[Assam] Army help to Sattras -AT Letter

[Chan Mahanta]

Hi Ram:

Do you see this as some "good-stuff", gift of a benevolent army :-)?

What appals me is the desi-blather about that 'liberal democracy' in 
India, spouting from newspaper editorials, supposedly political 
scientists' ( make that voo-doo political scientist) columns, 
'screwity' ( you heard it hear first :-)) analysts and the like, not 
to mention clueless luminaries of the kharkhowa establishment and at 
the same time imploring the 'army' to preserve heir properties from 
B'deshi immigrants.

Well, is there a rule of law in this Indian colony or not? Where is 
the vaunted desi-demokrasy to protect the landholdings of 
xotriya-gurus ( make that mahantas), obviously something they got 
from the gods as divine gifts?

That brings me to another question: Is the revenue-free landholdings 
off of which the Xotradhikars and their families lived, some quite 
well ( others barely), as a reward for, no doubt, looking after their 
'xisyos'( disciples') spiritual redemption ( heh-heh:-)), regardless 
of the performance on their duties; still a divine right required to 
be upheld and safeguarded by the state, more than say an ordinary 
mortals' property rights? And if the mere-mortals do not have any 
such privilege, cannot invoke the army-gods' protection, how do the 
xottros do, in this dysfunctional desi-sorkar?

You got any ideas Ram :-)?

c-da









At 2:12 PM -0500 9/15/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>The army helping Sattras? This is one news I didn't expect, given 
>the often bad stuff we keep hearing about it.
>Maybe times are a changin.
>
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>Army help to Sattras
>  Sir,- The recent appeal of the Asom Sattra Mahasabha to the Army to 
>remove the encroachers from the Sattras of Asom is quite timely and 
>as such a rightful step. It is unfortunate that sites of the Sattras 
>being the sacred centres of Vaishnavite religion and culture have 
>now been occupied illegally by some people.
>
>The Kobaikata Sattra in Nagaon and the Patekibori Sattra in Morigaon 
>district are almost occupied and surrounded by doubtful foreigners 
>but the government has been the passive on-looker without any step 
>to evict the encroachers. If the government remains silent the Army 
>should take action to evict the encroachers from the Sattras of Asom 
>in the greater interest of protecting and preserving the great 
>ancient heritage of the Vaishnavite religion propounded by 
>Mahapurush Sri Sri Sankardeva and Madhabdeva. - Yours etc., MD. 
>IDRISH ALI, Baligaon, Morigaon.
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