[Assam] Fw: World's Ignorance About Assam:

Mon Sep 24 18:17:30 CDT 2007

>But research visas (they are usually for long stays with research as the 
>explicit reason) are almost never given to study the Northeast. Thus most 
>major academic work by foreigners on the region was done before 
>Independence.

That looks like worse than under the British and that makes it a strong case for independence from India.
RB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sanjib Baruah" <baruah at bard.edu>
To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world" <assam at assamnet.org>
Cc: <umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: World's Ignorance About Assam:


> 
> For Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur foreigners need 
> restricted areas permits in addition to their Indian visas. See:
> 
> http://www.immigrationindia.nic.in/FAQ_Restricted_Area.htm
> 
> It is usually not difficult for a group of four to get it (probably not to 
> Manipur) perhaps because the government thinks such a large group is 
> likely to be a tourists and not academics, journalists etc who might write about 
> the situation in the region.
> 
> Indians need Inner Line permits for Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and 
> Nagaland. They are issued by the Resident Commissioners of those states in 
> New Delhi, Deputy Commissioners,  Liason Officers in places like Guwahati 
> and Shillong.
> 
> But research visas (they are usually for long stays with research as the 
> explicit reason) are almost never given to study the Northeast. Thus most 
> major academic work by foreigners on the region was done before 
> Independence.
> 
> 
> SB
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
> 
>> I don't think Indian nationals need a permit (inner line) for Assam. I have
>> heard its true of Arunachal Pradesh & maybe Nagaland.
>>
>> Visas are for foreigners with the exception of Bangladeshis, ISI agents and
>> Bangladesh Intelligence (oxymoronic:)). They are free to come and go as they
>> like.
>> With that in mind, I am not sure how it would be an advantage for ULFA on
>> this count. Inner line or not, visa or not, it may only be meant to keep
>> genuine visitors away - at least discourage them.:)
>>
>> BTW: I just checked both the Ministry of External Affairs and the Home
>> Ministry (GOI) web pages. There is no mention of inner line permits for the
>> NE states. Is the inner line a State issue (and not central)?
>>
>> --Ram
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/24/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Yes, and that is  one additional strong point against GOI for ULFA and
>>> others to justify a separate state for the Seven Sisters.
>>> GOI does not know how to manage.
>>> What do you say?
>>> Rajenda
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
>>> *To:* barua25 <barua25 at hotmail.com> ; assam at assamnet.org
>>> *Sent:* Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:23 AM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Assam] Fw: World's Ignorance About Assam:
>>>
>>>
>>> Rajen-da,
>>>
>>> You are right but also the current govt rules act against tourists. You
>>> need a visa (inner line permit ) to enter the Seven Sisters even though you
>>> may be from other parts of India ---so who would like to just take a trip to
>>> Assam unless they get opportunity to travel throughout NE India (Seven
>>> SIsters) without additional red tape.
>>>
>>> Umesh
>>>
>>> *barua25 <barua25 at hotmail.com>* wrote:
>>>
>>> *World's Ignorance About Assam:*
>>>
>>> Looks like there is no limit to the world's ignorance about Assam and the
>>> North East India. I think we discussed the book last year in the net. This
>>> book is another example where the entire North East India has been skipped
>>> from India (may be to the delight of the insurgents).
>>>
>>> India Unveiled (Hardcover)
>>> by Robert Arnett<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/103-3698267-9465440?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Robert%20Arnett>(Author
>>>
>>> A highly acclaimed mostly colorful book with high editorial reviews:
>>>
>>> As promised, I put the following review (See full reviews in Amazon.com<http://amazon.com/>)
>>> for readers to know the weakness of the book:
>>>
>>> *Not Real India, Not Whole India:*
>>> "I was very disappointed in the otherwise colorful book because it did not
>>> address the real India nor it shows the whole India. In fact without
>>> discussing substance, the book has left out the entrire North East India
>>> comprising the seven states, namely the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,
>>> Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura, the so called the Seven
>>> Sisters which is physically the most beautiful and culturally most colorful
>>> part of India. So I would suggest that when Mr. Robert Arnett visits India
>>> next time, he would kindly take the time to visit the Seven Sisters and
>>> unveil the beautiful North East India and complete the book showing more
>>> real stuff in India."
>>>
>>> Rajen Barua
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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