[Assam] My Take on 'your take ' on things

[Chan Mahanta]

A:

I was not talking about MY personal problems. Sorry you missed that. 
But the Indian bureaucracy that you all decry to no end, but jump at 
those who propose ways to get rid of it, is ALL about posing 
OBSTACLES. Its entire premise is that the people could not be 
trusted, and thus must be fought like the enemy out to destroy that 
Indian Way of Life, with all the power of the bureaucracy , armed to 
the teeth by the litany of laws and rules and regulations.

But when someone commits the transgressions, violates the laws, they 
are thoroughly incompetent to do anything about them. And those with 
the resources and the connections can just go, pay the dokkhina, and 
bingo--the OBSTACLES vanish like a bad dream.

Do you remember seeing the following recently :-)?

"Please note, I am talking about the governement that makes these 
primitive rules that are depriving these children from getting the 
best care, love and educational opportunities in life, and not the 
orphanage here."

How many more examples would you need to see before you can feel 
comfortable that the charge I make is not something that I 
deliberately made up r to devalue and demonize 'bharat-mata' :-).

c-da

PS: I have personal experiences too. But I won't cite them because it 
is not about me.













At 6:33 PM -0600 2/28/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>Thanks C'da.
>
>  >as opposed to POSING >OBSTACLES, like Indian governance does. In 
>the process American society reaps the
>
>O' wait a minute. What obstacles did India pose for you, C'da? Made 
>you sign a bond saying that you couldn't leave without working for 
>them for a few rupees for 5 or 10 years? If they did not do all or 
>any of these, we would have hought you were a 'khaai paat fola'. :)
>
>
>
>
>From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
>To: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <absarangapani at hotmail.com>, assam at assamnet.org
>Subject: Re: [Assam] My Take on 'your take ' on things
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:03:36 -0600
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>Very well said Alpana  :-).
>
>c-da
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