[Assam] Getting back to you..
Alpana B. Sarangapani
absarangapani at hotmail.com
Tue Jun 29 20:19:01 PDT 2010
Attached is the picture of it...
I think I need to water it now. I just checked it has moss like covering, is that the soil for orchid? This is what I get for not paying attention to small details before - have no clue about anything. Anyway, thanks as always.
CC: cmahanta at gmail.com; 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 14:26:28 -0500
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.
http://www.broadwayfloral.com/purple-phalaenopsis-orchid-p-49.html
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.
>*** 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.
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. :)
>*** 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.
Totally agree. And also learn a whole lot of things that I never knew existed.
Thanks again!!
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
A:
Are you still taking advantage of that? :)
*** 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.
There are so many obvious issues that both of you have soft corners for.
*** 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.
*** 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.
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.
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.
Watering once a week is enough. When on vacation, don't worry. They would survive no
watering for a month even.
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.
c-da
On Jun 28, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
Hi C'da:
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..
> 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? :)
> >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?
You missed nothing. There are so many obvious issues that both of you have soft corners for.
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!
Regards,
-a
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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.
> >
> > cm
> >
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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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