[Assam] Bhat Kerela Tragedy

Tue Jun 15 19:28:18 PDT 2010

We got a Bhat Kerela Alu from Assam, planted it, saw beautiful deep green creepers climbing on the oak trees, saw gazillions of flowers.
But the flowers did not produce the Kerelas that we wanted. The story repeated for about five years. The plant (now plants) comes back every spring and I hack them off wherever I see them - I am that mad at the unisexual behavior of the plant.
Does anybody know a remedy? One of our friends from Assam (Tinsukia to be precise) suggested I put a Mekhela on the plant. Does it work?
And if so, why and how? My scientific mind tells me that the same plant (now several) must produce male and female flowers to produce fruits.
Dilip, Houston, TX

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From: Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>
To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <assam at assamnet.org>
Sent: Tue, June 15, 2010 8:48:56 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

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.
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> 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 <
> assam at assamnet.org>
> 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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> > 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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> > 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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> > 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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> > 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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> > http://www.tehelka.com/story_main45.asp?filename=hub190610personalhistories.asp
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> > > Sushanta Kar
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