[Assam] Assamese TeaWorkers

[shantikam hazarika]

Just BTW Korapat is in orissa, not Jharkhand.
The tea tribes of Assam belong not only to Jharkhand, but also Orissa, Andhra and also Madhya Pradesh. But it seems the present agitation was mostly from those who have Jharkhandi origin. Year long neglect by Assamese milieu have resulted in they not being fully assimilated into assamese society and now the educated amongst them are seeking back their roots and scoundrels like Sibu Soren are there to dirty the water with alacrity.Incidentally those who perpetrated the unforgivable ctime against the helpless woman has been identified and arrested. I wish the press would have also highlighted those who acted as Good samaritans and there were quite a few.Still there is time to reach out to them and help them to develop. 
The tea community should demand upliftment, not reservation. Reservation would just help a few educated amongst them to get a handful of jobs under the reserved category, but would perpetuate their backward ness. Unforetunately the educated amongst them are raising the issue of reservatuion for their own gains and using the whole comunity for the purpose.
While it is easy to demand ST status, the process is very cumbersome. It involves very detailed constitution amendments and there are many people who are clamouring with similar demand. But who has the time and inclination to explain the relaities to the unfortunate people who always bear the brunt of their leader's folly.

Shantikam Hazarika
Director, 
Assam Institute of Management
PO Box 30, GUWAHATI 781001, India
HOME PAGE: www.aimguwahati.edu.in 


From: mikemahant at hotmail.comTo: assam at assamnet.orgDate: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:28:26 +0530Subject: Re: [Assam] Assamese TeaWorkers now target of Indian brutality. Mistaken identity is no excuse. T/Wo


If they want progress-that is the only way:Stop calling themslves Indian Adivasis:Join the Assamese by calling themselves SO-because Jharkhand and India will have nothing to do with them-Ever!India held the "International Tea Festival" at Guwahati-and declared "ASSam Teas are no good-Lacks Demand"-hence $1 per Kg is the price India will pay. Finally after many Indian Profit centers the same Bad Teas are sold by India with Poetic Labels at $1 per Tea cupbag. All of  half a million Tons! Now GOA  and Assamese are being blamed  for "Brutality/Starvation/lack of Basic Human Rights against our Adivasi Brethern".--------------------------If their LEADERS  have other plans--Jharkhand CM and other Big Guns are milling around here-blaming everybody around. Tell them to arrange en-masse Homecoming!. Tea can be grown in Jharkhand too--Rivers are being Linked.+Steel+Uranium+Alumina all around .And India's 5Th Generation Fighter-Bomber will be built in Koraput.MMS+Putin just signed deal.
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