[Assam] House and Home

Sun Jan 27 19:10:18 PST 2008

>The significance of a 'home' in one's psyche lies in what memories it >holds for her. Those who grew up in many places, moving with their >families' job transfers or what have you, would have very little >attachments to a house as a 'home', even if the quality of the >environment might have been just as memorable and dear. On the other >hand someone who grew up in a shelter, however humble, in a loving >and caring environment, will hold the memories of that house as a >'home' quite dear. And no matter how clearly words distinguish the >meanings of the two in a language, it would not have any impact on >one's perception of that shelter as a mere house or a dear home.

True, C'da. I would be the last one to deny that for others, though I personally don't care for this kind of sentiment. Life has taught me to be overly practical, and sometimes that leads me to think that I am above and beyond these things - a superiority complex, you might say. And I know that is not very nice at all, when I am leaning towards spirituality. Anyway!!

But, but, but... if suddenly distant relatives start doing this 'sokut tel di kaanda', then the need to remind them and tell them the difference between a "house" and a loving "home" that used to be, does arise. Ask them why this sudden 'lerela xaador' - this false 'dorod'. 

> bhaxa distinguishing a 'home' from a mere 'house', it still would not > resolve your conflicts, would it?

It may not resolve the conflict, but would be a good one to put forward a question to let them know that they are acting like a bunch of ostriches. 

BTW, there is no conflict. :) Everything is hunky dory at my end. :)

> tongue is as nuanced as the highly evolved Hindi that you > confronted them with examples :-).
That's just to make it easy for people to understand. Do I see a defensive mode in you instead when it comes to Hindi? :)

“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass”
- Lakshmana

 > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:09:37 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org> From: cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: [Assam] House and Home> > Well, Alpana, I think you have mixed up two different issues: One of > a social evolution with that of semantics.> > Even if you had two distinctly different single words in Oxomiya > bhaxa distinguishing a 'home' from a mere 'house', it still would not > resolve your conflicts, would it?> > The significance of a 'home' in one's psyche lies in what memories it > holds for her. Those who grew up in many places, moving with their > families' job transfers or what have you, would have very little > attachments to a house as a 'home', even if the quality of the > environment might have been just as memorable and dear. On the other > hand someone who grew up in a shelter, however humble, in a loving > and caring environment, will hold the memories of that house as a > 'home' quite dear. And no matter how clearly words distinguish the > meanings of the two in a language, it would not have any impact on > one's perception of that shelter as a mere house or a dear home.> > That is the difference.> > So, why did I even chime in?> > For the simple reason of detecting a sense of defensiveness in > respondents scurrying to grab this Sanskrit word or that few Oxomiyas > use in their communications; no doubt to prove that their mother > tongue is as nuanced as the highly evolved Hindi that you > confronted them with examples :-).> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 12:23 PM -0600 1/27/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:> >Hi C'da:> >> >> I think we are attempting to split hairs over nothing.> >> >:) Right, right, in general we should not, and never split hairs > >over things. :)> > > Just because another language differentiates between a house and > >a > home, and Oxomiya does not, one does not need to go into a fit of> >Yes, the keyword is "need".> >> >If you have not noticed, the need to define a "house" and a "home" > >have arisen in today's Assam. People are not that simple anymore. I > >get "culture-shock" every time I go to India now-a-days, a place > >that I was born and grew up in and had 'faith' in.> >> >Some do become interested after a HOUSE for which they were never > >"interested" when it was a HOME - filled with people that welcomed > >them with love and warmth.> >> >See the need now C'da? I definitely do.> >> >> >> >> >> >> grabbing at Sanskrit words that few use. For us 'ghor' is a > >>ghor--a > house and a home too. The difference lies in HOW it is > >>used in a > sentence. There are many such nuances to all languages. > >>The > differentiation lies in the usage.> >> >> >> >> >"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree > >and humble like a blade of grass"> >- Lakshmana> >> >> > > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:54:44 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org> > >From: cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] (no subject)> > > I > >think we are attempting to split hairs over nothing.> > Just because > >another language differentiates between a house and a > home, and > >Oxomiya does not, one does not need to go into a fit of > grabbing > >at Sanskrit words that few use. For us 'ghor' is a ghor--a > house > >and a home too. The difference lies in HOW it is used in a > > >sentence. There are many such nuances to all languages. The > > >differentiation lies in the usage.> > > > > > > > > > > At 6:00 PM > >-0600 1/26/08, kamal deka wrote:> >HOUSE = BHOBON / AWAKH > >/GRIHO> >HOME = GRIHO BAKH /GHOR> >KJD> >> >> >On 1/26/08, Alpana B. > >Sarangapani <absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:> >>> >>> >> Does > >anybody know if there are separate words for "home" and "house" > >in> >> Assamese? I know we use 'ghor' .> >>> >> But if you need to > >assert the real meanings of a "real" home and just a> >> house with > >4 walls, what are they?> >>> >> I believe it is 'ghar`' for home and > >'makaan' for house in Hindi.> >>> >> Thanks for your > >help.> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> "In order to make spiritual > >progress you must be patient like a tree and> >> humble like a blade > >of grass"> >> - Lakshmana> >>> >>> >>> >> > >_________________________________________________________________> >> > >Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your > >Hotmail(R)-get> >> your "fix".> >> > >http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx> >> > >_______________________________________________> >> assam mailing > >list> >> assam at assamnet.org> >> > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >>> >_______________________________________________> >assam > >mailing > >list> >assam at assamnet.org> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > > > >_______________________________________________> assam mailing list> > >assam at assamnet.org> > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >_________________________________________________________________> >Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser!> >http://biggestloser.msn.com/> >_______________________________________________> >assam mailing list> >assam at assamnet.org> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > > _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> assam at assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
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