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Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:33
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Kamal Deka's
Letter
At 1:20 PM -0600 11/17/05, Rajen Barua wrote:
He
is abosoluetely correct. We must blame the system.
*** Would you like to see me post here what your previous contention was
on this matter :-)? Did you not assert, in fact argue vif gorousy, that
NOTHING was the matter wit the system, that it was the people who are at
fault. Did you not argue that the problem was with the moral fiber of the
people?
USA system is better than Indian system.
**** Really? How? Can you please explain ?
In
the same analogy though, within the Indian system we must bllame the Assam
state system for Assam being more corrupt than other
states.
**** Same analogy? What SAME analogy? And who says Assam is MORE corrupt
than some other state? Is it info. you are privy to? Or are you parroting
another set of Indian statistics, without having a clue what those statistics
are based on, the qualification of the compilers of those stats, and the
quality of the data
used to come up with the conclusions?
And EVEN if it is true that Assam is MORE corrupt than everyone else,
what would YOUR recommendation be in making it LESS corrupt? How would
BLAMING help , if it is expected to, as you imply? If blaming helps, how come
India has been unable to reduce its corruption even with all the blaming going
on for decades?
Finally what is your recommendations on punishment for the people of
Assam, upon whom you have rendered the judgement of being MORE CORRUPT than
the rest of India?
Deny them sovereignty?
**** But the commentary makes interesting reading.Political Science is
the richer for these :-).
Now
all we need to find out why the Assam system is inferrior than other state
system.
Ureka.
RB.
----- Original
Message -----
From: "Chan
Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <assam@assamnet.org>
Sent: Thursday,
November 17, 2005 12:36 PM
Subject: [Assam]
Kamal Deka's Letter
> Fellow
Netters' Kj Deka's Letter to Sentinel of today.
>
> Makes a good
argument, doesn't he ? Man after my own heart :-).
> cm
>
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>
>
System to be Blamed for Corruption?
>
>
> Defined
simply, corruption is the misuse of public power for private
>
profit. I guess, the human nature all over the world is
essentially
> the same and most human beings will rob their
country blind, given
> half a chance. Therefore, corruption is
not the name of the third
> world disease.
>
> The
Americans do it on a grander scale but do it suavely. However,
>
it is an undeniable fact that the average citizen encounters more
>
petty corruption in Assam than in any State of the USA. The
>
assumption that the problem of corruption is solely tied to the
coat
> tails of moral character is, perhaps, not true. If it is
indeed the
> case that the corruption is the result of character
flaws of the
> Assamese people, then it must be widely seen even
when they are
> removed from their native system of governance.
Strangely enough,
> one does not find that the Assamese in the
USA, for instance, are
> perceived to be especially corrupt. If
individuals with similar
> backgrounds appear to act differently
within two different systems,
> would it not be proper to examine
the difference in the two systems
> of governance, which may
provide clues to the understanding of the
> difference in
perceived corruption in Assam and in any of the fifty
> States
of the USA? In my view, it is the system of governance in
>
Assam that needs to be overhauled in order to bring the degree
of
> corruption to the minimum. But then, why would they kill
the goose
> that lays the golden egg of patronage and
kickbacks?
>
>
> Kamaljit Deka
>
Sugarland, Texas
>
>
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