[Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI

2010-08-16 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
1)  Why only 10 MPs from Assam.  In another post (http://assamnet.org/pipermail/assam_assamnet.org/2010-August/026808.html)   you  said even other states want autonomy .  So why would MPs from those states not join ?   2) I understand that they might not be able to articulate why they want auto

Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI

2010-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
> who feel cheated and powerless in India. > > > > > From: Chan Mahanta > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > > Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 3:52:04 PM > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---

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2010-08-15 Thread kamal deka
these crazies in Assamnet. > Isn't there anything better to do at night in Assam? > How was "Pataka Uttolan" on the 15th? Did you visit the function organized > by Nava Thakuria? > > > > > From: Dhruba Jyoti Deka > To: ass

Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI

2010-08-15 Thread Dilip Deka
people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 3:52:04 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI Let us say the entire lot of, what, ten MPs from Assam went and raised a hue and cry wanting autonomy. If someone asks them WHY they want autonomy, what would

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2010-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
ing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > > Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 1:53:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI > > Why would the Assam MPs want a radical change in doing business? Why would > the > Congress MPs even think

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2010-08-15 Thread Dhruba Jyoti Deka
gt; To: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI > > Boy, oh boy! You are burning some midnight oil in a village in Assam to stay > up > with these crazies in Assamnet. > Isn't there anything better to do at night in Assam? > How was "Pa

Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI

2010-08-15 Thread Dilip Deka
y Nava Thakuria? From: Dhruba Jyoti Deka To: assamnet org Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 2:56:09 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI > Alter Ego Sorry Sir, I am a village boy. Kindly simplify me to understand. > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:49:53 -0700 > From: dilipd.

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2010-08-15 Thread Dhruba Jyoti Deka
> Alter Ego Sorry Sir, I am a village boy. Kindly simplify me to understand. > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:49:53 -0700 > From: dilipd...@yahoo.com > To: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI > > Alter Ego > > > > > ___

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2010-08-15 Thread Dilip Deka
Alter Ego From: Dhruba Jyoti Deka To: assamnet org Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 1:56:15 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI >>Dear A.E., Who? > Why only Assam MPs? I heard that several other states would like to have > auto

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2010-08-15 Thread Dhruba Jyoti Deka
Why only Autonomy? Why not grow up like Maoist? Political parties will remain same by their character, untill 356 is there. > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:01:45 -0700 > From: dilipd...@yahoo.com > To: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI > >

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2010-08-15 Thread Dilip Deka
Mahanta To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 1:53:59 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI Why would the Assam MPs want a radical change in doing business? Why would the Congress MPs even think of it, nijor xandooh khowa

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2010-08-15 Thread Dhruba Jyoti Deka
Late Parag Kr Das was quite correct about the formation of GoI i.e. HINDI/HINDU/HINDUSTHAN. We need to realise & act. Thakreys are doing well. > From: cmaha...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:53:59 -0500 > To: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---f

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2010-08-15 Thread Dhruba Jyoti Deka
.@yahoo.com > To: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI > > Dear A.E., > Why only Assam MPs? I heard that several other states would like to have > autonomy as well. Why wouldn't they join the Assam MPs? > > > > > _

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2010-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
ike to have > autonomy as well. Why wouldn't they join the Assam MPs? > > > > > > From: Dhruba Jyoti Deka > To: assamnet org ; Chandan Mahanta > Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 1:34:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One

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2010-08-15 Thread Dilip Deka
Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI Either Arms power or Third Country help. As Assam has limited seats in Parliament, the MP voice willn't work. This should be notebale. > From: cmaha...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:30:58 -0500 > To: assam@assamnet.org > Subjec

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2010-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
> Either Arms power or Third Country help. > > As Assam has limited seats in Parliament, the MP voice willn't work. This > should be notebale. > > > > > From: cmaha...@gmail.com > > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:30:58 -0500 > > To: assam@assamnet

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2010-08-15 Thread Dhruba Jyoti Deka
Either Arms power or Third Country help. As Assam has limited seats in Parliament, the MP voice willn't work. This should be notebale. > From: cmaha...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:30:58 -0500 > To: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved Th

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2010-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
; To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > > Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 8:55:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI > > > On Aug 14, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote: > >> "AUTONOMY, is the way for suc

Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI

2010-08-15 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
nt: Sun, August 15, 2010 8:55:21 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI On Aug 14, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote: > "AUTONOMY, is the way for such redemption for some. And a true and meaningful > FEDERAL arrangement > could be for others. > That is the

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2010-08-15 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
Since it has not happened so far, how can they be motivated? From: kamal deka To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 11:31:27 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI I am in total agre

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2010-08-15 Thread kamal deka
gt;> FEDERAL arrangement >>> could be for others. >>> That is the bottom line." >>> >>> I agree with your bottom line and I have been saying the same thing in >>> the >>> net for a long time. Now we can breathe easier, SOVEREI

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2010-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
ration >> of >> Autonomy into the Indian constitution. Is there someone who will risk that? >> Someone from Assam or J&K to make some noise in Loksabha? If it fails first >> time, try another time, then another .? As far as I know no one >> has

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2010-08-15 Thread kamal deka
itution. Is there someone who will risk that? > Someone from Assam or J&K to make some noise in Loksabha? If it fails first > time, try another time, then another .? As far as I know no one > has > tried it yet. > > > > > ____________________ >

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2010-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
it? :-) > > > > > > From: Chan Mahanta > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > > Sent: Sat, August 14, 2010 11:38:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI > >> I c

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2010-08-14 Thread uttam borthakur
The last National Sample Survey, which was the basis for Above Poverty Level and Below Poverty Level beneficiaries, was conducted in 2004.  Further, in the fear of including excluded part of the population, the system has been so devised that it threatens to exclude the deserved ones. For examp

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2010-08-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
> Someone from Assam or J&K to make some noise in Loksabha? If it fails > first > > time, try another time, then another .? As far as I know no > one has > > tried it yet. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Chan Mahanta > >

Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI

2010-08-14 Thread kamal deka
om: Chan Mahanta > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > > Sent: Sat, August 14, 2010 11:38:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI > >>I completely agree. But you aren't trying to paint with a broad brush are >>y

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2010-08-14 Thread Dilip and Dil Deka
, then another .? As far as I know no one has tried it yet. From: Chan Mahanta To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Sat, August 14, 2010 11:38:21 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI >I complete

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2010-08-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, > WHO is this AUTHORITY that holds the right to GRANT or DENY autonomy Ram? >Where did it get such rights from? I do understand your consternation, but, if one were to apply, request, demand autonomy, where or whom do they approach? In India, I think it would be Dilli. Now, you can

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2010-08-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
> When we talk about autonomy, it is obvious that every entity that wants > autonomy should not be granted one (just because they want it). WHO is this AUTHORITY that holds the right to GRANT or DENY autonomy Ram? Where did it get such rights from? IF autonomy is a MEANS for delive

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2010-08-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da >AUTONOMY, is the way for such redemption for some. And a true and meaningful FEDERAL arrangement >could be for others. I am all for autonomy - but as you rightly said the devil is in the details. Let us agree on that. When we talk about autonomy, it is obvious that every entity that want

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2010-08-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
>I completely agree. But you aren't trying to paint with a broad brush are >you ? :-). It is not a broad-brushing based on small or isolated examples. It is the NORM, the prevailing condition. Do you disagree? >In fact, when people demand a correction >(as in CWG, or Hemanta Sarma) - thing

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2010-08-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, >What you always seem to miss, is this problem of ENFORCEMENT, of investigating, adjudicating >and punishing the corrupt, of punishing bad behavior and rewarding the good. Actually, I didn't miss it, just thought it is a given. Just enforcement too is not enough - the court systems are ove

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2010-08-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
What you always seem to miss, is this problem of ENFORCEMENT, of investigating, adjudicating and punishing the corrupt, of punishing bad behavior and rewarding the good. Generations of Indian now have not seen anything different. Many think that is how it IS, others think "they are like that onl

Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI

2010-08-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, Thanks for fwding this. Really good - just loved it. >Only one complaint: Tiwari shoud have addressed it to the WORST of them all, not ALL of India. Ain't right to paint everyone with the same brush. But let's look at it from Tiwari's angle: Everywhere he looks, there is corruption - it'

[Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI

2010-08-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
I loved this one. Only one complaint: Tiwari shoud have addressed it to the WORST of them all, not ALL of India. Ain't right to paint everyone with the same brush. cm :-) http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bugs-eye-view/entry/mr-kalmadi-s-fake-statement Mr Kalmadi's (fake) statementAlok