Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-16 Thread mc mahant
gt;>  (which is understandably time consuming). In any> >>  case, please keep writing - as often as you can -> >>  and not necessarily about sovereignty.> >>> >>  Take care -> >>> >>  Santanu-da.> >>> >>  To other netters: Mayur

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread mc mahant
ge - From: Dilip/Dil Deka To: Chan Mahanta Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Nulu, Mayur Bora, I think, is a shadow just like Bidyut Kakati. Another impersonation. Do you have any inkling who it

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
                              -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Malabika BrahmaSent: Monday, November 14, 2005 2:25 PM To: Chan MahantaCc: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India >> unflatt

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India-pseudonym

2005-11-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India-pseu At 9:34 PM + 11/14/05, umesh sharma wrote: I have never met any other member of Assamnet to this date - I could be a pseudonym too - but this evening I am meeting Satyen-da Das and Namita-ji at their residence in DC area

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: RE: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India At 3:24 PM -0600 11/14/05, Roy, Santanu wrote: That, Malabika, may be an instance of C-da trying to "make many people believe that the colour of the blackboard is white" :-) Santanu. Awright Wiseguys!

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India-pseudonym

2005-11-14 Thread umesh sharma
tudent of economics from my own college in Delhi>> (much younger than me, of course) & now managing a>> major public sector bank in Chandigarh. Its a>> pleasure to have him on the net.>>>> -Original Message->> From: mayur bora [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India At 8:25 PM + 11/14/05, Malabika Brahma wrote: >> unflattering physical attributes--you name it.     That's a news !  I always thought the general consensus was quite the opposite :) OUCH! Do you have to ki

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Roy, Santanu
2:25 PMTo: Chan MahantaCc: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India >> unflattering physical attributes--you name it.     That's a news !  I always thought the general consensus was quite the opposite :) Chan Mahanta <[EMA

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Malabika Brahma
gt;> > Prasenjit,>> > This has nothing to do with unity or disunity.>> Mine>> > was a simple observation and a simple query to my>> > friend Chandan Mahanta. It is unfortunate that>> > Assamnet's name remained when I deleted the other>> >

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
>> To other netters: Mayur is very real, a former >> student of economics from my own college in Delhi >> (much younger than me, of course) & now managing a >> major public sector bank in Chandigarh. Its a >> pleasure to have him on the net. >> >> ---

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread mayur bora
-- > From: mayur bora [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mon 11/14/2005 10:28 PM > To: Dilip/Dil Deka; Roy, Santanu; Chan Mahanta; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with > Mainland India > > > My knowledge about

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
10:28 PM >To: Dilip/Dil Deka; Roy, Santanu; Chan Mahanta; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: assam@assamnet.org >Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India > > >My knowledge about science in general and astronomy in >particular is extremely poor. Even then I could no

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
> Dilip Deka>===> "Roy, Santanu" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Dilip-da:> Why do you think Mayur Bora is a shadow?> Santanu.>>> -Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Roy, Santanu
n Mahanta; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India My knowledge about science in general and astronomy in particular is extremely poor. Even then I could not resist the temptation of asking the gentleman about the logic of comparing

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
our time allows. Pseudonames though distracting >> will not alter the course. >> >> Dilip Deka >> >=============== >> "Roy, Santanu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dilip-da:

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Hi Prasenjit: At 6:59 AM + 11/14/05, Prasenjit Chetia wrote: Cm; Don't try to be so naive. You know very well what I meant, good luck to you and assamnet.   Prasenjit >You know very well what I meant, ***

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-14 Thread mayur bora
> "Roy, Santanu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dilip-da: > Why do you think Mayur Bora is a shadow? > Santanu. > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Dilip/Dil Deka > Sent: Mon 11/14/2005 4:

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Hi Prasenjit: At 10:44 PM + 11/13/05, Prasenjit Chetia wrote: Mr. Deka; Though it is not at all anything personal, but to you and all other netter here is a request to take things in a positive way and refrain from diggin

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India At 6:06 PM -0600 11/13/05, Barua25 wrote: What you said you have not contradicted me, and as I said, I would consider your brother to be e a very knowledgeable engineer and a very knowledgable and intelligent above average person

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
Santanu, First of all I apologize to everyone for copying a personal mail to Assamnet. It was meant to be only for Chandan Mahanta since he was trying so hard to get a response from Mayur Bora and it looked to me Mayur Bora was like a comet. He lit up the skies of Assamnet for a short while and va

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Barua25
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India What you said you have not contradicted me, and as I said, I would consider your brother to be e a very knowledgeable engineer and a very knowledgable and intelligent above average person, and leave him at tha

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Prasenjit Chetia
Mr. Deka; Though it is not at all anything personal, but to you and all other netter here is a request to take things in a positive way and refrain from digging old things and become a deviator. If you can't stay united staying thousands of miles away and show your mindless bickerings to public in

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India At 3:00 PM -0600 11/13/05, Barua25 wrote: >I agree my brother is often  cryptic. Even I feel that way. People have different styles of communicating. My brother assumes, >obviously incorrectly, that we know of the many thi

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Prasenjit Chetia
y strong voice with conviction    RB       - Original Message - From: Dilip/Dil Deka To: Chan Mahanta Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India   Nulu, Mayur Bora, I think, is a shadow just like Bidyut K

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Roy, Santanu
Dilip-da: Why do you think Mayur Bora is a shadow? Santanu. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dilip/Dil Deka Sent: Mon 11/14/2005 4:05 AM To: Chan Mahanta Cc: assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Nulu, Mayur Bo

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Barua25
nal Message - From: Dilip/Dil Deka To: Chan Mahanta Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Nulu, Mayur Bora, I think, is a shadow just like Bidyut Kakati. Another

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
Nulu, Mayur Bora, I think, is a shadow just like Bidyut Kakati. Another impersonation. Do you have any inkling who it could be? DilipChan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Mayur: I was looking forward to getting some specific answers to all the questions I asked you about your charges of m

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Hi Mayur: I was looking forward to getting some specific answers to all the questions I asked you about your charges of my  various 'specious' arguments, about the excessive nature of my analyses, about how India

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-12 Thread mayur bora
Dear Mahanta da Sorry for being late in my reply. I think it is better to accept the fact that we disagree on almost all the points about Assam's aspirations for independence. I went through your detailed response carefully before coming to the conclusion that your logic failed to convince me abou

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Hi Mayur: At 2:52 AM -0800 11/9/05, mayur bora wrote: Dear Mahanta da Here is my response to the points you raised. 1) The total absence of a feeling of bonhomie and camaraderie among different people  will completely vitiat

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-09 Thread mayur bora
>Mayur > > > >--- mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >- > > > ><<< >Assamese insensitive attitude towards the other sub > >ethnic groups in Assam: "we know better what they > >want.&qu

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-08 Thread Chan Mahanta
>mm > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------- > > >From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: mayur bora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mc mahant ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sub

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-07 Thread mayur bora
thinkers do not need repeated requests. mm <[EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mayur bora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [A

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-07 Thread mc mahant
<>> <<>>> Wrong assumption again. Dying of self pity? Go to the offensive and show that the enemy is from outside. Who is Caste Hindu. I am not. You are not. Wh

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-07 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India At 9:17 AM -0800 11/7/05, mayur bora wrote: I can't agree more with Rajen da's comment on the attitude of caste Hindu Assamese people towards the tribes of Assam. ***  I join you there Mayur.  But what does that

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-07 Thread mayur bora
l you learn and grow? RB - Original Message - From: mc mahant To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India <<>>> Patently erro

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-06 Thread mc mahant
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India <<Kokrajhar say no. The Bengali ghettos in Guwahati sayno. The Tiwas say no. Th

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-06 Thread umesh sharma
when will you learn and grow? RB   - Original Message - From: mc mahant To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India <<Kokrajhar say no.

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-06 Thread Barua25
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India >Don't you give a hoot about your own credibility in your dogged pursuit of attempting to paint that the people of Assam as >inept, cowardly, lazy, corrupt and bumbling fools, who are incapable of doing anything rig

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Rajen: >It is like as if you are saying, making two wrongs by AOI will make it right. I am saying that? I hope you are using that 'you' by mistake, while you really mean 'we', as in the royal we, mea

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Rajib:  At 10:53 AM -0800 11/5/05, Rajib Das wrote: C-da, The problem once again here is that you have not given one valid argument to say why it does not make sense when I use the same arguments you make to turn your points a

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread tridip
ot only the Nagas, Khasis and Khamtis but also are loosing the Bodos, Mishings, Karbis, Tiwangs, Ravas and all. I can cite many examples of such insensitive remarks from caste Hindu Assamese leaders from last 100 years Assam political history. O Assamee! when will you learn and grow? RB   -

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2005-11-05 Thread mc mahant
om: mc mahant To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India <<Kokrajhar say no. The Bengali ghettos in Guwahati sayno. The Tiwas say no. The Cacharis say no.

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread mc mahant
om caste Hindu Assamese leaders from last 100 years Assam political history. O Assamee! when will you learn and grow? RB   - Original Message - From: mc mahant To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:56 AM Subje

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread mc mahant
Your ASSUMPTION Based on "They would say No" is just that. Now 99.9% KNOW their only hope  of living like proud hardworking Humans is" YES." By the way ..."Ancient link with" is also a childlike Assumption. There was no India  any time. The was a 1000 year Turk,Pathan,Moghul Monarchy in  Jigsa

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread mc mahant
ation :-)? O Assamee! when will you learn and grow? RB - Original Message - From: mc mahant To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India <&

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread Barua25
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India >*** But my question here is about another matter: About your TAUNTING of Assam Govts., past or present, for NOT enforcing  >Assamese as the State Language as in the followin

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread Rajib Das
C-da, The problem once again here is that you have not given one valid argument to say why it does not make sense when I use the same arguments you make to turn your points around. Obviously you make the points on specious grounds with very little thinking through. It is for that very reason that

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India At 10:16 AM -0600 11/5/05, Barua25 wrote: >Patently erroneeous assumptionS. >Even Delhi stopped this scary lines . >100% will agree to Sovereignty. *** Here are too many assumptions for the question which forms your a

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread umesh sharma
row? RB   - Original Message - From: mc mahant To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India <<Kokrajhar say no. The Bengali ghettos in Guwahati sayno. T

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread Barua25
g Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India <<Kokrajhar say no. The Bengali ghettos in Guwahati sayno. The Tiwas say no. The Cacharis say no. Will thesovereign government of Assam hand

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread mc mahant
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Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-05 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Rajib: At 8:04 AM -0800 11/4/05, Rajib Das wrote: But C-Da, it is indeed an argument - following exactly the lines you worked along :-) *** First, for a product of the 21st century desi-knowledge brigade, you disappoint me every

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-04 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Hi Mayur: You are so kind. But you know what? You are even better with words. I had to look up 'felicity' for example. Hereby I welcome you to the Mutual Admiration Society of Assam Net. The past inductee was Kamal Dek

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-04 Thread Rajib Das
Touche!!! :-) > Because if I don't, I would be like those who > just render drive-by opinions and expect them to > be accepted by others because they say so. My > approach is out of respect for the intelligence > of others in this forum. Without it I could not > have built my only asset,

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-04 Thread Rajib Das
But C-Da, it is indeed an argument - following exactly the lines you worked along :-) Let us say Assam becomes sovereign. And the Bodos of Kokrajhar say no. The Bengali ghettos in Guwahati say no. The Tiwas say no. The Cacharis say no. Will the sovereign government of Assam hand over their lands

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-04 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India Hi Mayur: You are so kind. But you know what? You are even better with words. I had to look up 'felicity' for example. Hereby I welcome you to the Mutual Admiration Society of Assam Net. The past inductee was Kamal Dek

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-03 Thread mayur bora
Dear Mahanta da Your superb command over the language, felicity with the words and excessively analytical bent of mind have tempted me to take a leaf from your post to Rajib and pose a question to you. I hope you would not desist from caring to reply to my query. >>Assam is Assam and it's >> wishe

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
> >The basis of modern Indian nationhood from most claims >is the common cultural links across all the regions of >the country. *** But that ought to be VOLUNTARY, not out of a lust for land, held together with brute military force. > >Going by this logic of who ruled whom, the Nagas >shoul

Re: [Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-03 Thread Rajib Das
There was never one India ruler that had ALL of India under his belt. The Cholas were never ruled from Pataliputra as well. And Assam as it is known today was not ruled for ever from Pragjyotishpur. The basis of modern Indian nationhood from most claims is the common cultural links across all th

[Assam] Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India

2005-11-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Assam's Ancient Links with Mainland India >In an antithesis to the rebels’ claim that Assam had never shared a common culture and history with India before the Yandaboo >Treaty, Mamoni pointed out that the Ramayana had always influenced Assamese culture and society. An acclaimed authority