[Assam] Spraying bullets on P.C. Ram proves that Indian Dalits lives like that of the Assames e are cheaper than the cost of a bullet. All Da lits should now rally behind Mr. Ram’s report ed wish to
FCI top boss killed in ULFA-Police encounter Guwahati, UNI: FCI top boss P C Ram died in an exchange of fire between ULFA and police forces near Kamalpur, at the outskirt of the city, early Thursday. http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul122007/national2007071212434.asp?section=updatenews Two ULFA cadres were also killed in the encounter which took place at Panitela village near Changsari as the ultras were taking shelter in the residence of one Gobinda Deka. According to DIG Assam police G P Singh, ''Along with the bodies of two ULFA cadres we have recovered another corpse of a 50-55 year-old man. From the photo we are carrying, he looks like the abducted FCI executive P C Ram. We are in the process of completing the formalities of identification.'' However, the villagers as well as the media persons who had reached the spot confirmed that the body was that of Ram. It was lying in a pool of blood, facing downwards. The killing of Ram ended the last 13 days' twists and turns in the abduction-murder case which had left the family as well as the police confused. Recovery of a mutilated body by police on June 30 from the Baska area and subsequent identification of it as Ram unleashed a series of bizarre developments. As Ram's family cremated the body and was receiving dignitaries mourning the death, the FCI top boss himself called up saying that he was alive and that the corpse belonged to someone else. An embarrassed Asom government quickly acknowledged its mistake and said the body belonged to an army man Lance Naik Sunil Kumar who was abducted and killed by ULFA around the same place. A day after police said the body found in Baska district on June 30 was that of lance Naik Sunil Kumar and not the abducted FCI executive director, the armyman's wife in Himachal Pradesh said it could not be her husband. Meanwhile, ULFA's announcement on Thursday that Ram was alive and a call to his family the next day from a man who sounded like him added to the complications. The police are banking on the DNA profiling of his hair and skin samples. His family members were expected to reach Guwahati by this afternoon to formally identify the body. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] The New President
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[Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi
having been in delhi for sometime as a student, i see it is getting worse. x http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070712/asp/frontpage/story_8048182.asp Right intentions, wrong message - Delhi police accused of dividing India into mainland Northeast NISHIT DHOLABHAI New Delhi, July 11: Delhi polices advisory to youths from the Northeast studying in the capital is being seen by most as segregating the region from the so-called mainland. The minister for development of the northeastern region (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar, had only recently discouraged the use of this syntax. There is no mainland, you are the mainland, he had told a reporter in Shillong. Aiyar was unavailable for comment on the booklet released by Delhi police, but those who responded seemed to cringe at the thought of someone advising students from the region to change their food habits, customs and manner of dressing to assimilate into the mainstream. Dipankar Gupta, professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the polices advice not to create a ruckus in the neighbourhood by cooking smelly dishes and dress decently was gratuitous, to say the least. The police come up with these advisories, but there is no implementation. There should be a departmental memo of some sort that if a person from the Northeast is harmed, punishment will be stringent, Gupta said. Moses Kharbithi, who is doing his MPhil at JNU, said the advisory was tantamount to undermining the ability of Northeast students in New Delhi to assimilate. I wonder if they have given such booklets to students from the South, he said. Kharbithi said the fact that the booklet was well-intentioned could not mask the sense of discrimination. Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Kumar Sarma and his Congress colleague Kirip Chaliha said there was no denying the need to spruce up security for students from the region in view of some incidents in the recent past. But commenting on food habits and clothing was unfair, the duo said. How can one tell somebody what to eat and how to dress? Sarma asked. Chaliha said he would take up the issue with the authorities. Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] London Museum exhibition featuring Assam
Hello everyone, ki khobor? I am an ethnomusicology masters student at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, and my dissertation research is focused on Bihu as celebrated in Assam and abroad. I attended the London Rongali Bihu festival this year and was very warmly welcomed. I am now writing to formally invite anyone with an interest in and/or knowlege of Assamese culture to participate in a community meeting at the Horniman Museum to discuss plans for the Assam section of the museum's upcoming exhibition: Utsavam - Music from India. I will present film footage taken by the museum in Majuli featuring different kinds of bihu dance as well as sattriya dance and lok geet to provoke discussion about the importance of celebrating Assamese culture abroad and to generate ideas for community participation in the upcoming exhibition. The community meeting will take place at the Horniman Museum on Saturday, the 21st of July from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. The Horniman Museum is located at: 100 London Road Forest Hill London SE23 3PQ A map can be found at http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visiting/getting.php If you are interested in attending, please let me know either by email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or by phone (07872187634) so we can make sure there are enough refreshments for everyone! And please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or any information that might be useful to me in my dissertation research. A draft of the exhibition description follows below. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Rehanna Kheshgi UTSAVAM - MUSIC FROM INDIA While Hindustani (North Indian) classical music is appreciated in many musical circles in the west, and Bollywood film music has an even wider global audience, the music of the rural-dwelling majority of the population of India, including the Adivasi (indigenous) groups remains relatively unknown. In 2008 the Horniman plans to hold a major exhibition showcasing a new collection of musical instruments from rural areas of India, and associated musical traditions. The involvement of members of London-based communities of Indian heritage is envisaged as a key element of the exhibition. In the course of the next few weeks we shall be establishing the remit of a community project to be held in association with the exhibition. The majority of the instruments identified for the exhibition were collected for the Museum during the course of three fieldwork projects carried out between 2001 and 2005, which were organised jointly by the Horniman and the British Library National Sound Archive. Two researchers, Rolf Killius and Jutta Winkler, collected and documented musical instruments for the Horniman Museum and made broadcast quality audio and video recordings of the music played on them for the BLNSA. The exhibition will provide glimpses of the cultural, musical and linguistic diversity of the sub-continent, since the musicians and musical instrument makers whose work will be presented are representative of the four main language groups of India (Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Tibeto-Burman and Austroasiatic). Represented in the exhibition will be the performance arts of the temple musicians and priests of rural Kerala, musician-farmers of the villages of the Sora groups, who are among the Adivasi (indigenous minorities) of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, members of fishing and farming communities on the island of Majuli in Assam, and communities of farmers and artisans in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh on the border with China. Using the wealth of photos, videos, and audio recordings, made during the course of the acquisition project, each section of the exhibition will convey information about the geographical, social and cultural environments in which the musicians from the four different areas of India work and make music. Some of the proposed themes for the exhibition: Temples and shrines of the coastal plain, The Island, The hills and forests, and The Mountain will reflect the contrasting terrains that are the sources for many of the raw materials for instruments. The Museum will also be incorporating of a new collection of traditional instruments from Punjab in the exhibition. The sounds and rhythms of these instruments, notably the dhol and the toombi, are integral to the music of bhangra. The Horniman Museum celebrated its centenary in 2001, and now holds a collection of over 8,000 musical instruments from all over the world. The exhibition will also provide an opportunity to showcase of the Horniman Museums older collections of instruments, some of which date back to the mid-19th century. The exhibition will draw on the wealth of material in the Horniman Museums Anthropology collection. It is anticipated that a lively programme of performances, workshops and related events will be held in conjunction with the exhibition. www.horniman.ac.uk
[Assam] Harvard GSE : 5 minds for the future: Prof. multiple intelligences Howard Gardner: Usable Knowledge Newsletter - Summer 2007
5 minds which many AssamNet members already have!!?? Umesh Harvard Graduate School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:01:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Harvard Graduate School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HGSE Usable Knowledge Newsletter - Summer 2007 Usable Knowledge E-NEWS Education Newsletter - Summer 2007 Welcome to the Usable Knowledge E-NEWS education newsletter, and thank you for joining our mailing list! Our goal is to provide you with convenient access to state of the art research that can be used to improve education in the areas of learning, teaching, institutional organization, and policy. Visit the Usable Knowledge site at http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/ New on the Site: Rounds for teachers http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC103-607.html Our Research into Practice feature highlights HGSE lecturer Steve Seidel and the lively Rounds for teachers initiative from Project Zero. As Seidel observes, There is an enormous amount of data about teaching and learning in the things students do and make, yet as educators and researchers, we rarely pay enough attention to it. Borrowing a practice from medical education, this unique seminar series helps teachers gain insight into their students' work. Find out more http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC103-607.html Social perspective taking: A multidimensional approach http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC104-607.html Understanding the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of other people - social perspective taking - plays an important role in the classroom experience. It supports the development of social skills and academic learning. After years of working with students and teachers, HGSE assistant professor Hunter Gehlbach is extending his research to examine the ways experts - such as trial lawyers and police detectives - carry out perspective taking. In an exclusive feature, Gehlbach invites Usable Knowledge readers to test their own perspective taking abilities. Find out more http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC104-607.html Five Minds for the Future http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC106-607.html The future, argues HGSE professor Howard Gardner, will require workers and citizens to demonstrate out-of the box and non-linear thinking to solve increasingly complex challenges. In his new book, Five Minds for the Future, Gardner describes five kinds of minds, or ways of thinking and acting, that he believes 21st century educators should cultivate. Three are related to intellect: the disciplined, synthesizing and creative minds; two emphasize character: the respectful and ethical minds. In an article and video clips drawn from a recent lecture, Gardner describes what it means to exhibit these types of minds. Find out more http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC106-607.html Education Topics Quick Links: Leadership and Policy: http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/leadership/index.html Learning and Development: http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/learning/index.html Decisions Through Data: http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/decisions/index.html Community and Family: http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/community/index.html Teaching and Curriculum: http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/index.html Complete Video and Audio Collection: http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/spotlight/index.html Join Our Mailing List! http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101532265843 We hope you enjoyed receiving this issue of Usable Knowledge E-NEWS. Please forward this newsletter to a colleague or friend by clicking the Forward email link below to share Usable Knowledge as an education resource. You are receiving this email from Harvard Graduate School of Education because you subscribed on the Usable Knowledge Web site. To ensure that you continue to receive emails from us, please add [EMAIL PROTECTED] to your address book today. Forward email http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1101532265843[EMAIL PROTECTED]a=1101641298910id=preview This email was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Update Profile/Email Address http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=oom=1101532265843[EMAIL PROTECTED]se=100t=1101641298910#9001;=enreason=Fid=preview.1101532265843 Instant
Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi
I wonder if similar circular was issued to Indians in the US ( regarding the spices we use), how would the Indians react ? xourov pathok [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: having been in delhi for sometime as a student, i see it is getting worse. x http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070712/asp/frontpage/story_8048182.asp Right intentions, wrong message - Delhi police accused of dividing India into mainland Northeast NISHIT DHOLABHAI New Delhi, July 11: Delhi polices advisory to youths from the Northeast studying in the capital is being seen by most as segregating the region from the so-called mainland. The minister for development of the northeastern region (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar, had only recently discouraged the use of this syntax. There is no mainland, you are the mainland, he had told a reporter in Shillong. Aiyar was unavailable for comment on the booklet released by Delhi police, but those who responded seemed to cringe at the thought of someone advising students from the region to change their food habits, customs and manner of dressing to assimilate into the mainstream. Dipankar Gupta, professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the polices advice not to create a ruckus in the neighbourhood by cooking smelly dishes and dress decently was gratuitous, to say the least. The police come up with these advisories, but there is no implementation. There should be a departmental memo of some sort that if a person from the Northeast is harmed, punishment will be stringent, Gupta said. Moses Kharbithi, who is doing his MPhil at JNU, said the advisory was tantamount to undermining the ability of Northeast students in New Delhi to assimilate. I wonder if they have given such booklets to students from the South, he said. Kharbithi said the fact that the booklet was well-intentioned could not mask the sense of discrimination. Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Kumar Sarma and his Congress colleague Kirip Chaliha said there was no denying the need to spruce up security for students from the region in view of some incidents in the recent past. But commenting on food habits and clothing was unfair, the duo said. How can one tell somebody what to eat and how to dress? Sarma asked. Chaliha said he would take up the issue with the authorities. Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Assam 2007 vidoes - in Washington DC Meet
Thats an excellent collection! It is a Herculean effort. See all the good stuff - the memorable events - MUST SEE - Jugal-da and Partha-da's presentation, Zubin's songs, CM Gogoi's speech , girls' dances, Fashion show etc Regards and Best wishes. Umesh Niranjan Brahma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Umesh, Finally I have uploaded most of the Assam 2007 videos that I have. Here is the link to the page that contains most of the videos. http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=rabu01p=r Zubin's videos are on the next page. So do not forget to click Next at the bottom of te page. Thanks Niranjan da Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi
and why people from the NE region MUST assimilate to the mainstream culture? In case of Assam haven't we seen more than 90% of the non-Assamese population never trying to assimilate with the local culture? If there is a failure on part of the NE population in assimilating to the mainstream culture, may be the reason is the same as why the non- Assamese population in Assam never assimilated to the local culture/s. best Priyankoo Priyankoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assimilation is not the aim of the booklet. It just forces some dos and don'ts to people from a particular region. In any case, a booklet is never helpful for any kind of assimilation. best Priyankoo SANDIP DUTTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no problem with assimilation for students or citizens from Assam. This advisory should be better worded and directed at our bros from Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur who stay apart not just in Delhi but in other parts of India too. Rgds, Sandip - Original Message From: Malabika Brahma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: xourov pathok [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:33:28 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi I wonder if similar circular was issued to Indians in the US ( regarding the spices we use), how would the Indians react ? xourov pathok [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: having been in delhi for sometime as a student, i see it is getting worse. x http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070712/asp/frontpage/story_8048182.asp Right intentions, wrong message - Delhi police accused of dividing India into mainland Northeast NISHIT DHOLABHAI New Delhi, July 11: Delhi polices advisory to youths from the Northeast studying in the capital is being seen by most as segregating the region from the so-called mainland. The minister for development of the northeastern region (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar, had only recently discouraged the use of this syntax. There is no mainland, you are the mainland, he had told a reporter in Shillong. Aiyar was unavailable for comment on the booklet released by Delhi police, but those who responded seemed to cringe at the thought of someone advising students from the region to change their food habits, customs and manner of dressing to assimilate into the mainstream. Dipankar Gupta, professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the polices advice not to create a ruckus in the neighbourhood by cooking smelly dishes and dress decently was gratuitous, to say the least. The police come up with these advisories, but there is no implementation. There should be a departmental memo of some sort that if a person from the Northeast is harmed, punishment will be stringent, Gupta said. Moses Kharbithi, who is doing his MPhil at JNU, said the advisory was tantamount to undermining the ability of Northeast students in New Delhi to assimilate. I wonder if they have given such booklets to students from the South, he said. Kharbithi said the fact that the booklet was well-intentioned could not mask the sense of discrimination. Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Kumar Sarma and his Congress colleague Kirip Chaliha said there was no denying the need to spruce up security for students from the region in view of some incidents in the recent past. But commenting on food habits and clothing was unfair, the duo said. How can one tell somebody what to eat and how to dress? Sarma asked. Chaliha said he would take up the issue with the authorities. Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Dex matho eta dharona, thikonar xex xari... - Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Dex matho eta dharona, thikonar xex xari... - Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.___ assam mailing list
Re: [Assam] Spraying bullets on P.C. Ram proves that Indian Dalits lives like that of the Assamese are cheaper than the cost of a bullet. All Dalits should now rally behind Mr. Ram�s reported wish to
So, finally they validated their point. Nice job. Bartta Bistar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:FCI top boss killed in ULFA-Police encounter Guwahati, UNI: FCI top boss P C Ram died in an exchange of fire between ULFA and police forces near Kamalpur, at the outskirt of the city, early Thursday. http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul122007/national2007071212434.asp?section=updatenews Two ULFA cadres were also killed in the encounter which took place at Panitela village near Changsari as the ultras were taking shelter in the residence of one Gobinda Deka. According to DIG Assam police G P Singh, ''Along with the bodies of two ULFA cadres we have recovered another corpse of a 50-55 year-old man. From the photo we are carrying, he looks like the abducted FCI executive P C Ram. We are in the process of completing the formalities of identification.'' However, the villagers as well as the media persons who had reached the spot confirmed that the body was that of Ram. It was lying in a pool of blood, facing downwards. The killing of Ram ended the last 13 days' twists and turns in the abduction-murder case which had left the family as well as the police confused. Recovery of a mutilated body by police on June 30 from the Baska area and subsequent identification of it as Ram unleashed a series of bizarre developments. As Ram's family cremated the body and was receiving dignitaries mourning the death, the FCI top boss himself called up saying that he was alive and that the corpse belonged to someone else. An embarrassed Asom government quickly acknowledged its mistake and said the body belonged to an army man Lance Naik Sunil Kumar who was abducted and killed by ULFA around the same place. A day after police said the body found in Baska district on June 30 was that of lance Naik Sunil Kumar and not the abducted FCI executive director, the armyman's wife in Himachal Pradesh said it could not be her husband. Meanwhile, ULFA's announcement on Thursday that Ram was alive and a call to his family the next day from a man who sounded like him added to the complications. The police are banking on the DNA profiling of his hair and skin samples. His family members were expected to reach Guwahati by this afternoon to formally identify the body. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Images by Graphics Factory.com - Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi
Assimilation is not the aim of the booklet. It just forces some dos and don'ts to people from a particular region. In any case, a booklet is never helpful for any kind of assimilation. best Priyankoo SANDIP DUTTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no problem with assimilation for students or citizens from Assam. This advisory should be better worded and directed at our bros from Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur who stay apart not just in Delhi but in other parts of India too. Rgds, Sandip - Original Message From: Malabika Brahma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: xourov pathok [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:33:28 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi I wonder if similar circular was issued to Indians in the US ( regarding the spices we use), how would the Indians react ? xourov pathok [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: having been in delhi for sometime as a student, i see it is getting worse. x http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070712/asp/frontpage/story_8048182.asp Right intentions, wrong message - Delhi police accused of dividing India into mainland Northeast NISHIT DHOLABHAI New Delhi, July 11: Delhi polices advisory to youths from the Northeast studying in the capital is being seen by most as segregating the region from the so-called mainland. The minister for development of the northeastern region (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar, had only recently discouraged the use of this syntax. There is no mainland, you are the mainland, he had told a reporter in Shillong. Aiyar was unavailable for comment on the booklet released by Delhi police, but those who responded seemed to cringe at the thought of someone advising students from the region to change their food habits, customs and manner of dressing to assimilate into the mainstream. Dipankar Gupta, professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the polices advice not to create a ruckus in the neighbourhood by cooking smelly dishes and dress decently was gratuitous, to say the least. The police come up with these advisories, but there is no implementation. There should be a departmental memo of some sort that if a person from the Northeast is harmed, punishment will be stringent, Gupta said. Moses Kharbithi, who is doing his MPhil at JNU, said the advisory was tantamount to undermining the ability of Northeast students in New Delhi to assimilate. I wonder if they have given such booklets to students from the South, he said. Kharbithi said the fact that the booklet was well-intentioned could not mask the sense of discrimination. Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Kumar Sarma and his Congress colleague Kirip Chaliha said there was no denying the need to spruce up security for students from the region in view of some incidents in the recent past. But commenting on food habits and clothing was unfair, the duo said. How can one tell somebody what to eat and how to dress? Sarma asked. Chaliha said he would take up the issue with the authorities. Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Dex matho eta dharona, thikonar xex xari... - Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] video: Bodo hero; Man attack by Kaziranga Tiger
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Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi
There is no such thing called MUST. It is upto the individual. Whether you assimilate or not, the consequences will be for you to bear. If I insist on putting tilak every day on my entire forehead while walking through Times square while going to work and be stared at, I can only blame myself. Rgds, Sandip - Original Message From: Priyankoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SANDIP DUTTA [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:25:07 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi and why people from the NE region MUST assimilate to the mainstream culture? In case of Assam haven't we seen more than 90% of the non-Assamese population never trying to assimilate with the local culture? If there is a failure on part of the NE population in assimilating to the mainstream culture, may be the reason is the same as why the non- Assamese population in Assam never assimilated to the local culture/s. best Priyankoo Priyankoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assimilation is not the aim of the booklet. It just forces some dos and don'ts to people from a particular region. In any case, a booklet is never helpful for any kind of assimilation. best Priyankoo SANDIP DUTTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no problem with assimilation for students or citizens from Assam. This advisory should be better worded and directed at our bros from Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur who stay apart not just in Delhi but in other parts of India too. Rgds, Sandip - Original Message From: Malabika Brahma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: xourov pathok [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:33:28 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi I wonder if similar circular was issued to Indians in the US ( regarding the spices we use), how would the Indians react ? xourov pathok [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: having been in delhi for sometime as a student, i see it is getting worse. x http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070712/asp/frontpage/story_8048182.asp Right intentions, wrong message - Delhi police accused of dividing India into ‘mainland’ ‘Northeast’ NISHIT DHOLABHAI New Delhi, July 11: Delhi police’s advisory to youths from the Northeast studying in the capital is being seen by most as segregating the region from the so-called mainland. The minister for development of the northeastern region (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar, had only recently discouraged the use of this syntax. “There is no mainland, you are the mainland,” he had told a reporter in Shillong. Aiyar was unavailable for comment on the booklet released by Delhi police, but those who responded seemed to cringe at the thought of someone advising students from the region to change their food habits, customs and manner of dressing to assimilate into the “mainstream”. Dipankar Gupta, professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the police’s advice not to create a “ruckus in the neighbourhood” by cooking “smelly dishes” and dress decently was gratuitous, to say the least. “The police come up with these advisories, but there is no implementation. There should be a departmental memo of some sort that if a person from the Northeast is harmed, punishment will be stringent,” Gupta said. Moses Kharbithi, who is doing his MPhil at JNU, said the advisory was tantamount to undermining the ability of Northeast students in New Delhi to assimilate. “I wonder if they have given such booklets to students from the South,” he said. Kharbithi said the fact that the booklet was well-intentioned could not mask the sense of discrimination. Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Kumar Sarma and his Congress colleague Kirip Chaliha said there was no denying the need to spruce up security for students from the region in view of some incidents in the recent past. But commenting on food habits and clothing was unfair, the duo said. “How can one tell somebody what to eat and how to dress?” Sarma asked. Chaliha said he would take up the issue with the authorities. Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Dex matho eta dharona, thikonar xex xari... Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers
