Dear Ikeda The vision plans take many decades to see the light. Narmada project was planned at the dawn of the independence. What I have laid down are not necessarily my own ideas. These are compilations of collective knowledge/ideas of various visionaries. If we start thinking now, someday these will be implemented. laets say by 2050, when India will be the world's leading economy. Most important thing is to seed the dreams in the young minds, this will create an optimism and ray of hope.
Also when we think of Assam, its basically North East. Assam is the fulcrum of NER. As you rightly said, the British and later days, the Indian rulers from Delhi have sawn the seeds of discontent so that our energy is wasted in meaningless pursuits/quarrels. If Assam develops, only then there is hope for other states. As the saying goes, when Assam sneezes, other states catch cold. 'Bajok xhongkho bajok doba, bajok mridong khol, Oxom akou unnoti pothot, Jai Aii Axom bol". -Manoj On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:59 PM, <friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > There are 5 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1a. Re: Fwd: [Assam] Off With MODI's head > From: Ike Sinha > > 2. govcheck.net > From: Mr. Manas > > 3a. Firm dupes 38 people in Dibrugarh > From: samya bharadwaj > > 4. The stories behind a few successes (কেইটিমাà > From: Buljit Buragohain > > 5. Centre decides against reopening Stilwell Road > From: Rajen Barua > > > Messages > ________________________________________________________________________ > 1a. Re: Fwd: [Assam] Off With MODI's head > Posted by: "Ike Sinha" ikesinha_i...@hotmail.com > Date: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:26 am ((PDT)) > > > Dear Manoj, > > I have read your mail carefully.I have been telling you from time to time > that we need only 20 Manoj Das approach and attitude to change over the > present condition of Assam to a very progressive state.As I discussed with > you earlier allyour points can be implemented by all upright people from > Assam and the North East people. > > You have already proved yourself to the people of Delhi during the Golden > Jubilee celebration of Assam Association at Delhi.Even Government officials > did not know but your example has made various Ministry of Government of > India to follow with Awareness programme of Polio,Child Welfare and many > other important concerning Womem's Literacy Mission. > > You have Assamese people holding very high posts in every ministry of our > Government.Either have a North East Centre or a NEDFI Centre at Delhi and > take on people to register themselves as active members who have the will to > implement any development in Assam and the NE States with total transparency > and accountability.Get all the NE MP's total 39 of them to lobby for a > Government land at Delhi. It has to be in the lines of Habitat Centre or > India International Centre. > > Make sure there are no Paper Tigers but Tigers attitude to have the work > done with authority.Change the mindset and corrupt ideas of people by just > avoiding them in society.British ruled India for 200 years and they were no > fools to have the NE States be connected with mainland India with just 22 > kms which is less than 0.1% and the rest is all foreign countries.Kings > those days from the State like Mehgala joined India in 1948 and not > 1947.India was sandwitched between East Pakistan and West Pakistan and these > NE States to remain outside this territory.As they were being chased out by > the formula of Mahatma Gandhi,their message was loud and clear.That you keep > fighting amongst each other for whole life.So you have to know that India > never got democracy,it was only freedom from British rule.You do noyt have > financil freedom because Government has not Freed the Rupee TILL DATE.You > can't even buy toilet paper with Indian money in any country abroad.You have > a State Bank of India at Shanghai but they do not accept Indian Rupees .They > only operate Chinese Yuan,Dollars and Euros. > > So even there is time.Just as Sachin Tendulkar alone cannot win matches for > India and it has to be a proper Team India with utmost patriotism > ,understanding,fighting spirit ,sportsman spirit,clean image that can make > India win matches.So we need all Manoj Das approach and attitude who are > sincere to get improvement in the NE STATES not only on paper but with total > dedication and in true spirit. > > I am with you if you can get this team to lobby for a government land at > Delhi which can look into any kind of development ,roads,infrastructure > IT,EDUCATION ,HEALTH or any other field in the progress and development in > all the North East states.If Narendra Modi can be an example for the > Gujrati people , why can't all NE people unite and seriously consider real > development practically then just doing networking only. > > Regards, > > Ike > > Ike > > > > To: friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com > CC: wahid.sa...@gmail.com; bp.mukt...@nedfi.com > From: dasm...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:00:38 +0530 > Subject: [FriendsofAssamNE] Fwd: [Assam] Off With MODI's head > > > > > > > > > > I was an attendee at "Vibrant Gujarat" show at Gandhinagar this January. > Modi built two huge convention halls of gigantic proportions. One was almost > ready and the other was under construction. Temporary flex print was pasted > to look it complete. We could not make out the difference. The place was > aptly named 'Mahanta Mandir', and a huge statue of Mahatma stood in between, > with his signature 'danda'. A 'dandi kutir', shaped like a salt mound was > Modi's 'darbaar'. He met all the delegations there and MoUs were signed in > his presence. This year MoUs worth Rs. 30 lakh crores (US$ 672 Bn approx) > were signed. We (NEDFi) organised a concurrent Invest NE Show there. > > > When Modi came to know about our presence, he called our CMD. He had to > wait, in queue, no doubt. Once his turn came, Modi received him with apology > and asked if there was any MoU to be signed. We had none; so Modi > immediately changed track and showered praise on NER states like Sikkim > which has done marvelously well in the tourism sector. Modi was BJP's i/c of > NER during Bajpayee's time. He offered to train 300 policemen from NER at > his cost to become tourist police. Idea is, Gujaratis are compulsive > travellers, and they need some comfort like that of security, vegetarian > food, some guidance in Guajarati language to start moving to unchartered > territories. These NER police personnel will be trained in these aspects and > once they are back to their respective states, they will be able to receive, > escort the Gujarati tourists. Brilliant! > > > Gujaratis were a seafaring people. They had the Indus valley legacy. Even > during Mughal times, Surat was the leading port of India. It used to be > transit point for Haj pilgrims. It was a very lucrative business. Mughal > emperors' wives used to invest heavily on ships and it was their side > business to invest the huge allowances emperors used to grant to his wives. > Noor Jehan owned the biggest vessel 'Al Rahimi'- a ship that could carry > 1500 people. It was captured by the Portuguese and that led to the seizure > of Surat by Emperor Jehangir. > > > I was fortunate to study engineering in Morvi. By the way, I survived a Dam > Burst that killed 55000 people in one day. The reconstruction work the Gujus > did was fantastic, even Bhuj rehabilitation is remarkable. This year in > connection with my daughter's admission in NID, I travelled 4-5 times and > went as far as Dwarka by car to see the development. Roads are all weather > and four-lane. The state is progressing at break-neck speed. Jamnagar has > World's biggest single refinery of 50 Mn MT, adjacent to that Essar has > another big one. Essar is also building a huge Petrochemical complex. > Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation is now as big as Oil India Ltd. It has > exploration blocks, trans-state Pipelines, CNG stations in the state. > Narmada water has changed the rural economy. Agriculture has grown 10% per > annum in last 10 years. It is the largest FDI destination in India. > Sabarmati river front project is Rs. 23000 cr project, that will propel > Ahmedabad into the big city league. We could not see any beggar there. Modi > is building a 300 km perimeter ring road to take urban development to a > higher trajectory. The US$ 90 Bn Delhi-Mumbai Industrial corridor is going > to benefit Gujarat Max. > > > What Assam can learn? Our leaders should learn to think big. We must plan > following big ones:- > > > 1. Dredge river Brahmaputra, reclaim 1.5 million hectres of fertile land, > build irrigation systems, river front projects, water export > 2. Build a mega city to house at least 10 million people by 2030, this will > act as a centre of consumption, trade, commerce, education, healthcare, > tourism > 3. Build two express ways on both banks of the river, build a bullet train > system like China, which will travel at 350 kmph. Sadiya to Dhubri will be 2 > hour journey. > 4. Build an Industrial Corridor from Dhubri to Sadiya or Kokrajhar to > Jonai, so that when India opens up the land route to China-ASEAN, we are > ready. > 5. Convert Assam Gas Company to something like GSPC, we have enough oil > experts like Mr B C Bora, NN Gogogi, Ajit Hazarika to guide us. This company > will explore oil-gas, refine, transport and add wealth to the state. > > > Gujarat is our 'damaad's state. We must take advantage of the old linkages > and build new relationships. I volunteer my services for this august task. > > > May be we can brand our state as 'GOD's OWN SOSURAL".........:) > > > Manoj > > > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > *** But you are speaking of the enlightened, Gujaratis and their Gujarat. > They have apparently > been able to do what the rest can't, stand up-to Dilli. That was your > lament about Assam. > > My curiosity too is about Assam. > > What is it about Assam that cannot get the money to attract the Nanos of > India > or the NRI investors to replicate the Gujarati boom? > > And create those Kharkhowa Naren Modis to stand up to Dilli, that you wish > for > as I do ? > > :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 23, 2011, at 8:24 AM, Dilip Deka wrote: > > > The prescription is there right in the original article. Money talks. > Gujarat quietly built up its economic might and now the state is a power to > recognize. Gujarat's is known as a business friendly government. Everyone > has heard the Tata Nano factory story. Everyone knows whose gain and whose > loss it was. > > When the government, the business and the workers all row in the same > direction, in unison, the boat moves faster. > > Dilip > > ================================================== > > > > --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >I wish Assam could face upto Delhi the same way. > > > > *** Any thoughts on WHY it is NOt so now, or HOW it could be > accomplished? > > > > On Mar 20, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Dilip Deka wrote: > > > > > Gujarat is too powerful for Delhi to mess with. Gujarati people, the > state government and the NRIs investing in Gujarat sing the same tune - Help > the economy prosper and everyone gets benefit from it. > > > I can bet Delhi will have to retract. Delhi and the Congress bigwigs > tried to remove Modi before but didn't succeed. I wish Assam could face upto > Delhi the same way. > > > Dilip Deka > > > > > > From: mc mahant <mikemah...@hotmail.com> > > > > > Off with his head > > > > > Tavleen Singh > > > > > > Posted: Mar 20, 2011 > > > > > Last week, when it was announced that there were > > > plans afoot to set income tax sleuths on to those who invest in > Gujarat, > > > my first reaction was disbelief. Surely not, I thought, not when > > > foreign investors are fleeing India in droves, not when the Reserve > Bank > > > has itself pointed out ominously that foreign direct investment in > > > India has dropped by nearly 40 per cent in recent months. Why would a > > > prime minister whose expertise lies in the field of economics allow > such > > > insanity to go ahead? > > > > > > The reasons could most certainly not be economic, so I started > searching > > > for political reasons and realisation quickly dawned. Narendra Modi has > > > long been seen by political pundits in Delhi, especially those of > > > Congress persuasion, as the only man who could in 2014 challenge their > > > glamorous young prince and so he must be destroyed. Besides he has been > > > flying too high for his own good, has he not? Always holding those > > > conventions to boast about ‘vibrant’ Gujarat and always making jokes > > > about the Congress Party that the silly old ‘aam aadmi’ laughs his head > > > off at without noticing that they are laughing on the same side as a > > > merchant of death, a ‘maut ka saudagar’. Remember when the financial > > > scandals started falling out of the central government’s cupboard at so > > > alarming a rate and how he made that speech in which he said ‘munni > > > badnaam hui’. How dare he? Who did he mean? The Congress Party or she > > > who leads it? So off with his head. > > > > > Not easily done politically because somehow he has managed, wretched > > > man, to keep winning elections (with even Muslims voting for him), so > > > someone in Delhi came up with the cunning plan to destroy him > > > economically. Ordering income tax raids on political opponents is an > old > > > Congress practice that was used recklessly and with powerful effect by > > > first Mrs Gandhi during the Emergency and then again by V P Singh when > he was > > > Rajiv’s finance minister. He went too far, though, because he started > to > > > raid Rajiv’s friends and so he had to go. But to get back to Gujarat. > > > Under that ‘maut ka saudagar’, its economy has climbed to dizzying > > > heights. Even a casual visitor can see the speed at which roads get > > > built, the availability of electricity in remote villages, the check > > > dams that help irrigate areas that have never seen irrigation, the > > > primary health centres that actually work. Investors see much more. > They > > > see an administration that is less corrupt than most and a chief > > > minister who fulfills his promises. If he tells you that he will make > > > land available to you in a week, he ensures that this happens, and if > he > > > promises a single window to clear your projects, he delivers. > > > These are not things that Congress chief ministers can do because their > > > primary concern is to ensure that the ‘high command’ is kept happy by > > > regular and large infusions into the coffers of the party. They can get > > > away with no governance at all as long as they do this. Then they have > > > to ensure that they pay regular obeisance to the party’s ruling Dynasty > > > and by the time all this is over, there is little time for doing > > > anything else. So the best governed states in India are those that are > > > not run by Congress chief ministers and the only way to keep them in > > > check is to curb them in every possible way. If it is income tax raids > > > in Gujarat, it is unwieldy schemes like the NREGA in Bihar. You see > when > > > the central government puts in place a scheme like this then the state > > > government loses some of its own control over funds and welfare > > > policies. They regularly complain about this but their complaints fall > > > on deaf ears because this is an area in which Sonia Gandhi and her > > > cabinet, the National Advisory Council, are personally interested. > > > The end result is that India, so glittering, so full of allure only six > > > months ago, is now beginning to look like it did before economic > > > liberalisation. It is beginning to look like a dangerous country to > > > invest in and in this bleak scenario there is Gujarat that has so far > > > continued to shine like a beacon where foreign and Indian investors are > > > concerned. This cannot be allowed to happen because it makes the rest > of > > > India look even worse than it already does. Besides, we all know that > > > Narendra Modi is an evil man, a merchant of death, so who cares if all > > > his efforts to make Gujarat rich and prosperous are endangered by > > > famously corrupt income tax inspectors. Of course, there is the small > > > problem that the people of Gujarat may suffer as well but since they > > > have been regularly rejecting Congress at election time who cares about > > > them. Off with their heads as well. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > > > > > > Messages in this topic (2) > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > 2. govcheck.net > Posted by: "Mr. Manas" manashd...@gmail.com > Date: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:46 am ((PDT)) > > Hi Friends, > > Please follow below site for all political information up-to-date. > > http://govcheck.net > > Thanks > > > > > Messages in this topic (1) > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > 3a. Firm dupes 38 people in Dibrugarh > Posted by: "samya bharadwaj" samya_bharad...@rediffmail.com > Date: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:37 am ((PDT)) > > > > > > Firm dupes 38 people in Dibrugarh > > Guwahati: Financial offences are on rise in the state as 38 persons have > allegedly been victimized by a company, National Self Employment Mission, in > Dibrugarh district. > "Recently , as many as 38 people in Dibrugarh have lost their deposited > money and filed a public complaint with us," said Ajay Hazarika, chief > coordinator of Consumers' Legal Protection Forum(CLPF). > The forum provided legal help for the consumers in the state. After > examining the complaints, CLPF has issued a legal notice to the haed of > National Self Employment Mission located in Delhi. > According to CLPF, the company had set up a branch office in Duliajan area > of Dibrugarh district in Assam in 2008 and since then collected lakhs of > rupees from the local people as investment in the firm. > "National Self Employment Mission collected money from 38 people in > Dibrugarh and promised them a big return. But the company did not return any > amount and left the place," said Hazarika. > The forum alleged that the State Government's investigation agency BIEO did > not take any postive step after receiving complaints from many people who > lost their money after investing in various fly-by-night firms. > "Even the Chief Minister said that he issued an order to BIEO for a proper > investigation of the economic offences committed by the fraud companies. But > no output has been seen from the investigation yet," complained Hazarika. > > (TIMES OF INDIA, 14th MARCH) > > > > > > > > > > Messages in this topic (2) > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > 4. The stories behind a few successes (কেইটিমাà > Posted by: "Buljit Buragohain" buluas...@yahoo.co.in buluassam > Date: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:37 am ((PDT)) > > The stories behind a few successes (কেইটিমান সফলতাৰ আঁৰৰ কাহিনী) : > > > http://homelibrary-concept.blogspot.com/2011/03/minutes-of-meeting-of-1st-anniversary.html > > > > > > > > Messages in this topic (1) > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > 5. Centre decides against reopening Stilwell Road > Posted by: "Rajen Barua" rajen.ba...@gmail.com baruarajen > Date: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:38 am ((PDT)) > > *To All Our Friends in North East:* > * > * > The following is a sad news for all of us in the North East. The Center has > cancelled reopening the Stairwell Road apparently due to the Burmese > (Myanmar) govt's objection to its opening. > > This issue has raised several important questions for all of us as noted > below: > *1)* This also means that all the much talked about India's "Look East > Policy" for last several years, went down the drain. > *2)* We need to question, how strong is India political will for reopening > the Stairwell Road? First, except for the North East India, I think the > rest > of India does not care whether the SWR is opened or not. I bet most of them > even donot know where the SWR is. That is why we probably donot see any > voice from the rest of India. > *3)* Neither we see any strong voice from the MPs of the North East India > to > make a strong case for opening the SWR. This shows what type of democracy > we > have in North East India. > *4)* As a result, we also donot see any move from GOI to persuade the > Burmese Junta to appeal to remove the objection for opening the SWR. I am > sure if there would have been a joint appeal from China and India, the > Burmese Junta would surely remove its objection. > *5) *Does our DoNER Ministry has any say or voice in this? > *6) *What we should now? Should we wait for God to change the mind of the > Burmese Junta to change its mind? Or we make a organised appeal to them? > > As a matter of fact, opening the SWR is in the interest of not only for the > people of North East India, but also for the benefit for the people of > Burma. One of the problem in the North East is that there is no common > public platform to raise such voice. Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters > (FASS) is a open platform which is open for all in the North East. If > people > want to raise its voice in such critical issue for the region, we can do. > There are several options open for us at this stage. The following are > some: > 1) Write individual letters to local MPs and CMs asking their opinion and > their action so far on this issue. Promt them to do their duty. > 2) FASS write letters to CMs, GOI, DoNER ministry on the issue. > 3) FASS write letters to Burmese Junta and Chinese govt on the issue. > 4) FASS write letters to UN on the issue. > 5) FASS organise an International conference on 'Look East Policy' and > invite delegates from Burma and China also to participate. Request the > DoNER > ministry to sponsor the same. > > etc etc > > Many of us will be in haste to say that none of the above will work. I say > to them that that is what people told Gandhi when he proposed the "Quit > India" resolution for the British to just leave India. And we all know the > result. The same question, people are asking Aung San Suu Kyi who is > fighting for Burma's democracy now. > > I would like to hear your comments from our enlightened readers. > It is question that Hamlet put to himself: "To be or not to be?" > > Rajen Barua > FASS International > Houston > > > *Centre decides against reopening Stilwell Road* > > Spl Correspondent > > NEW DELHI, March 22 – Despite intense pressure, the Centre has decided not > to re-open the historic Stilwell Road, the Ministry of External Affairs has > clarified. > The Centre’s opinion was part of the 12th report of the Committee on > Government Assurances that was tabled in the Parliament here today. The > Ministry of External Affairs has said, “Since it has been decided not to > reopen the Stilwell Road, no action is pending from this Ministry.” > > The Ministry’s plea to drop the assurance has since been accepted by the > Parliamentary Committee, the Report said. The assurance flowed from a reply > given to Dr Arun Kumar Sarma by Minister of State for External Affairs, E > Ahmed in the Lok Sabha. The Minister had replied that Government of India > had not taken up the issue of reopening of the Road for commercial use with > China and Myanmar. Ahmed had said that The Government of India is > considering the commissioning of a pre-feasibility study on the matter of > reopening of the Stilwell Road. > > > Earlier, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Madhavrao Scindia in 1999 had asked the > External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh whether Government of Assam had > proposed to re-open the Stilwell Road, lying unused since World War II. > The two MPs wanted to know about the regulations proposed to be introduced > to check illegal trade and exodus of infiltrators through the route. > > > Jaswant Singh had replied by stating that information was being collected > from Government of Assam. The replies to the question was treated as an > assurance and required to be implemented by the Ministry of External > Affairs. The Committee on Assurance last August was requested to drop the > assurance. Reopening of the historic road, named after the American General > Joseph Stilwell has been caught up in complications, as both the Indian > security agencies and Government of Myanmar are reluctant. > > > Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) had already > confirmed that the plan was cancelled following Myanmar’s objection to its > reopening. Myanmar is apprehensive of the militants which hold sway over > the > Kachin Province. > > Reopening of the 1,726 km Road was backed by business and trade bodies. The > WW II connects Assam with Kunming in China’s Yunnan province. The Stilwell > Road on the Indian side is about 61 km long. The major stretch of 1,033 km > lies within Myanmar, while the stretch in China is 632 km. > > 3/24/2011 www.assamtribune.com/epaper/mar2… > > assamtribune.com/epaper/…/at04.html > > > > > Messages in this topic (1) > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! 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