[Assam] Army help to Sattras -AT Letter

[Ram Sarangapani]

Well, well, C'da,

I was just pointing out the surprise that someone (like this letter writer
to the AT) was being grateful to no less the army. That too in Assam - where
the army dosen't seem to have a good image.

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

You are reading between the lines?

Well, I just don't think this stuff as good or bad. The army does what its
commanders/netas tell it to do - that is its function. It is doing what it
is supposed to do. In this case, I think it is a welcome change. The army
also does similar things like helping or saving people caught in floods -
many a time in Assam.
I am also aware that that it can go berserk for no apparent reason - and
innocent people get killed - we are all aware of that - time and again.

Do we have to be grateful - no, not at all
But it would be nice to at least acknowledge that sometimes the army does is
beneficial, just like we feel it is right to condemn it when it
does bad things - a sense of even-handedness, if you will.

>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?

One would think, that is why the army was called in. Don't you think?

I know C'da - sometimes its hard to swallow a story like this and when that
happens, we often look for some hidden agenda or look into the recesses for
cracks in the country's democracy. :) :)

Some view the army as an evil force, while others know it is just a
machinery in the hands of netas either in Delhi or the Kharkhowas in the
GOA.

--Ram


On 9/15/06, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>  Hi Ram:
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> Do you see this as some "good-stuff", gift of a benevolent army :-)?
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> You got any ideas Ram :-)?
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> At 2:12 PM -0500 9/15/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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> The army helping Sattras? This is one news I didn't expect, given the
> often bad stuff we keep hearing about it.
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> 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.
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> 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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