The conception that the America is the melting pot of different cultures is no longer valid.Its immigrant communities are more or less characterized by a new trait called 'salad bowl' in which each and every community retains their own characteristics while trying to integrate with the American mainstream.It is the diversity in unity.That's why we have entities like Assam Association/Assam Net,Gujrati samaj so on and so forth.
The student community of North East India may choose to lead a cloistered life in Delhi and that's their choice.No one has the inherent right to admonish them for doing so.Compartmentalization is a normal human instinctive behaviour meaning that the human beings tend to stick to their own people and stay away from the unknown.The so- called '' provocative dress' of the tribal girls may draw significant attraction of unholy thought by the male species of Delhi,but that does not mean that they are entitled to rape them. I can't be at one with Mr.Mani Shankar Ayer's assertion that Shillong is the mainland.Had that been the case,the Scheduled tribe would not have been defined as a particular group that is geographically isolated from the mainstream and had strong sense of ethnic solidarity and exhibit ethnic distinctiveness from the national society. KJD On 7/13/07, SANDIP DUTTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There is no such thing called "MUST". It is upto the individual. Whether you assimilate or not, the consequences will be for you to bear. If I insist on putting tilak every day on my entire forehead while walking through Times square while going to work and be stared at, I can only blame myself. Rgds, Sandip ----- Original Message ---- From: Priyankoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: SANDIP DUTTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:25:07 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi and why people from the NE region MUST assimilate to the mainstream culture? In case of Assam haven't we seen more than 90% of the non-Assamese population never trying to "assimilate" with the local culture? If there is a failure on part of the NE population in "assimilating" to the mainstream culture, may be the reason is the same as why the non- Assamese population in Assam never "assimilated" to the local culture/s. best Priyankoo *Priyankoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: "Assimilation" is not the aim of the booklet. It just forces some dos and don'ts to people from a particular region. In any case, a booklet is never helpful for any kind of "assimilation". best Priyankoo *SANDIP DUTTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: There is no problem with "assimilation" for students or citizens from Assam. This advisory should be better worded and directed at our bros from Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur who stay apart not just in Delhi but in other parts of India too. Rgds, Sandip ----- Original Message ---- From: Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: xourov pathok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:33:28 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi I wonder if similar "circular" was issued to Indians in the US ( regarding the spices we use), how would the Indians react ? *xourov pathok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: having been in delhi for sometime as a student, i see it is getting worse. x http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070712/asp/frontpage/story_8048182.asp Right intentions, wrong message - Delhi police accused of dividing India into 'mainland' & 'Northeast' NISHIT DHOLABHAI New Delhi, July 11: Delhi police's advisory to youths from the Northeast studying in the capital is being seen by most as segregating the region from the so-called mainland. The minister for development of the northeastern region (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar, had only recently discouraged the use of this syntax. "There is no mainland, you are the mainland," he had told a reporter in Shillong. Aiyar was unavailable for comment on the booklet released by Delhi police, but those who responded seemed to cringe at the thought of someone advising students from the region to change their food habits, customs and manner of dressing to assimilate into the "mainstream". Dipankar Gupta, professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the police's advice not to create a "ruckus in the neighbourhood" by cooking "smelly dishes" and dress decently was gratuitous, to say the least. "The police come up with these advisories, but there is no implementation. There should be a departmental memo of some sort that if a person from the Northeast is harmed, punishment will be stringent," Gupta said. Moses Kharbithi, who is doing his MPhil at JNU, said the advisory was tantamount to undermining the ability of Northeast students in New Delhi to assimilate. "I wonder if they have given such booklets to students from the South," he said. Kharbithi said the fact that the booklet was well-intentioned could not mask the sense of discrimination. Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Kumar Sarma and his Congress colleague Kirip Chaliha said there was no denying the need to spruce up security for students from the region in view of some incidents in the recent past. But commenting on food habits and clothing was unfair, the duo said. "How can one tell somebody what to eat and how to dress?" Sarma asked. 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