[Assam] Fwd: Enough of this Controversy !

[Ram Sarangapani]

Praantik Barua seems to drive home some good points.

On 3/16/06, Webmaster <webmaster at assam.org> wrote:
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> *To,*
> * The Editor,*
> * The Assam Tribune,*
> * Guwahati - 781 003.*
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> *                        *
> *                   Sub:   Enough  of  this  Controversy !*
> *           *
> *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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