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From: Siddharth Barthakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Jan 31, 2008 8:58 PM
Subject: Assam - Perspective !
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear All,
A questionnaire-based survey conducted in later part of 2007 among youths in
Assam has revealed that their general knowledge is below par.This survey was
conducted by the monthly magazine for youth 'Jiban' among 2,270 students and
youths in the age group of 15 to 40 in more than a hundred villages and towns
across Assam. Editor of "Jiban" Mr Suresh Ranjan Goduka is a TATA-RGVN
(Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi) senior fellow, who led the survey team.
(1) 95 percent of the respondents do not know that there is a separate
ministry for the northeast at the centre. 46 percent of those surveyed said
there should be one!
(2) What is more surprising is that 62 percent of the respondents were not
aware of Assam's population while 73 percent did not have a clue about the
state's literacy rate.
(3) 38 percent of them did not know where money comes from at the ATMs,
(4) A small 5 percent of those surveyed thought Sensex has something to do
with sex!
(5) At least 90 percent of those surveyed knew Baichung Bhutia is a
footballer although 6 percent thought he was the king of Bhutan!
The only silver lining, according to the highlights of the Youth Awareness
Survey, is the health awareness level among the youths.
(6) As much as 91 percent of the respondents knew that kissing does not
spread AIDS and 93 percent were aware that jaundice is a water-borne disease.
What is amazing is the lack of awareness among those surveyed about several
common facts concerning Assam's history and politics.
(7) 37 percent of the youths surveyed did not know that the Assam Accord
signed in 1985 to end the six-year-long anti-foreigners stir had set March 25,
1971 as the cut-off date for detection and expulsion of illegal migrants from
the state.
(8) 27 percent of the respondents thought that the Saraighat Bridge over the
river Brahmaputra in state capital Guwahati was built by a king of the Ahom
dynasty that ruled Assam for 600 years starting 1,228 AD. This bridge in fact
was opened to traffic in 1962.
Warm Regards.
Siddharth Barthakur
Skype: siddharthbarthakur
New Delhi
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