[Assam] About the name Assam

[Rajen & Ajanta Barua]

Dear Choudhury:
Since you are new to the Assam net, please know that in this net we discuss and debate all kinds of intelligent intellectual issues. 
Please don't take anything personally in assam net. Here we do friendly intellectual hot debates all the time. Kamal, me, Ramgopal, Dilip, Chandan, Wahid and many others are friends, and actually many of us live in same city Houston as friends. But in hot issues we do heated debates and try to thrash out truths for the sake of the community. We understand that sometime the truths hurt. 

When Kamal wrote us as 'neophyte historians' we do not take it personally.

When I wrote, "There are many ignorant educated people in Assam." 
Or " There are again some educated intellectuals with different agendas."

It is same as the statement "There are many educated corrupt people in Assam". 
I am sure that statement would not mean that all the people of Assam are corrupt by any stretch of imagination. On the other hand if I make this statement, many will support me. 
 These do not anyway mean that we are blaming all the people of Assam. Nor does it mean that people living outside Assam are superior or better. Many from Assam take part here. We never write thinking the people of Assam as different from us.
 I wrote I wrote in similar vein. 
I am sorry if I somehow hurt yours or anybody's feeling. But frankly speaking that is the flavor and beauty of Assam net.
The net is doing a great service to the Assamese community for many many years now.
I also want to clarify that this is not Friends of Assam net which is different. You may be confused for some reason.
Regards

Rajen Barua


From: Choudhary, H. N. - AMW - MUM 
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:29 AM
To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world 
Cc: rc2559 at columbia.edu 
Subject: Re: [Assam] About the name Assam


Dear All,

 

Having read the mails and communications on the subject  "about the name
of Assam",  

I feel that the debate on the subject has become acrimonious and
somewhat personal.

No one can clam fame to become a historian overnight by writing an
article on a historical topic. It is also not appropriate to call them
"neophyte historians" as they may not deserve the accolade.

 

If I have to give my comments on the following remarks: 

"There are many ignorant educated people in Assam. There are again some
educated intellectuals with different agendas."

 

-- I will like to reserve my comments.

 

Please exercise restraint and caution on commenting poorly on the whole
of Assam or Assamese people.

Your geographical location outside Assam (in USA or elsewhere) does not
confer the right to make un-parliamentary 

comments on the people in Assam.

These are sensitive issues.

 

I am a recent addition to the group. 

I have served for many years in the Army and now in an Indian corporate.


Having he advantage to experienced the best traditions of our culture
and a mix of British culture,

I could suggest that views and opinions need not "hurt" anyone. Please
show tolerance.

If we follow that in the Friends of Assam, we will remain friends.

 

I request both parties  to cool off.

There is too much heat at the moment.

 

Regards,

Col Hemen N Choudhary

W Sea Face

Mumbai

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: assam-bounces at assamnet.org [mailto:assam-bounces at assamnet.org] On
Behalf Of Rajen Barua
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:51 PM
To: assamnet
Subject: Re: [Assam] About the name Assam

 

 

 

Why would Mr Wahid confront anybody?

 

 

 

What Prof Amalendu Gauha wrote about 'Ha-Sam' was not based on his own
research work. He simply borrowed the writing from Mr Baden Powell even
without quoting Mr Powell. I also wrote about the word 'Ha-Sam' in my
article  but I quoted Mr Baden Powell. Also Prof Guha was writing based
on his communistic outlook, not much as history of the word Assam. 

 

 

 

There are 

 

 

 

Let people read Mr. Wahid's writings and confront him if they have any
problem.

 

 

 

Rajen Barua

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:03:37 -0500

> From: kjit.deka at gmail.com

> To: assam at assamnet.org

> Subject: [Assam] About the name Assam

> 

> I am wondering what prevents Mr.Saleh from confronting people like

> Prof.Priyam Goswami of Gauhati University or Prof.Amalendu Guha with
his

> newly-found Dutch document which will certainly make them
laughter-evoking

> buffoons for being so ignorant about Assam's history ?

> KJD

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