And if it is not ULFA, who are left to run autonomy or freedom? And if it is ULFA....... well!
--- Santanoo Medhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But Please do not entrust ULFA or their sympethisers > with the responsibility > of running the Autonomy opr freedom. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. Kalita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:10 AM > Subject: Re: [Assam] From the ToI/Biggest Threat to > Indian security > > > > As far as Assam goes, give complete autonomy or > freedom! > > > > Jugal > > > >> C'da, > >> > >>> But seriously though, does it not sound like a > familiar story? > >> > >> India is a huge country with a grand mix of > languages, cultures, etc. > >> One would expect that certain sections of the > population will not be > >> happy with the setup - like the Naxals. > >> > >> The Naxals, like other goups are common hoodlums > who are taking > >> advantages of weaknesses in the system. The y > have no uplifting > >> political ideology that people should look up to. > Their basic MO is to > >> operate in the rural areas of states like the AP > and Karnataka, and > >> mislead the poor into taking up arms, killing and > blowing up > >> installations. > >> > >> The fact that there are groups like Naxals or > Ulfa, does not in anyway > >> dilute the Desi demokrasy. What it does say is > that there are > >> unscruplous groups and individuals that will > always try and take > >> advantage of system weaknesses. > >> > >> Instead of working together to strengthen the > country (where they see > >> ills), and make those better, they have done just > the opposite by > >> causing mayhem, and promising the moon to people > who poor and > >> destitute. > >> > >> Faulting desi demokrasy because (a) the growth of > Naxals if spreading > >> or (b) not being able to curp this growth is a > streatch. > >> Demokrasy is what people make of it. The system > exists (and has for 50 > >> odd years), with all its ups & downs. > >> > >> Its one thing to take up issues that one thinks > as 'undemocratic' and > >> fight for those within the generally accepted > ways, by educating the > >> powers that be, by demonstrations, law suits or > what have you.But its > >> totally different to kill, maim, plunder, just > because one thinks they > >> have a better 'demokrasy' up their sleeve. > >> > >> So, lets hear it from you. What do you suggest? > If you were (for the > >> moment) the PM of India, how would you go about > solving the Naxal or > >> ULFA problem. > >> > >> With all the resources and problems that India > has, how would you (if > >> you could) make India a better (or ideal) > demokrasy? > >> > >> Lets hear some solutions, C'da. > >> > >> --Ram > >> > >> On 5/10/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> Ram: > >>> > >>> >Now, now C'da, you wouldn't be gloating, would > you? :-) :-) > >>> > >>> At least I would not be taunting anyone :-). > >>> > >>> But seriously though, does it not sound like a > familiar story? And > >>> the same old excuses of the apologists of desi > demokrasy? > >>> > >>> c-da > >>> > >>> > >>> At 8:12 AM -0500 5/10/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > >>> > > Looks like, all of a sudden, out of the > blue, something else has > >>> appeared, > >>> >> to destroy India. Who would have known? > >>> > > >>> >Now, now C'da, you wouldn't be gloating, would > you? :-) :-) > >>> > > >>> >On 5/10/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> >> Looks like, all of a sudden, out of the > blue, something else has > >>> appeared, > >>> >> to destroy India. Who would have known? > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> The concluding paragraph below: > >>> >> > >>> >> If indeed the government plays the > waiting game in the > >>> >> hope that democracy will ultimately > triumph, the cost > >>> >> that India pays will be very high. > >>> >> > >>> >> It is uncanny how these things > repeat themselves. Sounds > >>> very much > >>> >> like the internal medicine > practisioner's > >>> >> approach to that obstructive > coronary disease-- wait and see > >>> :-). > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> Naxalites: biggest threat to Indian security > >>> >> JOSY JOSEPH > >>> >> > >>> >> INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, MAY 10, > 2005 01:33:55 PM ] > >>> >> Sign into earnIndiatimes points > >>> >> A nightmare is beginning to unfold in the > heart of India: latest > >>> >> intelligence reports say that armed > Naxalites have a presence in 170 > >>> >> districts in 15 states of India as of now, > and spreading wide and > >>> far. > >>> >> > >>> >> Just months back, the Naxals were present > only in 156 districts in > >>> 13 > >>> >> states. Not just numbers, what adds to the > administration's worry is > >>> that > >>> >> they are armed with sophisticated weapons. > >>> >> > >>> >> From the peasant uprising in Naxalbari > village in Darjeeling > >>> district of > >>> >> West Bengal in May 1967, the movement is > today a complex web that > >>> covers > >>> >> some 15 states of India, and with active > links to the Maoists of > >>> Nepal. > >>> >> > >>> >> When the group started under the leadership > of people like Kanu > >>> Sanyal and > >>> >> Charu Majumdar in West Bengal it was still > part of Communist Part of > >>> India > >>> >> (Marxist), but split away, took to > underground and stayed there to > >>> build a > >>> >> powerful network spanning hundreds of > villages. > >>> >> > >>> >> In 1969 they had floated the Communist > Party of India > >>> (Marxist-Leninist). > >>> >> The group has split several times and some > of the have returned to > >>> the > >>> >> democratic process. > >>> >> > >>> >> Security agencies began to worry afresh in > September 2004 when two > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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