Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
C'da, It is totally fine for ULFA or anyone else to have a different view of democracy, independence or whether or not to celebrate I-Day. What is galling is the threat the ULFA imposes on a people, who at least in their minds think they are free and DO want to celebrate I-Day. ULFA may not agree with their views, you or others may not agree with those views, but the fact that ULFA uses bombs and guns to control public opinion is utterly shameless. And the ULFA that supposedly yearns for freedom is the very same one that wants to scuttle it for Assamese people who don't agree with its views. Who are they kidding? --Ram On 8/15/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good to hear from you after a very long time Namita. But I think you are looking at the issue thru a rather constricted aperture. There is a whole lot more to it. Some of it you can see at: http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm and also for Democracy perhaps, but freedom waits. at: http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050822fname=JJohn+Pilgersid=1pn=3 You do not need ULFA to reject the festivities of Independence day. That is the sad reality. Independence? From Whom? From What? c-da At 9:02 PM -0400 8/15/05, Namita Das wrote: Feel terrible how the people of Assam are deprived of celebrating their own I-day by a terrible group. - Original Message - From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Assam assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Some of the sentiments a number of us have been expressing. __ I -Day violence Calls by the insurgent outfits to boycott the Independence Day and Republic Day has become the order of the day and this year is no exception as four militant outfits of the north eastern region including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have given a call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA, in an apparent move to deter the people of Assam from celebrating the day, even went to the extent of claiming that it would attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations. But on the positive side, the number of militant outfits giving calls for Independence Day celebrations is coming down with every passing year with more and more militant outfits coming forward for talks with the Government of India for political solution of their problems and the possibility of the ULFA being totally isolated in the days to come cannot be ruled out. Major militant outfits of the North East region including both the factions of the NSCN have been holding talks with the Government of India, while, the ULFA lost another of its partner- National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) as the Bodo outfit has also signed a cease-fire pact with the Government of India, which prevented the outfit from giving any call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The threat by the ULFA to attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations also exposed the fact that the frustration level of the outfit is growing with every passing year. The ULFA can give boycott calls, but the people of Assam have the right to decide whether to attend the celebrations or not and no one has the right to use force to compel anyone from attending any function. The gruesome killing of 13 women and children in Dhemaji during the Independence Day celebrations last year is still fresh in the memory of the people of Assam and the ULFA should remember the State-wide public outcry against such kind of mindless killing before issuing any threat to the people who decide to attend the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA should also realise the fact that any killing of innocent people will further alienate the outfit from the masses and so they should desist from targeting innocent people to achieve their goals. The outfit should also realise that it would never be able to justify the killing of any innocent person to achieve its goal. The Police and other security agencies have made tight security arrangements to foil any attempt by the militant outfit from causing any disturbance, but no amount of security is adequate as the forces cannot be expected to guard every inch of the land. The militants have let loose a reign of terror in different parts of Assam with a series of bomb explosions during the run up to the Independence Day and instead of engaging the forces in encounters, the militants have started to resort to explosions to make their presence felt. With the availability of highly sophisticated explosive devices including the programmable time devices with the militants, it is impossible to detect bombs planted in vulnerable places with the equipment available with the State Police and efforts should be made to procaure sophisticated equipment to detect bombs planted by the militants under the scheme to modernise
Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
Title: Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT
editorial
- that youwill
beindependentas long as you will do whatI tell
youto do, or else!
You may be right Alpana. I cannot read the minds of
insurgents, and what they hold dear in their deep dark souls.
But to conclude what you do, obviously from actions of the
insurgency/armed struggle mode, as what would logically follow if they
achieve ine dependence, seems rather simple minded and grossly
uninformed --- something highly unexpected of someone of your
caliber.
But I do realize, the act of spinning often presents a skewed
perspective of our own real abilities or ideals. And Tilok Daktor once
told me that too much spinning could exert excessive centrifugal force
on the brain, causing it to get compressed against the cranium, and
permanently impair one's inferential abilities. If I were you, I would
watch out for that A. Tilok may be a goru-daktor and a Jokaisukiya at
that, but he has seen a lot of weird things, that we will never see,
and thus never learn from :-).
c-da
At 12:50 AM -0500 8/16/05, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
day. That is the sad reality.
Independence? From Whom? From
What?
From being told what to do -year
after year -from being threatenedthat if they feel and
thus celebrate their being independent, they would die.
So who is keeping the peoplefrom
being independent? And what kind of independence are they being
promised? - that youwill beindependentas long as you
will do whatI tell youto do, or else!
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Namita Das [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ram
Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED], Assam
assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu
Subject: Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:09:45 -0500
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Good to hear from you after a very long time
Namita.
But I think you are looking at the issue thru a rather
constricted aperture.
There is a whole lot more to it. Some of it you can see
at:
http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm
and also for Democracy perhaps, but freedom
waits.
at:
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050822fname=JJohn+Pilgersid=1pn=3
You do not need ULFA to reject the festivities of
Independence
day. That is the sad reality. Independence? From Whom? From
What?
c-da
At 9:02 PM -0400 8/15/05, Namita Das wrote:
Feel terrible how the people of Assam are
deprived of celebrating their own I-day by a terrible group.
- Original Message - From: Ram Sarangapani
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Assam assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:13 PM
Subject: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
Some of the sentiments a number of us
have been expressing.
__
I -Day violence
Calls by the insurgent outfits to boycott the Independence Day and
Republic Day has become the order of the day and this year is no
exception as four militant outfits of the north eastern region
including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have given a
call
to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA, in an
apparent
move to deter the people of Assam from celebrating the day, even
went
to the extent of claiming that it would attack the venues of the
Independence Day celebrations. But on the positive side, the
number
of
militant outfits giving calls for Independence Day celebrations is
coming down with every passing year with more and more militant
outfits coming forward for talks with the Government of India for
political solution of their problems and the possibility of the
ULFA
being totally isolated in the days to come cannot be ruled out.
Major
militant outfits of the North East region including both the
factions
of the NSCN have been holding talks with the Government of India,
while, the ULFA lost another of its partner- National
Democratic
Front
of Boroland (NDFB) as the Bodo outfit has also signed a cease-fire
pact with the Government of India, which prevented the outfit from
giving any call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations.
The threat by the ULFA to attack the venues of the Independence
Day
celebrations also exposed the fact that the frustration level of
the
outfit is growing with every passing year. The ULFA can give
boycott
calls, but the people of Assam have the right to decide whether to
attend the celebrations or not and no one has the right to use
force
to compel anyone from attending any function. The gruesome killing
of
13 women and children in Dhemaji during the Independence Day
celebrations last year is still fresh in the memory of the people
of
Assam and the ULFA should remember the State-wide public outcry
against such kind of mindless killing before issuing any threat to
the
people who decide to attend the Independence Day celebrations. The
ULFA should also realise the fact that any killing of innocent
people
will further alienate the outfit from the masses and so they
should
Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
ULFA may not agree with their views, you or others may not agree with those views, but the fact that ULFA uses bombs and guns to control public opinion is utterly shameless. *** I cannot refute your argument Ram. It demonstrates your own development as a highly evolved human being who holds freedom and independence -- albeit under the Indian banner-- in high esteem, and thus looks down upon such violent behavior as armed struggle with guns and bombs, willingly accepting death and maiming or imprisoned indefinitely; by those who seek to achieve their own freedoms, under a different banner. But I am not sure that sense of 'shame' is an absolute value. From all I have seen all my life, even right this moment as an American, where I came seeking the kind of freedoms I have found; it is a RELATIVE one, under the best of circumstances. On a different plane, but no less relevant, is the Indian intelligentsia's sense of shame in their own affairs, as demonstrated the corruption of the nation, something, even characters like KPS Gill waxes eloquent about on the pages of Outlook India.com, is nothing to write home about, to put it mildly. And that is merely in one facet of public life. In that I tend to give more credence to those who put their lives where their mouths are. And knowing your integrity, I like to believe you too would, if not today, some-day :-). c-da At 8:45 AM -0500 8/16/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da, It is totally fine for ULFA or anyone else to have a different view of democracy, independence or whether or not to celebrate I-Day. What is galling is the threat the ULFA imposes on a people, who at least in their minds think they are free and DO want to celebrate I-Day. ULFA may not agree with their views, you or others may not agree with those views, but the fact that ULFA uses bombs and guns to control public opinion is utterly shameless. And the ULFA that supposedly yearns for freedom is the very same one that wants to scuttle it for Assamese people who don't agree with its views. Who are they kidding? --Ram On 8/15/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good to hear from you after a very long time Namita. But I think you are looking at the issue thru a rather constricted aperture. There is a whole lot more to it. Some of it you can see at: http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm and also for Democracy perhaps, but freedom waits. at: http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050822fname=JJohn+Pilgersid=1pn=3 You do not need ULFA to reject the festivities of Independence day. That is the sad reality. Independence? From Whom? From What? c-da At 9:02 PM -0400 8/15/05, Namita Das wrote: Feel terrible how the people of Assam are deprived of celebrating their own I-day by a terrible group. - Original Message - From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Assam assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Some of the sentiments a number of us have been expressing. __ I -Day violence Calls by the insurgent outfits to boycott the Independence Day and Republic Day has become the order of the day and this year is no exception as four militant outfits of the north eastern region including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have given a call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA, in an apparent move to deter the people of Assam from celebrating the day, even went to the extent of claiming that it would attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations. But on the positive side, the number of militant outfits giving calls for Independence Day celebrations is coming down with every passing year with more and more militant outfits coming forward for talks with the Government of India for political solution of their problems and the possibility of the ULFA being totally isolated in the days to come cannot be ruled out. Major militant outfits of the North East region including both the factions of the NSCN have been holding talks with the Government of India, while, the ULFA lost another of its partner- National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) as the Bodo outfit has also signed a cease-fire pact with the Government of India, which prevented the outfit from giving any call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The threat by the ULFA to attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations also exposed the fact that the frustration level of the outfit is growing with every passing year. The ULFA can give boycott calls, but the people of Assam have the right to decide whether to attend the celebrations or not and no one has the right to use force to compel anyone from attending any function. The gruesome killing of 13 women and children in Dhemaji during the Independence Day celebrations last year is still fresh in the memory of the people
Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
You do not need ULFA to reject the festivities of Independence day. That is the sad reality. Independence? From Whom? From What? That is the funny part. All these questions from Cda. And yet, many many people DO WANT to celebrate the festivities. I assume those children of Dhemaji did. I believe those were/are NOT questions these people are bothered with. I do not wonder whether too many people are concerned about ULFA REJECTING independence day activities. They are concerned about the damned bombs the ULFA would place when THEY WANT to take part in the festivities. What would people do if it was not a terror threat the ULFA was giving but a call or a request (without any terror threat)? How many people would take heed and how many wouldn't? --- Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: C'da, It is totally fine for ULFA or anyone else to have a different view of democracy, independence or whether or not to celebrate I-Day. What is galling is the threat the ULFA imposes on a people, who at least in their minds think they are free and DO want to celebrate I-Day. ULFA may not agree with their views, you or others may not agree with those views, but the fact that ULFA uses bombs and guns to control public opinion is utterly shameless. And the ULFA that supposedly yearns for freedom is the very same one that wants to scuttle it for Assamese people who don't agree with its views. Who are they kidding? --Ram On 8/15/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good to hear from you after a very long time Namita. But I think you are looking at the issue thru a rather constricted aperture. There is a whole lot more to it. Some of it you can see at: http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm and also for Democracy perhaps, but freedom waits. at: http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050822fname=JJohn+Pilgersid=1pn=3 You do not need ULFA to reject the festivities of Independence day. That is the sad reality. Independence? From Whom? From What? c-da At 9:02 PM -0400 8/15/05, Namita Das wrote: Feel terrible how the people of Assam are deprived of celebrating their own I-day by a terrible group. - Original Message - From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Assam assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Some of the sentiments a number of us have been expressing. __ I -Day violence Calls by the insurgent outfits to boycott the Independence Day and Republic Day has become the order of the day and this year is no exception as four militant outfits of the north eastern region including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have given a call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA, in an apparent move to deter the people of Assam from celebrating the day, even went to the extent of claiming that it would attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations. But on the positive side, the number of militant outfits giving calls for Independence Day celebrations is coming down with every passing year with more and more militant outfits coming forward for talks with the Government of India for political solution of their problems and the possibility of the ULFA being totally isolated in the days to come cannot be ruled out. Major militant outfits of the North East region including both the factions of the NSCN have been holding talks with the Government of India, while, the ULFA lost another of its partner- National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) as the Bodo outfit has also signed a cease-fire pact with the Government of India, which prevented the outfit from giving any call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The threat by the ULFA to attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations also exposed the fact that the frustration level of the outfit is growing with every passing year. The ULFA can give boycott calls, but the people of Assam have the right to decide whether to attend the celebrations or not and no one has the right to use force to compel anyone from attending any function. The gruesome killing of 13 women and children in Dhemaji during the Independence Day celebrations last year is still fresh in the memory of the people of Assam and the ULFA should remember the State-wide public outcry against such kind of mindless killing before issuing any threat to the people who decide to attend the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA should also realise the fact that any killing of innocent people will further alienate the outfit from the masses and so they should desist from targeting innocent people to achieve their goals. The outfit should also realise that it would never be able to justify the killing
Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
I guess most people understands freedoms and ideas are relative. Those that don't are the ones willing to maim and kill if people don't accept their point of view. Like not going to Independence day celebrations. Thinking people make their choices, hold it up to reason and then change some when those choices turn against reason. Going by the logic presented on this post, when Osama Bin Laden and his cohorts blow up civilians and buildings, it is a fight for freedom. So is it when Daniel Pearl's head is cut off. And children in Beslan are held in a siege and then killed ruthlessly. Heck, even Hitler's mass murder of Jews was about creating a better Germany. But then we have to make our choices. Most thinking people would, in my opinion, make the choice AGAINST the idea of killing children just because they chose to celebrate Independence day. Even when, some who, like me, have not made a sacrifice of their life but are content posting opinions here opine that he is going to give credence to those giving their lives. The choice is between me or him, not me or ULFA or for that matter me or the Indian Army. The choice, in this case, is clear. --- Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ULFA may not agree with their views, you or others may not agree with those views, but the fact that ULFA uses bombs and guns to control public opinion is utterly shameless. *** I cannot refute your argument Ram. It demonstrates your own development as a highly evolved human being who holds freedom and independence -- albeit under the Indian banner-- in high esteem, and thus looks down upon such violent behavior as armed struggle with guns and bombs, willingly accepting death and maiming or imprisoned indefinitely; by those who seek to achieve their own freedoms, under a different banner. But I am not sure that sense of 'shame' is an absolute value. From all I have seen all my life, even right this moment as an American, where I came seeking the kind of freedoms I have found; it is a RELATIVE one, under the best of circumstances. On a different plane, but no less relevant, is the Indian intelligentsia's sense of shame in their own affairs, as demonstrated the corruption of the nation, something, even characters like KPS Gill waxes eloquent about on the pages of Outlook India.com, is nothing to write home about, to put it mildly. And that is merely in one facet of public life. In that I tend to give more credence to those who put their lives where their mouths are. And knowing your integrity, I like to believe you too would, if not today, some-day :-). c-da At 8:45 AM -0500 8/16/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da, It is totally fine for ULFA or anyone else to have a different view of democracy, independence or whether or not to celebrate I-Day. What is galling is the threat the ULFA imposes on a people, who at least in their minds think they are free and DO want to celebrate I-Day. ULFA may not agree with their views, you or others may not agree with those views, but the fact that ULFA uses bombs and guns to control public opinion is utterly shameless. And the ULFA that supposedly yearns for freedom is the very same one that wants to scuttle it for Assamese people who don't agree with its views. Who are they kidding? --Ram On 8/15/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good to hear from you after a very long time Namita. But I think you are looking at the issue thru a rather constricted aperture. There is a whole lot more to it. Some of it you can see at: http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm and also for Democracy perhaps, but freedom waits. at: http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050822fname=JJohn+Pilgersid=1pn=3 You do not need ULFA to reject the festivities of Independence day. That is the sad reality. Independence? From Whom? From What? c-da At 9:02 PM -0400 8/15/05, Namita Das wrote: Feel terrible how the people of Assam are deprived of celebrating their own I-day by a terrible group. - Original Message - From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Assam assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Some of the sentiments a number of us have been expressing. __ I -Day violence Calls by the insurgent outfits to boycott the Independence Day and Republic Day has become the order of the day and this year is no exception as four militant outfits of the north eastern region including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have given a call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA, in an apparent move to deter the people of Assam from celebrating the day, even went to the extent of claiming that it would attack
[Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
Some of the sentiments a number of us have been expressing. __ I -Day violence Calls by the insurgent outfits to boycott the Independence Day and Republic Day has become the order of the day and this year is no exception as four militant outfits of the north eastern region including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have given a call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA, in an apparent move to deter the people of Assam from celebrating the day, even went to the extent of claiming that it would attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations. But on the positive side, the number of militant outfits giving calls for Independence Day celebrations is coming down with every passing year with more and more militant outfits coming forward for talks with the Government of India for political solution of their problems and the possibility of the ULFA being totally isolated in the days to come cannot be ruled out. Major militant outfits of the North East region including both the factions of the NSCN have been holding talks with the Government of India, while, the ULFA lost another of its partner- National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) as the Bodo outfit has also signed a cease-fire pact with the Government of India, which prevented the outfit from giving any call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The threat by the ULFA to attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations also exposed the fact that the frustration level of the outfit is growing with every passing year. The ULFA can give boycott calls, but the people of Assam have the right to decide whether to attend the celebrations or not and no one has the right to use force to compel anyone from attending any function. The gruesome killing of 13 women and children in Dhemaji during the Independence Day celebrations last year is still fresh in the memory of the people of Assam and the ULFA should remember the State-wide public outcry against such kind of mindless killing before issuing any threat to the people who decide to attend the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA should also realise the fact that any killing of innocent people will further alienate the outfit from the masses and so they should desist from targeting innocent people to achieve their goals. The outfit should also realise that it would never be able to justify the killing of any innocent person to achieve its goal. The Police and other security agencies have made tight security arrangements to foil any attempt by the militant outfit from causing any disturbance, but no amount of security is adequate as the forces cannot be expected to guard every inch of the land. The militants have let loose a reign of terror in different parts of Assam with a series of bomb explosions during the run up to the Independence Day and instead of engaging the forces in encounters, the militants have started to resort to explosions to make their presence felt. With the availability of highly sophisticated explosive devices including the programmable time devices with the militants, it is impossible to detect bombs planted in vulnerable places with the equipment available with the State Police and efforts should be made to procaure sophisticated equipment to detect bombs planted by the militants under the scheme to modernise the State police force. At the same time, efforts should be made by the Government of India to bring the militants to the negotiation table for a political solution to the problem of insurgency, which haunted the State for more than two decades and at the time, the militants should also respect the sentiments of the people of Assam and come forward for talks with the Government for an amicable solution of their problems. The people of Assam are now fed up with violence and they want a peaceful solution to the problem and both the Government and the ULFA should come forward for talks without any pre-condition to bring an end to an era of violence and loss of life of innocent people. ___ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu 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
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Feel terrible how the people of Assam are deprived of celebrating their own I-day by a terrible group. - Original Message - From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Assam assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Some of the sentiments a number of us have been expressing. __ I -Day violence Calls by the insurgent outfits to boycott the Independence Day and Republic Day has become the order of the day and this year is no exception as four militant outfits of the north eastern region including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have given a call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA, in an apparent move to deter the people of Assam from celebrating the day, even went to the extent of claiming that it would attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations. But on the positive side, the number of militant outfits giving calls for Independence Day celebrations is coming down with every passing year with more and more militant outfits coming forward for talks with the Government of India for political solution of their problems and the possibility of the ULFA being totally isolated in the days to come cannot be ruled out. Major militant outfits of the North East region including both the factions of the NSCN have been holding talks with the Government of India, while, the ULFA lost another of its partner- National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) as the Bodo outfit has also signed a cease-fire pact with the Government of India, which prevented the outfit from giving any call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The threat by the ULFA to attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations also exposed the fact that the frustration level of the outfit is growing with every passing year. The ULFA can give boycott calls, but the people of Assam have the right to decide whether to attend the celebrations or not and no one has the right to use force to compel anyone from attending any function. The gruesome killing of 13 women and children in Dhemaji during the Independence Day celebrations last year is still fresh in the memory of the people of Assam and the ULFA should remember the State-wide public outcry against such kind of mindless killing before issuing any threat to the people who decide to attend the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA should also realise the fact that any killing of innocent people will further alienate the outfit from the masses and so they should desist from targeting innocent people to achieve their goals. The outfit should also realise that it would never be able to justify the killing of any innocent person to achieve its goal. The Police and other security agencies have made tight security arrangements to foil any attempt by the militant outfit from causing any disturbance, but no amount of security is adequate as the forces cannot be expected to guard every inch of the land. The militants have let loose a reign of terror in different parts of Assam with a series of bomb explosions during the run up to the Independence Day and instead of engaging the forces in encounters, the militants have started to resort to explosions to make their presence felt. With the availability of highly sophisticated explosive devices including the programmable time devices with the militants, it is impossible to detect bombs planted in vulnerable places with the equipment available with the State Police and efforts should be made to procaure sophisticated equipment to detect bombs planted by the militants under the scheme to modernise the State police force. At the same time, efforts should be made by the Government of India to bring the militants to the negotiation table for a political solution to the problem of insurgency, which haunted the State for more than two decades and at the time, the militants should also respect the sentiments of the people of Assam and come forward for talks with the Government for an amicable solution of their problems. The people of Assam are now fed up with violence and they want a peaceful solution to the problem and both the Government and the ULFA should come forward for talks without any pre-condition to bring an end to an era of violence and loss of life of innocent people. ___ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu 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 Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu 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
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Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
Title: Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Good to hear from you after a very long time Namita. But I think you are looking at the issue thru a rather constricted aperture. There is a whole lot more to it. Some of it you can see at: http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm and also for Democracy perhaps, but freedom waits. at: http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050822fname=JJohn+Pilgersid=1pn=3 You do not need ULFA to reject the festivities of Independence day. That is the sad reality. Independence? From Whom? From What? c-da At 9:02 PM -0400 8/15/05, Namita Das wrote: Feel terrible how the people of Assam are deprived of celebrating their own I-day by a terrible group. - Original Message - From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Assam assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Some of the sentiments a number of us have been expressing. __ I -Day violence Calls by the insurgent outfits to boycott the Independence Day and Republic Day has become the order of the day and this year is no exception as four militant outfits of the north eastern region including the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have given a call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA, in an apparent move to deter the people of Assam from celebrating the day, even went to the extent of claiming that it would attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations. But on the positive side, the number of militant outfits giving calls for Independence Day celebrations is coming down with every passing year with more and more militant outfits coming forward for talks with the Government of India for political solution of their problems and the possibility of the ULFA being totally isolated in the days to come cannot be ruled out. Major militant outfits of the North East region including both the factions of the NSCN have been holding talks with the Government of India, while, the ULFA lost another of its partner- National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) as the Bodo outfit has also signed a cease-fire pact with the Government of India, which prevented the outfit from giving any call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The threat by the ULFA to attack the venues of the Independence Day celebrations also exposed the fact that the frustration level of the outfit is growing with every passing year. The ULFA can give boycott calls, but the people of Assam have the right to decide whether to attend the celebrations or not and no one has the right to use force to compel anyone from attending any function. The gruesome killing of 13 women and children in Dhemaji during the Independence Day celebrations last year is still fresh in the memory of the people of Assam and the ULFA should remember the State-wide public outcry against such kind of mindless killing before issuing any threat to the people who decide to attend the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA should also realise the fact that any killing of innocent people will further alienate the outfit from the masses and so they should desist from targeting innocent people to achieve their goals. The outfit should also realise that it would never be able to justify the killing of any innocent person to achieve its goal. The Police and other security agencies have made tight security arrangements to foil any attempt by the militant outfit from causing any disturbance, but no amount of security is adequate as the forces cannot be expected to guard every inch of the land. The militants have let loose a reign of terror in different parts of Assam with a series of bomb explosions during the run up to the Independence Day and instead of engaging the forces in encounters, the militants have started to resort to explosions to make their presence felt. With the availability of highly sophisticated explosive devices including the programmable time devices with the militants, it is impossible to detect bombs planted in vulnerable places with the equipment available with the State Police and efforts should be made to procaure sophisticated equipment to detect bombs planted by the militants under the scheme to modernise the State police force. At the same time, efforts should be made by the Government of India to bring the militants to the negotiation table for a political solution to the problem of insurgency, which haunted the State for more than two decades and at the time, the militants should also respect the sentiments of the people of Assam and come forward for talks with the Government for an amicable solution of their problems. The people of Assam are now fed up with violence and they want a peaceful solution to the problem and both the Government and the ULFA should come forward for talks without any pre-condition to bring an end to an era of violence and loss of life of innocent people
Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial
day. That is the sad reality. Independence? From Whom? From What? From being told what to do -year after year -from being threatenedthat if they feel and thus celebrate their being independent, they would die. So who is keeping the peoplefrom being independent? And what kind of independence are they being promised? - that youwill beindependentas long as you will do whatI tell youto do, or else! From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "Namita Das" [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Ram Sarangapani" [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Assam" assam@pikespeak.uccs.eduSubject: Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorialDate: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:09:45 -0500 Good to hear from you after a very long time Namita. But I think you are looking at the issue thru a rather constricted aperture. There is a whole lot more to it. Some of it you can see at: http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm and also for Democracy perhaps, but freedom waits. at: http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050822fname=JJohn+Pilgersid=1pn=3 You do not need ULFA to reject the festivities of Independence day. That is the sad reality. Independence? From Whom? From What? c-da At 9:02 PM -0400 8/15/05, Namita Das wrote: Feel terrible how the people of Assam are deprived of celebrating their own I-day by a terrible group.- Original Message - From: "Ram Sarangapani" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "Assam" assam@pikespeak.uccs.eduSent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:13 PMSubject: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Some of the sentiments a number of us have been expressing.__I -Day violenceCalls by the insurgent outfits to boycott the Independence Day andRepublic Day has become the order of the day and this year is noexception as four militant outfits of the north eastern regionincluding the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have given a callto boycott the Independence Day celebrations. The ULFA, in an apparentmove to deter the people of Assam from celebrating the day, even wentto the extent of claiming that it would attack the venues of theIndependence Day celebrations. But on the positive side, the number ofmilitant outfits giving calls for Independence Day celebrations iscoming down with every passing year with more and more militantoutfits coming forward for talks with the Government of India forpolitical solution of their problems and the possibility of the ULFAbeing totally isolated in the days to come cannot be ruled out. Majormilitant outfits of the North East region including both the factionsof the NSCN have been holding talks with the Government of India,while, the ULFA lost another of its partner- National Democratic Frontof Boroland (NDFB) as the Bodo outfit has also signed a cease-firepact with the Government of India, which prevented the outfit fromgiving any call to boycott the Independence Day celebrations.The threat by the ULFA to attack the venues of the Independence Daycelebrations also exposed the fact that the frustration level of theoutfit is growing with every passing year. The ULFA can give boycottcalls, but the people of Assam have the right to decide whether toattend the celebrations or not and no one has the right to use forceto compel anyone from attending any function. The gruesome killing of13 women and children in Dhemaji during the Independence Daycelebrations last year is still fresh in the memory of the people ofAssam and the ULFA should remember the State-wide public outcryagainst such kind of mindless killing before issuing any threat to thepeople who decide to attend the Independence Day celebrations. TheULFA should also realise the fact that any killing of innocent peoplewill further alienate the outfit from the masses and so they shoulddesist from targeting innocent people to achieve their goals. Theoutfit should also realise that it would never be able to justify thekilling of any innocent person to achieve its goal.The Police and other security agencies have made tight securityarrangements to foil any attempt by the militant outfit from causingany disturbance, but no amount of security is adequate as the forcescannot be expected to guard every inch of the land. The militants havelet loose a reign of terror in different parts of Assam with a seriesof bomb explosions during the run up to the Independence Day andinstead of engaging the forces in encounters, the militants havestarted to resort to explosions to make their presence felt. With theavailability of highly sophisticated explosive devices including the programmable time devices with the militants, it is impossible todetect bombs planted in vulnerable places with the equipment availablewith the State Police and efforts should be made to procauresophisticated equipment to detect bombs planted by the militants underthe scheme to modernise the State police force. At the same time,efforts should be made by the Government of India to bring themilitants to the negotiation table for a political s
