[Assam] About IMAGINATIONS

Sun Aug 26 06:22:54 PDT 2007

The point I was trying to get across Chitta, is that there are 
problems everywhere and with everything. But the difference between 
winners and losers  in this,  is in those who have the creativity and 
the imaginations to do things differently, to find solutions;  and 
those who choose to remain mired in their woes, because they cannot 
even imagine changing things around to get over what they don't like.

There are plenty of people who are willing and able to change things 
--- but they do not get the support of the intelligentsia who have 
grown accustomed to an acceptable standard of life, if not 
prosperity, thanks to governmental handouts and guaranteed employment 
in return for little or no productivity.

One can't blame that on people. It is natural. But It is 
UNSUSTAINABLE. It is demonstration of short term
protection of self-interests , with long term disaster looming just beyond.

>Coming to Rs. 10,000 per person per annum imbroglio-may be some 
>non-Assamese corrupt >politicians like Raful Mahant, Carrot Narah 
>are siphoning the money. Otherwise where will it go? It is >just a 
>guess.

**** How come you are not leveraging it Chitta? What holds you back? 
( Mind you I am not singling YOU out here -- you means all those who 
share your view or are in your shoes in Assam). If you have been 
unable to do so for decades past, how do you plan to do it in the 
future? What has CHANGED to allow you to do so now, or in years to 
come?

**** Corruption, does not matter whether Indian or Assamese, is not a 
unremovable curse or inherited like one's caste. There are ways to 
deal with it. Question is WHY doesn't that happen ? If you have the 
courage to keep asking, digging, until you get the answers, you will 
promptly come up with ways to deal with it.

But I have not seen such willingness to keep asking, digging, amongst 
my peers, to go wherever it might lead them to. Because they are 
terrified of facing truths they feel "helpless" about changing.

Take a good look at the article Dilip posted yesterday. It explains 
things far better than I ever could have. And everything we are 
witnessing in these exchanges are explained right there.

m-da

At 11:04 PM -0700 8/25/07, chittaranjan pathak wrote:
>Mahanta da
>First thing is I am not a blind devotee of Desi D. We all know there 
>are lot of problems and adhocism. Like this latest release of a 
>minister from jail, arrest and then release of Dutt Saheb etc. But 
>yes still people like me will lean towards Desi D when you compare 
>it absolute cluelessness and chaos. Desi D is not an absolute item 
>of worshipping-not at all. But when one compares it with the 
>alternative-then this Desi D becomes 100 times more desirable.
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>Coming to Rs. 10,000 per person per annum imbroglio-may be some 
>non-Assamese corrupt politicians like Raful Mahant, Carrot Narah are 
>siphoning the money. Otherwise where will it go? It is just a guess.
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>Chitta   
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>Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>The bigger question is how Assam is leveraging that Rs. 10,000 per 
>person per annum India is supposedly pouring into Assam and the 
>contiguous states?
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>Perhaps Chitta will explain.  Who knows , he and his fellow devotees 
>of desi-demokrasy just might have some secret weapon.
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>At 6:52 AM +0530 8/26/07, mc mahant wrote:
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>><THAT IS YOUR VIEW POINT-but many may feel that moment you accept 
>>that you can not prosper taking leverage of India's support 
>>(however dysfunctional its Desi Demokrasy is), you are even more 
>>DOOMED.>
>>Who wants India's support?
>>We want trade among Equals .India is an avid signatory to WTO
>>mm
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>>Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:25:16 -0700
>>From: chittaranjanpathak at yahoo.com
>>To: cmahanta at charter.net
>>CC: assam at assamnet.org
>>Subject: Re: [Assam] About IMAGINATIONS
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>>Assam's despondency is rooted in an appalling lack of imaginative 
>>ideas and creative drives, forever under the shackles of even more 
>>unimaginative Indian rule.
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>>DOES IT MEAN Assamese people are unimaginative ?
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>>Or do we so easily cower down that we allow our imaginations to 
>>be stifled by Indian rule?
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>>On either accounts will it not be a disester or chaos if by some 
>>magic Assam becomes what you want it to be?
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>>The moment you accept this condition as given and an unchangeable 
>>fact of life, you are doomed. Your thought processes cannot  get 
>>out of the self imposed prisons.
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>>THAT IS YOUR VIEW POINT-but many may feel that moment you accept 
>>that you can not prosper taking leverage of India's support 
>>(however dysfunctional its Desi Demokrasy is), you are even more 
>>DOOMED.
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