Re: [Assam] Bravo Bezboruah! Even Winston Churchill avoided putting it so candidly.

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 07:17:59 -0700

For Bezboruah's effort to bear any fruit, the people in legislature that is the MPs must carry the idea to the Lok Sabha.Is any of the Assam MPs ready to do that? If a proposal is brought to the floor, at the least it will get a hearing and who knows it may get support from some of the national leaders.
 
A side note:  Why do they use MP for the members of the Lok Sabha, where "Parliament" was  superseded by "Lok Sabha" many years ago? The same with MLA, where "Vidhan Sabha" replaced "Legislative Assembly".
Dilip

Bartta Bistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Democracy a tyranny of majority: Bezboruah

 

http://www.assamtribune.com/

 

12 june 05
By A Staff Reporter
 GUWAHATI, June 11 � �In Assam, one�s religion determines whether one belongs to the minority or majority. One does not even have to be a citizen,� said eminent journalist DN Bezboruah while delivering the first LN Phookan memorial lecture at the Lakshiram Baruah Sadan here this morning.

Elucidating on the theme �Aberrations of Democracy�, Bezboruah delved deep into the malpractices and aberrations that have crept into Indian democratic machinery since independence. He categorised the major! ity rule scenario in democracy under the class of �tyranny of majority� and wished for equal representation in Parliament from all States, irrespective of the population.

�If anything, there is a strong motivation in the more populous states of India to go on increasing their population because this gives the states a much better representation in Parliament. And it is this overwhelming majority of heartland states in Parliament that has marginalised the peripheral States like those of the North East,� said Bezboruah.

Earlier, dwelling on the life and work of late Lakshmi Nath Phookan, the founder editor of The Assam Tribune, Bezboruah saluted this �quite unassuming man� as a man of great courage and convictions.

It may be mentioned here that late LN Phookan, born in Dergaon in 1897, ! was not only a talented journalist, but also an excellent writer, poet and a true professional. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1970 for his collection of biographies Mahaatmaar poraa Rupkonwaroloi. He served as the editor, The Assam Tribune for 25 years from 1939 to 1964.

Among other dignitaries present on the occassion were eminent poet Nilamani Phukan, Tabu Taid, and Prof Dilip Baruah. Dorin Hazarika and Diwas Phukan of Ace Institute, which had instituted the lecture,were also present 


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