>So, Barua - from my prespective your solutions may be a boon for the organizations like >AANA/AFNA, and maybe even "excellent", but doesn't address the basic question of >why we cannot have one org. Do your solutions lead to that goal? Or is your >prescription only for the sole consumption of the organizations you mention?
Ram:
I am not against any association. In fact we need associations to do some constructive work. Being a very small community, at one time we tried for one association, and we failed. I do not want to waste any more time chasing the unification mirage. In fact if you know the Assamese psyche, I don't think there can be one association. And since there cannot be one, there will have to be many to satisfy the 'tilika' Assamese individual ego. The question is what you or I, as individuals are doing in spite of this. You need to ask yourself the million dollar question, "what you are losing in not having one association.". Whether there is one or ten associations, we 'kharkhwa's have our limitation as to what we can do anyway. What is happening here , as well as in Assam, is just a reflection of what cultural level we Assamese are at. We are what we are. With these limitations, we need to see what positive we can do as individulas in spite of everything. At the end of the day, you will be judged by what actually you have done besides complaing ( I don't mean you personally).
What we really need to do, whether one or ten associations, is to kill the ghosts in the community so that we and our children can live and have an annual get together in peace. For this we need to fight in broad daylight out in the open. Because, ghosts are afraid of daylight. Thay can fight only in the dark at night. I hope you will help us in our fight and contribute to the community.
Rajen Barua
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Instead of being negative and compalining about or against the
>AANA/ASAN/AFNA alliance,I did not realize anyone was complaining or projected any ill feelings toward the AANA/AFNA alliance. If they do have an alliance - good for them, and if they don't good for them again.
However, since AFNA is soliciting members, and donations, the people whom it targets ought to be told of the exact nature of its leanings. Then, individuals can make their own decisions. That kind of information should, I think, come out forthright, and no one expects a cloak & dagger business.
I don't think that tantamounts to anything negative (or positive) or complaining. If someone asks me to become a member or be aligned with them for some cause - I would like to know where they stand. that is not unreasonable. Questions asked in that context should not be construed as being negative/complaining or embarrassing.
To put matters aright - when the AFNA president basically said that there was no relationship - I for one, just wanted to know for sure if that was the case - since we have always thought a relationship did exist.
Further, I don't see how this relationship (or lack thereof) causes a "rift" in the community. The Assamese community here is not consumed by this relationship or lack of it, nor is the community that fragile to cause rifts based on such trivial matters. Or is it?
So, Barua - from my prespective your solutions may be a boon for the organizations like AANA/AFNA, and maybe even "excellent", but doesn't address the basic question of why we cannot have one org. Do your solutions lead to that goal? Or is your prescription only for the sole consumption of the organizations you mention?
Regards,
Ram
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