Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
ore, sustaining a low key war in Assam>and spending money on securing supply of oil - for the next few decades>is not a big problem the politicians in Delhi.>Santanu.>>>-----Original Message----->From: Dilip/Dil Deka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 200

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: RE: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite Hi Santanu: At 9:11 AM -0600 1/10/06, Roy, Santanu wrote: C-da: I agre with all of this. But an armed rebellion is not likely to succeed on its own. One needs a civilian political movement above the ground for three reasons

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread Rajen Barua
ssage - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <assam@assamnet.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite > I will go further than Chandan da.> > If one plebiscite

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread jkk2020
-making. Jugal -Original Message- From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 21:30:45 -0600 Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite >Chandan da thinks he is right.

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread Rajen Barua
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <assam@assamnet.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite > Dilip-da: > What I meant was the following: if Assam is India's colony, if mainland> India does not "care" ab

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread Roy, Santanu
nuary 10, 2006 9:30 AM To: Roy, Santanu; Chan Mahanta; Malabika Brahma; assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite Well stated, Santanu. You managed to speak your mind without getting hung up on emotions. The following paragraph was not very clear to m

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread Ram Sarangapani
006 11:13 PMTo: Roy, Santanu; Malabika Brahma; assam@assamnet.orgSubject: RE: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite Hi Santanu:A few quick thoughts about your thoughts. Gotta run for a bunch ofmeetings this morning.>Is that unconstitutional? I mean, is it unconsitutional

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
ED]>; Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:11:08 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite C-da: I agre with all of this. But an armed rebellion is not likely to succeed on its own. One needs a civilian politic

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread Roy, Santanu
. Santanu. -Original Message- From: Chan Mahanta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 1/10/2006 11:13 PM To: Roy, Santanu; Malabika Brahma; assam@assamnet.org Subject: RE: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite Hi Santanu: A few quick thoughts about your thoughts. Gotta

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: RE: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite Hi Santanu: A few quick thoughts about your thoughts. Gotta run for a bunch of meetings this morning. >Is that unconstitutional? I mean, is it unconsitutional to demand an amendment >to the constitution? I don't think

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread BBaruah
Dear Netters   This morning's bundle of e-mails categorically establishes a few of the netters' views in respect of Assam's contemporary crucial political issues, sovereignty, plebiscite, insurgency and so on. Complying with requests from a couple of netters, I posted a lengthy essay coverin

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-10 Thread BBaruah
Dear Netters   This morning's bundle of e-mails categorically establishes a few of the netters' views in respect of Assam's contemporary crucial political issues, sovereignty, plebiscite, insurgency and so on. Complying with requests from a couple of netters, I posted a lengthy essay coverin

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Barua25
e-> From: Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Ram Sarangapani > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Cc: assam@assamnet.org> Sent: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:01:42 + (GMT)> Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a pl

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Barua25
RB - Original Message - From: Ram Sarangapani To: Roy, Santanu Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite Now Santanu that seems more logical than lot of the stuff on the

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Ram Sarangapani
rgSubject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite>Chandan da thinks he is right.*** I am perfectly willing to SUBMIT to the will of the people of Assam, as expressed in a free and fair plebiscite. Heaven knows theyhave suffered enough.>  May be most of the people in Assam wa

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da,   The truth of the matter is that India is just too insecure, too weak a state, and too autocratic in its nature--actually FEUDAL is the right terminology, to accept what ought to be a cornerstone of a truly DEMOCRATIC federal republic, like the one India PROMISED to be, but reneged on. India

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Roy, Santanu
PROTECTED] on behalf of Chan Mahanta Sent: Tue 1/10/2006 12:30 PM To: Malabika Brahma; assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite >Chandan da thinks he is right. *** I am perfectly willing to SUBMIT to the will of the people of Assam, as expressed

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite >Chandan da thinks he is right. *** I am perfectly willing to SUBMIT to the will of the people of Assam, as expressed in a free and fair plebiscite. Heaven knows they have suffered enough. > May be most of the people in

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite Ram: >That would be the easy part (thinking about it) - but the tougher part would to >hold one at all. Whether its Kashmir or Assam, it is next to impossible to hold >one. *** That is a profoundly lame argument. I am

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi Jugal,   I am all for a plebicite, but as Utpal pointed out, it would be very difficult for it happen. Just look at Kashmir. The Pakistanis and I guess many in Kashmir want one. But GOI will never go for it because it would claim that many insurgents have crept into Kasmir and will tilt the scal

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread jkk2020
a Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:01:42 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite What I typed >> A nation can be mature only as much as its population will

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Malabika Brahma
What I typed  >> A nation can be mature only as much as its population will allow it. Don't you think?   The nation can also me only as much mature as the framework will allow it.   What I meant was  The nation can also be only as much mature as the framework will allow it. Malabika

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Malabika Brahma
Ram da,   >>That would be the easy part (thinking about it) - but the tougher part would to hold >>one at all. Whether its Kashmir or Assam, it is next to impossible to hold one.   But peace itself has been elusive and almost impossible to achive in Kashmir and Assam for last 27 years, isn't

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread mc mahant
<<>  You said it ALL :IF THIS NATION EVER WISHES TO JOIN THE  Great Nation Club mm From:  Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To:  assam@assamnet.orgSubject:  [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbiciteDate:  Mon, 9 Jan 2006 23:23:23 + (GMT) Chandan da thinks he is right. So does

Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi there Utpal,   No, I don't think I am right all the time -and am sure others think likewise.   >There is easy way to find out. Hold a plesbicite under a free neutral environment and avoid all >bloodshed.   That would be the easy part (thinking about it) - but the tougher part would to hold one

[Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite

2006-01-09 Thread Malabika Brahma
Chandan da thinks he is right. So does Rajen da or Ram da or Mike da or my self. May be we all are right or may be not. It does not matter what I or you feel (the elites of Assam) , what really matters is what the people of Assam feel. May be most of the people in Assam want seperation from India o