[Assam] Sovereignty Restoration

[Chan Mahanta]

We are missing the point, AGAIN.

Sovereignty is NOT the end game. It is merely a tool to create a 
better,more responsive, able government for Assam to  better manage 
its present and plan for its future.

Nothing that COMPROMISES that end should be negotiable.

But on the other hand, India could have prevented this -- only if it 
had the foresight, or the political will to change what it knows it 
direly needs. But we know it is unable to do that, even if it wanted 
to. And if  those who continue to hold India as the guiding light and 
Assam's mai-baap, they ought to be the ones to recommend alternatives 
they may deem workable, for Assam to consider.
Shouldn't they?

I don't speak for ULFA. You should go ask ULFA what they may have in 
mind. But if I were to be asked what the alternatives might be, above 
would be mu=y answer.


>Answers to the above questions will also indicate how governance 
>will be in >"independent Assam" despite all the utopian talk about 
>democratic rule under a >benevolent dictator president.

*** Benevolent Dictator? You mean as in George Bush? Where did that 
come from? Didn't realize I had that in my outline. I thought it was 
to be Pol-Potian ! Are we not coming down in expectations here?







At 8:38 PM -0800 3/1/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>OK, assume the high aim is sovereignty. If you fall short of that, 
>what is the next lower aim? A pragmatist looks at all possibilities. 
>Have you?
>With the current state of affairs in Assam and ULFA's half hearted, 
>sporadic attempt to liberate Assam, sovereignty is not achievable in 
>the next fifty years. What is the next best "sovereignty wallahs" 
>(ULFA fans and supporters) will settle for?
>What does ULFA have in mind when it sits at the bargaining table 
>with GOI? Stick to the sovereignty mantra and leave the table when 
>GOI wants to talk about possibilities other than sovereignty?
>
>Answers to the above questions will also indicate how governance 
>will be in "independent Assam" despite all the utopian talk about 
>democratic rule under a benevolent dictator president.
>
>Though I am addressing the questions to Chandan Mahanta, others are 
>equally welcome to answer or comment.
>
>Dilip Deka
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>Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>
>*** And that is exactly what some of our bright friends in assamnet 
>propose for Assam.
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>At 8:38 AM +0530 3/2/07, mc mahant wrote:
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>>"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too 
>>high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and 
>>achieving our mark." -- Michelangelo
>>
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