[Assam] Welcome to the "assam" mailing list

[Ram Sarangapani]

That was a short-great explanation of UP, Amrit. Have been to Lucknow and
Allahbad many, many years ago.  Would love to go to Nainital, Bareilly, and
Corbett National Park in one of visits to India.

Hope to see your contributions in the forum.

--Ram da




On 4/2/07, vox populi <axomiya at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ramda
>
> Thanks for the welcome. It connects me to my people.
>
> Well..UP has always been the CG of India. It's huge
> and takes about 20 hrs to drive end to end. It's
> diversity is also amazing. Western UP is rich and
> eastern is extension of Bihar. But culturally eastern
> has more to offer.
>
> UP is filthy and dirty. Ganga is a dirty nullah. E.g.
> at dashashwamedha ghat at Varanasi, two huge sewage
> pipes enacts the fights between heaven and hell. The
> caste divide is also complete on religious, backward
> and dalit lines. Thakurs and Brahmins are
> insignificant players here. People are thronging in
> thousands to see the 'cheek' of Rahul Gandhi but I
> doubt if that will get translated into real votes.
>
> As you guessed Lucknow is a real Nawabi city.
> 'Tehzeeb' is dearer than life here. It's kind of
> strange mix. The Nawabs were Shiite and that reflects
> in the architecture and general aura around them.
> Mazars and Sufism has mellowed the orthodoxy here.
>
> It's a lovely place for the palate..try out
> kebabs..those are ummmmmm...
>
> more later..
>
> akd
>
> --- Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Welcome Amrit. This forum is pretty much open and
> > our netters often have
> > very divergent views on anything nd everything
> > concering Assam and the NE. It
> > would be nice to hear from you too.
> > Yes, as Mukul da said. tell us something from the
> > land of the nawabs.
> >
> > --Ram
> >
> > On 4/2/07, mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Welcome to Assamnet.
> > > Welcome to share your thoughts on UP-
> > GreatINDIAafterFREE OXOM.
> > > mm
> > > > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:45:43 +0100
> > > > From: axomiya at yahoo.com
> > > > To: assam at assamnet.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [Assam] Welcome to the "assam"
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> > > > am new to this list. hope to share my thoughts
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> > > > positive pragmatic ways..
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> > > > -amrit k dutta
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