[Assam] What noooo is it India ?
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Mon Oct 1 15:06:35 CDT 2007
Of course they could, if one considers all opinions are EQUAL.
The difference would lie, in pointing out credibly, what is without
merit in MY arguments or opinions .
Anyone can offer any opinion. But NOT all opinions are EQUAL. Some
have merit and are easily discernible, while others either don't .
At 2:34 PM -0500 10/1/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
> >I know all about it Rajen. And it is not at all unexpected.
> >But what is truly astounding is to witness those who have lived
>and worked in the US for years, but remain >as ill informed as
>their posts, comments etc. make them out to be. It could mean one of
>two things:
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>Isn't this called your opinion v. theirs? Or, couldn't they have the
>exact same opinion about you?
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>"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree
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>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:42:03 -0500
>To: assam at assamnet.org
>From: cmahanta at charter.net
>Subject: Re: [Assam] What noooo is it India ?
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>I know all about it Rajen. And it is not at all unexpected.
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>But what is truly astounding is to witness those who have lived and
>worked in the US for years, but remain as ill informed as their
>posts, comments etc. make them out to be. It could mean one of two
>things:
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> **** That they spout what they do, to promote a particular
>viewpoint without any regard to its
> validity in the context of things. It is immaturity at best,
>narrow-minded, quarreling for the
> sake of quarreling at worst; making oneself look bad, that's all.
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> **** That they remain mired in a ghetto mentality,
>commiserating only with their own kind,
> smug in their own sense of knowing all they need to learn
>and unable or unwilling to be
> either informed and/or educated about their surroundings
>that they benefit from.
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>The latter can be also be seen in the ranks of the many of those
>Billat-ferots and Amrika-ferots or Euro-ferots back in the ol'
>country, sporting an aura of expertise that is barely skin deep, if
>that.
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>I just hope in this case, it was the former.
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>At 12:19 PM -0500 10/1/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote:
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>Chandan:
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>I find guys from India specifically from Assam with all sorts of
>weird perceptions about America.
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>The other day I met one Assamese visitor who was strongly for George
>Bush because according to him, it was due to his policy of attacking
>Iraq, that the Muslims in India are silenced, and India can now have
>a stronger relation with Pakistan. He was all against the Democrates.
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>Compare that with views of KC.
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>It looks like, from out side, people view America like blind people
>looking at an elephant.
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>Most Indians donot have any clue what is happening in outside world.
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>They are busy with their own
>India-Hindi-Hinglish-Hindutva-Bollywood-Congress-BJP-Communist-Middle-Class-Materialist
>culture believing whatever the GOI-Indian media is broadcasting.
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>Rajen
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>----- Original Message -----
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>From: "Chan Mahanta" <<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net>
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>Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 11:36 AM
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>Subject: Re: [Assam] What noooo is it India ?
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> >> >Really !! I thought you guys are more busy discussing
>>>whom to attack next (after Vietnam, Iraq), how to
>>>meddle in internal affairs of Mayanmar, or, for some,
>>>how to work on destroying India.
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>> ***That is about as appropriate a commentary on your thinking
>> abilities as one might want to know about.
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>> At 9:27 AM -0700 10/1/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:
>>> >>There are plenty of people --the ranks of the
>>>citizenry --- in the
> >>>>USA , far more than any place else on earth, who are
>>>discussing,
>>>debating and resolving US problems and have been doing
>>>it far longer
>>>>>than anybody else.
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>>>Really !! I thought you guys are more busy discussing
>>>whom to attack next (after Vietnam, Iraq), how to
>>>meddle in internal affairs of Mayanmar, or, for some,
>>>how to work on destroying India.
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>>>>>But still more needs done, as they will always be.
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>>>So why not spend your valuable time to finish that.
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>>>>>>But they ARE needed to delve into Assam's problems
>>>as caused by
>>>Indian dysfunction as well as by itself.
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>>>I thought Assam's problems can be best solved by
>>>people of Assam NOT by people who NEVER intend to
>>>return to Assam.
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>>>>> India's march towards super-powerdom on the backs
>>>of the rest left
>>>>to be exploited.
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>>>Another piece of wisdom coming from someone who got
>>>educated on Indian/Assamese tax payers money and then
>>>left India/Assam without ever bothering to return
>>>anything except some pieces of advice.
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>>>>>but
>>>>>I hope it would shed a tad bit of light on what
>>>seems to leave so
>>>>>many true ambassadors of Assam so discombobulated.
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>>>Heh-heh ... a good piece of wisdom from learned
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> >>ambassdor of Assam who readily blames GOI when
>>>innocent Biharis (even Assmese) are killed but has no
>>>courage to put forward a similar argument when it
>>>comes to 9/11.
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>>>Inspite of your immense Heart Burn, India is marching
>>>towards a superpower ... in fact your Uncle Sam too
>>>understands it.
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>>>>>Allow me to divulge a little but closely-guarded
>>>secret:
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>>>>>There are plenty of people --the ranks of the
>>>citizenry --- in the
>>>>>USA , far more than any place else on earth, who are
>>>discussing,
>>>debating and resolving US problems and have been doing
>>>it far longer
>>>>>than anybody else. But still more needs done, as
>>>they will always be.
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>>>That is why Latter-day-Americans ( LDAs) of Assam
>>>origins don't need
>>>to spend all their available time delving into
>>>American problems
>>>But they ARE needed to delve into Assam's problems as
>>>caused by
>>>Indian dysfunction as well as by itself. For if they
>>>who know better
>>>( not all by any means) don't point out what is not
>>>working , it will
>>>NOT be done by the 'mera-bharat-mahan' crowd, smug in
>>>their 'unified'
>>>India's march towards super-powerdom on the backs of
>>>the rest left
>>>to be exploited.
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>>>It is not about a beauty contest. It takes equals or
>>>near equals to
>>>engage in a beauty contest.
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>>>That is the difference.
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>>> I know it won't reduce the heart-burn of those whose
>>>mission is to
>>>safeguard Assam for Indian exploitation for all
>>>times to come, but
>>>I hope it would shed a tad bit of light on what seems
>>>to leave so
>>>many true ambassadors of Assam so discombobulated.
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>>>At 7:44 AM -0700 10/1/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty
>>>wrote:
>>>>Check this ---
>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Homeless_in_LA.jpg
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>>>>I am almost convinced this is a picture of India
>>>>wrongly labelled.
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>>>>Afterall, when Citizens of US are more busy
>>>>discussing issues of India, I am sure all issues of
>>>>US have already been resolved :)
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