Cda; It is not following the British. We have a tradition in place, and we didn't learn that from the British. And just that the ministers are corrupt or that they don't deserve that respect can't blow that tradition away. What the reporter did was just an example where a little too friendly attitude overlooked the age old tradition.
Would you like to see something in public which try to blow up our traditional values of good manners. Who would ? There is fine line between disrespect and unintentional bad manners. If parents don't teach their siblings these values who would. If the reporter had done that intentionally and blasted Himanta Biswa Sarmah for his so called activities over the years , I would welcome that. But that wasn't the case here, he reflected the gradual errosion of our traditional values. Prasenjit On 8/19/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have no problem with that Prasenjit. > > However, I DO have a problem with the nauseating degree of these 'fake' and > sometimes completely un-deserved courtesies that our people are either mired > in, or are compelled to perpetuate. > > Just look the overuse and misuse of the 'honorable' or 'hon'ble' > appellation, that abounds in the media, requiring the people to call address > their servants, MLA's, MPs,Ministers--minor or major, tin-pot dictators of > magistrates/hakims ad nauseum. It is yet another of those left-over colonial > / imperial traits that help perpetuate that these folks are the 'bosses' of > the people, instead of their real role in a democratic society--that of the > 'servant of the people'. > > It is time to change that. > > If the British prefer to remain a monarchica society replete witheir sirs > and lords and ladies, that is their choice. Why should the people of Assam > follow those outdated and alien ways? > > > > > > > > > > > > At 8:16 AM +0100 8/19/05, Prasenjit Chetia wrote: > Cda; > These small formalities make up your bigger identity. > > Cheers!! > > prasenjit > > On 8/18/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree. > > > > The emphasis should be on asking pertinent questions and getting > forthright > > answers. > > > > > > I realize, we 'probaxis' have shed a lot of our traditional formalities, > > which many of our peers back in Assam might find uncouth and impolite. But > > be that as it may, the focus should be on the substance and not on the > > appearances and formalities. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 7:52 AM -0700 8/18/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: > > I really do not see any problem in the use of "tumi" as long as neither > Mr. > > Bhuyan and Mr. Sarma had any objection. After all there are three accepted > > forms of "you" in Assamese - "Apuni, Tumi and Toi", and they are used as > > appropriate between two people. > > If Bhuyan used "Apuni" just for the show, it would have been artificial > and > > probably would have put a barrier in the flow of words. > > > > Dilip Deka > > > > > > > > muktikam phukan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello everybody > > > > I've a small observation to make. Recently I've been to Sivasagar for some > > official job. It was nice to see the TV channel called NE TV catering to > all > > the major languages of NE including Sikkim. One of the programme I saw was > a > > Talk Show titled "Ekap Half Chah". The anchor Sri Atanu Bhuyan was > > interviewing a young Assam Minister, Sri Himanta Biswa Sarma. But, I was > > really astonished to hear Sri Bhuyan calling Sri Sarma "TUMI" all through > > the programme. Is it not really very unprofessional? Even if Sri Sarma is > > very junior to Sri Bhuyan or even if they r very good friends, some > decorum > > should have been maintained in such public programmes by calling him > > "APUNI". After all he is a H'ble Minister of the Govt of Assam, duly > elected > > by the people of Jalukbari. These r small things but if taken care of will > > go a long way in improving the programmes of this budding channel. > > My observation has nothing personal against anybody and I may kindly be > > corrected if I m wrong. > > > > Muktikam Phukan > > ________________________________ > > > > Check out Yahoo! 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