*** Good Britishers did not treat the Indians as colonial
vassals either - they treated them like humans.
I think you mean to say
Good Britishers did not treat the
India as colonial vassal either -
But then they treated India as
what?.
And I don't think think these good Indians are treating Assam as their
colony.
*** That is What RAJEN
Barua would like to connect to.
Why Rajen Barua? What is so special
about him? And what is wrong in their thinking Assam as their own country
India?.
More than likely it is the HUMAN one, not the INDIAN NATIONALISTIC
one.
You mean to say some has the right to work
selflessly on humanitarian ground and some has the right to kill on Assam
Nationalistic ground?
Upai Nai.
RB
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 9:17
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam Trip-2
>I can see the connection you
are trying to make.
*** *I* am attempting to make a connection ?
Either there is a serious ongoing reading comprehension problem, or an
eruption of unmitigated schutzpah.
>But I donot think these good
Indians are treating Assam as their colony.
*** Good Britishers did not treat the Indians as colonial vassals either
- they treated them like humans.
>They are doing the selfless
work thinking they are doing it for their own country, their Mother
India.
*** That is What RAJEN Barua would like to connect to. More than likely
it is the HUMAN one, not the INDIAN NATIONALISTIC one. Perhaps Rajen Barua
would like to ask Ravindranath, instead of speculating and ASSIGNING motives
to him.
>Even for a moment they donot
think that Assam and the North East is not India.
*** Go ahead and ASK Ravindranath, if you have the intestinal fortitude
to do so, WHY he does what he does. And I am certain he would TELL you,and
your kind, because I can tell he has what it takes.
cm
At 6:11 PM -0600 1/3/06, Rajen Barua wrote:
>*** There were a lot of very fine
Britishers also use to do social work in India while it was a
colony.
> And a number of them were killed by
Indians.
> Any connection here?
I
can see the connection you are trying to make.
But
I donot think these good Indians are treating Assam as their
colony.
They are doing the selfless work thinking they are doing it for
their own country, their Mother India.
Even for a moment they donot think that Assam and the North East is
not India.
Do
you?
RB
----- Original Message -----
From: Chan Mahanta
To: Rajen Barua
Cc: assam@assamnet.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:32
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam
Trip-2
*** There were a lot of very fine Britishers
also use to do social work in India while it was a colony.
And a number of them were killed by
Indians.
Any connection here?
----- Original Message -----
From: Rajen
Barua
To: assam@assamnet.org ; Chan Mahanta
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam Trip-2
>Ravindra Nath , son of UP and Bengali parents, studied
Appropriate Technology
>( and something else) at IIT-Delhi. He got involved
with NGO work under the noted social worker (?) Bunker Roy. He
started at the NE at Arunachal and later >moved down to
Akajan/Silapthar. That is all I know of Ravi. Ravi's wife, Sathyasree is
from Guwahati.
Great to know such
good Indians working selflessly working in NE. It looks like he was
also like Sanjay Ghosh doing NGO work in Majuli who was reportedly been
killed by ULFA.
RB
----- Original Message -----
From: Chan
Mahanta
To: assam@assamnet.org
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:52 AM
Subject: [Assam] Assam Trip-2
Dear Netters,
I spoke about the very fine things that the Rural Volunteer
Center ( RVC) is doing at Akajan. Ravindranath and his wife
Sathyasree Goswami, who live at Silapathar and lead their many efforts
are making a measurable difference for the many people whose lives have
been ravaged by repeated floods. Today I hope to tell you a little more
about them and RVC.
Ravindra Nath , son of UP and Bengali parents, studied
Appropriate Technology
( and something else) at IIT-Delhi. He got involved
with NGO work under the noted social worker (?) Bunker Roy. He
started at the NE at Arunachal and later moved down to Akajan/Silapthar.
That is all I know of Ravi. Ravi's wife, Sathyasree is from Guwahati.
The following about herself,is in her own words:
"I am an Assamese born as the 6th daughter to Mr. P.N.
Goswami and Ms. Biva Goswami of Chenikuthi. educated partly in Cotton
College i have been working in Akajan from 1995 and took a break for two
years to work with drought affected people of Anantapur district of
Andhra Pradesh. Now I volunteer for RVC and I have started a
collective called shakti ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
to work on holistic community health and right to health and health
care, where I work full time based in Akajan village."
I did not get to meet Sathyasree as she was with her ailing
mother at Guahati. But I had the privilege of staying overnight at RVC's
guest-house. Ravi and the other volunteers live there as well. Their
little campus was like an 'ashram', with all kinds of undertakings going
on. They even have a satellite dish
with a high-speed internet network, which they acquired with
some wiles, a necessity in today's world but a luxury beyond imagination
in Assam and particularly at a place like Akajan.
Guile and wiles in addition to a dedicated sense of service
have been essential for RVC's continued existence and success. What they
face everyday is not something for the faint of heart or for the
occasional do-gooder like ourselves.
Ravi recounted a number of anecdotes while he and a couple
of his associates took me around to show some of the many wonderful
things they are doing all over. I was awed by the obstacles they face
and how they make little dents, one at a time, to make a difference.
They have spawned other volunteers like themselves or have joined hands
with others in different ways by sharing their resources and
experiences.
One such effort that I was highly impressed by was a road
building project organized by the Mising students' association--the name
of which eludes me --led by a young Mising, Pegu, whose first name I
forget, who also was a Cotton College Union Secy.--a powerful position
as we well know. He and John - another Mising, trained at B'lore as an
MBA I think, were leading over a thousand young volunteers who
were building a road -- a lifeline for a series of villages which was
washed away, but did not get repaired/replaced by the Govt or the GOs
entrusted with the responsibility, with sheer hand power-with nothing
but hoes. They come from miles around and are required to sleep over at
poly-tents . They are fed by volunteers who prepare meals in the
harvested rice paddies, like the 'bhoj' prior to the 'meji' at Magh
Bihu, except it is not much of a feast. The logistics of feeding so many
was amazing. It was partially funded by a program called "Food for Work"
I believe. Ravi explained that the govt. did nothing for years.
Ultimately the people had to gear into action.
Attached herewith is one document describing RVC and its
many programs. I will send two more under separate mail.
I know I wrote a lot--and it always runs the risk of NOT
being read. But I hope some would take a little interest, and spread the
word, the good news. Because Assam can use many more of such efforts as
RVC's. And they are gearing up to train those leaders for just that. Let
us hope we too can do a little to give them the support they so richly
deserve.
Best to all.
cm
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