>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. Of course, the Assamese boys would have to emulate their Indian elder brothers, they will have to have 'Assam Sena' because their Indian elder brothers have 'Shiv Sena'. What I am surprised is that they did not name it 'Lachit Sena'. (If they wanted to show some originality, they could have named it 'Oxom Bahini' or simply 'Xanti Bahini', if they are meant to preserve peace). But no, Assamese will have to emulate their big Indian brothers in evry step. This basically shows that however loud we try to shout "Assam Nation" aganist the ugly Indians, the fact is Assamese are completely under the spell of mainstream India. This also shows that, however strongly we try to deny, culturally Assam is a part of great India. In religion, Assamese are following Hindutva (ignoring Xong.kordev), in literature Assamese are copying the Bengalis, in movies Assamese are copying Bollywood (film-makers with originality like Jhanu Barua etc are trying hard to get out of Assam). Whether it is AASU, or AGP, or ULFA, or Cong(I), it is the same 'tilika' Assamese mind. Assamese are basically followers of the Indian main-stream. One would simply hope that in the process, Assamese would try to learn something good out of the ugly Indians. Hobo Diok. Rajen Barua ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajib Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "J Kalita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] 'Oxom-Xena' > 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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