[Assam] force is effective only as a preventative

[Chan Mahanta]

**** I can't help you here U, but where on earth are you? Have a good  
time, wherever you are.
It should always be a good thing when you are in the midst of people  
that are
not the same-old, same old.

BTW, what did I write this time that sent up urges in your mind to  
reply in kind :-)?









On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:24 AM, uttam borthakur wrote:

>
> I went into a provision store. It had internet kiosk; a library; a  
> PCO.
>
> As one has nothing much to do in a 'resort' off Almora, I thought of  
> borrowing a book. The scripts looked like English. When I tried to  
> read, my Brahminical slant revolted, it went from left to right.
>
> I picked up another book; everything looked like Russian. Putting it  
> down, I tried another from the shelf: it was surely German. All  
> kinds were there, but not English or Hindi.
>
> Frustrated, I went to a computer to use the 'net' to reply strongly  
> to Chandan Da's views :-). All of you must appreciate that I am  
> Columbus discovering the benign nature of the present US state when  
> it comes to typing. I cannot do it without looking, though I am fast  
> enough. Now the keyboard had all kinds of funny scripts. A nice  
> looking lady was using the skype; she was not speaking English. It  
> was either Arabaic or Russian. I could not make out.
>
> Exasparated, I went out of the provision store, and found that the  
> roads and the slopes of the hills were teeming with these people.  
> Some of the guys had Indian wives (?) and children of mixed parentage.
>
> All low cost guest houses, paying guest facilities were brimming  
> with these apparently non-Indians. Some of them were having big bowl  
> full of Top Ra-men made like Italian Spaghetti in the sunny  
> afternoon of early April. Some of them were driving motor cycles all  
> around.
>
> It looked all spooky to me!
>
> Who are these people? Why are they here? What is the root-cause of  
> their being here? Is it like the 'Bangladeshi' invasion?
>
> I could not make out,. Could you? :-)
>
> Uttam Kumar Borthakur
>
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