Here are some interesting, and provocative, comments. Sukla
Debabrata Banerjee <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1542937380> In 1980-'81, in the so-called PWG affected areas in AP [Srikakulam for one] the state [both the centre and state govts.]was made to address some immediate problems and demands of the area. It was not because of PWG activities that the state was brought to the ground to see some reason, negotiate and settle disputes, but because of agitation by tribals, who didn't mind PWG presence as long as it served their political agitation. Soon thereafter the PWG beat a hasty retreat because of their irrelevance. Next year on, there was unrest around Chandrapur, Gadchiroli and predominantly Gond region over common property resource and forest produce rights issues and a flashpoint of that movement was police firing on an unarmed adivasi demonstration in Adilabad and many were killed. The outcome of that episode would be the growth of civil and democratic rights organization, while the Forest Bill was put before the parliament. Agitations snowballed into mass adivasi/tribal movements keeping focus on human and democratic rights of adivasis and for bringing changes in the proposed Forest Act. During the first half of 1980's popular adivasi movements had peaked which split the Maoists. Most of them became involved with popular, local level struggles but the faction believing in the slogan of `armed struggle' found no place in tribal movements of the time. That was when they retreated further towards Bastar areas.There they were hardly received with open arms by the hill Murias and Marias, and consequently had to survive on their own as a fringe group arousing suspicion. It was in 1990's, as the neo-liberal assault created dissatisfaction, de-politicizing the cultural space resulting in generalized sense of despair and apathy that the Maoists found grounds more conducive for making headway towards Abujhmarh. Arundhut Roy's brand of existential political reporting under the full glare of mainstream media thriving in Delhi is self-deluding simply because it disregards or is disdainful towards the political context as it has unfolded over time in the forest regions. Over the years, from 1990's the situation has deteriorated to a point when large numbers of adivasi people today face the grim prospect of carrying on with daily life with the armed might of the state breathing down their necks. It is ridiculous to fantasize in a `war zone, or let one's imagination be drowned by the heady fragrance of Mahua buds as life in forests comes under the most severe threat and shadows drown the dreams. This was not always the case. It is a development for which the Maoists are responsible way up to their neck.They have clearly preyed upon the vulnerabilities of children and youth for making them serve a political cause that is not just dubious, violent [justified by vengeance, not justice] but even further away from the reality of tribal life than the corridors of power in Delhi. The past of PWG is a history of defeats leading to reaction and coming of counter-revolutionary forces unleashed by the state. It has no semblance even to any notion of `revolution' except in the heads of rigid followers of militarized politics, aka Maoists and the politically dumbing prose so painfully churned out year after year by Arundhuti Roy and Co. On 21 March 2010 07:29, sandy singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: ravi <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 3:45 AM > Subject: [foil] Walking With The Comrades > To: FOIL <[email protected]> > > > Arundhati Roy reports on her travels in Maoist territory (in > Dandakaranya) and discussions with Maoists. > <http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?264738> > > _______________________________________________ > Foil-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://insaf.net/mailman/listinfo/foil-l_insaf.net > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Free Binayak Sen" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<free-binayaksen%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/free-binayaksen?hl=en-GB. > -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
