Hi Umesh > This write-up resembles very much that of a foremost contributor to the Net. > I got it now! > Sarcastically yours!
Sometimes there is this need to live vicariously thru another. Dr. Tilok serves this purpose adequately. This is like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, thus the subject header 'What is in a name'. :-) --Ram da On 5/30/05, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This write-up resembles very much that of a foremost contributor to the Net. > I got it now! > Sarcastically yours! > > Umesh > > > Tilok Hatimuria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > O'Kamal Kai, > > Apunar prosnotu xunilu, Sondon kair-pa. Moi nije oxom-jalot mas dhoribo > nurau aji-kali. Xei-gune amar dokhin-jokaisukore buli so-kai'e maje xomoye > ji pothai thake tar-pahe gom paun. > > Anyway, Kukur-muta , the fabled neighbourhood of Guwahati, is an important > place name. There was a time its fame spread far and wide, at least that is > what I am inferring here. You may ask, how? > > You know my adopted hometown,Dogpatch, Arkansas, is an important city, at > least in our own minds, nestled among the clouds high up in the rarified > environment of the High Ozarks. > > How do you think this dog-forsaken place got to be christened Dogpatch to > begin with? > > Somewhere in time , there must have been some canine incident that left a > mark on this piece of sacred ground high in the dizzying Ozarks. Thus > Dogpatch. > Now then what canine incident could leave a patch on ground, sacred or > otherwise? You guessed it. > > And what is the etymology of Kukur-muta? Do I need to get into it Kamal-kai? > I mean it would be redundant, won't it? > > Now then, putting two and two together, you can prove, beyond a reasonable > doubt, that names like Kukurmuta, or Dogpatch are universal in nature and > are used to mark territories, dog-like, for posterity. QED, aint it? > > Now the gentrification of the name Kukurmuta, the fabled neighbourhood of > Guwahati, to Hedayetpur, is nothing less than a desecration of a historical > name in the guise of political correctness > perpetrated by neoVictorian mores of the burgeoning nuevo-middle class > imposing the shapeless, rootless, facile culture of a bloating urban sprawl > that has settled down on to the soulf of Guwahati. > > So, this Memorial Day weekend, please do shed a quiet tear in the fond > memory of a departed name, > ! that once adorned this historical neighbourhood in the armpit of Guwahati, > marked by mosquito infested, sewage filled and water-hyacinth laden swamps > and railroad track garlanded, noisier than heck home to hordes of hapless > huseholders that will hang in twilight of a hoary past in the memories of > all those who passed thru Guwhati at a different time in its formative era. > > > Fondly, > > Tilok Daktor > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > > ________________________________ > How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE > with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos > > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
