[Assam] Sentinel Letter

Chan Mahanta cmahanta at charter.net
Sun Sep 3 09:04:48 EDT 2006 

*** What exactly is this guy protesting?


*** And how is his protest any different from 
those others who get to write the same kind of 
stuff  be in the desi-media?


*** And how come this very same "free"  media 
would NOT publish letters that do not fit their 
political bent? If you need any proof of that ask 
Assam Netters :-).










At 9:27 PM -0700 9/2/06, Rajib Das wrote:
>I don't know "dilute", but change - yes!!!!
>
>If someone has to fear putting in his real locality in
>an otherwise anonymous letter to a newspaper, it does
>not speak well of the "revolution" at all!
>
>Imagine what would happen in an independent Assam with
>these revolutionistas. I doubt this guy would even
>have the opportunity to write the letter of protest.
>
>
>
>--- Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  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
>>
>>  **
>>
>>
>>
>>  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
>>  >
>>  > **
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > ------------------------------
>>  > 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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