Well said, Arindam Mayur Chandigarh
--- umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > good analysis by Arindam. > > Umesh > > Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But you need to start somewhere... > > > *** Isn't that the truth? > > How about yourself? Who better than to start with > oneself, the one > person we ought to know ? > > So go at it my friend. Read what you wrote once > again. Analyze it, if > you have what it requires. > > Also, I would like for you to grade yourself in a > scale of 1 to 5, > where 5 is the best, and less than 3 being the > failing grade. > > > > cm > > > > > > > > > > At 3:21 PM +0530 10/27/05, Arindam wrote: > >Accepting that GOI always neglected Assam (by not > providing enough > >money, not giving proper attention etc.), let's > discuss why so. > > > >If you are to fund higher education for 2 of your > children > >simultaneously and if you don't have enough > resource to fund them > >both, what would you do? If you are a normal (as > against > >exceptional) parent, you will surely fund the child > which you think > >will do better in education (i.e. will get better > marks in exam). > >The rationale behind this is that "if I invest in > the other child, > >(s)he may not succeed and my investment will go > wasted. So it's > >prudent to invest my limited resource to fund the > good one (of > >course good from formal education point of view); > any way the other > >one DOES NOT DESERVE it". Like wise GOI too have > fewer money than > >needed and since it can not provide enough to all > of them, it has to > >deprive someone and the deprived state always (or > most of cases) be > >Assam. The thing is that GOI is a normal parent, > just not the > >exceptional parent. Mind that GOI does not have any > special/specific > >grudge against Assam -- it thinks that investing > more in Assam is > >not WORTH. If it's really so, we need find out why? > What are the > >reasons for this worthlessness of Assam? > > > > > >Negligence of GOI towards Assam is only part of the > story. There is > >one more dimension to it which we always neglect to > discuss/accept. > >We are satisfied just by saying that current > backwardness of Assam > >is due to GOI's negligence. Going back to our > previous analogy, if > >the second child (who failed to get the fund for > higher education > >from you) is intelligent (not getting good marks in > exam does not > >make him/her dumb), resourceful, dynamic and > interested in gaining > >knowledge (s)he will definitely manage to get it > (higher education). > >Biased treatment from your part will not destroy > her future if she > >is CAPABLE. Same is the case with Assam. If Assam > were capable, it > >would have been in a better shape despite all those > negligence. But > >Assam till date failed to produce any such leader > in any field > >(technical, scientific, medicine, political, > business) who can > >develop/serve/fight for Assam. How many leaders > (for me, leader is a > >person that proves how things should be done > effectively in a > >certain field) do we have in parliament, > administrative services, > >police force, NGOs or as one man army? How many > leaders do we have > >till date from the days of yore who are fighting > selflessly for the > >people (effectively)? BTW, fighting for people > should follow proper > >method to be effective. FACING BULLET FOR ASSAM > GIVES ASSAM NOTHING, > >it's very important to BE ALIVE to do something > worth while. Why are > >there so few leaders among Assamese: > > - Use of heart in place of brain. > > - Laziness in general (I believe this is not > untrue to some extent). > > - Lack of courage to take risk (like starting an > Enterprise/experiment). > > - Lack of instinct to do some thing new. > > - Me comes first attitude. > > - Lack of realization that we should return back > to the society > >in some form. > > - Lack of interest in using brain (analyse > something/anything), > >we like to eat, sleep, gossip (adda) rather than > spending sometime > >thinking alone & quietly about something. > > > >[While writing these points, I realized that > actually these are some > >of the weaknesses of us in general. Removing these > will not create > >great leaders amongst us automatically. We need > something extra -- > >any idea what change can produce leaders?] > > > > > >So, lets do something to change the Assamese > society such that we > >can produce (true) leaders. Negligence of GOI, > ignorance of others > >(any one in the world who is not an Assamese) about > us/Assam, > >exploit by migrants are only symptoms, not the > cause of backwardness > >(?) of Assam. For me the cause is leadership (or > lack of) quality of > >Assamese. > > > >If thieves keep breaking into your house, what is > it useful and > >beneficial to discuss: how immoral those thieves > are or how to > >secure your house? > > > >Regards, > >--Ari. > > > >PS: I understand that analysing a society is very > very complex as > >direction/reaction of a society depends upon > thousands of > >interdependent variables, that too nonlinear > interdependency. 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