[Assam] A Terrific Virtual Museum - A Correction

[Chan Mahanta]

Pintu is originally from Dhuburi, a khaati Goalparia. He studied at 
St. Edmunds at Shilliong.  Ina was from Dibrugarh.

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Received the following forwarded by our friend Dil Deka of Houston.

Zia Islam is the son of Pintu Islam of  and Ina  Dombek , boith from 
Shillong originally. Zia and his family lives in Austin , Texas.

I think it is terrific undertaking. Kudos to Zia.

I have a few tid-bits of material in the same vein that I will be 
pleased to contribute . if he has any desire to look at them and see 
if it will be worth adding to his collection. I am sure there are 
others who have more and may be able to contribute.

Finally, the Assamese social/cultural/charitable organizations may be 
be able to assist or sponsor  particular aspects of Zia's collection, 
such as  artifacts from rural Assam, or traditional bamboo 
implements, or musical instruments and so forth . If he has interest 
I will be pleased to explore.

All the best ,Zia.

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From: zia islam - aienla project <info at aienlaproject.com>
To: info at aienlaproject.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:30:39 PM
Subject: phase I of aienla project museum up

Finally!!! Just wanted to let all of you know that after all these 
years, I've finally put our collection of tribal photographs and 
artifacts online. It's taken 15 years to get to this point. It'll 
probably take me another 15 years to get all the descriptions online 
now for the 1500+ images. This is just phase I of the virtual museum. 
Eventually, we'd like to accumulate more photographic, linguistic, 
and video collections...ultimately becoming a central hub for 
learning and exploration for all those interested in tribal cultures 
of northeast india and western burma.  

Please help spread the word about this museum and the project, 
locally here in austin and especially to the tribal communities back 
in india via friends/classmates. Some of these photographs from the 
1940s have never been published and may be old relatives of people 
that you know.

Special thanks go out to all those over the past decades who have 
accompanied me as translators and to those villages who provided 
shelter during our tours. This project could not have been possible 
without your undying support.

<http://www.aienlaproject.com/FlashMuseum.aspx>http://www.aienlaproject.com/FlashMuseum.aspx


zia islam

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