[Assam] La Air Marshal & Assamese in the forces

[Chan Mahanta]

At 6:40 AM +0530 4/4/07, Shantikam Hazarika wrote:
>Another interesting spin. I have not heard any one's family being 
>harassed by ULFA and it is indeed very difficult for a military 
>person to hide his identity. The thing is this type of news can be 
>'manufactured' by just sitting in one's desk and put on one's 
>imagining caps.


*** Here I agree wholeheartedly. This whole picture of Assam being 
under the ULFA's dictats day-in-and-day-out, is one that has been 
manufactured by lazy and/or malicious Indians ( often assisted by 
equally malicious Oxomyas) with little incentive to do serious 
journalistic reporting.










>Shantikam Hazarika
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>On 4/4/07, umesh sharma 
><<mailto:jaipurschool at yahoo.com>jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>quite a revelation. On the other hand, national media earlier 
>reported that due to fear of ULFA those Assamese serving in armed 
>forces in Kashmir etc tell neighbors etc that they work in banks as 
>officers/clerks - so that their family may not be harrassed.
>
>Umesh
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>"Saikia, Hrishikesh IN BLR SISL" 
><<mailto:Hrishikesh.Saikia at siemens.com> 
>Hrishikesh.Saikia at siemens.com> wrote:
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>Air Marshal spills beans on 'hypocrisy'
>OUR CORRESPONDENT
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>Barbora speaks at the media conference in Shillong. Picture by 
>Eastern Projections
>Shillong, April 2: The indifference of successive governments and 
>disillusionment with the "hypocritical" conduct of seniors have 
>forced a large number of officers from the Northeast to quit the 
>services.
>That was Air Marshal P.K. Barbora's first observation after he 
>assumed charge as air officer commanding-in-chief of the Eastern Air 
>Command.
>Addressing a news conference in Shillong, Barbora said several 
>efficient young officers of the Northeast were leaving the services 
>because they were "highly sentimental" and could not cope with the 
>"hypocritical" attitude of their seniors.
>"The indifferent attitude of the earlier governments towards the 
>Northeast, coupled with a feeling of alienation, have led the 
>defence forces to a situation where it has a negligible number of 
>personnel from the Northeast. Earlier governments tried to use the 
>same yardstick for all problems in the region and that led to 
>chaos," he said, adding that the situation was changing gradually.
><http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070403/asp/northeast/story_7598466.asp>
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