[Assam] assam Digest, Vol 29, Issue 13/Avibasi politics

[Chan Mahanta]

>One Assamese or outsider cant buy land or settle in -  KERALA, 
>BIHAR,BENGAL. You will be chased >away within night, your family 
>will be raped or humiliated and house will be burnt. No law or 
>Supreme >court!!! Un believable, but being from military I know it.


*** I am pretty uneducated about India as far as these matters are 
concerned, since I did not live outside of Assam except for a short 
stint in Kolkata, where the statement could be only marginally true, 
in certain localities and not everywhere.  I had many local friends 
there and did not feel the way Dr. Das describes. So the above seems 
like a rather harsh reality, if not entirely unthinkable. It also 
seems to be in direct conflict with many assamnetters' opinions 
about how much at home they feel outside Assam where they live or 
work.

Can someone explain the huge discrepancy here?

cm



At 4:55 PM +0000 12/11/07, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS wrote:
>Dear friends,
>   As I told to Mr.Umesh earlier to with my live real life example of 
>KPSC Exam(State) at Karnataka, I was disqualified inspite of having 
>full score. Forget your ST/SC- you should be able to write/Read anad 
>talk local language for state jobs anywhere in India. For IPS/IAS 
>its cadre system with 6 months time to learn local languages.
>   But sorowfully in Assam, if one dnt know Assamese- he will get the 
>chair and can scold all assamese as dogs!!! This is Indian dominate 
>dirty game.
>   As a ex serviceman I am liable to get job anywhere, but the local 
>rule here is simple- know state language!! One Assamese or outsider 
>cant buy land or settle in -  KERALA, BIHAR,BENGAL. You will be 
>chased away within night, your family will be raped or humiliated 
>and house will be burnt. No law or Supreme court!!! Un believable, 
>but being from military I know it. .But they can anywhere... and 
>assam is a dharamshala.bECAUSE iNDIAN CONSTITUTION  alows all only 
>in Assam.
>   Bikash
>   
>   
>   Sanjib-da,
>
>I must admit your article reads well . Well written. And as a member of
>  the dominant community speaking for the poor and needy you are
>  eloquent. Now the question arises - do Bodos need ST status in Delhi or UP
>  jobs -- wont it help the Bodos and Nagas if their tribal status was
>  allowed for govt jobs in Rajasthan , Bihar, Bangalore as well.
>
>
>Why should we not have Bodo govt officials in Kerala for example -
>  working as police and tax officials selected by the state government?  Same
>  for Nagas.  It would in integration of India and securing peace.  If
>  today geography is the greatest obstacle in movement of people and of
>  growth -- think how much a Bodo or Naga can learn about software ,
>  technology etc and get govt jobs in Bangalore.  The children thus studying in
>  top schools and colleges in Bangalore etc. I am just creating a
>  possible rosy picture if reservations were allowed for ethnic Assam/Bodo
>  tribals etc throughout India. When Gorkhas from Nepal can have reservations
>  in Indian and British Army jobs why not Bodos in Bangalore.
>
>
>And if not this than why that? Why give ST status to any group in Assam
>  who hasn't even lived there were a thousand years. How can one call
>  himself "Adivasi" ( the earliest inhabitant) when  he has not even been
>  part of the culture pre-British times?
>
>
>Regards.
>
>
>Umesh
>
>
>       
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