It seldom happens. Let us see, whether the suggestions in the book
come handy to the Rulers or not.
*** That is a function of how the citizenry , which would be your
'intelligentsia' responds, if at all. During recent years, the
'intelligentsia's' creativity and imagination has been on vacation
and were consumed by 'security' and jingoist rants.
And for the intelligentsia to discuss and debate them and generate
an informed public opinion they need exposure. I am not always up to
snuff on what Assamedia chooses to air and what it is either too
afraid to or are unwilling to air. The only exposure so far that I am
aware of was thru a Kolkata tabloid.
For all practical purposes, desi-media's attention or absence of it
regarding Assam issues will ultimately fall into deaf ears, if not
snuffed out by the sekurity-wallas in Delhi who hold the powers over
desi political imaginations as far as our region is concerned..
At 4:00 AM +0100 8/27/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
We wish so many good things from the Rulers. But those usually do
not happen unless and until the vested interests of the rulers
become one with the aspirations of the people. It seldom happens.
Let us see, whether the suggestions in the book come handy to the
Rulers or not.
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Baruah:
Read the book on one sitting. It was an almost unprecedented
accomplishment for me, since I left college. I found it extremely
informative, as always. I was particularly impressed by your
realistic analysis of the unsustainable two-tiered citizenship, of
the ethnic homeland model and the proposal of for citizenship of
India as well as a state. Most of all, for me, it is the first
comprehensive attempt at finding an attainable and sustainable
resolution of these indigenous/immigrant conflicts that have so riven
Assam and the other 'states' around it. In that it stands out from
the xenophobic cacophony that has dominated the discourse not only in
Assam but has even spilled over to assamnet.
Big question however is if the powers that be will pay any heed?
Best.
m
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