tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689870727405665189.post7254415824666615423..comments2023-10-17T06:35:37.941-07:00Comments on THELIGHTOFANDAMANS: The Islands Belong to Tribals: Prof BanerjeeZubair Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278271903162943013noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689870727405665189.post-57341513043586699482011-09-28T06:15:54.968-07:002011-09-28T06:15:54.968-07:00Is it Prof S. Mukherjee or S. Banerjee?Is it Prof S. Mukherjee or S. Banerjee?Trinkethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363214517566230053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689870727405665189.post-2886652775623790762011-09-28T05:50:59.129-07:002011-09-28T05:50:59.129-07:00Though Prof. Banerjee has every right to point out...Though Prof. Banerjee has every right to point out his stand regarding this issue, I don't think practically it is possible to abandon these islands and let it be inhabitant for the most part. There are a few issues which needs to be looked into. <br /><br />First of all, when he points out tribe, there is a large population of our Nicobari brothers and sisters who have successfully assimilated with the main stream modernized living, what happens to them? <br /><br />If all of the Govt. and private sector leaves tomorrow, what happens to their lifestyle? Are we suppose to leave them behind and let them fend for themselves. Now that after maintaining the modernized lifestyle for almost a century they should go back to being hunters and gatherers?<br /> <br />Secondly what about the security factor of whole India. Its pretty much an open secret that China has its holding on the Coco Islands which belongs to Myanmar, are we this naive to assume that China or some other country will not take this opportunity and start their military base in the islands, putting the rest of India in a very vulnerable position? Let's face it our islands are very strategically placed and it gives Republic of India an upper hand to monitor defense activity throughout the south east Asia.<br /><br />And thirdly, what happens to the so called “colonizer”. We the people of Andaman has in-time developed our own culture, where inter-caste, inter-religious marriages are norm, we never came across any kind of religious hatred in these islands. Doesn't matter how much we complain about the islands, its a fact that crime rate is really low compared to mainland India. How are we going to sustain in bigger population where killing over caste/class/religion happens on daily basis.Trinkethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363214517566230053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689870727405665189.post-77993086745988035182011-09-27T03:35:51.987-07:002011-09-27T03:35:51.987-07:00I think this Prof has gone out of his mind... This...I think this Prof has gone out of his mind... This interview s comparable to one i saw in Utube regarding cloud computing..andamanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14254176005896771109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689870727405665189.post-715150072162862532011-09-26T11:58:53.986-07:002011-09-26T11:58:53.986-07:00If settlers have to abandon Andaman Islands for pr...If settlers have to abandon Andaman Islands for primitive tribes then Prof.Banerjee should first abandon kolkata as it was inhabited by Santhals and other tribes.So charity should begin at home.Kalapanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015138506535690984noreply@blogger.com