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

[Chan Mahanta]

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> is then when you learnt that Assamese and Sanskrit are not related,  
> C'da?
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*** Is that something I said or is it yet another example of creative  
manufacturing
of quotes by fertile minded assamnetters, attributed to me, A?


*** I know what you are alluding to.  But the Assamese language is  
related
to or influenced by many other languages, from near and far.

And by the same token, the English language is too influenced by many  
other languages,
from near and far.  Remember Veni,vidi,vici :-)?












On May 28, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:

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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> On May 28, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
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>>> 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 :-) !
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>>>
>>> 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:
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>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 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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