>From: "Alpana Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello Baiti:
Thanks for your reply. Yes, it has been a very busy season. The hotter it gets , the busier we get. And to make matters worse, this West Nile thing! Cerebral calibrations go bonkers, when dopuble trouble hit our patients, walking on the edge of the twilight zone. >Btw, remember I said I was going to pay you with lao-jika and kumura, for >your (bhule`-bhaale` diya :)) analysis on Sizar? Nelage, nelage, baiti. Ki aaru fiz tiz dibo khuzi laaz diye hoyne? Hobo diyok. But I had to call sondon-kaiti to ask why he refused to bring a sampling of the bounty of your farming enterprise . I had this disconcerting flash of a doubt: Maybe, just maybe, was he being jealous? You know s-k, has been quite a farmer himself, growing everything kharkhowa in his midwestern garden. But he floored me when he said, that, well, um- that perhaps the 'laos' Ramda and you so very lovingly packed for me, might just have been kept a tad bit too long on the vine for human consumption. He was being ver coy, I sensed. Never mind though. It is the thought that counts. Thanks for remembering us. Laos, jikas, bhwls and other such cucurbitaceae veggies are tricky. Some like kerela, or kwmwra or ronga lao could be picked and eaten even when they are mature. But lao, jika, bhwl etc--can turn inedible right before your eyes. It must be your in-experience as farmers. Not to worry, you will learn very soon. >Is there a misunderstanding going on between you two? So be careful, he >will >take all your patients to Borun daaktor. Baiti, what an insult! Are you suggesting we have a patient referral scam going here? I might have been trained at Khanapara, but we do have a standard of ethics here you know? Even in Hillbilly county. We are not like desi-daktors back in India who get kickbacks for every patient referral, every lab test done, more so if done in vain. >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. I am not sure what you mean Baiti. Don't we all have a soft corner for the poor, the disadvantaged, the persecuted, the minorities? I am a Hindu as you well know. It is our religion that taught us such noble virtues. Are you badmouthing such values? Now why on earth would you try to devalue what is good and what is noble? Are you too trying to keep up with what is mean, what is ignoble, what is base? Tsk, tsk, Baideu--you worry me! Maybe it is time for a session with me. You can set up an appointment for a thorough once-over with my secretary on my next, pro-bono Ask-the-LAS day . BTW, please don't tell this to everybody: I also do a little Hindu counselinmg on the side. But I practice a form of *reform-Hinduism* ( OK, OK--it is a copy of the Reform Judaism thingie), which does not exactly fit the traditional forms, and is certainly 180 degrees of the politically hijacked versions of Hinduism. Yiou know what I mean? >Remember, last time you told me that while supporting the "weak", he >forgets >the poor majority and that he is "in de nile". Baideu, I almost gave you up for a lost one. But thank goodness you still care: At least for the poor majority. Yes, yes, indeed. The poor majority! Our hearts should go out for them too. How they are being persecuetd, demonized, exploited and brutalized by them semitically oriented minorities. I have to think about them a bit more. I will, I promise. And I will keep you updated if I stumble upon any revelations on this angle. >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. These neigbors of the north from Missouri--the land of the Big Muddy ( that is the English translation of the native American term-- Missouri), has been toiuched by West Nile we hear. But I don't think it is nearly as bad as the desi problems. We are keeping a close tab on them. I don't know that the denial problems around here have risen to the levels of say, a large segment of Indians today. >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. Wait just a minute, Baiti. Are you trying to slip in an insinuation that somehow I am a blood relative of sondon-kai? We are kharkhowa kins, but hey , let us not take it as far as blood relations, OK? I am a brotherly kind of neo-rednack-kharkhowa. I have many 'bros'--but only figuratively speaking. I am not one to call a *cousin* a *brother*or *sister*: not even *cousin-brother*/*cousin-sister*. I did not grow up in one of those 'joint families' where everything is goody goody on the outside, but back-stabbing and treacherously rotten on the inside. You know what I mean? >I don't know any matha-mundo about politics, so anything I've learnt is >from >you all. That does explain a lot! >My thoughts are always second-hand. WElcome to the club Baiti. >So if I am misinformed, it will >be y'alls fault. Fair enough. >But I am at least glad to see that you are seeing the light at last. You got me here. I always took pride in *not* having seen the light of *conventional wisdom*. Am I losing It? That would be trouble. Time for a strong regimen of Gingko Biloba or what? >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. You speak da truth. But *extreme* is a loaded word. Like *evil*. Unless you define it, it becomes such a 'mokordhwaj', that ceases to mean anything. I am sure you did not want it to be meaningless. So maybe you will define what is *extreme* in your view. 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. Selective amnesia is as much an integral human human trait as religion and politics. Again, for such chrages to stick and be meaniungdful, we must define them, put them in context, and in perspective. Otherwise it sounds hollow, like some of the shrill voices in , for example, rediff.com, or the Ozark-Christians Radio Net, or Dittoheads. >and forget our Assamese >tradition of respecting elders, especially when there is no steam left in >their own arguments. Now that is a serious prtoblem for sure Baiti. But I am not sure you should have said it out loud like this.It can incite our elders to a frenzy you know? Has happend many times. If you haven't heard there is minor war going on just underneath the surface of the Kharkhowa community involving issues such as this. I hope sondon-kaiti has not seen this note. If he does, he might all of a sudden wisen up to a raging victimhood, no one will like to see. It could mean big-baaaad-trouble in asssam-net! I'll let you go . Don't forget to schedule a whole-head exam. during the next A -t -L day. Xewa janibo: T ( dr.) >To: "Tilok Hatimuria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Assam Netters' Problems >Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 14:21:12 -0500 > >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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
