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Dear Rajen,
The topic for the subject "One must Take
Responsibility" was not bride-burning in India. That came up as a simile,
similar to jewish holocaust, which was denied by the jailed British historian
David Irving.
Denied by the society in general,
Bride-burning is a heartrending tragedy, and no wonder everyone got excited
and forgot the original issue.
The original issue was that one must take
responsibility about public utterances that may harm millions.
To my question
"Dear Chandan,
Since you do support the 'sovereignty ' aspirations or demands,
when
Chandan Mahanta
could not say that he would take the responsibility.
Instead Chandan Mahanta asked me back:
"You will need to explain how
you see that happening, before I can give you an answer."
IN OTHER WORDS, Chandan
has been pleading for "independence and sovereignty " of Assam without even thinking of all the pros and cons. Now he
wants me to think for him.
This is a case of
grave irresponsibility. The tragic analogy was what Mountbatten said before
partition of India in 1947. When asked what he would do if communal rioting
broke up in Pakistan and India after his "pet project" of partition,
Mountbatten retorted vehemently that he would use army and airforce to stop
communal rioting.
In reality, he did
not do any such thing. 1 million people lost their lives and several millions
got injured & lost everything as a result of partition.
Chandan Mahanta is
running his "pet project" of "independence and sovereignty " of Assam from a
safe distance of the USA. When asked about taking responsibility, he is
unusually quiet.
I hope the young
intellectuals of assamnet will see the light.
With the best
wishes,
Himendra
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