Dear Mr Thakuria Seminars on the need of constitutional reforms are always welcome in a democracy. The Constitution itself provides the means as to how we should go about it.But do the people of India really want it that way? For example, take the recent Occupy protests all over the world. It is still going on. A Gandhian wanted to create a Lokpal who would have more power. than the Prime Minister. And the Parliament almost gave in! The Prime Minister is not a dictator. He is the democratically leader of the ruling party.This is a new development in politics - the.triumph of ultra constitutional.means.
The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India gives many safeguards for the .uplift of the less developed people of India. The safeguards were intended to last ten years to begin with. But it has been extened after every next ten years. In the meantime, more and more people belonging to various groups are demanding to be included in the schedule.. Will a new Constituent Assembly be able to annul the Sixth Schedule altogether without a nationwide revolution? I am just giving an example to show what is at stake. We talk of decentralisation of power. What is the result? A lot of money has gone down the drain especially in the Sixth Schedule areas. In politics there is a saying: The people get the government they want. There is another saying: The best form of government is what governs best. -bhuban . . -----Original Message----- From: assam-request <[email protected]> To: assam <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 6:30 Subject: assam Digest, Vol 79, Issue 11 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 r, 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 han "Re: Contents of assam digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Revisiting the Indian Constitution (Nava Thakuria) 2. NEFTI : NORTH EAST FORUM FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS (Buljit Buragohain) 3. Re: [assam] New York Times on India on Sunday (12 02 2012) (Bhuban Baruah) Attached Message From: Nava Thakuria <[email protected]> To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: [Assam] Revisiting the Indian Constitution Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:59:10 -0800 (PST) Revisiting the Indian Constitution y Nava Thakuria olkata, Feb 11: India as a largest democracy in the globe may be a prime source f inspiration for many other nations, but the country is itself facing crisis n many fronts. The deepen crisis of governance & administration, regional mbalance, strain in Centre-State relationship, unabated corruption, and Indian ivil society with a blur vision only show the symptom of the calamity we are aiting for, said Dr BB Dutta, former Rajya Sabha Member, while addressing a istinguished gathering at Calcutta High Court auditorium today morning. He was elivering the welcome address in a seminar cum workshop on ‘Urgency of Reform n the Indian Political System: Revisiting the Constitution’ at Kolkata, where undreds of illustrious personalities from different sections of Indian society ave rubbed their soldiers. rganized by the Calcutta High Court Bar Association in association with Divya eevan Foundation, the seminars is also addressed by Justice Kalyan J. Sengupta, ustice JS Verma, Himangshu Dey with many others. The day long seminar is also ttended by SC Jamir, former Goa Governor and Nagaland chief minister, Manas houdhury, MLA from Meghalaya, BK Nath, proprietor of Jugasankha Publications, uwahati with some northeast India based journalists. aking his point clear at the seminar Dr Dutta, also the chairman of Divya eevan Foundation, highlighted the need of continued dialogues for a better ndia. He also clarified that the exercise is for educating Indian themselves, ut no way designed to malign any political party or leaders in the country. r Subhash C. Kashyap, a constitutional expert insisted that there is an urgent eed of political reform in India as the a partial colonial model of onstitution was adopted after India’s independence. He also cited that xcessive power at New Delhi (we call it as centre) has created tremendous roblems in governance. Dr Kashyap also argued that if the sovereignty belongs o the people, they should be allowed to be governed by themselves (without nnecessary interference from the Union government in New Delhi), because the olitical power must return to the people. Attached Message From: Buljit Buragohain <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [Assam] NEFTI : NORTH EAST FORUM FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:49:50 +0530 (IST) NEFTI : NORTH EAST FORUM FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS (www.nefti.in ) ision : To popularize science education in order to promote rofessional, technical & higher education thereby producing quality human esources to facilitate industrial & economic growth of the region. ailing Address : orth East Forum for Technical Institutions lock-B, Central IT College, r. R. P. Road, ispur, anbazar, Guwahati - 781001 ssam, India. Fixed Lines : 361-2139531 361-2235768 ell Phones : (91) 8640 63793, (91) 98640 32522, (91) 98640 26097 mail Address : [email protected] ebsite : www.nefti.in Attached Message From: Bhuban Baruah <[email protected]> To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Assam] [assam] New York Times on India on Sunday (12 02 2012) Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:17:00 -0500 (EST) ear Friends: India Ink, N Y Times, has the following this Sunday (12 02 2012) >From India to Rutgers: Classic Dance Form Perseveres. Newswallah : Bharat and Bollywood Editions. 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