so there is no longer a discussion about ULFA's role - after their recent
bloodbaths. So we should conveniently forget what they are doing?
Umesh
Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Pins & needles, C'da, pins & needles for a great, logical, response. :) :)
--Ram
On 2/18/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 <[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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
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-!
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