As always, the most meaningful posts. And to S-da, if I may add, breathing room for people to lead productive lives - go out and get jobs, start businesses, attract investment and so on. Different times have different themes - ideas that hold sway for a period. In India, whether detractors agree or not, this is the time for material growth. And chicken's neck, central apathy etc. not withstanding, these ideas can move everywhere including the NE. This is topical - so you have to catch the bus now.
And if we are to do that and stand for peace, it is important to have the dialog going. Actually, if peace were to exist and its meagre fruits start trickling in, there would be an even more pressure to make it permanent. More than political mobilization of any kind, my position is that material gains (achieved hopefully through even a peaceful stand off) will provide the foundation for nation building like no other. > Despite all this, it is important to have a process > of negotiations between the GOI and the ULFA. > First, it puts the agenda on the table reminding > mainland India about the issues. Second, it > politicises the ordinary people in Assam. Third, it > offers a hope that somehow there may be truce some > day that will allow breathing room for a more > meaningful nation building to emerge. It is > important to support this process and to encourage > it. And it is important to support human rights of > all people. > Santanu-da. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mayur bora [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat 1/21/2006 9:45 PM > To: Roy, Santanu > Cc: Assam Organisation > Subject: Agradoot News Item 2 > > Is this a small step or a giant leap towards a > better, > brighter and stronger Assam ? > > For me, it is clearly a reprehensible step. > > I am not for status quo. But alternative to the > status > quo must have the promise of a better tomorrow. I > can > see a glimmer of hope in the overground mass > movement > you mentioned a few days back in assamnet. If we can > have such kind of movement (like Assam Agitation in > the past), then we don't need any armed rebellion > against the state. > > Parag da trenchantly criticised ULFA's excessive > emphasis on arms and money during their heydeys. > Ultras did not pay any heed. We have seen the > results > now. After his brutal murder in Guwahati, they > announced that the killers and conspirators have > been > identified and will be punished soon. Not to speak > of > the punishment, they have not named anyone till now > apart from dishing out some usual vague staff. My > disillusionment and serious doubt about their > capability to bring about anything good for the > state > is neither very old nor very sudden. It has > developed > over a period of time which coincided with their > fast > becoming a group of people without any genuine > concern > for the state. They dreamt something big and rosy, > strived towards it, sensed it is unattainable soon > but > unfortunately did not adopt any other alternative > method to end the status quo. This clearly shows > their > unwillingness to learn from the past and result is > visible for everyone. > > Mayur > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
