Dear Mahanta da Your superb command over the language, felicity with the words and excessively analytical bent of mind have tempted me to take a leaf from your post to Rajib and pose a question to you. I hope you would not desist from caring to reply to my query. >>Assam is Assam and it's >> wishes are not subject to >> somebody else's choices, wishes or demands)
What will happen if we replace the word Assam with India ? You are extremely ingenious in drawing analogies to support your viewpoint. But some netters will definitely find it disingenuous ( which you find repulsive and abominable in other people's writing). Mayur Chandigarh --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >The basis of modern Indian nationhood from most > claims > >is the common cultural links across all the regions > of > >the country. > > > *** But that ought to be VOLUNTARY, not out of a > lust for land, held together with brute military > force. > > > > >Going by this logic of who ruled whom, the Nagas > >should not have a country > > *** That is no argument. Assam is Assam and it's > wishes are not subject to > somebody else's choices, wishes or demands. > > > But let me ask you, one of the most avid > advocates of India, WHY it is good for India to > hold onto Assam, or how it is good for Assam to > continue to submit to Indian rule? > > > > > > > > > At 8:01 AM -0800 11/3/05, Rajib Das wrote: > >There was never one India ruler that had ALL of > India > >under his belt. The Cholas were never ruled from > >Pataliputra as well. And Assam as it is known today > >was not ruled for ever from Pragjyotishpur. > > > >The basis of modern Indian nationhood from most > claims > >is the common cultural links across all the regions > of > >the country. Actually that is how most modern > nations > >(including those of Europe) came about. > > > >Going by this logic of who ruled whom, the Nagas > >should not have a country (or for that matter a > state > >even) - their territories were, for the most part, > >variously ruled by the Meitis and the Burmese. And > I > >am sure more than half the tribes of the north east > >did not have a king in their name. > > > > > > > >--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> >In an antithesis to the rebels claim that > Assam > >> >had never shared a common culture and history > >> >with India before the Yandaboo >Treaty, Mamoni > >> >pointed out that the Ramayana had always > >> >influenced Assamese culture and society. An > >> >acclaimed authority on the >epic, she said > >> >Madhav Kandali, a 14th century Assamese poet, > >> >was the first to re-tell the Ramayana in a > >> >modern Indo-Aryan >language. > >> > >> >Yet, though she underscored Assams inseparable > >> >cultural link with mainland India, she skirted > a > >> >question on Ulfas demand for a >sovereign > Assam > >> >for obvious reasons. "Please dont mix the > two," > >> >she said. > >> > >> > >> > >> *** There is a very simple explanation here that > >> many people tend to miss: > >> > >> In spite of all the cultural and religious links > >> with India, Assam never was a > >> subject of Indian rulers. > >> > >> That is how it ought to be. Keep the cultural > >> links, the religious links and the trade links. > >> They cannot be wiped out by an artificial line > on > >> the ground. It is not like all of a sudden Assam > >> will become a vassal state of China, or Myanmar, > >> or B-Desh. But why force Indian rule on Assam? > >> Let both flourish, side by side, in friendship > >> and mutual co-operation, like the two did over > >> millenia, for the greater good of all. > >> > >> cm > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> At 7:42 AM +0000 11/3/05, Bartta Bistar wrote: > >> >Guwahati, Thursday, November 3, 2005 > >> > > >> > > >> >Epics linked Assam with India culturally > >> > > >> >http://www.assamtribune.com/ 3 November 2005 > >> >By A Staff Reporter > >> > GUWAHATI, Nov 2 The Ramayana and the > >> >Mahabharata the two Indian epics have > linked > >> >Assam with the rest of India culturally in an > >> >inseparable manner. Assam has a vibrant > cultural > >> >tradition that speaks of its cultural link with > >> >the mainland. Its cultural relation with the > >> >mainland is very strong and old. There were > some > >> >smaller paths across the Himalayas, which > served > >> >as the channels for surface communication among > >> >the scholars of the State and from other parts > >> >of India so far as maintaining mutual relations > >> >was concerned. > >> > > >> >These were the observations made by noted > >> >litterateur Dr Mamoni Raisom (Indira) Goswami, > >> >who has now been acting as a mediator between > >> >the Union Government the militant outfit United > >> >Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). She was > >> >replying to a question whether to her the > >> >Ramayana tradition of the State was an > >> >anti-thesis to the present clamour of some > > > >circles that Assam was not linked with the > rest > >> >of India culturally in the past. Dr Goswami was > > > >addressing a press conference at the Circuit > >> >House here this afternoon in connection with > the > >> >four-day Second International Ramayana > >> >Conference organised by the Asom Kalatirtha in > >> >collaboration with the Srimanta Sankaradeva > >> >Kalakshetra being held in the city from > tomorrow. > >> > > >> >Dr Goswami also maintained that the ULFA > >> >Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) Paresh Barua, whom > >> >she described as very well-read person, had > been > >> >making contacts with her every now and then and > >> >on one occasion she had raised the issue of the > >> >August 15, 2004 Blast at Dhemaji, in which 13 > >> >persons, including ten children and three women > >> >were killed. When this issue was raised, Barua > >> >was silent for some time and then he denied > >> >involvement of the ULFA in the incident and > >> >named some people responsible for the incident. > >> >But, Dr Goswami refrained from disclosing the > >> >names of the people named by Barua in > conncetion > >> >with the Dhemaji tragedy. > >> > > >> >The newspersons told Dr Goswami that the > >> >militant outfit had been denying its > involvement > >> >and blaming the police for all such misdeeds, > >> >which affect the common people instead of the > >> >security forces. They cited the example of > >> >Russian mine expert Sergei Gretchenko, Sanjoy > >> >Ghosh, the Sivasagar and the Boko blasts, in > >> >which the ULFA had been denying its involvement > >> >even as its involvement in all those cases was > >> >established later on. > >> > > >> >It is also pertinent to mention here that even > >> >ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa had admitted in > >> >a covert manner the involvement of his outfit > in > === message truncated === __________________________________ 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
