November 2008

Around 300 individuals attended the candle light protest against the recent bomb blasts in Assam, held near Jantar Mantar, New Delhi  on 11/9/2008 at 3:30 PM to submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister/Home Minister protesting the recent serial blasts in Assam and to show solidarity with blast victims. Each attending individual was requested to bring two pieces of black and white ribbons to tie on the armband.

The recent gruesome bomb blasts in Assam exposed the fact that no one anywhere is safe from the nefarious activities of the terrorists who wants to achieve “whatever they have on mind”. The blast claimed so many lives and destroyed so much that it would leave an irreparable fear and pain on the psyche of Assam for years to come. For many, things may become normal tomorrow; and of course life will go and maybe this incident will be forgotten within months but being complacent and not taking steps will not be a solution.

Dear friends,

We would like to share with you an Assamese children story online. Inspired by Wahid Saleh of the Netherlands and with support from Rajen Baruah of Houston , Texas , this story has been developed primarily for the school children and their teachers. It is also expected that this will be a language learning tool for the non resident staying away from their motherland. It took almost a year of effort to complete this story and we hope that our modest effort will enrich the Assamese language.

An excellent Web site called www.atributetosankaradeva.org has been launched recently to offer the world a glimpse of the xanatana dharma (eternal faith) that the Assamese prophet Sankaradeva espoused almost 600 years ago. The Web site is very tastefully created and is content-rich. The “sitemap” page one gets to by clicking on the link provided on the top navigation bars provides a table of contents for the site.