[Assam] ULFA : Demand for full autonomy of Assam
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Sat Mar 21 16:14:53 PDT 2009
At 6:07 PM -0500 3/21/09, kamal deka wrote:
>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.
*** Why aspire for utopia ? Much less will do. Question is how will
even that 'much-less' come about from more of the same? Shouldn't the
deductive-logicians be able to tell us :-)?
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>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?
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>>>> 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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