[Assam] Assam's name to be changed to keep it united: Jahnu Barua

[Jyotirmoy Sharma]

I don't understand why a name change will unite people. Will a name change
make the Dimasas not want a Dimaraji, Bodoland for Bodos or a Karbiland for
the Karbis? There is nothing wrong with "Assam". Changing a name does not
change people mentality and their attitudes. How many non Tamils call
"Madras" as  "Chennai" ?
JS




On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 2:12 PM, umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:

> good idea about two time zones.  Why change name when it is already
> changed to Asom?  how about Brahmaland or Brahmaputri  - like Indus and
> India similar
> Seriously, Assam seems good enough.
>
> Umesh
>
> DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS <biku006 at yahoo.co.in> wrote: UNITED STATES OF ASSAM-
> that I did proposed in 1975 AASU central meet at Tangla- while Late Lalit
> Rajkhowa was president. Same was adopted in 1976 All undivided darrang dist
> students Union Gen meet as well North Mangaldai Students union, while all
> was breaking up then itself.I tried to unite all- but could never alone.
>
>  Bikash
>
>
> Buljit Buragohain  wrote:
>  Assam's name to be changed to keep it united: Jahnu Barua
> New Delhi | Saturday, Mar 1 2008 IST
>
> Renowned film maker Jahnu Barua has urged the Assamese residing all across
> the country to think patiently on the pressing need for changing the name of
> Assam.
> Addressing the second lecture series on the Diamond Jublee celebration of
> the Assam Association here today, Mr Barua said the name should be selected
> after having discussions with all the ethnic groups in the state to maintain
> unity and harmony.
> He said the present name of the state gave the Assamese a chauvinism which
> was greatly responsible for its present state of affairs.
> Ethnic groups of Nagas, Mizos, Khasis, Garos, Arunachalis and Manipuris
> would have remained united and contributed to the prosperity of the region
> if Assam's name would have been changed soon after the Independence of the
> country, he added.
> Though the time was running out, still efforts could be made towards
> achieving the objective, he said, adding the first attempt could be a United
> football team of the region for the Santosh trophy.
> He alleged that a number of ethnic issues in the state were due to
> politicians as their interests were best served in sustaining those
> problems.
> Blaming the people of the region for some of the problems, he said, ''We
> lost much of our time to adjust our selves to the Indian Standard time and
> no body else but the people of North East are suffering for this.
> ''In such a geographically big country like India, there should be at
> least two time zones. Even during the British Raj, the time in the North
> Eastern Region was one hour ahead of the IST. China has three time zones,
> Australia, America and Canada have four, while Russia has five time zones.''
> The people of the North East have been deprived of having a family life for
> the past sixty years, which has its own bearing on the society and the
> reflection is now clearly visible, he said.
>
> http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20080301/898532.html
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