[Assam] Sovereignty--cropper again?

[kamal deka]

I do not see any point in comparing apples with oysters.
The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of radical social and
political upheaval in French and European history. The absolute
monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years.
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for the series of
revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy
and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.
The Chinese revolution was a series of great political upheavals in
China between 1911 and 1949 which eventually led to Communist Party
rule. In 1912 a nationalist revolt overthrew the imperial Manchu
dynasty.
THEREFORE, WHILE THE COMMON PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE ANY VOICE PRIOR TO
THOSE REVOLUTIONS,INDIA,IN SHARP CONTRAST,IS A VIBRANT DEMOCRACY.
If the GOI has not adopted an overall development strategy for
tribals,then how about looking into the history of tribal development
in the Northeast, particularly Mizoram,Nagaland,Meghalaya and Manipur.
About 50 years ago, the tribals of this region were as illiterate as
those of Dandakaranya. But today Mizoram has 95 per cent literacy
(more than Kerala), Manipur has 68.87 per cent, Meghalaya 63.31 per
cent and Nagaland 66.11 per cent.
KJD






On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 8:35 AM, uttam borthakur
<uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>>>>>>> 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.
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> Uttam Kumar Borthakur
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