C'da, Heard that proverb before.
Bookish theories arent doing you any good either. You are good at sermonising but thats it. You bring up impossible demands in the knowledge that since they cannot be met, the statemate can go on and a few of our pals settled in Dhaka and elsewhere can live their lives merrily. Rgds, Sandip ----- Original Message ---- From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; SANDIP DUTTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 10:59:08 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Plebiscite 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 Patil’s 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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