Nationalism is a thing of the past. (Also because in the hands of irresponsible people it quickly turns to fascism which cannot find support from a follower of democratic behaviour) I support Dilip Da on this. He believes in no national boundaries, that's what he declared, if I read him right. But, when the world economy is getting integrated, the issues and concerns affecting mankind are becoming more and more global, the politics of war is more or less evenly distributed across the globe, interracial marriages are leading to evolution of more and more people who cannot be thrown into an anachronistic type-cast-nation-type, English is establishing its hegemony all over, the writing is surely on the wall that time for exit of dormouse NATION concept and associated sentimentality have come, paving way for the global man with flavors from his point of origin and passage. Then, why these clamors for a separate country, separate state, separate district, separate council are in fact not going down proportional to present and clear movement towards integration? Or, is the new promise of integration is innately an eye wash which is antithesis to KJD's rightful dream of " even as single members of the unit sustain cultural differences-- on an individual basis " Else how these two opposites are manifesting with equal vigor, if we do not put on blinkers to our day to day predicament world-wide. There's an all pervasive 'fear' and 'distrust'; which should not have been discernible if the trend is predominantly towards integration. I shall be obliged if someone give some pointers on this. kamal deka kjit.deka at gmail.com Sat Aug 14 04:27:34 IST 2010Previous message: [Assam] The autonomy issueNext message: [Assam] The autonomy issueMessages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]Hello Dhrubajyoti, I do agree with you on this.I want to see an united Assam where diversity should sparkle in unity.
In my opinion,multiculturalism is the antithesis of nationalism; it highlights the differences between peoples while ignoring the similarities whereas nationalism, on the other hand, highlights the similarities between peoples while obscuring the differences. It seeks to "melt" everybody into one unit, which, as a whole, reveres the state, even as single members of the unit sustain cultural differences -- on an individual basis. K J Deka Uttam Kumar Borthakur _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
