Hi Mahanta da I am in tune with RB on his suggestion for to you spend more time in Assam. I am not sure what he meant by 'PCG so called Assamese issue'. PCG seems to be an intelligent but ephemeral instrument in the game of shadow boxing ULFA guys are trying to play with GoI. Call me pessimist or whatever you like. This will lead us nowhere. I would be happy if I am proved wrong in future.
Kindly sprinkle your valuable knowledge about Assam on assamnet for the collective benefit of the netters. Tell us what majority of kharkhowas want back home. Uncertain future in a sovereign Assam or immediate peace within India. Rest it would be better if RB himself explains his viewpoints and clarifies your queries. Bye for now. Mayur Chandigarh --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rajen: > > Yours is no doubt a sound advice for me to go spend > time in Assam. I > will certainly consider it. > > But I am still curious about what you wrote in the > last couple of > days. I presume you are able to explain what you > wrote. I am sure it > is not unreasonable to expect that we should be able > to explain what > we say, more so when we put them down in writing, > in a forum such as > this. > > I can't help noticing your attempts to hide from > what you wrote. See > Rajen, I have always held YOU in high esteem for the > courage of your > convictions. That is why it will be terribly > disappointing, if you > attempt to run from your OWN statements here, unable > or unwilling to > explain what you mean. > > Finally, it is not about my brother or me or you. It > is about issues. > You of all people ought to know that well. But you > took stabs at > personalities, several times, at the PCG members. > Which is fine as > long as you have your reasons. But why can't you > explain when > challenged? I realize, few if any of us relish the > prospect of > shoving foot in the mouth in full public view. That > is a very > effective deterrence against mouthing off, > something people with > questionable intellect usually indulge in. Something > tells me that is > what is holding you back from standing behind your > own mouthing off. > > But I will stand corrected, should you be able to > rise to the > occasion of explaining and standing behind what you > wrote. > > Take care. > > c > > > > > At 9:52 AM -0500 10/19/05, Rajen Barua wrote: > >Chandan: > >This is my sincere advise since I don't have time > tp spend on > >debates any more. > >To do proper service to Assam and to your brother > who is in the > >front and from whom you got the inspiration (It is > simply beyond my > >imagination how a great person of the stature of > your brother can > >fall for ULFA and how he can let them exploit him > for their purpose) > >, you should take time off from the American Arm > Chair on the bank > >of Missouri and plan to visit and spend some time > on the bank of > >Luit. I suggest you take a two or three months plan > and tour the > >entire NE India, the seven sisters and Bhutan, and > if you can > >withstand visit some places in India. May be you > also take some time > >to meditate on the bank of Luit to get some > enlightenment. In the > >process you will see first hand what is going on. > The trip will give > >you and all of us a new life and ideas, and that is > the greatest > >contribution you can make for the cause of Assam in > your entire > >life. Without that you seem to have exhausted your > experience and > >ideas, and what is left in you is you simply your > high intelligence > >and romance which will not take you any distance at > all in the real > >world. Without that you cannot have any conviction > of what you say. > >This time I spend about a month but felt I needed > more time and > >visit more places, and I am planning to do that > somehow in near > >future. > >Best of Luck > >Rajen > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Chan Mahanta" > <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "mayur bora" > <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > >"Rajen Barua" > <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > >"Bartta Bistar" > ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > ><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:31 AM > >Subject: Re: [Assam] PCG, bury 1960's language > debacle. Use English > >in the interaction with India. > > > > > Hi Mayur: > >> > >> >you can give a thought to RB's suggestion. > >> > >> *** Which suggestion Mayur? > >> > >> A: "Use English in the interaction with India" > ?. > >> > >> *** That is a good idea Mayur. I will keep that > in mind. Rajen surely > >> scored big with this idea. > >> > >> > >> >B: > you should go and spend some > >> > real time in Assam to know and face the > reality. > >> > >> *** That is a good idea too. I will think of > it. And via Bangkok > >> sounds like another good idea too. Have not been > thru Thailand since > > > 1970. > >> > >> But just so you folks who think I am out of > touch with Assam, are > >> up-to-date with things; I have been there three > times in the last two > >> years. That is not to suggest I am on top of the > goings on in Assam, > >> particularly when 'Assam' is not defined. The > definition is important > >> because, to most folks here in Assamnet, the > image of Assam is what > >> they grew up in---mostly middle class folks from > Guwahati, or a few > >> privileged elite and "important" people from the > hinterland, whose > >> image of Assam is that of a safe ,predictable > environment with > >> economic security, guaranteed mostly by a > 'sorcar' running on > >> handouts from the mai-baap from Delhi. > >> > >> That is a skewed view of Assam, if you asked me. > And I have a far > >> better knowledge of Assam than those I > describe above. > >> > >> C: I am looking forward to seeing Rajen's > explanations on his > >> "so-called Assamese" and the short-shrift given > by the ULFA to their > >> partners who are not Assamese, or whatever else > he might have alluded > >> to. > >> > >> But in case Rajen cannot muster the courage to > explain what he was > >> attempting to suggest; as one who seems to be in > tune with what he > >> meant, perhaps YOU will be kind enough to > enlighten us, with > >> reference to context. > >> > >> cm :-) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> At 8:17 PM -0700 10/18/05, mayur bora wrote: > >> >Dear Mahanta da > >> > > >> >you can give a thought to RB's suggestion. May > be you > >> >will bring a fresh whiff of air to this debate. > I am > >> >sure you might also be keen to visit Assam. On > a > >> >lighter vain, if you allow me, I want to say > === message truncated === __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
