Axom Unnayan, A dream, all of us nurture..
Our eyes never stop dreaming. Dreams about oneself, dreams about one's close ones, dreams of a better world, dreams of a better Axom. Many of us who dream big do not get an opportunity to realise them. I am also one of them. But is it really the time to mourn our inability when we have build up some capability of doing something. Axom lies in a dilapidated condition even now. After 59 years of celebrated independence, plenty of thousands of villages in Axom never ever benifited from central/state government policies. They remained as abandoned as they were before independence, even worse. Many forlorn villages produced gems, who brought significant changes to them, but most of them were not that lucky. Still, a lot remains to be done to mitigate their sufferrings. But who's going to do that? How can we expect somebody else to wipe the tears of innumerable people suffering, when we sons of the soil possess the capacity and the motivation to help somebody out. I am not going to show a path to all of you how to move ahead. I am just trying to do my bit in making everybody with similar feelings, look forward in the same direction.Axom was one of the richest states in India long back. And even at the time of indepence, Axom's GDP was much more than that of whole India's average. But now, due to ineffective governance, apathetic treatment by the central government, or whatsoever, Axom is lagging behind much, in the timeline of development. With internal problems cropping up from all quarters, the retarding in development can be well justified, but this retardation has to end somewhere, and Axom should be on the paths of development again. With most of the banned outfits committing to dialogue, we can hope for a new era of development in Axom. That's where good and bright selfless minds will be needed. And precisely there, people like us come into picture.
Brain drain has been one of the most devastating reasons for Axom's backwardness. With most of the intelligent people moving away in search of better living and good career options, Axom becomes devoid of exceptional souls who can lead her to unprecedented successes. This will continue even in the future untill this cycle is stopped completely which can happen only with the establishment of good colleges, industry and infrastructure. That seems a remote possibility. But, among those 'draining' out will always be some people who care for her motherland much more than anything else, who always remember his primary school teacher who taught him the basics of geometry and who now lay in bed waiting for proper medical facilities; who remembers the rickshawalla who always used to take him to school and pick him back, much did he enjoy giving a glass of cold water to him; who remembers the small time shopkeeper, who used to give him a lozen or two freely out of sheer love; who remembers his village populace who thronged at his house after he passed HSLC/HS with flying colours; who remembers his very own village whose gullis were his playground; who remembers his innocent childhood friends who never crossed the barriers of 6th standard; who remembers his Axom whose air he breathe, water he drank, ways he trotted, food he ate, nights he slept, days he lived. This is an attempt to unite such souls, motivate them to come forward and realise their dreams for their motherland.
Well, reading this you might be thinking, one more 'deshpremi' add himself to the list of blowhorns. You are free to do so. Still, here goes about myself. I am Satyakam, from Dhemaji, Axom. Being from of the most backward regions of Assam, I know how technology can do wonders to the people living there. I am currently working as a software engineer in Gurgaon, India and I know that it is not possible for me to leave all these and move to Axom and join an NGO. I only wish to keep this fire alive within me and within all of you, untill some time comes when we all are well set for a journey back home. There are thousands of Assamese who feel so. Its only a matter of time that the fire ignites again, for those whose have extinguished. I will be keeping on posting here again and again, and also would invite people to contribute to this blog, because this is our blog, and not mine only.
I have mentioned the name of this group as 'Unnayan' because I feel its what we all want in Axom. We can decide on any other name as well. I/We am/are also keen on making it an NGO some months/years down the line, with all your support.
Lastly, I would like to end with some lines written by Prasoon Joshi for 'Rang de Basanti'
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kuchh kar guzarne ko khoon chala khoon chala
aankhon ke sheeshe mein utarne ko khoon chala
badan se tapak kar, zameen se lipatkar
galiyon se raston se ubharkar, umadkar
naye rang bhar ne ko khoon chala khoon chala
khuli-si chhoT lekar, baRi-si tich lekar ahista ahista
sawaalon ki ungli, jawaabon ki mutthi
sang lekar Khoon chala
kuchh kar guzarne ko khoon chala khoon chala
kuchh kar guzarne ko khoon chala khoon chala
aankhon ke sheeshe mein utarne ko khoon chala
badan se tapak kar, zameen se lipatkar
galiyon se raston se ubharkar, umadkar
naye rang bhar ne ko khoon chala khoon chala
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Sorry couldnot remember complete lyrics of 'Aakou Natun Probhaat hobo', or of any other similar song. :-(
posted by Satyakam @ 8:50 AM
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