[asom] Paid news culture in Assam

2010-02-04 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
I am not surprised at all. Many of us suspected it all along. From: Nava Thakuria To: northeastjour...@yahoogroups.com Cc: assamonline@yahoogroups.com; as...@assamnet.org Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 2:45:06 PM Subject: [Assam] Paid news culture in Assam http://ww

Re: [asom] AHOM script

2010-01-12 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
Just one question - how did the Ahom alphabet get sanskritized? From: deka7kl To: assamonline@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, January 12, 2010 2:39:26 PM Subject: [asom] AHOM script friends any idea if AHOM script shown in link below is the script from Ahom Land, i.e.

[asom] Sanjeet Deka's Second Radio Show on UT Austin Texas nRadio

2009-02-04 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
This email relates to my personal interest. Well, may be for general interest if the player can iexcite people. My second son, Sanjeet Deka, who is studying national security, did a second radio coverage for UT Texas, on public affairs. Please listen to the radio coverage and send comments to him

[asom] Terrorism, rule of law, and human rights - K. G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India

2008-12-20 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
Dear Bikash, Will you be in trouble with GOI if you chronicle all the details of the Human Rights Violations by the army? Dilip Deka From: DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS To: assamonline@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:24:18 AM Subject: [asom] Terrorism,

[asom] On preservation of endangered Kamrupi

2008-12-20 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
Rabin, Now it sounds more productive. The goal should be preservation and sustenance of the language. After all it is a language still spoken by several millions. What would be your estimate? No one is going to argue if the effort is transparent and positive, without disparaging others. Dilip De

[asom] Kamrupi concern over Ahom innovation

2008-12-15 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
My humble input: I am a Kamrupi by ancestry, though I am surrounded by non-Kamrupi as relatives. If the Kamrupi do not want to and know how to maintain their Kamrupi character, nothing else will help. More and more Kamrupi in Guwahati are discarding Kamrupi language in favor of other languages in

[asom] Assam ranks as 'most corrupt' State

2008-07-01 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
Who prepared this report? :-) "The latest India Corruption Study 2007 conducted jointly by Transparency International and Centre for Media Study and released by Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday is embarrassing news for Assam, where corruption level was described as ‘alarming’." Another at

[asom] Media Workshop on Judicial-Procedure Reporting

2008-06-22 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
Good start. Stay with it. Dilip Deka - Original Message From: Nava Thakuria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assamonline@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:59:32 AM Subject: [asom] Media Workshop on Judicial-Procedure Reporting Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information a