The middle class in
India is in fact growing at a tremendous rate now.
But the rate at which it needs to grow to become
dominant is just mindboggling.
Netters please dicuss Assam Middle Class
I see these as parasites in a windfall of ill-begotten Indian Rupees which Delhi sends supposedly FOR the 99% have nots in PAYMENT of FREELOOT.
The busiest /most active points in Guwahati today are the ICICI bank Transfer counter and 100 such .
Each sending out shiny crisp 500/-,1000/- bundles as fast as Central funds are paid out by RBI.
mm
From: xourov pathok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Assam] positives vs negatives
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:03:07 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Dear Xourov,
> > Why did you pick only a part of my email? The
> > essence of what you wrote below was in the second
> > part of my email. Did you read that part differently
> > than I intended to convey?
>
>Dilip-da,
>
>If what I said agrees with what you said in the second
>paragraph, why are you piqued?
>
>Yes, I did read that part differently. "More people
>must move on to the middle class" is as innane a
>statement as one could come across. I suspect you
>said it because you are trying to apply the US model,
>which is a land predominantly of the middle class
>(which Katrina showed, is not actually true. There is
>a large but hidden lower class). The middle class in
>India is in fact growing at a tremendous rate now.
>But the rate at which it needs to grow to become
>dominant is just mindboggling. It is simply not
>possible.
>
>Moreoever, to sustain the middle classes in India also
>requires a lot of effort. Plus, there is a caste
>component to the middle class itself. This was on
>display in the recent anti-reservation agitation in
>India.
>
>The government made the present middle class possible
>by subsidizing education. At present, the government
>is now moving away from such subsidies. The easy
>access to education that you (or even I had) in India
>is now a thing of the past.
>
>Nevertheless, it was not my intention to focus on an
>unrealistic solution. My interest was to focus on the
>Assam situation instead---what the positives in the
>Indian economy mean for Assam.
>
>xourov
>
>
>
> > I'd like you to know that I and many others like
> > me do not believe that all is well in India. Some
> > people are trying hard in India and they are seeing
> > fruits of their labor. So why try to pull them down?
> > I agree the Haves in India must constantly work to
> > lift the living standard of the Have-nots if they
> > want to maintain the pace of their achievement and
> > live in India. Like I said if the likes of P Mishra
> > are providing that vigil only, I have no complaint.
> > Dilipda
> > xourov pathok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > + Pankaj Mishra's observations are not wrong but
> > he
> > is
> > + emphasizing the negatives while playing down the
> > + positives.
> >
> > Pankaj Mishra does not emphasize the negatives, but
> > restores parity in the discussion. The negatives are
> > never mentioned, which is what he is doing.
> >
> > + By playing with words no one can deny the fact
> > that
> > + Indian economy has improved. It is also a fact
> > that
> > + the wealth made in India is not well distributed.
> > + Yes there is stark poverty in India but it is not
> > + as bad as it was in the fifties and sixties.
> >
> > Though absolute poverty seems to have decreased,
> > that
> > alone does not speak of the problems today. By
> > emphasizing only on the positives, one runs the risk
> > of forgetting the other side and the associated
> > risks
> > involved. For example, farmers are commiting
> > suicides, mostly due to debt and a lack of a viable
> > agricultural policy. Manmohan Singh recently visited
> > the areas and listened to the farmers. There seems
> > to
> > be an increasing problem of infant malnutrition and
> > moratality in Maharastra in the tribal areas.
> > Poverty
> > data alone will not be able to catch these problems.
> >
> > In many other areas, as the government moves away
> > from
> > direct economic policies, the ultra-leftists have
> > grown. The government now views this solely as a
> > security issue, and local governments like the one
> > is
> > Jharkhand now wants to buy helicopter gunships to
> > kill
> > the naxalites! Besides forming village militia. From
> > the experience in the northeast I hope you realise
> > what this means-- a veritable civil war!
> >
> > The problems of regional disparity is all the more
> > fearsome, and should be the focus of attention on
> > Assamnet. If you looked at the per capita income
> > over
> > the years, you will see that whereas the average
> > India
> > index saw a rapid rise in the 1980s, the Assam index
> > has not kept pace. Both have risen, of course, but
> > the widening gap is a concern, especially since
> > Assam's was higher than the India average soon after
> > Independence.
> > (http://www.undp.org.in/hdrc/shdr/assam/Chp2.pdf
> > page
> > 25).
> >
> > From the point of view of Assam, it is useless to
> > focus on the positives in the Indian economy because
> > de-regulation has not resulted in much benefit for
> > the
> > state. Assam is very unlikely to benefit from a
> > growing software industry, which is already on
> > display. The economy is still a captive of
> > government
> > policies today. The implosion of the tea industry
> > would result in a very big problem, which will
> > easily
> > take on ethnic colors. If the sea level increases
> > due
> > to environmental reasons and inundates the coastal
> > regions of Bangladesh, you can imagine how it would
> > impact the politics and the demographics in Assam.
> > Assam still does not have viable indigenous
> > industries
> > that can provide employment for the locals, which
> > will
> > require investment in infrastructure. As India
> > develops as a service economy, what happens to the
> > northeast? Let alone Assam having access to markets
> > for indigenous products, it is itself a captive
> > market
> > for mainstream Indian products.
> >
> > xourov
> >
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