From: mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Assam] To Be or not to Be
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 7:31 AM
<<<<<I am emphasising money here because we are talking
about opportunity. Money goes to where the opportunity
is. It is real. Follow the money trail.
f. Finally, you should look at how and why Laloo
Prasad Yadav was booted out. Laloo - the messiah of
the dalits and the muslims - who gave them the voice -
and he was booted out by the same dalits. Even in
Bihar - and I was surprised too - the need for
opportunity far outweighs today the need to keep their
class intact. >>>>>
Economics My dear Rajib is so different from your simplistic picture! Why are Pan Masala ,Horlicks, Booze,COKE (from coal) attracting huge moneys into Assam today?
And Laloo's loyalty bank shifted just 0.87%--as per media and Statistics.He is their most viable leader.He will come back!He was not Booted out!
It was like Congress coming backQuietly into Assam-for no fault of theirs- in the last Assembly elections--when BJP /AGP fought it out." Beauty" of India's direct copy of Westminster/Washington models -where there are basically 2 contenders. There were other forms -like reruns-.No they would destabilize the Nehru clan.
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From: Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Assam] To Be or not to Be
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:19:11 -0800 (PST)
>C-da,
>
>In light of your post, let me make a few points:
>
>a. Actually IMHO there is a very REAL possibility in
>India today. Like I have said before, the chance of
>doing better TODAY is way more in India than the US.
>That at this point does not yet apply to Assam. And we
>all know what are the reasons. My reasons, that is.
>
>b. Actually there are many more of people like us who
>have stayed back in India and done unbelievably well
>for themselves and their families and others.
Person
>to person, these statistics are there for everyone to
>see. All of this obviously has happened in the last 15
>years.
>
>c. As for India's capability, we do know that it is
>indeed forging forward TODAY. As is China. Their
>political wills are of different nature. India has a
>long way to go before they accomplish everything they
>need to accomplish. But both are well on their roads.
>Once again, if nations and their focus on what they
>need to do is to be taken into account, I would
>re-iterate that at this point, India knows where it is
>going and perhaps the US does not.
>
>d. The ULFA bogey is a real one in terms of the
>absence of progress in Assam - especially when you
>take into account the last 15 years when many parts of
>India has progressed. Ofcourse we have the
local
>political class that chose to abjure their leadership
>as well as has GOI. If other states in India has
>progressed, it stands to reason that they and/or GOI
>are doing something right.
>
>All I have said is that let us measure how much damage
>the ULFA has done to Assam's economy in the last 15
>years. It is important for that question to be
>answered - and if answered that they have indeed done
>enough damage - it is a tool to get them to retire. If
>our interests are with the people, we do need to
>understand it. In the same breath let us figure out
>what damage every other party includign GOA and GOI
>has done. Why the last 15 years - because winds of
>change have blown in these last 15 years - our sails
>simply have not caught up with those winds.
>
>e. The exodus is
not a matter of emotion. It is greed
>again. You should check the following - how much money
>is flowing into India from outside, how much of that
>money is flowing from non-resident Indians?
>The last 35 years is a wrong timeline to look at. It
>is the next 25 you need to. Perhaps for some it does
>not matter - the hunt for opportunity. They are too
>set in their environments to change - their ability to
>take risks is reduced.
>I am emphasising money here because we are talking
>about opportunity. Money goes to where the opportunity
>is. It is real. Follow the money trail.
>
>f. Finally, you should look at how and why Laloo
>Prasad Yadav was booted out. Laloo - the messiah of
>the dalits and the muslims - who gave them the voice -
>and he was booted out by the same dalits. Even
in
>Bihar - and I was surprised too - the need for
>opportunity far outweighs today the need to keep their
>class intact.
>
>
>
>
>
>--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Rajib:
> >
> > Take a good look at some of your own remarks here:
> >
> > > >I wish there were more that escaped. Not just
> > >Chandanda. And I. And all others on Assamnet.
> >
> >
> > **** What does it mean? Why are you glad to have
> > ESCAPED? Is it NOT
> > because, you had skills but were unable to make use
> > of them in the
> > desi-environment to
> > improve your own and your near and dear ones' lives
> > ? That those whom
> > you trusted to create an
environment for progress
> > and prosperity not
> > only failed, but that there was NO possibility in
> > sight as well?
> >
> >
> > > >They don't need to be IIT / IIM guys - at the
> > end of
> > >it most of us turn out to be clerks anyway.
> >
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