Hi Rini:
I am not only not competent, I also have little interest on the subject, in
spite of the fact that I am a Mahanta from Upper Assam, who are in
the fore-front of the keepers of Xonkori legacy in that region of Assam. But
yet, I find the controversy intriguing. Here is why:
*** Just when Indians of the NE were settling down to bask in the
warmth of India's arrival as illuminated by CWG, they drop THIS! Is it just bad
timing or
a bitter truth that would not be wished away :-)?
cm
No Indian citizens in Assam?
WITH EYES WIDE OPEN
D. N.
ondho roja!
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
Desi-demokrasy in Action or is it Udok Bheta-rokhiya Pota Sorkar ?
cm
From Outlook India:
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267215
Dear Mrs Gandhi,
Dr Manmohan Singh
with Muktikam.. Three cheers for the games..best wishes to
our athletes, who are working hard for months!
'Buri nazar wale tera muh kaala..Dil he tere kaala aur lohoo bhi kaala..'
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
If you want to kill a tree, don’t cut
For that u shd b here!
On 9/30/10, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
all the five star hotels..Maurya
Sheraton, Le Meridien, Taj...sent their housekeeping experts and staff
free
of cost to maintain the rooms and services..
*** But, but --- I thought the New India was supposed to do
Desi-demokrasy in Action or is it Udok Bheta-rokhiya Pota Sorkar ?
cm
From Outlook India:
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267215
Dear Mrs Gandhi,
Dr Manmohan Singh is believed to be one of the most honest prime ministers our
country has had. But, ironically, he presides over
Hmmm! What could it be if not Opposite of the Editorial position?
** Optional education? Naah!
** Opinion on Editorial? Naah!
** Opportunity to editorialize? Naah!
** Opinion Edition? Naah!
I give up. What?
On Sep 26, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Dilip Deka wrote:
A quiz -
We all read
On Sep 26, 2010, at 9:43 PM, Dilip Deka wrote:
I see two scenarios coming out of the CWG fiasco.
1. India pulls it off at the last minute. CWG goes on and has a happy ending
despite some minor mishaps. India claims a big success and brags about it,
See,
we told you. It could be done. DO
*** A friend forwarded this to me. While I do not understand the statistical
jargon, the overall picture painted is all too familiar . It also busts the
popular myth
among Delhi-defenders about how Delhi is not responsible - the states are --
for managing the disbursement of development
Not to pile on desi-despondenvy here, but I think Surendran has it right!
:-)
cm
http://author.toiblogs.com/India-Circus/entry/brown-man-s-burdenBrown man's
burdenCP Surendran
25 September 2010, 04:23 AM IST
CGF chief Michael Fennell likes his toilet clean. The Organising Committee
Excellent, well deliberated and written article, Mayur.
Personally, I believe that more languages a person has mastery over, the better
it is. But it is impractical,
if not impossible, to be fluent in many languages. There are limits to how
much a person can absorb, in
his/her circumstances.
How did I get drawn into this? BTW, IF Mukul Mahanta is ULFA's big
boss, how come he is not in prison ? Or for that matter Dhrubajyoti?
Does this guy know what he is talking about, or is smearing his game?
Who is this character anyway Dhruba? And where did this conversation
take place?
cm
Dhruba:
These are NOT issues for discussing in assamnet. If Bikash had posted
such comments here, that would be a different matter. Please don't
post these things from other forums here, even though
Bikash has been a member of this net. If he wishes to start it here,
we will respond
That is true, except that The posts from Bikash in another forum are
personal attacks, that has no place in our forum. We try to
to avoid these, even though, every now and then we run into them. So,
don't get involved in these things. I know Bikash attacked you
personally in a previous post
I understand.
Personally, I can't care less about people making slanderous comments
about me, regardless of what those are, not in assamnet, not elsewhere.
I will engage them, if they have they do that in this forum. But since
it was NOT here, we should NOT drag everyone else into having to
Assam could not look for or depend on north-Indians' sense of outrage
or justice or propriety. In that I won't make much of
Agarwal's commitments or PSI's support for THEIR mother-Ganga, a
mother they had no hesitance to defile as they have been doing for
decades with no end in sight. Some
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinions/6456957.cms
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Does it matter :-) ?
On Aug 29, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
Is the title of the article different?
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Does it matter :-) ?
On Aug 29, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
Is the title
That is a very deserving recognition of Buljit's efforts. Thanks for sharing.
On Aug 26, 2010, at 12:40 AM, Babul Gogoi wrote:
http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=1818boxid=105356281
http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=1818boxid=105356281
On Thu, Aug 26,
India's Civil Engineering Achievements --NOT!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/business/global/26engineer.html
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Subject: [Assam] From NY Times - India's Civil Engineering Achievements
India's Civil Engineering
of the zillions of engineers, including civil, Indian universities churn
out, could *** relate their academic knowledge ( which is as good as any in
the world) to actual field work, the project delivery process, if their lives
depended on it.
On Aug 26, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Chan Mahanta wrote
The following was my response to a private e-mail regarding IITs' admission
policies being challenged for not being merit-based enough. First scroll down
to read the original post.
cm
Begin forwarded message:
From: Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com
Date: August 25, 2010 9:48:34 AM CDT
for the benefit of a select few.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
The following was my response to a private e-mail regarding IITs' admission
policies being challenged for not being merit-based enough. First scroll
down to read the original post.
cm
B:
As you know, I read it before and found it to be the most informative,
substantive and persuasive piece on the subject thus far. It is also the only
piece I have seen that puts forth some credible and achievable solution
possibilities.
Best.
m
On Aug 25, 2010, at 7:26 AM,
You have got to see this one:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/23/stewart-fox-prince-alwaleed_n_692234.html
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against the 3rd largest army:-)
--Ram
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
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
, or money - but the last thing on their
mind is helping out those let down by their own government.
--Ram
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
I am not sure if you saw the following ion the same ToI headlines you
referred the earlier post
No, it's not true. You have got a spam email.
--- On Mon, 8/23/10, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: Two Moons on 27th August 2010
To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world
assam@assamnet.org
I am not familiar with the term 'koot-torko', but in this context, could it be
disingenuous arguments :-)?
On Aug 24, 2010, at 10:52 AM, uttam borthakur wrote:
Ram Da,
I thought I was weighing a sort of balanced view, when I pointed out two
possibilities: that the rape news was
taking time
to comment on it. I thought there are so many references on net about this,
how come it would be faults.
Now, after not seeing anything like that on sky and getting your mail , I'm
feeling guilty for making such blunder.
Sushanta
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Chan Mahanta
the fundamental
principles, not the news or reports that we can never be sure of.
Excellent, C'da.
So, what conclusions did you come up with regarding the rape allegations as
reported in the TOI?
--Ram
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
Uttam
was accurate, since you had an
approach has always been to examine the fundamental principles, not the
news or reports that we can never be sure of.
:-)
--Ram
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
So, what conclusions did you come up with regarding
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/How-ex-CJIs-sons-got-prime-plot-they-had-never-bid-for/articleshow/6428954.cms
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O'Deka:
Aapuni kintu eibaar 'hoax--ot porile'. This apparently is another 'urban
legend'.
As you and others know, I am no astronomer, not even an astrologer. But the
claim sounded a little far-fetched, that Mars will look like the moon. So I
Googled two moons. And guess what I found:
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
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,
Neither group ought to be encouraged - specially by MLAs
You are such a nice person Ram, you scare me :-).
The only thing left now is about what they OUGHT to do. And if they don't do
what they
ought to, who should be the next line of defense?
If we had to go by yesterday's Sentinel
,
are courted by politicians, and even journalists like Bikash Sarmah expect
students to take to do something.
Maybe, they are the last hopes of a stagnant and moribund society, and it
needs students to rescue it from all kinds of problems.
--Ram
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Chan
http://www.timesofassam.com/?p=149
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You have to understand WHAT a moderator does or does not do in this forum: He
does NOT review, edit, censor or otherwise tamper with what people post.
It is left to an adult, responsible , educated and civil membership who ought
to know how to operate in a responsible manner.
On Aug 19,
PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
There we have a CM who openly says that there are no
aliens in Assam.That says a lot.
That CM is a duly ELECTED one according to the standards of
desi-demokrasy. Are you suggesting he does NOT represent the voice of Assam?
And are you
is still there. I thought it was a passe`.
-ABS
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Dhruba:
Those are extremely intemperate
because it might cause
problems or offend someone is one thing and hate-speech is quite
another.What is wrong with Voltaire's remark?
KJD
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
We simply cannot force him to
self-censor.That will be a naughty, naughty idea
or answer
my questions.
:-)
On Aug 20, 2010, at 11:02 AM, kamal deka wrote:
TO HELL WITH ASSAMNET.I AM AN IDIOT.DO YOU EVER TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE WRITER WANTS TO SAY?
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
Voltaire's remark was in defense
But is the Assam youth concerned? Is he informed by the reality of the
problem? Does he realize the gravity of the situation? Can he foresee who
might preside over his destiny in the near future? Does he know who are the
kingmakers in his State?
*** What I am curious about is what has the
, it's just sad!
--Ram
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
But is the Assam youth concerned? Is he informed by the reality of the
problem? Does he realize the gravity of the situation? Can he foresee who
might preside over his destiny in the near future
or I to take issue with it as you do here?
What is your standing, if we had to employ legal terminology, to take
issue with it, other than your personal
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
The central theme is such cases is
Assam is so different from
which should be quite apparent by now
*** If it were we won't be having these debates. But there is a solid wall of
denial of this reality that has led to where things stand today.
Question therefore should be WHAT fortifies this wall of denial?
On Aug 19, 2010, at 2:15 AM, uttam
D:
Do West Bengal allows Assamese medium in Schools? Do Bihar? Do UP? Do
Rajasthan?
When we emulate the examples of those that we decry, then we descend to a
lower level ,ourselves. And if we continue on that trend, imagine where our
civilizations would ultimately end in?
this (like some Kharkhowas), and continued
my life in the US.
I think, that is why these ties and bonds makes many of us discuss argue
about Assam.
--Ram
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
Ram Sarangapani gets his rights by assimilation later
. And SOME GROUPS, does
not mean a whole population.
A simple, innocent word slipped in could change the entire meaning and
context. Happens quite a lot in this net :-)
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
First,two wrongs don't make a right
I know what you mean and am aware of it all.
But, SOMEONE has to begin to show a better way. To emulate what we don't
approve of or decry
will not bring change. BETTER examples will.
And who can be counted on to lead the way? Those who are ignorant or unwilling
or those who know
ignored all this (like some Kharkhowas), and continued
my life in the US.
I think, that is why these ties and bonds makes many of us discuss argue
about Assam.
--Ram
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
Ram Sarangapani gets his rights by assimilation
That is a lovely explanation Uttam. A benevolent one for sure. I suspect there
are less benevolent ones too :-).
On Aug 19, 2010, at 10:59 AM, uttam borthakur wrote:
Question therefore should be WHAT fortifies this wall of denial?
XXX I should think various factors would collaborate
Dhruba:
Those are extremely intemperate words and have no place in a forum like
assamnet. I don't know how much you know about this forum, but I have been in
this net for a very long time, over 12 t years. There have been instances like
this before, but most of us nipped those in the bud.
ok. I keep quite.
That is NOT the point Dhruba. We don't want you or anyone else to be
silenced. On the contrary do say your piece.
But when you do, it should not be for spewing hatred and animus, which has only
ONE result, continuing division of Assam's society.
If you disagree, go
We have no MODERATOR who censors posts in this forum. We are expected to behave
like responsible, civil, adults. And if we don't, it is reflection on US, not
on assamnet or its webmaster.
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was going to say. Can we or should we bear with this type of
behavior here in Assam Net? I can't believe in today's world this type of
mentality is still there. I thought it was a passe`.
-ABS
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, 2010, at 10:41 PM, kamal deka wrote:
I see,Assam Net is just like a ship without radar---a sort of
no-holds-barred situation:-)
KJD
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
We have no MODERATOR who censors posts in this forum. We are expected to
behave like
that there are no
aliens in Assam.That says a lot.
KJD
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
You are such a fun and funny guy K! Takes little to get you rolling :-).
HE CAUSE OR SOLUTION CAN ONLY BE FOUND FOR ANY PROBLEM IF THE
EXISTENCE OF THE SAME IS ACCEPTED FIRST.IF
an ad hominem?
KJD
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
O'-K,
Argumentum ad hominem is the logical fallacy of attempting to undermine a
speaker's argument by attacking the speaker instead of addressing the
argument.
*** Look up --ad-hominem
Oh my gosh!
At this rate, we shall forever remain kharkhowas and markhowas :-).
On Aug 18, 2010, at 2:14 AM, priyankan goswami wrote:
Dear All,
Although the news of a possible Chinese Threat to India is accepted by both
Pentagon and Indian Defence Sources, here I am trying to
The central theme is such cases is
Assam is so different from the rest of India, shares little with it, that it
needs to be separate from India.
That is what IMAGINING a national identity is all about. What is India?
How is it different from Pakistan, or B'desh, or Nepal or SriLanka.
Ram Sarangapani gets his rights by assimilation later. :-)
There is no zealot like a new convert, is there :-)?
On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:28 PM, Dilip Deka wrote:
Also remember, the people who migrated to Assam many centuries ago and their
descendants have as much right to remain
The Acts are there; the Ruling Polity flouts it with impunity and brings down
repression if someone protests seeking implementation of the laws and govt.
policies.
That is probably the reason of general disaffection leading to various
fissiparous tendencies like sovereignty, autonomy,
*** Of course. They should censor everything. After all,it ought be jwr jaar,
muluk taar.
And we sing the praises of democracy!
On Aug 17, 2010, at 6:25 AM, Jyotirmoy Sharma wrote:
It's also time the media houses stop publishing the calls for boycott
of national festivities by these
*** It is NOT unimportant. If a major newspaper is ignorant of the geography of
the state, it shows
the level of education of the people that report for it or even run it.
But I agree, that was not the MAIN point of the report. The following is:
Anyone convicted or brought to book ?.
*** Why
for the incorrigible kharkhowas.
I have heard that is is closely related to the FIM disease (Foot-in-mouth)
the other famous one 'argumentum ad infinitum' disease, which seems to
affect a number of us - I think have a rare case of that affliction :-) :-)
--Ram
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Chan
.
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Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI/Vedanta mines illegal, must be shut down:
Green
panel
Depends
The names, places,etc. I gave here are illustrative only, not necessarily
the actual events or places. May not have been Orissa, may not be Dantewada,
may not be Vedanta.
On Aug 17, 2010, at 9:15 AM, Chan Mahanta wrote:
You are taking the issue too literally Dhruba.
The point
I think we should give some credit to the fiercely self-reliant and
independent journalists referred to by Thakuria.
They don't depend on others to make the news worth reporting on. So they help
make the news and then report it.
Something to be said about self-reliance here, isn't it ?
AM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
Funny, isn't it Ram ?
But it may NOT be so funny, if I publish a set of selected quotes. Would
you like me to ?
I can comply, you know, even though it would become very acrimonious?
c-da :-)
On Aug 16, 2010, at 11:11 PM, Ram
to the FIM disease (Foot-in-mouth)
the other famous one 'argumentum ad infinitum' disease, which seems to
affect a number of us - I think have a rare case of that affliction :-) :-)
--Ram
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
Often, actually way
India is faced by a 3rd enemy - a far more insidious one, an enemy from
within. This enemy will feed on precious Indian resources, get arms
from China and Pakistan, use Bangladesh and other places as camps, and then
have teary-eyed HR groups crying foul and ill-treatment at every turn.
of terror groups by country.
http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/terrorist-groups.cfm
There are many reasons why some people turn to turning against their own
country.
Some are these reasons are : Religion, language, culture and economics.
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Chan Mahanta
So it proves one thing LOUD and CLEAR: That unless you take up arms to defend
your rights in India, nothing happens. Desi demokrasy is all but impotent to
guarantee the rights of people. But when they take up arms, Dilli does
notice, don't they? Except that some of our kharkhowa ex-pats
NSCN-K sets afire tea growers’ house
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: Suspected NSCN(K) militants today set ablaze a house of small
tea grower, Tarun Gogoi, in the Bimalpur area of Sivasagar district bordering
Arunachal Pradesh, police sources said.
Senior police and civil officials have rushed to the
, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Dilip Deka wrote:
Guns make a difference anywhere in the world. Doe it mean every civilian must
have a gun to make a point?
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Often, actually way to often, we see the phenomenon of Argumentum ad hominem
in our discussions and debates. Since it is so frequent, one has to conclude
that our friends, who, rightfully, take pride in their knowledge of things,
perhaps have nort come across this particular phenomenon. So
.
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Depends on how badly one is affected
.
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Subject: [Assam] About Argumentum Ad Hominem
Often, actually way to often, we see
.
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,
not propose it themselves, instead of continuing to conduct the world's longest
running low-intensity warfare on its
own population ?
Does it give you any clues? Should it?
:-)
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I completely agree. But you aren't trying to paint with a broad
by the hens in stead of fearing the fox.
Where is the hound to keep the fox away?
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that the concept
must be brought to the parliament by the hens in stead of fearing the
fox.
Where is the hound to keep the fox away?
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be brought to the parliament by the hens in stead of fearing the fox.
Where is the hound to keep the fox away?
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to the
other states that I was talking about.
Are you saying there is not a single parliamentarian who wants to bring up
Autonomy? Even if interested parties pay him/them? :-)
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and powerless in India.
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Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 3:52:04 PM
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Let us say
Guilty to be Severely Punished
Aren't you all relieved? I am. Was afraid no one would pronounce that. Now that
the PM has spoken, mincing no words, even uttering that unspeakable EXEMPLARY
word, Indians can finally relax.
cm :-)
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)
The question is, where does India fall?
*** Good question Ram. Why don't you tell us what YOU think.
Perhaps you can, for starters, expand on your theorem:
it is because it's own people have
neglected it,
I am sure there will be others who will chime in.
On Aug 14, 2010, at 8:31
your
flight back to the US, or do you stand your ground, and hold on to those
ideals, and maybe miss that flight.
I would catch that flight :-),
and still use the broad brush blame all - bribers, and the bribees :-)
--Ram
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
The question is, where does India fall?
*** Good question Ram. Why don't you tell us what YOU think.
Perhaps you can, for starters, expand on your theorem:
it is because it's own people have
neglected it,
I am
He directed that thorough investigations should be held by the ministries
concerned into complaints of procedural and other irregularities and those
found guilty should face severe and exemplary punishment.
*** IF even the PM is IGNORANT of the fundamental concepts of the DEMOCRACY he
is the
).
Of course, the Center probably also understands (unless it is really dense),
that some demands for autonomy
are seeded with ultimate aims of secession. It ought to be able to see
through such facades.
--Ram
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com wrote:
I
Hello Mayur,
Good to hear from you. How are you and the family doing? Hope Jorhat has been
good to you all.
I read your article. I agree with some of your commentary. They are thoughtful
and insightful.
I am however not sure if you really tried hard enough to gauge WHY this issue
not only
'bottom line'---WHERE WILL 'ULFALAND' FIT
IN THEIR MIDST.
CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED!!!
KJD
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Chan Mahanta cmahanta at gmail.com
wrote:
The bottom line is:
DO WE REALLY NEED ANY OTHER DEFINITION OF AUTONOMY? A PERFECT EXAMPLE
OF A COUNTRY WITHIN A COUNTRY
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