If I need any advise, I know whom to approach.
I may need re-education (not by you, at any stretch of imagination), but you
seem to need pity.
Shantikam Hazarika
Director,
Assam Institute of Management
PO Box 30, GUWAHATI 781001, India
HOME PAGE: www.aimguwahati.edu.in > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:30:39 +0000> From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [Assam] ULFA’s
REJOINDER> > > > Cear Hazarika,> You also like Umesh Sharma batter 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>
> > > --- shantikam hazarika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:> > > > > It is
intriguing that Arabinda Rajkhowa has> > responded to a World Bank study, not
to queries> > raised by his own kith and kin. If his contention> > would have
been correct, there would have been> > widespread support to their movement.
Patriotism and> > faith in sovereignty and independence driving youths> > to
the "struggle" (actually killing of innocent> > lives and renegating Assam's
growth and development)> > is too far fetched to carry any conviction.> >
Parroting 'colonialism, colonialism' is now outdated> > and even the communists
have discarded this word> > long ago.> > > > Shantikam Hazarika> > Director, >
> Assam Institute of Management> > PO Box 30, GUWAHATI 781001, India> > HOME
PAGE: www.aimguwahati.edu.in > > > > > > Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 09:55:23
+0000From:> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Assam] ULFA’s>
REJOINDER> > Bartta Bistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > TOP STORIESConflict in
Assam works in nexus with> > weak economy:World Bank> >>
reporthttp://in.news.yahoo.com/071022/48/6m9n4.htmlULFA’s> > REJOINDERThe
above article posted by one> ‘IE’> > onassamnet.org on October 23
is obviously an attempt> > tomanipulate the study titled “Who Benefits> >
fromCivil Wars? Some Evidence from Assam”,> > reportedto have been
carried out for the World Bank,> > so as toundermine the historic reasons for
the> > nationalstruggle to regain the sovereign> > independence of Asom.Quoting
from the World Bank> > report, may be out ofcontext, about the> “direct>
> nexus” betweenthe Asom-India conflict and a> >
‘weakeconomy’ betrays the ulterior motif> to> > divertthe core
issue of our sovereignty and> > independence tothat of a ‘weak
economy’> implying> > therebythat effective measures to strengthen the> >
economy willtake the wind out of our struggle.> > Certainly, as hadhappened in
any colonial situation,> > the percentage ofunemployment in Asom is also very>
> high under Indiancolonial occupation. But this does> > not
necessarilyundermine the primary importance of> > the historicreasons that
propels our struggle> > forward, though thecolonial economy convince our> >
people that the nationalstruggle is also their> > struggle for
existence.Therefore, the primary source> > of motivation for theyouth of Asom
impelling them> > join the nationalstruggle is patriotism and the> > faith in
oursovereignty and independence. A weak> > economy and theresultant
unemployment and corruption> > are generalphenomenon in any colonial situation.
As> > such, it isthe colonial situation that gave rise to> > the
nationalliberation struggle of Asom, not just> > the“direct nexus”
between> the“conflict” and the> > “weakeconomy”.> > > >
Arabinda Rajkhowa> > Chairman> > ULFA> > 03/11/07> > > >
----------------------seems god article.HS article> > on the same topic - not
specific to Assamthat if> > enough groups in large enough numbers anddifferent>
> ethicities exists - such problems are morepronounced> > -- 97% Han Chinese
China has no suchproblem - (side> > note: -- I have a Chinese roommate-says
there are> > elephants in China)umeshBartta Bistar> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote: TOP> > STORIESConflict in Assam works in nexus with weak> >
economy:World Bank> >> reporthttp://in.news.yahoo.com/071022/48/6m9n4.htmlBy> >
IE Tuesday October 23, 01:45 AM The on-going> > conflict in Assam, that claimed
over4,400 lives> > between 1992 and 2001, has a "directnexus" with a> > weak
economy, making it easier formilitant groups to> > find "young recruits", a
studycarried out under the> > aegis of World Bank hasconfirmed. The study
titled> > "Who benefits from Civil Wars? Someevidence from> > Assam", pointed
out that unemployment,especially> > among the youth, showed disturbing trendsin
the> > 1990s, which in turn had adverse implicationsfor the> > persistence of
conflict. "The number of unemployed> > youths in Assam registeredsharpest rise
among 15> > major states, between 1983 and1993," the report> > said, pointing
out that by 1993-94(when Army> > operations against militants were in
fullswing),> > "the number of unemployed youths in Assam wasabout> > three
times higher than the rest of India". The> > argument of "easy recruitment" of
potential rebelsis> > indirectly supported by this data, the study> > said.The
study was carried for the World Bank by> > DeepaNarayan, Binayak Sen and
Ashutosh Varshney. The> > study also pointed out that though there wereseveral>
> historic reasons behind the on-going conflictin the> > state, the employment
situation> > severelydeteriorated, particularly in the rural> > areas,
duringthe course of the conflict. "Though the> > level of ruralunemployment had
been lower than that> > in urban areasduring the year of conflict, it is in> >
the rural areasthat the sharpest increase in> > unemployment wasrecorded," the
study revealed. The> > rural population was more affected during> >
theintensified phase of conflict between 1983 and> > 1993,the report said, with
statistics showing that> > thenumber of rural poor increased sharply from
73.53> > lakhin 1987-88 to 94.33 lakh in 1993-94. There have> > been some signs
of improvement in theoverall> > employment scenario from 2000 onwards, but> >
thesituation is yet to reach any turn-around, the> > studysaid. On the "nexus"
between weak economy and> > conflict, thestudy revealed that nearly 75 per
cent> > of therespondents in conflict-affected areas> > reported thattheir
village had a "weak" to "very> > weak" localeconomy. But what is more alarming
is the> > increasing level ofcorruption that itself could be a> > factor
responsiblefor the underdevelopment or slow> > pace of developmentin the state.
"Corruption in> > local government officesmarked a turn for the worse.> >
Respondents in more than65 per cent of the> > communities surveyed agreed
thatgovernment officials> > in their village andneighbourhood were corrupt,"
the> > study said.> > _______________________________________________assam> >
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