Today's Assam Tribune has a picture with the following caption: "Relatives of last yearÂ’s I-Day blast victims at Dhemaji planting saplings at the blast site on Monday. School students took out a silent rally to mark State Grievance Day in memory of the departed souls."
Now that is connected to the independence day celebrations. Though in itself, it is not quite a celebration. > On 8/17/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > I was waiting to exhale after holding my breath > for so long--about > > the impending violence and mayhem on Dependence > Day--I mean, > > Independence Day :-) celebrations > > and also to read about all the throngs that would > have defied the > > insurgents' call to go listen to the 'netas' on > I-Day. But there is a > > curious silence in the news media. The ONLY > reference I found was at > > http://www.janasadharan.com/. > > > > Apparently , except for a few ministers,hardly > anyone went to > > re-plant their faith in 'independence' and > desi-demokrasy or sow > > seeds of discontent on the freshly ploughed > grounds of the Judges' > > Field. Well, what the heck, maybe the grass will > grow better next > > time. > > > > Question is however, what is the story? I mean is > it, like the Dainik > > J. announced that the presence and alertness of > the 'security' forces > > prevented the violence ( and also the turnout of > the loyal celebrants > > dying--not literally now--to take part in the > festivities)? Or is it > > the fear caused by them insurgents' threats? Or > was it empathy with > > the insurgents' calls? Or was it due to a deep > apathy and cynicism > > towards these so called independence celebrations? > > > > For some strange reason however, I doubt there > will be profound > > analyses and proclamations about the victory of > democracy over the > > 'thugs', and an > > impending demise of the insurgencies. > > > > And if so, should the people, including us, not > raise their voices to > > bring an end to the insurgencies thru a negotiated > political solution? > > > > cm > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ 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
