Unnayan : A dream to be made true

59 years of Independence; 59 years of neglect

There have been innumerable occurances in which I have met people who had shown their resentment against the Indian Occupancy in Assam. Wierd as it is, most of us, the earlier generation, that of my father's, and also the current one in which we all become a part automatically, are not always ready to identify oneself as INDIAN. I am not trying to pass a wrong message here. But history says, Assam and the whole of North East have been most shabbily treated by the Government at the centre.

The other day, I was reading a report on the proposed and implemented FDI on Indian Soil. There were all the states in India in the list except Assam and the North East. We have been really deaf and dumb to all these. In the post Independence era, none of the leaders, that Assam, ever produced showed their interest in bringing in some mentionable investments in Assam. Keeping aside Swargiya Sarat Chandra Singha, there is no leader in Assam, that we can claim to be black mark free.

Why the centre's treatment has been so step-motherly towards Assam is something which evades my intelligence. Rich in natural resources, Assam is a state for which every citizen would be proud to be born in. But sadly there has been no attempts towards development, while all these times we have been fighting for things rather sensitive but not fruitful, the bhaxa andolan, Assam Agitation etc. All these uprisings have shown how passionate we are towards what we consider to be stricktly ours. But the passion starts and ends there only. These gave birth to some leaders who capitalised on the blind faith the innocent Assamese had on them, which catapulted them to leader-dom. These bunch of half-baked Leaders did practically nothing against their promises. Also these agitations and the easy money and political power which they gave into inexperienced hands, gave rise to many student organistions which sprung up from nowhere. Assam probably has the largest number of caste, creed, religion based student groups, the members of whom always aspire for some political gain sometime in the future.

We seriously need to salvage the pride hitherto lost.

posted by Satyakam @ 10:32 AM