H.D.S. GREENWAY
Change near for Bhutan
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/06/12/change_near_for_bhutan/
By H.D.S. Greenway | June 12, 2007
THE ONLY trouble with the recent mock elections in the Himalayan Kingdom of
Bhutan is that most Bhutanese don't want democracy. They want
Bravo on your writing about armed conflict and insurgency.
The failure of two decades of counter-insurgency speaks for itself.
Ok .. whenever the military comes in, the brave ULFA boys go back to
their dens and let organizations like MASS, local Assamese dailies,
intellectuals take over to
At 6:51 PM +0800 6/12/07, Jyotirmoy Sharma wrote:
Bravo on your writing about armed conflict and insurgency.
The failure of two decades of counter-insurgency speaks for itself.
Ok .. whenever the military comes in, the brave ULFA boys go back to
their dens and let organizations like MASS,
I have to agree. It is one of the more objective pieces I have seen
to date. And it took Al Jazzera to do that, IMAGINE!
Among the various things in the documentary, Prafulla Gogoi's
comments were what stunned me. I am
sure the editors of the documentary thought so too, to include them
in the
By Prafulla Gogoi and PG you must have meant Tarun Gogoi, the current chief
minister of Assam. Prafulla is a Mahanta and Gogoi is a Tarun.
Anyway,
*** That Assam is getting far more from India than it own resources
could provide
( or something akin to that).
DD:
C'da:
As I always maintained, it is THOSE who are not affected by the violence,
those who get the disproportionate protection of the police
It seems you missed the very first line of the article:
The public protests in Assam against the killing of innocent civilians bythe
United
Hi A:
NO, I did not miss that at all.
What I was referring to is the opposition of a segment of the
population to a negotiated settlement. It is from those who are NOT
affected by the violence and who receive an unwarranted amount of
protection from the police and the military, or do not
U:
YOU STILL don't get it.
But keep trying. Someday!
c-da
At 8:37 AM -0700 6/12/07, umesh sharma wrote:
C-da and concerned others might like to get
these details . As per C-da diplomas seem to be
meaningless then why is everyone (incl Education
Week magazine) so concerened about them?
No. calling home from abroad to see if everyone is OK, is NOT the same as
being affected, like those TRADERS for example.
Right.
The traders can do business only if people are alive and could come to their
business to shop around.
Then can we ignore this?
The public protests in Assam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw1MFobWD_o
excellent video on teachers and how many dinner conversations could turn.
Umesh
Umesh Sharma
Washington D.C.
1-202-215-4328 [Cell]
Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of
Ooops! My bad. It is Tarun Gogoi I meant :-).
DD: Tarun Gogoi probably is talking about unexplored and
underutilized (natural?) resources. If resources are left where
they are, sure India will have to continue to support Assam. Did
Gogoi include human resources also?
*** I certainly would
No matter WHAT it takes: be it negotiation or removal of: arrogance,
false ego, greed - on anybody's part, but: LET THE PUBLIC LEAD A
NORMAL LIFE.
*** Right. But what are they asking ? They are demanding that ULFA
disappear. Right? Wish them away?
Are these folks real? You tell me A. They
Understand (Somebody assumes he knows better)that by humble submission(But you
shld just raise your hand at Q'n time), by asking the proper questions( if U R
Lowd @all), and through service(slaving? suppose paying Cash?,) you will be
taught(If he knows!!!) this knowledge(Knowledge is for
That CERTAINLY is Umesh. Thanks for sharing.
At 9:07 AM -0700 6/12/07, umesh sharma wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw1MFobWD_ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw1MFobWD_o
excellent video on teachers and how many dinner conversations could turn.
-- Forwarded message --
From: kamal deka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Jun 12, 2007 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Protests against Ulfa in Assam
To: Sanjib Baruah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't want to descend to the level,inhabited by the semi-literates,like
those retards, representing
Well said KJD. There are several issues one needs to take vis-a--vis SB's
nuance of TRADERS (and C'da's) regarding that these traders want some
negotiation.
First of all, insurgents *do not want* to be classified as Terrorists - if
one happens to read across the board (not just the
O'Ram:
I am sure glad you found Kamal's solution exciting :-). Only problem
is --- that local/national politics gets in the way of what the
GOI/Army might really want to do.
That I am sure is a shame, isn't it? IF only they could go in and
wipe them out with one slick operation , with a
If you were like me who pondered for days what does the modern acronyms like
IMHO, LOL, ROFLMAO meant, there is a list of acronyms that is becoming a part
of cyber lingo
HTH
TTFN
Cyber English Non Cyber English
= ==
AFAIC
Some of us have gone beyond that...in many online communities we use Assamese
acronyms, especially in the community called Khar Adda:
XD: xubho din (direct borrowing from Eng. good day)
XP: xuprobhat
XR: xubhoratri
KLP: kaile log pam
PLP: pisot log pam
XKB: xubho kotha botora (that means I am
C'da
Only problem is --- that local/national politics gets in the way of what
the GOI/Army might really want to do.
C'da:That I am sure is a shame, isn't it? IF only they could go in and
wipe them out with one slick operation , with a nice code name like Shock
and Awe or Jai Bajrangbali or
We use:
BA: Bhaale aasene`?
BK: Bhat khalane`?
BP: Beya paaisu (dei).
BXHD: Bor xuaad hoise dei.
DNS: Dhong Nokor Soon!
KK: Ki khobor?
KKB: Ki-je kuwa Bhai!
JTGN: Jote` tote` ghuri nuphur.
PND: Paahori Nejaba Dei!
TD: Thoisu Dei (fits especially after a phone conversation, but use it with
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But India has a better system in position.
Anybody can walk in to ICICI,UTI,HDFC banks in Guwahati, hand in upto 50,000/-a
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Thanks for fwding this, C'da. I agree, India needs a wagging finger at
times. And this is one of those times.
But can India get off this sh*t list or is she forever banished? :) - Oh!
its for 6 months, and not in tier 3!
Seriously, though, this is appalling. A country like India cannot be
-- Forwarded message --
From: Nava Thakuria [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Jun 10, 2007 7:07 AM
Subject: [asom] Mass Resistance against ULFA
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear friends,
Here are two articles for your information (one *The Sentinel, June 9,
2007*and the other
*The Statesman,
Aljazeera.Net
Email Article
--
umesh wants you to see the following article:
Bloody Tea
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/EXERES/1301D023-2F79-459F-91F7-D2BFA118
6382.htm
Also he/she attached you the following message:
i saw
someone really needs to find how so many people are supposed to be slave labor
--60 million is a huge number. i wonder that in a time when even those from
feudalistic rural bihar are free to seek work in mumbai how come so many are
hidden from the view - if at all.
umesh
ps: is it
http://www.epm.org/articles/Child_Slavery_Stats.html
stats - bad but it is mostly debt bondage -- why doesn't USA pay up for the
poor and get them free (if thats the main problem) - I guess the total amount
would be less than $100 billion.
Umesh
Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0x41UgUkRwNR=1
then perhaps you would like the one above also -- why teachers suck?
-supposedly by a former teacher
Umesh
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That CERTAINLY is Umesh. Thanks for sharing.
new styles of teaching math doing away with perfect traditional ways? Is
Sinagpore math the key? So should Indians blindly copy from new Western
textbooks - the way they copy Hollywood movies in Bollywood ones?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1qee-bTZI
Umesh Sharma
Washington D.C.
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