While agreeing with you, I like to add one more aspect.It has been assumed that the happening of that day is a result of administrative inaction or simple law and order problem. Fingers should be raised more sternly at those invisible hands that conducted the puppet show. The happening and the aftermath clearly show that it was not spontaneous. It is another matter that some rowdies or perverts got into their act. Here, 3 or 4 persons stripped the lady. Similarly 4 persons were involved in the rape and killing of Barnali Deb. The latter did not give bad publicity to Assam in general. But this thing is giving bad publicity, why? Some people with good senses in the midst of the frenzy gave shelter to the tormented, that too is on the record.
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have read the proceedings in assamnet on this matter from the sidelines. One point that otherwise able people have failed address or ask is this: **** Is continued visual publication of lurid or gratuitous scenes of violence and barbarism an act of responsible or mature journalism or is it an act of inflaming tinder dry passions? Are those who do not attempt to cash in on such sensationalism guilty of attempting to hide unpleasant truths? It is obvious that otherwise educated, arguably informed and at the very least self-righteous people in this forum have failed to recognize this simple principle of social or journalistic responsibility. Compounding that with their simplistic demands for PUNISHMENT of the 'guilty' but failing to acknowledge the systemic dysfunction of Indian justice ( as is abundantly clear to anyone but the legally blind) which has demonstrated over and over again its impotence, points to the emptiness of their righteousness. What they rightly call criminal and seek justice, but fail to recognize and /or rise against the dysfunctional state of the justice system amounts to little more than double talk--intentional or ignorant--take your pick. Oxomiyas have no business pleading guilty for criminal actions of some even if they too are Oxomiyas. That would be an Indian act, where it is commonplace to hold everyone of a race or religion or ethnic identity guilty for the transgression of a few. Just look what happened to Sikhs after Indira Gandhi's assassination or to Muslims of Gujarat after Godhra or to what happens routinely to Dalits of Haryana or Tamilnadu or property rights defenders in Bengal. What Oxomiya intelligentsia must rise against is the dysfunctional Indian system of governance, where those who are responsible for law and public order are asleep at the wheel or those who went on a rampage seeking something that Oxom govert. has no ability to deliver on. At 3:23 AM +0000 11/30/07, dileep chandan wrote: >The local media in Assam has done a very good role in the latest >situation,I believe.While few electronic media has also done >good.Yesterday we had a meeting organised by journalist forum and >Rajdeep(CNN IBN)called the secy of the Guwahati Press Club.Said that >they did a mistake depecting the news.Will never do it again.The >local cable operators were also present there and from to-day they >have lifted the banned on those channels. > I think, Assam and Guwahati is a more free place for all media.But >this should not be taken for granted.Everybody should know and have >some respect to those people and place,where they are coming as a >media person.Nothing should be taken for granted > >Dileep Chandan > >Dileep Chandan >Editor,"ASOM BANI" >Tribune Buildings >Guwahati 781003 >Assam >ph;9435014229 > >On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : >>Send assam mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>You can reach the person managing the list at >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>than "Re: Contents of assam digest..." >> >> >>Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Statement of BHRPC regarding The Violence in Guwahati >> (Krishnendu Chakraborty) >> 2. Re: CNN-IBN- NDTV news report on Assam - 27th Nov'2007 (Ram Dhar) >> 3. Shame for us (Mohan R. Palleti) >> 4. Wakeup call from Beltola (Mohan R. Palleti) >> 5. Two classes at IITs, US univs etc (umesh sharma) >> 6. On 1996 tour, Gary Kirsten hated India - TOI (Ram Sarangapani) >> 7. Mischief afoot (shantikam hazarika) >> 8. Re: Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - Times of India > > (muktikam phukan) >> 9. 'Media projected Assam divide' (Buljit Buragohain) >> 10. Author, if you are that IGNORANT; hear it loud and clear, the >> ULFA exists because India is denying fulfilment of the UNIVERSAL >> rights of self-determination Assam posses. You cannot ?UNDERMINE? >> that right into oblivion, with your moronic penning. (Bartta Bistar) >> 11. Citizens' meet (ranenkumar goswami) >> 12. Re: Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - Times of India >> (muktikam phukan) >> 13. Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - Times of India >> (Krishnendu Chakraborty) >> 14. Rally by Womens' org.s: from The AT (Alpana B. Sarangapani) >> 15. Visual Account of the Day in Beltola (Dilip/Dil Deka) >> 16. Re: Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - Times of India >> (Nayanjyoti Medhi) >> 17. Re: Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - Times of India >> (Alpana B. Sarangapani) >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Message: 1 >>Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:02:33 -0800 (PST) >> From: Krishnendu Chakraborty >>Subject: [Assam] Statement of BHRPC regarding The Violence in Guwahati >>To: [email protected] >>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >>I agree with Umesh. It clearly said all Assamese >>people . You cannot paint a whole community in black >>just because of some bad apples. With this logic, >>Bengalis are to be blamed because of Nandigram, >>Gujratis for Gujrat riot, Americans for Iraq and so >>on >> >>The incident does not have anything to do with >>Chauvinism (assamese or otherwise) . It is a criminal >>act. . I see some amount of chauvinism though when >>people try to cover it up with absurd arguments or try >>to paint the criminal in regional colors. >>But as we see, the Assamese community by and large >>has condemned the incident. >> >>Probably the most chauvinistic are the people who are >>passing such absurd comments ... painting a whole >>community in black >> >> >> >> >> >>You read it wrong. You should say "those who are NOT >>Assamese should not take offense" --because it accuses >>all Assamese people. >> >> >> >>Umesh >> >> >>Waliulllah Ahmed Laskar >>wrote: Dear Group >>Members, >> >> >> Thanks a lot to Umesh and Mukul for posting >>comments on the statement >> >> of BHRPC. The objection raised by them are serious. >>But I think in the >> >> statement there is nothing to object because the >>statement does not >> >> accuse any people considering their creed, caste, >>religion, language >> >> or place of birth. It just attacked the chauvinist >>mind set of the >> >> Assamese people. So who are not chauvinists should >>not take offense. >> >> Regards >> Wali Laskar >> >> >> >> >>____________________________________________________________________________________ >>Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. >>Make Yahoo! your homepage. >>http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:35:54 -0500 >> From: Ram Dhar >>Subject: Re: [Assam] CNN-IBN- NDTV news report on Assam - 27th >> Nov'2007 >>To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the >> world >>Message-ID: >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" >> >> >> >> >>> TV--INDIAN channels particularly -is total waste of time and >>a( mostly) mental health hazard.>>> We should ban these forever. >>Hi Mahanta da, >>I beg to differ , infact news analysis and talk shows on current >>affairs-sports-business are quite good. >> >>an example here - >>http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/52566/nandigram-matter-of-concern-not-shame.html >> >>these kind of programs were not there until Private channels were >>allowed in 90s. >>We have come a long way from the 80s dull n boring Doordarshan( >>govt mouth piece) programs. >> Anchors like Pronoy Roy, Karan Thapar, Burkha Dutt ,Shekhar Gupta >>are among the very best in the world. >> >>Yes, true not all 50 plus channels have same standard but atleast >>viewers in India now have the choice to watch from so many of them. > >Whether they are fair and balanced (example this gauhati flare >up) ...it's upto the viewers to decide and clearly these channels >should have given more air time to majority of Gauhati/Assam >residents who didn't support this mindless violence and that lady >who was stripped and chased . >> >>note - Print media has now reported some >>Mamoni Goswami speaks to the victim : >>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071128/asp/frontpage/story_8601981.asp >>Beltola residents Cry for arrests of voyeurs: >>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071128/asp/guwahati/story_8601391.asp >>Assam singer/artists : >>Words of comfort for victims >>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071128/asp/guwahati/story_8600336.asp >> >> >>take care , >>RD >> >> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed, >>28 Nov 2007 08:09:36 +0530> Subject: Re: [Assam] CNN-IBN- NDTV news >>report on Assam - 27th Nov'2007> > > TV--INDIAN channels >>particularly -is total waste of time and a( mostly) mental health >>hazard.> We should ban these forever.> mm> > From: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 >>10:17:32 -0500> Subject: [Assam] CNN-IBN- NDTV news report on Assam >>- 27th Nov'2007> > > NDTV video news report on todays Assam bandh-> >>http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx?id=19977> > >>also read this , Assam govt gags TV channels for showing >>torture--> > >>http://www.ibnlive.com/news/assam-gags-tv-channels-for-showing-tribal-torture/53130-3.html> >> > > >>great to have web TV access these days for folks like us living far >>away from home !> > > > > > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:21:34 >>-0800From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: >>[Assam] Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - Times of India> >>Shame on Beltola residents who let it go to this extent!> > Read >>the report from the Telegraph and see for yourself who have taken >>over the streets of Guwahati, in this case the street vendors. Does >>that hold true for all of Guwahati? I hope that is not the case in >>Uzanbazar where I grew up.> I suspect this is how the >>sequence/chronology went:> The front line of the processionists got >>violent, damaged property all along and ran.> The business owners >>and their employees started revenge on the next batch of >>processionists that consisted of the non-violent weaker members >>including this woman.> The local residents and reinforcement of >>security forces got into action and controlled the street mob to >>bring an end to the fury.> > Unfortunately I felt many years ago >>this is how Guwahati will turn out to be due to uncontrolled >>growth. What can I say?> Dilip Deka> >>===================================================> > > > > > FROM >>THE TELEGRAPH> Shame on Guwahati streets> > A STAFF >>REPORTER> > > > > > > Guwahati, Nov. 26: A young Adivasi woman ran >>down a Guwahati street naked, stripped by ethnic rioters, while >>leering city youths clicked away with their cellphone cameras.> As >>television today brought to Assam homes one more scene of >>Saturday?s street horror ? when hundreds of tribals were attacked >>over a 3.5km stretch of the city ? police arrested the woman?s >>three tormentors.> ?The three had pounced on her like a pack of >>dogs and started stripping her. All her pleas fell on deaf ears >>till they had stripped her naked. Only then did they let her go,? >>said a police officer quoting eyewitnesses to the mob retaliation >>to a violent Adivasi students? march.> The woman sprinted away from >>a large group of jeering men and ran on in panic till somebody >>threw her a piece of clothing.> The sight left homemaker Ananya >>Baruah dumbfounded on her second-floor balcony at Beltola, the >>epicentre from where the rioting spilled over several localities.> >>?She was running like mad. Some people were clicking pictures with >>their cellphones. It was one of the worst crimes any civilised >>society could have committed. I felt so helpless just watching. The >>girl disappeared into one of the by-lanes.?> The victim was >>probably a participant in the armed Adivasi procession in demand of >>Scheduled Tribe status that had turned violent and damaged private >>and public property, including cars.> As the police began >>dispersing the tribals, angry local mobs chased down the stragglers >>among them. Adivasi men, women and children were dragged across >>streets and mercilessly beaten up with the police refusing to >>intervene. The violence left some 300 injured and a 12-year-old boy >>dead. > The ethnic conflict claimed a second life this morning. >>Santosh Kumar, 17, was dragged out of a vehicle on a highway for >>?defying? an Adivasi-enforced bandh that was yet to begin, and >>hacked to death.> Chief minister Tarun Gogoi announced the arrests >>of the trio who had stripped the woman and offered the victim Rs 1 >>lakh in compensation. Prasenjit Chakravarty, Sandip Chakdar and >>Ratul Barman were nabbed on the basis of video footage and >>eyewitness accounts.> Ratul, a waiter at Mahalaxmi Hotel in >>Beltola, is barely 18. The main accused is Prasenjit, 28, owner of >>Dainty Fast Food restaurant in the same locality. Sandip, 20, owns >>a paan shop near the hotel where Ratul works.> The charges against >>them range from outraging a woman?s modesty to attempt to murder. > >>Gogoi announced a judicial probe into the violence by the All >>Adivasi Students? Association of Assam as well as the mob backlash. >>The state government has announced a compensation of Rs 3 lakh for >>the families of the dead.Ram Dhar wrote:> > > >>infact it did happen ..Please note - you may find this video >>content very very disturbing.Really shocked to see this happening >>in our Gauhati. CNN-IBN video- >>http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/53043/guwahati-residents-strip-beat-up-women-protestors.html> >> > > >>Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:10:55 -0600From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Assam] Mob strips woman protester in >>Guwahati - Times of India> This news, IF TRUE, is a darn shame, and >>if it is NOT, then we should all join hand in vehemently protesting >>to the TOI, and demand that the publish clarifications prominently >>and apologize to Assam & her people. > > > > --Ram> > > > Mob >>strips woman protester in Guwahati27 Nov 2007, 0001 hrs IST ,TNNSMS >>NEWS to 58888 for latest updates > > > > > > GUWAHATI: Like in most >>bandhs and protests, poor adivasi workers from the once lush tea >>gardens of Assam did dent business and damage some property as they >>marched through Guwahati to demand inclusion in the Scheduled >>Tribes list which will help them get easier access to education and >>jobs. But it was one adivasi woman who bore the brunt of the anger >>of local residents. She was attacked, her clothes were ripped off >>and a mob chased the naked woman along the streets. Ducking from >>prying eyes and TV cameras and terrified by screams of a mob >>chasing her, the woman ran until some other residents rescued her >>on Saturday and gave her clothes and cover both from the >>lathi-wielding police and the assailants. Two days later, after the >>protests spiralled as news of the attack on the woman got out, >>Assam's CM Tarun Gogoi said he was enraged by the crowd behaviour >>and police said three of the assailants had been arrested. He >>announced a Rs 1 lakh compensation for the woman, whose identity >>was not disclosed. "I am horrified by the incident. I cannot >>believe how people can be so inhuman and barbaric. Everybody seems >>to have lost their sense," said Gogoi on Monday. The CM also >>announced a judicial inquiry into Saturday's violence. Police said >>three men were picked up from their houses early Monday. They were >>identified as Prasenjit Chakravorty (28), owner of a fast food >>joint, Ratul Barman (18), a hotel waiter, and Sudip Chakdar (20), a >>pan shop owner. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Sibu Soren, who has >>pitched in for Assam's adivasi migrants, said the incident >>demonstrated the racial hatred for tribals. "I have also led many >>agitations, but never had we targeted women. Adivasis across the >>country are always looked down upon and do not get the respect they >>deserve from people and the government as a whole," Soren said on >>Monday after visiting injured protesters. Former Jharkhand CM >>Babulal Marandi also waded in as the bandh took a tribal vs >>non-tribal hue. He flew into Guwahati Monday afternoon and went >>straight for a press conference with the main opposition party >>Assam Gana Parishad (AGP). "This is a conspiracy hatched by >>Congress government," he charged. Although Guwahati remained >>largely peaceful in the last phase of the 36-hour protest that >>began on Saturday, the stripping incident gave it a new impetus in >>many areas where the sponsors, the All Adivasi Students' >>Association of Assam, had clout. Sporadic violence was reported and >>bandh supporters attacked one vehicle at Karigaon in Kokrajhar >>district, killing one person and injuring two others. So far, at >>least six people have been killed in clashes between adivasi >>activists and local people. About 250 people have been injured in >>police action or clashes. > > Share life as it happens with the new >>Windows Live. 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Palleti" >>Subject: [Assam] Shame for us >>To: [email protected] >>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 >> >>I am ashamed of what happened at Beltola. The shame that 3 men brought us >>in the international front page. This is not Assam that I know and am >>proud of! and these men do not represent the whole community. >> >>As for the poor girl and her family, she has my moral support. If there is >>any way I can help, I would like to do so. >> >>But I also agree with you that all these people who have been here for >>such a long period of time, should not be still calling themselves >>adivai's. By now they should be mainstream assamese people. By no means I >>would call them tribal people. They have a regular income which is far >>more than the average assamese people who do not work in Tea Gardens. >> >>To be in a Schedule Tribe or Schedule Caste status it is advantageous only >>if one is looking for Goverment Jobs. All this will no longer be important >>when privatization of Public sectors takes place. >> >>Assam Government and society should come forward and change the satus of >>the Adivis's to a more assamese status, so that they are not alienated. We >>should not be doing the same mistakes made by our forefathers. After all === message truncated === Uttam Kumar Borthakur --------------------------------- Bring your gang together - do your thing. Start your group. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
