[Assam] Post Frontier Blues

[uttam borthakur]

We wish so many good things from the Rulers. But those usually do not happen unless and until the vested interests of the rulers become one with the aspirations of the people. It seldom happens. Let us see, whether the suggestions in the book come handy to the Rulers or not.

Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:  Dear Baruah:

Read the book on one sitting. It was an almost unprecedented 
accomplishment for me, since I left college. I found it extremely 
informative, as always. I was particularly impressed by your 
realistic analysis of the unsustainable two-tiered citizenship, of 
the ethnic homeland model and the proposal of for citizenship of 
India as well as a state. Most of all, for me, it is the first 
comprehensive attempt at finding an attainable and sustainable 
resolution of these indigenous/immigrant conflicts that have so riven 
Assam and the other 'states' around it. In that it stands out from 
the xenophobic cacophony that has dominated the discourse not only in 
Assam but has even spilled over to assamnet.

Big question however is if the powers that be will pay any heed?

Best.

m

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