[Assam] Plebiscite

Sat Jun 30 08:59:08 EDT 2007

O' paaihont, xogunor xawt bura goru nomore, buisa?

( Dear fellars, you know, even old and decrepit 
cattle don't just keel over and die at the wishes 
of vultures ?)

  Ancient Assamese Proverb

Why don't go buy a Chinese made thinking cap, and 
see if it would help? Surely your 'education' is 
not doing you any good so far on these matters.

At 2:58 AM -0700 6/30/07, vox populi wrote:
>Thats a good idea. Forward the names to the Director,
>Intelligence Bureau, Sardar Patel Marg,  Chanakyapuri,
>New Delhi 110021; for organising a reception party,
>when they visit India next time.
>
>-vp
>
>--- SANDIP DUTTA <pseude at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>  There have been some news reports lately of LTTE
>>  sympathisers being hounded out in different parts of
>>  the world. God help those Ulfa supporters in this
>>  forum if they were ever taken and extradited and
>>  then tried under the desi laws.
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>>  Dawood Ibrahim once thought no one could touch him.
>>  Now even Dubai is not safe for him.
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>>  Rgds,
>>  Sandip
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>>  ----- Original Message ----
>>  From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
>>  To: chittaranjan pathak
>>  <chittaranjanpathak at yahoo.com>; assam at assamnet.org
>>  Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:34:22 PM
>>  Subject: [Assam] Plebiscite
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>>  I find it quite amazing that otherwise bright
>>  individuals would wave the flag of democratic
>>  values all over, only to run for the tall-grass to
>>  hide from the idea of  a plebiscite to prove  what
>>  they assert : That there is no support for
>>  sovereignty among the people of Assam.
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>>  At 9:22 PM -0700 6/28/07, chittaranjan pathak wrote:
>>  I remember seeing a cartoon in Prantik, may be some
>>  twenty five years back (during Assam agitation) on
>>  Kaziranga. It was something like this. There was a
>>  barricaded area and a sign board saying “Kaziranga
>>  National Park for protecting last of the Assamese
>>  people”. In side the barricade there were no rhinos
>>  but there was an Assamese family-the gamusa wearing
>>  kaami haar uluwa male member was doing some baah
>>  bettor kaam. And the whole barricaded area was
>>  surrounded by numerous people wearing lungi and
>>  sporting beard looking curiously at the exhibits.
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>>  Mahanta da something on what you said
>>  India not entertaining the idea of plebiscite-I
>>  think it is not the result of plebiscite, Mahanta
>>  da, but the PREMISE. Even a child can understand it.
>>  Tell me if there a historical basis for asking for a
>>  plebiscite when Assamese whole heartedly supported
>>  becoming part of India in 1947. Another option was
>>  Pakistan or an independent country like Bhutan. But
>>  did any of the Assamese leaders mention an
>>  independent Assam at that time? Was there a murmur
>>  of protest like that in Hyderabad or Junagarh or
>>  Kashmir due to merger with India? Historically I
>>  think states like Goa, Sikkim or princely states of
>>  Manipur or Tripura or Cooch Behar district can lay
>>  claim to a plebiscite. But not Assam, as it was part
>>  of British India for more than 100 years and chose
>>  to become part of independent India just like
>>  Bengal, Bihar, Orissa. If you would still like to
>>  find a historical perspective (harping on this
>>  fallacy that Assam was never part of India), should
>>  it be ULFA asking for a plebiscite
>>   on this 78000 sq of land mass or should it be the
>>  descendants of Ahum roja for those few upper Assam
>>  districts, Jamidars of Bijni, Gauripur for undivided
>>  Goalpara, descendents of Kachari king for NC hills,
>>  descendents of Chutiya kings ousted by Ahums,
>>  present and still living Tiwa roja for western
>>  Naogaon and parts of Karbi Anglong?
>>  Believe me –the mode Assam is in today-that of
>>  reinventing its diverse ethnicity and past-all these
>>  descendents will appear from nowhere. I am not a
>>  student of history. Correct me if anywhere I have
>  > gone wrong.
>>  But Mahanta da if you think plebiscite is needed
>>  because there is a DISPUTE and the party asking for
>>  plebiscite has promised that it will abide by the
>>  rules, then tell me Mahanta da, should GOI hold
>>  plebiscite in Maharashtra also in 2008 just because
>>  ONE single person is asking for it and he happens to
>>  have Indian President Pratibha Patil’s grandson as
>>  hostage.
>>  To make things simple for you-
>>  First-please educate us if there is any historical
>>  basis to this demand for plebiscite?
>>  Second-if a plebiscite is needed because ULFA is
>>  asking for it, should India not give this luxury of
>>  options to all the downtrodden and more so to states
>>  like Mizoram, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, and all the
>>  540+erstwhile princely states?
>>  Third-For Assam should it be single choice (India
>>  vs. Independent Assam) or multiple choice questions
>>  (India vs Independent Assam/Dimaraji/Bodoland/and
>>  numerous other lands which will spring up during the
>>  plebiscite like those numerous political parties
>>  which surface during elections). I hope you can give
>>  a answer to this third question to prove that you
>>  have done your homework on this plebiscite issue. 
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>>  Regards
>>  Chittaranjan Pathak
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