The Underground Fire within Submerged Human Scape
The Saga of Bihar and Jharkhand: Underground Fire Within Submerged Human Scape The memories of the Past haunts me violently as I witnessed joint Rallies of JMM and Marxist co Ordination Committee led by our dearest comrade AK Roy, the ex M.P. from Dhanbad! I was unfortunate enough to be present in the JMM Convention when Suraj Mandal succeeded to alienate AK Roy from JMM. Only Binod Bihari Mahato accompanied AK Roy until he breathed last. I don`t know the where about of Suraj Mandal, the mastermind behind the division! I also was lucky to visit underground bases of Shibu Soren in the forests of Jharkhand. I witnessed how unexpected changes changed the man. I landed in Dhanbad very dramatically. I started for Allahabad University as soon as I got the Marks sheet of my M.A. Final exams. I intended to complete the research work and then adjust myself in either Nainital or Almora Campus of Kumaun University. I reached Allahabad and took a Rickshaw to get in the house of eminent Hindi Writer Shailesh Matiyani in Colonel Gaunj. he sent me immediately to the University. Where I met Dr Raghuvansh, then the head of Hindi Department. he suggested me to work in Hinidi. Then, I met Dr Manas Mukul Das with whom I debated modern poetry for hours in Nainital. He had already registered six students and could not accommodate me. He introduced me to Dr Malviya and he agreed to guide me and I agreed to assist him editing his career mag! Dr Batrohi from DSB college had stayed with Matiyani in sixties as a student. But the room was occupied by a close relation of Matiyanis. I shifted myself in another Kumayooni House. Shekhar Joshi was our Ideal as a short story writer. I used to write short stories in my earlier days. In fact , I have got two books of short stories later. Mr Joshi resided in a rented house , 100, Looker Ganj, Allahabad with two sons Pratul, Sanjay, daughter Bunty and their IZA means mother. I stayed in the house and searched for job as I had already discontinued to rely on my family since I passed B.A... I did work as a freelance journalist during my student life as part of mass mobilisation for Chipko Movement. I had a post graduation degree. thus, I believed to earn enough to support myself. I applied for Northern India Patrika beside doing some translation work for Mitra Prakashan thanks to Bhairab Prasad Gupta and Amarkant. editors working there. Mr Mathur was the most powerful News Editor I have ever encountered. He was the recruiter in Northern India Patrika and he rejected my application. Manglesh Dabral was the magazine editor. Biren Dangwal was also in Allahbad in those days. i befriended with Neelabh and Ramji Roy. Very soon, I became a part of Progressive students` Union. I have friends in SFI also.SFI friends got an accomodation for me in Mamford Ganj.i had some tutions also. Then, manglesh suggested me to go to JNU. Birenda and Neelabh endorsed. I was introduced to Urmilesh and we got Vaishali express and landed in Poorvanchal hostel of JNU. I had to do M. Phil in Linguistics. The next day, iIwas out to search for job. I got one in Delhi Press. but I could not stay there. I was getting some assignments and translation works. Meanwhile, I visited my village. Where i came to know that DSB College english department was looking for me. I just rushed to Nainital. Captain LM sah was the head of the department. He drafted the application and recommended it. I had to meet the Vice Chancellor. I visited the VC office in Brook Hill. I had to wait for some time. Meanwhile, so impulsive I had been, my student life experience and encounters with the VC haunted me and I decided against surrendering to the corrupt VC. i never knew, it ended my academic career. Yes, I had been very impulsive as Namashudras are best known for. All Indigenous communities suffer from this sever personality disorder. I had to pay for it so often! I returned to my village Basanti Pur and got involved in a quarrel during a drama festival. My friend Tekka was beaten. it enraged me so much that I stopped the show as I enjoyed the support of the youth and students whom I used to lead. My father was very angry. it was a hot exchange as he suggested me that I had to be cool and work for peace! The next day, I got a letter from Urmilesh. he had visited Dhanbad and was offered a job in a daily News paper. He was not interested. But he knew that I could do the job as I had a soft corner for Nationality Movement and Jharkhand. Immediately I rushed to JNU. I told Urmilesh that I would be working there until next session opens. I wanted to have a feel of Indian Economy and I believed I might get the experience in Jharkhand. In 1980, Jharkhand was a part of Bihar. I was proud of Bihar`s indigenous History and present. i was aware of mass movements and general consciousness and awakening in Bihar. I wanted to be a part of all this. My family was not involved in all this vital decisions. Having reached Dhanbad I stayed with Hindi Poet Madan
Plastic Money is growing with credit boom as inflow of cash minimised
Everywhere in South Asia, America`s Men in Power are doing their best to implement the agenda of ethnic Cleansing! Plastic Money is growing with credit boom as inflow of cash minimised with the resurgence of capitalist Middle Class! Last Night, in Shibpur area under Howrah of West Bengal a shopping Mall collapsed! Today, in Sodepur, a sub Urban area of Kolkata another Shopping Mall inaugurated. Shriniketan groups opened the Second Mall just opposite the first one. Crowdy consumers rushed in! In kolkata, at the heart of the metro, near Metro cinema Big Bazaar has opened flood gates of Puja shopping setting the mood! One of our close friend , a journalist well known, is a regular visitor and we have offered him to be the guide of the ladies in friend circle as we dare not to get entry! On BT Road stands Vishal, the shoping mall. Our locality gets the benefits of rebate. Savita was so influenced that she wanted to go there just to get a bottle of Sauce free for buying one! We have so many shopping malls around us in the locality. Ready Made centre was in news for a fire which killed sixteen people suffocated by carbon Mono Oxide Gas. It is open. In Amrabati, just hundred metres away from our home MORE is open. Reliance Fresh, Spencer and Khadim khajana wait in the wing! FAMA, forum against monopolistic aggression has launched a campaign against Retail chain ! West Bengal Government has sold out the Sacred cow at last. Yes, it is Rabindra Nath Tagore! All thirty two Rabindra Bhavans have been handed over to ZEE group! We understand that USA is haunted by the memories of 9/11.. On the fatal day, we were in Keutia near kankinara just on kalyani High Way, the most potential realty zone in the sub urban. We were celebrating my cousin`s grandson, Bhadu`s birth day. As the cake was being distributed and the party just began, the News Broke! It was a live telecast! We saw the Twin towers collapse live! We witnessed the attack on Pentagon! We could not overcome the shock as the War zone of Middle East transferred in our heart, Afghanistan was Missiled violating Indian Air space from Peace zone Indian Ocean! no one resisted from South Asia! Nation marks 7th anniversary of terror attacks By AMY WESTFELDT Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation paused Thursday to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a heartfelt ceremony at ground zero and other solemn remembrances around the country. Relatives of victims killed at the World Trade Center gathered at ground zero in lower Manhattan for readings from dignitaries and a recitation of the names of the dead. Later Thursday, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were due at ground zero to pay silent respects. Today marks the seventh anniversary of the day our world was broken, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. It lives forever in our hearts and our history, a tragedy that unites us in a common memory and a common story ... the day that began like any other and ended as none ever has. The ceremony at ground zero included moments of silence at 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m. - the times that two hijacked jets slammed into the twin towers. Two more moments of silence were to be held at the times the towers fell. Services were also being held in Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon, where a new memorial will be dedicated. Relatives of victims began arriving at dawn at ground zero, now a huge construction site. American flags were draped over silent cranes. Maureen Hunt, wearing a T-shirt with a picture of her sister, Kathleen, a 9/11 victim, said that it was comforting to be at the ceremony with so many who have lost loved ones. This is a place for us to meet, said Hunt, who has come each year to pay her respects. It is not getting easier to attend these ceremonies. Family members and students representing more than 90 countries that lost victims on Sept. 11 read the names of 2,751 people killed in New York, one more than last year. The city restored Sneha Philip, a woman who mysteriously vanished on Sept. 10, 2001, to its official death toll this year after a court ruled that she was likely killed at the trade center. Among the readers was Laraine Angeline, who lost brother-in-law, Steve Pollicino. Steve, your smiles live on with us, she said. Our separation is temporary. Our love for you is forever. McCain and Obama planned to visit the site after the ceremony concluded Thursday afternoon. The candidates agreed weeks ago to pull their campaign ads for the day and were appearing together Thursday night at a forum on volunteerism and service. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was to speak at the ceremony, as he has every year in New York, along with officials including Bloomberg and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Last year's reading by Giuliani, then a Republican presidential candidate, drew protests from family members who said the city was ill-prepared for the terrorist attacks under his leadership
