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May I hereby offer myself as a candidate
to be the benevolent dictator of Assam.
I will give fare justice and
accountability.
I will not allow any baundh or
hartal.
I will put a fence in Bangladesh
border.
I will revive the old Ahom punishment
system as well as the khel system
My salary will be humble $s 3000 croes
annually.
I will earn the title of
Sworgodew
Against that I will give free education to
all
Build all roads and bridges.
Scholarship to study aboard (means Delhi
and Pune)
In another mail I have already shown that
this is only about 5% of oil royalty Assam will earn.
I would appreciate if the people of Assam
would consider my case.
Iti binit
Rajen Barua
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:36
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Paternalistic
government
There may be a point here. Fake democracy means little,
particularly when
power lies elsewhere, and the people have neither
protection nor a real say in
ordering their lives.
Unfortunately,
just like make believe democracy without functioning
institutions to
ensure accountability and transparency, a benevolent autocracy
also could
become unaccountable in a short period of time.
So it is not a reliable
alternative to real democracy with real powers of the
people to order
their lives, in freedom, even the it might be very tempting to
opt for
it.
Having said that, such an autocracy for a limited period of time
might be
necessary for Assam to dig itself out of the mess it is in today,
until the
defective or make believe one could be retooled, re-organized,
reformed
to function effectively, bottom to
top.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date:
2005/05/17 Tue PM 10:28:31 EDT
> To: Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu
>
Subject: [Assam] Paternalistic government
>
>
In a state like Assam,where survival is constant struggle for most and
where the preservation of the sanctity of human life is a burning issue,would
it be inappropiate ( or far-fetched) to install a BENEVOLENT DICTATOR to take
the rein of state administration,who will be willing to ensure basic standard
of living for all? Would the people of Assam be unhappy with a paternalistic
government?
What do you think?
KJD
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