>The multitude of organizations of this minuscule community should close >ranks >and become one. Then we all can sit together and beat that one big >drum for all >it's worth.
*** I too agree. But the big question is WHY can't we do so? WHAT is it that prevents us from getting there? Is it because we are unable to deal with dissent and diversity of opinions? If it is, it won't make us unique. It is pretty typical the world around. But ther are also some COMMON ideals, goals and socio cultural attributes, or so one might be tempted to think. It is those commonalities that successful communities come together on to build better societies. WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO PINPOINT THE COMMONALITIES AND CLOSE RANKS BEHIND THOSE THAT WE ALL SHARE AND AGREE ON. And things that we don't and can't agree on we can ignore, or set them aside to argue on or fight about on another day, at another place. For example in Assam net :-). Instead we let our dislikes,fears and mistrusts rule us. We shrink back into little cocoons of homogeneity where we are all very alike, and dissent is scarce; where our sensitivities are not likely to be challenged and we are comfortable with a smugness that hold back from being a robust and vibrant community. Which would be fine, for a country club or a bridge club or a 'naam-kirton' group of retired 'bhodrolok'. But it does not fit the slogans of a common ethnic identity and socio-cultural kinship that we wave around to assert our own righteousness. And the charade goes on. cm At 9:50 AM -0700 8/18/03, Ajoy Hazarika wrote: >Hi Kamal: Thanks. I agree with you. -Ajoyda > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >In a message dated 8/15/03 2:59:43 PM Central Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > ><<Only way we can live is to live with the principle of Unity in Diversity.>> > >"Unity in Diversity?" Is the Assamese community diverse? I, for one, do >not fit neatly into that parameter. > >The multitude of organizations of this minuscule community should close >ranks and become one. Then we all can sit together and beat that one big >drum for all it's worth. > >KJD. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=10469/*http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com>Yahoo! >SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
