I was there -the 2nd day.
I found Medha -A thinker for all people ,all India.
Expressive ,Selfless,Honest,Fearless,ace in fluent oratory in flawless Hindi
or English: -Totally aware of
MeaningfulTechnology,Progress,Development
- Totally informed of all that is going on in Assam and
So-Called-By-Some NE
- And witty to the core
She made jokes about Vajpayee's(actuallyTata/Volvo/OilCo's) "PET PROJECT" -6
-lane motorway
She felt there should be 100 cities in Assam where all residents work and
produce-not SELL.
She said "Look East" Policy is actually "Loot East"
She asked Assam and "NE" to aid India fight out the grasp of the sellout facade
Brigade Mittal-Ambani-Tata- and all the Ballyhoo of Navaratnas.
I really thought she was the right material to become the NEXT Indian PM.
I hope India grows up to recruit her to lead.
mm
ADate: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:58:53 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Assam] New Towns Around
Guwahati and Medha Patkar> > Dilip-da,> > You had written:> > > The shallowness
in the thought process of social > > activist critic Medha Patkar > > is so
apparent in the paragraph, "Referring to the > > proposed creation of three > >
more towns to expand the Guwahati metropolitan area,> > > she said that
shopping > > malls and highways should not be the yardstick to > > measure
development. The > > development approach should also take into > >
consideration the issues like how > > many people are going to be displaced and
how many > > people are getting their > > livelihood affected by such
projects."> > Why do you think this displays a shallowness of medha> Patkar's
thought process? Are you disputing her> contention that shopping malls are not
good indicators> of development?> > You probably know that this was made in the
context> planned development programs in Assam and not just in> the context of
the Guwahati Master plan. The> experience with these projects have been that
many> people were displaced, without adequate compensation. > If a dam is
constructed on the Pagladia river in> Kamrup, for instance, many Assamese
farmers will be> displaced.> > A resolution in the meeting is given below. Do
you> have any objections to it?>
(http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun2007/at05)> > GUWAHATI,
June 19 – Participants of the two-day> national dialogue on environment and
sustainable> development that ended at the BKB Auditorium of> Gauhati
University yesterday, resolved to reject all> development policies and
programmes if free, prior and> informed consent to them is not obtained from
the> indigenous peoples of the region.> > x > > >
------------------------------------------------> > Anyone who visited Guwahati
in recent times knows> how > > congested Guwahati has > > become. Spreading the
population to three more urban> > > areas would surely improve > > the quality
of life. Shopping malls and highways are> > > not the primary reasons > > for
the new plan, Guwahatians know well. As a part> of > > the redistribution of >
> people and enterprise, if such facilities are> needed, > > they will
definitely > > emerge as the secondary need. > > > Does Ms. Patkar know how to
make an omelette without> > > breaking an egg?> > > > >
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