O'Ram:
Bhalne' ? Eh nokoba aru pai, ei amar dexor kharkhowa mokhar
kotha.
If only they could be like the ones who fled from Assam, who have
to fight for their existence in far-off foreign lands like the USA, UK
etc. every day, where they cannot get any protection from the police,
where they have no chance of getting justice from the courts in their
lifetimes, where corruption runs rampant in all spheres of life, where
they have no protection against local 'dadas' who could
intimidate them anytime, any place--one can go on and on!
I think you are so right. Go ahead and give these adha-mora (
half-dead), coward Oxomiyas the verbal uttom modhyom like they
deserve. After all we have earned it, with our own successes against
the unimaginable odds, haven't we?
>"---which tells us how some
>people are actually voicing the same kind of opinions like some of
>NRAs.
*** Isn't it nice to see that at least a few kharkhowas in Assam
are being able to talk like the brave, self-made, pioneering NRAs that
have staked out their fortunes in these wild and lawless lands of the
west?
>When we discussed these issues, we were roundly criticized for
>laying the responsibility on the People.
*** What a sad commentary. 'Kekwra' ( crabs) these folks are. All
they can ever do is pull the progressive and the brave down to
their own despicable levels at the bottom of the hole, finding excuses
to exonerate their lazy, apathetic and gutless fellow men of Assam of
their own responsibilities and put the blame on Dilli for
everything. Everything!
Ki koriba aru bhai? Durbhogiya Kharkhowa hoi jonmo lowatw Amarei
durbhagyo. ( What is a body to do? It is our misfortune to have been
born an Assamese, the born losers).
c-da :-)
At 4:30 PM -0500 4/28/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
The issue of bandhs in Assam, and the general public apathy toward
them have been discussed in the net sometime back.
Here is a letter from a resident of Guwahati, which tells us how some
people are actually voicing the same kind of opinions like some of
NRAs. When we discussed these issues, we were roundly criticized for
laying the responsibility on the People.
I am glad more & more people in Assam are voicing strong disapprovals of bandhs.
--Ram
__________________________
Enough of Bandhs
The partially successful bandh of April 21, 2005 sums up the morass
into which Assamese society as a whole has fallen. While any injustice
should always be opposed by all permissible means of democratic
protest, I am appalled at the way most Assamese respond to bandh
calls, by even the most unknown of organizations, for even the most
ridiculous of reasons. It is an utter disgrace to think there have
been five successful bandhs in the State this year, but it is a mute
testimony of the sloth that has crept into us, of how we have come to
accept bandhs as a holiday and how we totally ignore the consequences
of a day wasted.
It speaks volumes for our indolence and ignorance and the division
within the ranks of our society, which allow organizations and
political parties to get away with bandh calls while we shrug our
shoulders and refuse to give a damn about being taken for a ride. We
only have ourselves to blame for allowing those responsible to
literally get away with murder by wasting our time and money and
making a mockery of our lives by deciding how and what we can and
cannot do on the day of the bandh.
I also fail to understand why responsible newspapers like The Sentinel
carry calls for bandhs when there are more important and meaningful
news to carry. For example, on April 21, 2005, while there was a news
item regarding the bandh, there was absolutely no mention of the fact
that on that day, India has overtaken South Africa as the country with
the highest number of HIV positive cases in the world.
Subhankar Das,
1, Lachitnagar, Bharalupar,
Guwahati.
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