Are you an IIM A alumnus? --- Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chandan da, > > The answers to these questions are too obvious and > have been debated over and over in the net since the > Jurassic Age. Lets say the roots to all these > problems lie with India. Do you really think we NRA > could only contribute to Assam's development when > David has finally won over the big bad Goliath ? > And even in the most optimistic case , how many > years do you think it will take and till then how > many years of finger pointing and cyber arguments do > you think Assamese diaspora would be involved in? > And where do you think the rest of the world would > be in comparison to our Assam? > > I am no particular fan of India or of the Cow Belt. > I do not think India Bashing is a crime. I do not > think it is a PAAP to consider Assam does not belong > to India. But I do not think we are in a position to > wrestle control from the Union of India without > inflicting so much wound on ourselves that we may > never be able to recover. > > Tell me Chandan da, which one we would find more > gratifying : > > Choice 1 : We spend rest of our life pointing out > why things are not going to work in Assam and what > ails Assam. > Choice 2 : We realised we can not make a heaven > out of Assam in one day but we won over the > problems/challanges presented in Assam in ourown way > to contribute to the Assamese society by > contributing to its economy (does not matter > whether Assam remained a part of India or > independent). > > I can understand the sentiments of residents from > Assam when they say Assamese diaspora has not > contributed enough. Sure, the numbers prove it. As > they say in America, it's only the bottom line that > matters. And that's where we are ZILCH !! > > I went to a alumni get together over the week-end > and met our old alumni Jerry Rao (who was a Country > Manager in Citi Group , India and was amongst the > top 15 Citi executives in the world). And I would > definitely value his words because he is a doer. He > left the US in 2000 to start Mphasis and he has > created employment for 9000 people in India in a > matter of 5 years. He comes from a middle class > background. He pointed out India is definitely > changing . It took him 1 year to get the license to > open up 1 ATM machine in 1988 !!! Things move much > faster now. So when he says it is much easier to > contribute to India now, I would buy it rather than > from one of us who have not even tried. > > We diaspora are perhaps the most privileged children > of Assam in terms of education, family background or > whatever. The choice is ours, whether we want to > remain finger pointer for rest of our lives or we > really want to make those numbers look better. > > And these numbers are : > > How many employments have we generated in Assam. > > I am ZILCH !!! > > Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Utpal: > > > As a graduate of IIM and thus being very savvy about > business can you help us understand the following: > > > * WHY is it that NRAs are not returning to > Assam by the droves to > set up businesses, factories or other > employment generating ventures? > > * Are the NRI business ventures in India for > charity, or for > making money primarily but thus generating > employment too? And how > many are doing so, I mean setting up > businesses in India? Let us however > not equate buying expensive flats in > Gurgaon to setting up > businesses, even though flat buying too > does, marginally, create > some jobs. > > > * Are ex-pat Indians investing in India in > the same degree as > Indians investing in the UK for example? If > not why? Does what Santanu > touched on the other day, on transparency, > on property rights, on > dispute resolution mechanisms etc. have any > impact? Or are those > excuses of India bashers only :-)? > > > c-da > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 10:00 PM +0100 9/22/05, Malabika Brahma wrote: > >>Also, Utpal, it is good to know that the people > that do not write in these forums are >>spending > their spare time doing good for Assam. Yeah, right! > That is the ONLY alternative >>that they find to > writing here. > >>And yes, it is also an advantage to have a rich > family background so that you don't need to >>bother > about anything but spend your entire savings helping > everybody - all you need is a '>>big heart', isn't > it?? > > Alpana ba, > > That was not what I meant. I was just lamenting the > fact that we as Assamese diaspora living abroad, > have not been able to contribute to Assam what many > others have done. This includes me as well. > > However much I may argue or engage in debates, when > it comes to doing things that matter, our > contribution have not been that significant. I > would not like to comment on others, but when it > comes to finger pointing I would like to finger > point on me. > > Education : Masters from one of the best schools in > India. > Helped In creating/generating employment in Assam : > 0 > Influenced Global Corporations in investing in Assam > : 0 > > What Assam needs is contribution from children like > us in employment generation and investment. And > where do you think we (the diaspora's) figure ? > > You and I can make a lot of arguments and counter > arguments, but we won't really count for the down > trodden denizens of Assam unless we do things that > they need. That is to create jobs and market the > potential of Assam internationally. > > And its the number of $$s that created a difference > in Assam that matters not how many kilo-bytes of > emails we generated. > > The idea was not to get bogged down in blame game. > Just a little introspection. > > > > > > "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > An honest, hardworking YET poor farmer from a > village could blame the ones living in a concrete > (or Assam-type) building in a city in Assam, > equally, saying:- > How could you afford to communicate with THEM > diaspora, using a computer that costs about Rs. > 20,000/? Or Rs. 25/ (or however much!) an hour to > sit in an internet cafe to communicate with them? > How could you even go to school, to be an expert in > all === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
