[Assam] Mahanta Brothers & Umesh Sharma
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Sat Jun 10 06:12:06 PDT 2006
*** Himendra Kaiti's outburst was a riot! I kept
chuckling over the powerful arguments (NOT) he
made against the persona of this pair of
scum-of-the-earth siblings, Mukul and Chandan
Mahanta, putting them under SCRUTINY!
I have been the ISSUE in Assam NEt before. But
not in this way. Not from someone who, one would
be right to assume, is above the level of our
resident 'sera-paagol'.
But be that as it may, I give high marks to Umesh
( not something I am used to doing :-)--so he can
be sure it is a hard-earned one) for being able
to see the error he made after I pointed it out.
That is a good sign. I despair at his seeming
resistance to learning at times. But this time he
did that quickly and gracefully. Can hardly ask
for more!
I also take the opportunity to assure Umesh ( and
others whom I have tormented in the past) for
their trouble with this 'damned' English
language, that it is NOT a stigma. It is a
FOREIGN language, and we had so little help
learning it. That we learned SOME, itself is a
small miracle. Some of us were luckier than
others. They had better exposure, resources, a
desire to learn more or just listen more and pay
attention, instead of being overly anxious to
tell or teach -- whatever.
Himen Kai wrote: >We need not "damn" the "English language."
*** Is that an understatement of the day or what?
Also underscores Himen Kai's own trouble with the
ordinary version of the language, not to mention
its nuances. That my characterization " that
damned English language" was tongue-in-cheek,
eluded him entirely. Not surprising at all. His
troubles are evident in most of his posts, in
these two latest ones even more so than usual.
I thought of having a little fun with them, but
decided that it would be a gross overkill. That
will amount to pouring 'ghee' on that
slow-burning, Hinduttwa bearing psyche of his.
I do realize why he is doing the slow burn,
resulting in these outbursts. It was my bad! I
was harsh with my criticisms of his poorly
disguised Hinduttwa peddling scheme in
assamnet.He tries hard to camouflage his wares
with shades of vedic philosophy, love for
humanity ( except them progeny of invaders),
imagery of the Bard of Boston -- what have you.
But as they say here in the midwest, you can put
all the lipstick you want on a pig, but it still
is a pig! A Boston Brahmin he ain't :-).
cm
At 9:21 PM -0400 6/8/06, Himendra Thakur wrote:
>Dear Umesh,
>
>I must clarify that I wrote not only for your
>support, but also to appeal to the Assamese
>friends to scrutinize the Mahanta Brothers who
>are causing great harm to the safety of the
>Assamese people.
>
>We need not "damn" the "English language." People will decide what to condemn.
>
>With the best wishes,
>Himendra
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:jaipurschool at yahoo.com>umesh sharma
>To: <mailto:hthakur at comcast.net>Himendra Thakur
>Cc: <mailto:assam at assamnet.org>assam at assamnet.org
>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:57 PM
>Subject: Re: Mahanta Brothers & Umesh Sharma
>
>Himendra-da,
>
>Thank you for the support but I think we can
>close the chapter. It seems it was due to
>communication gap --due to this "damned English
>language" to quote C-da.
>
>Regards and Thanks.
>
>Umesh
>
>Himendra Thakur <<mailto:hthakur at comcast.net>hthakur at comcast.net> wrote:
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>Dear Umesh,
>
>You asked to Mr. Mukul Mahanta to explain some
>aleegations, which he did not. However, his
>brother Mr. Chandan Mahanta has come forward to
>explain on behalf of Mr. Mukul Mahanta.
>
>At one time, Mr. Chandan Mahanta wrote to me
>that he did not represent his brother, Mr. Mukul
>Mahanta. It seems Mr. Chandan Mahanta was
>misguiding me and everybody else in the net.
>
>There is one significant analogy. When the late
>Nathuram Godse was tried for the murder of
>Mahatma Gandhi, he defended himself in the trial
>and submitted a 150-point defense plea. In
>consideration of a petition by the then Nehru
>Government, the Court ordered Nathurams defense
>plea to be kept in a secret archive for 30
>years. Serving a jail term for 20 years, when
>Gopal Godse came out of the prison in 1969, he
>went on giving public statements against Mahatma
>Gandhi, posing as a self-appointed advocate to
>explain Nathurams defense plea, which could not
>be verified because that document was sealed.
>Ultimately, when Nathurams defense plea was
>published in 1979, it was found to be very
>different from Gopal Godses babble. I have
>dealt with this idiocy in my drama The Portrait
>of Mahatma Gandhi. The great Maharashtrian
>people of India are very worried that the Godse
>brothers and their unthinking supporters will
>bring down the reputation of Maharashtra.
>
>Explaining on behalf of Mr. Mukul Mahanta, Mr.
>Chandan Mahanta has made personal attacks on you
>about many of your recent commentary,
>arguments, perceptiveness, analytical skill,
>critical thinking ability or even the ability to
>comprehend ordinary English.
>
>Well, Mr. Chandan Mahanta himself displayed
>complete absence of perceptiveness, analytical
>skill, critical thinking ability when he ran a
>tirade against ATAN BURAGOHAIN SAKO with a
>comment that the Bridge would be ugly even
>BEFORE the bridge was designed. There are
>exquisitely beautiful bridges all over the
>world. How can he say that a bridge will be ugly
>BEFORE it is designed? He is questioning your
>ability to comprehend ordinary English whereas
>he himself does not understand the basic
>difference of meaning between the simple English
>words BEFORE & AFTER.
>
>Both the Mahanta brothers are propagating the
>idea that the Assamese people should take a
>stand against India. Due to gross lack of
>analytical skill, critical thinking ability
>they fail to see that Assam is India and the
>Assamese are Indian people. The Mahanta Brothers
>made vociferous statements in support of the
>Bangladeshi Muslims who have been infiltrating
>into Assam. When I asked Mr. Chandan Mahanta to
>take responsibility for the consequences, it was
>discovered that he did not even think of any
>consequences when he made those statements,
>thereby displaying complete lack of his own
>arguments, perceptiveness, analytical skill,
>critical thinking ability.
>
>Mr. Chandan Mahanta talks about a character
>fault of Kavya. In the interest of the safety
>of Assamese people, it is now a high time to
>remind Mr. Chandan Mahanta about his own
>character fault when he failed to take
>responsibility of the statements which were very
>harmful to Assam --- in fact this was a life
>or death question of the entire Assamese
>population who are facing a danger that the
>Kashmiri Pandits are going through --- a
>danger much more serious than Kavyas alleged
>fault of copying without giving credit and the
>inability to 'fess up even after getting caught.
>
>I appeal to the Assamese people to scrutinize
>the stand of the Mahanta brothers.
>
>With the best wishes,
>Himendra
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>Chan Mahanta
>To:
><mailto:umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu>umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu
>; <mailto:mikemahant at hotmail.com>mc mahant ;
><mailto:dilipdeka at yahoo.com>dilipdeka at yahoo.com
>Cc: <mailto:assam at assamnet.org>assam at assamnet.org
>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 6:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: For
>Mukul-da -- please explainallegations
>
>Umesh:
>
>If he had compared you with Kavya, that would
>have been a highly undeserved praise;
>considering many of your recent commentary,
>arguments, perceptiveness, analytical skill,
>critical thinking ability or even the ability to
>comprehend ordinary English.
>
>Kavya is, without a doubt, far more accomplished
>in all these areas. Her fault was copying
>without giving credit and the inability to 'fess
>up even after getting caught -- a character
>fault, not a deficiency of cognitive skills or
>abilities.
>
>Mukul-da wrote:
>
> >Only about Harvard.-populated by Kavya-Umesh and now THIS
>
>in response to Dilip's question:
>
> >Does that make a difference in your opinion about George Bush?
>
>
> What it meant was that his opinion about George Bush's academic
> credentials and perceptions about his intellectual acumen have
> changed, but that his opinion of HARVARD has changed.
> .
> Obviously because people such as GWB or Umesh Sharma are alumni
> of its grad. schools while Kavya was a stellar freshman.
>
> He did not specify what the 'change' was, up or down. I hope I
> don't have to get painfully explicit in explaining that, and will
> leave that up to your imagination.
>
> None of these involved ANY comparison. He did not compare you with
> Kavya or GWB, or vice versa -- like you read. Either would have
> been grossly inappropriate. Your perception here is a result of
> your inadequate comprehension of this damned foreign language: English!
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