[Assam] Majority Opinion

[Krishnendu Chakraborty]

> 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. 

1)  It was you who ACCUSED Susanta.  Your initial argument was why he should teach Bengali you then twisted it to why he is "agitated" over College Magazine not publishing Bengali articles (which is incorrect ... he was NOT agitated , he merely stated a fact).

2) It is you who is preaching that "majority opinion" should be respected AND it was you who cited the example of Dalit's killing cow and how majority did not like it.   Simple logic says , since you are all for respecting majority opinion (right ot wrong), you are with your "educated" relatives.    If you now say that  you condemn the mind set of your educated relatives that is good.  But that means you agree that "majority opinion" should NOT always be respected.


3) I do not say what I am saying is truth -- but then,  you should be able to prove which of my statement is untrue.  Further to that,  I do not remember saying ANY of your versions as fabricated.  I agreed when you said that Dalits were killed and your educated relatives were elated over the "due punishment".  
However,  I did raise a question -- whether their opinion was right  And if not, should it be respected ?

Oh! I remember -- I said that you know nothing that US has bilingual news papers ....  however that is all over net.  You can just google and find that I am right.

And yes,  I DID say that it is incorrect that Susanta is "agitated" over Bengali not being included in College Magazine.  But that is based on his and your statements ...   if you have insider information which we do not (something like .. Susanta fought with his colleagues over this issue etc) , please share.

> 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.

You are wise not to go into nitty gritty  because if you try to prove that I have accused you of something, you will prove that your argument on majority opinion is wrong .

> All I see is that I agree to disagree.

Again, you are wise ... knowing when to quit. You are within your rights to disagree  but it does not change the facts that -

1) You were wrong to raise a voice on why Susanta should teach Bengali

2) The majority opinion is not necessarily always the "right opinion" (and hence not neccessarily need to be respected).


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> 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. "
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> Let me quote from Susanta -- ""Our College
> magazine doesnââ¬â¢t publish any Bengali writings.
> Some even tried to protest in vain when we introduced
> Bengali in PRAGYAN."
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Washington D.C. 
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> 1-202-215-4328 [Cell]
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> Ed.M. - International Education Policy
> Harvard Graduate School of Education,
> Harvard University,
> Class of 2005
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