[Assam] The Question of Motives

[Chan Mahanta]

Rajen:

The question of motives,  widely seen in forums where desis 
participate, almost always are raised by members of that crowd who 
get heart-burn over something she or he is unable to face up to his 
Indian condition but cannot debunk or refute.  It is a particularly 
popular gotcha-move with the crowd that also spouts 
'so-called-secularist' ,'pseudo-secularist', 'mera-bharat-mahan' and 
such other catch-phrases  ( you know what they really mean) and are 
quick to call others communists when their ability to articulate a 
position against criticisms of India's loot 
-from-the-many-to-enrich-a-few-policies. If you visit the Outlook 
India feedback, ToI feedback, Rediff-feedback sites you see it all 
the time. And if you pause to ponder over the level of discourse in 
these sites  you will want to hide if you identify as an Indian.

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At 12:12 AM -0500 10/1/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote:
>Where do you live and what do you believe in life?
>What is your mission in life?
>Rajenda
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:pseude at yahoo.com>SANDIP DUTTA
>To: <mailto:assam at assamnet.org>A Mailing list for people interested 
>in Assam from around the world
>Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:27 PM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy
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>Dear Rajen Da,
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>Exactly what has motivated you to start this discussion? As far as 
>we are concerned, you are an NRA with American citizenship residing 
>in America. Do you seriously think these views really matter to even 
>a miniscule of the Indian ruling polity? I think the discussion on 
>maps and boundaries was settled in '47.
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>Even if India runs on the dirty word "Vote Bank Politics", its the 
>voter whose opinion matters. That is why BJP got booted out after 
>India Shining campaign. - and Mayavati got power back in UP. So are 
>you a "voter?".
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>It may also be "vote bank politics" of a slightly different nature 
>that motivated Laloo to transform IR.
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>If the intention is to make a difference, why not come back and join 
>Indian politics?
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>Incidentally, TOI is running a campaign called "Future leaders" of 
>India. A bulk of the interested people who now want to join politics 
>are highly paid professionals from South India.
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