Is there any research on how much of resources the heartland of India has "stolen" from the North East versus how much of funds have poured in?
I understand much of Assam's oil has been taken at very low prices. But I find the same lines being repeated elsewhere in the NE. Exactly how much has been taken versus pumped? The tribes do not pay income tax and while I hope someone could illuminate on how much revenue is generated, my feeling is it would be very little. And that too, after pumping in investments year after year to the point of indulgence. And finally, when states like Bengal (now) move and get funds from the private sector (electricity) and World Bank or ADB (Infrastructure) and put it to good use, what kind of control to the babus in Delhi have that cannot be overcome by state governments? > provided them at rtidiculously low prices to > industrialized parts of the country & I know that > when we have brought fina! > l goods from outside of Assam we have paid higher > than international prices for those goods because of > the lack of international trade. This is the scissor > that has cut us both ways. Now, I have a question > here for you - do you think my views are far from > reality? If so, then we differ in our perception of > reality and there is no more to it. But if you more > or less agree with me, then it seems to me that some > rethinking of the terms of the union, the structure > of how the sovereign commands the resources on the > ground, the right of the state to independently > interact in economic matters with other nations, to > kick out babus from Delhi that think of themselves > as on a colonial assignment, to decide whether or > not they want to have paramilitary and military > forces deployed at their cost - are in order. > Santanu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dilip/Dil Deka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10/2/2004 (土) 11:38 åˆå‰ > To: Roy, Santanu > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Assam] Car Rally from Guwahati Is > Not for Fun Alone > > > Santanu, > Can you please stop writing subliminal messages > and state clearly if you are recommending that Assam > gets out of the union with India? From your last two > notes it appears so. > You mustn't forget that the majority in Assam do > not want separation from India, however hard the > separationists try. Despite the faults with Indian > democracy, they are prepared to stay with it and > work to improve it. At least that is what I hear > from my relatives and friends in assam. > Dilipda > > "Roy, Santanu" wrote: > > Dilip-da: > No marriage can be saved by one side - > particularly, the weaker side. Traditional Indian > women sacrifice their life and their wants to do > that. That ought not to be the case. > Santanu > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dilip/Dil Deka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10/2/2004 (土) 3:43 > åˆ剠> To: Roy, Santanu > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Assam] Car Rally from Guwahati Is > Not for Fun Alone > > > Santanu, > Thank you for your kind words on my intellectual > ability and professional experience. Coming from an > academician, it is an honor for me. > > Your statement below had a (hidden) message that > did not come out completely. What ship are you > talking about and who is abandoning that ship? > > I agree with you that the whole is not always the > sum of the components, it can be more or it can be > less. Your note implies that the whole is less than > the sum in this case. > > My earlier emails in this thread were not meant to > spin anything, nor was there any hidden agenda. I > was simply trying to point out that there is no evil > design against Assam in New Delhi, in fact there > have === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
