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Chan,
Beautiful retort.
Consider Ram's suggestion a good one. If he can't help himself,
neither can we. No amount of Pujas and Dakshinas will help.
AKN
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:09
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] From the
Sentinel
C'da,
This guy's utter frustrations has made my day. He
has got into what
one might say in the 'Abhimanu Circle'. Abhimanu got it,
but couldn't
get out.
The guy for one, can't 'unsubscribe' himself
(real pity there), and
two, seems might jealous of Kharkhowas here. Don't
know why?
Also is there a big difference in giving 'gaali' in Axomia
versus
giving it Engrezi? Isn't a gaali a gaali?
I think we should
keep him around for a while more, don't you think?
-- Ram
On
Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:44:06 -0600, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
Dear Saloi:
>
> It was nice to hear from you again. You have been
awful quiet for a
> very long time. I am not complaining however. The
fact is that we
> enjoyed your being absence.
>
>
> Please help me out of this group!!!!!
>
>
*** I would be delighted to help out, if I could. Unfortunately I
>
don't have the keys to the cell-block where you have been held
>
prisoner. But I thought you got the boot once. Did you sneak in again
>
like the 'nirgot' you must be? That would be understandable. As the
>
'proboson' goes, "swre nere swr porkiti, kukure nere sai, jar ji
>
porkiti, morilew logote jai'.
>
> > >I begged
everyone, I did everything I
> >could to get out of this stupid site
but to no avail.
>
> *** Tsk, tsk! My heart goes out for you. I
am sure other netters'
> too. But I think you did not beg hard enough.
You need to grovel at
> the feet of the warden
> with tail firmly
tucked between hind legs. Try that, you might get lucky.
>
>
> > Everytime I log
> >in, I get whole lot of shit in my
mails.
>
> *** Again, that too is understandable. What did you
expect? A gourmet meal?
> 'Bawna hoi sondroloi hat melise
apuni'.Obviously you have been
> getting what you deserve, don't you
realize?
>
> > >I dont know
> >who has all
the time to write so much shit and that
> >also so
frequently.
>
> *** Yes, we understand. With your obviously
confined and underexposed
> upbringing
> no one would expect you
to know any better. I would suggest you stop
> wondering about such deep
and mysterious topics. Why bring on
> headaches unnecessarily?
>
That would be like the complaint of 'muror bix' from a 'mur naikia'.
>
> > >I am requesting you
> >`cause I get the
maximum mails from you and one more
> >cranky guy named Ram
Sarangapani.
>
> *** Have you considered offering an appropriate
kind of 'puja' to us?
> With the right amount of dokkhina, we might
consider pleading your
> case to the powers that be.
>
>
> >Next time I get one more mail, I will make sure that
>
>you all guys get to hear the choicest of gaalis and
> >that too
in assamese.
>
> *** Is that a promise or a threat?
>
> > >So if you want to spare
> >>yourself, get
that stupid admintrator of your site to
> >look into it.
>
> *** See the para above.
>
> >Thank you once
again.
>
> *** Don't mention it. The pleasure is all
mine.
>
> > >And by the
> >way, please have
a check on the trash you guys write
> >sitting in US of which
HELL.
>
> *** Looks like you need some help with language skills
too. But
> again, with the right kind of 'dokkhina', we might consider
helping
> you.
>
> > >I never knew you guys
in
> >US had so much of free time.
>
> *** You lean
something everyday, don't you? See you are making
> progress. Why do you
think they call the US the land of milk and
> honey? And ghee
too.
>
> > >Do something better
> >instead
of all that crap
>
> *** Ordinarily I might ask someone making
such suggestions as to what
> might be better? But in your case, I
should not burden you with
> anything that might
> send you off to
the deep end. I think you need your head examined.
> Our Goru Daktor,
Tilok from DogPatch, could do you wonders. If you
> want I will be
pleased to refer you to him.
>
> cm
>
> At 8:44 AM
-0800 3/9/05, pranab saloi wrote:
> >Dear Chan Mahanta
>
> Please help me out of this group!!!!! I am sick
of
> >it. I just logged into it once by mistake and now its
>
>not leaving me. I begged everyone, I did everything I
> >could to
get out of this stupid site but to no avail.
> >Its blocking my inbox
like hell!!! Everytime I log
> >in, I get whole lot of shit in
my mails. I dont know
> >who has all the time to write so much shit
and that
> >also so frequently. I guess you all guys out
there
> >have no jobs except writing stupid mails. So please
>
>spare me and get me out of it. I am requesting you
> >`cause I
get the maximum mails from you and one more
> >cranky guy named Ram
Sarangapani. Please help me!!!!!
> >Next time I get one more mail, I
will make sure that
> >you all guys get to hear the choicest of
gaalis and
> >that too in assamese. So if you want to spare
>
>yourself, get that stupid admintrator of your site to
> >look
into it. Thank you once again. Bye. And by the
> >way, please have a
check on the trash you guys write
> >sitting in US of which HELL. I
never knew you guys in
> >US had so much of free time. Do something
better
> >instead of all that crap
>
>
Pranab
> >--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> >> This is a juicy one :-).
> >>
>
>> cm
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>>
> >> Goa - a Symbol of Wider Malaise
>
>> Inder Malhotra
> >>
>
>> What has gone on in Goa over the last few days is
a
> >> shame not only
> >> on that
tiny and
> >> notoriously unstable State but
also on the country
> >> as a whole,
> >>
especially on its political class. To say this does
> >> not
absolve the
> >> actors in the sordid drama in Panaji from
blame, but
> >> the depressing
> >>
fact remains that the Goa goings-on are a symbol of
>
>> a wider and
> >> deeper disease
afflicting the entire polity. Sadly,
> >> the way
things
> >> are going the chronic malaise looks like
becoming
> >> incurable.
> >>
>
>> To put the matter bluntly, every political party,
>
>> big or small,
> >> without any exception
whatsoever, has become the
> >> perpetrator of a
>
>> twofold perversion of the democratic system. In
the
> >> first place, all
> >> political
parties have conspired to destroy any
> >> respect for
rule of
> >> law, constitutional niceties and
political
> >> proprieties. The
> >>
objective of each one of them is to win the
> >>
election, by hook or by
> >> crook, and having done so to
hold on to power any
> >> way it can.
>
>> Consequently, by a cruel quirk of irony, the
ruling
> >> doctrine of the
> >> world's
largest democracy has boiled down to the
> >>
monstrosity that,
> >> as in love and war, everything is
fair in the
> >> struggle for power.
>
>>
> >> The second element in the political
perversity is
> >> the unfailing
> >>
adherence by every political formation to double
> >>
standards. When in
> >> the Opposition, every party
pretends to be
> >> high-minded about
> >>
democratic norms and their inevitable violation by
>
>> the ruling party
> >> or combination. But
when in office and power, the
> >> same party or
set
> >> of parties does exactly the opposite of what
it
> >> preaches during its
> >> years in
the wilderness.
> >>
> >> Witness the loud
protests by the BJP leaders,
> >> headed by the
party
> >> president, Mr LK Advani, against the
"murder of
> >> democracy" in Goa
> >> and
their exhortation to the people across the
> >>
country to rise
> >> against this "crime." Equally
remarkably, the
> >> Congress that had
>
>> raised hell against similar actions by the
BJP-led
> >> Government in New
> >> Delhi
in the past is busy justifying its ugly
> >> action in
Goa. Indeed,
> >> it is cursing the Goa BJP for having
"thrown to the
> >> winds" all
> >>
democratic values and conventions.
> >>
>
>> This having been said, it must be added that the
>
> > scandalous
> >> developments in Goa are not
without a specific
> >> flavour of their own.
>
>> For one thing, Goa has disproved as complete
>
>> nonsense the widespread
> >> belief that the
phenomenon of aya Rams and gaya
> >> Rams or the
brisk
> >> sale and purchase of legislators is
confined to
> >> States like Haryana,
> >>
Bihar or UP that are illiterate, caste-ridden, poor
>
>> and known for
> >> cosy partnership
between criminals and politicians.
> >> Here is
Goa,
> >> with 98 per cent rate of literacy and a
relatively
> >> high standard of
> >>
living, and yet its political record is as abysmal
>
>> as that of BIMARU
> >> States.
>
>>
> >> Indeed, in some respects the performance
of Goa's
> >> politicians is
> >> worse.
In Bihar, for instance, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav
> >> has ruled
for 15
> >> years either directly or by proxy from
behind his
> >> wife's Chief
> >>
Ministerial chair. In Goa, during the same period,
>
>> there have been
> >> 15 different ministries.
The underlying reason is
> >> the precarious
>
>> balance between the two principal parties - the
>
>> Congress and the BJP
> >> - compounded by the
proclivities of splinter
> >> parties and
>
>> Independents to make hay while the sun shines. As
>
>> so many have
> >> already underscored, the
previous Ministry was
> >> brought down by the
>
>> self-same Mr Manohar Parrikar, the dismissed Chief
>
>> Minister who is
> >> busy decrying his
unfair removal. An IIT graduate,
> >> he had a
rather
> >> good reputation so far, especially compared to
the
> > > newly appointed
> >> Chief
Minister, Mr Pratap Singh Rane, but no longer.
> >> For,
Mr
> >> Parrikar has been an unabashed accomplice in
the
> >> gross political and
> >>
constitutional wrong committed by the Speaker, Mr
> >>
Vishwas Satwarkar.
> >> To say that the manner in
which Mr Satwarkar first
> >> threw out an MLA
>
>> and then so manipulated the proceedings as to
>
>> reduce the "floor
> >> test" of Mr Parrikar's
majority to a farce would be
> >> the
> >>
understatement of the decade.
> >>
> >> So far,
so bad, and one can even understand the
> >> Congress
party's
> >> indignation against Mr Satwarkar. But nothing
can be
> >> more ridiculous
> >> than the
Congress' absurd claim that after the
> >> Speaker had
committed
> >> the "original sin," the Goa Governor,
Mr SC Jamir,
> >> only "did his
> >>
duty" in instantly sacking Mr Parrikar and swearing
>
>> in the Congress
> >> party's Mr Rane as
Chief Minister. The period of a
> >> whole month
given
> >> to new CM to cobble a majority seems
rather
> >> generous, compared with
> >>
the Governor's earlier insistence that Mr Parrikar
>
>> could not be
> >> given 72 hours to
prove his majority in the
> >> legislature and
that
> >> this exercise should be completed within 48
hours.
> >>
> >> The role of the Central
leadership of the Congress
> >> and that of the
>
>> Union Government has also been dubious and
>
>> deplorable. In fact, it
> >> is no
exaggeration to say that at every step the
> >> Goa
Governor
> >> appeared to be acting at New Delhi's
dictates, as
> >> always in the past
> >>
whenever the ruling party at the Centre has chosen
>
>> to oust a State
> >> government of a
different party or combination. The
> >> presence of
the
> >> Union Minister, Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi at
the
> >> Raj Bhavan in
> >> Panaji all
through the Goa vaudeville speaks for
> >>
itself.
> >>
> >> It is also obvious that
some legal brains were hard
> >> at work in
>
>> devising the plan to remove Mr Parrikar. For had
Mr
> >> Jamir taken
> >> recourse to
Article 356 to get rid of the BJP-led
> >> Goa
Ministry, the
> >> Union Government and the Congress
would almost
> >> certainly have
>
>> courted double trouble. One, to get the
> >>
proclamation under this
> >> Article approved by the Rajya
Sabha could have been
> >> problematic.
>
>> Secondly, and more importantly, the Supreme Court
>
>> would have
> >> immediately invalidated the
Governor's action
> >> because it runs
>
>> palpably counter to the apex court's long-standing
>
>> judgement in the
> >> Bommai
case.
> >>
> >> The Governor's invocation
of Article 164 of the
> >> Constitution and
>
>> withdrawal of his "pleasure" from the Parrikar
>
>> Ministry is also an
> >> arbitrary
violation of the Constitution. But so far
> >> the
higher
> >> judiciary has had no occasion to
adjudicate this
> > > kind of misuse of
>
>> the Governor's powers. The Congress is thus smug
in
> >> the
> >=== message truncated ===
>
>
> >
>
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