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

[Ram Sarangapani]

Thanks Mohan,

We try to grow a few things like lao and jika. Some years we get lucky & not
in others. We will have to try this link.

--Ram

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Mohan Palleti <mpalleti at aol.com> wrote:

> Ram:
> I grew Bhat Kerela from a few alu's. I have the first few flowers blooming.
> I am keeping my fingers crossed.
> Ou tenga (elephant apple) plant I bought from www.toptropicals.com
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> It is still a sappling. I am trying to see if I can save it thru winter.
>
> Mohan
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>
> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <
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> Sent: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 5:41 pm
> Subject: Re: [Assam] ‘I Am An Assamese, A Bengali And A S ylheti. What
> Exactly Am I?’ Anurag Rudra 'a write up appeared Tehelka
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> Great assessment,  Mohan. You are absolutely correct in saying, you are what
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> you choose to be - ie. defining yourself. The write-up by Anurag is
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> well-written & from the heart, and most netters will be able to relate to
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> something or the other in what he wrote.
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> But to more important questions: How did you grow bhaat kerela & ou tenga?
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> I don't think we have seen either of these in this area :-)
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> Best of luck to Anurag, and hope to see more of his writings in future.
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> --Ram
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> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Mohan Palleti <mpalleti at aol.com> wrote:
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> > Anurag:
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> > This is beautifully written article. I liked the honest expression about
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> > your feelings.
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> > I being a half telugu and a half assamese by birth, I could relate very
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> > well with you. I lived in Assam as a young child and moved to Hyderabad
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> > therafter. I had asked the same question to myself. What am I?
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> >
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> > The answer is very simple. You are what you choose to be. And in the
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> > process you do not have to forget where you came from. You set the trend for
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> > the coming generations and you blend into a culture you choose to.
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> >
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> > We lived in Hyderabad since 1973, And yet our house was a waterhole for a
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> > lot of Assamese folks who visited Hyderabad. My mother passed away a few
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> > months ago. She was like a moher to a lot of young assamese folks who live
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> > and work in Hyderabad.
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> > Although I have been living in the US for over a decade and speak 4
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> > different languages at home. I grow dhekia xaak, bhat kerela, ou tenga in my
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> > garden and have loads of Khorisa  in my referigerator. It wont be hard for
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> > you to guess what I consider myself to be.
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> > I hope you get to read this email.
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> > Cheers!
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> > Mohan Palleti
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com <lt%3Bcmahanta at gmail.com>>
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> > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world &
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> > lt;assam at assamnet.org <lt%3Bassam at assamnet.org>>
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> > Sent: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 9:53 am
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> > Subject: Re: [Assam] ‘I Am An Assamese, A Bengali And A S ylheti. What
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> > Exactly Am I?’ Anurag Rudra'a write up appeared Tehelka
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> >
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> > That is a believable, poignant story, Sushanta. Thanks for sharing.
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> >
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> > The indignities that young Anurag had to endure, hopefully, were not in
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> > vain and his account,
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> > hopefully would help turn things for the better.
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> >
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> > Many of us in this forum have worn different shoes. And we too wore the
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> > ones that
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> > Anurag had worn,at times of being a minority, foreign, alien etc. and at
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> > times of a dominant
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> > group wearing the halo of being an indigenous. It has helped us become
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> > fuller, better people.
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> > That said, I do realize that those of us in the US or other counties with a
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> > rule of law have not, would not
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> > ( except as rare exceptions) have to undergo some of the more blatant and
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> > overt acts
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> > of discrimination, bullying or even physical assaults that someone in
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> > Anurag's shoes might have.
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> > That is where the rule-of-law plays a critical role, one that is absent in
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> > Indian governance, not
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> > just Assam's, part of the dysfunctional state of desi-demokrasy as I call
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> > it.
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> >
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> > I agree with MM's advice: To be positive and ASSERTIVE. He has no reason to
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> > be
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> > confused about his many identities, much less be apologetic. Long ago, I
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> > learned
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> > to choose my first and foremost identity to be the human one. My many other
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> > identities
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> > 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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> > c-da
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> > On Jun 14, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Sushanta Kar wrote:
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> > > Dear
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> > > Friends,
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> > > You will find this write up something interesting. Anurag is a B.A
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> > > student
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> > > of Cotton College. By this time he has earned a well reputation as a
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> > > poet in
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> > > English. Here he has raised a few question on the identity crisis of
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> > > the
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> > > sylhetis of the state:
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> > >
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> > http://www.tehelka.com/story_main45.asp?filename=hub190610personalhistories.asp
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> > > Sushanta Kar
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