[Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

Fri Oct 20 22:18:52 PDT 2006

Ram: 
This is a case of 'litikai' Assamese intellengtia acting 'Hobo Diok' for the whole world to see. These are the same people who would like to swim along the current like a  bunch of 'litikais' and who would not mind telling later, 'I knew it from the beginning, I told them so, they cannot use ASOM, and what not".

BTW recently I sent a news item to Assam Tribune on the New York Book event with a specific note not to change the spelling of the word Assam to Asom, and not to publish the news at all if they have to change the spelling to Asom.

Do you know what they did. 'Litikai' Assam Tribune (I have heard it is running without an editor now) published the news changing the spelling to Asom.  They even donot seem to have the basic courtesy.

I say Hobo Diok Oxomia Deka Burhar dol!!!!

Assam is doomed because of the Assamese.

Rajen Barua

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ram Sarangapani 
  To: Chan Mahanta 
  Cc: Rajen & Ajanta Barua ; Assam.org Webmaster ; assam at assamnet.org ; siddharth.barua at yahoo.co.in 
  Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:43 PM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

  C'da,

  While I too support Barua's position, I also support his logic in terms of the Indian constitution.

  As far as the rest of the world knows, the word "Assam" is still enshrined in the constitution, and legally Assam is still within the ambit of the Indian Constitution, also Assam still uses the Indian currency, its laws, is political setup etc etc. So, when someone "legally" wants to use Asom instead of Assam, they would have no locus standi. 

  Preserving the scantity of any constitution depends upon the people who follow it. 

  --Ram

  On 10/20/06, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote: 
     Rajen:

    While I understand and support your position, I think you made a really big mistake in presenting it  in terms of the sanctity of the Indian Constitution, which is about as sacred as the picture of some Hindu god, pasted on a wall in Guahati to discourage them from taking a leak against it. 

    c

    At 7:52 PM -0500 10/20/06, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote:
      I have a pending request to people who use the spelling ASOM, the request was posted in the net before. I propose to post the request till I get a response. 

      The request is this:
      Would the people who use the spelling ASOM would kindly clarify whether they are using the word ASOM in place of the word ASSAM which is the official name of our state in English as dictated by the Constitution of India. The Assam State Govt has not changed this name yet. If they are using ASOM in place of ASSAM, then I would say that this is not legal, and would be a violation of the Constitution of India. 

      On the other hand if they are using the word ASOM for the Assamese word OXOM, (with the guttural Assamese X sound) then I would say, that will be a wrong usage since nobody in the world would pronounce the SO in ASOM as Assamese Guttural 'kh' sound.  That will be a mis representation of the Assamese language, and in fact that will eventually kill the guttural 'kh' sound from the Assamese word like it already killed this 'kh' sound in words like 'Saikia', 'Sarma', 'Sibasagar' etc.  And if no Indian would pronounce the word OXOM correctly with the ASOM spelling, why then we are trying to force everybody to pronounce OXOM by writing ASOM without clarifying exactly what we are trying to do.and thus trying to kill the Assamese sound in the Assamese word?

      Would the ASOM -walas come forward from their closet respond to my standing request please.

      Or is it a Assamese Hobo Diok type demand?

      Sorry if I have spoiled somebody's mood, but I think we as Assamese must know exactly what we are trying to do.

      Rajen Barua

        ----- Original Message -----
        From: Assam.org Webmaster
        To: assam at assamnet.org
        Cc: siddharth.barua at yahoo.co.in
        Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:41 AM
        Subject: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

        ---------- Forwarded message ----------
        From: Siddharth Barua <siddharth.barua at yahoo.co.in >
        Date: Oct 20, 2006 1:20 AM
        Subject: Fashion Show  in  Asom politics !
        To: webmaster at assam.org 

                'Dichotomy' in Dressing among 'Showpieces' in Asom Politics

               It is disheartening to see the sample of women entering the political scene in Asom. They happen to climb the ladder of politics with the help of 'crutches' like their influential husbands or even fathers-in-law. Unlike neighbouring Bengal or distant Maharashtra, Asom doesn't have a Mamata Banerjee or Medha Patkar. The state has only some 'butterflies' who love to roam about in 'designer' costumes. The Dichotomy in their personality can be judged in the manner of their dressing. When abroad, they lap up trousers made of jeans. Back home, they attend political rallies in cotton or khadi mekhela-sadors. Whereas be in the US or India, True Representatives of People like Mamata Banerjees, Medha Patkars et al rock the world in their cotton or khadi saris. This letter is not aimed at Eastern and Western dresses. It is just meant to show the instability in 'psychological' integrity and dressing dichotomy prevalent among the oppurtunistic, affluent women making inroads into the political arena of Asom. 

                                                                                       Yours sincerely,
                                                                                        Siddharth Barua,
                                                                                        MRD Road,
                                                                                        Guwahati - 781 003

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