Dear Mahanta da Thanks for the reply which was on expected lines. You can't compare Assam with Kashmir where the situation at the ground level is entirely different. The struggle there is much more broadbased and it has strong religious overtones as well as underpinnings of mass support. I can bet that not even 10% of our people want secession from India. As I told you earlier also, I am game for a plebiscite preceded by a healthy and comprehensive debate covering the entire gamut of issues.
I have observed that your response is often selective. I am eager to know what would be your reply to the points raised by Rajen da, Arindam and Tridip in the last few days. How you would like to counter my point in the last mail regarding 'sacrifice for a cause' ? We must examine the pros and cons of everything before misleading people by excessive lionisation of a few individiuals and romanticisation of the issues raised by them. Bye for now Mayur Chandigarh --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mayur: > > > First off, your and others like you who are > unwilling or > intellectually unable to grasp and acknowledge that > the violence > spawned by Kashmir has a reason, has a clear and > well documented > history of its origins and its steady worsening; > leaves you, Rajib > Das and others with no credibility at all. > > The bomb blasts at Delhi designed to kill and maim > civilians are > unconscionable. > > But that does not absolve India of its complicity in > producing such > mindless violence that has gotten bloodier by the > decades. And the > blood of the innocents are on the hands of those who > were unable or > unwilling to raise their voices against their > national policies. > > How does one then explain the heart-bleed only when > innocent deaths > strike close to home? Is it not the lust for > real-estate over people? > Have you shed a tear over the 200 thousand Kashmiri > dead? Are they > not people? Were they all blood-thirsty killers that > deserve to be > mowed down by Indian guns: Men, women, children and > the aged and the > infirm alike? How do their humanity continue to > escape you? > > > > >They will try to > >justify by insinuating to India's obsession with > 'real estate'. > > > *** JUSTIFY, heh-heh! Trying to spin out of an > intellectual bind, aren't you? > > But words will not let you off the hook. If it is > not me, someone > else, somewhere else, will point out WHY it > continues to happen. You > cannot run away from what you know! > > And I will stand corrected, when you or anybody else > can explain how > it is anything but lust for the real-estate minus > the people who call > it home. > > > cm > > > > > At 2:25 AM -0800 11/1/05, mayur bora wrote: > >Well said Rajib. It was extremely heart-wrenching. > I > >read the tragic incident of two Assamese families > on > >yesterday's internet edition of AT and Dainik > >Agradoot. But people whom you are trying to address > >with the example of this unfortunate event will > never > >acknowledge the disastrous effects and futility of > >this kind of mindless violence. They will try to > >justify by insinuating to India's obsession with > 'real > >estate'. > > > >You can wake up people who are sleeping. > >You can't wake up people who are pretending to be > >asleep. > > > >Most of the people who are supporting ULFA have got > >their own vested interests. For the time being, I > >don't mind giving benefit of doubt to a few netters > >who are supporting ULFA due to my firm belief in > the > >adage that no one can fool all the people for all > the > >time. > > > >As regards the desire to sacrifice life for a > cause, > >less said about it is better. From the early > nineties, > >we have seen how our guys start confessing their > >secrets as soon as they are nabbed by police or > army. > >Compare this with LTTE guerillas. Some of our boys > >don't know for what they are fighting. Most of them > >are not convinced of the cause. It is like an easy > >status symbol. Of course, I don't rule out > exception. > > > >I can only hope that vested interests of a section > of > >the people will take a backseat in the greater > >interest of peace and sanctity of human life. > > > >Mayur > >Chandigarh > >--- Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Those who are ready to give up their lives first > >> take > >> others' lives. Here is one family's story from > the > >> Delhi bomb blasts: > >> > >> > >http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051101/asp/nation/story_5424590.asp > >> > >> Wonder whether we should be putting a halo > around > >> these guys heads? Or necks? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> __________________________________ > >> Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites > in > >> one click. > >> http://farechase.yahoo.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> assam mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >> > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home > page! > >http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > >_______________________________________________ > >assam mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
