>>>>must have set many natives thinking that their so-called 'rich' and 'expert cousins' are, in fact,capable of casting a magic spell in the economic and intellectual development of Asom.
That is history. This perception has changed with the fall of the dollar and the availability of commodities worldwide and increased ease of communication. The 'natives' read as middle-class had such thoughts earlier, and now their view has undergone a change.( For the poor the shine of the dollar never had any meaning as such) . There is a joke doing the rounds now: such a cousin who visits now a days is restrained from footing the restaurant bill, he is showered with gifts of nikes, adidas, raybans, gucci, .... by the Indian cousins, he is taken around in airconditioned car of german/ us/japanese/korean make, he has to wear the seat-belts too and so he goes back dismayed that he could not prove his point that he was justified in migrating to a better land! Uttam Kumar Borthakur --- On Tue, 8/7/08, kamal deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: kamal deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Assam] Grumbling GAME To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world" <assam@assamnet.org>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, 8 July, 2008, 9:28 AM The piece written by Swapnil Bharali,although not a scholarly one,can't be dismissed as an infantile outburst nor can we brush aside some of his points as tripe. The annually-held jamboree of the NRA's in Guwahati and frequent descent of some NRA's on Asom's soil,flaunting themselves to be ' experts' ( or projecting themselves to be Napoleon of economics ) must have set many natives thinking that their so-called 'rich' and 'expert cousins' are, in fact,capable of casting a magic spell in the economic and intellectual development of Asom.I have felt a compulsive urge to demolish this myth.And I would do that in a separate piece. The fact remains that the members of the Asomiya diaspora,living thousands of miles away ( looking at their occupational profile and expertise level ), will not be able to make any significant dent in the area of Asom's economic/intellectual firmament.At the end of the day,it is the native Asomiyas who have to look after their own interest.Our coffee-table discussion may go on and on but nothing significant/ good will come out of it. In my humble opinion,delivering lectures ( particularly keeping American scenario at the backdrop) by some NRA's in Asom or putting out occasional statements by the same tribe in regard to Asom,s plight,can be seen as a flash in the pan.The Asomiya emigres don't teach their descendants how to speak their native language and the same Asomiyas talk of soaking Asomiya ' nisukoni geet' in salt and vinegar for preservation-----just in case !!! A strange lot indeed. KJ Deka,Sugarland,Texas _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food and more. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
