[Assam] Fwd: Enough of this Controversy !

[Rajen Barua]

Some people seem to be quite happy with ASS.
It seems Asom Sahitya Sabha (ASS) changed its name only in 1964 to ASS.
It may be the right time now for it to change to OXX (Oxom Xahitya Xobha) 
RB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ram Sarangapani 
  To: Webmaster 
  Cc: praantik_barua at yahoo.co.in ; assam at assamnet.org 
  Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:22 AM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Enough of this Controversy !


  Praantik Barua seems to drive home some good points.


  On 3/16/06, Webmaster <webmaster at assam.org> wrote: 


    To,
     The Editor,
     The Assam Tribune,
     Guwahati - 781 003.

                            
                       Sub:   Enough  of  this  Controversy !
               
    Dear Sir,

                  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 !!! 


                                                                                        Yours sincerely,
                                                                                         Praantik Barua,
                                                                                         Guwahati - 3
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