[Assam] Oppose the idea of compulsory teaching of Assamese in all schools

[DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS]

ON this I would like to place a small note from my childhood memory.
When my father first established Kalaigaon Cop operative Markekting Society in 1960's, his Tea Garden tribes chowkidar named Naga, who was most trusted to our family till death did walked till Burma via Imphal.He was another great man to us at any time.When he came back after 9 months, he said he found 2 big Assamese villages inside then Burma.They was same like what the Sikh guru Teg Bahadur's Punjabi In Borkola,nagaon are doing.Those villagers were talking in Assamese and dress same mekhela chadar.Later we came to know they was the same given as gift by then Ahom kings in the first till last Mann invasions.
Any one can tell now what about their existance??If any of our friend are there and wanted to think better way than me please?
I am sad that now people from inside Assam are talking against the only vast language once used in the entire Kamrupa kingdom till then Banga.Now every state have muylti languages due to political shiftings etc.But this should not hamper the language.Why all that only comes to mind in case of Assam??
Will anyone learn from south Indian states please?The south Indian high courts gave order to write any shop names in local langauge, else fine 10,000 Rs. Or cancel the permit.No govt job if one doesnot know the local language.No Govt contracts.
Thats why they are more united and local are safe enough.See this latest:
Live in Rome and be a roman.
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Feb72009/state20090206117027.asp
 
Bikash
--- On Fri, 6/2/09, Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Assam] Oppose the idea of compulsory teaching of Assamese in all schools
To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world" <assam at assamnet.org>
Date: Friday, 6 February, 2009, 10:17 PM

Dear so-kokaideo,

A Manipuri friend of mine- "bikram singh" <thocks5 at gmail.com>
went to Tawang
few years back. Near Sela Pass he found two villages communicating in
Arunachali (An adopted from of Assamese in Arunachal). They knew no other
common language. Imposition of Hindi has largely failed. On returning he
reminded me how at one point of time Assamese was the lingua franca of the
current NER starting from Coch Behar to Manipur and from Tawang to
Chittagong.




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