Dear Umesh Sharma, Why don't you join World Bank- your next door OR Go back to Jaipur to teach some primary sdchool OR Come to us-we will reeducate you to re-educate Indian Politicians. Rubi
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 13:28:44 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Assam] ULFA’s REJOINDER - Economic Development is the Key Hey Ruby, Good to know that you are still to be converted. It does raise a question that why after 22 years of India's Independence (1947) suddenly out of the blue ULFA was formed in 1979 -as your email address mentions -- if not against apathy of the central govt towards Assam's development. Now that World Bank and others are talking and taking actions about it and Assam's economic growth is 9% per annum -- you and your so-called leader are singing a different tune. Ha!! Umesh ulfa_ 1979April7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Ruby, get a life. <Grow out of your ULFA days -- now lead a peaceful life -- you are now SULFA -- Surrendered ULFA -- get a job. Forget your delusions of the past . Remember that even BBC reported about your surrender> Why you are repeatedly propagating that central publicity member, ulfa rubi bhuyan is sulfa? We don't know who surrender on the name of rubi bhuyan. But this rejoinder is by our Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa. Why you did not comment on his rejoinder? rubi Umesh ulfa_ 1979April7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bartta Bistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: TOP STORIES Conflict in Assam works in nexus with weak economy: World Bank report http://in.news.yahoo.com/071022/48/6m9n4.html ULFA’s REJOINDER The above article posted by one ‘IE’ on assamnet.org on October 23 is obviously an attempt to manipulate the study titled “Who Benefits from Civil Wars? Some Evidence from Assam”, reported to have been carried out for the World Bank, so as to undermine the historic reasons for the national struggle to regain the sovereign independence of Asom. Quoting from the World Bank report, may be out of context, about the “direct nexus” between the Asom-India conflict and a ‘weak economy’ betrays the ulterior motif to divert the core issue of our sovereignty and independence to that of a ‘weak economy’ implying thereby that effective measures to strengthen the economy will take the wind out of our struggle. Certainly, as had happened in any colonial situation, the percentage of unemployment in Asom is also very high under Indian colonial occupation. But this does not necessarily undermine the primary importance of the historic reasons that propels our struggle forward, though the colonial economy convince our people that the national struggle is also their struggle for existence. Therefore, the primary source of motivation for the youth of Asom impelling them join the national struggle is patriotism and the faith in our sovereignty and independence. A weak economy and the resultant unemployment and corruption are general phenomenon in any colonial situation. As such, it is the colonial situation that gave rise to the national liberation struggle of Asom, not just the “direct nexus” between the “conflict” and the “weak economy”. Arabinda Rajkhowa Chairman ULFA 03/11/07 ---------------------- seems god article. HS article on the same topic - not specific to Assam that if enough groups in large enough numbers and different ethicities exists - such problems are more pronounced -- 97% Han Chinese China has no such problem - (side note: -- I have a Chinese roommate -says there are elephants in China) umesh Bartta Bistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: TOP STORIES Conflict in Assam works in nexus with weak economy: World Bank report http://in.news.yahoo.com/071022/48/6m9n4.html By IE Tuesday October 23, 01:45 AM The on-going conflict in Assam, that claimed over 4,400 lives between 1992 and 2001, has a "direct nexus" with a weak economy, making it easier for militant groups to find "young recruits", a study carried out under the aegis of World Bank has confirmed. The study titled "Who benefits from Civil Wars? Some evidence from Assam", pointed out that unemployment, especially among the youth, showed disturbing trends in the 1990s, which in turn had adverse implications for the persistence of conflict. "The number of unemployed youths in Assam registered sharpest rise among 15 major states, between 1983 and 1993," the report said, pointing out that by 1993-94 (when Army operations against militants were in full swing), "the number of unemployed youths in Assam was about three times higher than the rest of India". The argument of "easy recruitment" of potential rebels is indirectly supported by this data, the study said. The study was carried for the World Bank by Deepa Narayan, Binayak Sen and Ashutosh Varshney. The study also pointed out that though there were several historic reasons behind the on-going conflict in the state, the employment situation severely deteriorated, particularly in the rural areas, during the course of the conflict. "Though the level of rural unemployment had been lower than that in urban areas during the year of conflict, it is in the rural areas that the sharpest increase in unemployment was recorded," the study revealed. The rural population was more affected during the intensified phase of conflict between 1983 and 1993, the report said, with statistics showing that the number of rural poor increased sharply from 73.53 lakh in 1987-88 to 94.33 lakh in 1993-94. There have been some signs of improvement in the overall employment scenario from 2000 onwards, but the situation is yet to reach any turn-around, the study said. On the "nexus" between weak economy and conflict, the study revealed that nearly 75 per cent of the respondents in conflict-affected areas reported that their village had a "weak" to "very weak" local economy. But what is more alarming is the increasing level of corruption that itself could be a factor responsible for the underdevelopment or slow pace of development in the state. "Corruption in local government offices marked a turn for the worse. Respondents in more than 65 per cent of the communities surveyed agreed that government officials in their village and neighbourhood were corrupt," the study said. _______________________________________________ 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) Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. 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Plain Text Attachment [ Scan and Save to Computer ] _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/nov/02hire.htm Despite India's bid to integrate itself into the global economy that counts more on merit than on lineage, Indian employers continue to follow age-old hiring practices that discriminate against lower castes. This is the view of Katherine Newman, professor of sociology in Princeton University and Paul Attewell, professor of sociology at the City University of New York, who led a research study along with Surinder S Jodhka of Jawaharlal Nehru University and Sukhadeo Thorat. "Indian employers, especially the large employers, do continue, despite their views that they do not rely on the caste factor for employment decisions, to have preconceptions or stereotypes about applicants in the labour market that reinforce caste as a source of employment discrimination," Newman said. "We have shown how the stereotypes can influence hiring practices and make it very difficult for people, particularly when relying on questions of family background, which is a very common human resources practice in India," Newsman told rediff.com in a telephone interview from New Delhi. "Our conceptions are that they are in line with caste experience that makes it very difficult for people from dalit backgrounds and OBC backgrounds to succeed in the job competition," she said. Admitting that discrimination in hiring practices continues in India, Newsman said the firms that have been interviewed are the most exposed to the modern competitive markets. "And yet they are still practicing human resource decisions that reinforce caste identity and act in a discriminatory fashion," she said. "So the idea that a modern Indian economy will do away with these long-standing forms of discrimination is I think an error. And that is what all the four studies we have done show. We are focusing specifically on the formal sector, the big firms, the ones most exposed to international competition, and that is where many people argue that modern India is headed to, and that they do not need to worry about these problems," Newsman said. The series of studies that Attewell said has been presented to the Ministry of Human Resource Development in New Delhi this week, for which both he and Newman had gone to India, will be soon published in a book form. Newman said that research show that even in the modern sector, among the large firms and multinationals, these discriminatory practices continue often with different languages although without overt reference to caste. "But it is a language that correlates and it does not really make much of a difference. It is a mistake to think that modernisation will by itself somehow cure this problem. It is not going to cure the problem," she said. Asked how the problems could be solved, she said the debates over affirmative actions are important to continue because these practices do really matter in opening up opportunities. "I think definitely investing in education is important and nobody would ignore that and I think enforcing anti-discrimination laws which is on the book is absolutely critical," Newman said. "Most of all, I think we need to understand that as long as huge sectors of Indian population are shut out of the very best jobs even when they are highly qualified - because we were focusing on the graduates of the most elite educational institutions - India will be losing out on a huge amount of human capital it cannot really afford to waste," Newsman said in the interview. "Unfortunately I think that it is pro-determined that merit is seen as defined by family background which in turns reflects caste, and so merit is not all by itself just about the credentials someone brings from an educational institution," she said. "When employers asked about family backgrounds, they were mixing this into their observations about credentials and defining merit as the combination of the two and so it is not for an individual to bring himself or herself up to the educational system if their families do not corroborate," Newman said. She argued that if individual efforts would not carry people forward and siblings' employment and parental education would count, then it s not going to do any good to the Indian society. Newman said that students and workers coming from lower caste backgrounds are not likely to have families "that looks like what the employer thinks" is the most desirable background to come from. "In other parts of the world these kind of questions would not be asked, not because they are illegal, but because they would be considered irrelevant. And so I do think it is worth reconsidering as to why Indian employers care so much about family background when they are looking at people who are presenting important and impressive educational qualifications as individuals," she said. "Why should that matter? I have been surprised how little has been discussed on this issue This is the first paper to have raised this issue and this is an import issue,' she said. "You can't do much about your family you are born into. You can do something about your own educational qualifications but you can't change your family. And if that is going to be held against people, it is going to be a long road indeed,' Newman said. Saying that the language of merit comes very much from globalisation, she said that the view is that in order to increase productivity and competition what one looks for is the most qualified and hardest working people. "That is a mantra that is enforced in all of the western economies. Indian employers are embracing the same ideas, but somehow they are not moving away from hundreds of years of tradition of employing people from ones's own family or caste," she said. "All of them reflect India's very aggressive move into the international economic order, but as long as those concepts remain of family background and all, and you cannot move away from those traditional forms of highly discriminatory hiring, it is not good for the future,' she said. --- umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Assassinationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Liberation_Front_of_Asom > > Some of the major assassinations by ULFA include > that of Surendra Paul in May 1990, the brother of > British Indian businessman Lord Swraj Paul, that > precipitated a situation leading to the sacking of > the Government of Assam under Prafulla Kumar Mahanta > and the beginning of Operation Bajrang. > In 1991 a Russian engineer was kidnapped along with > others and killed. In 1997, Sanjay Ghose, a social > activist and a relative of a high ranking Indian > diplomat, was kidnapped and killed. The highest > government officer assassinated by the group was > local AGP minister Nagen Sharma in 2000. An > unsuccessful assassination attempt was made on AGP > Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta in 1997. A > mass grave, discovered at a destroyed ULFA camp in > Lakhipathar forest, showed evidence of executions > committed by ULFA. > ULFA continues to attempt ambushes and sporadic > attacks on government security forces. > In 2003, the ULFA was accused of killing labourers > from Bihar in response to molestation and raping of > many Assamese girls in a train in Bihar. This > incident sparked off anti-Bihar sentiment in Assam, > which withered away after some months though. > On August 15, 2004, an explosion occurred in Assam > in which 10-15 people died, including some school > children. This explosion was reportedly carried out > by ULFA. The ULFA has obliquely accepted > responsibility for the blast.[4] This appears to be > the first instance of ULFA admitting to public > killings with an incendiary device. > In January 2007, the ULFA once again struck in > Assam killing approximately 62 Hindi speaking > migrant workers mostly from Bihar. On March 15, > 2007, ULFA triggered a blast in Guwahati, injuring > six persons as it celebrated its 'army day'. > > > > > > > > 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://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ > > > > http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ > > --------------------------------- > For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit > Yahoo! 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