[Assam] Need of Uniform in Assam Assembly--Response to Chitta

[Chan Mahanta]

C:



>Like most of the Assamese -yes I will keep poiting to the influx 
>problem knowing fully well we are >helpless (both within and outside 
>India) to do anything about it.


*** There was a reason for my asking the question :  To see if there 
was a point  to it all. For example to be able to generate a 
meaningful debate and discussion about how to manage the problem. I 
say manage, be cause we know that a solution is almost impossible.

And why us?  Why not the " experts"  that our folks elect, select and 
turn over the responsibility of governing?


I would submit  they have failed miserably. Even though the intellect 
is there, it is left useless by  a systemic and cultural dysfunction. 
Besides, who better than those of us who can look at the issue both 
from the perspective of a native as well as an immigrant/ex-pat  and 
are witnessing how other countries are dealing with it--first hand? 
Lastly, but certainly not the least, these netters do indeed 
represent a concentration of some of Assam's best minds,  when they 
are able or willing to exercise them that is.

The last caveat was to underscore the argumentative repetitions 
carrying on for eternity,but without any focus, without an aim. Even 
with pointed questions they are unable to say what they are trying to 
prove, or disprove.

I am pleased to serve as the lightning rod :-). But unfortunately , 
it is not about me.


>fully well we are >helpless

*** The fact is that YOU are not helpless, unless you wish for some 
saviour like Delhi based masters coming to your aid riding a donkey. 
Assam has only itself to depend on. And you , and you, and you--are 
Assam's only assets. So, if you plead helplessness, imagine how the 
rest  feel!



*** Similarly on the ULFA issue.  Wailing  to no end, or to try and 
prove my logic wrong will not take anyone anywhere.  I already know 
the response of the simple minded lot -- what are you doing?

Well, that is a deep subject. If they don't know by now, they never will.

cm








At 4:16 AM -0700 8/25/07, chittaranjan pathak wrote:
>  >You mean hooked to day dreaming? May be in a couple of years time.
>
>
>*** That is hardly a smart-alec answer as it was meant to be. In 
>reality it is an abject  surrender to the status-quo. Cry about 
>things to no end, but unable and unwilling to exercise one's 
>imagination to find a better way.
>
>BY IMAGINATION AGAIN did you mean dreaming about "taking control 
>of assam's resources" your euphemism for the sovereignity and what 
>not?
>
>
>
>Any way, be that as it may, it still leaves the question of intent 
>on the wailing about the lungi-menace wide open. I was hoping to get 
>a response to my question :
>
>	Knowing this reality, those who ceaselessly keep pointing at the
>  	lungi-menace  specter, but doing or seeking nothing to help MANAGE
>	the problem by taking steps that are realistic , achievable and
>	humane, do it because of WHAT  Chitta?
>
>MAHANTA DA by realistic, humane etc did you mean work permit and all 
>those things? Like most of the Assamese -yes I will keep poiting to 
>the influx problem knowing fully well we are helpless (both within 
>and outside India) to do anything about it. Can we get a glimpse of 
>realistic steps to manage the problem from you?
>We are willing to believe for the time being that the Bangladeshis 
>will be identifying themselves as genuine BDesh citizen and will 
>clamor for the much coveted work permit (green card) to work 5 
>months in Assam and then go back willingly to BDesh
>
>
>regards
>
>chitta
>
>
>
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