>That looks like worse than under the British and that makes it a strong case for >independence from India. >RB
And that would set up a standard for regions within India to claim independence? What is this great need for giving any reason at all? Why not just say something like 'just because.........' and clamor for independence! --Ram On 9/24/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >But research visas (they are usually for long stays with research as the > > >explicit reason) are almost never given to study the Northeast. Thus most > > >major academic work by foreigners on the region was done before > >Independence. > That looks like worse than under the British and that makes it a strong > case for independence from India. > RB > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sanjib Baruah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world" > <[email protected]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:31 PM > Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: World's Ignorance About Assam: > > > > > For Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur foreigners need > > restricted areas permits in addition to their Indian visas. See: > > > > http://www.immigrationindia.nic.in/FAQ_Restricted_Area.htm > > > > It is usually not difficult for a group of four to get it (probably not > to > > Manipur) perhaps because the government thinks such a large group is > > likely to be a tourists and not academics, journalists etc who might > write about > > the situation in the region. > > > > Indians need Inner Line permits for Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and > > Nagaland. They are issued by the Resident Commissioners of those states > in > > New Delhi, Deputy Commissioners, Liason Officers in places like > Guwahati > > and Shillong. > > > > But research visas (they are usually for long stays with research as the > > > explicit reason) are almost never given to study the Northeast. Thus > most > > major academic work by foreigners on the region was done before > > Independence. > > > > > > SB > > > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > > > >> I don't think Indian nationals need a permit (inner line) for Assam. I > have > >> heard its true of Arunachal Pradesh & maybe Nagaland. > >> > >> Visas are for foreigners with the exception of Bangladeshis, ISI agents > and > >> Bangladesh Intelligence (oxymoronic:)). They are free to come and go as > they > >> like. > >> With that in mind, I am not sure how it would be an advantage for ULFA > on > >> this count. Inner line or not, visa or not, it may only be meant to > keep > >> genuine visitors away - at least discourage them.:) > >> > >> BTW: I just checked both the Ministry of External Affairs and the Home > >> Ministry (GOI) web pages. There is no mention of inner line permits for > the > >> NE states. Is the inner line a State issue (and not central)? > >> > >> --Ram > >> > >> > >> > >> On 9/24/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Yes, and that is one additional strong point against GOI for ULFA > and > >>> others to justify a separate state for the Seven Sisters. > >>> GOI does not know how to manage. > >>> What do you say? > >>> Rajenda > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> *From:* umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> *To:* barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; [email protected] > >>> *Sent:* Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:23 AM > >>> *Subject:* Re: [Assam] Fw: World's Ignorance About Assam: > >>> > >>> > >>> Rajen-da, > >>> > >>> You are right but also the current govt rules act against tourists. > You > >>> need a visa (inner line permit ) to enter the Seven Sisters even > though you > >>> may be from other parts of India ---so who would like to just take a > trip to > >>> Assam unless they get opportunity to travel throughout NE India (Seven > >>> SIsters) without additional red tape. > >>> > >>> Umesh > >>> > >>> *barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > >>> > >>> *World's Ignorance About Assam:* > >>> > >>> Looks like there is no limit to the world's ignorance about Assam and > the > >>> North East India. I think we discussed the book last year in the net. > This > >>> book is another example where the entire North East India has been > skipped > >>> from India (may be to the delight of the insurgents). > >>> > >>> India Unveiled (Hardcover) > >>> by Robert Arnett< > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/103-3698267-9465440?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Robert%20Arnett>(Author<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/103-3698267-9465440?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Robert%20Arnett%3E(Author> > >>> > >>> A highly acclaimed mostly colorful book with high editorial reviews: > >>> > >>> As promised, I put the following review (See full reviews in > Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/><http://amazon.com/>) > >>> for readers to know the weakness of the book: > >>> > >>> *Not Real India, Not Whole India:* > >>> "I was very disappointed in the otherwise colorful book because it did > not > >>> address the real India nor it shows the whole India. In fact without > >>> discussing substance, the book has left out the entrire North East > India > >>> comprising the seven states, namely the states of Assam, Arunachal > Pradesh, > >>> Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura, the so called the > Seven > >>> Sisters which is physically the most beautiful and culturally most > colorful > >>> part of India. So I would suggest that when Mr. Robert Arnett visits > India > >>> next time, he would kindly take the time to visit the Seven Sisters > and > >>> unveil the beautiful North East India and complete the book showing > more > >>> real stuff in India." > >>> > >>> Rajen Barua > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> assam mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Umesh Sharma > >>> > >>> Washington D.C. > >>> > >>> 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] > >>> > >>> Ed.M. - International Education Policy > >>> Harvard Graduate School of Education, > >>> Harvard University, > >>> Class of 2005 > >>> > >>> http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) > >>> > >>> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ > >>> > >>> ------------------------------ > >>> Inbox cluttered with junk? 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