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Today's topics: * aam aadmee ya vipanna - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/bb08c357a0b57b64 * good bye gopal - 5 messages, 4 authors http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/f0afef5ca2e07bc5 * America's masterplan is to force GM food on the world. - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/4751401469ccc814 * Is medical corruption not corruption? - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/b3918256a4107f26 * when globalization leaves people behind - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/ef224f77727b605 ============================================================================== TOPIC: aam aadmee ya vipanna http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/bb08c357a0b57b64 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Mon, Feb 13 2006 5:35 pm From: Moderator BharatUdayMission Dear Vishwanathji, We appreciate your concern. We would like you to please join http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion group. The main group is meant for important things of BM concerning all members like announcements, introduction of new member. For details about criterions, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bharatudaymission/files/Organization/ and read file "Mail Moderation Crieteria". We are forwarding the message to Discussion group and request you to please join the same give your valuable thoughts. Thanks and Regards, Moderators -- "We have only one Passion The Rise of a Great Nation." www.bharatudaymission.org =======================Original Message=================================== This was my reply to one post but i think i should share it with you all as a independent post. Sabhi logo ka adhyatmic aur baudhhic star itna ucha nahi hot hai ki wo " PAET KI AAG" ko sah sake ! aur inheme se aata humara aam admee ya vipanna log. Inki sudh to koi leta hai nahi to ye log madad kisse mange ? Islye jab inhe koi ashwashan deta hai to unke pass koi aur rasta hi nahi hota hai, siwaey iske ki ve us par bharosha kare ya yun kahe " DOOBTE KO TINKE KA SAHARA". Aur yahi se in vipanna ( gareeb [mai ye word use nahi karna chata tha] ) logo ki mazbooree ki shuruat hoti hai. Kabhi ye log rajnetao ke pralobhano me aa jaate hai to kabhi unke aadumbaree yaktitva ke saamne natmastak ho jaate hai, kya kare ve MAZBOOR hai. To kabhi bhahubal haawee rahta hai to khabhi kuchh. Kaha jae ye log? kaun sunega inkee fariyaad ? Neta ya affsar ( officers) !! Inme se koi nahi sunta, are yaha tak ki haumare apne sabhya samaaj ki log bhi muh pher lete hai . Maano ya mano hum bhi usse me aate hai . To ab aap hi bataeye ki kya kare ye log, BHOOKHE PAET to KRANTI bhi nahi hoti hai, kyoki sabhi log MAHARANA PRATAP thode he hai, ye log aam aadmee hai jinhe sar par chhat ki, SHAREER par VASTRA ki aur PAET ME BHOJAN ki talash hoti hai. Inke jeevan ka MAHAYUDHH yahi hai, to bataeye ye kab aur kyo desh ki sochenge ya phir rajnaetic dal ya NETA ke CHARITRA ke bare me sochenge. Inkee jaroorto ka swaroop vartamaan me hai na ki bhavishya me, to aap he bataeye ye vartmaan ki baare me manthan karenge ya phir aane wale bhavishya ka intazaar karenge. Yadi koi neta inkee in vartmaan jaroorto ka ansh matra bhi deta hai to ye apne ko dhanya samjhte hai, aakhir kisi ne to inki sudh lee bhale hi wah NETA apna swartha saadh raha ho aur inka doorgaami ahit kar raha ho. To aap bataeye ye vote kisko denge ?? Jab inhe bhi pata hai desh ki dhanadya ( sampanna) aur shakshar ( educated) log unki is dasha par MAUN SADHE HUE HAI.!! Jab koi aam aadmee ya vipanna (gareeb ) sarkaar ki ya kanoon ki laparwahi se marta hai to uske naam muawazaa ghoshit kar diya jata hai. To kabhi ek pankti me baetha kar kambal ya dhanraashi vitrit kar de jaante, inke JEEVAN KA EK SASTA MULYA LAGA DIYA JATA HAI. Ek din TV par dekha tha ki U.P. me kuchh gareeb paroksha ya aparoksha roop se sarkaari laparwahee ki karan mare gaye the to ek ATI BHRUST NETA JI UNKE PARIJANO KO PANKTIYO ( LINES) ME BAITHA KAR MRITAK DHANRAASHI VITRIT KAR RAHE THE. Arthat unke jeevan ka moolya tay kar diya gaya tha, yah drishya jab bhi man me aata hai to such maaniye mera man tadap uthta hai, mai swayam he kuchh samay ki liye nistej , nirupaay aur asahaay ho jaata hoon , to unke parijano ki kya bisaat!! Maaf kar dejiyega bahut hi jyada likh gaya, lekin kya karoo aankhe band karke bhi to nahi baith sakta hoon kyoki man me sadaiv halchal se mache rahte hai. Haay kya humara desh abhi bhi itna mazboor hai ?? kya kiya hai humne, CHAAND PAR ROCKET BHEJNE KI SOCHTE HAI AUR APNE HE BHAEYO KE PAET ME ROTI KA EK TUKDA TAK NAHI PAHUNCHA SAKE HAI !!!! Kya kar rahe hai hum ??? mujhe lagta hume apne is bharat uday mission ke madhyam koi kaargar kadam awashya uthana chahiye, hum sabhi ko is par milkar chintan awashya karna chaheye, tabhi BM ka udeshya poora hoga aur hum ek naye bharat ka srijan kar paenge. Yadi hum aisha kar pate hai to adhikaansh bhrust netao aur dalo ka samool naash swatah hi ho jaega, kyoki tab mazboor MAZBOOT me tabdeel ho chuka hoga !!!!! vishwanath shukla jai hind --------------------------------------------------------------------- one thing more, just like all i'm also very happy with the media coverage of our activities, but i have one doubt too. My doubt is that do we have a strong foundation so as move to the whole country "through media", do we have our literatures ready and have done sound ground work to expose ourself to the media. or is it still time to our homework silently then approach or should we do both simultaneously jai hind ============================================================================== TOPIC: good bye gopal http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/f0afef5ca2e07bc5 ============================================================================== == 1 of 5 == Date: Mon, Feb 13 2006 7:17 pm From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Bharatiya yodaho I am ashamed ,shocked , frustrated and humored at the concept of self censorship from glorifying ones own name in media.This rule was created by gopalkrishna and who fiercely advocated from self glorification in media not heeding to this rule would lead to termination from BM and comrade AMIT HARGUDE had stored a discussion between him and gopal were gopal mentions this rule and amit would show it to all as AMIT HARGUDE was sure that this rule will be broken happen and here is the culprit himself being the hero in INDIA TODAY magazine dated feb-12-2006. I had great hopes on gopal but he went in for this glorious suicide Whatever belief I had on the hierarchy of BM is broken and from now further I and neither our group here would adhere to mindless rules created by a few.Although I am constantly barked upon by other from anywhere in Bm for my fierce articles and all my request being constantly turned down has left me sad but unlike others losers I wont keep quiet and leave the group as my attitude is - " Mistakes are liable for punishment not mercy" "I won't die until killed or martyred for India" if others follow this line both this group and India will achieve greatness.So gopal should do the rest of work himself or if the ADMIN-team is not meek then they should follow the rules bm discussion members your views are awaited amit kumar chatterjee bm-mumbai == 2 of 5 == Date: Tues, Feb 14 2006 9:22 am From: Ankur Gattani Yaar ispe itna dil pe lene ki kya baat thi? In the first place, it was the rule that was impractical! The idea of no names appearing in the media was only to try containing the self glorification, in the sense.. that getting into the media should not become an end in itself. Any reasonable thought on this, would add clauses of conditions where the person might be penalised. Every organization has a spokesperson.. (a corporate org., political party, government, ...) whose name ends up appearing even more often than the top leaders themselves.. that doesn't mean he's glorifying himself or portraying himself as larger than the organization itself... he's just been the interface between the party and the media. Likewise, in all our interactions with the media, on behalf of BM, there would be some body playing the interface.. so that would be unfair of us to assume that he did it for self glorfication..the media ppl will publish names.. coz they need to associate identities with the reports.. all of us can't just go backstage and say that the performance is on.. there have to be some people who come out to say what's going on! so... a blanket rule encompassing all publications of names in media.. is going to be only destructive to our work.. Regards, Ankur On 2/14/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bharatiya yodaho > I am ashamed ,shocked , frustrated and humored at the concept of self > censorship from glorifying ones own name in media.This rule was created > by gopalkrishna and who fiercely advocated from self glorification in > media not heeding to this rule would lead to termination from BM and > comrade AMIT HARGUDE had stored a discussion between him and gopal were > gopal mentions this rule and amit would show it to all as AMIT HARGUDE > was sure that this rule will be broken happen and here is the culprit > himself being the hero in INDIA TODAY magazine dated feb-12-2006. I had > great hopes on gopal but he went in for this glorious suicide > Whatever belief I had on the hierarchy of BM is broken and from now > further I and neither our group here would adhere to mindless rules > created by a few.Although I am constantly barked upon by other from > anywhere in Bm for my fierce articles and all my request being > constantly turned down has left me sad but unlike others losers I wont > keep quiet and leave the group as my attitude is - > " Mistakes are liable for punishment not mercy" > "I won't die until killed or martyred for India" > if others follow this line both this group and India will achieve > greatness.So gopal should do the rest of work himself or if the > ADMIN-team is not meek then they should follow the rules > bm discussion members your views are awaited > amit kumar chatterjee > bm-mumbai > > -- Ankur Gattani IIT Bombay 98692 52842 "A crucial task before us is to overcome the defeatist mentality that has crept into our intelligentsia and the powers-that-be, the fatalistic belief that Indians cannot do anything new in India." A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Join us and be a part of the next Indian Revloution led by youth! www.bharatudaymission.org == 3 of 5 == Date: Tues, Feb 14 2006 3:22 pm From: Moderator BharatUdayMission Dear Members, If not backed by proper proof, taking some body's name and making allegations of serious nature is called mud slanging, which is not desired. Usage of language is an indication of the person's thinking. Though we are an informal organization, but we feel that whatever goes on main group can be called as official for BM's purpose, other than that there are some mail-ids, from which if communication happens can be called official. Anyone may differ and can have separate discussion on the same. First thing, Gopalji did not create any rule barring anyone to go to media. Administration team members, Namely, Rishikesh, Divya and Gyan made this rule, that "Before speaking to media, one need to consult the administrator" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bharatudaymission/message/1817 . If he said, not to go to media, he would have done in his personal capacity. Many members say so. It was widely accepted among members, that we should not approach media. Some were in favour of it. We can produce those comments by various members. After observing the effects of media reports(Dainik Bhaskar and a few more http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bharatudaymission/files/Media%20Reports/, Gopalji has also suggested that, if media approaches us, we should deal with media, with no person highlighted. He has also suggested of appointing a spokesperson every chapter, not just at national level. With Times Of India report, there was no particular, whose name had appeared. When India-Today reporter approached, Gopal had called us before going for interview and we, administration team, had agreed that people in Kanpur including Gopalji, would project the BM in right perspective. We think they were successful in that. Whatever had appeared in India-Today was decided unanimoulsly by all members present there, not by an individual. We including Gopalji, had requested not to show any picture or name, but reporter insisted and also some words were added beyond the knowledge of Kanpur BM members. None in central team has any interest in projecting himself. Its a general observation, "those who find problems everywhere, should do soul searching". Regards, Moderators On 2/14/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bharatiya yodaho > I am ashamed ,shocked , frustrated and humored at the concept of self > censorship from glorifying ones own name in media.This rule was created > by gopalkrishna and who fiercely advocated from self glorification in > media not heeding to this rule would lead to termination from BM and > comrade AMIT HARGUDE had stored a discussion between him and gopal were > gopal mentions this rule and amit would show it to all as AMIT HARGUDE > was sure that this rule will be broken happen and here is the culprit > himself being the hero in INDIA TODAY magazine dated feb-12-2006. I had > great hopes on gopal but he went in for this glorious suicide > Whatever belief I had on the hierarchy of BM is broken and from now > further I and neither our group here would adhere to mindless rules > created by a few.Although I am constantly barked upon by other from > anywhere in Bm for my fierce articles and all my request being > constantly turned down has left me sad but unlike others losers I wont > keep quiet and leave the group as my attitude is - > " Mistakes are liable for punishment not mercy" > "I won't die until killed or martyred for India" > if others follow this line both this group and India will achieve > greatness.So gopal should do the rest of work himself or if the > ADMIN-team is not meek then they should follow the rules > bm discussion members your views are awaited > amit kumar chatterjee > bm-mumbai > > -- "We have only one Passion The Rise of a Great Nation." www.bharatudaymission.org == 4 of 5 == Date: Tues, Feb 14 2006 3:53 am From: "amit hargude" dear members, i think each moderator have different thing to say, one of the moderator said that gopal approached the moderators on next day and not before the interview and in the above reply i see something else. so please decide among urself first dat what u all want to say on this, and also in this article the moderators had a choice to stick to the rule, but this did'nt happen....why?, if rules are manipulated like this or cant be implied, then why keep it, its better to scrap this rule. surprisingly no action has been taken....why? ... was the publication so important dat the rule which was created had to be manipulated. or if u had no choice then plz make such which can be implied without manipulation.!! regards amit hargude == 5 of 5 == Date: Tues, Feb 14 2006 6:09 pm From: Moderator BharatUdayMission Dear Members, Mr. Amit Hargudeji, was talking to one of the Moderators. Due to work pressure and many events happened in between the Moderator had thought in mind about Times of India, Kanpur event and was talking on the basis of that. We are sorry for confusion caused, but had no intention of hiding or manipulating any information. If needed, we can produce all mails to group. The ToI Kanpur interview was held on 23 January before 3:15 PM. When Gopal had informed about the same, we had decided that we will bring some order in media event handling and sent http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bharatudaymission/message/1817 at 23 January 6:15 PM. The message only says, that no one would approach media on own. If media approaches, then moderators are to be taken into confidence. After that when India-Today people approached Gopalji had contacted us, as required. In ToI Kanpur event, Gopalji had managed to hide name and there was no picture. Can be verified at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bharatudaymission/files/Media%20Reports/ . So no question of Gopalji trying take any mileage arises. We have already talked about India-Today Interview. We are not sure, which rule is broken by whom? If we are missing something, please point out. Regards, Moderators On 2/14/06, amit hargude <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > dear members, > i think each moderator have different thing to say, > one of the moderator said that gopal approached the moderators on next > day and not before the interview and in the above reply i see something > else. so please decide among urself first dat what u all want to say on > this, and also in this article the moderators had a choice to stick to > the rule, but this did'nt happen....why?, if rules are manipulated > like this or cant be implied, then why keep it, its better to scrap > this rule. surprisingly no action has been taken....why? ... was the > publication so important dat the rule which was created had to be > manipulated. or if u had no choice then plz make such which can be > implied without manipulation.!! > > regards > amit hargude > > -- "We have only one Passion The Rise of a Great Nation." www.bharatudaymission.org ============================================================================== TOPIC: America's masterplan is to force GM food on the world. http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/4751401469ccc814 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Mon, Feb 13 2006 10:32 pm From: Jagannath Chatterjee Subject: GMW: America's masterplan is to force GM food on the world From: "GM WATCH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:33:03 GMT GM WATCH daily http://www.gmwatch.org --- America's masterplan is to force GM food on the world The reason the US took Europe to the WTO court was to prise open lucrative markets elsewhere by John Vidal The Guardian, February 13, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,,1708375,00.html Just a few years ago, World Trade Organisation officials used to act hurt when described by social activists as irresponsible, secretive bureaucrats who trampled over national sovereignty and placed free trade over the environment or human rights. But that was when the global-trade policeman ruled on disputes that had little bearing on Europeans. The WTO court's latest ruling will greatly increase the number of people who believe the organisation needs radical reform, if not burial. This week three judges emerged after years of secret deliberation to rule that Europe had imposed a de facto ban on GM food imports between 1999 and 2003, violating WTO rules. The court also ruled that Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy and Luxembourg had no legal grounds to impose their own unilateral import bans. "Europe guilty!" shouted the US press. "This is glorious news for the Bush administration," said one blogger. Actually, the judges said much more, but in true WTO style no one has been allowed to know what. A few bureaucrats in the US, EU, Argentina and Canada have reportedly seen the full 1,045-page report, and an edited summary of some of its conclusions has been leaked. But no one, it seems, will take responsibility for the ruling, which may force the EU to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to compensate some of the world's most heavily subsidised farmers, and could change the laws of at least six countries that have imposed GM bans. In fact the US has mostly won a lot of new enemies. Rather than going away, as the biotech companies and Washington fervently hoped, the opposition to GM foods seems to have been growing since 2004 when the case was brought to the WTO. Europe, its member states and its consumers all rejected the ruling last week, making the WTO look even more out of touch and incompetent to rule on issues about the environment, health and consumer choice. The European commission, which has been trying to force GM crops into Europe over the heads of its member states, says the ruling is "irrelevant" because its laws have already been changed. Meanwhile, individual countries who dislike being told what to eat or grow by the EC as much as the WTO say they will resist any attempts to make them accept GM. In the past few days Hungary has declared that it is in its economic interests to remain GM-free, and Greece and Austria have affirmed their total opposition to the crops. Italy has called the WTO ruling "unbalanced" and Poland's prime minister has pledged to keep the country GM-free. Local government is even more opposed: more than 3,500 elected councils in 170 regions of Europe have declared themselves GM-free. There is little the WTO, the EC or the US can do in face of this coalition of the unwilling. If the US again tries to impose its GM products on Europe - as it did in the 90s, sparking the whole debacle - the attempt will backfire. Europe's biotech industry may now try to force the EC to use the WTO judgment to get the six countries with import bans to repeal anti-GM laws, but it will meet an even broader, more determined movement. In fact, Washington and the US companies are not that bothered by Europe's predictable reaction. Europe has all but dropped off the world's GM map. The companies and the supermarkets know there is little or no demand for GM crops, and that Europe's subsidised farmers are reluctant to alienate the public further by growing them. It is now clear that the real reason the US took Europe to the WTO court was was to make it easier for its companies to prise open regulatory doors in China, India, south-east Asia, Latin America and Africa, where most US exports now go. This is where millions of tonnes of US food aid heads, and where US GM companies are desperate to have access, buying up seed companies and schmoozing presidents and prime ministers. More than two-thirds of exported US corn now goes to Asia and Africa, where once it went to Europe. As the Monsanto man said this week about the WTO ruling: "Our feeling is that it's important for countries other than the EU to have science-based regulatory frameworks." Like the tobacco industry, GM companies are now focusing almost exclusively on developing countries. But here the industry is meeting stiff opposition from powerful unions and farming groups. Brazil has caved in, but Bolivia may shortly become the first Latin American country to fully reject GM. Some Indian states are deeply opposed, and there have been major demonstrations in the Philippines, Korea, Indonesia and elsewhere. India's largest farmers' organisation this week said the result of the WTO verdict would be that the US would become more aggressive in dumping GM food on to developing countries. The US maintains that through the WTO it has won a great victory for free trade, and passed a significant milestone in US attempts "to have GM crops accepted throughout the world". Perhaps, but the battle is far from won, and in the meantime anyone opposing the crops is being reclassed as an enemy of America. Within hours of the WTO decision, Jose Bove, the French farmer who has led European protests, arrived in New York to give an invited talk to Cornell students about GM food - and was immediately sent back to France by the US government. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. ============================================================================== TOPIC: Is medical corruption not corruption? http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/b3918256a4107f26 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Mon, Feb 13 2006 11:00 pm From: Jagannath Chatterjee Is medical corruption not corruption? The Global Corruption Report 2006 has termed medical corruption to be the "handicraft of the most corrupt industry of the world". But due to the prejudices of the scientific community such issues cannot be discussed as it reflects upon their reputation. Some are trying to project the issue as the fight between one system of treatment over another which is far from the truth. If there is no such comparison then how can the fullest extent of the corruption come to light? Medical corruption directly results in the corruption of the human psyche and is therefore essential to point out. Moreover the strain of medical costs forces people from all walks of life to become corrupt in order to sustain themselves. Here is what is being discussed in a medical group and among doctors; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear _______ So far all news on corruption has been through news agency reports. Here is a Huge report, giving every detail of how Medicine Empire has been swallowing public money, your hard earned dollar or pound or rupee. Have anyne ever wondered why, billions of dollars and pounds are pumped into health systems every year, and we don't have a better service? Have you ever wondered how a fat portion of your monthly salary goes after medicare insurance. Paradoxically, perhaps, one of the reasons is because we pump billions of dollars and pounds into our health systems every year. A new report has discovered that medical care is one of the most corrupt industries in the world - because of the amount of money involved. Bribery of regulators and medical professionals, manipulation of research findings, the 'disappearance' of medicines and supplies, corruption at the procurement stage, and the over-billing of insurance companies are all daily practices in medicine. The study, the Global Corruption Report 2006, estimates that the world spends more than three trillion dollars a year on health services. This makes it a feast day for the corrupt, and they are rarely found out. It's almost impossible to put a figure on corrupt practices. Medicine is so inept that a great deal of money is also lost through inefficiencies and honest mistakes, says the report. The extent of corruption is BIGGEST scam ever reported in world. The report is about half a GB size and can be downloaded free from the website: www.globalcorruptionreport.org Dr B_____ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regards, Jagannath. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! 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When we try to measure whether people's lives have improved, however, the figures tell a different story. Poverty has fallen far more slowly than one would expect, given India's economic success. One in three Indians live on less than $1 a day and India is still home to the world's largest conglomeration of malnourished people. Almost half of the country's children are underweight for their age - which helps to explain the two million child deaths each year. The latest UN Human Development Report draws attention to the worrying gap that is emerging between economic growth and social progress. What is going wrong? Part of the problem is that economic growth has been built on a narrow base. The information technology sector, for example, has so far created around one million jobs - but meanwhile, the labor force is expanding by about eight million a year. Broadening and deepening the growth process in labor-intensive manufacturing and in rural areas is vital. The more profound challenge is to tackle head-on the deep-rooted inequalities that are holding back social progress, especially the deep *inequalities in opportunity* that divide women and men. ..... Overlapping with these *gender-based differences* are wider inequalities. Child mortality rates among the poorest 20 per cent are more than three times higher than among the richest. And there are glaring gaps between the northern "poverty belt" states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and more successful states such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala. With a population larger than Nigeria, Uttar Pradesh immunizes only one in five children against the major childhood diseases. .... Across rural India, the public health system, starved of resources, has become a byword for clinics that lack drugs and trained staff. If current budget plans are implemented, health spending will rise from less than 1 per cent of national income to 3 per cent. Changing public spending priorities is difficult. But changing the structures that consign India's rural poor, *especially poor women, to a lifetime of disadvantage* is more difficult still. It will require fundamental changes in governance and - more important - in* public attitudes to gender equality*. The challenges are immense. But economic growth and a thriving democracy provide India with an opportunity to become a real globalization success story. (Kevin Watkins is the director of the UN Development Program's Human Development Report Office) ============================================================================== You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BM_discussion" group. 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