> > *** Why do YOU think Togadia is 'screwed-up' ? > Because Togadia does not get it.
Every day and age has its theme - an area of opportunity. Invariably a few grab it, most don't. The new century is India's opportunity for development - yes, the one that includes Assam. The need is to focus on that. Acts such as distribution of trishuls are as ridiculous as that of Osama Bin Laden calling upon Allah to deliver hell to the infidels. The need of the hour is to focus on development and development alone. Togadia does not get it, obviously. But it is quite evident the regional forces in Assam or the liberators don't either. Bikramda (and I am sure the VHP and Togadia) does indeed get the impending clash right. The brotherhood with the Muslims of Bangladesh has only one ending for the people of Northeast. Against the onslaught of the multitude we would be lost. However, if wars were to be won by brandishing trishuls and exhorting people to a "dharma yudha" alone, India would not have been under foreign occupation for a 1000 years. Winning against invaders (and yes, a Muslim onslaught from Bangladesh would be an invasion) requires military strength. Military strength requires money and technology. It requires a just society where every group in society that swears fealty has a stake. There is enough work for Togadia to make Hindu society a just one. He needs to focus inward not outward. His VHP is already doing great work in beating the Christian missionaries at their game in the tribal belts of western India. If development follows, in Assam and India, I do not believe we will have to worry about an Islamic invasion. Islam as a tool for social mobilisation that is inimical to India will vanish from our parts. Perhaps go back to the deserts that it came out of. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
