[Assam] Fwd: Enough of this Controversy !

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*To,*
* The Editor,*
* The Assam Tribune,*
* Guwahati - 781 003.*
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*                   Sub:   Enough  of  this  Controversy !*
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*Dear Sir,*
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*              For those persons who worry about the peculiarity of the  'S'
pronounciation in the word "Asom", I find it somewhat strange. Today, the
non-French or the non-German speakers, when pronouncing French or German
words try to pronounce as perfectly as the former. When our State becomes
economically developed, people all over the world would take interest in
pronouncing "Asom" as per the style of the Asomese/ Asomiya language.*
*                          Also, its very disappointing to see the whole lot
of confusion and controversy created over the issue of State Name. Infact,
if we observe carefully, it is not "Change" of name, but a sort of
"Rectification". When the world-renowned Indian city of "Bombay" was changed
to the drastically different*
*word "Mumbai", all the sections of the Maharashtrian People accepted it.
Though it sounded somewhat rustic, they took pride in it. And, today the
whole of India and the world has become used to the word "Mumbai" in a span
of just a few months. All the government as well as non-government including
Newspapers, Magazines, Text-books etc all over India has replaced "Bombay"
as "Mumbai". They didn't deem it as breaking of 'tradition' (if "Bombay" was
their tradition in the true sense), but as "Restoration of Native Pride".
But the situation is very different out here in this state. Infact the
difference among the people in this state is stiffling. There is no point in
making a Constructive move out here. Someone had rightly written it off as
"Assam". Truely, this controversy and difference among its people over this
issue proves ------ "Ass"amese people deserve their state to be called
"Ass"am. Keep it up !  Long live "Assam" !  Joi Aai "Ass"am !!!*
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Yours sincerely,*
*
Praantik Barua,*
*
Guwahati - 3*
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