Ram-da,You are great at visualizing. It seems to me that it happened exactly as you describe. Well, some of us do not appreciate the imaginative abilities oof human beings so may go on deaf ears also.Be prepared for negative reactions also.Regards.Umesh
Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:C'da,>*** It will be the ultimate of denial to think that it has NOTHING to do with Assam's sovereignty movement.I can visualize the scene. Trying to deduce logically what could have happened.Mahanta is needlessly murdered by the army, who assumed he had ulfa links.The people in his village knew that he wasn't and that he was innocent.The GOA and the army are nonchallant and did not take steps to inquire/redress the situationPeople from surrounding villages give support to the MahantasPoliticians (the opposition to the ruling govt.) see this as an opportunity - remember this is election time, and everyone gets into the fray.The ulfa also sees this as a great opportunity to get into this fray (remember Ajit Mahanta is not considered having links with ulfa).The Ulfa calls for a 12 hour bandh. The AASU (which is at loggerheads with Ulfa) also call for a 12 band for the next day.Both bandhs are going to to be successful. Nothing suceeds like bandhs. Even a normal 'drop of a hat' bandh gets near total success, and this tradegy with a number of people dead is charged with emotions is guaranteed to be a success.If one were to assume that the success of the bandh today (by the ulfa) was because people want a 'free Assam', how would you judge the success of the bandh call by AASU tomorrow?Remember, the AASU position is to work within the Indian Constitution and DOES NOT seek independence.So, if both the bandhs are a success, how can you say that they were the clarion call for independence? The same people observing the bandh cannot be for and against independence, can they?So, my conclusion, is that the protests/bandhs have nothing to do with Assam's sovereignty, but more to do with the frustrations at an inept GOA and an army that went berserk.But its nice to feel that the bandhs/protests are on your side -:)--Ram
On 2/13/06, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>It would be a huge leap if some were to assume the protests/bandhs this week as a protest and clamour for a Free Assam.
*** It will be the ultimate of denial to think that it has NOTHING to do with Assam's sovereignty movement.
At 5:32 PM -0600 2/13/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:>So it looks like some states are India and some states will then be non-India.>OK let us go with your logic and see where it will lead into.>Assam I would presume you would like to catagorise as a non-India state.Now, this looks like more of the pie-in-sky theory. For every Assamese that can say " Assam is a non-Indian state",one can at least 10 who will claim that it is. And we can keep playing this round-robin game till the cows come home.But what are the realities:1) There is unrest in Assam. Many are not happy with the state of governance of GOI/GOA2) Those who are unhappy have no concrete plans of how to improve the situation within the Indian constitution or outside of it.3) They also have no concrete plans or proposals to convince the nay-sayers in Assam that what they are promising is not the moon, but something concrete, plausible, and within grasp.That the GOI/GOA is good or bad has very little to with claiming that Assam is a non-Indian state. The reality is it is a part & parcel of India - politically.Further, this protest by 200,000 + in Tinisukia was more to tell the authorities that they have overstepped their bounds and the culprits be brought to book.It would be a huge leap if some were to assume the protests/bandhs this week as a protest and clamour for a Free Assam. Nothing could be further from reality.--RamOn 2/13/06, Rajen Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>WHY should those states that ARE India, should be seeking to be independent?Now you seem to be talking. So it looks like some states are India and some states will then be non-India.OK let us go with your logic and see where it will lead into.Assam I would presume you would like to catagorise as a non-India state.Now the question is how do we find out which other states are India and non-India states?For instance, is Bihar a non-India state or India state.What about Kerela?Or Meghalaya or Arunachal Pradesh for that matter?Or our new born sister Sikkim?RB
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