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April 2006

GNU/Linux Users Group - Assam

Some of us must have heard about the GNU/ Linux operating system The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete UNIX like operating system. The word GNU ( pronounced guh-noo, like canoe ) is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not UNIX”. The GNU/Linux Users Groups, as you would have assumed, consists mostly of people using the GNU/Linux operating system. They in turn preserve, protect and promote the freedom of using free software as a whole. '' Free software'' is a matter of liberty, not price.

The Assam-Oxom-Asom Debate

So, the debate is on for the correct phonetic spelling for a new name of the state whether it should be Asom or Oxom. In this debate, however, it is important to understand the essence so that we are not too much caught in some non-issues and fail to see the forest because of the trees. There are basically three main issues to the debate. FIRST Issue: Assam Sahiya Sabha ex President Mr.

Rongali Bihu at El Paso, Texas

Rongali Bihu was celebrated for the first time in El Paso, TX on April 15 last in Tunna Baruah's residence. All the assamese families living in El Paso, TX and Las Cruces, NM joined the festivities. It was a nice informal gathering of nine assamese staying away from Assam in this border city of United States. As it was the first gathering of all the assamese people staying in this part, it was a nice chit-chat followed by traditional Jalpan and Bihu-bhat. Overall, it was a pleasant gathering and we were very happy to celebrate the Bihu in El Paso.

Patricia Rashbrook: to be a mother at the age of 63 : a controversial modern medical research

A consultant child psychiatrist by profession is to become Britain’s oldest mum at 63 by having an IVF treatment abroad. She is Patricia Rashbrook from Lewes, East Sussex who has two grown up children by her first marriage. Now she wanted a baby with second husband academic: John Farrant, 61. Doctor: Severino Antinori who has caused outrage with his policy of helping O.A.P mother, agreed to secretly put her on his controversial IVF course. It is thought she and Mr. Farrant paid maverick fertility doctor: Severino Antinori up to £50,000 to make her Britain’s oldest mum.

Celebration of Rangali Bihu – Cultural Evening at Chandigarh

The Assam foundation, Chandigarh, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) providing a cultural platform to the people from Assam residing in the tri-city and the other Assam lovers, organized a Cultural Evening at the Rock Garden on 23rd April, 2006 as part of celebration of Rangali Bihu (also called Bohag Bihu), the spring festival of Assam.

Rongali Bihu at Delhi

Assam Association, Delhi celebrated Rongali Bihu Festival on 21st April, at Samaj Sadan, Laxmibai Nagar, New Delhi 110023 in the presence of a huge audience of about 900 in traditional fervour. The attendance was large by Delhi standard, despite being celebrated on a working day. The function started with the felicitation of the Chief Guest Shri Tarun Chandra Gogoi, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. B B Bhattacharjee, Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Unibversity and Shri Ajit Kumar Hazarika, Director (Onshore), ONGC and lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the Hon'ble guests.

Rongali Bihu 2006 in Colorado

The Assamese people in Colorado had the opportunity to celebrate Rongali Bihu on April 15, 2006 at the beautiful home of Jugal and Bonmayuri Kalita in Colorado Springs amidst a lot of fanfare and gaiety. The daylong program started with traditional snacks like doi chira with gur, various kinds of pitha, narikolor barfi, kata nimki etc., courtesy Anima Goswami and Subalita Baruah of Fort Collins. Mukoli Bihu, in which everyone joined in with great enthusiasm, followed.

Southern California Rongali Bihu

Southern California Assamese people gathered to celebrate their dear festival Rongali Bihu on 15th April.It was real fun that day. The get-together started at 4p.m with a potluck snaks.But it was really a good collection of snacks. We had starting from Pitha,Laru to Chat as snaks. Til Pitha was prepared by Deepa baidew. Not less than 15kinds of snaks were there. After that Drawing competition for kids started. For toddlers, we had fancy dress competition. It was really awesome, seeing little kids in different attires like pandit Nehru, Texas-cowboy etc.

Rongali Bihu in the Twin Cities

If we had no winter, spring would not be so pleasant..." goes a famous saying. This cannot be more apt for us living in the north star state of Minnesota, home of the Mississippi river. It is that time of the year when you feel like "whistling even when your shoes are in slush". But fortunately this time the slush and the snow was long gone and spring has sprung in its most sweetest way.With this the Assamese community of Minneapolis and St.Paul have celebrated the soul of our springtime festival with traditional exuberance and festivity.