Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!! " 50 Questions-50 answers"

umesh sharma Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:10:57 -0700

Why don't you post your article on AssamNet and also for the monthly ASA Newsletter. I'm sure will all like to know your views.

Umesh

mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Anybody interested needs to get a copy of OXOM BANI special issue on" Floods
-what to do next"
Sorry, even the one copy I got was borrowed by somebody -he is not heard of
again.
Oxom Bani was planning to publish my article in Assamese-"50 questions-fifty
answers"
I thought this was the first ever Expose"
Maybe Bartta BISTAR can organize this main issue -life vs death for Assam.
Icannot help-no time .
AskDilip Chandan to.
mm

>From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: Rajen Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!
>Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:11:29 -0500
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>RaM;
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>One extremely significant one:
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>Asssam has the most to lose. That simple!
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>At 12:03 PM -0500 9/12/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>>C'da,
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>>>I am sorry I cannot take your criticisms here as either objective or
>>serious, >primarily because they are connected with an attempt to
>>politically link it with an >Assamese inability to govern itself.
>>
>>Even if one were to set aside the question of inability (or ability)
>>of governance, all this time, I have always felt that the River
>>Linking saga had political conotations.
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>>I am not saying that there shouldn't, but to say or think that
>>political overtones are one-sided is simply not true.
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>>China, B'desh, India, states within India, as well as different
>>factions within states all seem to have some political interest with
>>RL.
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>>Whats the difference?
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>>On 9/12/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>> Rajen:
>>>
>>> I am sorry I cannot take your criticisms here as either objective or
>>> serious, primarily because they are connected with an attempt to
>>>politically
>>> link it with an Assamese inability to govern itself.
>>>
>>> That may be true of its establishment, but is not an universal truth.
>>>It is
>>> a back-door attempt at asserting something which is un-defendable
>>>otherwise.
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>>> c
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>>> At 10:22 AM -0500 9/12/05, Rajen Barua wrote:
>>> > You are 100% right--nobody discussed in the media YET..
>>> Is not this pathetic for the Hobo Diok Assamese.
>>> Nobody discussed this in the media YET (2005)
>>> When they will discuss this.
>>>
>>> I also have not seen any serious discussion on the Illegal Immigration
>>>to
>>> Assam.
>>> Please remember it is the Chief Election Commissioner of India who
>>>pointed
>>> out Hey Assamese, you have a problem, After that I have not seen any
>>> professional discussion or study by the Assamese
>>> I see Assamese crying without even knowing the problem.
>>>
>>> Two of the major problems of Assam: Illegal immigration and the
>>>Brahmaputra
>>> flood, and Assamese are yet to discuss scientifically!!.
>>> Whither Assam and the Assamese?.
>>> Hobo Diok
>>> Rajen
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "mc mahant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Cc:
>>> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 4:18 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!
>>>
>>> > Baruah Sahab,
>>> > You are 100% right--nobody discussed in the media YET..
>>> > Yours truly said this all along 1970 on--but unteacheable Sorkaris
>>>won't
>>> > listen.
>>> > After my brother Chan introduced me onto NASA sites I cofirmed MY
>>> intuition
>>> > through Floodtime and dry-season ISS Photos.
>>> > Basics on "Solid-carrying capacity of fluids" and of "Stream vs
>>> > Sedimentation " confirm my understanding that * all River Islands
>>>will
>>> keep
>>> > growing with passing years
>>> > * all meanders will erode and collapse
>>>/advance
>>> > inland at convex apices.
>>> > The answer is a "First-ever correctioning". Will behave good for
>>>millenia.
>>> > Presented this to Govt of Assam to present to Manmohan.
>>> > Texas Water Expert and his IAS In- Law and others strangled my
>>> presentation.
>>> > They may not have the last laugh.
>>> >
>>> > mm
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >From: "Barua25" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > >To: "mc mahant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > >CC:
>>> > >Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!
>>> > >Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:34:04 -0500
>>> > >
>>> > > > Do I see Sarcasm here?
>>> > >
>>> > >No I am 100% honest.
>> > > >In the last 50 years of my experience, I have not seen a thing in
>>any
>>> > >Assamese media or any NGO discussing this.
>>> > >Neither I have seen anything in this net.
>>> > >I saw lots of discussion on River Linking Projects for saving
>>>Narmada etc
>>> > >but not a thing on Brahamaputra.
>>> > >Again my question is there an authentic report on Brhamaputra Flood
>>> Control
>>> > >which is accepted by the scientific community or is it still under
>> > debate?
>>> > > The next question will be if there is an professional report
>>>accepted
>>> by
>>> > >the scientific co community, why it is not Being implemented a or
>>>why
>>> there
>>> > >is no movement or lobby?
>>> > >What is lacking?
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >Rajen
>>> > >
>>> > >----- Original Message -----
>>> > >From: "mc mahant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > >Cc:
>>> > >Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:09 PM
>>> > >Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > > <>>
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Do I see Sarcasm here?
>>> > > > You need to visit me here for basic hydraulics.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Re the Captioned items you will find loads quoted in Mishraji's
>>> > >hilarious
>>> > > > accounts of Govt vs Floods
>>> > > >
>>> > > > mm
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > >From: "Rajen Barua" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > > > >To: "mc mahant"
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > > > >CC:
>>> > > > >Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!
>>> > > > >Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:06:48 -0500
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > If and when The Luit is dug up rationally we will get 15 Lakh
>>>Ha
>>> new
>>> > > > >/Virgin
>>> > > > > > farmland with
>>> > > > > > massive crop yields.Communize these new Lands
>>> > > > > > mm
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > >Dear MC:
>>> > > > >I wonder if there is any professional Report with feasibility
>>>study
>>> on
>>> > >the
>>> > > > >above proposal for public knowledge for ignorant guys like me.
>>> > > > >How do I believe this is not another RIL scheme? Is there any
>>>lobby
>>> > >going
>>> > > > >on? How do I believe it is not another slogan?
>>> > > > >Rajen
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > >----- Original Message -----
>>> > > > >From: "mc mahant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > > > >Cc:
>>> > > > >Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 11:41 AM
>>> > > > >Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > > Anupam,
>>> > > > > > You discovered SCORES of Islands. There are Thousands.
>>> > > > > > Mias went there because your ancestors did not know soil
>>>nutrients
>>> > > > >science.
>>> > > > > > Mias also know nothing of that. They have only these as
>>>their"
>>> > > > > > Lebensraum".How did they get in?
>>> > > > > > Majuli is no Island. Come to me -I shall show at Guahati
>>> > > > > > If you are in USA you can see with Chan Mahanta
>>> > > > > > If and when The Luit is dug up rationally we will get 15 Lakh
>>>Ha
>>> new
>>> > > > >/Virgin
>>> > > > > > farmland with
>>> > > > > > massive crop yields.Communize these new Lands
>>> > > > > > mm
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > > >From: "mc mahant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > > > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> > > > > > >CC: [email protected]
>>> > > > > > >Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!
>>> > > > > > >Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 07:03:29 +0530
>>> > > > > > >
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > > >From: anupom rajkhowa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > > > > > > >To: [email protected]
>>> > > > > > > >Subject: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!
>>> > > > > > > >Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:44:52 -0700 (PDT)
>>> > > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > > >I happen to travel from Dibrugarh to Tezpur by motorboat
>>>on the
>>> > > > >mighty
>>> > > > > > > >Brahmaputra some time back on a documentary assignment.
>>>You
>>> will
>>> > >have
>>> > > > >to
>>> > > > > > > >see to believe the immense beauty and massiveness of the
>>> natural
>>> > > > >river
>>> > > > > > > >islands. Assam is I think the only such place in India
>>>with
>>> such
>>> > >a
>>> > > > >huge
>>> > > > > > > >natural treasure. But beauty and richness apart, what
>>>shocked
>> > me
>>> > >was
>>> > > > >the
>>> > > > > > > >unending presence of Bangladeshi illegal immigrants on
>>>most of
>>> > >the
>>> > > > >bigger
>>> > > > > > > >islands including Majuli. And trust me, there are scores
>>>of
>>> such
>>> > > > >large
>>> > > > > > > >sized islands. As these islands are hidden from the
>>>mainland,
>>> > >these
>>> > > > > > >illegal
>>> > > > > > > >immigrants go unnoticed. And I was shocked to learn that
>>>most
>> > of
>>> > >them
>>> > > > >are
>>> > > > > > > >voters. These islands are very rich with natural manure
>>>and as
>>> a
>>> > > > >result
>>> > > > > > > >yield very rich organic crops. And the products are sold
>>>in the
>>> > > > >mainland.
>>> > > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > > >Bangladeshi problem is the mother of all problems in
>>>Assam.
>>> What
>>> > >is
>>> > > > >the
>>> > > > > > > >solution? Another andolan?? But where is the leader?? I
>>>wonder
>>> > >what
>>> > > > >ULFA
>>> > > > > > > >plans on this front. But they have already made Dhaka
>>>their
>>> > >capital
>>> > > > >!!
>>> > > > > > >What
>>> > > > > > > >to do??
>>> > > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > > >Anupom Rajkhowa
>>> > > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > > >---------------------------------
>>> > > > > > > > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief
>>>effort.
>>> > > > > > >
>>> > > > > > >
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