[Assam] Majority Opinion

[umesh sharma]

Krishnendu-da,
 
Since you have started accusing me of  somethings - I must compliment you. You are a master in twisting my arguments to suit your version.  It is you - you alone who insists that what you say is the truth - evey other version is a mere fabrication - a lie. I wonder where you get so much confidence and authority. 
 
I do not want to go into nitty gritty of each and eveything you accuse me of - it is all on the webpages for all to see. 
 
All I see is that I agree to disagree.
 
Umesh
 
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1) You started your argument with "why Susanta should teach Bengali". Seeing that you are losing that argument, you shifted to another line as to why he should ask for Bengali in College Magazine.

You said -- "it is
> unwise to agitate for the mere inclusion of a Bengali
> article in a college magazine. "


Let me quote from Susanta -- ""Our College magazine doesn’t publish any Bengali writings. Some even tried to protest in vain when we introduced Bengali in PRAGYAN."


So he merely mentioned that the College Magazine does not publish Bengali writing which you equated to "agitated". That is your twist. As for Prgayan, the fact that - 1) some protested in vain AND 2) His co-worker Ghanashyam Deka (the name implies Mr Deka is Assamese .. if you do not know) created the account, says that NOT ALL protested his view.


2) You are suggesting that the murder of Dalits was justified since they killed the cow and you are supporting your educated relatives. That is real sad. However, let me quote from your another posting in reagards to harrasment of NE folks in Delhi -- "However, blaming the crimes on NE people only on their attire is too much -- NE men are also harassed - is it because of the same reason?" -- Hey, what's the problem, NE folks are minority in Delhi and so it is all justified to harrass them. They should remain in their shell and dare not come out in public.

Further, killing of ANY animal in public is socially unacceptable and in some cases illegal. There are slaughter houses where such killing should happen. So your basic premises is wrong.

3) I do not think that the Hindi speaking people were killed because they wanted to publish something in Hindi , nor is the killing endorsed by the majority. The killing was by a small group and has been condemned by majority Assamese. 

4) Majority opinion need to be respected --- right ... but are you sure it is majority opinion? Further, even if it is majority opinion, is it "right opinion" ? In my above example, NE folks are harrassed in Delhi by the majority .... so do you condone this and ask NE folks to respect the majority opinion ? Or , step back when there was appartheid in US, that was majority opinion ... was that right and should have been respected ? Or closer home, in Rajasthan, a few years back a lady was burnt alive by villagers ... as Sati ... that was a majority opinion ... entire village was involved ... is that to be respected ? The list can go on.

5) To conclude, fortunately in Assam, we have moved a long way and I strongly believe not too many people (except a handful like some of Susanta's co-wrokers) think in your way but rather believe in peaceful co-existence where the "right opinion" rather then "majority opinion" is respected. 

Umesh Sharma

Washington D.C. 

1-202-215-4328 [Cell]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

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