What people can term it as a raise of voice or the silver lining in the darkest clouds of all times, the people of North East India are feeling the heat of terrorism and the failure of the political bluffs and are voicing out their deepest desire to preserve their ethnic culture. With the tribal genius we the North eastern people have always been in harmony with nature, possessing the inbuilt knowledge of knowing the extent of development when to do it and how to do it in the best capacity to incur lasting result for benefiting the present and future generations. We take from nature sufficient enough to keep ourselves fittest for survival without disrupting the balance of natural development, of man and his environment, adopting our ways of living in conformity with the changes of the natural environment.

But why, amongst ourselves there aroused some self-centered people that we are facing one of the toughest times in the history of North East Terrorism? Assam blasts are a symbol of our people’s greed to attain power… to sustain in power. 30^th October 2008, will always be a black day for every Assamese…for every North Eastern in particular and the nation as a whole. The grief cannot be calculated… nor be felt… but if we Indians as a whole gets a lesson from these blasts then I feel the departed soul can live in peace. It can supplement to the efforts that our brothers are doing at the borders. It can become a platform to say end to terrorism…end to corruption and vote bank politics.

North Eastern community based at Delhi took forward the cause by organizing a peace rally from Assam Bhawan to ‘Eleven Statues’ (the famous statue of Gandhiji with 10 select followers) located at Sardar Patel Marg, Chanakyapuri. Slogans like “We want peace”, “Terrorists – Hang them” filled the air with grief for the deceased… and anger against the culprits – whether the terrorists or the bureaucracy….

There was another rally organized by Assamese students at Delhi University campus today. Few more such rallies are being organized at Jantar Mantar, India Gate by common people.

So, ‘mostly soft spoken’, North-eastern publics are raising their voice. It is a good sign for the betterment of the region at large and India as a whole. Let the media realize that merely giving a day’s headline to the situation and then pulling back won’t at all help. Let the political parties (whether in power or not) understand that it is the end of their vote bank politics…

Come one, come all….

STOP VOTE BANK POLITICS…. STOP TERRORISM…..