> and you your
creditability as a spokesperson of ULFA and PCG..
*** Is that something you learned from your important people
connections from your recent trip to Assam, or is it an astute bit of
sleuthing from my posts in Assam Net ?
But at any event, I am flattered for the honor. Unfortunately I
am neither, even though I would be pleased to serve as one, should
they ask me to and give me the info. to become a CREDIBLE spokesman
:-).
I am however here to speak out when I can and when the occasion
demands it. I am a self-appointed truth-detector here, Rush Limbaugh
style. If it causes you heart-burns, TOUGH ! You will have to get some
Mylanta or Tums. But the better path will be to think before you shoot
your key-board off :-).
At 12:46 PM -0600 11/3/05, Rajen Barua wrote:
Then for God's sake, why did not you tell us at the very beginning about your opinion of the report, specifically to explain the higher progress for the rest of the NE states compared to Assam, (that unless we know the baseline statistics of the report, we cannot interpret these) instead of trying to throw questions and statements to show that it is all GOI's fault (it was an integral part of the grand Indian scheme to keep the NE discombobulated and fractured. by bribing the quintessentially Indian virtue).?.
That would have saved us lot time and frustration, and you your creditability as a spokesperson of ULFA and PCG..
Bye Bye
RB.
----- Original Message -----From: Chan MahantaTo: Rajen Barua ; [email protected]Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:45 AMSubject: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Study on Assam -Centre for Policy Alternatives--Addedum>progressing moreThat is where your problem lies.This PROGRESS is subjective. If you don't know what the baseline for computing the progress is, then how f do you know what it means?If you DO know, then it might mean something. But FIRST, you will need to tell us that.> it was an integral part of the grand Indian scheme to keep the NE discombobulated and fractured. by bribing the >quintessentially Indian virtue." must be wrong.Huh? Why? Why is it wrong?>And if your earlier statement was wrong, it must have been attempt just to bulley with some >superfluous flowery wording against the GOI.*** Yeah? GoI is being bullied by my flowery words? Heck, with YOU in GoI's defense how could *I* a dumb, stupid,corrupt and lazy-ass kharkhowa BULLY GoI :-)?>Please try to answer straight and simple without asking questions*** So, I have to bend over backwards and submit to YOUR inquisition, but without so much as even the right to ask a question to understand what you are trying to get from me?But I will comply with the best of my abilities, IF you respond to my questions also. Because the answer to MY question is KEY to weighing the wisdom or substance of YOUR opinions.cAt 11:31 AM -0600 11/3/05, Rajen Barua wrote:
>I NEVER suggested that India does not BRIBE Assam. It has been doing just that.
Good. Now if you believe that GOI is also 'bribing' Assam like the other NE states, then your explanation for the rests of the NE states progressing more : it was an integral part of the grand Indian scheme to keep the NE discombobulated and fractured. by bribing the quintessentially Indian virtue." must be wrong.
And if your earlier statement was wrong, it must have been attempt just to bulley with some superfluous flowery wording against the GOI. Now that we know that your earlier statement was wrong, how do you explain the higher progress for the rest of the NE states, the question originally asked.
Please try to answer straight and simple without asking questions or assuming things so that we donot waste more time.
RB
----- Original Message -----
From: Chan Mahanta
To: Rajen Barua ; [email protected]Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Study on Assam -Centre for Policy Alternatives--Addedum
At 10:13 AM -0600 11/3/05, Rajen Barua wrote:
*** You are taking things personally.
I am not. It is NOT about YOU. Nor is it about me.
**** Okkkay! I believe you ( hint, hint :-))! You just threw me off with those declarations about not believing ME, not trusting ME and stuff like that, as if
" moi twmar paani-khowa pukhurit bih dhalisilw"
It is about your false ideology with the belief that rest of the NE States progress is due to GOI bribing these states.
You failed to explain why the GOI does not want to bribe Assam which is also a state in the NE
*** Rajen, I don't understand why you keep badgering me for getting into things that makes you angry later.
But since you insists, here it is:
I NEVER suggested that India does not BRIBE Assam. It has been doing just that.
Where do you think all the monies that Dilli does send to Assam? Is it going for public health-care improvements? Is it improving primary schooling? Is it showing up in infrastructure development? Is it reducing infant mortality?
But your trump card, the ace of your argument here is that the other NE states are using it effectively to show better stats. while Assam is not. And why is that?
Because it is the Assamese people's own damn fault--that they are crooks, incompetents and lazy-ass bums. Right? That is your big argument isn't it ? Surely you told us that any number of times.
And you know what? I can offer my own opinion of your opinion here, but knowing how you have been reacting of late, I would just as soon not. So why don't you take a deep breath and see if you can get to the bottom of it by yourself. Surely you heard explanations of it here before, any number of times.
Finally, the improved stats on the OTHER NE states on the issues you cite, I have no reason to doubt or question their validity. But WHAT do those stats. really MEAN?
* Do you know what the BASE-LINE used for computing those gains is?
* Are they gains, the 'delta', over a pan-Indian benchmark, or is it
a delta over its own baseline of a certain date?
* If it is the latter for example, do you not realize that a
society where infant mortality used to be very high, a slight
reduction in number could register as a very high percentage gain.
But does it give us a useful picture that we could use to compare
and judge its real value?
* There are other issues. I am no statistician to delve into these.
But the issue is WHAT do these numbers REALLY MEAN?
If you don't know the answers above, how could you put your faith behind the stats. to judge the relative efficacy of the bribery between Assam and the other NE states to declare
>Then we can really declare that the people of Assam are the worst in the entire North East >region, worst then Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh etc. ?
Not that it would hurt my feelings if it indeed is so. But if you don't know the meaning of the stats. how could you make the judgement you did.
You tell us.
c
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