[Assam] Fw: MC Mahanta's bamboo-reinforcement

[Barua25]

Ram:
Thanks.
Couple of clarifications lest people mis-interpret my statement.

>Assamese are suffering from an acute inferiority complex. 
>That is why they want to stay with India and are staying with India and will stay with India forever.
>That is why they never raised their voice to stay as an independent country at the time of India's independence.
>Even now hardly any Assamese are raising their voice for independence.

The above statement of mine is just a statement of the realty. This should not be interpreted to mean that I support (or object) Independence of Assam. I am simply saying that Assamese is not a warrior people with high National spirit or unity like the Nagas or other people and donot have the will, courage, spirit and love of freedom for independence. I agree that 'independence' is definitely a 'pipe dream' now (specially since we donot have any leader), but probably it was not a pipe dream when Assam was under the British till 1947.  (I have my own analysis why Assam lost the freedom spirit after 1857 when Maniram Dewan was hanged). Today, whether we NEED independence or not is completely another subject.

The second realty is that, Assamese is not even an equal partner in the Indian Independence movement and in the Indian Democratic game today. If you read history, Assam was actually begging Gandhi and Nehru and the Congress, before 1947, so that Assam can stay with India.  (Please! let us stay with you guys, ami apwnalwkor nkina golam hoi thakim). There was no movement for an Independent Assam as an alternative to joining Pakistan. Assam could have very well say it to the British, at that time: Please give us back our Assam that you took from us in 1826. But Assam did not.  In fact the Assamese were so happy to be a part of India that Assamese wanted to forget the six hundred years of Ahom rule. Assamese novelist wrote novels 'Kwnw Khed Nai" (No Regret) ridiculing the six hundred years of Ahom rule. Eminent man of literature took comfort and wrote auto-biography titled : "Kongresor Kasioli Rodot". This is a realty. 

Now having joined India on its own choice (or its own begging) we are complaining that India is treating Assam like a step child.  Today the insurgency in Assam is happening as a negative outlet because of lack of leadership in Assam. It is not a positive movement for independence by any means.

Your statement that 
"They very well know that their lot is in much better state staying with India than being independent." 
Actually people of Assam donot have any choice, do they? Your statement also goes to show that people of Assam lack even the confidence in their own people. In other words it goes to prove my statement that they are suffering from a acute inferiority complex.

If one analyze the stream of events, one will come to the conclusion, that Assamese is a follower, a litikai to the mainland Indians. (Is there any field where Assam is taking a leadership role?) This is a realty.

That is and will be Assam's lot till we can create new and competent leaders. The earlier we realize this the better so that we can act.

RB 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ram Sarangapani 
  To: Barua25 
  Cc: mc mahant ; cmahanta at charter.net ; assam at assamnet.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:20 AM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] MC Mahanta's bamboo-reinforcement


  Dear Barua,

  >Even now hardly any Assamese are raising their voice for >independence.

  Very few actually raised the voice of independence, and fewer still do so today. I think, in case for independence, most Assamese are actually being savvy and and realize what a pipe dream this venture really is. They very well know that their lot is in much better state staying with India than being independent. That is why, you will find very few voices for independence. 

  I doubt they are being  'litikai' at all.

  Just my thoughts.

  --Ram


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