[Assam] Chalo Delhi
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Mon Dec 18 06:32:35 PST 2006
> couldnot bargain on the share state should have got utilisation of
>resources >like oil, coal and water.
*** Very faulty reasoning here. WHY should Assam have to go beg,
plead, bargfain or grovel for a FAIR share of what is THEIRS--ALL of
it--to begin with?
It is no different from Kharkhowas pleading with Dilli to not change
the name of their state to Asom.
At 11:18 AM +0530 12/18/06, Manoj Das wrote:
>Hi dadas,
>
>The case of Assam is like that of a cursed 'Hamuman' -who didnot
>know his own strength. We are so careless that our political leaders
>couldnot bargain on the share state should have got utilisation of
>resources like oil, coal and water. Nagaland adn Arunachal are much
>smarter. Day before I attended a workshop organised by Arunachal
>government on the development of 50000 mw of hydropower in the
>state. The state is expecting to rake in about 10000 rs. crore just
>from signing MOUs. It will also take part in equities through a
>special dispensation from the Planning commission. Our leaders
>havenot thought about bargaining the downstream rights of riparian
>states. 'sobei nakot tel di shooi ase'. Arunachal Govt. is ready to
>talk to Assam on the issue.
>
>Just a point to ponder. Despite extracting oil/coal/tea from
>the area upper Assam districts have lower per capita income than
>some other lower Assam districts.The resources have not added to
>their wealth. And look at this..Bhutan has now the highest percapita
>income in South Asia..just on the strength of two power
>projects..Taal and Sukha..also built on India's money. Only they
>knew how to bargain and negotiate.
>
>"Jaa"...*
>
>MKD
>
>*Jai Ai Asom/Axom"
>On 12/18/06, Ram Sarangapani
><<mailto:assamrs at gmail.com>assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Dear Barua,
>
> >In case of Assam, they had to keep the people busy so that they
>donot have time to >discuss what happened to Rs 15000 croes,
> >Assamese intellectuals, the media and all are falling for it.
>
>Actually, in the case of Assam, the people are either totally
>unaware or just don't care of what happened to the Rs. 15000 crores,
>AND nor are they (it seems so) upset or seem to care about the the
>name. (the Hobo Diok kicking in)
>
>The reason I am saying this is, I don't see any mass-scale
>opposition (or for that matter support) for the name change. Where
>is the passion?
>
>As far as the intellectuals, they are not falling for it, but it
>seems they want to have a "say" whether its right or wrong. To be in
>the limelight is nice. And as for the media, they just want to
>sensationalize something where there is absolutely none. They too
>don't know which horse to back these days.
>
>--Ram
>
>
>On 12/17/06, Barua25 <<mailto:barua25 at hotmail.com>barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >My feeling is that politicians and some "literary stalwarts" who
>have little else to do, bring up non-issues like this from time to
>time. It seems >like they just want to whip up some regional or
>linguistic frevor. Its all hubris and rah-rah than anything else.
>
>I will agree with that.
>It is like re-arranging the furnitures in Titanic.
>In case of Assam, they had to keep the people busy so that they
>donot have time to discuss what happened to Rs 15000 croes,
>Assamese intellectuals, the media and all are falling for it.
>Barua
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:assamrs at gmail.com>Ram Sarangapani
>To: <mailto:barua25 at hotmail.com>Rajen & Ajanta Barua
>Cc: <mailto:dilipdeka at yahoo.com>Dilip/Dil Deka ;
><mailto:assam at assamnet.org> ASSAMNET
>Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] Chalo Delhi
>
>
>Dear Barua,
>
>My basic argument is that, even though it may make "sense" , why is
>that when the names were originally accepted - ie: Bangalore or
>Madras or Baroda or Assam, the people in those days accepted the
>names without any problem?
>
>Why is this becoming a trend now? Were those early people just plain
>stupid that they accepted whatever names were given? What has
>changed?
>
>My feeling is that politicians and some "literary stalwarts" who
>have little else to do, bring up non-issues like this from time to
>time. It seems like they just want to whip up some regional or
>linguistic frevor. Its all hubris and rah-rah than anything else.
>
>As far as Assam is concerned, the ONUS should be on the people who
>are hell-bent on changing the name to Asom. They should provide the
>logic and reasoning why such a name change is not just necessay but
>also imperative for Assam's survival. Why should there be a need
>by those who are satisfied with continuance of the name "Assam"
>bring in historical or other relevance so as to convince the Assam
>Govt. not to change.
>
>--Ram
>
>
>
>On 12/17/06, Rajen & Ajanta Barua
><<mailto:barua25 at hotmail.com>barua25 at hotmail.com > wrote:
>
>Ramgopal:
>If one looks at these name changes, all may make sense. In fact
>another due change may be Baroda to Badodara.
>But Assam to Asom does not make any sense at all. This is a classic
>example of what we say in Assamese:
>Dekhak dekhi kukurew pale ekadoxi.
>or
>Adak dekhi keturai bwle mwkw kha.
>Barua
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:assamrs at gmail.com>Ram Sarangapani
>To: <mailto:dilipdeka at yahoo.com>Dilip/Dil Deka
>Cc: <mailto:assam at assamnet.org>ASSAMNET
>Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] Chalo Delhi
>
>
>Whats the world coming to. Here is a news item from the TOI along
>some more name changes. Looks like these politicians and others have
>little else to do.
>
>From the TOI:
>
>BHOPAL: After Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram and
>Bengaluru, the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation has passed a
>resolution to rename the city to Jabalipuram.
>
>The BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh government is also mulling renaming
>Bhopal to Bhojpal and Indore to Indur.
>The resolution was passed in the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation
>meeting on Saturday, both by BJP and Congress members. Corporators
>said the city was being renamed after a sage in the 'Ramayana'. The
>resolution has been sent to the state government.
>
>According to some BJP members, every part of the country should be
>renamed after carrying out historical analysis and research.
>
>BJP leader Anil Dave told TOI, "Post Independence, we removed
>British statues from the country. So why can't we remove the British
>names of our cities?"
>
>"It was a demand by the people of Jabalpur to name it after 'rishi'
>Jabali who had his meditation camp here," Jabalpur mayor Sushila
>Singh said. "Let us connect our city with the history and culture of
>our country. Jabalpur on the banks of river Narmada is a sacred
>place of Hindu sages."
>Congress corporator Jagat Bahadur Singh said, "Sadhus gathered in my
>ward in Narsingh and proposed that the city be renamed after sage
>Jabali. This was Congress agenda, not the BJP's."
>Renaming Bhopal to Bhojpal (the city of king Bhoj) after Bhoj Deva -
>the Paramara king who ruled the region from 1010 AD to 1055 AD and
>was a soldier, builder, scholar and patron of learning - was BJP's
>agenda.
>Bhoj Deva's position in history matched Vikramaditya Chandragupta II
>who ruled from Ujjaini (now Ujjain).
>The first attempt to connect Bhopal to Raja Bhoj was made in 2002
>when the name of the city's airport was changed to Raja Bhoj
>International Airport.
>
>--Ram
>On 12/17/06, Dilip/Dil Deka
><<mailto:dilipdeka at yahoo.com>dilipdeka at yahoo.com > wrote:
>
>Here we go again. Not being able to solve it locally, Assam has to
>appeal to Delhi to intervene.
>It is intriguing that we do not know who is instigating this change.
>The chief minister doesn't have the passion for the change. A large
>number of community organizations don't want it. Then who does?
>
>I am not commenting on the name itself but on the process. The lack
>of will to handle local problems locally is a symptom of a deeper
>complex.
>Dilip Deka
>
>
>Guwahati, Sunday, December 17, 2006
>
>'Asom' faces strong opposition
>By A Staff Reporter
> GUWAHATI, Dec 16 - Though the State Assembly passed a resolution
>yesterday on voice vote to replace 'Assam' with 'Asom' as per the
>February 27, 2006 decision of the State Cabinet, there prevails a
>strong opposition to the decision. Opposition members like Leader of
>the Opposition Brindaban Goswami, AGP's Anup Phukan and CPI's Drupad
>Bargohain were on their feet yesterday demanding discussion on the
>resolution moved by Environment and Forests Minister Rockybul
>Hussain on behalf of the State Government. But the Speaker silenced
>them saying that the stage to initiate discussion on the move was
>over.
>
>After the session was over, Anup Phukan told newsmen that even Chief
>Minister Gogoi was pronouncing the name of the State as 'Assam'. The
>Tai Ahom organizations are opposed to the idea of replacing 'Assam'
>with 'Asom'. The Government should have gone for a detailed
>discussion on the issue, Phukan said.
>
>Leader of the Opposition Brindaban Goswami said while speaking to
>this newspaper today, that the Opposition members tried yesterday to
>initiate a discussion on the issue. But they were denied any scope
>to that effect.
>
>Elaborating, Goswami said, with several organizations and scholars
>opposing the move to replace 'Assam' with 'Asom', a debate on the
>issue was on. The Government also constituted an expert committee to
>examine the issue. It was not clear as to whether the Government
>moved the resolution as per the recommendation of the expert
>committee or following its discussion with the organizations of the
>ethnic groups and the scholars, Goswami said.
>
>Meanwhile, the Tai Ahom National Council, the apex body of the Tai
>Ahom organizations, is preparing to move the court challenging the
>resolution. The Council has also decided to convene a meeting of the
>Tai Ahom organizations, the organizations of the ethnic groups like
>the Koch-Rajbongshis, the Morans and Motoks, the Deuris, the Sonowal
>Kacharis and the Chutiyas and the like-minded people who have been
>opposing the move to effect a change in the spelling. The meeting is
>planned in the city in the next week, said working president of the
>Council Dr Prabin Konwar here today.
>
>The Council, which has 12 Tai Ahom organizations as its affiliates,
>submitted a memorandum to the State Government drawing its attention
>to the historical documents, which suggest the existence of the name
>'Assam' from time immemorial, Dr Konwar said.
>
>The Council also contended the argument that Bombay became Mumbai,
>Madras became Chennai, Calcutta became Kolkata, Gauhati became
>Guwahati and Sibsagar became Sivasagar recently and this should also
>apply to 'Assam' and it should be replaced with 'Asom', saying that
>all those changes were effected only to undo the wrong committed by
>the British colonial rulers.
>
>But in the case of 'Assam', the council argued, long before the
>advent of the British colonial rulers to this part of the country,
>Sihabuddin Talis, who accompanied Mirjumla, described the State as
>'Assam'. Even Srimanta Sankaradeva described the State as Assam in
>the 14 th century AD, it argued in its memorandum to the State
>Government submitted after the February 27 decision of the State
>Cabinet.
>
>Dr Konwar said that despite large-scale opposition to the Cabinet
>decision, the Government led by Tarun Gogoi stuck to the decision
>mysteriously failing to honour the sentiments of the indigenous
>people.
>
>The Council has also decided to send memorandums to the President,
>Prime Minister and the Ministry's concerned and all the MPs from the
>NE region to veto the State Assembly resolution, Dr Konwar said.
>
>
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