[Assam] Invaders

[Chan Mahanta]

Dear Himen-da,

I am relieved to hear that. Now then, the only 
question that remains is WHO exactly the invaders 
from 600 years or so back are that you are so 
very against :-)?

Best,

c











At 12:11 PM -0500 3/4/06, Himendra Thakur wrote:
>Dear Chandan,
>
>As for your question:
>
>How would you characterize someone's 
>stereotyping Indian Muslims as invaders:-)?
>
>
>
>My answer is:
>
>Anybody who stereotypes Indian Muslims as 
>invaders will be characterized as someone 
>committing gross stupidity.
>
>
>With the best wishes,
>Himendra
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>Chan Mahanta
>To: <mailto:assam at assamnet.org>assam at assamnet.org
>Cc: <mailto:hthakur at comcast.net>Himendra Thakur
>Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:04 AM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] A new politics of race: India and its Northeast
>
>Hi Himen-da:
>
>First off, you don't need to refer to me as Mr. 
>Chandan Mahanta. You can continue to refer to me 
>as Chandan, and even Sondon --in a truly Oxomiya 
>fashion. I understand why you have turned so 
>formal, but I am still cool with the older more 
>personalized one, should you wish to revert back 
>to it. My disagreements with your views, 
>irreconcilable as they may be, does not effect 
>my respect of you as an elder of our small 
>probaxi Oxomiya community.
>
>Another thing: I don't think that personal 
>anecdotes or even biographical accounts are in 
>the prohibited list of assam net topics. But I 
>am glad I could open that door for you. I too 
>enjoyed reading about you as a Naga. And can't 
>wait to hear about how the story of the young 
>couple ended.
>
>Having gotten those issues out of the way, allow 
>me to help you deal with something that 
>obviously  continues to haunt you, but for 
>entirely wrong reasons:
>
>	My comment "-- “the anecdote you cite here --- merely points to
>	your importance, as demonstrated by the courtesy you received
>	from him 
 with the hour long interview”--" was not about your
>	citing a personal experience with J M Lyngdoh. It was about your
>         high opinion of Lyngdoh,and how you developed that,  but which
>	had NOTHING to do with the subject under discussion: That DEMOCRACY
>	was bad for India, a comment that demonstrated Lyngdoh's inability
>	to separate DEMOCRACY from what passes for democracy in India.
>
>And I stand by my observation that it did prove 
>your own importance. Why else would Lyngdoh, the 
>then principal secretary to the President, a 
>powerful position I am sure, who not only gave 
>you an hour-long interview, but convened a 
>meeting of one of the country's most elite of 
>bureaucrats for you to give your spiel on 
>banning dowry? Would he have given such an 
>interview and accord the privilege of pleading 
>to this coterie of top IAS cadres to the poor 
>father of a burnt bride of Haryana,  for banning 
>the practice?
>
>
>Finally, and most importantly, a question: How 
>would you characterize someone's stereotyping 
>Indian Muslims as invaders  :-)?
>
>Regards,
>
>Chandan
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