I agree, we should level the playing fields. I wonder what if we could compare say power Consumption or production or some other economic factors with 1970 Maharastra/TN/Andhra with the same economic factors in today's Assam
The results would be interesting, and may tell us a thing or two. On 6/10/05, Rajen Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have always wondered if Assam started at the same starting line > > with TN or Andhra > > If we consider it as a contest, may be we should use a more user friendly > set of yard sticks. May be instead of distance travelled (by a State), we > should use terms like say 'speed' etc so that we will know if we are > maintaining the same lag that we started with. For instance, if we started > with say 50 years lag behind Gujarat in 1947, the kharkhwas should not > complian if the present lag is 50 years or less. However if we find that we > are lagging today say 75 years behind Gujarat, then will be legitimate for > the kharkhwas to complain and cry, and we will know that we need to speed > up. > > The other option is to use an absolute scale for progress just listing what > we need and why, and trying to avhieve those. > > Rajen > . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "partha patawari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu> > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 7:38 AM > Subject: [Assam] Re: Assam Digest, Vol 21, Issue 64 > > > > >YOU know that states like Tamil > > >Nadu and |Karnataka has left us far behind in the > > >development process. > > > > > > > > *** This is a recurrent complaint in Assam Net. > > > > I have always wondered if Assam started at the same starting line > > with TN or Andhra or what have you, and if the astute judges of this > > race are aware of the starting line configuration, or they just made > > up the verdict to validate their own preconceived but faulty notions? > > My question:" Is it a contest on a level-playing field?" using the > > words of other oh-so-fairminded netters :-) or is it a contest at all? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 3:04 AM -0700 6/10/05, partha patawari wrote: > > >hi friends, > > > i am really sorry if my views on the > > >communication skills of our Honourable Chief Minister > > >has hurt some of you guys. I agree to your views that > > >few CMs of India like Karunanidhi or jayalalitha > > >doesnt speak in english in front of the media but my > > >views were not meant for showing disgrace to the CM > > >but what i wanted to put forward to you guys was the > > >development process.YOU know that states like Tamil > > >Nadu and |Karnataka has left us far behind in the > > >development process. Why our state graduated engineers > > >has to leave for bangalore or chennai for job? the > > >answer is quite simple. there is no industry in our > > >state. even if tamil nadu CM doesnt speak in english > > >industries are still flowing in. all we want is > > >development and nothing else we are leeast interested > > >in whetherhe speaks in assamese hindi or english thats > > >it > > > chal bye > > >partha > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > > >Discover Yahoo! > > >Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it > out! > > >http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Assam mailing list > > >Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > > >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 > > _______________________________________________ > > Assam mailing list > > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu 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
