[Assam] forming a federation

[Jyotirmoy Sharma]

I do not agree with India, Pak and Bangla form a federation without national
borders. We are bettter off without them.
Remember we were one at one stage, did we have peace then?
When we got independence, did not the Muslims want to have their own
country? It wasn't that the British came and just cut us in parts. We were
divided before, during and after British rule. When finally the subcontinent
got divided on religious lines, people thought we will have lasting peace.
But peace still eludes us.

Think of the NE, Assam couldn't even keep the Nagas, Mizos, Khasis, Garos,
Jaintias. Now Bodos, Karbis and Dimasas want a separate state from Assam.
Nagas are fighting amongst themselves when not fighting others. Garos now
want a separate Garoland from Meghalaya and Assam. The list of homeland
demand is endless. Now are you suggesting to bring in more problems from
across the border, as if we don't have much? Pakistan, even after
independence cannot control it's own frontiers, what chance do we have?  Do
you want a chance? I don't.

The terror agents in Pak, Bangla would love to hear this. No matter how much
they attack us, some of us still want to embrace them.
I like what Israel does to protect it's citizens.
JS



On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:08 AM, Dilip and Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Dear Sushanta,
> I am glad to see that you have carried the concept further by saying that
> the federation should not be limited to the level of three countries, and
> should be taken one level down to the states, thereby possibly solving Assam
> and Kashmir issues. Could we have comments from other netters as well?
> A federation like this was mulled over in the 1940's under the British with
> the federation configured like Canada and Australia but INC (Congress) would
> not settle for anything less than complete independence. At the end, of
> course, independence was granted at the cost of partition. The results of
> partition haunt the sub-continent till today.
>
> Dilipda (I am assuming you are in your thirties or forties)
>
>
>
>
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> To: dilipdeka at yahoo.com
> Cc: Assamnet Friends <assam at assamnet.org>; uttam borthakur <
> uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:37:06 PM
> Subject: forming a federation
>
>
> Dear
> Friends,
> I do agree with Dilip Deka.He said,''The only way India, Pakistan and
> Bangladesh can coexist and prosper is by erasing the artificial lines drawn
> by the British and forming a federation, opening the borders for easy
> movement of people and goods. Bangladeshi labourers are migrating and
> supporting the Indian economy anyway. A federation will make it legal.
> Kashmir problem will go away when the LOC is erased between Indian Kashmir
> and Pakistani Kashmir.
> How about Assam? I leave that to your fertile imagination. What do you
> think? Will a federation (though improbable) work?" Ultimately we the people
> of Indian Subcontinent will have to move that way. With absolute internal
> autonomy we can form a Indian federation.internal autonomy for the states of
> Assam and Kashmir as well (Actually I'm talking about all the states that we
> have ) . We should be open enough to accommodate all type of aspirations of
> that type like Bodos, Karbis, Gorkhas of WB and so on.If we were to go to
> the village level that should also be done.Every higher body can look after
> the inter relations of its parts. It might sound like "Utopia" as Uttamda
> has said( though he said it a good proposal). But any dream starts its
> journey as being Utopia. Its a better and realisable Utopia, than 'Vanish
> Pakistan ' Utopia of a section of sectarian Indians.  An Utopia, that can
> only bifurcate India further. To attain that objective we, just , will
>  have to broaden our heart beyond any limit.
> Sushanta Kar
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