I am not a leader sir! (So cannot be looter of the either side!) I shall choose to wait for the apocalypse to happen by itself (with my middle-class mentality). And if someone brings about the day of reckoning, on getting the information, I shall join the winning side with glee:-). With due respect sir, I would have been happier that you with your impeccable credentials would concentrate on the content of the first part than on the aside in the last part of my mail.
mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ---------------------------------------- Are you with the Looters ? Are you for Assam to be looted eternally? What do you think should be done now? mm > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:44:27 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: [Assam] Potatoeconomics of Assam> > > > > A news > item in Pratidin makes a difficult reading. Less of facts, more of opinions. > > But an item published on 31st March2008 is of concern. The prices of potato > have suddenly plummetted in Assam. Apparently it should indicate the positive > impact of withdrawal of Value Added Tax on food items. But it is not, because > of the simple reason that the prices of rice-cereals etc. have remained > sky-high.> > Then why this sudden drop in potato prices? Its answer can be > found in the huge production of potato in Barpeta district under the aegis of > the Oxom Unnati Sabha. In order to ensure that the Oxomiya farmers producing > potato incur loss and do not dare to cultivate it again successfully, the > mainland India trading lobby or the oligopoly or the cartel, by whatever name > called, has suddenly reduced the market prices of potato so that the reigning market prices would not allow the local cultivators recover the input prices, let alone make a profit. Moreover, storing in Assam is a bit difficult, because of dearth of cold storage facility and lack of electricity to run the cold storages effectively.> > Such things have been taking place in Assam for a number of years in respect of tea, vegetables and now Potato. Some people may argue that let the market forces rule, as in any free market system. But history of economics shows that it is the trade barriers, subsidies and in short the protective policies of the state that have allowed the economies of rich nations grow. So such advocates actually are the spokespersons of the mighty, and in this case that of the mainland India that uses Assam like a hinterland. Moreover, had it been a fairplay, it would have been acceptable. But here is a design working to stifle capital formation in Assam and the Indian State and its local lackeys are helping such a design to succeed by its inaction or covert helping hand.> > I believe that we should do whatever we can to foil and expose such nefarious designs. Yes, desecration of archeological relics is important issue to tackle. But brazen economic loot is no less a question.> > I am also surprised that the outfits that want secession or sovereignty of Assam, do not point out these injustices in everyday life and restrict themselves to denouncing state atrocities, to which campaign people have become desensitized to an extent, as it smacks of partisanship. The major problem with these outfits are that they have failed to give anyone an alternative picture or system, if they have one, to fire the imaginations of the people, who they apparently want to win over.> > > Uttam Kumar Borthakur> > > ---------------------------------> Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now> _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> [email protected]> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _________________________________________________________________ Fashion Channel : Want to know whatÂ’s the latest in the fashion world ? You have it all here on MSN Fashion. http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Uttam Kumar Borthakur --------------------------------- Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here to know how. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
