Thank you, Manoj! Encouraged by the positive response from friends in the net, I am really thinking of writing a detailed report of my experience in Nagaland which may help the future generations. I completely agree with you that "Assam must cultivate friendship with nagas." --- that will be easy, because essentially, we are the same type of people !
With love to everybody, Himendra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manoj Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Barua25" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Himendra Thakur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "J Kalita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:35 PM Subject: Re: Letter to the President of India Dear Himendrada, Hi Naga brother! Naga has become a word associated with respect, valour, resistance and resilience, so you should feel proud being some sort of a naga. Few years back I was in Shilliong for a shor trip with Ajanta, Dewang and Priyanka. Some warned it was not safe to roam around after 7 pm. So we hit upon a novel idea, we all wore naga jackets. Whenever we had to ask for direction, local boys used guide us with due respect. Of course you got have that naga look on your face :) More on my naga conection.. my great great grand father escaped the 'man' from a place called nagakhelia or nagahuliya (not sure) near Dibrugarh. We are known as "naga bongxho" in Dhemaji, all we normally address among us as naga. We do command certain respect as not many ventures to take any 'paanga' with our brethren. Whenever I mention this to my naga friends, they say I look like a sema naga. In Gujarat and some parts of India naga means naked. I have a strong feeling that the naga word in nagaland context has come from the "naga"- snake of "ulupi" myth. Assam must cultivate friendship with nagas. When eventually Assam will be swamped by Bangladeshis, it will be only place where kharkhowas will find refuge. Kashmiri pundits came to Jammu and Delhi. kharkhowas will have no western escape route. Arunachal and Nagaland or Nagalim will be the only safe haven... a bleak future eh.. but I see it coming too soon.. Dear Umesh's letter on the fate of his brethren in Bangladesh in another mail today..it's frightening. Our secular intellectuals should take note ot it. Don't repeat the mistakes of the biddhists of Gandhar and Takshashila. They were practicing non-violence in an area surrounded by violence. It's not to be so, but one should be practical. How safe it is to be secular in an area surrounded by unsecular bigots. MKD Mabbe you will throuw some light. Manoj Kumar Das B 109 Gr Floor Rear Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 110017 India Tel: 91 11 26533824 Telefax: 91 11 26533829 Hand Phone: 91 9312650558 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
