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2005-10-26 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Hi All: Any of you have the email address of the editor of the Assamese weekly (or daily - or whatever) called 'Doinik Jonoxadharon'? Please send me a mail if you do! Thanks!   ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listi

Re: [Assam] Thanks to BBC for this crisp & even handed piece on the Indo-Assam conflict.

2005-10-26 Thread tridip
naah...how can i even think of something like that?? hehehehebut it would be really 'fun' to see what happens if assam gets its 'independence'.   .india is not a country: its a collection of countries...better still as my friends from abroad say ..india is not even a sub-continent..its

[Assam] Karbi / Dimasa strife and the NSCN

2005-10-26 Thread Rajib Das
Interesting article here. Is there forced conversion happening amongst these tribes - is the news real? This is obviously the RSS at work here. But so is the Naga Church. And is the conversion creating the strife? The Naga Christian movement is on an aggresive, expansionist mold - I do have some

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Study on Assam -Centre for Policy Alternatives

2005-10-26 Thread Rajib Das
Is China's public posture about crushing (and not just removing support) for militant groups mean anything for the situation in our region? Or for that matter sovereign Assam? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1275202.cms?headline=We~will~crush~your~rebels:~China~tells~India

Re: [Assam] Thanks to BBC for this crisp & even handed piece on the Indo-Assam conflict.

2005-10-26 Thread Rajib Das
And you thought you would get off that easy :-) As per the only commuique I have read about governance in Assam post the "Indo-Assam" conflict, it so seems that there would be NO elections right after attaining sovereignity. There would be dictatorship of the liberators for sometime (number o

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Study on Assam -Centre for Policy Alternatives

2005-10-26 Thread Rajen Barua
Umesh: Thanks for posting the Report and for the link to the site. I congratulate the authors for preparing such a report showing the state of things in black and white. It seems to be a professional well written Report on the perspective of development of Assam and definitely we can discuss

Re: [Assam] Thanks to BBC for this crisp & even handed piece on the Indo-Assam conflict.

2005-10-26 Thread tridip
hi bartaa bistaar,   thanks a lot for such a piece of news. though i have been living in assam for all these godforsaken years now i feel that i was getting diluted, biased and filterred news about "indo-assam conflict" . actually i didnt even believe that the indian government is willing to sit do

[Assam] Indian constitution changes is a possible step to solve the Indo-Assam conflict.

2005-10-26 Thread Bartta Bistar
Centre willing to discuss all issues concerning Assam: PM NEW DELHI, OCT 26 (PTI)   http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=331323 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the government was willing to discuss "all issues" concerning Assam after holding discussion with the ULFA-selected

[Assam] Thanks to BBC for this crisp & even handed piece on the Indo-Assam conflict.

2005-10-26 Thread Bartta Bistar
Indian PM holds Assam peace talks http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4377388.stm Ulfa has been fighting Indian forces for 26 years Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is due to hold talks with representatives of a leading separatist group from the north-eastern state of Assam. An

[Assam] Prateesha Suresh: Introduces Majuli Xattra with Gayan Bayan Bhakat at UK

2005-10-26 Thread Rini Kakati
Prateesha Suresh a mumbai-based Xattriya dancer will perform with a group of Bhakats of Kamalabari Xattra for the first time at the prestigious Nehru Centre in UK. Date: 11 November, 2005 Time: 7:00 - 8:00pm Venue: The Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, London, W1K 1HF There are rich pre