[Assam] [asom] Re: From Tarun Vijay of the Organiser: Tears on the NE!

[mc mahant]

In plain GBS talk:
Lies>Damn Lies>Statistics   ?mm


To: assamonline at yahoogroups.comFrom: gcbora at rocketmail.comDate: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:51:41 -0700Subject: [asom] Re: From Tarun Vijay of the Organiser: Tears on the NE!




It is always good to have statistics, hard data. In this case, the information about change in demography of Assam can be found in Census of India http://www.censusindia.net/ and with RTI, one can also get previous years data. Election Commission can provide information about change of demography among voters (which more or less goes the same way as the population). The facts can be also gauged by the election results of Assam Assembly.Now the question is: has the demography of Assam changed? For this answer, one should not hide behind statistics/hard data. And there is no mark for guessing the correct answer! People living in Assam knows it well.Ganesh C Bora----- Original Message ----From: Sailaj Baruah <srbaruah at hotmail.com>To: assamonline at yahoogroups.comSent: Friday, September 14, 2007 4:07:16 AMSubject: Re: From Tarun Vijay of the Organiser: Tears on the NE!statistics collected by a reliable source-and if it is by a govt agency then all the better,definitely has its own relevance.Again while stating that some districts are bengali-dominated or muslim dominated by itself does not become relevant unless it can be shown that this was not the position say 10-20 years back,that such demographic change,if any,is because of migration from another country and so on. Any arguement to be meaningful has to be backed by hard facts and there will always be those who will doubt/question the veracity of any such claim.The time has come for setting aside emotions alone and taking a hard look at all available facts and data andconclusively prove that illegal migration is a major,major problem for the state/country and does not affect the assamese speaking population alone-the revealations in the hyderabad blasts is perhaps a pointer towards things to come.Problem is-who will bell the cat!Sailaj BaruahFrom: SANDIP DUTTA <pseude at yahoo. com>Reply-To: assamonline@ yahoogroups. comTo: assamonline@ yahoogroups. comSubject: Re: From Tarun Vijay of the Organiser: Tears on the NE!Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:44:13 -0700 (PDT)This is a good point!However the question is, what would you do even if there were such an official statistic. Statistics say many districts/subdivisi ons in Assam are now Muslim majority and predominantly Bengali speaking (eg. hojai, dhubri, karimganj etc.) - but that is hotly contested by many of our own Assamnet members from this forum. So there is no agreement even on certain very basic and visible facts.Rgds,Sandip----- Original Message ----From: Sailaj Baruah <srbaruah at hotmail. com>To: assamonline@ yahoogroups. comSent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:37:24 AMSubject: Re: From Tarun Vijay of the Organiser: Tears on the NE!Has any survey actually been done by the govt or any non-govt agency regarding the statement that many Bangladeshi- origin people in Assam who had earlier declared their mother-tongue to be Assamese have now declared their mother-tongue to be Bengali?Its important to have authentic statistical information on such vital issues if we really want to impress upon the powers that bes.r.baruahhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3577 __._,_.___ 
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