[Assam] Creativity 101

Krishnendu Chakraborty krish_gau at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 29 13:16:36 PDT 2007


> >  >You love to
> >IMAGINE that India's progress has halted,  you love
> to
> >IMAGINE that India's system has completely broken
> down
> >and you love to IMAGINE of a Sovereign
> IslamicRepublic of Assam.
> 
> *** This demonstrates the quality of YOUR
> imaginations,not mine.
> 

Netters know whose imaginations these are

> *** Anyone can think anything. But the quality of
> thought makes the 
> difference, not the airing of one.
> 
> And if my points did not find their mark, there
> wouldn't be such 
> endless but vacuous arguments to discredit them.
> Would there?

Same is true for the other side too


without ever
> attempting to present 
> anything constructive?


I would rather prefer not to present anything then
presenting something destructive like asking for a
Soverign Assam with no clue on HOW you are going to
make it better or making a Iraq in Assam.

>	>The curious person's questioning attitude toward
>life is a
>positive one, not a destructive




--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:

> >Exaclty .... and I can see you are now thinking of
> BETTER solutions 
> >within >Indian Framework rather then thinking of
> what GOI did or did 
> >not  do...
> 
> 
> I MIGHT have, or could have -- had India been able
> to RESPOND to 
> Assam's disaffections. But in its absence, in
> India's quarter century 
> of stonewalling, in its unimaginative and fruitless
> pursuits, only a 
> fool will hold that framework sacred and only the
> inferentially 
> challenged would read that in what I wrote.
> 
> 
> >Without a move towards reform India would not have
> been where it is today.
> 
> *** No it would not be doomed. It would continue
> tottering like it 
> always did, with a few prospering on the backs of
> the many. Except, 
> it ought not to be sacred to anyone who is adversely
> affected by its 
> inertia and inability to change.
> 
> 
> >I agree you  have great IMAGINATION.
> 
> *** Good. Then why challenge it ? Why not add your
> own to it to ?
> Or are you attempting to sound like a constructive
> participant while 
> sparing no effort to undermine it, without ever
> attempting to present 
> anything constructive?
> 
> 
> 
> >  >You love to
> >IMAGINE that India's progress has halted,  you love
> to
> >IMAGINE that India's system has completely broken
> down
> >and you love to IMAGINE of a Sovereign
> IslamicRepublic of Assam.
> 
> *** This demonstrates the quality of YOUR
> imaginations,not mine.
> 
> 
> >BTW,  I thought Creative people have better things
> to do then 
> >digging up never >ending discussions
> 
> *** Anyone can think anything. But the quality of
> thought makes the 
> difference, not the airing of one.
> 
> And if my points did not find their mark, there
> wouldn't be such 
> endless but vacuous arguments to discredit them.
> Would there?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:52 AM -0700 8/29/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty
> wrote:
> >  > A creative person  is OPTIMISTIC for finding
> BETTER
> >>  SOLUTIONS!
> >>
> >
> >Exaclty .... and I can see you are now thinking of
> >BETTER solutions within Indian Framework rather
> then
> >thinking of what GOI did or did not  do... THAT is
> why
> >I said you are thinking positive
> >
> >>  If there were moves towards reforms--but a
> person
> >>  shows disdain for
> >>  it--that would be different.
> >
> >Ki Mushkil....  back to square one.  Without a move
> >towards reform India would not have been where it
> is
> >today. It would have doomed by now. However, 
> reform
> >is a continous process ... everywhere
> >
> >
> >>  On the other hand, if a person would rather
> remain
> >>  blind and deaf to
> >>  what obviously are dysfunctional,
> >>  he is the one who lacks IMAGINATION and is
> >>  creatively challenged.
> >
> >I agree you  have great IMAGINATION.  You love to
> >IMAGINE that India's progress has halted,  you love
> to
> >IMAGINE that India's system has completely broken
> down
> >and you love to IMAGINE of a Sovereign Islamic
> >Republic of Assam.  Unfortunately, NOT all
> Imaginers
> >are Creative .
> >
> >BTW,  I thought Creative people have better things
> to
> >do then digging up never ending discussions
> >
> >
> >--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>  Ki muskil!
> >>
> >>
> >>  Ei Ingrezi bhasha ta na  puro 'bogus' . Ki bolse
> wra
> >>  bujhai jai-na.
> >>  That is why I keep saying 'it is that damned
> English
> >>  language'. For
> >>  if it were not, one would come out smelling like
> >>  you-know-what?
> >>
> >>  Why?
> >>
> >>  For a very simple reason:
> >>
> >>  A creative person  is OPTIMISTIC for finding
> BETTER
> >>  SOLUTIONS!
> >>
> >>  NOT towards expecting results out of NOTHING, as
> in
> >>  REFORMING what is
> >>  dysfunctional about India.
> >>  If there were moves towards reforms--but a
> person
> >>  shows disdain for
> >>  it--that would be different.
> >>
> >>  On the other hand, if a person would rather
> remain
> >>  blind and deaf to
> >>  what obviously are dysfunctional,
> >>  he is the one who lacks IMAGINATION and is
> >>  creatively challenged.
> >>
> >>  Bujhle' ekhon?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  At 7:46 AM -0700 8/29/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty
> >>  wrote:
> >>  >Me too ......  looks people are thinking
> positive
> >>  >rather then "blame it on GOI"  game
> >>  >
> >>  >
> >>  >
> >>  >--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
> >>  >
> >>  >>  I am most impressed by people who  have the
> >  > ability
> >>  >>  to see the light,
> >>  >>  even if it smacks of "bhutor mukhot
> raam-naam"
> >>  :-)
> >>  >>
> >>  >>
> >>  >>
> >>  >>
> >>  >>
> >>  >>
> 
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