[Assam] Fwd: Re: [asom] RE: Petty Assamese mentality

Mon Jun 4 11:11:21 EDT 2007

You are absolutely right in that the standard of primary education must be sound to prepare the foundation for high school and college. This is also the time to orient the young minds to ethical responsibilities as I have been saying in previous emails. Primary education is a right of every citizen and must be provided by the state (read government if you like).

  At the same time, Assam cannot neglect the domain of the elite :-), the IIT's, IIM's and other such portals to Indian stardom :-). Coaching for the entrance exams are traditionally provided in the big cities by fee-based organizations and Assam shouldn't be any exception. If a philanthropist teacher wants to set up free coaching for the under-privileged, more power to him.
  Dilip
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Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:

  Yes, it is a good is idea. It will certainly help the ELITE and the privileged who can afford to avail of these opportunities. Because the underprivileged have a far more serious problem: Their educational background is such that NO AMOUNT of FREE coaching will let them catch up.

  What is direly needed is a massive effort to improve basic, primary education, without which no one can move up to the next tier.

  At 6:18 AM +0100 6/4/07, muktikam phukan wrote:
  Note: forwarded message attached.
  Muktikam Phukan  Deputy Director (NR)  Petroleum Conservation Research Association  Sanrakshan Bhawan,10, Bhikaiji Cama Place,New Delhi 110066  Ph: +91 11 26198856 Ext 385,Res: +91 120 2452892,Mob: +91 9210001973  email: MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "in.f84.mail.yahoo.com" claiming to be MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "in.f84.mail.yahoo.com" claiming to be phukanm at pcra.org , MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "in.f84.mail.yahoo.com" claiming to be MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "in.f84.mail.yahoo.com" claiming to be muktikamp at yahoo.co.in                      

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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 06:11:01 +0100 (BST)
From: muktikam phukan <muktikamp at yahoo.co.in>
Subject: Re: [asom] RE: Petty Assamese mentality
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  Well...there is this Bihari IAS gentleman......organises coaching underpriviledged bihari bright students free of charge......batches of 30 in patna.    28 of them qualifies for IIT this time.     Hope some assamese can do the same in guwahati....or some other place in assam.     Muktikam

"Baruah, C.R" <BaruahC at iocl.co.in> wrote:
  Just accept it as your grandma..'s innocent query.

Take pride in being the torchbearer. This is just becuase of generation/knowledge gap.  Please don't forget that you are representing a region where there are people for whom

having a look at a computer is a distant dream.

Cheer it up guys ...  

Chitta Baruah    
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bhaskar barua <baruahbhaskar at ...> wrote:

Some more statements from our enlightened Assamese which gets me mad:

Oh so you want to study fashion designing but why do you want to be a tailor ?

Oh so you want to do mass communication but why do you want to be a cameraman ?

Oh so you stood 2nd in the exams ?
what a pity ,we thought you would be first.( Dosent matter if the guy/lady's own children are bad in studies) Oh so you want to study hotel manangement but why do you want to be a cook ?

So just chill coz our NE guys are doing good everywhere: in software, in BPO, in aviation ,in hotel mamagement etc etc. No need to explain to dumbos.Everyjob is important but we Assamese do not understand the value of work & think that some work are below our dignity.

--- Gitanjali Hazarika <gitu_h at yahoo.com> wrote:

Very true Saumar,

It's indeed a gargantuan task to explain the difference to such people. I have committed the Himalayan blunder quite a couple of times. The moment you end up describing about the multi-national company (MNC) you are working for, pat comes the response....Ohhh!!...I get it. A BPO!! (like hell he/she knows..may not even know the full form, leave alone the what it stands for! You wince, but valiantly keep a straight face! He/she continues nonetheless...) It is really sad that you people in MNCs have to talk to clients all through the night!?...You try once, you repeat twice, thrice, trying to get it straight again, ultimately you sagely bob your head and echo...yes, sometimes..especially when I can't get any sleep!  
"When you can't beat them, join them"... is what most of us end up doing.

Regards,

Gitanjali Hazarika

PS: Infosys is a helluva company guys. Great work. Show them your skills. Let them taste the power of Assamese talent. Congratulations once more. May your tribe increase.

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saumar deka <saumar_me at yahoo.com> wrote:

Call Centres and the Software Industry are two different things; it's pity people still don't want to know the difference.

:)

Regards,

Saumar
ps: Congrats to all who made it to Infosys... it's an incredible company.

mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:
Read "one night at the call center" and then decide on your IT future!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3145 

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