Rajen:
The disappointments are results of expectations.
To expect India to give a damn about Assam is unrealistic.
That is why, those of us who are realists and are able to read the
handwriting on the walls all over the place, do not hold out such
expectations. We know Assam will never be an equal partner in India.
To think or hope otherwise is a delusion .
c
At 6:17 PM -0500 9/24/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua 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
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world" <<mailto:assam@assamnet.org>assam@assamnet.org>
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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>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
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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
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*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 <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[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>(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
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