O' paaihont, xogunor xawt bura goru nomore, buisa? ( Dear fellars, you know, even old and decrepit cattle don't just keel over and die at the wishes of vultures ?)
Ancient Assamese Proverb Why don't go buy a Chinese made thinking cap, and see if it would help? Surely your 'education' is not doing you any good so far on these matters. At 2:58 AM -0700 6/30/07, vox populi wrote: >Thats a good idea. Forward the names to the Director, >Intelligence Bureau, Sardar Patel Marg, Chanakyapuri, >New Delhi 110021; for organising a reception party, >when they visit India next time. > >-vp > >--- SANDIP DUTTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There have been some news reports lately of LTTE >> sympathisers being hounded out in different parts of >> the world. God help those Ulfa supporters in this >> forum if they were ever taken and extradited and >> then tried under the desi laws. >> >> Dawood Ibrahim once thought no one could touch him. >> Now even Dubai is not safe for him. >> >> Rgds, >> Sandip >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: chittaranjan pathak >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:34:22 PM >> Subject: [Assam] Plebiscite >> >> >> I missed out addressing another important point >> here. >> >> >> >> >> I find it quite amazing that otherwise bright >> individuals would wave the flag of democratic >> values all over, only to run for the tall-grass to >> hide from the idea of a plebiscite to prove what >> they assert : That there is no support for >> sovereignty among the people of Assam. >> >> >> >> >> Are they credible? >> >> >> >> >> You tell us. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At 9:22 PM -0700 6/28/07, chittaranjan pathak wrote: >> I remember seeing a cartoon in Prantik, may be some >> twenty five years back (during Assam agitation) on >> Kaziranga. It was something like this. There was a >> barricaded area and a sign board saying Kaziranga >> National Park for protecting last of the Assamese >> people. In side the barricade there were no rhinos >> but there was an Assamese family-the gamusa wearing >> kaami haar uluwa male member was doing some baah >> bettor kaam. And the whole barricaded area was >> surrounded by numerous people wearing lungi and >> sporting beard looking curiously at the exhibits. >> >> >> Mahanta da something on what you said >> India not entertaining the idea of plebiscite-I >> think it is not the result of plebiscite, Mahanta >> da, but the PREMISE. Even a child can understand it. >> Tell me if there a historical basis for asking for a >> plebiscite when Assamese whole heartedly supported >> becoming part of India in 1947. Another option was >> Pakistan or an independent country like Bhutan. But >> did any of the Assamese leaders mention an >> independent Assam at that time? Was there a murmur >> of protest like that in Hyderabad or Junagarh or >> Kashmir due to merger with India? Historically I >> think states like Goa, Sikkim or princely states of >> Manipur or Tripura or Cooch Behar district can lay >> claim to a plebiscite. But not Assam, as it was part >> of British India for more than 100 years and chose >> to become part of independent India just like >> Bengal, Bihar, Orissa. If you would still like to >> find a historical perspective (harping on this >> fallacy that Assam was never part of India), should >> it be ULFA asking for a plebiscite >> on this 78000 sq of land mass or should it be the >> descendants of Ahum roja for those few upper Assam >> districts, Jamidars of Bijni, Gauripur for undivided >> Goalpara, descendents of Kachari king for NC hills, >> descendents of Chutiya kings ousted by Ahums, >> present and still living Tiwa roja for western >> Naogaon and parts of Karbi Anglong? >> Believe me the mode Assam is in today-that of >> reinventing its diverse ethnicity and past-all these >> descendents will appear from nowhere. I am not a >> student of history. Correct me if anywhere I have > > gone wrong. >> But Mahanta da if you think plebiscite is needed >> because there is a DISPUTE and the party asking for >> plebiscite has promised that it will abide by the >> rules, then tell me Mahanta da, should GOI hold >> plebiscite in Maharashtra also in 2008 just because >> ONE single person is asking for it and he happens to >> have Indian President Pratibha Patils grandson as >> hostage. >> To make things simple for you- >> First-please educate us if there is any historical >> basis to this demand for plebiscite? >> Second-if a plebiscite is needed because ULFA is >> asking for it, should India not give this luxury of >> options to all the downtrodden and more so to states >> like Mizoram, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, and all the >> 540+erstwhile princely states? >> Third-For Assam should it be single choice (India >> vs. Independent Assam) or multiple choice questions >> (India vs Independent Assam/Dimaraji/Bodoland/and >> numerous other lands which will spring up during the >> plebiscite like those numerous political parties >> which surface during elections). I hope you can give >> a answer to this third question to prove that you >> have done your homework on this plebiscite issue. >> >> Regards >> Chittaranjan Pathak >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with >> an Edge to see what's on, when. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> [email protected] >> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> >> >____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Luggage? GPS? Comic books? >> Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! 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