[Assam] Sentinel Letter

[Ram Sarangapani]

Dear Mukul da,

>-There is nobody of this name in Khalihamari-*a locality*

Would that in any way dilute the essence of the letter?
--Ram

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On 9/1/06, mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>   Somebody told me-
>
> -There is no *Khaliamari* Road in Dib.
>
> -There is nobody of this name in Khalihamari-*a locality*
>
> *-*Such  Journalistic* excellence is beyond any* Khalihamari denizen's
>
> mm
>
> **
>
>
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> ------------------------------
> From:  *"Ram Sarangapani" <assamrs at gmail.com>*
> To:  *AssamNet <assam at assamnet.org>*
> Subject:  *[Assam] Sentinel Letter*
> Date:  *Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:14:16 -0500*
>
>
>
>
>    Last updated :
> SATUR
> DAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2006
>
> *Of Five Jailed ULFA Leaders*
> Why is the ULFA showing such desperation for the release of its five
> jailed comrades? Is it to enable it to have full-house discussion on the
> peace process? In other words, do they want us to believe that having
> terrorized the masses for 27 long years, they are suddenly in such a tearing
> hurry to give it up? Or have they suddenly developed love for their homeland
> Asom and hatred for Bangladesh? Has the ULFA suddenly become tired of
> raising millions of rupees by extortions and kidnappings, or has it suddenly
> realized the futility of money? Have Paresh Baruah and Arabinda Rajkhowa
> become saints overnight, realizing that all their guns and gold will be of
> no use in their last morbid journey on four shoulders and a yard of white
> cloth?
>
> What has happened that the ULFA is desperately pressurizing the Centre for
> the release of its five comrades? It cannot be for reasons of peace, because
> till today extortions in upper Asom are in full swing. If the outfit is
> actually so keen to set the stage for peace talks, let it sit for the first
> round of talks without the jailed leaders participating in the talks. This
> will clearly show that their emphasis is on peace rather than the release of
> jailed terrorists.
>
> Secondly, in this age of hi-tech gadgets, Paresh Baruah and Arabinda
> Rajkhowa can talk, see and discuss with all their jailed comrades through
> video-conferencing. For such discussions, it is not at all necessary to
> escort their friends from jails to Bangladesh in a chartered flight.
>
> Thirdly, the ULFA team can land at New Delhi for peace talks and the
> jailed comrades can be flown there to join their leaders. After the talks,
> the jailed comrades can be flown back to Guwahati.
> But the ULFA will never agree to any of the above modalities. It will
> insist on the jailed leaders' flight to Bangladesh. But why? This is so
> because their release is more important than peace in Asom. To understand
> this simple logic, one does not have to be a security analyst or a
> counterinsurgency expert.
>
> Today, the ULFA is a dying organization without any leadership. They
> desperately need to have their top leaders back. Their demoralized cadres
> can achieve nothing except throwing a few grenades here and there, or
> deliver extortion notes to innocent, unarmed civilians. Moreover, the
> lower-rung cadres are now much wiser, refusing to risk their lives for
> nothing except ensuring luxurious lifestyle for their top leaders. They can
> see through the false revolutionary ideology as the ULFA's, and the theory
> of ''xonar Asom" holds no attraction or conviction.
>
> The ULFA desperately needs its top leaders not only to motivate their
> grassroots-level cadres, but also to check their fading mutiny — the
> lower-rung cadres are impatient and ready to revolt against their top
> leaders. Naturally then, it is only the release of those five jailed ULFA
> leaders that can control the mutiny and revive the sagging morale of the
> lower-rung cadres.
>
> What answer do the peace committees have to the jailed ULFA leaders
> jumping out of parole if released? Are the peace committee members ready to
> undergo imprisonment and serve the remaining jail term on behalf of the
> released leaders?
>
> One must never forget that there is also an ISI angle to the whole
> picture. Both Paresh Baruah and Arabinda Rajkhowa are fully under the grip
> of ISI bosses in Bangladesh. The entire business empire of luxury hotels
> owned by them in Bangladesh are under the control of the ISI. Even their
> families and their children residing in Bangladesh are under constant ISI
> vigil. Do the ULFA leaders have the permission of the ISI to sit for direct
> peace talks with India? Or do the peace committees — whether the PCPI or the
> PCG or whatever — want us to believe that they have a bigger hold on Paresh
> Baruah and Arabinda Rajkhowa than the ISI of Pakistan? Will Paresh Baruah
> and Arabinda Rajkhowa follow the diktats of Rebati Phukan & Co at the risk
> of losing their own lives, properties and families?
>
> The unconditional release of those five jailed terrorists at this time
> will conclusively prove that either some top Indian bureaucrats are lured by
> the ULFA's money power, or that some top Indian politicians deliberately
> want to keep the ULFA issue alive for ever.
>
> MP Talukdar,
> Khaliamari Road,
> Dibrugarh.
>
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