In plain GBS talk:
Lies>Damn Lies>Statistics ?mm
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:51:41
-0700Subject: [asom] Re: From Tarun Vijay of the Organiser: Tears on the NE!
It is always good to have statistics, hard data. In this case, the information
about change in demography of Assam can be found in Census of India
http://www.censusindia.net/ and with RTI, one can also get previous years data.
Election Commission can provide information about change of demography among
voters (which more or less goes the same way as the population). The facts can
be also gauged by the election results of Assam Assembly.Now the question is:
has the demography of Assam changed? For this answer, one should not hide
behind statistics/hard data. And there is no mark for guessing the correct
answer! People living in Assam knows it well.Ganesh C Bora----- Original
Message ----From: Sailaj Baruah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Friday, September 14, 2007 4:07:16 AMSubject: Re: From Tarun Vijay of the
Organiser: Tears on the NE!statistics collected by a reliable source-and if it
is by a govt agency then all the better,definitely has its own relevance.Again
while stating that some districts are bengali-dominated or muslim dominated by
itself does not become relevant unless it can be shown that this was not the
position say 10-20 years back,that such demographic change,if any,is because of
migration from another country and so on. Any arguement to be meaningful has to
be backed by hard facts and there will always be those who will doubt/question
the veracity of any such claim.The time has come for setting aside emotions
alone and taking a hard look at all available facts and data andconclusively
prove that illegal migration is a major,major problem for the state/country and
does not affect the assamese speaking population alone-the revealations in the
hyderabad blasts is perhaps a pointer towards things to come.Problem is-who
will bell the cat!Sailaj BaruahFrom: SANDIP DUTTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
com>Reply-To: assamonline@ yahoogroups. comTo: assamonline@ yahoogroups.
comSubject: Re: From Tarun Vijay of the Organiser: Tears on the NE!Date: Thu,
13 Sep 2007 21:44:13 -0700 (PDT)This is a good point!However the question is,
what would you do even if there were such an official statistic. Statistics say
many districts/subdivisi ons in Assam are now Muslim majority and predominantly
Bengali speaking (eg. hojai, dhubri, karimganj etc.) - but that is hotly
contested by many of our own Assamnet members from this forum. So there is no
agreement even on certain very basic and visible facts.Rgds,Sandip-----
Original Message ----From: Sailaj Baruah <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>To:
assamonline@ yahoogroups. comSent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:37:24
AMSubject: Re: From Tarun Vijay of the Organiser: Tears on the NE!Has any
survey actually been done by the govt or any non-govt agency regarding the
statement that many Bangladeshi- origin people in Assam who had earlier
declared their mother-tongue to be Assamese have now declared their
mother-tongue to be Bengali?Its important to have authentic statistical
information on such vital issues if we really want to impress upon the powers
that bes.r.baruahhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3577
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