[Assam] Sovereignty--cropper again?

[uttam borthakur]

>>>>>> Questioning the Maoists taking up arms, he said, "Show me one country
in the world where poverty and injustice were wiped out by arms."
 
**** With arms, you can only kill, maim, intimidate. But there are many instances, where arms were required for establishing 'peace', so that road to progress is made. Say, French Revolution, Russian revolution, Chinese Revolution, WWI & II. So, we have to see whether 60 years of no arms have alleviated the plights of the tribals.

He gave the examples of Malaysia, South Korea and Mauritius where
poverty was eliminated through socio-economic measures and not by
armed struggle.
 
**** It is kind of debatable. We have to consider land, population, resource etc. to make comparisons. It is stated that Malayasian stats. are subject to doubt because of the standards utilised for measurement. A quarter of the population did not have proper homes. May be extreme poverty meaning going without food has been reduced. Distribution of income and wealth would also come into consideration. We may examine the point raised by Chidambaram to see if what has been stated by him is true, and then find the genessis of these country's well being, and see what has gone wrong in Naxalite belt. It sure is a good point to ponder.  Frankly, I have to admit that I have not gone into this pointer earlier. Naxalites could not have conscripted in a vast area if the rebellion was not within the people themselves. This is also a point to be examined.

>>>>>>  "Are they trying to create an archaeological museum in the tribal
areas by keeping the tribals away from development," he asked.
 
***** I do not know about the Naxalites. But successive Indian governments have ensured that tribals are kept in an archaeological museum, by not being able to lift them out of 'reservation' after 6(six) decades; in fact, they are putting more people into that shelter.



Uttam Kumar Borthakur