C'da I was specifically talking about the second question:
*>What you cannot achieve with Autonomy that you wish >will be achieved through >Sovereignty? * ** ** It is my fault for not making that clear. About your response to Chitta - I did go at it again - and will have to do it once more - its that dang language - you know - :):) Maybe you did explain it, but did not grasp it as I ought to have.. I will give it another try and then get back to you. --Ram On 3/2/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ram: >Barua, thats a great question. C'da will never answer that question, I wrote about that in great detail. Not in just one part, but repeated it too, just as I elucidated it, in my recent reply to Chitta. Tell me which sentences you did not understand, and I will try to help out. But you ought not to make utterly false statements. Not becoming. c-da At 10:09 AM -0600 3/2/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote: *>Why you need Sovereignty? What you cannot achieve with Autonomy that you wish >will be achieved through Sovereignty?* Barua, thats a great question. C'da will never answer that question, and quite possibly cannot. This whole thing is designed in such that the proponents of sovereignty want to put the onus on the rest of us. That is they come up with these outlandish ideas, and then expect others to give them their raisons d' etre. It does make their jobs easier :) Being in the minority, what they would like to do is (a) keep this issue in the front burner (make it look as the 'movement' is still at full steam) (b) Ask questions from the rest of us - like Why Assam should* not* be free? They are the ones who propose this, and so it is their responsibility to explain to the rest the whys, the wheres, and the hows. (game plan) Further, at the very recesses of their minds (I suspect) - they would actually go for the second tier Autonomy) - and then promptly claim victory (if it comes about). The problem is they cannot and will not articulate this 2nd tier goal. And as far as GOI is concerned, it is NOT going to make concessions for any one state. If it thinks autonomy is the way to go - it will do it for all states (not just for Assam). So, basically, that too is a next to impossible target. All this probably well known to the proponents, and so they hedge their bets - outright independence, or autonomy, or keep at it for another 25 years. All these possibilities are winners for them. On 3/2/07,* Barua, Rajen* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Let me answer this with another question: Why you need Sovereignty? What you cannot achieve with Autonomy that you wish will be achieved through Sovereignty? (I think I asked this question before with no answer, not that I prefer autonomy to soverignty though). That too is this for Assam alone or the entire NE? Anyhow I have given my views of Sovereignty of the NE not Assam alone. In your response I see only the word Assam and not NE. All these questions need to be addressed. And note what was true in 2004 may no longer be true in 2007. The pendulum is ever swinging as you know. You need to address new ground realties of the day. Does ULFA in 2007 have any mileage left? May be it is running on credit. And if in 2007, you are asking the same question that was asked in 2004, it seems you are not moving anywhere. Please hurry. Rajen ------------------------------ *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of * Barua, Rajen *Sent:* Friday, March 02, 2007 8:51 AM *To:* Chan Mahanta; [email protected] *Subject:* Re: [Assam] A Question for The 'Second Tier' Proponents >*** Why do you want autonomy Rajen? Did I say that? Please try to stick to your main point instead of opening new frontiers of argument with no goal. I have given my views Sovereignty issue I have not seen you moving a single inch from there yet. Rajen ------------------------------ *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of * Chan Mahanta *Sent:* Friday, March 02, 2007 8:33 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* [Assam] A Question for The 'Second Tier' Proponents I am re-posting a page from assamnet debates from Dec 13, 2004, where this 'second tier' thing was proposed by some of our esteemed and 'pragmatic' friends. So I asked the highlighted question. But no answer ever came. It was like a 24000 volt live-wire--not to be touched. WHY? Because that would lead to examining the issues that gave rise to the insurgency, something our ever-so-righteous friends are unwilling to get near of. But perhaps those like Chitta, Nayan etc. will. We will see. >Only hope is if we can, in the prsent process, make ULFA overground to work for an Autonomous >Assam with the support of the Assamese people. *** Why do you want autonomy Rajen? What is the matter with what is operating? *What will you do with autonomy? 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