Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Thanks Mridul, for a much needed voice of support :-). But I don't think such answers will be forthcoming. Our friends here are more interested in having me submit to their inquisitions than answering questions to their proposals and ideas. I have gotten used to the idea however. I realize,

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-17 Thread SANDIP DUTTA
: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 11:01:29 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA Excellent points raised Chitta. I am sure C'da will come at y'all (as we say in Texas) with guns a-blazin. There is one slight correction that is needed ***But, I have often said that if the ulfa or some

[Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-17 Thread Jyotirmoy Sharma
Chitta, your article was indeed thought provoking. I don't think I will get an answer to my dumb questions. Even in the US, the sympathizers seem to be a dying breed. I am thinking of posting these questions directly to Mr Paresh Baruah and company. Mr Mahanta seems to me to be the best person

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi Mohan: If the two hoots can bring some boys back home and bring them to the mainstream of life. I do not mind being ridiculed *** I wouldn't either. However, what are the chances ? I would think offering of a puja at an important temple will hold a higher potential :-). That is the

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-17 Thread Mridul Bhuyan
I have been following this debate for quite a long time. This time I think Chandan Da has definitely raised some valid points. Looking forward to the response from others. Rgds. Mridul Bhuyan Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mohan: If the two hoots can bring

[Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-16 Thread chittaranjan pathak
Mahanta da Salute Jyatirmay posed some questions-: - Why do they reside in a foreign country, the population of which is creating economic and social disorder in our state? - Why don't they fight the Indian Army but hide in their holes when confronted? Why do human rights become a

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-16 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Excellent points raised Chitta. I am sure C'da will come at y'all (as we say in Texas) with guns a-blazin. There is one slight correction that is needed But, I have often said that if the ulfa or some other group was really, really fighting for a cause, and with all sincerity, I would be

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
Good to hear from you Chitta. We ask QUESTIONS in a debate like this to prove or disprove a point, or to help lead someone to a find an answer or a solution. JS's post supposedly was about End this disease called ULFA Fine! He had two prescriptions: A: Wipe out ULFA militarily. B: Send

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread Jyotirmoy Sharma
I believe that Ram has explained the points very aptly. Just adding a few comments. *** Is this for a fact or a demonstration of profound ignorance of modern history? Would you like to explain? I do not hear the Nagas, Manipuris blowing up their own population in the name of freedom

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread SANDIP DUTTA
: Jyotirmoy Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:14:19 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA I believe that Ram has explained the points very aptly. Just adding a few comments. *** Is this for a fact

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread Mohan R. Palleti
Js: I am with you in this. I support your arguement. Ulfa probably began with a just cause. Now they have lost direction and made it to be a lucrative business by amassing wealth in a foreign country. Once upon a time illegal immigrant Bangladeshi's was a big problem. Now that doesn't seems to be

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
, sisters, everybody http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=may1507/at03 Rgds, Sandip - Original Message From: Jyotirmoy Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:14:19 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] End this disease

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
You are right. I too like Mukul da's one-liners. Like this one here: What India needed badly are TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION TO RE- unite and set History RIGHT.And as Sarkozy saidSend India-all of its 1100 million- Back to Work/ excel worldwide I AM AVAILABLE TO HEAD IT And

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Ram: First of, the ulfa cannot really be considered revolionaries. A revolution (Like the French etc) are a mass-scale uprising of some sort against an establishment. The ulfa (as some would like to elevate) is nowhere close to that lable *** It was not *I* who assigned that label and then

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread vox populi
Hi Jyotirmoy, You are hitting Chandanbabu real hard; where it hurts. CM and MM behaves like paid agents of the Bangladeshis. In whole expanse of lungiwalas, they see no design. It's like closing the eyes to ward off a tiger, thinking, the tiger will not see if they close their eyes. Moreover,

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Just my 2 cents here. I (and others) have frequent have online battles with C'da and in this net we have always enjoyed these tussles. And we have done this for many. many years. Both Mukul da and C'da are great, upright people in their own rights. They do bring in a lot of spirit, and often

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da *** Surely YOUR support or for that matter of others in your camp is NOT what ULFA has been surviving all these decades. Obviously it is from the support of those who you do not see or prefer not to recognize when you see them. Thus your definition of ULFA's 'sincerity' is quite irrelevant

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Ram: I would suggest, give up the weapons, and come for talks, to arrive at some levels of compensation for the low/mid-level level misled cadres from the GOI - the cream should be be ready for prosecution according to the Constitution of India and pay the piper. But then - thats just old me. :)

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
I get your point. Umesh Jyotirmoy Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After reading about the endless sequence of bomb blasts that this terrorist outfit is causing throughout Assam I cannot see how a sensible person can ever think of negotiating with such a terrorist outfit. The only

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread vox populi
..:)) --- SANDIP DUTTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :)) - Original Message From: Nayanjyoti Medhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:59:00 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] End this disease

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-15 Thread Jyotirmoy Sharma
So do you support ULFA's attack on Hindi speaking people in Jan 2007 which killed 67 people. Not at all. They were innocent daily wage earners who were killed to create a vacumn for more BDesis to fill the void. But in my conversation I was just referring to ULFA's attack on Assamese people

[Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-14 Thread Jyotirmoy Sharma
After reading about the endless sequence of bomb blasts that this terrorist outfit is causing throughout Assam I cannot see how a sensible person can ever think of negotiating with such a terrorist outfit. The only solution left, I believe, is to eliminate every ULFA member and put all

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Welcome JS to the Assamnet. That was a pretty straight forward post, if there was one, in these forums in a long time. I welcome that fresh air of audacity :) There are a few die-hard ulfa supporters and sympathizers in this forum too. I am sure some of them will respond to your post, and so

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi Ram: Saw your comments to Sharma's anguished outburst with his wishful recommendations and conclusions. Good that Sharma is letting off steam. But as an informed and experienced NRA, I would have hoped to see you explaining to Sharma the profound flaws in his line of thinking, even

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hehehe C'da, I knew that would catch your attention. What JS says maybe an extreme outburst, probably from someone young - but that is how many of the younger generation in Assam feel. What kind of answers do you have for them - or do you think their feelings ought to just brushed aside? But,

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
JS has thrown the gauntlet, now its up to them to pick it up :) *** It could be considered such only when there is even a modicum of SUBSTANCE or realism behind a charge. Why would anyone want to go pick a fight with someone who would proclaim ---The only solution left, I believe, is to

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da Why would anyone want to go pick a fight with someone who would proclaim --- There is another way to look at it. Perhaps, one could address this utter frustration with ulfa's antics and the 'ulfa did nor wrong' crowd. The recommendations from JS may be strong, but there is a lot of

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Ram: Just out of curiosity: Nowhere in the history of any struggle have the revolutionaries killed their own people in one hand and talked of fighting for peace, *** Is this for a fact or a demonstration of profound ignorance of modern history? Would you like to explain? - Why do

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-14 Thread mc mahant
]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA JS has thrown the gauntlet, now its up to them to pick it up :) *** It could be considered such only when there is even a modicum of SUBSTANCE or realism behind a charge. Why would anyone want to go pick a fight

Re: [Assam] End this disease called ULFA

2007-05-14 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da *** Is this for a fact or a demonstration of profound ignorance of modern history? Would you like to explain? Let me try! First of, the ulfa cannot really be considered revolionaries. A revolution (Like the French etc) are a mass-scale uprising of some sort against an establishment.