Of course they could, if one considers all opinions are EQUAL.
The difference would lie, in pointing out credibly, what is without
merit in MY arguments or opinions .
Anyone can offer any opinion. But NOT all opinions are EQUAL. Some
have merit and are easily discernible, while others either don't .
At 2:34 PM -0500 10/1/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>I know all about it Rajen. And it is not at all unexpected.
>But what is truly astounding is to witness those who have lived
and worked in the US for years, but remain >as ill informed as
their posts, comments etc. make them out to be. It could mean one of
two things:
Isn't this called your opinion v. theirs? Or, couldn't they have the
exact same opinion about you?
:)
"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree
and humble like a blade of grass"
- Lakshmana
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:42:03 -0500
To: assam@assamnet.org
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Assam] What noooo is it India ?
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I know all about it Rajen. And it is not at all unexpected.
But what is truly astounding is to witness those who have lived and
worked in the US for years, but remain as ill informed as their
posts, comments etc. make them out to be. It could mean one of two
things:
**** That they spout what they do, to promote a particular
viewpoint without any regard to its
validity in the context of things. It is immaturity at best,
narrow-minded, quarreling for the
sake of quarreling at worst; making oneself look bad, that's all.
**** That they remain mired in a ghetto mentality,
commiserating only with their own kind,
smug in their own sense of knowing all they need to learn
and unable or unwilling to be
either informed and/or educated about their surroundings
that they benefit from.
The latter can be also be seen in the ranks of the many of those
Billat-ferots and Amrika-ferots or Euro-ferots back in the ol'
country, sporting an aura of expertise that is barely skin deep, if
that.
I just hope in this case, it was the former.
At 12:19 PM -0500 10/1/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote:
Chandan:
I find guys from India specifically from Assam with all sorts of
weird perceptions about America.
The other day I met one Assamese visitor who was strongly for George
Bush because according to him, it was due to his policy of attacking
Iraq, that the Muslims in India are silenced, and India can now have
a stronger relation with Pakistan. He was all against the Democrates.
Compare that with views of KC.
It looks like, from out side, people view America like blind people
looking at an elephant.
Most Indians donot have any clue what is happening in outside world.
They are busy with their own
India-Hindi-Hinglish-Hindutva-Bollywood-Congress-BJP-Communist-Middle-Class-Materialist
culture believing whatever the GOI-Indian media is broadcasting.
Rajen
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Subject: Re: [Assam] What noooo is it India ?
>> >Really !! I thought you guys are more busy discussing
whom to attack next (after Vietnam, Iraq), how to
meddle in internal affairs of Mayanmar, or, for some,
how to work on destroying India.
***That is about as appropriate a commentary on your thinking
abilities as one might want to know about.
At 9:27 AM -0700 10/1/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:
>>There are plenty of people --the ranks of the
citizenry --- in the
>>>>USA , far more than any place else on earth, who are
discussing,
debating and resolving US problems and have been doing
it far longer
than anybody else.
Really !! I thought you guys are more busy discussing
whom to attack next (after Vietnam, Iraq), how to
meddle in internal affairs of Mayanmar, or, for some,
how to work on destroying India.
But still more needs done, as they will always be.
So why not spend your valuable time to finish that.
But they ARE needed to delve into Assam's problems
as caused by
Indian dysfunction as well as by itself.
I thought Assam's problems can be best solved by
people of Assam NOT by people who NEVER intend to
return to Assam.
India's march towards super-powerdom on the backs
of the rest left
to be exploited.
Another piece of wisdom coming from someone who got
educated on Indian/Assamese tax payers money and then
left India/Assam without ever bothering to return
anything except some pieces of advice.
but
I hope it would shed a tad bit of light on what
seems to leave so
many true ambassadors of Assam so discombobulated.
Heh-heh ... a good piece of wisdom from learned
>>ambassdor of Assam who readily blames GOI when
innocent Biharis (even Assmese) are killed but has no
courage to put forward a similar argument when it
comes to 9/11.
Inspite of your immense Heart Burn, India is marching
towards a superpower ... in fact your Uncle Sam too
understands it.
Allow me to divulge a little but closely-guarded
secret:
There are plenty of people --the ranks of the
citizenry --- in the
USA , far more than any place else on earth, who are
discussing,
debating and resolving US problems and have been doing
it far longer
than anybody else. But still more needs done, as
they will always be.
That is why Latter-day-Americans ( LDAs) of Assam
origins don't need
to spend all their available time delving into
American problems
But they ARE needed to delve into Assam's problems as
caused by
Indian dysfunction as well as by itself. For if they
who know better
( not all by any means) don't point out what is not
working , it will
NOT be done by the 'mera-bharat-mahan' crowd, smug in
their 'unified'
India's march towards super-powerdom on the backs of
the rest left
to be exploited.
It is not about a beauty contest. It takes equals or
near equals to
engage in a beauty contest.
That is the difference.
I know it won't reduce the heart-burn of those whose
mission is to
safeguard Assam for Indian exploitation for all
times to come, but
I hope it would shed a tad bit of light on what seems
to leave so
many true ambassadors of Assam so discombobulated.
At 7:44 AM -0700 10/1/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty
wrote:
Check this ---
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Homeless_in_LA.jpg
I am almost convinced this is a picture of India
wrongly labelled.
Afterall, when Citizens of US are more busy
discussing issues of India, I am sure all issues of
US have already been resolved :)
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