[Assam] Assam/Asom

[Barua25]

>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." 

BTW Prabhakars this simplistic statement is wrong. 
To add to the confusion, the fact is that the word ASOM is not being proposed by the Nationalist or the separatist group. It was rather  proposed by Mr Chandra Prasad Saikia whom we cannot call a Nationalist or separatist.  In fact AGP, if we can call them Nationalists, actually are opposing this usage ASOM.  Recently Atul Bora, among others,  wrote letters to GOA opposing the usage of ASOM.  ULFA does not seem to have the time to care. So who actually are supporting the use of the word ASOM? That is the great Assamese confusion to add to the problems of Assam. 

Assam is running wild without any leaders. 

Would the supporters of ASOM kindly come out of the closet?
Thanks
Rajen Barua
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: BBaruah at aol.com 
  To: assamrs at gmail.com 
  Cc: Assam at assamnet.org 
  Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:57 AM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !


  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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