Dear Mr. Chetia, All I pointed out was that the AASU was instrumental in beating up Bihari candidates (from Assamese newspaper reports). And so was the Shiv Sena. That was the similarity.
For the record, I support the view that jobs in the lower level for federal organizations should go to local candidates. I, however, doubt very much if a Shiv Sena like approach to things ever helps. Rajib --- Prasenjit Chetia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Mr. Das; > What AASU did with the jobseekers was a debated > issue and if you see > all the underlying truth it was a counter attack to > a big conspiracy > which the big bosses of railways did for their kins > of bihar. Biharis > were called all over india for interviews, does it > happen the same way > in bihar, no it is not. I was doing a project of UTS > implemented under > the whims and fancies of Nitish Kumar, the then > railways minister who > competed Ram Vilas Paswan. They had setup railway > division HQs is > danapur and patna with huge investments which are > only 2hrs apart in > distance. These favortism goes on and it is a long > story. The beating > up issue is only a pitfall. I don't think , anybody > could have > stopped the guys from bihar to appear in guwahati > where the boys from > assam or entire NE seeking the same were not called > for appearing the > exam with no reason to explain. > > I think if you have to save your existence, you have > to be a little > bit of "jatiatabadi". All others have that, > otherwise you will have to > leave your identity and forget what you were. > > > Prasenjit > > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:50:09 -0800 (PST), Rajib Das > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't the Assam Sena a rip off of the obviously > > original one - Shiv Sena of Bal Thackeray? I don't > > know where the emulation will begin from - but in > its > > essence it is a fire and brimstone Hindu > chauvinist > > party (and earlier, beating up of the "madrasis" > in > > Mumbai). The 2 constant factors in the party > was/is to > > use street power to hit at opponents of various > hues > > and the party president for life with absolute > powers > > for life. The other thing was the constant over > the > > ground extortion business that the Shiv Sena > indulged > > in. > > > > AASU and Shiv Sena have had similarilities in the > > recent past - the latest one being the beating up > of > > Bihari job seekers in Railways. > > > > I wonder what the liberals on this board would say > > about such an idealogy, if indeed Assam Sena has > such > > an idealogy. I also wonder whether some of them > would > > be ok with such an idealogy in Assam when they are > on > > the right side of the spectrum. > > > > Finally it is a bit ironic - the original Sena > (Aka > > the Shiv Sena) is somewhat on geriatric row what > with > > Bal Thackeray being old and ill and their street > thugs > > being outnumbered by others in Mumbai because the > city > > has moved on. > > > > Rajib > > > > --- J Kalita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am glad that an "Assam Army" is being formed. > > > Although the name has > > > the word "Army" in it, it is essentially a > peaceful > > > movement trying to > > > protect the interests of Assam and the > inhabitants > > > of Assam. The > > > interests of Assam and the inhabitants of Assam > are > > > in many ways in > > > odds with the interests of India and the > > > inhabitants of India, and in > > > fifty five years of independence from the > British, > > > India has not been > > > able to figure out a formula to balance the two. > So, > > > we need some home > > > grown movement to do so. I would urge the "Assam > > > Army" (Oxom Xenaa) not > > > work by emphasizing strikes, bandhs, etc., but > > > possibly study > > > successful movements for independence such as > that > > > of India, Israel, > > > East Timor and other nations. In particular, > > > although, I am completely > > > opposed to the policies of the current and past > > > Israeli governments, it > > > behooves us to see what they did to obtain > > > independence. A part of that > > > strategy was to make the "desert bloom" through > > > efforts such as 1) > > > kibbutzes where groups of individuals worked on > > > farms and small-scale > > > farming based industries, 2) gathering money and > > > resources and buying > > > off tracts of land and other properties, etc. In > > > Assam, the "Oxom > > > Xenaa" could work on similar constructive > projects > > > with long-term goals > > > in mind. > > > > > > It is wise to talk about "Assam", "The Assam > > > Nation", > > > "The Nation of Assam", etc., instead of talking > > > about "The Assamese", > > > "The Assamese Nation", etc. > > > The former encompasses everyone in Assam whereas > the > > > latter encompasses > > > the people whose mother tongue is "Assamese". > > > > > > Jugal Kalita > > > On Monday, December 20, 2004, at 01:11 AM, > Alpana B. > > > Sarangapani wrote: > > > > > > > From "The Assam Tribune": > > > > > > > > http://www.assamtribune.com/dec2004/at01.html > > > > > > > > From "Oxomiya Pratidin": > > > > > > > > http://www.pratidinassam.com/dec2004/ap01.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Assam mailing list > > > > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > > > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Assam mailing list > > > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > > > 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!? > > Yahoo! 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