>who are these? could you explain a bit, C'da? do I fall in one of these >>categories and which one? :)
*** You are a smart lady A. I am quite confident of your abilities to figure it out, all by your bewildered self :-). >Actually I was trying to analyze why Badan B. did what he did. *** That would not take much to get to the bottom of either. But in any case, an understanding of Badan's motives would hardly help us understand the NSCN or Naga motives. They are not analogous at all. Or are they? c-da At 10:00 AM -0500 8/7/03, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: > > >>ranks of the disaffected, not the disaffecter :-). > > > >who are these? could you explain a bit, C'da? do I fall in one of these >categories and which one? :) > > > >Actually I was trying to analyze why Badan B. did what he did. > > > > > > >From: Chan Mahanta >To: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" , >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Assam] re: from the Sentinel >>Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:50:30 -0500 > >At 9:38 AM -0500 8/7/03, Alpana >B. Sarangapani wrote: > > > > > >All these new avenues to get >independence and to get rid of the "torture" > >from the "colonists", >will make one think: why did they call Badan > >Barphukan a 'dexodrohi' >when he asked for help from Burma? why did he > >bring them anyway? > > >> > > > > >because it back-fired? and these things always do? > > > > >>*** They might Alpana. But to be a credible advice, it has to come from >the >ranks of the disaffected, not the disaffecter :-). > >c-da > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Chan Mahanta >To: D Deka , >deepjyoti kakati , > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Assam] re: >from the Sentinel > >>Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:27:52 -0500 > >Maybe we >could export a few > >good Batist preachers from the fine, Godfearing >>land of Texas to Assam > >and show the ULFA some religion :-)? > > >But >seriously, easy as it > >might be to take pot-shots at the missionaries >>from the Indian/Hindu > >bunkers, they ALONE were instrumental to Naga >>exposure to the world > >outside, exposure to modern education and >inculcation >of self-esteem as > >a people. Certainly the bhodrolwk of >Assam, raised in the >tradition of > >fine Indian caste-Hindu traditions, >were not going to bring it >to the > >'dirty' tribals. > >In that, can >you blame the Nagas, or the > >missionaries? Indian nationalists, >to >whom 'Okhnod Bharat' is the only > >thing that matters, could. But what >is >our excuse? > >Finally, is it > >too hard to see why the USA might >find the land of Nagas to >be a > >strategically significant region for >its interests? And for that >matter, > >Assam and the entire NE? If I >were at the helm of the ULFA, I would >very > >seriously consider getting >the US Senate on my side :-). > > >If I > >remember correctly, some Assam >Netter mused about exactly this, right > >>here in this forum, nearly two >years back :-) > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >At 9:08 PM -0700 >8/6/03, D Deka wrote: > >If > >only ULFA had some Baptist patrons! Assam >could be sovereign too. :) > > > >> >deepjyoti kakati wrote: > > > >>worthy of a good laugh. US has screwed > >up foreign relations with most >of > >humanity and > >committee thinks > >they need to piss another 1/6th >of humanity off :) > > > >"accountable" > >- who are they to hold anyone >accountable in India? > > > >delusions of > >being God methinks. > > > > >>>_________________________________________________________________ > >MSN >> >8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > > >>>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > >>>_______________________________________________ > >Assam mailing list > >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > > > > > Do you > >>Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! > >SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design > >>software > > > >_______________________________________________ > >>>Assam mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > >Tired of spam? Get >advanced junk mail > >protection with MSN >8._______________________________________________ > >Assam mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > > >>_______________________________________________ >Assam mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam >Add photos to your e-mail with <http://g.msn.com/8HMHENUS/2746??PS=>MSN 8. >Get 2 months FREE*. _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
