[Assam] The autonomy issue

[Chan Mahanta]

Those are YOUR opinions Ram, not mine :-).

>It looks like, in the end, autonomy will be yet another wedge issue,

*** Wedge ? Heh-heh!!  Perhaps you need to set MMS straight and tell him not to raise wedge issues and instead 
stick to sweet nothings.




On Aug 12, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Ram Sarangapani wrote:

> C'da,
> 
> Intrigued as ever.
> 
>> *** Dictionaries cannot set things straight here Ram.
> 
> Of course, not.  It is the nuanced definitions that carry the day. :-)
> 
>> Autonomy to quell what is going on in Kashmir could be different
>> from what could work for Assam. Similarly for other states too.
> 
> That means there would need to be a unique 'autonomy package' customized for
> each state, district, or other ethnic body?
> 
> Yes, districts too - after all, districts, within states could also have
> unique needs.
> 
>> Because the dysfunctional central Indian rule is killing them too.
> 
> So, the autonomy issue will need to extraconstitutional, as the GOI is not
> going to agree it's governance is dysfunctional?
> 
> It looks like, in the end, autonomy will be yet another wedge issue, and
> possibly never to be resolved - as there will be too many definitions,
> nuances, likes, dislikes...
> 
> --Ram
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> But, what could be your definition? Mine is only straight off the
>>> dictionary:-)
>> 
>> 
>> **** Dictionaries cannot set things straight here Ram. It could
>> legitimately mean many things.
>> Therefore it has to be contextual.  Autonomy to quell what is going on in
>> Kashmir could be different
>> from what could work for Assam. Similarly for other states too.
>> 
>> Other states? Yes Ram. They need it as well. Because the dysfunctional
>> central Indian rule is killing them too.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks C'da.
>>> 
>>> But, what could be your definition? Mine is only straight off the
>>> dictionary:-)
>>> 
>>> --Ram
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> **** You are exactly right Ram. In the absence of a definition of WHAT
>> the
>>>> so-called autonomy includes, it is entirely meaningless.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 12, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> The PM recently made a remark about being open to discussing the issue
>> of
>>>>> autonomy for Jammu & Kashmir (within the ambit of the Constitution).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Maybe someone knows, but what exactly is the meaning of 'autonomy' as
>>>> held
>>>>> by the PM? By the time politicos & spin masters get through with it,
>>>>> the meaning of autonomy will look nothing like what the dictionary
>> says.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> This from the TOI
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-Manmohans-autonomy-remark-wont-help-solve-Kashmir-problem-Pak/articleshow/6299668.cms
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