It does sound very interesting.
Does anyone know if foreigners like us can go to Arunachal, or do we need special visas/permits, I mean in addition to the usual visas required of foreigners like US citizens? >- including a bizarre group of identical-looking gay monks in Majuli *** Tilok Hatimuria ( the doctor that is) told me once that SOME "kewolia bhokots" of Majuli Xatras (and also of Borpeta I believe) who live celibate lives as monks, are RUMORED to be, ahem, gay. Maybe our resident expert on Xonkori culture could enlighten us about it? cm At 1:37 AM -0500 10/4/03, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > > >Yes! It does sound promising. But I was taken aback by the reference to: > > > >"including a bizarre group of identical-looking gay monks in Majuli" in >the synopsis. > > > >I am sure that the Shand has somehow mis-interpreted that part. From >whatever knowledge I have, I have not come across to any reference to gays >in either Hinduism or Budhism. I would not think either religion gave any >sanctity to or tolerated that lifestyle. Just a thought. > > > >Ram > > > >BTW: Saurav, several of the messages (links) seem to get 'scrubbed' in >Assam Net by the server. Was wondering if there was a problem. -- Thanks > > > >From: "Rajen Barua" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Assam] River Dog: A Journey along >the Brahmaputra - By Mark Shand >Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 23:44:01 -0500 > > > <http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2752??PS=>Get McAfee virus scanning and >cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail Extra Storage! >Content-Type: text/html >X-Stn-Info: > > > >Thanks for the reference. Looks like a must read book for the Luitporias. > > > >Barua > > > >From: "Ram Sarangapani" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: >[Assam] River Dog: A Journey along the Brahmaputra - By Mark Shand >Date: >Fri, 03 Oct 2003 14:15:54 -0500 > >>_______________________________________________ >Assam mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Came across this today. >Has any netter had a chance to read this book? Here is synopsis from >Amazon. A section of the Indian Press was critical though. River Dog: A >Journey along the Brahmaputra By Mark Shand Synopsis >The Brahmaputra is one of the world's great rivers. Beginning as a tiny >glacial stream in Western Tibet it flows through India and Bangladesh >before gushing out into the Bay of Bengal. Unable to reach the northern >part of the river due to Chinese intransigence, Mark Shand nonetheless set >out to attempt what no foreigner had ever done: complete the huge journey >from the unexplored jungles of the Indo-Tibet border to the largest river >delta in the world. "River Dog" is a chronicle of that journey, a story >encompassing sublime landscapes - in Assam where the River begins to >broaden into its full majesty - and rather odd encounters - including a >bizarre group of identical-looking gay monks in Majuli (the largest river >island in the world). But it is also a celebration - of a river that flows >with mystery and legend, the m! en who have set out to discover it and a >rather charming canine travelling companion called Bhaiti. > <http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2737??PS=>Instant message with integrated >webcam using MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE >_______________________________________________ >Assam mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
