[Assam] Post Frontier Blues

[uttam borthakur]

>>>That is a function of how the citizenry , which would be your 'intelligentsia' responds, if at all.
   
  Very true. 
   
  The 'intelligentsia' is not the whole of the citizenry, neither it is a monolith. There are divers vested interests in that'intelligentsia'. 
   
  Of those divers parts, only those representing the interests and aspirations of the local rulers may meet with some success in making the Delhi rulers espouse their cause to the extent such yearnings do not run counter to the big brothers' agenda.However, they seem to have no acumen to carry the people with them, and limit themselves to a little blackmail here and there, and a wee bit of intrigues in the corridors of power.
   
   Even in such efforts, our so called 'intelligentsia' or part thereof have been found lacking.
   
  Mr. Kanak Sen Deka has inferred from the number of violence related deaths in Assam that it holds great promise for Oxomiya literature, because, it indicates an infusion of variety into the social life of Assam. He quoted Amartya Sen's statistics that RIO in Brazil has maximum number of violent deaths per thousand persons. From this he has concluded that life in Latin America has variety and hence the emergence of great writers like Gabriel Garcia et al.( His Presidential speech in a meeting to inaugurate Dr. Jyotsna Bhattacharjee's book 'Dear Mother' on 26/08/2007)
   Taking a cue from him, may we also infer that our 'intelligentsia' representing local rulers would perk up and become cheeky with the increase in the number of local persons coming into money( ends justify means), going places, realising more than ever the fact that govt. job & petty contracts (read offals) are not the goal in life etc., and therefore, cease to be myopic and lethargic for their own good and try to achieve some cohesion in its actions, political as well as economic?      

Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
        >It seldom happens. Let us see, whether the suggestions in the book come handy to the Rulers or not.
  

  

  *** That is a function of how the citizenry , which would be your 'intelligentsia' responds, if at all.  During recent years, the 'intelligentsia's' creativity and imagination has been on vacation and were consumed by 'security' and jingoist rants.
  

  And for the intelligentsia  to discuss and debate them and generate an informed public opinion they need exposure. I am not always up to snuff on what Assamedia chooses to air and what it is either too afraid to or are unwilling to air. The only exposure so far that I am aware of was thru a Kolkata tabloid.
  For all practical purposes, desi-media's attention or absence of it regarding Assam issues will ultimately fall into deaf ears, if not snuffed out by the sekurity-wallas in Delhi who hold the powers over desi political imaginations as far as our region is concerned..
  

  

  

  

  

  

  At 4:00 AM +0100 8/27/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
  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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