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

Sat May 29 14:12:45 PDT 2010

Hi A:

 >No, I think it was something you wrote about, if I remember  
correctly, that is.
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*** The mind must be a place where old information gets smashed and re- 
hashed to fit one's
predilections.  Because I never wrote anything even remotely akin to  
"Assamese and Sanskrit are not related, ".
Had I written anything like that, wouldn't you all have demolished it  
like the Babri Masjid :-), with bare hands?

Have a great trip.

c-da

On May 29, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:

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>> *** Is that something I said or is it yet another example of creative
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>> of quotes by fertile minded assamnetters, attributed to me, A?
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>> And by the same token, the English language is too influenced by many
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>> from near and far. Remember Veni,vidi,vici :-)?
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> a lot more people than the current number of people, and more  
> literature work were available on the language.
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>> From: cmahanta at gmail.com
>> To: assam at assamnet.org
>> Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 08:23:19 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel -Letters to the Editor  
>> 17/05/2010
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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?
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>> *** I know what you are alluding to. But the Assamese language is
>> related
>> to or influenced by many other languages, from near and far.
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>> And by the same token, the English language is too influenced by many
>> other languages,
>> from near and far. Remember Veni,vidi,vici :-)?
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>> On May 28, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
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>>>> did not have that choice in my boarding school, so learned a little
>>>> Sanskrit.
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>>> is then when you learnt that Assamese and Sanskrit are not related,
>>> C'da?
>>> :)
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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
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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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