[Assam] Micro Credit ( a true story)--cow-mutilation in India?

Sun Oct 1 19:28:25 PDT 2006

C-da,

  I think you look at it from the point of view of the bourgeosie --"look at the damn villagers--so cruel !!!  They cut off the ears of the cows!! Stop giving them loans!!"

  On the other hand, that could just be a kind of tale cooked up by corrupt and lethargic bureaucrats --to stop giving loans --no offense to Mohan-da's bro-in-law.  What better way to rpove that the good-for-nothing villagers deserve no-better. So much for a just society!!

  Umesh  

Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:

  Umesh:

  For a change, you hit the nail right on the head. And this time I mean it too :-).

  While I would not cast aspersions on the veracity of Mohan's bro-in-law's account, the fact of a whole village, or a number of 'them villagers' cutting off the tips of their cows' ears  and taking them to the loan collector's office to prove that they were dead, and thus they are not responsible for paying on their debt, could mean only the following:

  A: That these awful villagers are not Hindus. Must be you-know-what's? For a Hindu, even a rotten Hindu, would never cut the 'ear lobes' off a cow and take them to the loan collector to prove that their cows, given as micro-credit, were dead ( a bad loan that is).

  How can I say that?

  As a dyed-in-the paan-juice kharkhowa villager, I can testify, that even the most god-forsaken amongst us would never, ever, resort to doing such a horrible thing as cutting off the 'ear-lobes' ( sic) of their cows or their calves, to prove to the govt. loan officer, that their cow, given to them by their benevolent sorkar in lieu of cash, as micro-credit, was defective and now dead, just so they won't have to pay back on their loan.

  Only them horrible folks that EAT cows and/or don't hesitate to ,mutilate/dismember them could do that. Here. U,mesh, you hit the bull's eye.

  I am however amazed that Bhuban Kokaideu, whose neighbors were 'gorias'( Assamese euphemism for Muslims) of Namti-Saarilai Goria Gaon( village); would buy that kind of a fairy-tale. But then again, may be I should not be!

  cm

  At 9:26 PM +0100 10/1/06, umesh sharma wrote:
  It seems cow-eating/mutilation is common in the region mentioned.     Umesh

BBaruah at aol.com wrote:
  In a message dated 01/10/2006 18:22:35 GMT Standard Time, mrpallet at ncsu.edu writes:
  There should also be a law that holds a loanee accountable for charging
higher than prescribed interests and within some strict guidelines.
  That is a nice story. In fact it happens often in some form or other.      Legislation is always there. The loophole is in the fact that it is either cicumvented or not enforced.      Bhuban  _______________________________________________
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