Hi Rajib, > Hopefully the 1.6 million jobless of Assam will step > in to take on the jobs at the brickkilns and the empty > rickshaws. The jobs aren't going away and so long as > the jobs are there and not enough people to man those > jobs, others will come.
I remember many years ago, Assamese youths in droves became 'sawalambi' (self-sufficient), by becoming fish vendors, rickshaw pullers, auto rickshaws etc. It was great for a while, seeing young men doing the menial jobs that was traditionally a Bihari occupation in Assam. But soon, these young men started charging more than the market would allow, and gave up the 'business'. I think the illegals take not only the blue colar, but also some white colar jobs. So, this is the time for the unemployed to avail of this sudden vacuum. This other report I sent to the net, talks about this vacuum suddenly created by this exodus- no rickshaws plying, or construction work sites empy in many cities & towns If this opportunity is not seized, then all it does is invite more illegals into the state. Availability of jobs easily are the biggest attraction for illegals. If that factor is removed, illegals would opt for other places. IMHO, the Mancha's movement ought to have both these angles covered. Get rid of the illegals (deport them or whatever), but at the same time make sure locals can fill those jobs up. --Ram On 5/20/05, Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Amazing how the habit of laying everything at Delhi's > doorsteps never goes away!! > > Right now this full support thing is coming from > elsewhere - and we all know where it is. Lay it out > for what it is. Break old habits. > > Hopefully the 1.6 million jobless of Assam will step > in to take on the jobs at the brickkilns and the empty > rickshaws. The jobs aren't going away and so long as > the jobs are there and not enough people to man those > jobs, others will come. > > --- Anupam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Namashkar, > > > > > > > > we should support the movement going in Assam > > otherwise those bangladeshis > > will rule us one day with full suport from Delhi. > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Date: 05/20/05 20:35:01 > > > > To: assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > > > > Subject: Assam Digest, Vol 20, Issue 223 > > > > > > > > Send Assam mailing list submissions to > > > > assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > > > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > > visit > > > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > > 'help' to > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > > is more specific > > > > than "Re: Contents of Assam digest..." > > > > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > > > 1. Do women write better e-mails? (mridul bhuyan) > > > > 2. Rickshaw pullers, labourers go missing - IANS > > (Ram Sarangapani) > > > > 3. Re: It takes a village (Rajen Barua) > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > > Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 19:13:37 +0530 > > > > From: "mridul bhuyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: [Assam] Do women write better e-mails? > > > > To: assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > > > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > > > Name: not available > > > > Type: text/html > > > > Size: 7373 bytes > > > > Desc: not available > > > > Url : http://pikespeak.uccs > > > edu/pipermail/assam/attachments/20050520/633bb7e2/attachment.txt > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > > Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 09:27:30 -0500 > > > > From: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: [Assam] Rickshaw pullers, labourers go > > missing - IANS > > > > To: Assam <assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu> > > > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > Rickshaw pullers, labourers go missing in Assam:- > > > > Guwahati | May 20, 2005 2:43:42 PM IST > > > > > > > > > > > > Guwahati, May 20 : Until just the other day, streets > > across Assam were > > > > crowded with cycle rickshaws and there was no dearth > > of workers for > > > > construction companies and road contractors. > > > > > > > > But today commuters in many Assamese cities and > > towns are stranded > > > > with rickshaw pullers doing the vanishing trick, > > while contractors > > > > find their regular workforce virtually missing from > > their sites. > > > > > > > > The sudden disappearance of rickshaw pullers and > > other workers is a > > > > direct fallout of the recent controversy in Assam > > over hounding of > > > > illegal Bangladeshi migrants from the state. > > > > > > > > "Until Wednesday we had up to a hundred workers, but > > all of sudden we > > > > find that the entire workforce has simply vanished. > > We do not know > > > > where they disappeared," said Mukul Das, a road > > contractor. > > > > > > > > Thousands of Bengali speaking workers were engaged > > by local > > > > contractors in brick kilns, road and building > > construction works. A > > > > large number also pulled rickshaws. > > > > > > > > While some say these workers are illegal Bangladeshi > > migrants, others > > > > dismiss such charges. > > > > > > > > "Just because they speak the Bengali language, > > practice a particular > > > > religious faith, and resemble Bangladeshis, you > > cannot > === message truncated === > > > > > Discover Yahoo! > Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. 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