Mr. Hazarika has written a crispy piece in The Assam Tribune on 28/01/2008 regarding the recent exercise of bringing in outside funds to NE for investment and its off shoot: Kolkata centric map of the NE.
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think we are attempting to split hairs over nothing. Just because another language differentiates between a house and a home, and Oxomiya does not, one does not need to go into a fit of grabbing at Sanskrit words that few use. For us 'ghor' is a ghor--a house and a home too. The difference lies in HOW it is used in a sentence. There are many such nuances to all languages. The differentiation lies in the usage. At 6:00 PM -0600 1/26/08, kamal deka wrote: >HOUSE = BHOBON / AWAKH /GRIHO >HOME = GRIHO BAKH /GHOR >KJD > > >On 1/26/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: >> >> >> Does anybody know if there are separate words for "home" and "house" in >> Assamese? I know we use 'ghor' . >> >> But if you need to assert the real meanings of a "real" home and just a >> house with 4 walls, what are they? >> >> I believe it is 'ghar`' for home and 'makaan' for house in Hindi. >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> "In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and >> humble like a blade of grass" >> - Lakshmana >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail(R)-get >> your "fix". >> http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org --------------------------------- 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Click here. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
