Thank you Mr. Sharma! This is what i find most disconcerting; not even willing to accept that the Assam movement took place. It is a historical fact and it had far reaching ramifications that have impinged Assamese society and , I think, to some extent, Assamese psyche. There were important lessons to be learnt from the Assam movement. We could have found out what went wrong, and what needs to be done to address the most critical issue that was the core of the movement.
Some one said something like those who refuse to learn from history are condemned to suffer from the same. I am not surprised that even in the net, where we discuss so many things about Assam, we are not willing to discuss the Assam movement. Shantikam Hazarika Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:29:27 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [asom] Massacre of journalism To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shantikam, I have full sympathy for your point of view re "Assam Movement". AANA was created as a result of our sympathy toward the movement. We contributed money, our advice and wanted to help in body and spirit toward some good for the state. I ( President AANA in those days) personally had no knowledge of the intent of the 'so-called' leaders and their advisers from the academic community. Not only the politicians but also the academic community have been stained because of what resulted from the action and/or lack of action from those in power as a result of the movement. I also feel we need to openly look at what went wrong with power given to crooked youngsters aided by experienced politicians and academicians and powerful bureaucrats. Pieces written by the likes of Tapan Barua, former Home Secy, GOA; by D.N. Bezbarua re holding up of negotiation with GOI by the student leaders for 3 years so that these flunkies good be given degrees by the University tantamount to criminal activities. What has happened to our society that we don't even want to discuss what the problems were and learn from them. Barada Sarma shantikam hazarika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
