(?) supported by local politicians & policemen is at all time high in Assam....My friend from Jakhalabandha lost his land. Have yu heard about goonda Tax ? Do you know that all the govt. contracts are cornered by this mafia ?( I know bcoz I am dealing with them) DO you know that you cant walk by with your wife/daughter/sister without being tormented by road side Romoes in every street corner ? I have faced that.Cant we see how that terorists ae screwing up our land by teaming up with ISI. Axomiya will become Miya after sometime. These are the some of the things ailing Assamese Society & if you stay now in Assam you will experience them & the better it is for us if we rectify them instead of burying our heads in the sand & sing Bihu songs & eat Pitha. Yes there are a lot of good things which have always been there but these are being rapidly overshadowed by the bad things and fortunately or unfortunately the cream of our people outside cant experience them and therefore do not believe them. So the only way is to share these things and try to fight them which some of us trying to do thro' RTI etc.But first we have to accept what is wrong & that takes courage. & yes about discouraging remarks by neighbours about career choices its deliberate.............bcoz we Assamese refuse to learn.....& whoever has done well in alternative careers have done so by shunning the Kekuras. Next mail I will elaborate with actual real life Examples. Till then. Bhaskar Barua PS: Niloy,(I think yu are from RIT Jamshedpur maybe of 95 Batch), You do not know me thats why you have certain doubts abt my Indian & Assamese credentials.Any guy from 92 batch will tell yu abt me & how much we had done for the NE in RIT & what our patriotism was & still is. --- Niloy Gogoi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]: We do it a lot and we overdo it a lot... self pity and self criticism. Friends, the subject of the email did strike a blow at some corner of my heart. Had this been written by a person who is from some other part of the world or had this been uttered by a friend in real presence I would have taken offence and pointed the mirror at this guy. Same goes with the sentiments of being an Indian. I am an Indian, an Assamese and I am proud to be one. Just some questions that I was reflecting on: Are the traits mentioned below found only amongst the assamese people? I have witnessed people from other regions in the country and world to exhibit the same. Are these traits so bad that we discount the good that most of us have as a community and become angry about our own community? Have we as a person done enough to talk about the career and work that we do to the fellow who is under a different impression? We all would agree that our parents, brothers and sisters know what we do. Why is this different for some other person? Can we help them or should we shun them for their not being able to uderstand the same? We are doing good but we need to be doing good at all levels. Am sure that with time people will be more informed about career choices that other people make. I do understand the sentiments of the previous writers but I surely did not like the subject of the email which targets the entire community (us). Please do forgive me if I have hurt anyone's feelings by penning my thoughts. Criticism to the above is welcome. Regards, Niloy Gogoi ----- Original Message ---- From: bhaskar barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 1, 2007 2:51:23 PM Subject: [asom] Petty Assamese mentality Some more statements from our enlightened Assamese which gets me mad: Oh so you want to study fashion designing but why do you want to be a tailor ? Oh so you want to do mass communication but why do you want to be a cameraman ? Oh so you stood 2nd in the exams ? what a pity ,we thought you would be first.( Dosent matter if the guy/lady's own children are bad in studies) Oh so you want to study hotel manangement but why do you want to be a cook ? So just chill coz our NE guys are doing good everywhere: in software, in BPO, in aviation ,in hotel mamagement etc etc. No need to explain to dumbos.Everyjob is important but we Assamese do not understand the value of work & think that some work are below our dignity. --- Gitanjali Hazarika wrote: Very true Saumar, It's indeed a gargantuan task to explain the difference to such people. I have committed the Himalayan blunder quite a couple of times. The moment you end up describing about the multi-national company (MNC) you are working for, pat comes the response.... Ohhh!!... I get it. A BPO!! (like hell he/she knows..may not even know the full form, leave alone the what it stands for! You wince, but valiantly keep a straight face! He/she continues nonetheless. ..) It is really sad that you people in MNCs have to talk to clients all through the night!?...You try once, you repeat twice, thrice, trying to get it straight again, ultimately you sagely bob your head and echo...yes, sometimes..especial ly when I can't get any sleep! "When you can't beat them, join them"... is what most of us end up doing. Regards, Gitanjali Hazarika PS: Infosys is a helluva company guys. Great work. Show them your skills. Let them taste the power of Assamese talent. Congratulations once more. May your tribe increase. ========= ========= ========= ========= saumar deka wrote: Call Centres and the Software Industry are two different things; it's pity people still don't want to know the difference. :) Regards, Saumar ps: Congrats to all who made it to Infosys... it's an incredible company. --- mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Read "one [EMAIL PROTECTED] call center" and then decide on your IT future! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3145 Mukul Mahanta
