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

[Alpana B. Sarangapani]

> did not have that choice in my boarding school, so learned a little 
> Sanskrit.

 

is then when you learnt that Assamese and Sanskrit are not related, C'da? 
:)

 








 

> From: cmahanta at gmail.com
> To: assam at assamnet.org
> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 13:23:08 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel -Letters to the Editor 17/05/2010
> 
> 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>
> > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the 
> > world <assam at assamnet.org>
> > 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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