[Assam] ULFA : Demand for full autonomy of Assam
kamal deka
kjit.deka at gmail.com
Sat Mar 21 16:07:01 PDT 2009
Those, who fell in love with the concept of full autonomy hook,line and
sinker,should tell us first as to how on earth they would convert Assam into
an Utopian state,once the autonomy is granted.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
> >A course of fundamental deductive logic must be taught to those who
>> believe
>> that there will be a complete change in the behaviour of the Assamese
>> people
>> only when Assam gains full autonomy.Shouldn't we set our house in order
>> first before striving to attain ideal goals?
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> *** That should inspire us then to ask WHAT will help change such behavior?
> If one uses that deductive logic , the answer that should stare one in the
> face, unless explained/spelled out to be something different, will be: More
> of the same!
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> Now that ought to bring one to senses.
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> At 10:18 PM -0500 3/20/09, kamal deka wrote:
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>> These are the folks,who now style themselves as pro-talk fraction of the
>> ULFA,rolled over to Bangladesh to launch attack against their own people
>> and mowed down a vast number innocent civilians,including women and
>> children,by short-circuiting their killing machine.And these are the very
>> people,who snuffed so many innocent Biharis ( read Indian citizen) out of
>> their lives for no fault of theirs,are now blabbering about the presence
>> of
>> Bangladeshis in Assam.These are the very folks, who set the state ablaze
>> by
>> involving in destructive activities,are trying to act as fire-fighters.The
>> people,true to their type, must be living in a land inhabited only by
>> hypocrites.The old Bangla adage " Bhooter mukhe Ram nam" ( Devil quoting
>> scriptures) can aptly be applied to this tribe.What prevents them from
>> asking those Assamese leaders,who choose to remain steadfast in their
>> opinion that there are no Bangladeshis in Assam?
>> A course of fundamental deductive logic must be taught to those who
>> believe
>> that there will be a complete change in the behaviour of the Assamese
>> people
>> only when Assam gains full autonomy.Shouldn't we set our house in order
>> first before striving to attain ideal goals?
>> KJD
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Would it not be a total Alice-in -Wonderland to expect the people of
>>> Assam
>>> >to behave responsibly all of a sudden only after full autonomy is
>>> achieved?
>>> >Can you boast of a single city in Assam which is clean and filled with
>>> >amenities which is purely a state subject in which Delhi can't and does
>>> not
>>> >poke its nose?
>>> >Wouldn't it be foolishness to expect someone to run before being able
>>> to
>>> >walk?
>>>
>>> I couldn't agree more. In the past, I have always expressed (in these
>>> columns) that state autonomy would be a good thing for Indian states.
>>> But,
>>> alongwith such new found liberties also come new found responsibilities.
>>>
>>> Such calls for full autonomy merely amount to yet another round of
>>> 'feel-good' stuff.
>>>
>>> --Ram
>>>
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>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:40 PM, kamal deka <kjit.deka at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > One of the oft-repeated urban myths that sometimes pops-up in
>>> conversation
>>> > even among many educated, well meaning Assamese is that India as a
>>> nation
>>> > is
>>> > a British creation. The argument goes roughly as follows - India is an
>>> > artificial entity. It was only the British that created the idea of
>>> India
>>> > as a single nation and unified it into a political state. Note that
>>> the
>>> > concept of nationhood is based on the idea shared by a set of people
>>> that
>>> > they constitute a nation. This idea or feeling may be based on common
>>> ties
>>> > of a people based on their culture, common descent, language, religion
>>> or
>>>
>> > > other such attributes. The state constitutes a group of people
>> inhabiting
>>
>>> a
>>> > specific territory and living according to a common legal and
>>> political
>>> > authority. The modern nation-state, as it exists today, *is a new
>>> > development for the entire world*, and not just for India. Medieval
>>> Europe,
>>> > for instance, was divided politically into many small principalities,
>>> the
>>> > boundaries and sovereignties of which changed frequently.
>>> >
>>> > Similarly, Africa and South America mostly constitute of state
>>>
>> > boundaries
>>
>>> > carved up by colonial rule. In short, if we take the legitimacy of
>>> current
>>> > nation-states on the basis of centuries of common continuous political
>>> rule
>>> > over the same geographical boundary and inhabited by the same people,
>>> then
>>> > practically no country on the planet meets this criteria. Simply put,
>>> > shifting nature of political kingdoms and their boundaries over the
>>> > centuries legitimize virtually no country in its present form.
>>> >
>>> > Turning my attention towards autonomy demand,let me raise the
>>> following
>>> > questions.
>>> > Would it not be a total Alice-in -Wonderland to expect the people of
>>> Assam
>>> > to behave responsibly all of a sudden only after full autonomy is
>>> achieved?
>>> > Can you boast of a single city in Assam which is clean and filled with
>>> > amenities which is purely a state subject in which Delhi can't and
>>> does
>>> not
>>> > poke its nose?
>>> > Wouldn't it be foolishness to expect someone to run before being able
>>> to
>>> > walk?
>>> > KJ Deka
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:16 AM, ULFA Pro-talk <ulfa.protalk at gmail.c
>>> >
>>> > > Dear Sir,
>>> > >
>>> > > Historically and socially, Assam have no affinity with India and
>>> > > nationalism in the north-east had a different context altogether.
>>> The
>>> > > Assamese very strongly resented the British occupation of the Ahom
>>> > > territory. Between 1828 to 1857 Assamese led by the erstwhile
>>> prince's
>>> > > revolted thrice. The Assamese having lost all their earlier battles
>>> and
>>> > the
>>> > > prayer and petitions having failed, decided to join Indian National
>>> > > Congress(INC). The congress never considered northeast within the
>>> > national
>>> > > scene. The Assamese joined the INC volunteerly and the INC entered
>>> the
>>> > > plains of Assam only on invitation. The hills remain unconnected and
>>> > > unaffected by the slogan.
>>> > >
>>> > > Indian independence infact did not mean freedom and liberty for the
>>> > > Assamese people. It was mere transfer of power without a break with
>>> the
>>> > > imperial past. The Indian stepped into the shoes of alien whether in
>>> the
>>> > > administration, industry, trade or commerce. Despite being the
>>> largest
>>> > > producer of Tea, Oil Assam remains one of the poorest and
>>> industrially
>>> > > backward regions. The colonial mode of exploitation still very much
>>> > prevails
>>> > > in Assam making it into a colonial hinterland. In the last 61 years
>>> of
>>> > > Indian independence, the problem of illegal immigrants has been
>>> > deliberately
>>> > > neglected and encouraging infiltration of foreign nationals by
>>> indian
>>> > > political leaders irrespective of any political party for their
>>> vested
>>> > > interests. In the next 20 years, the Assamese community will be
>>> reduced
>>> > to a
>>> > > minority and the foreign nationals will become socially and
>>> politically
>>> > > dominant. Therefore, we strongly beleive that a full regional
>>> autonomy
>>> > with
>>> > > regional federalism will ensure the protection of socio-economic and
>>> > > political rights of self-determination of the indigenous and ethnic
>>> > people.
>>> > > For your information, in response to our menifesto and with
>>> confidence
>>> > and
>>> > > co-operation of indigenous and ethnic people we are in the process
>>> > > of forming a broad based common platform in order to achieve
>>> long-term
>>> > > solutions to the various issues along with the serious issue of
>>> foreign
>>> > > nationals.
>>> > >
>>> > > Finally, we would once again request you to kindly go through our
>>> > menifesto
>>> > > carefully.
>>> > >
>>> > > Thanking you,
>>> > >
>>> > > Regards,
>>> > >
>>> > > Jiten Dutta
>>> > > General Secretary
>>>
>> > > > ULFA ( Protalk )
>>
>>> > >
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