[Assam] LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (The Sentinel, TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2008 )

[DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS]

Its sad to hear.But recently one gnetleman from Bangalore attacked me directly for talking in favour of Assam as well NE.Now at this crucial moment I would love to request him to stand up and fight against all the odds with dire mind.We need Lachit and Chilarai now- Enough are anough.The mentality of all the Pvt TV channel as well press is more pathetic towards NE in whole.For them after Bihar and Bengal- no India.China know it well- so they have been demanding this region.
Anyone wanted to write up to the Information and Braodcasting Minstry please?Govt is coming up with Pvt Tv channel regulatory Authy after my case for the 24 Nov 2007 Beltola issue.We need to fight against all of them to show our existance in India.Else we stand nowhere.

Dr.Bikash Kumar Das
Founder Director
Rhino Jungle Adventures
Karnataka, North East India.
Bangalore( India)
0091-9480618880
www.rjadventures.org
info at rjadventures.org

--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Buljit Buragohain <buluassam at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

From: Buljit Buragohain <buluassam at yahoo.co.in>
Subject: [Assam] LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (The Sentinel, TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2008 )
To: assam at assamnet.org
Date: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008, 10:36 AM

Prabhu Chawla’s Prejudice

On September 6, Prabhu Chawla, Editor of India Today, delivered a lecture on
‘‘The Pros and Cons of Coalition Politics’’ at IIT-Guwahati as part of
Techniche-2008. During the interactive session, we pointed out to Mr Chawla that
his lecture on coalition politics covered areas from Kashmir to Karnataka and
from Goa to Kolkata, but that he did not mention the Northeast or Assam, which
too is witness to coalition politics, even once. In response, Mr Chawla said
that his subeditor had deleted/omitted it from the presentation, and he just
skipped the point by saying “that is a different issue”!
Later on, we asked him to tell us the reason why India Today does not have a
Northeast correspondent based in the region. He replied that due to
‘‘business policy’’, his magazine would not keep any correspondent in
the Northeast! So, someone would come from Kolkata if needed. And later on, he
also said that ‘‘Northeast is a separate part of the country’’!
The point is that if a veteran journalist like Prabhu Chawla can have such
distorted views of the Northeast, think of what people in general, in the
so-called mainland, would think us. In that case can development really be
uniform? Will it not provoke the militants further? Mr Chawla should clarify.

Buljit Buragohain,
Biraj Kr Kakati,
IIT-Guwahati.

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An Appeal to NRAs
The community of non-resident Assamese or NRAs has grown manifold in recent
times. The community is well represented around the globe and has a strong
presence, particularly in developed countries like USA, Canada, UAE, Singapore
etc. We have noticed that NRAs have a lot of love for their motherland. 
We often learn from the media that NRAs celebrate Bihu and other cultural
events of Assam with great enthusiasm and gaiety. We have also noticed that the
NRAs generally retain a huge collection of music, books and memorabilia of Assam
in their homes, which I suppose fills the void of staying away from their
motherland. Another noticeable aspect is that the NRAs not only follow news from
Assam via the internet keenly, but also actively take part in voicing their
opinion in a candid manner. 
Keeping these aspects in mind, I would like to make an appeal to them to play a
more pro-active role in regard to the problems plaguing our beautiful State. I
understand that there are many NRAs who are engaged in various developmental
activities on an individual level, but it is the need of the hour to engage
ourselves in a collective manner. 
If the NRA community wants, it can play a very important role in highlighting
the problem of illegal immigration from Bangladesh to Assam and the sinister
role played by the ISI of Pakistan and the DGFI of Bangladesh for converting
Assam into a greater Islamic state. The NRAs can take up the issue at
international levels. Remember that the Jews of America played a crucial role in
tilting the balance in their favour during the formation of Israel. 
Another area that requires immediate intervention is the need for relief to the
flood-affected people of the State. In these difficult times, the Central
government led by four-time MP from Assam, Dr Manmohan Singh, has left us to
fend for ourselves. ONGC, which has its main operations in Assam, has donated Rs
53 crore to Bihar, but only Rs 1 crore to our State. It is the same sad story
with Assam Rifles, Railways and other Central government organizations. Even the
Lok Sabha Speaker, who is supposedly neutral and fair, has appealed to all MPs
to donate Rs 10 lakh to Bihar from their MPLAD funds, but no such appeal has
ever been made for Assam. It is clearly evident that the people of Assam are
alone in their fight for survival. 
It is high time we set aside our differences and came up as one people. Let us
all take the first step by giving a helping hand to our fellow people who are
going through a lot of suffering due to the devastating floods. Let the NRAs
take the lead.

Robin Sharma,
Khanapara, Guwahati-22. 
(The Sentinel,TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2008 )



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