Well, not quite. This formulation does not have a basis since the chief protagonists involved in the Indian independence fight - primarily the Congress in India (and perhaps the Muslim League for Muslims of the East and West) was able to coalesce Indians across geographies, bring forth a common set of interests that were best served by throwing out the British and was able to throw them out. There was one or 2 main players for most sections of people. Here we have a 1000 players for the thousand communities that have geographical and other interests that are in conflict with each other. Oh yes, I also forgot these players, except a few, do not quite have the capability (or did not or likely not to in the near future) to carry their masses (and not the others cohabiting the region with them in a fight to win against the center. Unlike the protagonists in the case of Indian indepedence.
The analogy (or formulation), unfortunately, does not quite hold water. --- "Roy, Santanu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another formulation from the pages of history > (untrue; with apologies): > > "Where exactly is there an unified India? Every one > of these protagonists are working for their own ... > independent of any other. Hindus want their own, the > Muslims their own, the Sikhs their own and so on and > so forth. Very obviously, many > of these mutinies are not just against her majesty's > government but against each other. Forget the > British empire's interest, none of these parties > would want talks in an unified manner. And > especially with linguistic and ethnic aspirations in > India, there is no basis for any kind of a unified > approach and enough basis for conflict between > groups. It becomes very convenient to blame the > British government about a grand conspiracy to > divide the united people of India when some > discussions are uncomfortable for certain groups." > > :-) :-) > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Rajib Das > > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:03 PM > > To: Chan Mahanta; ram Sarangapani; Assam > > Subject: Re: [Assam] Wasbir Hussain on Naga Talks > - Outlook India > > > > > > > But it is not convenient for the Center, it is > NOT > > > in Delhi's > > > interests to have to deal with an unified NE. > > > > > > > Where exactly is there an unified NE? > > > > Every one of these protagonists are working for > their > > own liberation movements independent of any other. > > Nagas want their own, the Meitis their own, the > Bodos > > their own and so on and so forth. Very obviously, > many > > of these mutinies are not just against the center > but > > against each other. Forget the center's interest, > none > > of these parties would want talks in an unified > > manner. And especially with linguistic and ethnic > > aspirations in the NE, there is no basis for any > kind > > of a unified approach and enough basis for > conflict > > between groups. > > > > It becomes very convenient to blame the center > about a > > grand conspiracy to divide the united people of > the NE > > when some discussions are uncomfortable for > certain groups. > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn > more. > > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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
