[Assam] Fwd: Assam.org: Help Request
-- Forwarded message -- From: ashish hussain [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Feb 27, 2007 9:58 AM Subject: Assam.org: Help Request To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] i would like to know if there is any assamese community at/around melbourne. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Make no mistake, its culture of Assam
Make no mistake, its culture of Assam - In step with tradition OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT An artiste from Assam performs Sattriya at the festival in New Delhi on Monday. Picture by Ramakant Kushwaha New Delhi, Feb. 26: Assam has gone into overdrive to portray its culture, but with a footnote: the state wants it termed the culture of Assam, not Assamese culture. It was for the well-heeled of the national capital that a well-rehearsed series of programmes was held here, to send out the message loud and clear regarding Assams diversity. Inaugurated on Saturday, the Brahmaputra Beat Festival encompassed a variety of folk dances and Sattriya dance recitals by troupes from Assam. The venue was the India International Centre. The series of performances culminated at the big show today at the Balayogi auditorium in Parliament. Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee inaugurated the function. Sattriya dance performances delighted audiences today, while the first ever composite show of Mising, Deori, Bodo, Rabha, Karbi, Hajong, Tiwa and tea tribe dances was held on Saturday. Said guru Jatin Goswami, under whose tutelage the artistes trained: That we have presented all these dance forms goes to show we are here to showcase the culture of Assam and not Assamese culture. There is a difference. The 74-year-old guru today directed Sattriya dance recitals for the MPs from all over the country. People from the audience, apparently some designers, came backstage and asked us about the costumes, said Goswami. Typical percussion, blended with wind instruments and strings, comprise the high point of the Sattriya dance form. The performances are in true satra tradition, as handed down through the centuries from Srimanta Sankardev. His legacy still lives in the 30-odd satras or gurukuls in Assam, all with their distinct forms of devotional dances and songs. The organiser of the first-ever such performance at Parliament, Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Sarma, said it was imperative that the culture of Assam be showcased. It is a national classical dance and people should know there is more than just militancy in the state, he said. Sarma felt that on a hot political day, when temperatures soared after the railway budget was presented, it would be nice for MPs to cool off at a cultural evening. On Saturday, Delhiites watched entranced for an-hour-and-a-half the dance form from the Kamalabari satra, one of the oldest satras on Brahmaputras Majuli island. One of the largest river islands in the world, it is known to be the window to not only Assamese culture, as seen in the satras, but also to the culture of Assam with its huge population of Mising tribals living in their stilt houses. Sarma, aided by a New Delhi-based NGO, organised the series of shows in the national capital. It was a unique experience. We felt as if we were the ambassadors of the culture of our state, said dancer Arunima Gogoi. - It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] January 2007 issue of Posoowa published
Volume 34, No 4 issue of Posoowa has been published. It is available at http://www.assam.org/newsletter for your perusal. We are seeking material for publication from anyone anywhere in the world. The material should be of interest to expatriate Assamese and Assamese people with Internet access anywhere in the world. Photographs, paintings, sketches, short stories, serious articles, children's writings, etc., are welcome. Jugal Kalita ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague, worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGames
Did it take that long to reply Et Tu Brute? Actually didnt you realize that all your comments fully qualify for the above compliment :-) - Original Message From: mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:30:24 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague, worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGames Nonesense or Nonesense? Et tu Brute! Nonsense mm From: SANDIP DUTTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague, worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGames Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:08:01 -0800 (PST) Nonesense or Nonesense? - Original Message From: mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:25:51 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague, worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGames Virebder Sehwag b or n-- they will! Bannh Khorir zooii ! That's what India is Busy burning And Re this garbled nonesense: We people in NE are worried lot... you know why? Not because of extremists violence, but because we simply can not grow, since industries does not comes up here... why ? How can the big corporates come (just a question: would India have developed to this extent had East India not set foot here in India?) when so bad impression about us is given to them This is the solid reason why India should gladly let Assam go Sovereign. I love this! mm From: Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PRASANTA BORA [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Partha Gogoi [EMAIL PROTECTED],Bidyananda Barkakoty [EMAIL PROTECTED],Pankaj Gogoi [EMAIL PROTECTED],Mamun [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mitra Kalita [EMAIL PROTECTED],Pratul Kalita [EMAIL PROTECTED],Shantikam [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sonal Desai [EMAIL PROTECTED],Wahid Saleh [EMAIL PROTECTED], ASSAMNET assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague,worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGames Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:19:24 +0530 The media all over the world has become like that. Sensationalise. Everyone is under pressure for more readership and TRPs. A hurted groin of Virebder Sehwag will get more TV time and newsprint than all the National Games put together. The National Games in Guwahati is no exception, how many of you heard about the NG at Hyderabad? -mk On 2/20/07, PRASANTA BORA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sonal, Hope you do not take it as an NE (North East) offensive on you We people in NE are worried lot... you know why? Not because of extremists violence, but because we simply can not grow, since industries does not comes up here... why ? How can the big corporates come (just a question: would India have developed to this extent had East India not set foot here in India?) when so bad impression about us is given to them? I echo Parthas feeling... just visit this link: http://in.rediff.com/news/assam.htm .. According to it, nothing happened here in Assam since November... but only thing happening still is extremism...is Assam a synonym of ULFA? This page would make you think so! And the page is updated till 16th Feb! This is just an example. Excuse me for venting the emotions and it is nothing personal! We are really a worried lot and hope you people in media would help us in establishing what we are! With regards, P. Bora. On 2/20/07, Partha Gogoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sonal, That was interesting reading. Thanks! But that is totally true of some of our Indian media. While missing out on the real heroes(which they think is mundane), some of them focus on the glamorous. Ultimately, it is the same kind of indulgence that the media in the US is - keep bombarding people with images of hopeless individuals such as Anna Nicole Smith(who does not deserve any news coverage). One more case in point - the recently concluded 33rd National Games in Guwahati, Assam was declared the best ever by Indian Olympic Association President Mr Suresh Kalmadi. If one were to look at it in isolation, one might ask - what is the big deal? Its only a sporting event, one might say. Given the recent carnage and killings of the poor by ULFA and its threat to disrupt the games and all the confusion, a total of 11,000 participants and officials descended upon Guwahati city. The event went off without a major hitch - the state goverment managed to conduct it in the best way possible - local newpaper reports accounts of athletes who said that they were initially very apprehensive about the security situation and found a totally different picture once they landed in the city. Surely, this would have been good press material outside the North East. If some militants are killing or bombing in remote locations or there is
Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague, worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGames
didnt you realize Really NOT Care to elaborate? mm From: SANDIP DUTTA [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED]CC: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague, worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGamesDate: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:59:40 -0800 (PST) Did it take that long to reply "Et Tu Brute"? Actually didnt you realize that all your comments fully qualify for the above compliment :-) - Original Message From: mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: assam@assamnet.orgSent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:30:24 PMSubject: Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague, worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGames Nonesense or Nonesense? Et tu Brute! Nonsense mm From: SANDIP DUTTA [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED]CC: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague, worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGamesDate: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:08:01 -0800 (PST) Nonesense or Nonesense? - Original Message From: mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: assam@assamnet.orgSent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:25:51 PMSubject: Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague, worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGames Virebder Sehwag b or n-- they will! Bannh Khorir zooii! That's what India is Busyburning And Re this garbled nonesense: We people in NE are worried lot... you know why? Not because of extremists violence, but because we simply can not grow, since industries does not comes up here... why ? How can the big corporates come (just a question: would India have developed to this extent had East India not set foot here in India?) when so bad impression about us is given to them This is the solid reason why India should gladly let Assam go Sovereign. I love this! mm From:"Manoj Das" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:"PRASANTA BORA" [EMAIL PROTECTED]CC:Partha Gogoi [EMAIL PROTECTED],Bidyananda Barkakoty [EMAIL PROTECTED],Pankaj Gogoi [EMAIL PROTECTED],Mamun [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mitra Kalita [EMAIL PROTECTED],Pratul Kalita [EMAIL PROTECTED],Shantikam [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sonal Desai [EMAIL PROTECTED],Wahid Saleh [EMAIL PROTECTED], ASSAMNET assam@assamnet.orgSubject:Re: [Assam] this was sent to me by a colleague,worth considering / our Indian press and media / The 33rd NationalGamesDate:Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:19:24 +0530 The media all over the world has become like that. Sensationalise. Everyone is under pressure for more readership and TRPs.A hurted groin of Virebder Sehwag will get more TV time and newsprint than all the National Games put together. The National Games in Guwahati is no exception, how many of you heard about the NG at Hyderabad? -mk On 2/20/07, PRASANTA BORA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sonal,Hope you do not take it as an NE (North East) offensive on youWe people in NE are worried lot... you know why? Not because of extremists violence, but because we simply can not grow, since industries does not comes up here... why ? How can the big corporates come (just a question: would India have developed to this extent had East India not set foot here in India?) when so bad impression about us is given to them? I echo Parthas feeling... just visit this link: http://in.rediff.com/news/assam.htm .. According to it, nothing happened here in Assam since November... but only thing happening still is extremism...is Assam a synonym of ULFA? This page would make you think so! And the page is updated till 16th Feb! This is just an example. Excuse me for venting the emotions and it is nothing personal!We are really a worried lot and hope you people in media would help us in establishing what we are!With regards,P. Bora. On 2/20/07, Partha Gogoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sonal,That was interesting reading. Thanks! But that is totally true of some of our Indian media.While missing out on the real heroes(which they think is mundane), some of them focus on theglamorous. Ultimately, it is the same kind of indulgence that the media in the US is - keep bombarding people with images of hopeless individuals such as Anna Nicole Smith(who does notdeserve any news coverage).One more case in point - the recently concluded 33rd National Games in Guwahati, Assam was declared the best ever by Indian Olympic Association President Mr Suresh Kalmadi. If one were tolook at it in isolation, one might ask - what is the "big" deal? Its only a sporting event, onemight say. Given the recent carnage and killings of the poor by ULFA and its threat to disrupt the games and all the confusion, a total of 11,000 participants and officials descended upon Guwahaticity. The event went off without a major hitch - the state goverment managed to conduct it in thebest way possible - local newpaper reports accounts of athletes who said that they were initially very "apprehensive" about the security situation and found a totally
[Assam] ET: Inflation now?
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1694931.cms I thought inflation in India was going on for ever. The bank interest rate just a bit above the inflation rate. Umesh Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, (Washington D.C. Metro Region) MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ website: www.gse.harvard.edu/iep - Yahoo! Messenger - with free PC-PC calling and photo sharing.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] NRI Wins local elections in Punjab
Not long ago I posted a news about a Sikh NRI standing for local elections in Punjab. The good news is that he won although he has no prospects of being a minister as his Congress Party does not form the government there. It will be interesting to know about his future. Rest assured we'll know more about Mr Jasbir Khangurfa in course of the next five years. The news in detail below: bhuban From The Times February 28, 2007 Hounslow millionaire stuns his rivals with victory in Punjab poll Jeremy Page in Delhi Jasbir Khangura, a British Indian who gave up his UK citizenship last year to enter Indian politics, has won his seat in local elections in the northern state of Punjab. Mr Khangura, an Oxford-educated millionaire from Hounslow, West London, is the first British Indian to break back into the notoriously unprincipled world of Indian politics. The 42-year-old Sikh, who left India when he was 2, is also the first Congress Party candidate to win the seat in Qila Raipur, a rural constituency with a population of 275,000. His victory demonstrates the growing political clout of the 30 million-strong Indian diaspora — thousands of whom participated in the Punjab election for the first time. “I’m elated — in a few hours I’ll probably sound like Freddie Flintoff after winning the Ashes,” Mr Khanghura told The Times . “It’s been a steep learning curve coming 4,000 miles out here after 40 years in Britain. But I think I bring a fresh perspective. I’ll be pursuing the cause of ethical politics.” His is one of 117 seats in the local assembly of Punjab — one of 35 states and territories in India’s federal system. Congress, which controlled the Punjab assembly for the past five years, lost the overall election in a blow for the Government of Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister. It also lost control in elections in Uttarakhand and Manipur. Analysts said that the results bode ill for Congress in local elections next month in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous and politically important state. “This is very discouraging,” said Pran Chopra, an expert on Indian politics. “The common theme across all three is the decline of the Congress Party.” Congress’s defeat in Punjab means that Mr Khangura will have limited power to secure funds for his constituents. The new assembly will be controlled by a coalition of the BJP and the Sikh nationalist Shiro-mani Akali Dal (SAD) party. He promised to compensate by working with nongovernmental organisations and attracting investment from the overseas Indian community. About 200 nonresident Indians (NRIs) from Britain, America and Canada campaigned on his behalf. Those with foreign citizenship were unable to vote, but they raised funds, organised rallies and canvassed votes. Their efforts paid off when results showed that Mr Khanghura had defeated the incumbent, Jagdish Garcha, of the SAD party, by 11,165 votes. Mr Khangura attributed his victory to his NRI supporters and to his father, who left Punjab in 1966 and set up the first Indian restaurant in Southall, West London. Mr Khangura said that the biggest shock for him on his return had been the scale of poverty in India. He encouraged other NRIs to play a more active role in politics, as well as business, in India to help to root out corruption and inefficiency in government. “I don’t want NRIs to swamp politics here, but my hope is that in five years’ time there might be two or three more,” he said. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
