Great analysis, informative too. Thanks for sharing.
Sent from my iPad On Aug 1, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Sushanta Kar <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to share a good write up on the issue with you all: written by an > Assamese Scholar ,Sanjay Barbora (teaches at the Tata Institute of Social > Sciences), > > here are some citations: complicate matters further, there is little or no > discussion on how ethnic categories come into play in violent events and > why conflicts continue to persist with such alarming regularity in Assam. > That only gives more vigour to those who > claim that demographic changes have had an adverse impact on social > relations.......it is important to keep in mind that the demographic > changes are a reality that cannot be wished away. Non-Boro communities have > often expressed fear of the consequences of government demands that Boro > leaders prove their majority in the BTAD areas. This, they argue, is the > precursor for attempts at creating majorities through acts of violence. In > the impasse, the absence of a framework for dialogue that allows for > accommodation of differences is sorely missed....In reinforcing the > polarisation between advocates for autonomy and agents of a centralising > state, one risks abolishing the possibility of a neutral and non-violent > position that can broker a settlement between all communities in BTAD, > including Muslims, Boros, Koch Rajbongshi, Adivasi, Nepali and Assamese. > One needs to recall that the BTAD is a tragic site of failed interventions, > which are more dangerous than neglected conflicts, since the momentary > media-induced platform is capable of amplifying grievances that could well > have been settled amicably. In the rush to provide sound bites to the > cameras, most political parties and commentators have only served to > enhance the lack of a coherent dialogue on resource and power sharing > between different communities in the autonomous council .......... Read > here: Guwahati. > http://communalism.blogspot.in/2012/07/assam-political-mobilisation-along.html > > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <[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. Re: The Center is Responsible for Ethnic Violence in Assam >> (Chan Mahanta) >> 2. Re: The Center is Responsible for Ethnic Violence in Assam >> (Alpana B. Sarangapani) >> 3. Has Gurgaon failed as a Millennium City? (Ram Dhar) >> 4. Please provide Justice for Pritam and Punishment for >> Criminals. (Alpana B. Sarangapani) >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Chan Mahanta <[email protected]> >> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world < >> [email protected]> >> Cc: >> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:40:22 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [Assam] The Center is Responsible for Ethnic Violence in Assam >> While I hold my opinions on the matter, may I ask what you found >> ridiculous in the report Alpana :-)? >> >> BTW, the report seems to be from Ram Dhar's "[Assam] NDTV hindi program - >> discussion about Kokrajhar incident, illegal migration" post. >> So it could be surmised that it was prepared by some Hindiwalla, not >> exactly some Kharkhowa anti-Indian type :-). Buty I could be wrong >> about that. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 29, 2012, at 11:57 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: >> >>> How ridiculous! I am not sure if this is an opinion or quotes from >> somewhere else. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> On Jul 29, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Rajen Barua <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The Center is Responsible for Ethnic Violence in Assam >>>> The ethnic violence in Assam should be an eye opener to GOI and to all >> in Assam. Assam has about 3% of India's total population but has 140 >> different ethnic groups compared to India;s total about 600 total ethnic >> groups. The significance is clear when we realise that this 3% population >> of Assam is carrying about 25% of India's ethnic burden resulting in about >> 12 times more ethnic stress in Assam compared to the rest of India. I donot >> see that this point has been realised and presented in proper perspective >> by any political leaders either from the state or from the center. Assam >> simply cannot take any more ethic stress. >>>> Ethnic violence results from conflictc in ethnic groups trying to take >> proper ethnic identities. In an multi ethnic state like Assam, one will >> have to take multi identity for harmony of all. Thus the identity of >> Assamese with all ethnic groups that also consists of Hindus and Muslims is >> ideal for harmony. However, if one odes not want to take the Assamese >> identity that is fine as long as one doe not push too much on its own >> narrow ethnic identity to make additional room in Assam where room is >> simply not there. I hope this should be an eye opener to all in India. >>>> Against this background, the present ethnic violence in Assam is >> plainly a case in point which shows how the GOI is exploiting Assam under >> the terror of Indian Democracy. The ethnic homeland such as Bodo Land in a >> state like Assam which is already full of many different ethnic groups is >> not tenable, and the GOI should have known it. Many were opposed to the >> creation of the BTAD under the sixth schedule of the Constitution but Delhi >> which is the arbiter in all such cases does not think too far ahead. The >> center is trying to ceate rooms where room is not there. >>>> The GOI is doubly to blame, because this particular problem is created >> mainly by influx of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh which the GOI is >> supposed to take care f in the first place. This also shows the lack of >> leadership of the Assam political leaders in not being able to present in >> proper perspective the complex ethnic map of Assam with its proper >> significance >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> assam mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> assam mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[email protected]> >> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world < >> [email protected]> >> Cc: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world < >> [email protected]> >> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:53:21 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [Assam] The Center is Responsible for Ethnic Violence in Assam >> O' it was not obvious, C'da? Thanks for giving (at least trying to) the >> credit to the source that it came from. It was hard to figure out where it >> came from - in fact, if it came from another source - as the quotes or any >> type of reference was also missing as you usually see in this type of >> situations - when it snot your own creation, and of course I knew better. >> >> Hindialai houk ba sindialai houk, it is ridiculous. From when the central >> government become the Chief Minister of Assam who is in charge of the >> internal affairs of the state? >> >> My heart goes out to the ordinary people that had to flee their homes and >> also suffered during this or any other violence. But blaming the Center? >> >> Please don't hold your opinions back, let's have them here and have a fair >> discussion if nothing else. >> >> So, ultimately, division is bad, correct? It gets ridiculous when people >> pretend to think that this division was the Center's plan (and it did not >> come from History books, it just happened the other day) and that it was >> not something that they were compelled to do because of what? - another >> type of Violence Again. Corrupted mind, patriotic feelings, peace loving >> characteristics - all these are in the minds of people, if these are in >> tact, Center can't do anything. Simplistic theory? Let it be, but let's get >> back to this utterly meaningless blame game for now. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> On Jul 30, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Chan Mahanta <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> While I hold my opinions on the matter, may I ask what you found >> ridiculous in the report Alpana :-)? >>> >>> BTW, the report seems to be from Ram Dhar's "[Assam] NDTV hindi program >> - discussion about Kokrajhar incident, illegal migration" post. >>> So it could be surmised that it was prepared by some Hindiwalla, not >> exactly some Kharkhowa anti-Indian type :-). Buty I could be wrong >>> about that. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jul 29, 2012, at 11:57 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: >>> >>>> How ridiculous! I am not sure if this is an opinion or quotes from >> somewhere else. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 29, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Rajen Barua <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The Center is Responsible for Ethnic Violence in Assam >>>>> The ethnic violence in Assam should be an eye opener to GOI and to all >> in Assam. Assam has about 3% of India's total population but has 140 >> different ethnic groups compared to India;s total about 600 total ethnic >> groups. The significance is clear when we realise that this 3% population >> of Assam is carrying about 25% of India's ethnic burden resulting in about >> 12 times more ethnic stress in Assam compared to the rest of India. I donot >> see that this point has been realised and presented in proper perspective >> by any political leaders either from the state or from the center. Assam >> simply cannot take any more ethic stress. >>>>> Ethnic violence results from conflictc in ethnic groups trying to take >> proper ethnic identities. In an multi ethnic state like Assam, one will >> have to take multi identity for harmony of all. Thus the identity of >> Assamese with all ethnic groups that also consists of Hindus and Muslims is >> ideal for harmony. However, if one odes not want to take the Assamese >> identity that is fine as long as one doe not push too much on its own >> narrow ethnic identity to make additional room in Assam where room is >> simply not there. I hope this should be an eye opener to all in India. >>>>> Against this background, the present ethnic violence in Assam is >> plainly a case in point which shows how the GOI is exploiting Assam under >> the terror of Indian Democracy. The ethnic homeland such as Bodo Land in a >> state like Assam which is already full of many different ethnic groups is >> not tenable, and the GOI should have known it. Many were opposed to the >> creation of the BTAD under the sixth schedule of the Constitution but Delhi >> which is the arbiter in all such cases does not think too far ahead. The >> center is trying to ceate rooms where room is not there. >>>>> The GOI is doubly to blame, because this particular problem is created >> mainly by influx of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh which the GOI is >> supposed to take care f in the first place. This also shows the lack of >> leadership of the Assam political leaders in not being able to present in >> proper perspective the complex ethnic map of Assam with its proper >> significance >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> assam mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> assam mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> assam mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Ram Dhar <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Cc: >> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:35:53 -0400 >> Subject: [Assam] Has Gurgaon failed as a Millennium City? >> >> >> >> >> NDTV show- >> http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/money-mantra/is-gurgaon-really-a-millennium-city/241104?hp&video-featuredBeen >> there for work, really loved work env and facilities et al within >> office env. Hotels, shopping centres, highway from airport, metro are very >> good. However, the city is under tremendous pressure due to unplanned >> expansion, lack of adequate water, security and power.Corporations from >> abroad/India are all going there but for how long it will continue if >> infrastructure is lacking. Govt of the day -- well no comments !!! tnx >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: >> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:49:10 -0500 >> Subject: [Assam] Please provide Justice for Pritam and Punishment for >> Criminals. >> >> >> I just signed the petition "Please provide Justice for Pritam and >> Punishment for Criminals." and wanted to see if you could help by adding >> your name. >> >> Our goal is to reach 10,000 signatures and we need more support. You can >> read more and sign the petition here: >> >> >> http://www.change.org/petitions/please-provide-justice-for-pritam-and-punishment-for-criminals >> >> Thanks! >> Alpana >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> > > > -- > Sushanta Kar > সুশান্ত কর > তিনসুকিয়া, আসাম > > আমার ব্লগগুলি: > http://sushantakar40.blogspot.com > http://ishankonerkahini.blogspot.com > http://ishankonerkotha.blogspot.com > > পূর্বোত্তরের বাংলা প্রকাশনার সংগ্রহঃ > http://kathernouko.blogspot.com/ > http://ishanerpunjomegh.blogspot.com/ > > আমি পূর্বোত্তরের গৌরব এই অভিধানেও কাজ করি: > http://www.xobdo.org/ > > "স্বাজাত্যের অহমিকার থেকে মুক্তি দানের শিক্ষাই, আজকের দিনের প্রধান শিক্ষা" > রবীন্দ্রনাথ > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
