Right on Brother ( pardon my 70s slogan)!
Surely the 'media', should not go bite the hand that feeds. Isn't
that desi-demokrasy all about?
But seriously, the role of the media is NOT to censor news. It is
to disseminate it.
Like Sushil Mishra explains, ONLY those with a guaranteed salary,
work or no work gain from 'bondhos' -- get free holidays. And who are
those? Take a wild guess!
And where do they come from? From the unaccountable ranks of
Indian style govt., with no law enforcement, no justice. Kind of
FREEDOM desi-demokrasy provides and so many of our righteous brethren
froth in the mouth promoting and preserving for Mother India.
At 8:52 AM -0500 8/21/05, Barua25 wrote:
I wrote about this before. One of the reasons for success of these Bundh Culture in Assam is that the News Papers publish the announcements of each and every proposed Bundhs by all orgs all over Assam. It does not need a Rocket Scientist to figure out that any announced Bundh by any party will not be very successful if the media do not publicize about it. No org has the capability or the manpower to affect a Bundh unless people and the police cooperate in the Bundh. So it is a two way street. The question is why the media donot help Assam and help themselves and decide not to publish any announcement of proposed Bundh? Why media does not have the courage to do it? This is what I call Assam like to cry with both ends; Complain for Bundhs on one hand and announce, cooperate and help the Bundh on the other.
Rajen Barua
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From: "sushil mishra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Bandh culture
> Dear All
> Let us talk in today's context. Most of us are self
> employed who earn their wages on daily basis. Very few
> people in society have permanent job who can absorbe
> the shock of One day's "Bandha". Even professionals
> are paid on hourly & daily basis these days. They are
> not employed rather hired. Think about the people on
> street e. g. Auto Rikshaw Driver, Rikshaw Puller, Tea
> Vendor, Cigarette vendor etc, the list is endless.
> They have to go literally without any earning on the
> day of Bandha. They too have family members &
> dependents to feed. In fact in today's date we are
> struggling to survive. The age has come that we have
> to buy even water to drink.
>
> Can we justify Bandha considering these things? Yes we
> can! Let us go hungry on the day of Bandha. Let us not
> feed milk to our children & let us not carry any
> patient in the family to hospital because we would be
> observing Bandha. Let us make the Bandha successful by
> stopping all those daily chores. Believe me the Bandha
> will become successful.
> What I see that Bandha brings cheers to those who are
> privileged (those who have permanent employment) & it
> brings dispair to those who are on street. The choice
> is ours. After all it is our society & we only have to
> face the consequence; good or bad.
>
> With warm regards
> SUSHIL KUMAR MISHRA
> MUSCAT
> SULTANATE OF OMAN
>
> --- umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > someone said that to Mahatma Gandhi that this
> > non-violent Bandh /strikes would ultimately be
> > harming the country and ruining the work ethic of
> > Indians. Elsewhere I think the communists had
> > started this thing -- if I remember correctly in
> > Paris Labor Marches had taken place like this much
> > eaelier.
> >
> > Umesh
> >
> > Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Dipankar,
> >
> > Many netters have written often about this 'bandh
> > culture'. Reading the Assam Tribune and the Sentinel
> > I have read many people voice their opinions against
> > such a culture. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to
> > be heard.
> >
> > The organizers of these bands care very little about
> > the economic effects. The public too seems to care
> > less. On the one hand its a holiday, so why worry.
> > The fact that traders and manufacturers will
> > ultimately shift the cost of bandhs to consumers in
> > way of higher prices is not given any thought
> > either.
> >
> > >Can anybody suggest a remedy for this sickening
> > culture.
> >
> > The solution obviously lies with the people. They
> > are ones that the organizers seek support from. If
> > people do not give them that support, then calls for
> > bandhs will fail.
> >
> > I think recently a bandh call by some minority
> > student group failed in major cities like Guwahati
> > because people just ignored it. That is the
> > solution.
> >
> > --Ram
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 20 2005 8:22:49 GMT+0530, Dipankar Malla
> > Baruah (Well Logging) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote: Hi all,
> >
> > Today there is another "Assam Bandh" in Assam called
> > by small tea garden owner's union. This has been a
> > policy of every organization to call for a bandh to
> > show their existence. The bandh is declared in such
> > a way so that people get continuous holidays like on
> > Saturdays and Mondays or when there is a normal day
> > in between holidays. People also blindly support the
> > bandh and prefer to have a rest day at home without
> > even knowing the cause of the bandh. Can anybody
> > suggest a remedy for this sickening culture.
> >
> > Dipankar
> >
> > With regards
> > D M Baruah
> > Dy Supdng Engineer
> > Well Logging Deptt
> > Oil India Ltd
> > Duliajan - 786 602
> > Assam
> > Phone : 0374 2803017 (R)094350 39820 (M)
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