Oh, surely, you can understand this much! I don't intend to bring about this revolution. I hope it will happen. I reflect on the world; I don't act on it. No single person can act on it. If it happens, it happens as part of broad historical process in which all of us will (or are even now) playing our small roles without realizing it. If the change does not come about, it will be sad. But it won't take away the fact that the intrinsic nature of the Indian political structure suffers from very fundamental problems that are directly orthogonal to the long term interests of Assam. That a restructuring of these relations will be beneficial. And no matter how much you wish I say it, I could never suggest that independence will mean that the north east will live happily everafter.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ram Sarangapani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:05 PM > To: Roy, Santanu > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FW: [Assam] Oil India Strikes it rich in Dibrugarh Dist. > > > > "you guys are too pessimistic, glass half full; everything > is looking up > > with India, look what a great democracy, and changing so > fast, with high > > economic growth - well, surely, all of this will trickle > down to north east > > India and the vestiges of centralization of power will > gradually dissolve in > > a Hindi film like song and dance sequence, democracy will > percolate to the > > grassroots; just wait and participate rationally in what > the existing > > structure offers you - and everything will be fine in the > long run". > > Or how about this: > > "You guys are too optimestic, glass half full, everthing is going > downhill with India. look what a lousy democracy it is, and changing > so slowly, with low (or zero) economic growth - well, surely, any > benefit there is will never trickle down to the NE, and the vestiges > of centralizations will gradually dissolve the essense of democracy > -------, and there is only gloom & doom for India, specially the NE, > in the long run and most importantly the NE needs to become > independent, and we will all live happily ever after" > > > Am I calling for the latter? Am I praying for a revolution? > You bet. > > This time its not day dreaming. Its the only hope. Just > because hope is > > unlikely, one does not embrace falsehood. > > Maybe you could articulate how you propose to bring about > this ' Revolution'. > Or maybe the conditions in India are so damn deplorable, that we may > not even be able to bring about a decent desi-styled-revolution! _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
