Title: Re: [Assam] Assam is for Assamese
"Assam IS for the Assamese -- those who BELONG to Assam. It is
their homeland. It includes many different ethnic groups. Ahoms, Bodos,
Dimasas, Misings, Karbis-- etc. etc. Assam is NOT the homeland for Biharis,
not for Marwaris, not for B'deshis. They can be guests there. And become
Assamese in time thru a process of assimilation. But they cannot REMAIN
itinerant Marwaris and Biharis and B'deshis but claim to be Assamese at the
same time. That is the difference" - Chandan Mahanta (Dec 26,
2005)
If you cannot answer, (and what
it seems obvious to the netters) people will understand, but you don't
have to change the subject now to independent Assam and bring old issues
trying to show how bad a person I am by showing what I wrote in the past and
what I did not. This is rather an old trick to camouflage your
inability to address the questions. Exactly like your inability to address the
question how to achieve independence of Assam from India, you are trying to
take the same escape route. Our present discussion on the issue was not
based on an independent Assam, and if you are thinking netters have a short
memory, I wish you luck. Even than you did not answer many questions
which directly pertains to independent Assam. So no Bengalis in
your independent Assam unless they become Assamese etc. No Bodos in
independent Assam they identify themselves as Assamese
etc....
So
what do you say, let us close the chapter and put in in
archive?
RB
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