PS: BTW, what is Sumanta's sin? He is a nephew you know, son of a first
cousin? You may not know this yet, but he is the newly appointed Editor of
Dainik Asom. He joins yet another Mahanta of Namti, Manjit, another son of a
first cousin, who also is the Editor of Asomiya Pratidin. You moderate and wise
democratic guys in the middle are surrounded by this tribe of Pol- Pot
wanna-be's and extremists or what :-)?
Who is talking about Sumanta's
sin? He is like a brother to me, and I respect his multitalents, especially his
contribution to the Assamese language I donot necessarily support his Assam
for Assamese Jatiotabadi writings. It does not matter whether he is your nephew
ort not, (which I did not, and need not, know), but I did not know that you
are a supporter of his vews on Assam for Assamese. Thanks for letting us
know.
RB
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 8:45
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] DEMOCRACY HARMING
INDIA: LYNGDOH
Merry Christmas Rajen!
May Peace reign on earth!
And thus I start the morning of this auspicious day although it is gloomy
outside in St. Louis with the forecast of a slight chance at snow.
To set things straight, I did not wish to put you in a spot by asking for
a bearing on your position/s.
I raised the issue only because you picked out a bunch of names
whose views you denigrate with while denying any intent to club them together,
but raising the issue of a VOID in the 'middle'--thus implying the rest are
extremists.
Under the circumstances reasonable people, not to mention extremists,
could suspect you might be a one of the wise ones holding moderate views for
countering the ills of 'democracy' as Lyngdoh sees them. Your dedication to
democratic values, worn not only on your shirt-sleeves, but other positions in
plain sight as well, could not be missed by any netter but the legally blind.
It was therefore a surprise to see your endorsement of Lyngdoh's
'intellectual' outburst against 'democracy' in India.
I am sure I was not alone in wondering if we are speaking the same
language.
But I shall not harass you any more. You explained things clearly as
mud.
Take care,
c :-)
PS: BTW, what is Sumanta's sin? He is a nephew you know, son of a first
cousin? You may not know this yet, but he is the newly appointed Editor of
Dainik Asom. He joins yet another Mahanta of Namti, Manjit, another son of a
first cousin, who also is the Editor of Asomiya Pratidin. You moderate and
wise democratic guys in the middle are surrounded by this tribe of Pol- Pot
wanna-be's and extremists or what :-)?
At 12:46 PM -0600 12/24/05, Barua25 wrote:
>Philosophy is a
fascinating subject. I don't denigrate it. But right this instance we have
little use for it in these discussions. "Jwre >puri haat paalehi" -- time
to do something wouldn't you think?
Philosophy, as well as history, are important in
the fight in order to know the enemy.
Almost hundred years ago, Ambika Giri RaiChoudhury also told the
same thing: "Jwre puri haat paalehi, time to do something. Oxom morile amiw
morim" .
In
79 Assam Gono Andwlon also Assamese said the same thing: "Jwre puri haat
paalehi--time to do something. Oxom morile amiw morim"
Today also Sumanta Chaliha and his 'jatiotabadis' are telling
the same thing: "Jwre puri haat paalehi-time to do something.Oxom morile
amiw morim"
Chandan Mahanta is also telling the same thing: "Jwre puri haat
paalehi--time to do something"
But
unless you know what is the right thing to do, you will be simply
loosing 25 years this way, another 25 years that way.
Communism, as proposed by the Mahantas, is definitely
not the solution.
Hatred of India, as proposed by the Mahnats, is not the
solution.
Doom for India, as proposed by the Mahantas, is not the
solution.
This I learnt from my lessons in philosophy and
history.
Quicker you guys realize that the better.
I don't have any intention to loose another 25 years spending
in arguments on the wrong debate.
I
have better things to do with people
who
donot hate India,
who
are against Communism,
who
are for freedom of the individual,
who
are against slogans
who
want to find the solution based on rational analysis.
RB
----- Original Message -----
From: Chan
Mahanta
To: Barua25 ;
assam@assamnet.org
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] DEMOCRACY HARMING INDIA:
LYNGDOH
I am not seeking your predictions here Rajen. Regardless of
the prescience of amateur or even professional seers, they are at
best idle speculations.
Positive change can come only with participation and
involvement of those who know better. In that, my question is where do you
stand with your contributions to the positive changes, which I gather even
if only indirectly, that you too would like to see in Assam?
And what would those changes be that you would like to
see? How do you see a process for such changes put in place and moved
forward?
Philosophy is a fascinating subject. I don't denigrate it. But
right this instance we have little use for it in these discussions. "Jwre
puri haat paalehi" -- time to do something wouldn't you think?
c
At 9:51 PM -0600 12/23/05, Barua25 wrote:
In my opinion, the reason why there won't be any major change in
India, in spite how pessimistic or optimistic one feel about India, is
because of the age old characteristics of the Indians. Indians are too
imaginative as opposed to being rational like the Chinese. We
Indians think too much.
In fact, I could
not find a single event, since the Gupta Empire, that we
Indians did as a nation in the political scene, as a proactive
action other than going by inertia letting things happen as it may
come, each doing Karma being in his/her own station,
letting the chips fall wherever they will. Of course there had
been side actions of the Ahoms, the Rajputs and many others, but these
are foreigners to be absorbed into the black hole of Hinduism where
imagination take control of the real world and make the Indian blind to
see the real world. Even our struggle for independence was, in my
opinion, a war fought out of inertia.
As one philosopher
puts it
"In the Indian
world there is, so to speak, no object that can be regarded as real, and
firmly defined - none that was not at its first apprehension
perverted by the imagination to the very opposite of what it presents to
an intelligent conscienousness...... Among the Hindoos, on the contrary
- instead of Unity - Diversity is the fundamental characteristic." -
Hegel.
RB
----- Original Message -----
From: Chan
Mahanta
To: assam@assamnet.org
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:13
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] DEMOCRACY HARMING INDIA:
LYNGDOH
>But before that
there is no doubt India is destined to play a leading role as an
advanced country in the not too distant
>future.
**** I am sure that will please all those who are not in
the receiving end of what Lyngdoh rails about and are clamoring for a
seat at the table of world's 'powers'. But for the rest it is 'eat
cake', isn't it? Unfortunately the eat-cake crowd is growing, not
receding. Something tells me it will assert itself sooner than later.
And Assam will be in the thick of it if not in the
forefront.
At 4:23 PM -0500 12/23/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chandan
I do not find
anything to disagree with you.I can only hope that Lyngdoh's
thinking will inspire the coming generation to find a way out of the
present morass in our body politic. I do not think it will happen in
our lifetime. Politics is ever unpredictable. Gorbachov did
something unthinkable to Communism.According to some researchers,
India is bound to disingegrate in course of time. But before
that there is no doubt India is destined to play a leading
role as an advanced country in the not too distant future. I do not
think Assam is going to be a major player in
it.
Regards
Bhuban
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