[Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi

Fri Jul 13 17:40:41 PDT 2007

The conception that the America is the melting pot of different cultures is
no longer valid.Its immigrant communities are more or less characterized by
a new trait called 'salad bowl' in which each and every community retains
their own characteristics while trying to integrate with the American
mainstream.It is the diversity in unity.That's why we have entities
like Assam Association/Assam Net,Gujrati samaj so on and so forth.

The student community of North East India may choose to lead a cloistered
life in Delhi and that's their choice.No one has the inherent right to
admonish them for doing so.Compartmentalization is a normal human
instinctive behaviour  meaning that the human beings tend to stick to their
own people and stay away from the unknown.The so- called '' provocative
dress' of the tribal girls may draw significant attraction of  unholy
thought by the male species of Delhi,but that does not mean that they are
entitled to rape them.

I can't be at one with Mr.Mani Shankar Ayer's assertion that Shillong is the
mainland.Had that been the case,the Scheduled tribe would not have been
defined as a particular group that is geographically isolated from the
mainstream and had strong sense of ethnic solidarity and exhibit ethnic
distinctiveness from the national society.

KJD

On 7/13/07, SANDIP DUTTA <pseude at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  There is no such thing called "MUST". It is upto the individual. Whether
> you assimilate or not, the consequences will be for you to bear. If I insist
> on putting tilak every day on my entire forehead while walking through Times
> square while going to work and be stared at, I can only blame myself.
>
> Rgds,
> Sandip
>
>
>  ----- Original Message ----
> From: Priyankoo <priyankoos at yahoo.co.in>
> To: SANDIP DUTTA <pseude at yahoo.com>; assam at assamnet.org
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:25:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi
>
> and why  people from the NE region MUST assimilate to the mainstream
> culture? In case of Assam haven't we seen more than 90% of the non-Assamese
> population never trying to "assimilate" with the local culture?
>
> If there is a failure on part of the NE population in "assimilating" to
> the mainstream culture, may be the reason is the same as why the non-
> Assamese population in Assam never "assimilated" to the local culture/s.
>
> best
> Priyankoo
>
> *Priyankoo <priyankoos at yahoo.co.in>* wrote:
>
> "Assimilation" is not the aim of the booklet. It just forces some dos and
> don'ts to people from a particular region.
>
> In any case, a booklet is never helpful for any kind of "assimilation".
>
> best
> Priyankoo
>
> *SANDIP DUTTA <pseude at yahoo.com>* wrote:
>
>  There is no problem with "assimilation" for students or citizens from
> Assam. This advisory should be better worded and directed at our bros from
> Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur who stay apart not just in Delhi but in other
> parts of India too.
>
> Rgds,
> Sandip
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Malabika Brahma <malabikabrahma at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: xourov pathok <xourov at yahoo.com>; assam at assamnet.org
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:33:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi
>
> I wonder if similar "circular" was issued to Indians in the US ( regarding
> the spices we use), how would the Indians react ?
>
>
> *xourov pathok <xourov at yahoo.com>* wrote:
>
> having been in delhi for sometime as a student, i see
> it is getting worse.
>
> x
>
> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070712/asp/frontpage/story_8048182.asp
>
> Right intentions, wrong message
> - Delhi police accused of dividing India into
> 'mainland' & 'Northeast'
> NISHIT DHOLABHAI
>
> New Delhi, July 11: Delhi police's advisory to youths
> from the Northeast studying in the capital is being
> seen by most as segregating the region from the
> so-called mainland.
>
> The minister for development of the northeastern
> region (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar, had only recently
> discouraged the use of this syntax. "There is no
> mainland, you are the mainland," he had told a
> reporter in Shillong.
>
> Aiyar was unavailable for comment on the booklet
> released by Delhi police, but those who responded
> seemed to cringe at the thought of someone advising
> students from the region to change their food habits,
> customs and manner of dressing to assimilate into the
> "mainstream".
>
> Dipankar Gupta, professor of sociology at Jawaharlal
> Nehru University, said the police's advice not to
> create a "ruckus in the neighbourhood" by cooking
> "smelly dishes" and dress decently was gratuitous, to
> say the least.
>
> "The police come up with these advisories, but there
> is no implementation. There should be a departmental
> memo of some sort that if a person from the Northeast
> is harmed, punishment will be stringent," Gupta said.
>
> Moses Kharbithi, who is doing his MPhil at JNU, said
> the advisory was tantamount to undermining the ability
> of Northeast students in New Delhi to assimilate. "I
> wonder if they have given such booklets to students
> from the South," he said.
>
> Kharbithi said the fact that the booklet was
> well-intentioned could not mask the sense of
> discrimination.
>
> Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Kumar Sarma and his
> Congress colleague Kirip Chaliha said there was no
> denying the need to spruce up security for students
> from the region in view of some incidents in the
> recent past. But commenting on food habits and
> clothing was unfair, the duo said.
>
> "How can one tell somebody what to eat and how to
> dress?" Sarma asked.
>
> Chaliha said he would take up the issue with the authorities.
>
>
>
>
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