O' Ram:
Dilip read my mind exactly. Thanks Dilip. I was planning to suggest to you and
Nayan and others to let me bite a little before you attempt to set
your hooks ( a fishing metaphor here if you didn't know). I know you
sense blood and can't wait to zero in on the kill. But let me hang
myself first OK? It will be a whole lot easier to bite into the
carcass :-).
But rest assured, I have answers for all those checkmate questions
you all have raised so far. Just give me a little time.
c-da
At 2:39 PM -0600 2/18/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>Will you guys let Chandan Mahanta compose his thoughts and finish
his write-up before you >start jumping all over him?
Hehe! do you think we have cornered him this time? :) (Just dreaming)
>I have a valid reason for stepping in. I invited Chandan Mahanta
to say his piece as a starting >point.
Wasn't aware of it (the invitation). Was it done in this forum? :)
But the request is not unreasonable - I am sure we can all wait.
Just reminded of the old adage "give a man enough rope ........" :)
:)
--Ram
On 2/18/07, Dilip/Dil Deka
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Will you guys let Chandan Mahanta compose his thoughts and finish
his write-up before you start jumping all over him? If you don't, he
will get sidetracked and the discussion will end up as convoluted
as it did in the past. Let Mr. Mahanta give the signal when he is
done writing and ready for comments. Is that fair?
I have a valid reason for stepping in. I invited Chandan Mahanta to
say his piece as a starting point.
Dilip
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Ram Sarangapani <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That was a pretty good prologue.
At least one comment (for now)
>It will do the our netters good, if they can de-link the two
issues. It will help them look at it >objectively, as opposed to as
knee-jerk reactions triggered by ULFA antipathy.
Huh! The onus is on the supporters of "independence" not on others.
Why don't the supporters of "independence" de-link completely and
absolutely from what ULFA does. Why don't they publicly opposed
their violence, oppose their stance and ideas for independence. Why
don't they stop tacit support for ulfa.
Why don't they come up with their OWN ideas - which does not take
the violent path of ulfa. Basically, why don't they form their own
opinions instead of running their campaign on the coattails of ulfa.
And till such supporters do that - it is obvious that their motives
would be confused with those of the ulfa. (BTW - is that so bad?)
Just my thoughts:)
--Ram
On 2/18/07, Chan Mahanta
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I have been long gone from Assam when the people first took to the
streets in the eighties; got shot at, beaten up and imprisoned and
then took to arms; in the quest for Assam's independence. I was
however aware of the first stirrings and the first expressions of
resentment against Indian rule as far back as 1962 or thereabouts,
when I completed my high school at Guahati. I left Assam in 1963 to
attend IIT-KGP and left India in 1970. For two decades thereafter I
had slowly become increasingly distanced from events and issues in
Assam, primarily due to the difficulty of communication and the
rigors of making a living and helping raise a family, like most
others in my shoes; almost to the point that Assam was beginning to
become a distant memory.
Then came Assam net. Instantly I became re-connected to my roots .
That was 1992 I think. And forgive the levity, the rest is history
:-).
I heard about ULFA, even before Assamnet. I remember the almost
euphoric exuberance amongst our fellow Probaxi Oxomiyas, including
those who today are some of its most strident and vocal opponents
and how they applauded ULFA's activities in the pursuit of Assam's
political self-assertion and even on such acts as summary justice
meted out to corrupt officials and so forth. At no time before or
since had I seen such Assamese nationalist aspirations vented. At
times it was almost scary, because otherwise knowledgeable and
thoughtful people were applauding acts of vengeance and obvious acts
of ethnic/linguistic animosity. It signaled a desperate yearning for
effective and responsive governance and yet displayed a gaping void
in the understanding of the fundamentals of the governance of a
society with a rule of law. What is however incongruous is that
waving of the flag of democracy that my compatriots so love to do,
no doubt from that desire to be associated with and noticed by that
other great exponent of democracy, our very own United States.
This discourse is NOT about ULFA. It is about the WHYs of
independence. But ULFA being the most or only vocal of its
proponents, the issue immediately gets lumped with ULFA. It will do
the our netters good, if they can de-link the two issues. It will
help them look at it objectively, as opposed to as knee-jerk
reactions triggered by ULFA antipathy.
Next: My Take on Why Independence-!
cm
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