> 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.
I fully agree with it. > If development follows, in Assam and India, I do not > believe we will have to worry about an Islamic > invasion. As long as they don't turn the state into another Kashmir and talk about a referendum - whether Assam should go to Bangladesh or stay with India, and for that we will have to depend on the feeling of Assameseness/Indianness amongst the Assamese - both hindus and the muslims, and not on their religious background. I believe, on this matter of NOT turning Assam into a part of Bangladesh rather than staying with India, we can depend on the "ethnic" Assamese muslims, but could we also depend on the "new Assamese" who have been migrating from Bangladesh and taking Assam as their new home, and making the demographic distribution of Assam's population as 60% muslims, as Barua mentioned the other day? If we could! I would have no objection of a few people across the border coming to take up a few (small but labor-intensive) jobs and adopting Assam as their homeland. But could we?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajib Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rajib Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:24 PM Subject: [Assam] > > *** Why do YOU think Togadia is 'screwed-up' ? > > > *** 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
