[Assam] From the Sentinel -Letters to the Editor 17/05/2010

[Chan Mahanta]

At my Namti High School, we had similar choices. I thought of learning  
Farsi. But by class VIII moved to Guahati, where we
did not have that choice in my boarding school, so learned a little  
Sanskrit.




On May 28, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:

> When we studied in Cotton Collegiate School, Guwahati, back in the  
> early sixties, we were offered three lanuages for optional study -  
> Arabic, Farsi and Sanskrit. A student could pick any. Latin was not  
> offered.
> I distinctly remember that the Arabic teacher (who also substituted  
> in Assamese class) asked me if I would be interested in learning  
> Arabic. Sanskrit won over Arabic and Farsi in my case. I also  
> remember the same teacher describing his Id-ul-Fitr celebration and  
> the meal in a class
> without any hesitation, as it should be. Will it happen in today's  
> India?
>
> Out of curiosity, I poked the internet and found some interesting  
> articles on Sanskrit and Muslim scholars. In the attachment I have  
> posted three articles. Hope you also find them interesting and  
> inspiring.
> Dilip Deka
> Houston
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 10:09:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel -Letters to the Editor  
> 17/05/2010
>
> Xongoskritor jaat moril eibaar :-) !
>
>
>
>
>
> On May 27, 2010, at 9:27 PM, UTTAM BORTHAKUR wrote:
>
>> INAMUL ABDULLAH, Bori Dotora Village, Ghagrapar, near Nalbari,  
>> SECURED THE
>> HIGHEST MARK (94%) in *SANSKRIT* in the Higher Secondary exam under  
>> SEBA. He
>> got a LETTER in that subject in High School Leaving Certificate Exam.
>>
>> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:08 PM, UTTAM BORTHAKUR <uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>> BTW, what is this DNA testing supposed to prove or disprove?  
>>>>>>>>> This
>>>
>>> sounds to me like a case of "olpo-bidya bhoyonkori".
>>>
>>>
>>> ******* Our Manoj Das has a fairly good idea about its  
>>> consequences. Manoj
>>> please!
>>>
>>> In Louisiana, I was interrogated by the police, as I looked like a  
>>> Hispanic
>>> to them. And they sniffed at the Pithaguri, I was carrying to a  
>>> friend.
>>>
>>>
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