Dear Barua,
My signature was conditional right from the
beginning. The purpose was to generate a short &
strong "Petition" so that we do not become a
laughing stock in future.
Since the prime movers have not agreed, I must
withdraw my signature, and I am very sad about
this.
I wish you all success. I congratulate the prime
movers for taking full responsibility to achieve
our goal which is to stop the GOA to proceed
with the resolution to change the name to Asom.
I am very happy that the idea of "taking full
responsibility" has emerged out of this debate
as a very welcome promise. I am hoping that this
will change the trend of future discussions at
the assam-net where writers will
take responsibility for the consequences of
their opinions and signatures.
With the best wishes,
Himendra Barthakur
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Barua25
To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Himendra Thakur
; <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Rajib Das
Cc: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Indrajit Barua ;
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Mohan R. Palleti ;
<mailto:assam@assamnet.org>assam@assamnet.org ;
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Chan Mahanta ;
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 9:59 AM
Subject: The Petition
>The Petition is not about the name change,
but against the action of the Assam Assembly who
did not have the right to change the name >of
the State. This was pointed out by Rajen Barua
as Again the purpose of the petition is simply
to stop the GOA to change the >name so that we
have a discussion in a democratic process if we
want to change the name at all.
>However, in the current draft of the
Petition, the kernel purpose stated above got
shrouded by tributes to Dutch sailors and
promotion of >the X-sound based on incomplete
research. I signed the Petition on the
condition that these extraneous materials will
be deleted, and the >Petition will be short &
strong.
Dear Himenda and Dilip Deka:
We just saw your response to Rajib Das. I
thought we have clarified before that we are not
changing the wording of the petition
substantially to 100% liking of yours as stated
above. We the prime movers of the petition
discussed your comments on the specific wording
and came to a democratic resolution and have
changed some wording. As a result, we need to
clarify again that we have not revised our
petition substantially, except that we removed
the reference about 'congratulations' to
Mirjumla. The statement about X-sound has been
revised somewhat to reflect that facts.
For the final draft and the whole process of
submission to the CM, we the prime movers take
full responsibility to achieve our goal which is
to stop the GOA to proceed with the resolution
to change the name to Asom.
Now reading your above comments, we are not sure
if your signature is still conditional. Frankly
speaking we will be hesitant to put your name as
a signatory unless we receive your unconditional
agreement.
As such we are requesting you to kindly confirm
that you can still be a signatory . We need to
know ASAP, because the petition is going out
later today.
We are addressing the same question to Dilip
Deka also since he supported your views.
Please confirm urgently so that we can put your name as a signatory.
If we donot receive your unconditional
acceptance by tonight, we will have to release
the petition without your names since we donot
want to get into any controversy on the issue.
I hope you will say YES
Thanks
Rajen
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Himendra Thakur
To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Rajib Das
Cc: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Indrajit Barua ;
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Mohan R. Palleti ;
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Manoj Das ;
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Rajen & Ajanta Barua
; <mailto:assam@assamnet.org>assam@assamnet.org
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Rhino Charge stories !
Happy New Year, Rajib, and thank you for liking
the Rhino Charge story! My 9-year old
grand-daughter has spoiled me by turning me into
a story-teller ! In fact, I have more stories to
tell, provided you guys like it and address me
as Himendra Uncle or Granduncle Himendra ---
depending upon the age-group.
I completely agree with you that I personally
don't see the name change (or leaving the name
alone) as a major theme. The Petition is not
about the name change, but against the action of
the Assam Assembly who did not have the right to
change the name of the State. This was pointed
out by Rajen Barua as Again the purpose of the
petition is simply to stop the GOA to change the
name so that we have a discussion in a
democratic process if we want to change the name
at all.
However, in the current draft of the Petition,
the kernel purpose stated above got shrouded by
tributes to Dutch sailors and promotion of the
X-sound based on incomplete research. I signed
the Petition on the condition that these
extraneous materials will be deleted, and the
Petition will be short & strong.
I am sorry if you are offended because I used
the word despondent --- which means feeling or
expressing depression of spirit from loss of
hope, confidence or courage.
We are all suffering from despondency at this
time --- myself, my friend Indrajit Baruah, and
many others.
Despondency is just human. In fact, there is a
historical record that, standing at the exterior
foot of the huge Mughal Fort in Guwahati in
1669, Lachit became despondent when he and a
small group of his friends came to take it by
guerrilla attack at night, a technique that he
perfected at Dikhowmukh six years back during
the Mirjumlas occupation of Gargaon in 1663.
However, Lachit got over the temporary spell of
despondency, took the Mughal Fort very
skillfully, imprisoned and sent the Mughal
Governor Sayed Channa to Gargaon as a Prisoner
of War. Later, King Chakradhwaj Singha appointed
Lachit as the Borphukan ---- you know the rest
of the story --- he routed the Mughals at the
Battle of Saraighat in 1672.
Being despondent is nothing wrong, as long as it
triggers our inner strength to stand up and
claim our rights. But, whatever we do must be
done skillfully --- yogah karmasu kaushalam ---
apply the highest skill in your work. This is
from the emblem of IIT Kharagpur.
One of the first skill is to identify the
problem. You are right to identify the problem
as need for the people on the ground which you
elucidated by comparing the economic condition &
work condition between Assam & Karnataka.
However, if you scrutinize further, it may
become clear that the disparity of the
economic/work condition is only an external
symptom --- you have already seen the bomb-blast
by the insurgent groups: they got started as a
protest to the exploitations by politicians
clinging to power with dirty vote-bank politics,
encouraging illegal infiltration of foreigners
who are endangering the very existence of the
Assamese people today. That is the real problem.
Our Land --- with our rivers and hills --- is
our fundamental right. We dont want money. We
want our land back is the battle-cry of the
Assamese today. Once we can secure our land,
economic growth will follow. We must not lose
our land for the sake of economic growth, which
is as temporary as a rainbow or a mirage.
The short & strong Petition will be a reminder
to the vote-bank politicians about the rhino
charge of the Assamese.
With love to everybody,
Himendra
PS to Mohan Pelleti:
Dear Mohan, For the success and effectiveness of
the "Petition", it should not have multiple
goals. Research of the subject is a topic in the
universities & colleges, not in the
"Petition." We must be prepared that the
"Petition" will be referred to the Parliament
and Parliamentary Committees in future. The
"Petition" must be rewritten by deleting the
extraneous materials like tributes to Dutch
sailors and the promotion of the X-sound based
on incomplete research, which will turn the
"Petition" into a laughing stock. I signed the
Petition on that condition, so that the
Petition will be short & strong.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rajib Das" <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Himendra Thakur"
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
"shantikam hazarika"
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <<mailto:assam@assamnet.org>assam@assamnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Rhino Charge stories !
> Himenda,
Thanks for the stories - I always like them.
No - my mail wasn't about being despondent. Far from
it.
There were 2 themes I watched unfold in this visit to
Assam in December - The cottage industry around bomb
blasts - Rs. 500 fetches one - (I saw the Ghy railway
station one at close quarters) and the rise of malls
(not one actively managed beyond the Marwari
community). It contrasted against what I saw elsewhere
- in the small towns of South Karnataka and Pune
(though Kerala maintains its Communist ennui).
I personally don't see the name change (or leaving the
name alone) as a major theme - a felt need for the
people on the ground. Hence I posed the question to
those that know better about how relevant it is either
which way.
Wish you a very happy new year!
Thanks
Rajib
--- Himendra Thakur <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Shantikam,
>
> Happy New Year to you, your family and your friends
> !
>
> I am glad you liked the true-story of the
> rhino-charge imagery in Calcutta
> Press in 1946. The rhino dominated some other areas
> of literature for some
> time. I remember just two more episodes which I'll
> write if everybody wants
> it. Until such time, Happy New Year to everybody !
>
> With the best,
> Himendra
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shantikam hazarika"
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc:
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <<mailto:assam@assamnet.org>assam@assamnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 3:19 AM
> Subject: Rhino Charge stories !
>
>
> >
> > That was exciting. Can we have some enterprising
> Assamese who can retrieve
> > the cartoons? That may bolster Assamese morale and
> the journey back from
> the
> > prevalent despondency?
> > Bordoloi was really a lion, why could not the
> others be like him?
> > Shantikam
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Himendra Thakur"
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: "Rajib Das" <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >CC: "shantikam hazarika"
>
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Manoj>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Manoj
Das"
> > ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Ankur>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Ankur Bora"
> > ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<assam@assamnet.org>[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>,<assam@assamnet.org>
> > >Subject: Rhino Charge stories !
> > >Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:38:49 -0800
> > >
> > >Dear Rajib,
> > >Thank you for mentioning the "rhino charge" ! Let
> us break away from
> > >serious discussion for a while and get into
> experience sharing !!
> > > The first "rhino charge" cartoon that I saw as
> > a schoolboy in Tezpur
> was
> > >in 1946 (long before you were born, maybe before
> your parents were born!)
> > >when Assam blasted the "Grouping Proposal"
> brought from London by a
> > >high-powered Cabinet Mission from the British
> Parliament. "Grouping" was
> > >supported by Nehru as a quick alternative to his
> power, who rebuked Assam
> > >with his infamous statement: "Assam must
> sacrifice for the greater cause
> of
> > >India."
> > > The Calcutta Press wholeheartedly supported
> Assam during our struggle
> > >for survival from the "Grouping" trap in May
> 1946. That was where I saw
> the
> > >cartoon of "rhino charge" for the first time ---
> a rhino (marked Assam)
> > >charging with its head down towards a bunch of
> British Parliamentarians
> > >who were running helter-skelter with "Grouping
> Proposal" papers flying
> all
> > >over --- will one of our young artists redraw
> that cartoon just for fun
> > >today? That will be very exciting !
> > > Gaining international and national admiration
> for stubbornness, Assam
> > >was very soon promoted to the image of a lion: In
> the terrible "Direct
> > >Action" in Calcutta by Pakistan-supporters on
> August 16, 17 & 18, 1946,
> an
> > >Assamese student, Poet Amulya Barua was killed by
> the Muslim rioters. In
> a
> > >prompt telegraph to Surhawardy, the
> Pakistan-supporter Prime Minister of
> > >Bengal (a Chief Minister was called "Prime
> Minister" in those days),
> > >Gopinath Bardoloi, the Prime Minister of Assam
> asked whether he should
> > >dispatch a few battalions of Assam Rifles to
> Calcutta if Surhawardy did
> not
> > >have enough policemen to control the rioters.
> > > This was headlined in the Calcutta newspapers
> as "Assam Lion Roars ."
> > >We must revive our self-confidence that we
> inherited from the historical
> > >days of Chakradhwaj Singha, Atan Buragohain,
> Lachit Barphukan, to mention
> > >just a few. Your opinion "Does anyone on the
> ground really care ? "
> > >carries an undercurrent note of despondency. We
> must wake up from
> despair,
> > >stand on our own feet and claim our rights: Assam
> Assembly does not have
> > >the rights to change the name of the State
> without public
> endorsement ----
> > >that is the crux of the "Petition" which should
> be rewritten in a brief
> > >format without the Dutch connection and without
> the controversial issues
> > >like X sound, etc.
> > >With love to everybody,
> > >Himendra
> >
> >
>
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