>>>>When did this word come about and when did the Assamese language originate is confusing, but it is well established that his word and this language is not from the days of Mahabharat.If that is so, what happened to the original people of those Mahabharat times <<<
If we take the legitimacy of current nation-states on the basis of centuries of common continuous political rule over the same geographical boundary and inhabited by the same people, then practically no country on the planet meets this criteria. Simply put, shifting nature of political kingdoms and their boundaries over the centuries legitimize virtually no country in its present form. KJD On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:30 PM, uttam borthakur <uttambortha...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > The following is surely not my view, as it comes from a tormentor, but as > this issue appears in this forum as well, I am quoting this person > ad-verbatim, as he has been busy doing some research on this subject and > engaged in Immigration Law related activities in Australia, as I am made to > understand. Please read on:- > "Hi All, > > Reading ...... after a long time and lo .. my name seems to have cropped up > here > and there. Good .. it keeps me in circulation lest people forget me. I would > like to clarify for ......... sake that my question of who is an Assamese is > something which each of us need to ask. We are all bloody immigrants ourselves > (a term used now in the Australian election campaign) or atleast most of us > are > and we came as poor people or as religious preachers or as conquerors. But we > have taken over the land and now call ourselves Assamese, because someone, not > too long ago, decided to call this part of the world as Assam. When did this > word come about and when did the Assamese language originate is confusing, but > it is well established that his word and this language is not from the days of > Mahabharat. > > If that is so, what happened to the original people of those Mahabharat times > ? > Well, we relegated them to the backgroud, so much so that they are now classed > as ST and are fighting for survival, not from onslaught of bangladeshis, as > .............. suggests, but from us !!!. We never ever referred to them as > Assamese, > but would call them as Naga or Khasi or Bodo or Lalung etc. So much so that > even > the people who were here before us, like the original Assamese Hindu people of > upper Assam and Golaghat (referring to Jabeen and her folks) who later > converted to Islam after coming into contact wth Azan Peer, are now no longer > referred to Assamese by us, the bloody immigrants, but only as Asomiya > Musalman. > Did anyone ever refer to any of us as Assamese Hindu ? But we, the bloody > immigrants, always prefix or suffix such terms with others.. Bongali Hindu is > another example. > > No wonder, many of these people have now left us, others are trying to get > away > from us and while still others are in the process. It is therefore no wonder, > that the only community that wants to get close to us as Assamese(others want > to > leave us anyway) i.e. the immigrants from present Bangladesh, are shunned. And > this in spite of the fact that there is no data on when they came as > immigrants, > many had in fact come well before independence (as reported by the Governor > hujur in his report to the President.. see www.satp.org for the full report). > > The question of immigration is an age old one and there are thousands of books > and theories all around. The problem is not of immigrant, Chiranjit, but of > perception towards immigrants. It is also a question related to electoral > politics worldwide. You may like to refer to Samuel Huntington's theory of > Clash > of Civilization. Why for example is Assam, the only state in India to be > subdivided so many times ? Why is Assam the only state in India where our own > "boys" are killing our own people ? And why is Assam, in spite of being a > small > state, the only one which still wants more division, not only of the tribal > areas or the much feared greater Bangladesh, but of the such demands as Upor > Axom and Namoni Axom ? > > Most importantly, ........., you seems to be confused of what constitutes as > an > Assamese, as you said it is what one feels deep down...that is a subjective > decision. Are you an Assamese, I ask ?Trace your family history and you may > find > startling truths. Just because the British drew a line across Goalpara in > 1947, > cutting the Koch areas in half, does not necessarily make the residents on the > other side as Bengalis, I think. ............../.......................... > and others > from that belt, may even have some close relatives in West Bengal today.. so > were they Assamese till 15th August 1947 and became Bengalis after that !!! > huh > !!! > > The issue is too large and complex. But we, the people of Assam, need to ask > ourselves some basic question, and not go about opening lungis of other people > and getting a ........................ pleasure of seeing the > ..................... of a so called > immigrant. After all, we referred to some at one time as "lengta Noga" without > realising that we have always been quite naked ourselves ..... > > I would agree with ............ (for a change) that we have survived since > the time of > Mahabharat, survived greater onslaughts of Mughals and Maan and a few people > from Bangladesh cannot overrun us. > > More on the "great" saviour Gopinath Bordoloi later ...!!! > > Sanjiv Goswami > (............) > P.S. It became too long but I could write a thesis on this topic." > > Uttam Kumar Borthakur > > _______________________________________________ > 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
