Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-25 Thread uttam borthakur
What I had in mind was an argument or debate where there is no sincerity in finding an answer but the effort is to prolong the debate with crafty use of words only.   Dilip Deka dilipdeka at yahoo.com  Thu Aug 26 01:30:34 IST 2010Previous message: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-25 Thread Dilip Deka
ent-counter argument". Dilipda --- On Tue, 8/24/10, uttam borthakur wrote: From: uttam borthakur Subject: Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2? To: "assam" Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 10:56 AM What will convey the meaning and implications of "KOOT-TRAKA&quo

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Ram Sarangapani
ng Indian democracy, have done > worse, so it seems, as they are signatories to so many charters trying to > protect human rights. > > > X > Dilip Deka dilipdeka at yahoo.com > Wed Aug 25 01:33:40 IST 2010 > Previous

[Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread uttam borthakur
y are signatories to so many charters trying to protect human rights.     X Dilip Deka dilipdeka at yahoo.com Wed Aug 25 01:33:40 IST 2010 Previous message: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2? Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ su

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Dilip Deka
  === --- On Tue, 8/24/10, Ram Sarangapani wrote: From: Ram Sarangapani Subject: Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2? To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world" Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 12:45 PM No,

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Chan Mahanta
ugging' is in journalistic term, as I >>>>>> remember learning the term long ago from the notorious novel The >>>>>> Fountainhead in my teens. Does that mean each and every item in a news >>>> paper >>>>>> has to be 'plugged'? You simply cannot

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Ram Sarangapani
learnt > >>>> that there is going to be a cabinet reshuffle. The first one would > make > >> you > >>>> lose credibility, which a paper like TOI cannot afford; and the second > >> it > >>>> can always report without losing credi

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Chan Mahanta
m of Rs.2 >> crores, >>>> which is not verifiable. >>>>> Why are you snaring me into a debate that takes us away from the core >>>> issues? >>>>> Your second remark is also full of holes. Yes, Kishanji may not hold a >>>> court

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Ram Sarangapani
t;>> Your second remark is also full of holes. Yes, Kishanji may not hold a > >> court of inquiry against himself; that is why I said that if the Naxals/ > >> Maoists fail to bring the guilty (whoever it is) to book, then they will > >> lose support base in no ti

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Chan Mahanta
had been displaced by the Government, >> that should have been settled by the Government, which claims to represent >> the people in a democracy.Except one with blinkers shall spread the angelic >> message around that " look, look, it may be justice delayed, but not justice >>

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Ram Sarangapani
e angelic > message around that " look, look, it may be justice delayed, but not justice > denied; the beauty of the Indian judiciary that still works in this thriving > democracy". > > > > > > > > > > > > Ram Sarangapani assamrs at gmai

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Chan Mahanta
iary that still works in this thriving > democracy". > > > > > > Ram Sarangapani assamrs at gmail.com > Tue Aug 24 09:35:04 IST 2010Previous message: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist > Movement, Part 2?Next message: [Assam] I am not opposed to talks: ULFA > leaderMess

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread uttam borthakur
What will convey the meaning and implications of "KOOT-TRAKA" in English? May I ask KJD, Rajen Da, Chandan Da and Dilip Da. Uttam Kumar Borthakur --- On Tue, 24/8/10, uttam borthakur wrote: From: uttam borthakur Subject: Re:[Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2? To: &qu

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread uttam borthakur
Ram Sarangapani assamrs at gmail.com  Tue Aug 24 09:35:04 IST 2010Previous message: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?Next message: [Assam] I am not opposed to talks: ULFA leaderMessages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]Dear Uttam, >There may be two possibilitie

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2? - Response III

2010-08-24 Thread Chan Mahanta
>I am glad that is is the SC of India which has (as in a well-functioning > democracy) put the GOI in it's place. Has there been a lack of such putting-GoI-in-its-place ? Is it unique? Question you should be asking is WHAT it has changed, HOW it has made GoI or any G responsive, HOW it has

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-24 Thread Chan Mahanta
>Well, I've been reading here and other places how this Naxal movement was > > the next best thing after sliced bread, Really, Ram? Next best thing to sliced bread? That good, huh ? Well, what can I say? You have not been drinking too much Red-Bull or other such hyper-caffeinated drinks

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2? - Response III

2010-08-23 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Thanks C'da, I did miss it. My only excuse is that I was shell-shocked reading the other piece. :-) I am glad that is is the SC of India which has (as in a well-functioning democracy) put the GOI in it's place. It has also reminded the GOI of the role it should play, and where the GOI has dropped

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-23 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Dear Uttam, >There may be two possibilities. (1) The story is state propaganda and (2) The story may be true, partially or wholly. >If it is a propaganda, Ah, yes. I had plum forgotten about that distinct possibility about the TOI making this whole thing (no doubt egged on by the state machinery

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-23 Thread Ram Sarangapani
>*** Oh well indeed! I tell ya Ram, YOUR intuitions were amazing. Well, I've been reading here and other places how this Naxal movement was the next best thing after sliced bread, I was shocked when I read this news. :-) >You knew, right off the bat, what these folks were, didn't you? But, lest

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-23 Thread uttam borthakur
Ram Da, There may be two possibilities. (1) The story is state propaganda and (2) The story may be true, partially or wholly. If it is a propaganda, we cannot know whether it is a propaganda, then there is nothing to say, as warring sides do it by means fair or foul. If it is true, partially or

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2? - Response III

2010-08-23 Thread Chan Mahanta
I am not sure if you saw the following ion the same ToI headlines you referred the earlier post , But in case you did not, or did not feel it was relevanyt, here it is for everybody's review and judgement: cm Skewed growth to blame for rise of Naxals: SC Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN, Jul 21, 2010,

Re: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-23 Thread Chan Mahanta
> And we were led to believe that this movement (the Naxal/Maoist) was a > fight against the social injustices and radical changes.Oh Well! Oh well indeed! I tell ya Ram, YOUR intuitions were amazing. You knew, right off the bat, what these folks were, didn't you? And those of us who sp

[Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2?

2010-08-23 Thread Ram Sarangapani
And we were led to believe that this movement (the Naxal/Maoist) was a fight against the social injustices and radical changes.Oh Well! Read on From one of our most forwarded source TOI :-) ___ *Raped repeatedly, Naxal leader quits Red ranks* ht