Dear Tilok: Good to hear from you after such a long time. You must have been busy - taking care of those gorus.
Btw, remember I said I was going to pay you with lao-jika and kumura, for your (bhule`-bhaale` diya :)) analysis on Sizar? Well, there is no kumura, but there are big laos and jikas. Chandan da from St. Louis came to our gaon the other day. So thinking that while on his way back, he could take the lao-jika's for you in his bullock-cart, I asked him to carry a few . But very abruptly, he said he couldn't carry anything for you. Of course, his bullock-cart was loaded with Xaali-dhaanor bostas for the Xoptahik bojar that he was going to attend. Is there a misunderstanding going on between you two? So be careful, he will take all your patients to Borun daaktor. He kept muttering that you had joined politics and have become very materialistic - and are after making a fast buck. You left him high and dry. Also, you have done a volte face and have started bad-mouthing the secularist-elitists. As you know, he has a soft corner for the poor minorities (even if they are dead wrong) - of course that comes out of his expansive heart - as Digombor mentioned before. Remember, last time you told me that while supporting the "weak", he forgets the poor majority and that he is "in de nile". Now, I dont' know what the 'west nile' mosquitoes have to do with this "de nile", but I'm sure there is a close connection. From what you told me last time, that a lot of people in this Sane-Luice gaon have been affected with the mild form of the West-Nile and that is why they are in constant denial about the rights of majorities and minorities EQUALLY. I don't know any matha-mundo about politics, so anything I've learnt is from you all. My thoughts are always second-hand. So if I am misinformed, it will be y'alls fault. But I am at least glad to see that you are seeing the light at last. When I asked him to give you one of his laos (since he did not want to carry the ones I asked him to take to you), he said that the ground-hogs from your 'Ground-Hog Research Center' have been attacking his laao-jika`r kheti at night. Of course on one of these dark nights, you can pretend that you are a ground-hog and steal a few lao-jikas from his kheti - you do not need to wait till Magh-bihur Uruka for that anymore - just put the blame on somebody else - there are so many groups of these miscreants anyway! I tried my best paying you for Sizar's analysis, as you suggested and trusted that your own cousin will carry it for you since he was coming this way, but apparently it did not work out. So, do you think I should send the lao by PHED-Ex to you, since bartering is the only way that I can pay my bills. I am glad you don't subscribe people being sent to asylums, but I've noticed somehow or the other, that are many who have found themselves in these asylums without even a daaktor's referral because of their extreme political views. A lot of them even have selective Amnesia, and forget our Assamese tradition of respecting elders, especially when there is no steam left in their own arguments. Do you think that if someone finds himmself in such asylums without even a doctor's help, is against PHEDAREL Law?? Don't tell anyone I asked you this - they might even drag me to the asylum with them. I am glad we have such a big family of so many KKAGIN brothers and sisters from different castes :) and are still keeping in touch. Morom seneh loba-hok. --Tumar Baiti. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tilok Hatimuria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 10:07 AM Subject: Assam Netters' Problems > Dear Friends: > > > There has been an upsurge of complaints of, well, mental related > problems here lately I have been informed. People hearing voices, > mental asylums being prescribed by internists ( surely a candidate for > malpractice!!), charges of reading/comprehension deficiencies aired. > > > I am not surprised. The dog-days of summer are not yet gone. Luckily for us > at the high Ozarks us LAS' are finally taking a respite from a season of > extraordinary afflictions of the mind of the large animal kind; now that > cooler weather has returned to the mountain tops. > > > I have been forwarded a request from mahanta-kaiti asking for comments on > the reading/comprehension and the bi-polar issues. First, I don't get > involved with the former. Large animals don't read. They can be trained, but > not taught how to read. That is great waste of time and effort. If some > netter seems to be having such problems, I would refer them to the LDA ( no, > no, not LKA)of India( Learning Disability Assn.). It is located at > Hastinapur, right next to AIIMS.I can assure you they do a fantastic job of > teaching how to become learning-disabled. > > Oh, that bi-polar thingie? I have been getting a lot of questions on that > lately. A case of the A Beautiful Mind it ain't c-kaiti. These movies, and > the Time mag cover article aren't helping any, I tell you. Everyone seems to > be suffering from bi-polar disorders now. Like that eruption of > Foot-in-the-Mouth problem from hearing too much of that British Foot and > Mouth disease epidemic last year. Hearing of voices is unfortunately not > very uncommon. It is a religious problem. No need to panic here--it is not a > problem for the really religious. It afflicts only those who *think* they > are religious, but are really not at all so. It is a side-effect of riding > around in rickety bandwagons of religion waving snake-oil vendors and > political carnival clowns.The shaking sometimes cause *temporary* cerebral > unbalance, resulting in hearing voices. But nothing that could not be fixed > with a good strong dose of whiskey, or a good-night's rest. Lithium would be > much too strong a response. > > Us LAS' don't send anyone to mental asylums anymore. The science and arts of > Large Animal Shrinkology has advanced a great deal today. Treatments like > suggesting mental-asylums to disagreeable points of view are are archaic. > Well, China is still using it we hear. And it could be imagined certain > political persuasions might secretly harbor it as an effective means for > squelching dissent, even in advanced democracies, not to mention those in > their infancies.But in developed countries it is an absolute no no. Any such > prescription, particularly from someone not trained or experienced with > treating mental disorders could constitute serious malpractice. I have > personally served as an expert witness on such malpractice law-suits around > Dog Patch in Hillbilly County courts.Arkansas state laws allow judges a lot > of lee-way in handing out creative verdicts. You should see some awards on > these malpractice cases. It ain't funny. > > All the best to netters. Keep cool, drink a lot of lemonade. When things get > too hot, a glass of 'thekera-pani' does wonders. > > Dr. T, FLAS > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > >
