[Assam] Another AT letter

[Chan Mahanta]

Ram, Ram, Ram!

I wished I were a shrinkologist too, like Tilok Daktor. So much to 
analyze but so little time. But let me play 'baam-shrinkologist'( 
wannabe-shrink)  here and take a stab at H. Hazarika's laments and 
see if we have something to learn:

>Sir,- The ULFA militants are nothing but a small team of criminals.

*** Okkay! So why doesn't desi-demokrasy's law-enforcement apparatus, as
managed by Dispur, go into action, arrest the criminals, give them a 
trial, convict the guilty and if warranted, put them in prison--and 
if further warranted, throw away the keys too? Problem solved!

I can imagine why HH could not think of it. But did the question 
arise in your mind Ram; you the devotee of democracy in one of the 
best developed democracies of the world? And if not, what were YOU 
thinking?


>Suggestions are coming from some people to have direct negotiations 
>with them for bringing back peace >and normalcy in the State. Do 
>they think these handful of ULFA criminals whose Commander-in-Chief 
>lives >in Bangladesh majestically, are the sole guardians of Asom?


*** I am not equipped to answer this check-mate of a question Sri 
Hazarika raises. Actually it leaves me at a loss for words. How about 
you Ram? What do you think? Are the ULFA the " sole guardians of 
Asom" ? I can imagine HH is throwing this mother-of-all-rhetorical 
questions at us, the feckless readers, knowing full well the answer 
would have to be NO.  Very  SLY, this Hazarika gentleman.

But now what? That is what is confounding me.

I read:

>"It is high time, Governments both in the State and the Centre, 
>should not remain silent spectators of what >has been going on in 
>the name of struggle for achievement of sovereignty."

*** Will I be wrong to conclude here that SINCE the aforementioned 
band of criminals is NOT the SOLE guardians of Assam, GoI and GoA 
ought not to remain silent spectators? Help me Ram, please! 
Ordinarily I would not have done this, but I am asking you, only 
because you indicated that you understood what HH tries to convey. No 
doubt it takes special empathy to connect with the subtleties 
embedded obvious only to kindred souls.

The cause and effect delineated by the writer leaves this 'odhom' reeling.


>In fact, the ULFA members have engaged themselves in unlawful, 
>unpardonable and shameful >heinous-activities which should not be 
>allowed to continue any more.

*** Isn't that the truth? My only question is HOW? The police has not 
been able to control the small band of criminals. Indirectly Hazarika 
has ruled out direct negotiations by the govts. suggested by the 
obviously-not-so-bright segments of society. I can't wait to read 
HH's plan of action:

>  So the government as well as the peaceloving people of Asom should 
>unitedly condemn ULFA and isolate >them for good from the 
>peaceloving Asomiya society to save Asom from the clutches of the 
>traitors, and no >one should think for any negotiation with them 
>unless and until they unconditionally apologise for the >misdeeds 
>committed by them one after another.

*** Sooo! Condemn and isolate them traitors? I'll be danged!! The 
answer was dangling in the air right in front of our eyes, but 
couldn't see it. Could you Ram? Did you see it too? I'll have to call 
Tilok Daktor to see if he knows someone who can check my vision out. 
I might need some coke-bottom glasses to see these shining bits of 
wisdom floating around us, only my ilk can't see them!

That must be the answer then, huh? What do you think Ram?


>From their unlawful activities, it is very much clear that these 
>ULFA militants are no doubt agents of the ISI >and are consistently 
>planning for annexing Asom with Bangladesh for their own personal 
>interests.

*** Oh, mercy! Double trouble here --if things were not bad enough 
already, agents of the omnipresent and omniscient ISI too. Are we in 
deep doo-doo or what Ram?

>Perhaps this author is clearer in what he/she is saying. :) :)


*** Perhaps! PERHAPS indeed.

Take care Ram. And next time you share some such gems from the pages 
of these Assam rags, I hope you will at least read it once. So far 
you have been batting 0-3 or 4 or 5 I think with these forwarded 
letters. Pardon me the baseball metaphor, but it is not good for your 
batting average Ram :-).

c-da





At 9:03 PM -0600 2/2/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>Dear C'da,
>
>Here is another letter from the AT. Perhaps this author is clearer 
>in what he/she is saying. :) :).
>I agree, the first letter was a tad difficult to understand.
>
>--Ram
>
>
>Sir,- The ULFA militants are nothing but a small team of criminals. 
>Suggestions are coming from some people to have direct negotiations 
>with them for bringing back peace and normalcy in the State. Do they 
>think these handful of ULFA criminals whose Commander-in-Chief lives 
>in Bangladesh majestically, are the sole guardians of Asom? It is 
>high time, Governments both in the State and the Centre, should not 
>remain silent spectators of what has been going on in the name of 
>struggle for achievement of sovereignty. In fact, the ULFA members 
>have engaged themselves in unlawful, unpardonable and shameful 
>heinous-activities which should not be allowed to continue any more. 
>So the government as well as the peaceloving people of Asom should 
>unitedly condemn ULFA and isolate them for good from the peaceloving 
>Asomiya society to save Asom from the clutches of the traitors, and 
>no one should think for any negotiation with them unless and until 
>they unconditionally apologise for the misdeeds committed by them 
>one after another. From their unlawful activities, it is very much 
>clear that these ULFA militants are no doubt agents of the ISI and 
>are consistently planning for annexing Asom with Bangladesh for 
>their own personal interests. -Yours etc., H HAZARIKA, RG Baruah 
>Road, Guwahati.
>
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