[Assam] Getting back to you..
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at gmail.com
Tue Jun 29 12:26:28 PDT 2010
Yes indeed, that is phalaenopsis, A.
On Jun 29, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
> Thanks so much C'da. I will try to take a picture of it tonight and
> send. For now....pl. see the one on the link below, it resembles
> that, but the flowers are much darker. They have a few buds, I am
> afraid they will die before blooming if I don't take care of them
> soon. The shape of the flowers is like (sort of) butterflies and
> about one inch in size, and the leaves are about 4 - 6 inches in
> size. I was not even sure if they were 'orchid leaves'. I thought
> they were drafted there to look real.
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> http://www.broadwayfloral.com/purple-phalaenopsis-orchid-p-49.html
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> Is the caring part same as in African Violet? Even those die in our
> house, except for Begonias, Marigold, Vincas and Petunias, nothing
> stay for long. This year, two of the Dianthus bushes came back on,
> but one is almost dead due to the heat.
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> >*** Are you kidding? These are life-long debts that no one ever
> repays fully.
> >Why do you think I invested on it :-)? It is lifelong income.
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> but you didn't spend a penny on Tilok though, you just signed the
> papers :), which itself was very nice of you. Some favors can't be
> measured by money. Anyway, it's between Tilok and you, who am I to
> comment or to get jealous of the free service that you're obtaining
> from him. :)
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> >*** True! But that does not make the two of us special. Just
> imagine why WE all are in this
> >juhalor-mel, in spite of the wide differences among some of us on
> some issues: Because
> >we are bound together by the same soft-corners about some of the
> other issues.
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> Totally agree. And also learn a whole lot of things that I never
> knew existed.
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> Thanks again!!
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> CC: assam at assamnet.org
> From: cmahanta at gmail.com
> To: absarangapani at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: Getting back to you..
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:12:46 -0500
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> A:
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> Are you still taking advantage of that? :)
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> *** Are you kidding? These are life-long debts that no one ever
> repays fully.
> Why do you think I invested on it :-)? It is lifelong income.
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> There are so many obvious issues that both of you have soft corners
> for.
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> *** True! But that does not make the two of us special. Just imagine
> why WE all are in this
> juhalor-mel, in spite of the wide differences among some of us on
> some issues: Because
> we are bound together by the same soft-corners about some of the
> other issues.
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> *** Can you give me a little more info. on the orchid? Orchids are
> notorious for their
> finicky cultural requirements. Few are alike. Do the flowers
> resemble butterflies
> and with strapping leaves resembling mediterranean goats' ears
> ( slightly drooping or
> erect, two to three inches wide X four to eight inches long) ? If
> so, it
> would be a phalaenopsis . It is one of the easiest to raise in the
> house.
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> Yes, you do need special potting medium. You can buy it in your
> local nursery or
> even the big-box-hardware stores like Home Depot. You may cover the
> roots,if
> they fit in the pot. Do not force them into the pot. f they hang
> out, that is fine.
> They should not be placed in direct sunlight, but lot of indirect,
> bright light is good.
> During mild weather you can place the pot outside in a permanently
> shaded spot.
> They love humid conditions, so Houston is perfect. In the winter,
> place it at the sill
> of a north or east facing window and mist it with water from a spray
> bottle if the house
> gets too dry from heating. Once a day is good.
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> You can feed it during the warm months weekly with orchid food. I
> mix some of it
> in the misting bottle and spray it on the leaves once a week. Do not
> feed that often
> in the winter. Watch out for snails and slugs. They will eat the
> young leaves and flower
> buds. The other pest is scales. If scales appear, spray malathion
> solution once a week
> for two or three weeks, until they are gone. A greener solution is
> to take a Q-tip, dip in rubbing
> alcohol and swab the scales off.
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> Watering once a week is enough. When on vacation, don't worry. They
> would survive no
> watering for a month even.
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> If placed outside in reach of sprinklers or open to frequent rain,
> you must TILT the pot,
> so that water will not collect and remain in the center cup formed
> by emerging leaves.
> Collected water will cause a crown-rot and kill the plant. That is
> why, in nature, in the Himalayan
> and other Asian mountain environments where they grow naturally,
> they grow hanging
> down to one side.
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> On Jun 28, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
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> Hi C'da:
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> Sorry for getting back to this so late. These weekends are just not
> enough....if voluntary retirement was not a luxury for me, I would
> have done that long time ago. anyway..
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> > I don't get charged, because Tilok owes me big time. How do you
> think
> > he got > his visa to come to the USA? I was his sponsor. Sometimes
> he acts as
> > though > he has grown too big for his pants. But that happens to
> the best of
>
> Are you still taking advantage of that? :)
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> > >I just have one question. How come Tilok and you have the exact
> same
> > view-points?
> >
> > **** There you got me though. What drove you to make that
> conclusion?
> > What am I missing?
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> You missed nothing. There are so many obvious issues that both of
> you have soft corners for.
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> BTW, a young friend of ours gifted me with a fully bloomed beautiful
> purple orchid in a pot. Some of the roots (I think they are roots,
> they are pale green in color). Are you supposed to cover the roots?
> Is there a special type of soil to grow indoor orchids and how much
> water they need? Could you send some advice and/or send some simple
> and good links that can be easily understood? Thank you!
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> Regards,
> -a
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> > From: absarangapani at hotmail.com
> > To: cmahanta at gmail.com
> > CC: assam at assamnet.org
> > Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:15:09 +0000
> > Subject: Re: [Assam] Humanism, Drivels (sic) and The Evil of
> LookingforROOT-CAUSEs
> >
> > "...drove you to make that conclusion?What am I missing?"
> >
> > Will get back to you soon, C-da.
> > I have a 3 day weekend coming. :)
> > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:27:41
> > To: <absarangapani at hotmail.com>
> > Cc: <cmahanta at gmail.com>; <assam at assamnet.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Assam] Humanism, Drivels (sic) and The Evil of Looking
> > forROOT-CAUSEs
> >
> > O' A:
> >
> > Did you really expect me to have a counseling session with someone,
> > with whom I don't see eye to eye :-)? I know you are fair and
> > balanced and
> > un-biased. But I told you that is not me. I am biased like a
> vulture
> > over a road-kill. I commiserate only with my own ilk.
> >
> > I don't get charged, because Tilok owes me big time. How do you
> think
> > he got
> > his visa to come to the USA? I was his sponsor. Sometimes he acts as
> > though
> > he has grown too big for his pants. But that happens to the best of
> > 'em. I don't
> > hold it against him. After all, he is a Jokai-sukiya! You know how
> the
> > ol' fokora goes:
> > "Swre nere swr porkiti, kukure nere sai, jar ji porkiti, morilew
> > logote jai".
> >
> > >I just have one question. How come Tilok and you have the exact
> same
> > view-points?
> >
> > **** There you got me though. What drove you to make that
> conclusion?
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > c-da
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> > On Jun 17, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
> >
> > > That was a good conversation between two like-minded people, C'da.
> > > Good, you get to choose your doctor, but how did you include a
> Goru-
> > > daaktor into your insurance's network for yourself?
> > >
> > > Hope your insurance will pay for it, unless Tilok offers this to
> you
> > > for free - just to vent out some of his own and speculated ideas.
> > >
> > > I just have one question. How come Tilok and you have the exact
> same
> > > view-points?
> > > :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:23:34
> > > To: <assam at assamnet.org>
> > > Subject: [Assam] Humanism, Drivels (sic) and The Evil of
> Looking for
> > > ROOT-CAUSEs
> > >
> > > This odhom's ( despicable one's) suggestion to Anurag Rudra, of
> > > giving one's human identity primacy
> > > over the many other identities a person might have, as a means
> for
> > > sorting out the conflicts between them,
> > > caused a lot of vitriol to spill over in the pages of this forum
> in
> > > recent days, directed at this odhom's persona ?
> > >
> > > I attempted to understand the reason why, kind of looking for the
> > > root-
> > > cause, in itself another EVIL to a few of
> > > our more vocal and self-assuredly fair-and-balanced fellow
> netters.
> > > Evil or not, I felt it is important to
> > > understand. But it is a 'komplikated-kotha' ( complicated
> subject),
> > > too sophisticated for my little mind to gauge.
> > > So, I had to call on my ol' friend from Dokkhin Jokaisuk, Tilok
> > > Hatimuria, the Shrinkologist and Goru-Daktor,
> > > who practices large-animal head-shrinking in the High Ozarks.
> Since
> > > our forum does not allow a non-member
> > > like Tilok Daktor to post directly to assamnet, I am resorting to
> > > cutting and pasting the text of my counseling session
> > > with the good analyst below:
> > >
> > > CM ( That is me): Tilok, why is it that your Kamal-kai ( that
> would
> > > be Kaml Jit Deka) so upset at my suggestion
> > > that Anurag ought to consider his human identity to be his
> first and
> > > foremost, just like I have and which serves
> > > me so well? And for that matter, why is Ram-kai his defender
> here, he
> > > being the one who sports the most fair and
> > > balanced ( and even tempered too) halo ?
> > >
> > > TD ( That is Tilok Daktor): So-kai, it is not hard to understand
> if
> > > you have a little empathy . Now, now--I know
> > > empathy is probably another EVIL to both Kamal -kai ( KK) and
> Ram-kai
> > > ( RK), but between you and me, we can
> > > invoke it to analyze and understand.
> > >
> > > CM: OK, I am cool. So what am I missing?
> > >
> > > TD: Two things:
> > > A: The preceding debate resulting from Dilip Deka's suggestion
> about a
> > > federal-like association amongst India
> > > and its enemies that you supported. It has a couple of catches
> in it.
> > >
> > > B: As soon as you brought up your human ID, it caused problems.
> It is
> > > hard to disparage humanity. So, how do you
> > > devalue it?
> > >
> > > CM: Yeah, but what was so bad about DD's suggestion? I realize
> it is a
> > > long shot at best. But it has a potential to
> > > ease the illegal immigration problem from B-desh. Neither KK
> nor RK
> > > offered an single 'splanation as to why
> > > it is not good or bad. They just dwelled on the attempt to
> devalue the
> > > idea as kind of a hare-brained one and
> > > attacked the messengers.
> > >
> > > TD: You are an old man So-kai, I thought you would have learnt
> by now
> > > how to spot the sub-text in these
> > > charades. I thought you have learnt to spot the subtly screened
> > > anxieties in these discourses. How could you
> > > miss the fighting signals in DD's proposition?
> > >
> > > CM: What do you mean? Sub-texts! What sub-texts ?
> > >
> > > TD: Oh, So-kai, you are sooo naive! How can India bury the hatchet
> > > with Pakistan, for one, for such co-operation
> > > to take place? It will mean having to make peace over Kashmir.
> What
> > > does that mean?
> > >
> > > CM: I don't know. Maybe India will have to agree to let Kashmir
> go, if
> > > not to Pakistan, at least to let it become independent
> > > or some such thing?
> > >
> > > TD: And---?
> > >
> > > CM: And what?
> > >
> > > TD: Sheesh! How do KK or RK view such an eventuality? Don't you
> have
> > > any idea?
> > >
> > > CM: Ummm, well, I see what you are leading to. You mean they
> won't
> > > take kindly to loss of that
> > > piece of real-estate? But how does that matter to them? It is not
> > > THEIR poitrik-xompotti ( ancestral
> > > property). For crying out loud they are just Kharkhowas who
> don't even
> > > live in India any more. Why should
> > > they care?
> > >
> > > TD: I will let you sleep over that So-kai. I am not going to
> give you
> > > all the answers. You have to do some
> > > homework on your own. Don't expect me to spoon-feed you. I am
> busy.
> > > This is rut season and many of my
> > > patients are almost on the stampede.
> > >
> > > CM: OK, OK! But what about the other catch?
> > >
> > > TD: That would be the lungi-menace! How would you like them
> crawling
> > > all around YOU?
> > >
> > > CM: Wait, you are using RK's rhetoric here. It sounds very
> > > unprofessional.
> > >
> > > TD: I say things to make a point, to shake your lazy head up to
> think
> > > on your own a little.
> > >
> > > CM: Hey, what is this? I didn't come here to be insulted like
> that.
> > >
> > > TD: Then do some thinking.
> > >
> > > CM: OK, what about the lungi menace?
> > >
> > > TD: Have you forgotten all the heartfelt outpourings of angst
> about
> > > them Muslims hordes, the adha-kota (circumcision)
> > > anxieties, of being overrun, of Assam being a part of Brihottor
> > > Bangladesh ( Greater B'Desh)?
> > >
> > > CM: No I have NOT! But DD's idea was aimed to EASE those fears
> by way
> > > of lessening the immigration
> > > pressures.
> > >
> > > TD: Yeah, but why would they buy that idea? It is far better to
> stir
> > > the anxieties of being overrun, of all Khrakhowas in
> > > lungis and skull-caps and or women in Burkas. Close your eyes
> and look
> > > at the scene for a moment. And if that fear
> > > could be burnished in, who can they seek help from?
> > >
> > > CM: India?
> > >
> > > TD: Duuuh! Is there a better way to scare those Kharkhowas who
> want
> > > independence out of their wits and
> > > give ULFA the ol' heave-ho?
> > >
> > > Why do you think they keep harping on the fear of them B'deshi
> hordes,
> > > while never suggesting a way to
> > > help stem the tide?
> > >
> > > CM: Oh, no! I never thought of that. I knew something was amiss,
> when
> > > they only say NO to everything.
> > > Didn't realize there may be some, what was the phrase you used?
> Sub-
> > > text, that's it, subtext like this to it.
> > >
> > > TD: Well!
> > >
> > > CM: I see what you mean. But what is the the problem about
> humanism?
> > > What did I do wrong there?
> > >
> > > TD: That is another, but related matter. I have to go. My
> assistant is
> > > frantically texting me. Al's Alpaca
> > > apparently has eaten hay with loco-weed in it and is going
> bonkers.
> > > I'll explain that in the next session.
> > > Stay cool!
> > >
> > >
> > > **** That , my friends, was the synopsis of today's revelations.
> Stay
> > > tuned for the next.
> > >
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> > > On Jun 16, 2010, at 6:25 PM, kamal deka wrote:
> > >
> > >> RS,
> > >> I could not have said better than this.
> > >> All these drivels with respect to human/humanity/humanism are
> nothing
> > >> but hackneyed slogans.
> > >> All those viewpoints with respect to identity has come across
> to me
> > >> as
> > >> phony and contrived.
> > >> Let me magnify on the point of " support".Unless one allows one's
> > >> intelligence to go to sleep,there should not be a problem of
> > >> Himalayan
> > >> proportion to make out as to what I was relating to.
> > >> I am astonished,our distinguished netter has omitted the key
> > >> difference between ' psychiatry' and ' psycosocial'.
> > >> Well,mendacity of their reasoning knows no bounds.
> > >> KJD
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Ram Sarangapani
> > >> <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> Now, it's my turn - it's the damn English language again :-)
> > >>>
> > >>> No one, KJD nor I have said that there was "SUPPORT" for
> either the
> > >>> Dhemaji
> > >>> killings or that of the Biharis.
> > >>>
> > >>> The discussion (I presume KJD) brought up was regarding
> "HUMANISM".
> > >>> If I
> > >>> understood it correct, KJD was questioning as to why the SAME
> > >>> HUMANISM now
> > >>> shown at the drop of a hat, was totally absent when the Biharis
> > >>> were
> > >>> killed.
> > >>>
> > >>> The incident was reported all over the place, and so now it
> seems
> > >>> there was
> > >>> indeed a deafening silence, from folks who are very vocal
> otherwise.
> > >>>
> > >>> It's not about "Support", it is the absence of showing the same
> > >>> level of
> > >>> 'humanism' in some instances, while not in others. That is why
> it is
> > >>> "Selective Humanism".
> > >>>
> > >>> It does seem there is a dichotomy here. On the one hand, some
> are
> > >>> desperate
> > >>> to severe Assam from India, but are gung ho about uniting the
> > >>> world, erase
> > >>> borders of feuding countries, hug the Pakistanis, and so on. But
> > >>> not so,
> > >>> when it comes to Assam/Delhi/ULFA.
> > >>>
> > >>>> What is KJD's primary ID or what is RS's? Are they Americans
> > >>>> first,
> > >>> Hindus, Indians, Assamese. Muslim-hater :-), ---- what?
> > >>>
> > >>> Really, what does this mean? I don't support illegal B'deshis
> > >>> crawling all
> > >>> over the place into Assam. For that matter, I don't like illegal
> > >>> Greeks
> > >>> going to Assam or any other part of India. But, unfortunately,
> > >>> every time
> > >>> this issue is raised, we are cast as "Muslim -Haters" or lungi
> > >>> haters. That
> > >>> is really, really sad!
> > >>>
> > >>> But these are the tactics that one often has to resort to -
> assign
> > >>> labels,
> > >>> and hope they labels stick.
> > >>>
> > >>> --Ram
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com
> >
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Jun 15, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Did CM support killing of the Biharis or the blast in
> Dhemaji,
> > >>>> though it
> > >>>>> is quite apparent that he supports ULFA's cause?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> **** If one is desperate enough to find some some reason to
> > >>>> devalue the
> > >>>> idea that
> > >>>> one's humanity is the most important of identities, then it is
> > >>>> easy to jump
> > >>>> to such conclusions.
> > >>>> But it would be a mindless one. Imagine KJD or RS's support
> of all
> > >>>> things
> > >>>> Indian meaning they also
> > >>>> support the Indian army's atrocities over civilians.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> **** That also leads one to wonder if giving one's human
> identity
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> primacy is merely a ploy to look
> > >>>> good, then what could be better , more honest identities ?
> What is
> > >>>> KJD's
> > >>>> primary ID or what is RS's? Are they
> > >>>> Americans first, Hindus, Indians, Assamese. Muslim-hater :-),
> > >>>> ---- what?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Why am I mixing up national identity with religious you might
> > >>>> ask? For the
> > >>>> simple reason of KJD invoking
> > >>>> Erikson's ID confusion about being a Norwegian or a Jew. How
> much
> > >>>> more
> > >>>> confused can one get?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I do not support ULFA's cause, thus I do not have a dog in
> this
> > >>>> fight.
> > >>>>> Dilip, Houston TX
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> ________________________________
> > >>>>> 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 9:11:11 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
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> KJD,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> However,the same humanist failed to raise a whimper,when
> > >>>>>> ULFA-engineered massacre of poor Biharis took place in Assam.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Hehehe, that is what one would call 'selective humanism'.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> But it's OK, one has to give a lot of leeway for folks :-)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> --Ram
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:39 PM, kamal deka <kjit.deka at gmail.com
> >
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> are absolutely correct in saying, you are what
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> you choose to be - ie. defining yourself.<<<
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> RS,
> > >>>>>> All of a sudden,humanist of mega size seems to be appearing
> in
> > >>>>>> this
> > >>>>>> Net,who now lays the claim that his first identity is nothing
> > >>>>>> but a
> > >>>>>> human being.However,the same humanist failed to raise a
> > >>>>>> whimper,when
> > >>>>>> ULFA-engineered massacre of poor Biharis took place in
> Assam.For
> > >>>>>> him,it seems,everything pales into insignificance,when it
> comes
> > >>>>>> to the
> > >>>>>> question of ULFA.Is he trying to give his falsehood the
> gloss of
> > >>>>>> moral
> > >>>>>> sanction now? He can no longer fool people with his veneer of
> > >>>>>> gentility!!!
> > >>>>>> All this is a mystery to me,really.
> > >>>>>> KJD
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Great assessment, Mohan. You are absolutely correct in
> saying,
> > >>>>>>> you are
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> what
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> you choose to be - ie. defining yourself. The write-up by
> > >>>>>>> Anurag is
> > >>>>>>> well-written & from the heart, and most netters will be
> able to
> > >>>>>>> relate
> > >>>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>> something or the other in what he wrote.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> But to more important questions: How did you grow bhaat
> kerela
> > >>>>>>> & ou
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> tenga?
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> I don't think we have seen either of these in this area :-)
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Best of luck to Anurag, and hope to see more of his
> writings in
> > >>>>>>> future.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> --Ram
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Mohan Palleti
> > >>>>>>> <mpalleti at aol.com>
> > >>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Anurag:
> > >>>>>>>> This is beautifully written article. I liked the honest
> > >>>>>>>> expression
> > >>>>>>>> about
> > >>>>>>>> your feelings.
> > >>>>>>>> I being a half telugu and a half assamese by birth, I could
> > >>>>>>>> relate very
> > >>>>>>>> well with you. I lived in Assam as a young child and
> moved to
> > >>>>>>>> Hyderabad
> > >>>>>>>> therafter. I had asked the same question to myself. What
> am I?
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> The answer is very simple. You are what you choose to be.
> And
> > >>>>>>>> in the
> > >>>>>>>> process you do not have to forget where you came from.
> You set
> > >>>>>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>> trend
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> for
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> the coming generations and you blend into a culture you
> choose
> > >>>>>>> to.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> We lived in Hyderabad since 1973, And yet our house was a
> > >>>>>>>> waterhole for
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> a
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> lot of Assamese folks who visited Hyderabad. My mother
> passed
> > >>>>>>> away a few
> > >>>>>>>> months ago. She was like a moher to a lot of young assamese
> > >>>>>>>> folks who
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> live
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> and work in Hyderabad.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Although I have been living in the US for over a decade and
> > >>>>>>>> speak 4
> > >>>>>>>> different languages at home. I grow dhekia xaak, bhat
> kerela,
> > >>>>>>>> ou tenga
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> in my
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> garden and have loads of Khorisa in my referigerator. It
> wont
> > >>>>>>> be hard
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> for
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> you to guess what I consider myself to be.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> I hope you get to read this email.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Cheers!
> > >>>>>>>> Mohan Palleti
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>>>>>>> From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com <lt%3Bcmahanta at gmail.com
> > >>>>>>>>> <
> > >>>>>>>> lt%3Bcmahanta at gmail.com <lt%253Bcmahanta at gmail.com>> <
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> lt%3Bcmahanta at gmail.com <lt%253Bcmahanta at gmail.com> <
> > >>>>>> lt%253Bcmahanta at gmail.com <lt%25253Bcmahanta at gmail.com>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from
> around
> > >>>>>>> the world
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> &
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> lt;assam at assamnet.org <lt%3Bassam at assamnet.org> <
> > >>>>>>>> lt%3Bassam at assamnet.org <lt%253Bassam at assamnet.org>> <
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> lt%3Bassam at assamnet.org <lt%253Bassam at assamnet.org> <
> > >>>>>> lt%253Bassam at assamnet.org <lt%25253Bassam at assamnet.org>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Sent: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 9:53 am
> > >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Assam] 'I Am An Assamese, A Bengali And A S
> > >>>>>>>> ylheti. What
> > >>>>>>>> Exactly Am I?' Anurag Rudra'a write up appeared Tehelka
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> That is a believable, poignant story, Sushanta. Thanks for
> > >>>>>>>> sharing.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> The indignities that young Anurag had to endure, hopefully,
> > >>>>>>>> were not in
> > >>>>>>>> vain and his account,
> > >>>>>>>> hopefully would help turn things for the better.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Many of us in this forum have worn different shoes. And
> we too
> > >>>>>>>> wore the
> > >>>>>>>> ones that
> > >>>>>>>> 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.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> I agree with MM's advice: To be positive and ASSERTIVE.
> He has
> > >>>>>>>> no
> > >>>>>>>> reason
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> be
> > >>>>>>>> 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!
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Pass this on to Anurag, if you can. I wish him all the
> best.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> c-da
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> On Jun 14, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Sushanta Kar wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> > 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:
> > >>>>>>>> >
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> http://www.tehelka.com/story_main45.asp?filename=hub190610personalhistories.asp
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> >
> > >>>>>>>> > Sushanta Kar
> > >>>>>>>> >_______________________________________________
> > >>>>>>>> > assam mailing list
> > >>>>>>>> > assam at assamnet.org
> > >>>>>>>> > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/
> assam_assamnet.org
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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