[Assam] Staying back in Assam

Tue Oct 16 03:54:17 CDT 2007

>>It seems staying  in Assam is considered a step backward - why is that attitude?

  That's ur deduction. Only u can answer that. :)

  Rgds

  Mridul

umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
  It seems staying  in Assam is considered a step backward - why is that attitude?

Umesh

"Alpana B. Sarangapani" <absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:     .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma }   >He preferred to stay back in Assam even though capable to achieve much more.    
  And that itself says a lot.

  I very much liked his tree reference. 

    “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass”
  - Lakshmana

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  Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:21:07 -0700
From: mridul_mb at yahoo.com
To: assam at assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] ULFA reply

  He was my classmate from Class-VIII onwards in Sibsagar Govt. HSMP School till Pre-University (Science) in Cotton and used to know him to the core till then, but not now.:). One of the most brilliant people. He preferred to stay back in Assam even though capable to achieve much more.

  Mridul Bhuyan 

  Mridul

Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
    Thanks for the intro to Uttam. His responses do seem very well-balanced and intelligent.

  --Ram da

  On 10/15/07, Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:   heh he

BTW! I thought I should give an intro to Uttamda. He was the GS of Cotton College in our time. A rank holder throughout and a committed socialist, he is a tax consultant (for a living) working out of Guwahati. I have greatest and fondest regards for him. 

-manoj   

  On 10/16/07, Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com > wrote:     Excellent points and good questions.
  But I seriously doubt if you will get any answers - at least straight forward ones.
  Just don't hold your breath:)
  --Ram

  On 10/15/07, uttam borthakur <uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in > wrote:     Sir, you take umbrage even if someone doubts loudly the validity of a proposal. You think he is opposing you. Why the paranoia?

  Let me be clear.

   Let a plebiscite be held. It will obviate the need of unnecessary and protracted parleys. It may seal so many mouths, be it supporters of Assam being a part of India or those who contend that it is not. The Assam or the India Govt. spends so much money for security reasons or other extravaganza that they can well afford the cost of a plebscite involving Assam only. May be the ULFA can also help with the preparation if they have money stashed away as claimed by some envious elements. 

  I like to ask a few questions:-( For god's sake do not pass the onus to me to answer these questions too, because, you as the protagonist would know the shape, size, constituent of the sovereign Assam. Sovereign or not, I shall be content living in Assam, provided I am not gunned down in the cross-fire as the hapless onlooker. I have a Hobson's Choice here. Find no difference between Delhi and Dhaka) 

  1. The specific map of the territory within which the plebiscite shall be held.
  2. The description of the persons eligible to vote: who is to be included and who should be excluded
  3. Which organisation shall oversee the plebiscite and whether the constituents of the overseeing body should exclude some specific nations that usually fish in troubled waters 
  4. Any other matter arising out of or incidental to the above.

  So, I have made myself clear. But do not ask me to do something about it. (I have to make a living and this question does not seem urgent to me). Then I will also ask you to come over here to do whatever is required to make your dream a reality. You seem so obsessed. 

Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
    I 'll tell you what sir: I don't understand philosophical sounding stuff.  They may be profound, but if I don't get it, it is "gorur aagot twkari-----"

  >MY ONLY POINT IS: LET THE PEOPLE OF ASSAM DECIDE THEIR FATE.I

  **** WHAT fate?  What do they have to decide on and why? And how best to do that?

  >LET A PLEBISCITE BE HELD IF REQUIRED.

  *** Then WHY oppose it?  On what grounds? Why would you not take a stand and explain why?

  Oh I know why.  So do most other who oppose it. But the courage to stand upto what they believe in is sorely lacking.  That is why.  But what is your excuse sir?

  >BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE PLEBISCITE IS REQUIRED 'NOW'?

  **** You tell us.  You wouldn't ask the question if you knew what your AIM is in indulging in these debates.

  >OR SHOULD A PLEBISCITE BE HELD TO KNOW WHETHER A PLEBISCITE IS REQUIRED? I

  **** Huh? Have we gotten off the deep end?

  > I WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT THE BASIS OF THE CLAIM, WHEN YOU LED ME THROUGH THE >
  >GARDEN PATH OF SENTIMENTAL MELANCHOLY!!

  *** Very poetic.But what on earth does it mean?

  >( I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT ACCORDING TO YOU THE BASIS IS 15000 DEAD IN >CONFLICTS FOR LIBERATION OF ASSAM IN THE PAST 29 YEARS. NO BODY HAS COME UP >WITH ANY OTHER SUGGESTION SO FAR) 

  **** Even  a hard disk, dumber than a door nail, can remember a whole lot of stuff. But what it means, if it can process  what it remembers, is what makes the difference. I am nor saying the processing power is absent. But unless shown, there is no way for us to tell. 

  >Did I touch a raw chord somewhere or an overwhelming sense of guilt? I was just trying to point out that even a plebiscite under the aegis of the UN may not be that sacrosanct. Does it need any explanation? Please do not mind, if I have hurt you, I did not want to be mean. It was unintended.    
  **** Yes, I am broken hearted! I don't know how I will recover and regain my voice.

  At 3:13 AM +0100 10/16/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
  No sir, I am not that easily hurt, though the oxomiya psyche hurts easily. May be we are 'developing' in Assam by rubbing shoulders with the 'developed'. It was a presumption based on conjecture on your part. I was just pointing out the devious means applied to score a point. I simply said 'unfair'. So, it now appears that you like to prolong unnecessary arguments just for your personal fun. Then if someone is not interested in further engagement, you will 'fairly' boast that the other left because he could not stand the 'heat'. That again is unfair, sir, for you.But then "it works for me just fine". It would, it would.     Honey, that you refer to sir, is always across the borders of Assam. When they cannot stand the heat in Assam, they just go across, from the beginning of the time.That is euphemistically called 'migration'.      Did I touch a raw chord somewhere or an overwhelming sense of guilt? I was just trying to point out that even a plebiscite under the aegis of
 the UN may not be that sacrosanct. Does it need any explanation? Please do not mind, if I have hurt you, I did not want to be mean. It was unintended.      MY ONLY POINT IS: LET THE PEOPLE OF ASSAM DECIDE THEIR FATE.IF THEY NEED SECESSION LET THEM FIND IT FOR THEMSELVES. LET A PLEBISCITE BE HELD IF REQUIRED. BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE PLEBISCITE IS REQUIRED 'NOW'? SHOULD IT BE HELD BECAUSE YOU SAY SO OR ULFA SAYS SO OR SOMEONE ELSE SAYS SO? OR SHOULD A PLEBISCITE BE HELD TO KNOW WHETHER A PLEBISCITE IS REQUIRED? I WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT THE BASIS OF THE CLAIM, WHEN YOU LED ME THROUGH THE GARDEN PATH OF SENTIMENTAL MELANCHOLY!! ( I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT ACCORDING TO YOU THE BASIS IS 15000 DEAD IN CONFLICTS FOR LIBERATION OF ASSAM IN THE PAST 29 YEARS. NO BODY HAS COME UP WITH ANY OTHER SUGGESTION SO FAR). moreover, the onus is always on the one who alleges that the apparent is not real. so no passing of the buck, sir. it stops at your doorsteps.    
  Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
  At 12:17 PM +0100 10/15/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
  1. I have not said that the insurgents are fools or otherwise. If someone said that, it is his view. Why bring that view? This is unfair, sir.

  *** It certainly would be unfair sir, had the responses you proffered were not tied in with those of the rest who do make that kind of arguments.  
  May I suggest a remedy for this kind of hurt feelings ? Wear it only if the shoe fits or as the Oxomiya proverb goes: "baator kosu singi kiyo nijor tikat  ghonhibo laage'? .  That is how I deal with it. And it works for me just fine.   

  >2. The common people with average intelligence in Assam have not done or  been able to solve so >many problems that plague them. That is evident. Why should they do something if either those in 'legit >governance'(your term) and those trying to evict them have nothing to show for themselves? There is >nothing amiss. Everything adds up well. May be they are not citizens of America and lack American >efficiency.   

  **** Would I be wrong to interpret this as:  
          SOME of us are doing just fine. Don't  upset our apple cart by bringing up issues that you          have no business with. If those at the bottom are having a problem and they don't know how          to deal with it, it is their problem.  IF those are doing OK, and they are not unhappy with their          lot, why wise them up to what they are missing? And if those at the top are having a feast on          the back of the rest, what is your problem, why do you get involved?  
  But please, correct me if I am reading it wrong. Won't you?  

  >
    3.The problem is that some people despite having above average intelligence have not understood the facts as they are, and have been prodding the 'average' people in stupor to join them on either side of the fence by brandishing weapons and other violent means. 

  **** I see!  
  I can understand the revulsion against those who are brandishing weapons to coerce the unwilling to join them.  Of course the other side needs no such coercion at all: They make a beeline  to that side because, hey, ain't it where the honey is?   

  This truly is a twilight zone we  must have entered into!  

  ? 4. So you want the plebscite because your adopted country ( this is my presumption, i am sorry if i am wrong, i hate offending people) with the UN flag in the humvees can have the license to come in openly that it was doing covertly for so long. Have we not seen enough of American democracy in Afghanisthan and Iraq in recent times? I always guessed your motive:-)

  **** It is questions and comments like these that elicit the kind of responses that hurt those tender kharkhowa feelings. I can answer them. But prefer not to at the moment.  I will just pass on it , because of a possible tender age or a fragile constitution or both; with just a question, not so much expecting an answer, but as a clue to what a good answer might be found:   
          SO, what else would you NOT want us to talk about? Or people of what nationalities          would you allow to discuss issues like these?  

  May I conclude with a suggestion:  
          The quandaries presented would NOT arise if one had a clear objective, an AIM, a goal--for          participating in what obviously one find distasteful.  
          If that is not readily discernible, all one needs to do is ask. Any number of people will          be pleased to  help sort that out.  

  Best.  

   3.The problem is that some people despite having above average intelligence have not understood the facts as they are, and have been prodding the 'average' people in stupor to join them on either side of the fence by brandishing weapons and other violent means. 

   4. So you want the plebscite because your adopted country ( this is my presumption, i am sorry if i am wrong, i hate offending people) with the UN flag in the humvees can have the license to come in openly that it was doing covertly for so long. Have we not seen enough of American democracy in Afghanisthan and Iraq in recent times? I always guessed your motive:-)

Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:

  >The 'Above Average' are already in the surreal/illogical/romantic conflict:-). They are very few in >numbers and have taken their seats either with those who are in governance or those who want to >evict them with 'force'.   

  *** Really? But from what I read in esomonline or in assamnet, the insurgents are fools and fill the ranks of the ignoramus That would leave the above average running the show,  duly elected thru that universal adult franchise our Texan friend reminded us of. Are they clueless? 

  >The common people with average intelligence in Assam understand this reality.

  **** If they do, how come they don't do something about it? After all they are in a democracy? they can change things to fir their needs. Who is holding them back? The ignoramus of the insurgents?

  Something does not add up here, does it?

  > Yet, till now the common people with average intelligence have put the 'colonisers' in legit >governance through 'vote' and have spurned the 'freedom fighters'.

  *** So what seems to be problem? They are already in the promised land.

  >Then why is the need for a plebiscite?  Or UN presence will give the 'votes' credibility?

  *** Can we try a wild guess ? I explained it about half a dozen times in the last two days or so. If we don't agree, can we at least hear WHY?

  That is because no one , not even Indians, trust desi-demokrasy, would be my conclusion. Am I wrong?

  > Or would you say that all people have not 'voted' in these 'elections' or that they are manipulated/ >rigged?

  **** What do YOU think?

  >Why do you think that all oxomiyas and oxombaxis would go out to vote if held under UN auspices?

  **** I don't  know what they will do. Their track record  of elections certainly have not done any good for Assam.That is why I would like to FIND OUT.

  At 2:46 AM +0100 10/15/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
  The 'Above Average' are already in the surreal/illogical/romantic conflict:-). They are very few in numbers and have taken their seats either with those who are in governance or those who want to evict them with 'force'. Irony is, both sides have nothing to show. The common people with average intelligence in Assam understand this reality. Yet, till now the common people with average intelligence have put the 'colonisers' in legit governance through 'vote' and have spurned the 'freedom fighters'. Then why is the need for a plebiscite? Or UN presence will give the 'votes' credibility? Or would you say that all people have not 'voted' in these 'elections' or that they are manipulated/ rigged? Why do you think that all oxomiyas and oxombaxis would go out to vote if held under UN auspices? 

Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
  At 3:24 PM +0100 10/14/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
  That is what makes it surreal, and not real; beyond cause and effect; beyond rationality. This is bothering common people of average intelligence; they cannot afford romanticism.

  **** How about the ABOVE AVERAGE, those who are in charge of their 'legitimate' governance, and those who put them there, by their overt or tacit support? Can they afford it?

  If they cannot, as I like to think they can't, WHAT HAVE THEY SHOWN for their effort to bring the conflict to an end? I mean other than to wish ULFA away or making perfunctory noises about the Govt. acting undemocratically  every now and then? 

Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
    >Has anyone made up his/her mind as to what should be the objective measure about the stage when such a vote becomes mandatory?

  **** It is NOT about making some OBJECTIVE , UNIVERSAL law, that will make it BINDING on all those in violent conflicts, for whatever reason, to submit to a plebiscite.

  The plebiscite idea is  a RESPONSE to the ULFA/Assam/  GoI conflict, because those who accept and promote Indian supremacy over Assam  CLAIM that they are the majority in Assam, thus ULFA ought to disappear, in a desi-demokratic dispensation where the numerical majority is expected to run supreme on all issues. 

  No one needs to seek a plebiscite in Nagaland, do they?

  **** On the matter of numbers of lives lost in the conflict, should it make a difference whether it is 1,000 0r 5,000 or 10 if not 15?

  And should it make a difference  WHO are included in it?

  George Bush and Dick Cheney would love it so to preside over desi-demokrasy, where they wouldn't have to explain  to anyone why their armies are permanently placed in the NE or Kashmir , or tell anyone how many  of their own people they have killed or put in harms way, or  what part of their annual outlay is and have been expended since independence in fighting these  wars against their  beloved brethren in Nagaland , in Assam, in Mizoram, in Manipur ,in Kashmir and PRODUCING WHAT  and  at WHOSE expense.   

  Apparently democracy lovers brought up under the fine traditions of desi-demokrasy  missed it altogether.

  Wonder WHY?

  At 6:34 AM +0100 10/14/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
  As I understand it, according to Sri C. Mahanta, 15000 lives lost ( I do not know how this figure has been arrived at... whether it represents the number of ULFA cadres killed or Oxomiyas killed (including those in unintended cross-fires), .... whether it includes all lives lost including the non-oxomiyas) over 29 years is the objective basis making the plebiscite imperative. So, that is one measure. 

  Has anyone made up his/her mind as to what should be the objective measure about the stage when such a vote becomes mandatory?

kamal deka <kjit.deka at gmail.com> wrote:
  The GOI has similarly been willing to hold parleys with ULFA in order to hammer out a solution within the ambit of the Constitution.What is wrong with that ?
  KJD

  On 10/13/07, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
  The big vacuum of reason here I see is  this:

          IF, Assam's OWNERS, I mean other those who sit in Dilli , so wish for an end to hostilities
          and can't  figure out HOW, and if ULFA, the villains, declare that they will abide by the
          verdict of the people for whose sovereignty they gave nearly 15,000 Oxomiya lives over
          29 years, then would it NOT make eminent sense to hold one?

  What am I missing here?  Would it be sincerity of purpose ( of a hope for peace), or is that yet another
  display , albeit unintended, attempt to to have it both ways?

  At 3:57 AM +0100 10/14/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
  Living in a cave does not exclude the yearning or formation of wisdom as Plato would ask us to believe.

  The right to self-determination should not be denied to any people. But the question is: how the stage is to be assessed where a plebiscite becomes imperative. Simply because ULFA says that, should it be held? That NSCN or other outfits have claimed parts of the present Assam, should a plebiscite be held for that purpose in the disputed areas? In that case there would be no end to plebiscite and that is a very impractical thing. Then we will have to divide Assam to the size of the city states and have to decide every issue through citizens' vote! Now we have to assess whether the stage has come. I request everyone here or otherwise to find an objective measure of assessment. Moreover, could not the protagonists of secession consider building up of the opinion without training their guns on the people of Assam on the pretext of they being spies of the 'state' etc? The covert organisations always fall prey to the guiles of the 'state' they fight by killing their own due to
 suspicion and sometimes intra-organisational feud. Better they do things under the sun taking people as their forte rather than ineffectual guns. 

  If the majority of the people feel that they should protect themselves with guns, I would not oppose that. But the people do not need a few to 'protect' and/or'kill' some of them on whimsy on the pleas of mistaken identity, cross-fire etc. 

kamal deka <kjit.deka at gmail.com> wrote:
  Rubi Bhuyan and the people of his/her ilk must be living in a cave,totally detached from the ground realities of Assam.They are merely prodding at the body of ' sovereignty' without knowing what it is all about---like children at a new toy in the market showroom.Rubi Bhuyan's point of view expressed in the Assam Net is of no consequence as far as I am concerned.

  I respectfully disagree with Mr.Nayanjyoti Medhi's opinion,voiced in this forum in regard to holding a plebiscite in Assam focusing solely on the sovereignty issue as demanded by the ULFA,who are itching to break-up a 60-year-old kaleidoscopic federation.Why do we have to hold a referendum,buckling under the pressure of an outfit that has been outlawed by the Government ? Is Assam an exclusive preserve of the ULFA ? The right to self-determination,if allowed in Assam,would then be reduced to a series of voting exorcises,conducted every 10 years or so in order to meet the demand of the new generation,at whose whim the border of a country could be defined and redefined.It will not be very difficult to imagine the chaos,it would create in a polyglot,multi-ethnic and multi-religious state as Assam's,if such recipe were to be applied state-wide as a solution.  

  Kamal J Deka
  sugarland,Texas.

  On 10/13/07, Nayanjyoti Medhi <nayanjyoti.medhi at gmail.com> wrote:
  Dear Rubi,

  I thought since you have been following my postings in Assam online and Assamnet, You would be enlightened as to what, I as an Assamese would want for me and my fellowmen. But it saddens me because, maybe the one interacting with me and the one following my posts are probably not the same person. If both were the same person, then you would not have written this to me. Even if you ask Chandan Mahanta, he will tell you that I have been one of the few in Assamnet who has been advocating against the kiling of our own brothers and sisters. Whether it is in Bhutan, Burma, Arunachal or in their own backyards. I have even gone on record saying that there should be a plebiscite. Preferably a independent one where the Government agencies has no part/role to play. I had requested only one condition that there should be a guarantee that the people's wishes should be respected. I am on record that i have been advocating against killing. of innocents and others equally. But then how
 would you know. You are not the one following the posts. However I would suggest that you see the postings in Assamnet put there by me few days back. You will find that it is me who wrote that there should be a plebiscite because a very miniscule portion of the masses have access to internet and their views here do not reflect the view of the masses. And that is the very reason why I requested you (ULFA) to go to the masses in the last post as well as in my reply to the letter written by you to Shantikam Hazarika, a copy of which was also sent to me. 

  **** Instead of discussing how such an environment be created, saying that the United Nations won't agree to a plebiscite, is not like plucking a solution from the thin air? 
  ****You have put emphasis on the changes the administration has brought in.
  Pray tell me when and where did I make the statement that United Nations won't agree to a plebiscite. And one thing more. I have never emphasised on the changes the administration has bought in. Again, I ask you, When and where did I say that? Infact I have gone on record saying that I am disgusted with both the Government and you (see my reply to C Da's post) because neither has done anything for peace and progress of Assam (I have not seen any results in 28 years, I have become a man from 4 months old baby). 

  Nayan

  P.S: Please ask Chandan Da not to barge in and write a hilarious reply to what i have written coz i won't reply then.

  On 10/13/07, ulfa_ 1979April7 <ulfa_1979april7 at yahoo.co.uk > wrote:

Dear Nayanjyoti Medhi,

  We have read your comments in AssamOnline. You wrote,"  "Times have changed. The boys are disillusioned after living in jungle camps with mosquitoes and malaria, killing, avoiding the bullets of the Indian security forces, and no real destination in sight. To the mainstream Assamese the ULFA is no longer a struggle for national salvation but one that keeps normal life disturbed. Is it not the time to rethink and ask the people what they want? The ULFA should ask the people if the Assamese people see the ULFA movement as a beneficial and healthy activity for the betterment of the Assamese people? Do the Assamese people really feel they are not part of India and are being exploited by New Delhi? 

Now the final question is that whether The ULFA movement is something that is wanted by the people of Assam and supported by them or is it something which is being imposed on them."  We find that your statement is a mere repetition of what the unified command structure has been saying for the last twenty eight years.  We do not accept such views. The colonial administration has been trying to steer the fate of the liberation struggle of Asom to their liking for the past 28 years. You have put emphasis on the changes the administration has brought in. But, why the struggle by thousands of freedom fighters in a tough situation created by fifth columnists facing uncertain future is still ongoing has not been highlighted by you?   
  The ULFA has admitted of civilian casuality  in unfortunate circumstances(viz suddenly appearing during firing) while conducting operations against the enemy. Anticipating such casualities we have publicly requested people not to be with the occupation forces or in close proximity of the military camps or otherwise. 
  The murder of engineer Ajay Deka and the old woman Sabitri Rajbangshi has proven again our contention that the unified command structure has been involved in these crimes in a planned manner to malign the ULFA.  Some may not believe our position, but, they should not believe the unified command structure's assertions either.  You are talking about people supporting the unified structure but there is no mention of the need for independent inquiry into their operations leading to human suffering and deaths. Hence we find your views biased. 
  We are saying that there are masses who want an independent Asom. We have demanded a plebiscite on the restoration of Asom's sovereignty under the supervision of the United Nations. We have declared long time ago that we shall accept the verdict of the people.  Pre-judging of a possible negative outcome of such a plebiscite conducted in a environment fee of fear, surely is not devoid of prejudices? Instead of discussing how such an environment be created, saying that the United Nations won't agree to a plebiscite, is not like plucking a solution from the thin air? Why do you have to be dependent on whether India will agree to it or not? Without gauzing the true depth what the majority of people of Asom wants, based on a opinion poll conducted at the behest of the army and the police and use of the internet voting available only o some town dwellers, you suggest be the decisive  verdict on the fate of the land and the people? 

   Is it not very childish to talk like this?

  With warm wishes

  Rubi Bhuyan

  "Nayanjyoti Medhi" nayanjyoti.medhi at gmail.com
  assamonline at yahoogroups.com
  28 years have gone by since the start of the liberation struggle by the United Liberation Front of Assam. Many boys have died and their bodies rest in unmarked graves in jungles of Bhutan, Arunachal, Myanmar and still many have died in their own backyards. Many are languishing in the different jails all throughout Assam . Many have surrendered and joined the mainstream. Not only the boys, with them many civilians who did not have anything to do with liberation have given their lives in this ongoing struggle between the state and the liberation army. 

United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was formed on April 7, 1979 at the Rang Ghar in Sibsagar to establish a "sovereign socialist Assam" through an armed struggle. Of course, there was an initial euphoria and an unnaturally heightened sense of alienation because of the step motherly attitude of the Indian Government in the initial stages of the movement. The truth has since been gradually realised and that sense of alienation has died. 

Times have changed. The boys are disillusioned after living in jungle camps with mosquitoes and malaria, killing, avoiding the bullets of the Indian security forces, and no real destination in sight. To the mainstream Assamese the ULFA is no longer a struggle for national salvation but one that keeps normal life disturbed. Is it not the time to rethink and ask the people what they want? The ULFA should ask the people if the Assamese people see the ULFA movement as a beneficial and healthy activity for the betterment of the Assamese people? Do the Assamese people really feel they are not part of India and are being exploited by New Delhi? 

Now the final question is that whether The ULFA movement is something that is wanted by the people of Assam and supported by them or is it something which is being imposed on them.

Nayanjyoti Medhi 
Advocate
Gauhati High Court

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