[Assam] Letter to the President of India

[Manoj Das]

Someone forwarded me the website of Nagalim

http://www.nagalim.nl

On 3/5/06, Himendra Thakur <hthakur at comcast.net> wrote:
> Thank you, Manoj! Encouraged by the positive response from friends in the
> net, I am really thinking of writing a detailed report of my experience in
> Nagaland which may help the future generations. I completely agree with you
> that "Assam must cultivate friendship with nagas." --- that will be easy,
> because essentially, we are the same type of people !
>
> With love to everybody,
> Himendra
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manoj Das" <dasmk2k at gmail.com>
> To: "Barua25" <barua25 at hotmail.com>
> Cc: "Himendra Thakur" <hthakur at comcast.net>; "J Kalita"
> <jugalkalita at yahoo.com>; <assam at assamnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Letter to the President of India
>
>
> Dear Himendrada,
>
> Hi Naga brother! Naga has become a word associated with respect,
> valour, resistance and resilience, so you should feel proud being some
> sort of a naga. Few years back I was in Shilliong for a shor trip with
> Ajanta, Dewang and Priyanka. Some warned it was not safe to roam
> around after 7 pm. So we hit upon a novel idea, we all wore naga
> jackets. Whenever we had to ask for direction, local boys used guide
> us with due respect. Of course you got have that naga look on your
> face :)
>
> More on my naga conection.. my great great grand father escaped the
> 'man' from a place called nagakhelia or nagahuliya (not sure) near
> Dibrugarh. We are known as "naga bongxho" in Dhemaji, all we normally
> address among us as naga. We do command certain respect as not many
> ventures to take any 'paanga' with our brethren. Whenever I mention
> this to my naga friends, they say I look like a sema naga.
>
> In Gujarat and some parts of India naga means naked. I have a strong
> feeling that the naga word in nagaland context has come from the
> "naga"- snake of "ulupi" myth.
>
> Assam must cultivate friendship with nagas. When eventually Assam will
> be swamped by Bangladeshis, it will be only place where kharkhowas
> will find refuge. Kashmiri pundits came to Jammu and Delhi. kharkhowas
> will have no western escape route. Arunachal and Nagaland or Nagalim
> will be the only safe haven... a bleak future eh.. but I see it coming
> too soon..
>
> Dear Umesh's letter on the fate of his brethren in Bangladesh in
> another mail today..it's frightening. Our secular intellectuals should
> take note ot it. Don't repeat the mistakes of the biddhists of Gandhar
> and Takshashila. They were practicing non-violence in an area
> surrounded by violence. It's not to be so, but one should be
> practical. How safe it is to be secular in an area surrounded by
> unsecular bigots.
>
> MKD
>
> Mabbe you will throuw some light.
>
> Manoj Kumar Das
> B 109 Gr Floor Rear
> Sarvodaya Enclave
> New Delhi 110017 India
> Tel: 91 11 26533824
> Telefax: 91 11 26533829
> Hand Phone: 91 9312650558
>
>
>


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Manoj Kumar Das
B 109 Gr Floor Rear
Sarvodaya Enclave
New Delhi 110017 India
Tel: 91 11 26533824
Telefax: 91 11 26533829
Hand Phone: 91 9312650558