[Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

[Chan Mahanta]

Seems to me like classic case of the cart before the horse.

Rudimentary understanding and adherence to democratic principles 
would have dictated a public discussion of the proposal and the 
people's advice and consent, BEFORE any adoption by GoA of even the 
INTENT to change Assam's name, much less file (with all the 
formalities) for PERMISSION from the gods in Dilli to approve the 
petition.


>the reluctance by the intellectual establishment (which also feeds 
>separatist ideologies) to accept any modification of an >unwieldy 
>and unnecessarily complicated alphabet where some of the letters are 
>identified by numbers, not sounds, >because these sounds are exactly 
>alike.


*** This is another point that Rajen has been attempting to drive 
home, without any success, even among the intellectuals who could be 
expected to heed ordinary logic, like Assam Netters. Forget about 
that Kharkhowa brain-trust in Assam who are  eternally  beholden to 
Sanskritic servitude, and thus are unable to purge the 
dontyo-murdhonyo-talobyo differences, among other such irrelevant 
nuances, that long disappeared among the SPEAKERS of the Assamese 
language.






At 7:57 AM -0400 10/22/06, BBaruah at aol.com wrote:
>Ram
>
>After recceiving your e-mail I sent a short reply, then myself 
>searched the website for the latest official notification in this 
>behalf. It appears what M S Prabhakara has summed up in an  article 
>in the Hindu following Government's proposal (on Feb 27, 2006)to 
>change Assam into Asom reflects the actual state of affairs.May be 
>you've already read his long 
>article(http:www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2311/stories/20060616001408200.htm):
>
>
>"So, the tension continues between, on the one hand, nationalistic 
>assertions seeking to distance the land and its people from India, 
>perhaps even strive and attain sovereignty; and on the other hand, 
>the reluctance by the intellectual establishment (which also feeds 
>separatist ideologies) to accept any modification of an unwieldy and 
>unnecessarily complicated alphabet where some of the letters are 
>identified by numbers, not sounds, because these sounds are exactly 
>alike."
>
>bhuban
>
>
>
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