[Assam] ULFA’s REJOINDER
shantikam hazarika
shntikamhaz at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 5 23:47:41 CST 2007
If I need any advise, I know whom to approach.
I may need re-education (not by you, at any stretch of imagination), but you seem to need pity.
Shantikam Hazarika
Director,
Assam Institute of Management
PO Box 30, GUWAHATI 781001, India
HOME PAGE: www.aimguwahati.edu.in > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:30:39 +0000> From: ulfa_1979april7 at yahoo.co.uk> To: assam at assamnet.org> Subject: Re: [Assam] ULFA’s REJOINDER> > > > Cear Hazarika,> You also like Umesh Sharma batter you join World Bank-> your next door OR> Go back to Jaipur to teach some primary sdchool OR> Come to us-we will reeducate you to re-educate Indian> Politicians.> Rubi> > > > --- shantikam hazarika <shntikamhaz at hotmail.com>> wrote:> > > > > It is intriguing that Arabinda Rajkhowa has> > responded to a World Bank study, not to queries> > raised by his own kith and kin. If his contention> > would have been correct, there would have been> > widespread support to their movement. Patriotism and> > faith in sovereignty and independence driving youths> > to the "struggle" (actually killing of innocent> > lives and renegating Assam's growth and development)> > is too far fetched to carry any conviction.> > Parroting 'colonialism, colonialism' is now outdated> > and even the communists have discarded this word> > long ago.> > > > Shantikam Hazarika> > Director, > > Assam Institute of Management> > PO Box 30, GUWAHATI 781001, India> > HOME PAGE: www.aimguwahati.edu.in > > > > > > Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 09:55:23 +0000From:> > ulfa_1979april7 at yahoo.co.ukTo:> > assam at assamnet.orgSubject: [Assam] ULFA’s> REJOINDER> > Bartta Bistar <barttabistar at googlemail.com> wrote:> > TOP STORIESConflict in Assam works in nexus with> > weak economy:World Bank> >> reporthttp://in.news.yahoo.com/071022/48/6m9n4.htmlULFA’s> > REJOINDERThe above article posted by one> ‘IE’> > onassamnet.org on October 23 is obviously an attempt> > tomanipulate the study titled “Who Benefits> > fromCivil Wars? Some Evidence from Assam”,> > reportedto have been carried out for the World Bank,> > so as toundermine the historic reasons for the> > nationalstruggle to regain the sovereign> > independence of Asom.Quoting from the World Bank> > report, may be out ofcontext, about the> “direct> > nexus” betweenthe Asom-India conflict and a> > ‘weakeconomy’ betrays the ulterior motif> to> > divertthe core issue of our sovereignty and> > independence tothat of a ‘weak economy’> implying> > therebythat effective measures to strengthen the> > economy willtake the wind out of our struggle.> > Certainly, as hadhappened in any colonial situation,> > the percentage ofunemployment in Asom is also very> > high under Indiancolonial occupation. But this does> > not necessarilyundermine the primary importance of> > the historicreasons that propels our struggle> > forward, though thecolonial economy convince our> > people that the nationalstruggle is also their> > struggle for existence.Therefore, the primary source> > of motivation for theyouth of Asom impelling them> > join the nationalstruggle is patriotism and the> > faith in oursovereignty and independence. A weak> > economy and theresultant unemployment and corruption> > are generalphenomenon in any colonial situation. As> > such, it isthe colonial situation that gave rise to> > the nationalliberation struggle of Asom, not just> > the“direct nexus” between> the“conflict” and the> > “weakeconomy”.> > > > Arabinda Rajkhowa> > Chairman> > ULFA> > 03/11/07> > > > ----------------------seems god article.HS article> > on the same topic - not specific to Assamthat if> > enough groups in large enough numbers anddifferent> > ethicities exists - such problems are morepronounced> > -- 97% Han Chinese China has no suchproblem - (side> > note: -- I have a Chinese roommate-says there are> > elephants in China)umeshBartta Bistar> > <barttabistar at googlemail.com> wrote: TOP> > STORIESConflict in Assam works in nexus with weak> > economy:World Bank> >> reporthttp://in.news.yahoo.com/071022/48/6m9n4.htmlBy> > IE Tuesday October 23, 01:45 AM The on-going> > conflict in Assam, that claimed over4,400 lives> > between 1992 and 2001, has a "directnexus" with a> > weak economy, making it easier formilitant groups to> > find "young recruits", a studycarried out under the> > aegis of World Bank hasconfirmed. The study titled> > "Who benefits from Civil Wars? Someevidence from> > Assam", pointed out that unemployment,especially> > among the youth, showed disturbing trendsin the> > 1990s, which in turn had adverse implicationsfor the> > persistence of conflict. "The number of unemployed> > youths in Assam registeredsharpest rise among 15> > major states, between 1983 and1993," the report> > said, pointing out that by 1993-94(when Army> > operations against militants were in fullswing),> > "the number of unemployed youths in Assam wasabout> > three times higher than the rest of India". The> > argument of "easy recruitment" of potential rebelsis> > indirectly supported by this data, the study> > said.The study was carried for the World Bank by> > DeepaNarayan, Binayak Sen and Ashutosh Varshney. The> > study also pointed out that though there wereseveral> > historic reasons behind the on-going conflictin the> > state, the employment situation> > severelydeteriorated, particularly in the rural> > areas, duringthe course of the conflict. "Though the> > level of ruralunemployment had been lower than that> > in urban areasduring the year of conflict, it is in> > the rural areasthat the sharpest increase in> > unemployment wasrecorded," the study revealed. The> > rural population was more affected during> > theintensified phase of conflict between 1983 and> > 1993,the report said, with statistics showing that> > thenumber of rural poor increased sharply from 73.53> > lakhin 1987-88 to 94.33 lakh in 1993-94. There have> > been some signs of improvement in theoverall> > employment scenario from 2000 onwards, but> > thesituation is yet to reach any turn-around, the> > studysaid. On the "nexus" between weak economy and> > conflict, thestudy revealed that nearly 75 per cent> > of therespondents in conflict-affected areas> > reported thattheir village had a "weak" to "very> > weak" localeconomy. But what is more alarming is the> > increasing level ofcorruption that itself could be a> > factor responsiblefor the underdevelopment or slow> > pace of developmentin the state. "Corruption in> > local government officesmarked a turn for the worse.> > Respondents in more than65 per cent of the> > communities surveyed agreed thatgovernment officials> > in their village andneighbourhood were corrupt," the> > study said.> > _______________________________________________assam> > mailing> >> listassam at assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.orgUmesh> > SharmaWashington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell]Ed.M. -> > International Education PolicyHarvard Graduate> > School of Education,Harvard University,Class of> > 2005http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu> > info)http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)> > > > > > Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who> > knows. 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