[Assam] Assam-Naga conflict

[barua25]

>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.
>Corruption is inevitable under the circumstances
We may rephrase the phrase in bold in the above sentence to : "want to indulge in corruption and make money".
Basically you mean to say that the politicians in the East are corrupt unlike the politicians in the west.
Not only you have recognized that there is corruption, but also have justified why it is there.
You remind me of an Assamese politician who justified corruption stating that even God is corrupt in India and he cited Durga who takes animal sacrifice to grant blessing.
Thanks for enlightening us about Indian democracy.
Barua
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: BBaruah at aol.com 
  To: assam at assamnet.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam-Naga conflict


  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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