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Umesh:
I have just thrown a number of
adults who might have immigrated during last 30 years. It does not matter
whether we are 300 or even 3000. It is still a drop in the bucket of 20 million.
I was just trying to awake our people who seem to be biased with a
wrong mind set that brain drain is bad. Actually brain drain helps a country
like India where we have abundant of engineers and technocrats. What we lack is
managerial people. People who are coming here are not the managers. Immigrants
always help themselves and help the country back monetarily. Like Momy
said, we need to change our attitude. Corruption is an attitude. An engineer
going back from here cannot help. The greatest advantage the Punjabis and
the Hyderabdis have against the Kharkhowas is that Assamese lack
confidence. We even donot have the courage to ask an MLA a question "Why we
don't have electricity why the roads are bad. This confidence will come
only when enough people will get out our Kharkhowa state and work outside like a
guy of Kerela, UP, Rajasthan, Gujrat or Punjab. We the
Kharkhowas even donot know how much export we can made of Bamboo products to
Delhi and Mumbai and USA which will help the villagers. Not that we donot need a
Gas Cracker but a Gas Cracker does not necessarily help our villagers.
Rajen
Barua
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:11
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs
ULFA????????Seeking answers???
Rajen-da,
good point. I thought there were more Assamese abroad (incl their
progeny) 300 is too small a number . I think there were over 3,000 Sikhs
from Punjab in only Canada's Vancouver area 100 years ago. Do you think
migration in large numbers has helped Punjabis? On the other hand,
Hyderabadis have really made a connection between Silicon Valley and
Hyderabad -by setting up tech projects which are run out of theri home town.
Infosys Chief Narayan Murthy had suggested something similar for Assam - in
his recent visit at AEC -about setting up cal centers initially. Maybe
NRAs can help in that.
Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna
ST College Park, MD 20740 USA Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta
Place , Vancouver, Canada 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Canada # (607)
221-9433 Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate
School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog:
http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
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Original Message ---- From: Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
muktikam phukan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected]Sent:
Monday, 25 September, 2006 8:01:06 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs
ULFA????????Seeking answers???
>Problem lies in our educated people migrating to USA and other
greener pastures after getting full advantage of the >govt provided
educational infrastructure (whatever little is available).
Damn these educated Assamese people that
migrated to USA seeking greener pastures. We could have saved Assam had not
these selfish 300 or so educated people (out of 20 million population of
Assam) migrated to USA. Damn!
What we 20 million minus 300 peopel can
do in Assam? Nothing.
Otherwise, we had everything
planned.
Damn!
Iake koy manuhe pate, isore
bhange.
I say : hobo diok
kokaidew!
Rajen Barua,
Houston
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 6:41
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs
ULFA????????Seeking answers???
Problem lies in our educated people migrating to USA and other
greener pastures after getting full advantage of the govt provided
educational infrastructure (whatever little is available).
Why can't these individuals stay back and try to
change the situation?
Left behind are those people who actually has to shout slogans once
in a while to get a refinery, a tea auction centre, an IIT et al.
And ASOMIYA's in Higher echeleons of Natun Dilli --- for them it
seems they are actually from North India or Bengal. Only concern seems to
be to jerk off that asomiya climbing below me in the
ladder.
Muktikam Phukan
Momy Saikia
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dipankar,
Do
you really think that someone could be deprived of what they deserve due
to prevailing discrimination. However, I can appreciate your point
of view.
With all due respect to everyone who support the cause
of ULFA or are in the
notion that central govt is biased against the
north east, do you really
think establishing your own rights by
"snatching" it from either friends or
enemies is the right
action.........
It’s down to every individual at the end of the
day; govt can only support.
Playing the blame game is temporary and
can never last long and yet the
repercussions are severe and
permanent.
I wasn’t brought up in Assam and have rarely set foot
on my land, so my
opinion might not be significant. However, blaming
the govt. for the
complete situation of the state is not justified.
If people of Assam are so
bothered with the face of Assam’s roads,
the least they could contribute is
to construct the road and drains
in the periphery of their new homes. If
each household would care to
spend the extra price of laying the road
outside their “dream
house”, everyone would have better lanes to walk
through………
With regards to your concern with no major
industries being set up in Assam
since independence, why wait for
the govt to take the initiative. Be it a
personal or govt’s
initiative to establish an industry, the results will
always be
favourable for the people of the place in terms of more employment
opportunities and globalization of the state…
I hope that my
personal opinion will not be misconstrued as my support for
the
Indian govt (I am an engineer by profession and not a politician so I am
not radicalized)…I believe in “everyman for himself”. Besides
evidences from
history prove that revolutions and changes happens
due to the initiative of
one/more people together, not due to any
govt’s standalone decision.
So we need to plan some course of
action instead of passing the buck....If
our generation was to be
trusted with the politics of the nation, we would
have nothing to
complain about....
Momy
>From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dipankar Malla Baruah (Well
Logging))
>Reply-To: "D M Baruah"
>To: "Momy Saikia"
> , ,
>Subject: Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs
ULFA????????Seeking answers???
>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:51:47
+0530
>
>ULFA problem is the result of large scale
un-employment and common
>sentiment amongst the people of Assam
that the central government is not
>doing enough for the
development of Assam. The two major industries of
>Assam, Tea and
Oil industry was started by Britishers. People of Assam had
>to
do agitations for setting up refineries for oil produced in Assam. After
>independance, there is not a single major industry set up in
Assam. Assam
>is a major producer of tea, oil and gas in India.
But Assam is still one of
>the poorest state. If you look at the
conditions of roads, primary health
>and educational
infrastructure in Assam, it is amonngst the worst in India.
>Most
of the people of Assam had the access to moblile phones only recently.
> Most of the time people dont have electricity here. Big things
come to
>assam only when people agitate.
>
>These are
a few things that one can realise while staying in Assam. It is
>easy to talk of peace and prosperity staying in a foreign land.
Taking the
>gun or going ULFA way is certainly not the right way
to solve the problems
>of the state. But we should realise that
every problem has got certain
>reason. I dont support the ULFA
millitants when they kill people or collect
>ransoms. But I still
feel that Central Government should stop doing step
>motherly
treatment to Assam. Let more industries set up here, let more
>youth have jobs, let people be happy with the basic ammenities
of life,
>ULFA will not have enough people joining them and the
problem will solve by
>itself.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message
----- From: "Momy Saikia"
>To: ;
>Sent: Monday, September
25, 2006 1:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs
ULFA????????Seeking answers???
>
>
>>Can't
understand why some people choose violence over peace????????? Do
>>you
>>support the cause of ULFA militants? Do you
think Assam would be better
>>place if separated from the
central government or is it a thought of the
>>juveniles who
have lost directions in
life??????
>>
>>
>>>From: umesh sharma
>>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>To:
[email protected]
>>>Subject: Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs
ULFA?
>>>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:28:23 +0100
(BST)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
Some talk about peace some indulge in war....
>>>
Umesh
>>>Guwahati, Sunday, September 24,
2006
>>>---------------------------------
>>>
>>>
TE manager shot dead by ULFA
>>> >From Our
Bureau
>>> DIBRUGARH, Sept 23 - The manager of Hollonghabi
tea estate near Digboi,
>>>Haren Das was shot dead from
close range by suspected ULFA militants
>>>outside his
bungalow late this evening. He was rushed to the AOD
hospital
>>>at Digboi, where he was declared dead on
arrival.
>>>
>>>Another report says that
suspected ULFA militants caused a terror this
>>>afternoon
at Bordumsa Bazar near Pengeri, after they opened fire into
the
>>>air. No one was hurt in that
incident.
>>>
>>>
-------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>Guwahati,
Sunday, September 24,
2006
>>>STATE
>>>---------------------------------
>>>
Policeman killed in ULFA shootout
>>> >From Our
Bureau
>>> DIBRUGARH, Sept 23 - A police sergeant of the
Borboruah police station
>>>here, Ranjit Sonowal was gunned
down by ULFA militants at Jokai on Friday
>>>morning. He
died on the spot. A team of policemen had gone to the house
>>>of
>>>one Deba Dutta to seek him out when
the incident occurred. Dutta earlier
>>>delivered an
extortion letter to the management of the Sessa tea
estate,
>>>belonging to the Goodricke Group, demanding Rs 30
lakh.
>>>
>>>The police received a tip-off that
a group of 15 ULFA militants have
>>>sneaked into Jokai on
the previous night, and went prepared,
accordingly.
>>>Sonowal, who was armed with a Sten carbine,
was at the rear door of
>>>Dutta's
>>>house
when he was shot at by three fleeing militants, all armed to
the
>>>teeth. He died on the spot. The police have arrested
Deba Dutta for
>>>harbouring militants and acting as their
courier. Dutta's wife and a
>>>teenaged daughter have also
been arrested. Dutta was earlier with the
>>>CRPF,
>>>and was dismissed from service for
misconduct.
>>>
>>>
>>>Umesh
Sharma
>>>5121 Lackawanna ST
>>>College Park, MD
20740 USA
>>>
>>>Current temp. address: 5649
Yalta Place , Vancouver,
Canada
>>>
>>>1-202-215-4328 [Cell
Phone]
>>>Canada # (607)
221-9433
>>>
>>>Ed.M. - International Education
Policy
>>>Harvard Graduate School of
Education,
>>>Harvard University,
>>>Class of
2005
>>>
>>>weblog:
http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
>>>
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