[Assam] Assam-Naga conflict

[BBaruah at aol.com]

Chandan
 
It is a very relevant question. I will certainly deal with it when I have a  
little more time. Very briefly, unlike politicians in the West, Indian  
politicians in office, MPs and MLA's, want to secure their comfortable  livelihood 
when the opportunity is there, at least they must have funds to  fight the next 
election. People like the Clintons or Margaret Thatcher do  not have this 
problem. Corruption is inevitable under the circumstances.By the  way, things 
change. In this matter the Blairs behaved exactly like the Indians;  it is an 
exception though.
 
Colonial laws were not soft.A strong government is indispensable in a  
multiracial society. The Constituent Assembly visualised the social  and political 
divisions of India and therefore emphasized the need  for special efforts to 
integrate the society. But the steps taken were  inadequate, in fact there were 
none. Special measures were however taken to  produce an egalitarian society 
which backfired making the problem more acute.  Today the 'backward' label is 
passport to high offices. Even for the humble  citizen it may mean some reward, 
say a post, a promotion, an  unearned  income, etc.
 
Crimes, even political ones, must be punished. In Russia or China it  is 
unimaginable to negotiate peace with insurgents. Sedition, that is the  crime 
against the State is the highest crime, punishable by death.. What the  Govt did 
with Sulpha? You know it already.
 
Spread of education has its nemesis.. Because of the media, television in  
particular, peoples' expectations have soared. Is it  conceivable that some 
thirty or forty families in an isolated  village of Naga Hills district would 
conclude a binding, meaningful   political treaty either with the Mughals or 
British centuries  before? I would think these people would have simply been 
subjugated. And  that is what happened.
 
Look at our daily life. The Chief Secretary of the State cannot enforce  
timely attendance. A trfansfer order became a nullity five times it was issued  
because the teacher concerned knew an MP. Retiring persons pay substantial sums  
to clerks in order to release their monthly pensions. We are guilty both 
ways:  the clerk who receives the graft and the person who pays it.
 
I am pressed for time. For the time being I rest
 
Bhuban



   
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