>You do state good some reasons, but I kind of like what I think Jugal was >referring to: ie: These organizations have done a lot of good things in the >past - and now its time for them to go.
** That is a good thought Ram. An wishful one, that is :-). And if we learned anything at all from our experiences of recent years, it is also a recipe for attemptinbg to break ice with a non-starter. It is a wish that would be DoA--dead on arrival. And therefore nothing would change. On the other hand, if we let orgs. live, and not invoke them or their prestiges as lightning rods, and instead focus on each other as individuals attempting to build personal bridges, it just might have a chance. But I am far from sure myself. In fact so far, that I have no desire left to fight these battles any more. All I can say is that I hold nothing against any of my brethren in the community regardless of their organizational identities. I can work with all of them, share a laugh over a cup of tea and relate to their hopes and dreams and sorrows just like I can with my non-Assamese friends and neighbors. But I have had it with our petty org.ID generated quarrels. I have no use for them. c-da At 1:30 PM -0500 8/18/03, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >Hello Chandan da: > >I too agree and have always been advocating for this for a long time. In >fact, one of the reasons, for simple folks like us not aligned with any one >of the organizations is that we have far too many affiliations floating >around. > >You do state good some reasons, but I kind of like what I think Jugal was >referring to: ie: These organizations have done a lot of good things in the >past - and now its time for them to go. > >In the past, whenever I have broached this with some of our leaders - the >response has always been - "we are getting there - all this takes time" >etc, etc. However, I suspect that this is the same sort of tripe that we >have been dished out for the last so many years. > >I would hazard a suggestion: We have only one organization, and have a >number of wings to this, each dealing with Charity, Annual >Conventions/Conferences, Publicity, etc, etc. I am sure someone has already >suggested something like this. > >This has an added value in making sure that many more people could >contribute to the unity (and strengthening). I am sure you already see the >flaws here - feel free to point them out. > >regards, >Ram Sarangapani > >_________________________________________________________________ >Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >_______________________________________________ >Assam mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
