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Brother!
The responsibility of the news media is to
publish news after it happens, not to publish future would be probable news and
create news. But in case of Assam Bundhs that is what happens. Thus
the kharkhwa news media is not doing its duty and doing a great
disservice to the public in my opinion. Let the news media simply publish
the Bundh after it happens. They don't need to publicize the proposed Time Table
of a Bundh all over Assam to help ULFA or any other org or the guaranteed
salaried govt employees to enjoy free holidays. People of Assam in
fact should take a democratic resolution to ban publication of such would
be Bundh unless written request is received from any party. Today any
Nodai-Bhodai can call the News office and announce a Bundh and litikai
khar-khwa hobo-diok news media publish the same, and then complain.
Let ULFA publish the news of their Bundhs. Why the media is trying to help ULFA
and the govt employees and then cry about these Bundh Culture? One
solution is to demolish all government run business orgs and make these private
so that there is no free cake. No work no pay for everybody like the
Ricksawallas. Brother, Assam Bundh will stop and we don't have to blame the
desi-demokresi, and people of Assam will not have to cry and
wipe both ends. That my brother I would call a well wisher proposal for the
common hard working poor people of Assam. Any support, brother?
Rajen Barua
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:12
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Bandh culture
Right on Brother ( pardon my 70s slogan)!
Surely the 'media', should not go bite the hand that feeds. Isn't that
desi-demokrasy all about?
But seriously, the role of the media is NOT to censor news. It is to
disseminate it.
Like Sushil Mishra explains, ONLY those with a guaranteed salary, work or
no work gain from 'bondhos' -- get free holidays. And who are those? Take a
wild guess!
And where do they come from? From the unaccountable ranks of Indian style
govt., with no law enforcement, no justice. Kind of FREEDOM desi-demokrasy
provides and so many of our righteous brethren froth in the mouth promoting
and preserving for Mother India.
At 8:52 AM -0500 8/21/05, Barua25 wrote:
I wrote
about this before. One of the reasons for success of these Bundh Culture in
Assam is that the News Papers publish the announcements of each and every
proposed Bundhs by all orgs all over Assam. It does not need a Rocket
Scientist to figure out that any announced Bundh by any party will not be
very successful if the media do not publicize about it. No org has the
capability or the manpower to affect a Bundh unless people and the police
cooperate in the Bundh. So it is a two way street. The question is why the
media donot help Assam and help themselves and decide not to publish any
announcement of proposed Bundh? Why media does not have the courage to do
it? This is what I call Assam like to cry with both ends; Complain for
Bundhs on one hand and announce, cooperate and help the Bundh on the
other.
Rajen
Barua
----- Original
Message -----
From: "sushil
mishra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
"Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday,
August 21, 2005 1:08 AM
Subject: Re:
[Assam] Bandh culture
> Dear
All
> Let us talk in today's context. Most of us are self
>
employed who earn their wages on daily basis. Very few
> people in
society have permanent job who can absorbe
> the shock of One day's
"Bandha". Even professionals
> are paid on hourly & daily basis
these days. They are
> not employed rather hired. Think about the
people on
> street e. g. Auto Rikshaw Driver, Rikshaw Puller,
Tea
> Vendor, Cigarette vendor etc, the list is endless.
> They
have to go literally without any earning on the
> day of Bandha. They
too have family members &
> dependents to feed. In fact in today's
date we are
> struggling to survive. The age has come that we
have
> to buy even water to drink.
>
> Can we justify
Bandha considering these things? Yes we
> can! Let us go hungry on the
day of Bandha. Let us not
> feed milk to our children & let us not
carry any
> patient in the family to hospital because we would
be
> observing Bandha. Let us make the Bandha successful by
>
stopping all those daily chores. Believe me the Bandha
> will become
successful.
> What I see that Bandha brings cheers to those who
are
> privileged (those who have permanent employment) &
it
> brings dispair to those who are on street. The choice
> is
ours. After all it is our society & we only have to
> face the
consequence; good or bad.
>
> With warm regards
> SUSHIL
KUMAR MISHRA
> MUSCAT
> SULTANATE OF OMAN
>
> ---
umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > someone said that to Mahatma Gandhi
that this
> > non-violent Bandh /strikes would ultimately
be
> > harming the country and ruining the work ethic of
>
> Indians. Elsewhere I think the communists had
> > started this
thing -- if I remember correctly in
> > Paris Labor Marches had
taken place like this much
> > eaelier.
> >
>
> Umesh
> >
>
> Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > Dipankar,
> >
> > Many netters
have written often about this 'bandh
> > culture'. Reading the
Assam Tribune and the Sentinel
> > I have read many people voice
their opinions against
> > such a culture. Unfortunately, that
doesn't seem to
> > be heard.
> >
> > The
organizers of these bands care very little about
> > the economic
effects. The public too seems to care
> > less. On the one hand its
a holiday, so why worry.
> > The fact that traders and
manufacturers will
> > ultimately shift the cost of bandhs to
consumers in
> > way of higher prices is not given any
thought
> > either.
> >
> > >Can anybody
suggest a remedy for this sickening
> > culture.
>
>
> > The solution obviously lies with the people.
They
> > are ones that the organizers seek support from. If
>
> people do not give them that support, then calls for
> >
bandhs will fail.
> >
> > I think recently a bandh
call by some minority
> > student group failed in major cities like
Guwahati
> > because people just ignored it. That is the
>
> solution.
> >
> > --Ram
> >
>
>
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 20 2005 8:22:49 GMT+0530,
Dipankar Malla
> > Baruah (Well Logging) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote: Hi all,
> >
> > Today
there is another "Assam Bandh" in Assam called
> > by small tea
garden owner's union. This has been a
> > policy of every
organization to call for a bandh to
> > show their existence. The
bandh is declared in such
> > a way so that people get continuous
holidays like on
> > Saturdays and Mondays or when there is a
normal day
> > in between holidays. People also blindly support
the
> > bandh and prefer to have a rest day at home without
>
> even knowing the cause of the bandh. Can anybody
> > suggest a
remedy for this sickening culture.
> >
> >
Dipankar
> >
> > With regards
> > D M
Baruah
> > Dy Supdng Engineer
> > Well Logging
Deptt
> > Oil India Ltd
> > Duliajan - 786 602
>
> Assam
> > Phone : 0374 2803017 (R)094350 39820 (M)
>
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