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Ram:
Thanks.
Couple of clarifications lest
people mis-interpret my statement.
>Assamese are suffering from an
acute inferiority complex.
>That is why they want to stay
with India and are staying with India and will stay with India
forever.
>That is why they never raised
their voice to stay as an independent country at the time of India's
independence.
>Even now hardly any Assamese
are raising their voice for independence.
The above statement of mine
is just a statement of the realty. This should not be interpreted to mean
that I support (or object) Independence of Assam. I am simply saying that
Assamese is not a warrior people with high National spirit or unity like the
Nagas or other people and donot have the will, courage, spirit and love of
freedom for independence. I agree that 'independence' is definitely a
'pipe dream' now (specially since we donot have any leader), but probably it was
not a pipe dream when Assam was under the British till 1947. (I have my
own analysis why Assam lost the freedom spirit after 1857 when Maniram Dewan was
hanged). Today, whether we NEED independence or not is completely another
subject.
The second realty is that, Assamese
is not even an equal partner in the Indian Independence movement and in the
Indian Democratic game today. If you read history, Assam was actually begging
Gandhi and Nehru and the Congress, before 1947, so that Assam can stay with
India. (Please! let us stay with you guys, ami apwnalwkor nkina golam
hoi thakim). There was no movement for an Independent Assam as an
alternative to joining Pakistan. Assam could have very well say it to the
British, at that time: Please give us back our Assam that you took from us in
1826. But Assam did not. In fact the Assamese were so happy to be a part
of India that Assamese wanted to forget the six hundred years of Ahom rule.
Assamese novelist wrote novels 'Kwnw Khed Nai" (No Regret) ridiculing
the six hundred years of Ahom rule. Eminent man of literature took comfort and
wrote auto-biography titled : "Kongresor Kasioli Rodot". This is a
realty.
Now having joined India on
its own choice (or its own begging) we are complaining that India is
treating Assam like a step child. Today the insurgency in Assam is
happening as a negative outlet because of lack of leadership in Assam. It is not
a positive movement for independence by any means.
Your statement that
"They very well
know that their lot is in much better state staying with India than being
independent."
Actually people
of Assam donot have any choice, do they? Your statement also goes to show
that people of Assam lack even the confidence in their own people. In other
words it goes to prove my statement that they are suffering from a acute
inferiority complex.
If one analyze
the stream of events, one will come to the conclusion, that Assamese is a
follower, a litikai to the mainland Indians. (Is there any field where Assam is
taking a leadership role?) This is a realty.
That is and will be Assam's lot
till we can create new and competent leaders. The earlier we realize this the
better so that we can act.
RB
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