Church onslaught
This letter has a reference to your yet another timely editorial published in your esteemed daily dated 29.8.21 regarding the onslaught of churches in river island Majuli, the epicentre of xatriya culture. The Xatradhikars were decrying the increasing number of churches in Majuli and was not happy about government inaction in this regard. Very regretfully I beg to inform the honourable xatradhikar that I being a senior citizen of the state had the privilege of visiting Majuli several times where I saw the pitiable plight of the ethnic people living there. Mishings, the ethnic tribe of Majuli badly lacked the basic amenities of life like health, education, communications etc., which our xatradhikars hardly care to address in the long past. They acted like masters, not the servers, which the missionaries realized and they took full advantage of it. They started building schools, hospitals in the remotest areas where our xatradhikars hardly visited which no doubt attracted the innocent villagers. So, now it is very unfair to decry the presence of churches and criticize the government for not implementing the existing laws.
I humbly request all the xatradhikars to emulate the BORANGAJULI XATRA where a local Bodo youth was made XATRADHIKAR of that particular xatra. They should learn to lead from the front instead of beating around the bushes.
Dr Ashim Chowdhury,
Guwahati.
Reopening of schools
Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I would like to kindly draw the attention of the authorities concerned. The reopening of schools, colleges and universities are very challenging amidst the Covid situation that is prevalent. The latest updated SOP suggested reopening schools and colleges for the final year students. It is indeed very difficult, risky and problematic for the students to step up to school in this pandemic. In this regard, the government should take up some safety initiative measures and additionally think twice and rationally, before reopening the schools and other institutions, keeping in view the health of the students. The students are in dilemma due to the spike of Covid, also there is an alert over the third wave of Covid. So, if the reopening of schools is to be finalized, then the authorities concerned and people should be ready with safety measures to tackle the Covid-19 situation for the students. So, I immensely and heartily request the authorities to look into the matter for the same.
Anisha Choudhury,
Cotton University.
Gamosa becomes animal!
Gamosa is the pride of the Assamese nation. It's an identity of every Assamese people. It is generally a white rectangular piece of cloth with a primarily red floral border around its edges. In Assam, it is offered to a person to honour him or her and as a mark of love and affection. It becomes almost mandatory in every function which takes place in and around Assam. But these days a video is seen in social media where an Indian teacher from an educational app says that Gamocha is an animal. It is very shameful. Assam is a very distinguished state of India. Its biodiversity, its natural presence and also culture has a unique taste. The following incident proves that people from the mainland of India have very little knowledge and interest about Assam or Northeast and its culture. So I urge the section concerned to go through the glorious history and well-threaded culture of our state a little before going to say something on it to stop the repeating such shameful event.
Aditya Ankur Nath,
Tezpur