[Assam] Panicky Politicians -Sentinel Editorial

[Ram Sarangapani]

C'da,

>If so what do you think is the reason Ram? Bad kharkhowa genes >perhaps
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No, not in the genes. But it is the general attitude. There is apathy in
almost every sphere and the feeling one gets is a 'every man for himself'
and little else matters.

>>And this unmitigated comedy is possible in Assam, because the
>>politicians can >get away with it, and the people are mute spectators.


>*** What would your recommendation on a remedy be?

Obviously, people ought to stop being spectators and take active interest in
the functioning of the local admintration. They obviously take 'active' part
in bandhs, in political rallies, and processions for pay raises. But when it
comes to getting the streets clean, ensuring drinking water, or corruption,
there is a huge apathy.

>*** Me too. So why don't you do everyone a favor and tell us about which
>state/s to emulate, hopefully citing something verifiable examples :-)?

hehehe! That seems to have rubbed the wrong way:)  Oh! there are many
examples from different states - 100% of villages electrified in Kerala, a
number of states are way ahead in education and literacy (some 100 %)
and there are many more.

Why should emulating such examples of successes be bad? We don't have to
emulate goondaism in Bihar, or religious intolerance in the cow belt, but we
certainly can take a cue from here and there.

--Ram


On 10/10/06, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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> >No, C'da, in Assam, we are several notches higher, much higher. > Most
> other >states and the rest of the country are in much better shape. On most
> issues, >whether it is corruption, insurgency, under-development, or
> mal-governance, >Assam seems to lead the way.
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> If so what do you think is the reason Ram? Bad kharkhowa genes perhaps
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> *** Me too. So why don't you do everyone a favor and tell us about which
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> >Incidentally it is the STATE of ENTIRE INDIA.
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> No, C'da, in Assam, we are several notches higher, much higher. Most other
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> On most issues, whether it is corruption, insurgency, under-development,
> or mal-governance, Assam seems to lead the way.
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> If Assam could emulate the better examples of some of the states, we could
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> -Ram
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> On 10/10/06,* Chan Mahanta* <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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> At 7:33 AM -0500 10/10/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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> Don't know whether to laugh or cry?  This is the state of the State!
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> Panicky Politicians
> As we reported yesterday, the State Home Department has shortlisted 217
> Congress leaders as VVIPs/VIPs in the wake of the latest ULFA threat to the
> ruling Congress. The most obvious question is: how have as many as 217
> Congress leaders become VVIPs or VIPs overnight? Just because the ULFA has
> threatened the Congress? Have these shortlisted leaders been threatened
> individually? Or are they really the leaders of the masses, with a wonderful
> track record of performance, who the ULFA would kill any day? There seems to
> be a crisis now: how would one provide these new avatars - 217 VVIPs/VIPs -
> bullet-proof luxury at a time when the State government is in possession of
> only 52 bullet-proof cars, that too only on paper as most of them are out of
> order? More important, over 5,000 Congressmen have applied for security
> cover, and a bullet-proof car might be the wish of each one of them. Now the
> most important question is: what would happen if non-VVIPs ask for security
> cover or bullet-proof cars? What would happen if ordinary masses demand so?
> Can there be personal security cover or bullet-proof cars for the entire
> population of the State? As a matter of fact, it is mostly ordinary men,
> women and children - all non-VVIPs, all absolutely innocent - who have been
> killed in militant attacks over the years. So do they not have a stronger
> reason for ask for security cover or bullet-proof cars? How many such
> bullet-proof cars can the government - in a welfare state that it claims to
> have helped build - provide? Let one not say now that ordinary people do not
> need security, and that they are very very important persons (VVIPs, is not
> it?) only during elections. It is these ordinary people who can survive well
> without being 'led' by panicky politicians.
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