[Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

Chan Mahanta cmahanta at charter.net
Sat Oct 21 06:45:29 PDT 2006 

>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.


*** That is quite appalling Rajen.  Not that I am at all surprised.
Even if there were to be an Editor, it would have made little 
difference, if we can draw some inferences
from the prevailing trends in the English language press of Assam today.

In that, even though I don't always subscribe to your " Assam is 
doomed because of the Assamese." lament, this time I  MUST :-).













At 12:18 AM -0500 10/21/06, Barua25 wrote:
>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.
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>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.
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>I say Hobo Diok Oxomia Deka Burhar dol!!!!
>
>Assam is doomed because of the Assamese.
>
>Rajen Barua
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:assamrs at gmail.com>Ram Sarangapani
>To: <mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>Chan Mahanta
>Cc: <mailto:barua25 at hotmail.com>Rajen & Ajanta Barua ; 
><mailto:webmaster at assam.org>Assam.org Webmaster ; 
><mailto:assam at assamnet.org>assam at assamnet.org ; 
><mailto:siddharth.barua at yahoo.co.in>siddharth.barua at yahoo.co.in
>Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !
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>C'da,
>
>While I too support Barua's position, I also support his logic in 
>terms of the Indian constitution.
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>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.
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>Preserving the scantity of any constitution depends upon the people 
>who follow it.
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>--Ram
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>On 10/20/06, Chan Mahanta 
><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>  Rajen:
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>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.
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>At 7:52 PM -0500 10/20/06, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote:
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>>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.
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>The request is this:
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>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.
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>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?
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>Would the ASOM -walas come forward from their closet respond to my 
>standing request please.
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>Or is it a Assamese Hobo Diok type demand?
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>Sorry if I have spoiled somebody's mood, but I think we as Assamese 
>must know exactly what we are trying to do.
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>Rajen Barua
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>----- Original Message -----
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>From: <mailto:webmaster at assam.org>Assam.org Webmaster
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>To: <mailto:assam at assamnet.org>assam at assamnet.org
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>Cc: <mailto:siddharth.barua at yahoo.co.in>siddharth.barua at yahoo.co.in
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>Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:41 AM
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>Subject: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Siddharth Barua 
><<mailto:siddharth.barua at yahoo.co.in>siddharth.barua at yahoo.co.in >
>Date: Oct 20, 2006 1:20 AM
>Subject: Fashion Show  in  Asom politics !
>To: <mailto:webmaster at assam.org>webmaster at assam.org
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>         'Dichotomy' in Dressing among 'Showpieces' in Asom Politics
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>        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.
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>                                                                              Yours 
>sincerely,
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>Siddharth Barua,
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>MRD Road,
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>Guwahati - 781 003
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