At 11:03 PM +0530 10/3/07, shantikam hazarika wrote:
It does not require any intellectual prattle to find out what has
been the AIM of those who have raised the queries. They want to know
what is the purpose of all the mayhem, that has disturbed the peace,
have projected Assam in unfavourable light to the whole world and
does not seem to end.
**** That , if I might say so in so many words, is a no-brainer . I
don't recall ULFA has ever made a secret of their GOAL, that is to
make Assam a sovereign nation. Did some folks here miss that?
I hope I did not make it difficult to comprehend with intellectual prattle :-).
If you have answers, provide them. If you do not have the answers, say so.
**** Well? Does the above help? Please don't hesitate to ask if I
need to translate it or anything :-).
cm
Shantikam Hazarika
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:30:02 -0500
To: assam@assamnet.org
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Assam] What a response!!
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When a dialog was being sought, one would have hope it had an aim, a goal.
In this instance, what was Utpal's aim?
Would it be reasonable to assume that for the kind of people
involved here it was to help find a solution for the impasse of a
quarter century?
And what did it turn out to be?
Did the questions posed have a sincerity of purpose, of discussing
the merits of each side's positions, hopefully to find common ground
and a solution?
Can an observer not reasonably conclude that it was in its
entirety , without exceptions, an inquisition; of a dispatcher, by
a band of obviously immature and self-righteous and self-impressed
intellectual goons intent only on devaluing and insulting the
hapless, messenger ill equipped to dish out in kind?
The start of the response cycle obviously could very well have been
an honorable one, to have a honest and sincere dialog, with some of
Assam's most privileged and purportedly 'educated'. Some education
that must have been! It could in no way, shape or form have been
interpreted by the inquisitors or well meaning observers to have
been a signal to submit to being insulted and to surrender the goals
that thousands of their fellow men had given their lives for or to
concede that they have all been wrong while their inquisitors alone
are right.
Was it?
> Intelligentsia or not, every human being capable of communicating
through the net is intelligent >enough to find what is good for him
and what is not.
*** If the aim was merely to assert one's own righteousness, it
played out just as expected. But who needs it?
>What is intelligentsia for one may not be so for another.
*** That is profound.
At 4:52 PM +0100 10/3/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
When two parties talk, be it in catechism mode or a dialogue, it is
inevitable that they would represent divers interests. Is there any
pre-condition for proselytisation?
Now, if the interests are so antgonistic that there is no point in
beginning the discourse, then why should someone start a response
cycle at all?
Does Pakistan have to run a check on India while entering a
dialogue or impose a pre-condition for conversion? Let everyone have
his say. Each would find for himself, what is acceptable and what is
not? I do not find any substance in the search for sincerity or any
comment thereon.
Intelligentsia or not, every human being capable of communicating
through the net is intelligent enough to find what is good for him
and what is not. What is saintly sermon for Mr. Laden may be
blasphemy for Mr. Bush. Intelligentsia is not a defined monolith.
What is intelligentsia for one may not be so for another.
Is there any scope for normative preachings here?
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Before we pass judgement on the response, we also ought to be able
to judge the QUESTION.
What were the questions posed by Utpal designed to ?
To help him and others decide, if what ULFA has been fighting for,
Assam's sovereignty, is a sound and beneficial move for Assam?
And if they are persuaded by ULFA's response that they are sound,
Utpal and others would SUPPORT it?
Or were they designed to extract an admission from ULFA, that their
own notions and beliefs, that it is
patently bad for Assam, never mind HOW or WHY they have concluded
that their notions and beliefs are the truly wise and considered
opinions?
Is it therefore REASONABLE to evaluate INTENT for ULFA before
submitting itself to the INQUISITION?
Where is the ORDINARY integrity expected of the intelligentsia
here, if one can misuse the English word under the circumstances?
The sincerity of purpose?
It is obvious that those who consider themselves the 'educated'
and'wise', unlike ULFA, and who parade around wearing the garbs of
pillars-of society do not think so and thus the eloquent outpourings
of disappointment, not to mention the offenses to their genteel
sensitivities . Not just that, the self-fulfilling prophecies too of
the band of braves indulging in the "hola gosot baagi kuthar mora"
enterprise, justification why their masters don't talk to them, or
should not.
What is missing from the exercises is a rudimentary element of AIM
of GOALS. Never mind the need to explore the reasons WHY ten
thousand plus Oxomiyas have given their lives. No doubt their lives
were nearly not as valuable as one Sanjoy Ghosh's.
Aimless exercises unfortunately lead to nowhere. With such pillars
of society looking after its well-being, one hardly needs enemies to
tear it down.
cm
At 11:19 AM +0530 10/3/07, shantikam hazarika wrote:
It seems that some of us are being branded as part of an "unhappy
gang with their so-called education". And they would be 'selective'
in answering their questions; which means they would only reply to
'sincere' questions, from 'real questioners' after their 'background
check done'.
Well, in case they have to do a background check in my case, let me
tell you that my life has been an open book and if a background
check is requird in my case, it simly shows how much these people
are in touch with reality or the ground situations.
Incidentally, let me also tell, that there has been enough
background checks done about these people, their cohorts,
sympathisers, beneficiaries, supporters, hangers one and what not.
Lot of people already know who benefits from their actions, who are
actually propping them up. For example when they killed Sanjay
Ghosh, it did not require much background check to find out why they
did so, what was the nexus behind that sordid deal and who would be
the real losers if Majuli is genuinely saved in a very cost
effective manner. Obviously, they are buying time to prepare some
obfuscating response, what we may call "saale bere kobowa" reply in
the name of background checks and what not.
Also they have already said that they would ignore "halfwit
questions and questioners". How more selective can your comfort zone
be...
Interestingly, I was reading something today and I came across the
follwoing phrase: The truth is that many terrorists are doing very
well out of violence. Extortion rackets give them a lifestyle they
cannot aspire in times of peace. They have money, excitement and
status: what more you seek in life?
Mantabya nisproyojan.
Shantikam Hazarika
Director,
Assam Institute of Management
PO Box 30, GUWAHATI 781001, India
HOME PAGE: <http://www.aimguwahati.edu.in/>www.aimguwahati.edu.in
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:17:14 +0100
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] assam Digest, Vol 26, Issue 66
To: assamonline
ULFA invites genuine sincere questions from persons(not gangs)
not happy with their so-called education ,wanting to KNOW how to
fight and win their great future in sovereign Assam .
Firstly we will have background checks done on real (?)
questioners. Please tolerate delays.
ULFA will ignore halfwit questions and questioners who think they
already know and are already bonded mentally or monetarily.
With Best Regards to respectable Assamonliners,
Rubi
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