Chandan Da and Alpana Baideo
I did not mean any offense. It was light-hearted. The particular 'sentence'
reminded me of the joke (about NRI and Not NRA) that I had sent to my brother
and he retorted equally light-heartedly that it excused him from bringing me
any gift in the future. So it was in that vein. Should I always look grumpy and
cynical?
Uttam Kumar Borthakur
--- On Tue, 8/7/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Alpana B. Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [Assam] Grumbling GAME
To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world"
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Date: Tuesday, 8 July, 2008, 8:50 PM
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I was in the process of collecting some courage to say the same thing. :)
It was disheartening to read that coming from a person like Uttam.
“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble
like a blade of grass.”
> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:46:46 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Assam] Grumbling GAME
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> Unfortunately, you too are indulging in the same superficial and
> silly stereotyping.
>
> Give your sisters/brothers and cousins from Assam SOME credit. They
> hardly fit the type you describe. Actually I don't know ANY that
> does, even though there might be one here ands there.
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> At 1:58 PM +0530 7/8/08, uttam borthakur wrote:
> > >>>>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
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