Re: [Assam] News from Sentinel
too true. UmeshChan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This would be terribly funny, if not so sad.cmDATELINE Guwahati/Wasbir HussainWhen policemen play with bombsFor the first time last week, I saw policemen really playing with bombs! That was in front of the ICICI Bank on the busy G.S. Road, Guwahati's most happening place these days. A bomb was discovered within the premises of the Bank-usually crowded like a fish market-creating a commotion. It was around 11 a.m. and I happened to be at the Bank on some work. Finding the Manager Shantanu Goswami walking up and down the stairs, I asked him what was going on. One of his colleagues showed me a letter, that was found with the packet that contained the bomb. The hand-written letter asked for a payment of Rs 60 lakh or face death. The packet, with wires protruding out, was quickly hurled away by the security guards into the footpath in front of the Bank.The drama that would unfold from this point on, exposed-right in front of my eyes-the utter inefficiency and lack of training on the part of the policemen who had arrived at the scene. Two or three odd cops tried in vain to keep onlookers, who had gathered by then, at bay. One of the policemen was whistling away, shaking his hands vigorously at the traffic that continued to flow by within less than five feet of the spot where the bomb was lying. And, what surprised all of us was when three policemen ventured close to the bomb, peering intently at the packet. One of them started fiddling with it with his service stick, no more than three feet long.The cops continued to stay put by the side of the bomb, as if they were sure they could withstand the impact of a blast. We have heard of cops trained in unarmed combat, but does it mean they can tackle an explosion that way? Maybe the Assam Police has imparted certain special training to its men! The cops by now had managed to push the packet out from a small undergrowth into a clear space on the footpath. Shoving and turning it with the little stick, they managed to tear the cover. Out came some brown powder-like stuff. One of the cops quickly picked up a handful and started smelling it. Then, a red bar came out, that really looked like a timer device. By this time, one of the policemen had managed a long bamboo pole. With it, he pushed the object to the drain by the side of the footpath.We were stuck inside the Bank, on the first floor, and watched the proceedings below. A battery of photographers were in action. Just like the cops, they were getting close to where the bomb lay, taking pictures. We were fine inside the Bank, sure that we were at a safe distance and won't be harmed should the bomb go off. Suddenly, a rifle-wielding policeman came in and ordered us out. Bank officials were quick to ask their security guards to down the shutter. Imagine, the scene: a bunch of people ordered out of a safe location and forced to walk out to the main road, crossing the place where the bomb was lying. What if the explosion took place just as the people were walking by? On whose orders did the rifleman got the people out before the bomb was taken away or defused?Now, in such a situation, the bomb disposal squad is supposed to reach the site and deal with the device. The so-called bomb squad arrived more than an hour-and-a-half later. A senior city police officer later said on television that they could not reach the spot earlier because of traffic jam. One is supposed to believe him. The episode had demonstrated just how our security providers are themselves at a loss when a real crisis emerges. It's plain commonsense that in such a situation, the cops should have formed a cordon, prevented onlookers from coming near, stopped plying of vehicles on one lane of the road where the bomb was lying, and themselves stayed at a safe distance. Well, it's another matter that the threat turned out to be sort of a hoax.What the Assam Police lacks totally, and, therefore, need is training. I really don't know if the constabulary has ever been given refresher courses or training in firing and so on. At one stage, Assam Police officers had admitted that their men were 'zero' in individual man-to-man combat. But, after the bomb incident, it appears they need through lecture sessions to tell them on how to deal with different situations. Well, they also need to do regular exercises. That's because, many of the cops must get their waistlines reduced. Once that happens, their minds could work better and help them remain more alert! (Feedback: [EMAIL PROTECTED])___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Yahoo! Model Search - Could you be the next catwalk superstar? Check out the competition now ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailm
[Assam] News from Sentinel
This would be terribly funny, if not so sad. cm DATELINE Guwahati/Wasbir Hussain When policemen play with bombs For the first time last week, I saw policemen really playing with bombs! That was in front of the ICICI Bank on the busy G.S. Road, Guwahati's most happening place these days. A bomb was discovered within the premises of the Bank-usually crowded like a fish market-creating a commotion. It was around 11 a.m. and I happened to be at the Bank on some work. Finding the Manager Shantanu Goswami walking up and down the stairs, I asked him what was going on. One of his colleagues showed me a letter, that was found with the packet that contained the bomb. The hand-written letter asked for a payment of Rs 60 lakh or face death. The packet, with wires protruding out, was quickly hurled away by the security guards into the footpath in front of the Bank. The drama that would unfold from this point on, exposed-right in front of my eyes-the utter inefficiency and lack of training on the part of the policemen who had arrived at the scene. Two or three odd cops tried in vain to keep onlookers, who had gathered by then, at bay. One of the policemen was whistling away, shaking his hands vigorously at the traffic that continued to flow by within less than five feet of the spot where the bomb was lying. And, what surprised all of us was when three policemen ventured close to the bomb, peering intently at the packet. One of them started fiddling with it with his service stick, no more than three feet long. The cops continued to stay put by the side of the bomb, as if they were sure they could withstand the impact of a blast. We have heard of cops trained in unarmed combat, but does it mean they can tackle an explosion that way? Maybe the Assam Police has imparted certain special training to its men! The cops by now had managed to push the packet out from a small undergrowth into a clear space on the footpath. Shoving and turning it with the little stick, they managed to tear the cover. Out came some brown powder-like stuff. One of the cops quickly picked up a handful and started smelling it. Then, a red bar came out, that really looked like a timer device. By this time, one of the policemen had managed a long bamboo pole. With it, he pushed the object to the drain by the side of the footpath. We were stuck inside the Bank, on the first floor, and watched the proceedings below. A battery of photographers were in action. Just like the cops, they were getting close to where the bomb lay, taking pictures. We were fine inside the Bank, sure that we were at a safe distance and won't be harmed should the bomb go off. Suddenly, a rifle-wielding policeman came in and ordered us out. Bank officials were quick to ask their security guards to down the shutter. Imagine, the scene: a bunch of people ordered out of a safe location and forced to walk out to the main road, crossing the place where the bomb was lying. What if the explosion took place just as the people were walking by? On whose orders did the rifleman got the people out before the bomb was taken away or defused? Now, in such a situation, the bomb disposal squad is supposed to reach the site and deal with the device. The so-called bomb squad arrived more than an hour-and-a-half later. A senior city police officer later said on television that they could not reach the spot earlier because of traffic jam. One is supposed to believe him. The episode had demonstrated just how our security providers are themselves at a loss when a real crisis emerges. It's plain commonsense that in such a situation, the cops should have formed a cordon, prevented onlookers from coming near, stopped plying of vehicles on one lane of the road where the bomb was lying, and themselves stayed at a safe distance. Well, it's another matter that the threat turned out to be sort of a hoax. What the Assam Police lacks totally, and, therefore, need is training. I really don't know if the constabulary has ever been given refresher courses or training in firing and so on. At one stage, Assam Police officers had admitted that their men were 'zero' in individual man-to-man combat. But, after the bomb incident, it appears they need through lecture sessions to tell them on how to deal with different situations. Well, they also need to do regular exercises. That's because, many of the cops must get their waistlines reduced. Once that happens, their minds could work better and help them remain more alert! (Feedback: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] News from Sentinel - prisoners' children
I think, when one looks at the whole thing, this seems to be rather a positive and creative thing that GOI is doing by allowing the children to live inside the jail with their mothers. On a negative sense, we may say, like Chandan is doing, look, they are putting the children also in jail, what a shame. But look at the alternatives. In the West, where things are looked either as black or white, such children would have been completely abandoned and would have been drug addict or something like that.(No wonder, USA has the highest number of people behind bars). In this creative scheme done by India, the children are allowed to live with their mothers who are in jail. That has definitely lessened the pain of the jail term on both the mother and children. Second the children are getting an education. The children probably would not feel that they in jail. I am sure they have the freedom to go out with some guardian. I think the whole experience will pacify the mothers in the end and will make them rather realize the futility of their mission to die for their country rather than to live for their children. After all, when one looks at things philosophically, all missions, whether religion or patriotism or revolution or revenge, that people often commit themselves to die for, would seem rather childish. After all the whole thing depends on basically what type of training or lesson one gets in childhood, or what type of horrible experience people go through in life etc. I am not saying that one is good and the other is bad. Both are life, and people esteem life depending on the value system that they believe. Gandhi was a revolutionary who fought for the freedom of India. Rabindra Nath Tegore or Vivekanand or Aurobindo did not, In the end, I really don't know whose contribution is more for India. Would India would have been bad, if Gandhi were never born? May be India would have been under British rule ten or twenty more years. Would it have been bad? Bad for whom? Definitely not for Assam, many would say. After all the Assamese may be right in taking life rather easy without any strong committment or in as they say, in a Hobo Diok manner. Today Assam may be lagging, but we cannot ssay that the Assamese are lagging. RB - Original Message - From: umesh sharma To: Chan Mahanta ; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] News from Sentinel - prisoners' children I do wish that Assamese NGO take up the task of raising children of imprisoned ULFA members. Prima -facie from the article it seems that Indian govt has granted special concession to allow the ULFA members to remain together . I my own home -- I look at the case of my poor cousin who was poisoned by his wife last year and died subsequently. The wife and her paramour are in jail now. What happened to the children?? Noone in our family wanted to shoulder the burden of raising them. Ultimately now they are with my father -- who is a distant relative of theirs. Perhaps similarly noone wants to raise the children of imprisoned ULFA members. It is good that this issue has been raised. maybe NRAs can do something for the children - like opening a residential school in Assam and providing funds for international level studies. UmeshChan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 9:40 PM + 11/8/05, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, From the article: "The jail has seven children. They are not prisoners, but are insidethe jail by default as their mothers are prisoners who have no safeplaces to keep their children outside the jail. *** And the difference from being imprisoned? At best semantic, isn't it? The bottom line: These children are being made to pay for their parents' sins, real or imagined. Do civilized people do that? You tell us. But I will take a step back and ask you and others if it is a Hindu thing: For children to pay for the sins of their parents, and ancestors? Why I ask is that I am reminded, very vaguely, about certain rites by offsprings, at the demise of their parents, dealing with their salvation or something to do with that. Maybe there IS such a thing in Hindu traditions for the offsprings to pay for their parents' sins. Is there? If it is so, it might explain this profoundly despicable practice. I am going to look into referring the issue to Amnesty International. If there is anyone in the net who have made contacts with AI in the past, will appreciate any feedback. cm The jail authoritiesgot in touch with the Sarba Siksha Mission who in turn provided themwith a teacher." UmeshChan Mahanta
Re: [Assam] News from Sentinel - prisoners' children
I do wish that Assamese NGO take up the task of raising children of imprisoned ULFA members. Prima -facie from the article it seems that Indian govt has granted special concession to allow the ULFA members to remain together . I my own home -- I look at the case of my poor cousin who was poisoned by his wife last year and died subsequently. The wife and her paramour are in jail now. What happened to the children?? Noone in our family wanted to shoulder the burden of raising them. Ultimately now they are with my father -- who is a distant relative of theirs. Perhaps similarly noone wants to raise the children of imprisoned ULFA members. It is good that this issue has been raised. maybe NRAs can do something for the children - like opening a residential school in Assam and providing funds for international level studies. UmeshChan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 9:40 PM + 11/8/05, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, From the article: "The jail has seven children. They are not prisoners, but are insidethe jail by default as their mothers are prisoners who have no safeplaces to keep their children outside the jail. *** And the difference from being imprisoned? At best semantic, isn't it? The bottom line: These children are being made to pay for their parents' sins, real or imagined. Do civilized people do that? You tell us. But I will take a step back and ask you and others if it is a Hindu thing: For children to pay for the sins of their parents, and ancestors? Why I ask is that I am reminded, very vaguely, about certain rites by offsprings, at the demise of their parents, dealing with their salvation or something to do with that. Maybe there IS such a thing in Hindu traditions for the offsprings to pay for their parents' sins. Is there? If it is so, it might explain this profoundly despicable practice. I am going to look into referring the issue to Amnesty International. If there is anyone in the net who have made contacts with AI in the past, will appreciate any feedback. cm The jail authoritiesgot in touch with the Sarba Siksha Mission who in turn provided themwith a teacher." UmeshChan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 21:15:20 -0600To: assam@assamnet.orgFrom: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [Assam] News from SentinelThis is the kind of democracy that is running the country, in whichCHILDREN are in prison along with their parents. Is this the legacyof a ten, and why not even 15, thousand year (un)civilization?cmOf ISI teachers and ULFA 'kids'NAGAON, Nov 7 (UNI): The teachers are dreaded ISI agents and thestudents "ULFA children". Nothing sinister here but.This unique school with seven students and three teachers is insidea jail of Assam. The students are mostly offsprings of the jailedULFA leaders and the teachers are three dreaded ISI agents,condemned for life.The! ir daily activities related to schooling have brought in a freshair of expectation and happiness in the entire jail compound whichhas been resounding with nursery rhymes along with the usual soundsof thick heavy boots walking on the long verandahs.The school curriculum is a healthy mixture of alphabets, English andgames besides the lively nursery rhymes.The school, without a name, is housed inside the Nagaon districtjail, 130 kilometre from Guwahati, where the three ISI agents and agroup of ULFA detenues, many of whom are women, are jailed.The jail has seven children. They are not prisoners, but are insidethe jail by default as their mothers are prisoners who have no safeplaces to keep their children outside the jail. The jail authoritiesgot in touch with the Sarba Siksha Mission who in turn provided themwith a teacher.But the three ISI agents, one each from Karachi and Bangladesh, cameforward and, according to jail authorities, they are proving to begood teachers with children enjoying with them.The three ISI agents are Fasiullah (45) from Karachi, Billal Miyan(35) of Shyllet, Bangladesh and Mosaha Samsed Khan (30) ofMuzaffarpur of Uttar Pradesh. Of them, Fasiullah is the dreaded oneand his arrest five years back was considered as one of the greatestsuccess of Assam Police as well as the Central Intelligence Agencies.Fasiullah was the actual kingpin of the ISI racket in the North eastIndia, supplying both money and material in the fertile land ofIslamist Fundamentalists in bordering areas of lower Assam.He, along with other two, were lodged in the Guwahati jail and onlyon August 8 were they transferred to Nagaon jail as the Guwahatijail had become overcrowded.All the three were lodged at Hospital ward of the Nagaon jail wherethey have opened their school also. The ULFA detenues are kept! a little away in the general ward or National Security Act (NSA)prisoner's ward.There is no fixed time for the school and it all depends on thechildren's waking up and getting ready.The jail authorities have p
Re: [Assam] News from Sentinel
Title: Re: [Assam] News from Sentinel At 9:40 PM + 11/8/05, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, From the article: "The jail has seven children. They are not prisoners, but are inside the jail by default as their mothers are prisoners who have no safe places to keep their children outside the jail. *** And the difference from being imprisoned? At best semantic, isn't it? The bottom line: These children are being made to pay for their parents' sins, real or imagined. Do civilized people do that? You tell us. But I will take a step back and ask you and others if it is a Hindu thing: For children to pay for the sins of their parents, and ancestors? Why I ask is that I am reminded, very vaguely, about certain rites by offsprings, at the demise of their parents, dealing with their salvation or something to do with that. Maybe there IS such a thing in Hindu traditions for the offsprings to pay for their parents' sins. Is there? If it is so, it might explain this profoundly despicable practice. I am going to look into referring the issue to Amnesty International. If there is anyone in the net who have made contacts with AI in the past, will appreciate any feedback. cm The jail authorities got in touch with the Sarba Siksha Mission who in turn provided them with a teacher." Umesh Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 21:15:20 -0600 To: assam@assamnet.org From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Assam] News from Sentinel This is the kind of democracy that is running the country, in which CHILDREN are in prison along with their parents. Is this the legacy of a ten, and why not even 15, thousand year (un)civilization? cm Of ISI teachers and ULFA 'kids' NAGAON, Nov 7 (UNI): The teachers are dreaded ISI agents and the students "ULFA children". Nothing sinister here but. This unique school with seven students and three teachers is inside a jail of Assam. The students are mostly offsprings of the jailed ULFA leaders and the teachers are three dreaded ISI agents, condemned for life. The! ir daily activities related to schooling have brought in a fresh air of expectation and happiness in the entire jail compound which has been resounding with nursery rhymes along with the usual sounds of thick heavy boots walking on the long verandahs. The school curriculum is a healthy mixture of alphabets, English and games besides the lively nursery rhymes. The school, without a name, is housed inside the Nagaon district jail, 130 kilometre from Guwahati, where the three ISI agents and a group of ULFA detenues, many of whom are women, are jailed. The jail has seven children. They are not prisoners, but are inside the jail by default as their mothers are prisoners who have no safe places to keep their children outside the jail. The jail authorities got in touch with the Sarba Siksha Mission who in turn provided them with a teacher. But the three ISI agents, one each from Karachi and Bangladesh, came forward and, according to jail authorities, they are proving to be good teachers with children enjoying with them. The three ISI agents are Fasiullah (45) from Karachi, Billal Miyan (35) of Shyllet, Bangladesh and Mosaha Samsed Khan (30) of Muzaffarpur of Uttar Pradesh. Of them, Fasiullah is the dreaded one and his arrest five years back was considered as one of the greatest success of Assam Police as well as the Central Intelligence Agencies. Fasiullah was the actual kingpin of the ISI racket in the North east India, supplying both money and material in the fertile land of Islamist Fundamentalists in bordering areas of lower Assam. He, along with other two, were lodged in the Guwahati jail and only on August 8 were they transferred to Nagaon jail as the Guwahati jail had become overcrowded. All the three were lodged at Hospital ward of the Nagaon jail where they have opened their school also. The ULFA detenues are kept! a little away in the general ward or National Security Act (NSA) prisoner's ward. There is no fixed time for the school and it all depends on the children's waking up and getting ready. The jail authorities have provided each child books, pencils and rough books, besides elementary facilities and the children are very happy to be with their teachers. According to jail authorities the teachers focus more on English, which have made their mothers happier. Although there is no official record, in various jails there are more than 30 such children of ULFA parents. Most of these young ULFA boys and girls joined the militant outfits with romantic illusions and got married and down the years were arrested by police. The maximum number of mothers and children got arrested when the Bhutan camp was busted. The eldest child of Nagaon jail is Abinav Deka (6). __
[Assam] News from Sentinel
C-da, From the article: "The jail has seven children. They are not prisoners, but are inside the jail by default as their mothers are prisoners who have no safe places to keep their children outside the jail. The jail authorities got in touch with the Sarba Siksha Mission who in turn provided them with a teacher." UmeshChan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 21:15:20 -0600To: assam@assamnet.orgFrom: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [Assam] News from SentinelThis is the kind of democracy that is running the country, in which CHILDREN are in prison along with their parents. Is this the legacy of a ten, and why not even 15, thousand year (un)civilization?cmOf ISI teachers and ULFA 'kids'NAGAON, Nov 7 (UNI): The teachers are dreaded ISI agents and the students "ULFA children". Nothing sinister here but.This unique school with seven students and three teachers is inside a jail of Assam. The students are mostly offsprings of the jailed ULFA leaders and the teachers are three dreaded ISI agents, condemned for life.Their daily activities related to schooling have brought in a fresh air of expectation and happiness in the entire jail compound which has been resounding with nursery rhymes along with the usual sounds of thick heavy boots walking on the long verandahs.The school curriculum is a healthy mixture of alphabets, English and games besides the lively nursery rhymes.The school, without a name, is housed inside the Nagaon district jail, 130 kilometre from Guwahati, where the three ISI agents and a group of ULFA detenues, many of whom are women, are jailed.The jail has seven children. They are not prisoners, but are inside the jail by default as their mothers are prisoners who have no safe places to keep their children outside the jail. The jail authorities got in touch with the Sarba Siksha Mission who in turn provided them with a teacher.But the three ISI agents, one each from Karachi and Bangladesh, came forward and, according to jail authorities, they are proving to be good teachers with children enjoying with them.The three ISI agents are Fasiullah (45) from Karachi, Billal Miyan (35) of Shyllet, Bangladesh and Mosaha Samsed Khan (30) of Muzaffarpur of Uttar Pradesh. Of them, Fasiullah is the dreaded one and his arrest five years back was considered as one of the greatest success of Assam Police as well as the Central Intelligence Agencies.Fasiullah was the actual kingpin of the ISI racket in the North east India, supplying both money and material in the fertile land of Islamist Fundamentalists in bordering areas of lower Assam.He, along with other two, were lodged in the Guwahati jail and only on August 8 were they transferred to Nagaon jail as the Guwahati jail had become overcrowded.All the three were lodged at Hospital ward of the Nagaon jail where they have opened their school also. The ULFA detenues are kept a little away in the general ward or National Security Act (NSA) prisoner's ward.There is no fixed time for the school and it all depends on the children's waking up and getting ready.The jail authorities have provided each child books, pencils and rough books, besides elementary facilities and the children are very happy to be with their teachers.According to jail authorities the teachers focus more on English, which have made their mothers happier.Although there is no official record, in various jails there are more than 30 such children of ULFA parents. Most of these young ULFA boys and girls joined the militant outfits with romantic illusions and got married and down the years were arrested by police.The maximum number of mothers and children got arrested when the Bhutan camp was busted.The eldest child of Nagaon jail is Abinav Deka (6).___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] News from Sentinel
This is the kind of democracy that is running the country, in which CHILDREN are in prison along with their parents. Is this the legacy of a ten, and why not even 15, thousand year (un)civilization? cm Of ISI teachers and ULFA 'kids' NAGAON, Nov 7 (UNI): The teachers are dreaded ISI agents and the students "ULFA children". Nothing sinister here but. This unique school with seven students and three teachers is inside a jail of Assam. The students are mostly offsprings of the jailed ULFA leaders and the teachers are three dreaded ISI agents, condemned for life. Their daily activities related to schooling have brought in a fresh air of expectation and happiness in the entire jail compound which has been resounding with nursery rhymes along with the usual sounds of thick heavy boots walking on the long verandahs. The school curriculum is a healthy mixture of alphabets, English and games besides the lively nursery rhymes. The school, without a name, is housed inside the Nagaon district jail, 130 kilometre from Guwahati, where the three ISI agents and a group of ULFA detenues, many of whom are women, are jailed. The jail has seven children. They are not prisoners, but are inside the jail by default as their mothers are prisoners who have no safe places to keep their children outside the jail. The jail authorities got in touch with the Sarba Siksha Mission who in turn provided them with a teacher. But the three ISI agents, one each from Karachi and Bangladesh, came forward and, according to jail authorities, they are proving to be good teachers with children enjoying with them. The three ISI agents are Fasiullah (45) from Karachi, Billal Miyan (35) of Shyllet, Bangladesh and Mosaha Samsed Khan (30) of Muzaffarpur of Uttar Pradesh. Of them, Fasiullah is the dreaded one and his arrest five years back was considered as one of the greatest success of Assam Police as well as the Central Intelligence Agencies. Fasiullah was the actual kingpin of the ISI racket in the North east India, supplying both money and material in the fertile land of Islamist Fundamentalists in bordering areas of lower Assam. He, along with other two, were lodged in the Guwahati jail and only on August 8 were they transferred to Nagaon jail as the Guwahati jail had become overcrowded. All the three were lodged at Hospital ward of the Nagaon jail where they have opened their school also. The ULFA detenues are kept a little away in the general ward or National Security Act (NSA) prisoner's ward. There is no fixed time for the school and it all depends on the children's waking up and getting ready. The jail authorities have provided each child books, pencils and rough books, besides elementary facilities and the children are very happy to be with their teachers. According to jail authorities the teachers focus more on English, which have made their mothers happier. Although there is no official record, in various jails there are more than 30 such children of ULFA parents. Most of these young ULFA boys and girls joined the militant outfits with romantic illusions and got married and down the years were arrested by police. The maximum number of mothers and children got arrested when the Bhutan camp was busted. The eldest child of Nagaon jail is Abinav Deka (6). ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
