[Assam] ‘I Am An Assamese, A Bengali And A Sylheti. What Exactly Am I?’ Anurag Rudra'a write up appeared Tehelka

[Sushanta Kar]

Well said Chanddanda! I hope young Anurag will be motivated enough with
these words.
Sushanta

On 15 June 2010 19:22, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is a believable, poignant story, Sushanta. Thanks for sharing.
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> The indignities that young Anurag had to endure, hopefully, were not in
> vain and his account,
> hopefully would help turn things for the better.
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> Many of us in this forum have worn different shoes. And we too wore the
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> Anurag had worn,at times of being a minority, foreign, alien etc. and at
> times of  a dominant
> group wearing the halo of being an indigenous. It has helped us become
> fuller, better people.
> That said, I do realize that those of us in the US or other counties with a
> rule of law have not, would not
> ( except as rare exceptions) have to undergo some of the more blatant and
> overt acts
> of discrimination, bullying or even physical assaults that someone in
> Anurag's shoes might have.
> That is where the rule-of-law plays a critical role, one that is absent in
> Indian governance, not
> just Assam's, part of the dysfunctional state of desi-demokrasy as I call
> it.
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> I agree with MM's advice: To be positive and ASSERTIVE. He has no reason to
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> confused about his many identities, much less be apologetic. Long ago, I
> learned
> to choose my first and foremost identity to be the human one. My many other
> identities
> fall into place, without conflict and without apologies!
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> Pass this on to Anurag, if you can. I wish him all the best.
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> On Jun 14, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Sushanta Kar wrote:
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>  Dear
>> Friends,
>> You will find this write up something interesting. Anurag is a B.A student
>> of Cotton College. By this time he has earned a well reputation as a poet
>> in
>> English. Here he has raised a few question on the identity crisis of the
>> sylhetis of the state:
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>> http://www.tehelka.com/story_main45.asp?filename=hub190610personalhistories.asp
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>> Sushanta Kar
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