Ancestory

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Topic: Ancestory

Ancestory
«on: 06/18/04 at 05:01:06 »

Since many of us are moving away from home and around the world, it would be a good idea if we had a sylheti specific ancestory module built on here. A person could specify which was his ancestral village and the last person in his family who stayed there (e.g. grandfather). This could be done from the father and mother's side.

Since we are essentially a community on the move, it would prove invaluable in tracing old bonds when we need to.

This could potentially be extended to help us network in the globally connected world we live in.

I can help define the functionality and if the admin is game for it and if we have volunteer developers we could get this done.

mrinmoyb
mrinb

Re: Ancestory
«on: 06/18/04 at 09:58:54 »

That's really a nice idea.....

aukal_talukdar
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Re: Ancestory
«on: 06/18/04 at 17:05:39 »

Admin,

what do you think?

admin
admin

Re: Ancestory
«on: 06/21/04 at 04:39:57 »

i can surely help .

But question is we need to define what we want from this.
But I am tied up with lot of things atpresent ... not really in a position to get myself into this completely. If someone volunteers to come up with specifications and requirements, and someone volunteer to program this, I can always pool in my feedback and provide some support.

Point is if one knows who all are from his ancestral village ... how imp this information will be for him ? Feedback reqd on this.

aukal_talukdar
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Re: Ancestory
«on: 06/21/04 at 20:33:20 »

I was looking from a personal perspective - I could not identify the village Noakhali in Sylhet district anywhere on the Web. There is Noakhali district but of Noakhali village there is no mention. After having heard about (and seen once) for a lifetime, I thought it could be useful. My father died about 4/5 years back. I rarely go back home - once every couple of years for about a couple of weeks - and that gives little time to delve into such things. My viewpoint is that as we go forward in life, these things will become important as we seek our "identities" in the face of loss of our parents generation.

However, I agree, we need to find some relevance in our lives today. As you mentioned there are probably 2000 people on Silchar.com. This is bound to grow as the site becomes more popular and encompasses the Sylheti community. We could build a personal profile - where born, which school/s, which college/s, where worked, where working (and offcourse which village in Sylhet). We could use this in a social and professional networking mode. Someone who wants a job in Bangalore can network with a guy who already works there through a personal reference of someone else who is on the network. Someone saw a particular Sylheti girl in a puja ocassion and was, as they say, struck by the thunderbolt. He could find another person on the network that "could" know the girl and could want an "intro". Since all these introductions would be through personal references, people would be more receptive and the utility value higher. I am not trying to be frivolous - this networking model could tie together the community much, much more strongly in a manner that is relevant today. In a way, this is what the VC community calls "Social Networking" as a category of software.

If the users here can give everyday relevant feedback and usecase scenarios, we can collate it together.

[quote author=admin link=board=0011&num=1087525866&start=0#3 date=06/21/04 at 04:39:57]
i can surely help .

But question is we need to define what we want from this.
But I am tied up with lot of things atpresent ... not really in a position to get myself into this completely. If someone volunteers to come up with specifications and requirements, and someone volunteer to program this, I can always pool in my feedback and provide some support.

Point is if one knows who all are from his ancestral village ... how imp this information will be for him ? Feedback reqd on this.
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aukal_talukdar
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Re: Ancestory
«on: 06/21/04 at 20:46:15 »

And yes, I will volunter to help create the specs. If there are software developers (and product management guys) in India that can pitch in, we can definitely build it out...

mrinmoyb
mrinb

Re: Ancestory
«on: 06/22/04 at 10:39:54 »

So what r we waiting for......let's commence.....rest will follow

Didibhaikk
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Re: Ancestory
«on: 02/06/05 at 08:10:21 »

The last mail on this was in June 2204.

Come on Sylheti's, don't you want to know who your ancestors were?. In the UK we have a programme on the BBC, 'Blood Ties' where people try to find their ancestors from very little infomation. It may not be important, but it would be interesting and entertaining. At the same time if it is useful to someone well all the better.

From my own experience, as you may gather I live in the UK. If my father didn't constantly speak about the village in Sylhet, our ancestors etc, I would not have known. I know that back in my paternal home in Hailakandi, they use 'Dutta' whereas, the full name is 'Dutta Purkayastha' . Three years ago my cousin (jetatto bhai) had his first son, and realised that the original name of the family will be lost forever, so he brought the full name to life. It may big, but hey, its enough for an A4. ;D

Joke aside, I think its a great idea, but the information must be stored and security provided so that it does not invade the privacy of any persons. Perhaps, few information and then a contact add, email etc, for personal clarification. Lots to thinnnnnnnnnnnnnnk about.

SO LETS THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUYS & GALS

arindambose
arindambose

Re: Ancestory
«on: 02/08/05 at 14:03:35 »

Hi,

You people have touched my heart, infact it was with my father with whom i was sitting on the internet and saw this interesting subject to read.

Keep going.

Didibhai
Guest

Re: Ancestory
«on: 02/11/05 at 07:26:19 »

I am surprised at the lack of responses to this site. If we Sylheti's are so proud of ourselves we should try to move further with this.

I will tell you couple of true stories. May be this will wake u up.

I have a mesho in the UK. He came here in the 60's. sometime during 70's he went to India, infact Kolkata to get married. He got married. Few weeks later he was coming back to the UK, when a relative from this wife's side visited his residence in Kolkata, as he could not come to the wedding. When the relative asked the new groom about his relatives in Sylhet, he was absolutely shocked. They came to know that both the bride & groom are related. ( mamato, pishato bhai boon.) But it was too late.

The other one is of my own cousin. He had a proposal in Silchar, and he lives in Hailakandi. The wedding was fixed and the date was just about to be set. When the brother of the girl asked my father who was visiting Hailakandi at the time, "apnarar gotro kita, karon amader to same surname, amar kaku koichoin apnarar gotro ar Sylhet r main bari jigaite"

When my father answered him, he found out that they were related, as they hail from the same village in Sylhet, same surname and same gotro. The wedding was cancelled on the spot. On further discussion my father found out that their
greatfather was my father's apan kaku. Through displacement they had lost touch, plus, the girl in question, her parents died. If their kaku didn't advise them then perhaps, we would have not known.

Another story that came to mind just now, my husbands mashi lived in Bangladesh. The family were very prominent there. During the time of Bangaldesh liberation, they recvd one letter that they might have to come to India until the war was over. They haven't heard anything from them to the present day. No one knows whether any member of the family is dead or alive. Here in the UK my husband met a Sylheti (moslem), who was from the same village as his mashi. My husband told him about his mashi, the gentleman was nice and when he visited Bangladesh he made some enquiries. However, nothing of theirs exists, even the school building his mesho donated was destroyed, and no one remembers the family, what happened to them as the villagers thought they had migrated to India. Of course, the feeling is that they probably became victims of the genocide that took place. But, perhaps, there is still this doubt that may be somewhere they are alive!

For these reasons, it will be worthwhile to have an ancestory profile. As the generation gap exceeds it will be difficult in many faimilies to trace originality of their family ancestory.

I was thinking of creating a directory of Sylheti's here in the Uk myself for sometime now, as I am in the publishing business. We should think about organising this, as it will be a very good resource for anybody trying trying to trace their ancestor's.

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