From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs ULFA????????Seeking answers???
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:46:26 +0100 (BST)
Rajen-da,
Good points!
Umesh
--- Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 -----
> From: umesh sharma
> To: Barua25 ; [email protected]
> 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
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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 -----
> From: muktikam phukan
> To: [email protected]
> 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.........
>
> Its 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 wasnt 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 Assams 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 govts 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
> govts 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
> >>>
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