Sandeep The areticle did not attract any comments because -one section endorsed almost every bit of it-NO COMMENT -those who believe in "swadhin asom" concept, they will have to try very very hard as the facts hard to refute. Time permits I will add something to it and see if we get any answers
Regards Chittaranjan --- SANDIP DUTTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does it have to be only Ram or Chitta who are on the > same page? How about this editorial forwarded by > Pradip K Dutta. > > No future to sovereignty demand > Ranen Kumar Goswami > When guns pass for rationale and a thirst for > innocent blood its basis, the conclusion that comes > out is sure to stand on its head. Asom-India > conflict is a poison fruit such a conclusion has > borne. Add to it another half-baked wisdom from the > distorted pages of our history, Asom was never a > part of India. The heady cocktail is the theory of > a sovereign Asom. > > Asom was never a part of India and its forced > inclusion in the country has created the Asom-India > conflict. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) > tries to shove this lesson of history down the > throat of Asomiya people. Did Asom not have any ties > with India in the past? Renowned intellectual Dr > Shiva Nath Barman has reminded us of our > mythological links. Asom had links with the mainland > India from time immemorial. Kamrup king Bhagadatta > fought for the Kauravas in the battle of Mahabharata > and laid down his life. Krishna married Rukmini and > Sankardev has immortalised the tale in his Rukmini > Haran Kabya. Bhim married Hidimba. Arjuna married > Chitrangada who was a princess from Manipur. > Madhabdev wrote, Dhanya Dhanya Bharat Borish (Hail! > O Bharat). Sankardev added a chapter to his Bhakti > Ratnakar, the title and content of which was > Bharatbarsha Prasansha (In praise of Bharatbarsha). > From time immemorial, Asom has remained culturally > and spiritually united with the mainland > India. The country was never under one > administrative umbrella till the British came. Most > of the States were independent, Asom being one of > them. The British brought all these States under one > centralised administration. Todays political unity > of Indians is an outcome of the anti-British freedom > struggle. The people of Asom joined this struggle > and paid their share of the price for freedom with > their life and blood. The political identity of > being Indians that they carry in their Asomiya souls > is the result of their participation in this > struggle. This identity they have earned for > themselves, no one has imposed it on them. > > Asom has lost her political independence much before > the Treaty of Yandaboo signed on February 24, 1826. > Because, about four years ago, the Burmese army > captured upper Asom and Guwahati. According to Dr > Surya Kumar Bhuyan, June 21, 1822, the day the > Burmese occupied Asom was the last day of her > independence. In fact, it was the last day of Asoms > independent political existence. At the time of > Yandaboo, Asom had only five districts: undivided > Kamrup, undivided Darrang, undivided Nagaon, > undivided Sivasagar, undivided Lakhimpur and a part > of Karbi Anglong. But does ULFA want to liberate the > pre-Yandaboo Asom? No. It wants to liberate the > present-day Asom; the Asom the British made bigger, > the Asom the people of the State inherited from the > British as a result of their anti-British struggle > in which they had taken part shoulder-to-shoulder > with the people of the rest of the country! The > State has suffered dismemberment several times since > 1947. Yet it is much bigger than > the pre-Yandaboo Asom ULFA keeps talking about. Its > guns can not silence this truth. > > The States surrounding Asom do not want to secede > from India though a section of people from Nagaland > do. Even this section now appears to have given up > their demand for sovereignty and settle for more > federal powers within India. This section too is > antagonising the people of three neighbouring States > with its claim on their territories and thus is > weakening its demand for Nagalim from within. Does > ULFA want Asom to be an isolated island surrounded > by States seeking to stay within India? But that too > will not be possible as banners of revolt are > already flying in Karbi Anglong, North Cachar Hills > districts and Bodoland. Neither do they want to stay > in Asom nor do they recognise ULFA as the sole > representative of the State. The DHD, spearheading > the movement for a Dimasa State, says it will remain > firm in its demand for a Dimasa State within the > Indian constitution irrespective of the success or > failure of the ULFA-Government talks. Extremist > Karbi organisation UPDS has > alleged that ULFA represents the Asomiya people, > not Asom; ULFA-nominated Peoples Consultative Group > (PCG) is conducting talks with Delhi for the Asomiya > only, not Asom. Moreover, the organisation has > pointed out that there is no tribal representative > in the PCG. Bodo leaderships tendency to leave Asom > is too well-known to need any mention. The Bodo > Peace Forum, playing a key role in bringing the NDFB > into the peace process, has said its struggle for a > separate Bodo State will continue at any cost. > > The people of the Barak Valley do not want freedom > of the ULFA brand and it is as clear as daylight. Do > people of the Brahmaputra Valley want it, or for > that matter, the Asomiya people want it? Not to > speak of the all-India political parties, even the > regional political formations like the Asom Gana > Parishad (AGP) or the AGP (P) are against the idea > of a sovereign Asom. The AGP reiterated its stand > against secessionism at its general body meeting in > Guwahati on January 20, 2007. The partys well-known > stand is that it wants a federal restructure of the > Indian Union with maximum powers to the State. The > All Assam Students Union (AASU), which has a strong > command over the Asomiya opinion, has publicly > stated its stance against a sovereign Asom. An > angered ULFA has recently branded the AASU > leadership as agents of the Indian State. AASU, on > the other hand, criticises the Bangladesh-sheltered > ULFA leadership for its silence over the influx of > Bangla nationals in Asom. Another > influential organisation, the Asam Jatiyatabadi > Yuba-Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) also advocates more > powers to the State, not sovereignty. > > The Asam Sahitya Sabha, which has been playing a > pivotal role in shaping Asomiya national > consciousness since its birth in the 19th century, > is also against an Asom outside India. Sabha > president Kanaksen Deka asserted at a Press meet in > Guwahati on January 19, 2007 that Asom was, is and > will remain an inseparable part of India. Except for > a few die-hard pro-ULFA organisasions, no other mass > organisation, student or youth organisation, trade > union, peasant organisation or any other > organisation worth the name has supported the > sovereignty demand. Then who wants a separate > sovereign existence outside India? It is only ULFA > who does. > > It has every right to nurse a sovereign dream. > Maybe, in its view, only a sovereign existence can > ensure happiness and prosperity for the people of > Asom. That is why it has jumped into a struggle for > independence. But what is the nature of this > struggle? Has it formed any mass organisation to go > to the people to favourably influence their opinion > and win their support? No, it hasnt. Theres no > alternative to mass organisations to win mass > support and persuade the people to join the fight > for freedom. It uses bullets and bombs even to turn > mass support in its favour. And this is exactly why > it is terrorist. It uses terrorist methods to impose > its will on the people. The call for boycott of > National Games was one such instance. Lesser the > public support, more are its terrorist activities. > Some milestones of its freedom struggle are the mass > grave at Lakhipathar, massacre of children at > Dhemaji and killings of Hindi speaking labourers. It > feels no qualms before planting > bombs in public places. Then, what has happened to > its war of independence? Mass support is a must for > such a war. The State is not scared of guns not > backed by mass support. Even these guns, it uses > more often than not, against the unarmed civilians > and not against the armed forces. Needless to say, > there will be no freedom without mass support, no > freedom can be achieved by avoiding war with the > Army and killing the unarmed innocents. So, no > astrology is required to safely predict that there > is no future at all to ULFAs sovereignty demand. > (Assam Tribune Editorial) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: chittaranjan pathak > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 1:55:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Assam] Answers for Chitta-II > > > Hello C: > > >All I wanted was to know from who else? > > *** Before you bank on what you perceive as your > check-mate move, > you, or anyone who is halfway sincere or informed , > ought to examine > where and how those voices could be aired. > > Tell me, C, if you wrote a letter to any newspaper > in Assam , making > a set of intellectual arguments (not a call for > armed === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! 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