In the years
>since the first promises of revolutions in our region,
>however, much has changed.
Let's see what we got from the hues of revolutions in Assam.
Hues of revolutions What Assam Got What Assam Lost
Language Movement, 1972 Recognition of Assamese Some promising Young men
as state language
Foreigners Movement, 1980 1. IIT 1. Thousands of Martyrs
2. Some young political 2. 2 precious education years
leaders, who indulged 3. Sound Educational environment
in merrymaking 4. Wisdom of the younger generation
3. False promise of a 5. Respect towards the elders
petrochemical complex 6. Infighting among different ethnic
4. Affinity of the young groups
generation towards 7. Will to fight another war against
easy money Govt. even for legitimate demand
The list of what assam lost is endless.....
ULFA's war for a sovereign Assam
Will it be too early to foresee the implications? Although, the begining of the movement showed some promoises, after the recent killings, ULFA will find it difficult to find too many sympathisers. I am not trying to examine the legitimacy of the ULFA's demand. Regarding, Indian Army's oppresssion, didn't all of us had a taste of it during 1979-85 (Hope all of you were in Assam during those days). There is certainly some difference between killing of innocents by Indian Army & ULFA. The difference is like getting slapped by your brother or by some hostile neighbour. Will the things inprove in the near future? Lets hope that peace prevail in Assam. I am optimistic(?).
Mridul
>From: Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: J Kalita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mridul bhuyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Assam] From the ToI >Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:02:30 -0800 (PST) > >Fair enough! There are enough rants against India >happening anyway on this board. > >But the questions I have asked in this post - about >their idealogy, the definitiveness of their vision - >are these pertinent or are these rants? > >I am not a fan of the Indian bureacracy. In the years >since the first promises of revolutions in our region, >however, much has changed. People in other regions >somehow have seized the moment and moved forward - >inspite of what some may call a debilitating system. >We have remained mired in old shibboleths. Our local >leadership within the Indian system and without (in >equal measure) is devoid of any vision. And yet, there >is never much serious discussion on it. > >Almost as if this "sovereignity" thing is a sacred god >in itself. Or for the rest of us a false god! > > > > > > > >--- J Kalita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Rajib, > > > > Why do you keep on ranting against the ULFA only? > > You should rant > > against the Indian Army who kill and torture > > innocents in large numbers > > and Indian bureaucrats (the establishment) who are > > mostly all corrupt > > to the bone in the same breath to have any semblance > > of reasonableness > > in your writings. > > > > Jugal > > > > > > On Thursday, December 9, 2004, at 06:36 PM, Rajib > > Das wrote: > > > > >> And ULFA was NOT 'discredited' when it emerged. > > Even > > >> now it is > > >> discredited only in certain circles. ULFA could > > not > > > > > > "Certain circles" indeed! Innocent civilians > > bombed > > > out and the level of extortion and the money > > hoarded > > > in Bangladesh are somewhat universal yardsticks > > for > > > defining discredited or not. > > > > > > In any case we are talking about the future and > > the > > > system for it. Not about what ULFA was 20 years > > back. > > > About what it is today and what it is capable of > > > tommorow versus what the current system is today > > and > > > what it is capable of tomorrow. > > > > > > So what is the verdict on the following about ULFA > > AS > > > THINGS STAND TODAY: > > > a. Its capability to define the "sovereign" nation > > it > > > is fighting for > > > b. Its capability or defined vision in terms of > > how it > > > will govern the sovereign nation in a way that is > > > fundamentally better than what it is today? > > > c. Its defined idealogy and the committment of its > > > cadre to its idealogy?. > > > d. Its capability to wage war "successfully" > > > e. And to cut it short, its record of respecting > > > people's opinion? > > > > > > Then there is the small point about whether it > > does > > > indeed represent the sovereign nation it has > > defined > > > for itself? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? > > > http://my.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! >http://my.yahoo.com > >Microsoft�s festive bonanza! Buy a branded Home PC. Win a fabulous holiday!
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