Dear Rajen da For the 2nd issue you have raised, you may go through the book 'Rites of Paasage' by Sanjoy Hazarika. I read the book some time back. It was probably published by Penguin India.
Mayur Chandigarh --- Rajen Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umesh: > Thanks for posting the Report and for the link to > the site. I congratulate the authors for preparing > such a report showing the state of things in black > and white. It seems to be a professional well > written Report on the perspective of development of > Assam and definitely we can discuss the details. > Looks like it is much needed Report which we needed > long back to know the truths. > > I am sure the report will be (and should be) used by > the people of Assam to gain grants from the center. > > But before that let me put my perspective on the > report. > > The Report proves my point which I have been stating > all along. Assamese donot know their problem. It is > a report written by non Assamese (again) to show the > Assamese, Halo Assamese you have problem. Why such > a report could not have been written by the > Assamese? Why everytime Assamese had to depend on > the Indians to tell them what is Assam's problem? > Does it show the poor state of our intellectual > resources of the Assamese?. > > I hope in the following two areas, the people of > Assam will produce some professional report before > some non Assamese do that. > 1) Perspective of the Brahmaputra Flood control > 2) The Illegal Immigration Issue from Bangladesh > > Best of luck to all > > RB > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: umesh sharma > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:56 AM > Subject: [Assam] Fwd: Study on Assam -Centre for > Policy Alternatives > > > shall we read and discuss? > > Umesh > > Centre for Policy Alternatives > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:57:06 +0100 (BST) > From: Centre for Policy Alternatives > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Study on Assam > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajen Barua > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: m c mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Dear Sirs > I am attaching with this mail a study on Assam > conducted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives. Mr. > Guruswamy and myself are the authors of the report. > > We hope you find the report both interesting and > useful and invite your comments/criticism on the > same. > > Best Wishes > Ronald Abraham > > PS: This report is also available online at: > > http://www.cpasind.com/reports/13-Left-Behind-Case-Study-Assam.pdf > > Other studies by our Center are also available > at www.cpasind.com. > > > > > umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mukul-da, > > I am glad that you have taken the initiative > in introducing me to Mr Guruswamy. I am currently in > Washington and can stay here till June 2006. I am > planning to work with poor kids -in school education > -across the globe. > > I am no expert on economic development issue - > but I do agree that Assam's economy has gone down - > after independence -as per eco. data - most likely > due to carving out of separate nations from British > India - such as Burma, Bangladesh etc -which closed > trade routes an markets. > > It is likely that Assamese businessment - then > as now - were not skilled in identifying other > markets -- they can (and could) try to follow > Japan's shinig example - which has no resources of > its own -except the human resource. Japan is an > inspiration for any nation which need to adapt to > changing circumstances. Japan rose from the ashes in > 30 years, Assam sank during the same period. > > Negotiations can provide some room for > movement but can Assam based individuals reinvent > their working - Japan style. Negotiations cannot > replace the footwork needed to establish a strong > economy in Assam. I wonder how barren Rajasthan or > Japan are managing. > > Regards. > > Umesh > > mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umesh Dear, > > You need to get close to a powerful > (literally and figuratively)ex-Harvard man -Mohan > Guruswamy- who heads a top Central Govt organisation > -"Centre for Policy Alternatives".Tell him if you > want to work with him. His E-mail Id is above. > > He was here 2 weeks back and spoke on one > thing only --"Assam had been cheated all these > years-why don't you go and negotiate?" > > Look who is talking! > > mm > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: umesh sharma > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: > Redefining Economic Downturns -ofAssam since 1947?? > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 02:26:00 +0100 > (BST) > > > > At India's independence Assam's per capita > income was 40% above All India Average -- now it is > 30% below. Is it any kind of economic downturn - due > to - break up of British empire in India - separate > Burma, Bangladesh etc. - and is it due to lack of > access -to Bangladesh & SE Asia trade routes, ports > and industries etc? Any remedy? > > Situation has been addressed at length - > by Sanjib-da Baruah earlier in a paper I read once > on the net by him. Any comments on possible - > political and entrepreneurial solutions? > > Umesh > > > > HBS Working Knowledge > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:54:03 -0400 > (EDT) > From: HBS Working Knowledge > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Newsletter: Redefining Economic > Downturns > > > > > HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK > Redefining Economic Downturns > HBS Alumni Achievement Awards 2005 > Turning on the Tap: Is Water the Next > Oil? > Readers Respond: What's the Future of > Globally Organized Labor? > Stever Robbins: Making it Right with > Wronged Employees > > Plus: Book and Web reports > ======================== > > NEW ON THE SITE > Redefining Economic Downturns > > http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5047&t=finance > === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________ Yahoo! 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