You seem to make a point here. As Arundhati has pointed out in her recent interview to Al Jezira Tv, 'there is a whole bandwidth' of democratic protests and responses in India in the context of the current policies of repression unleashed against the people by the UPA - II Govt. And yet, the entire Indian Parliament behaves as a single right wing block backing the UPA Govt in matters like OGH , notwithstanding the difference in colours of their flags. That the state sends out threats to each of its critics expressing democratic dissent, for example, invoking black laws like UAPA is also is serious enough.Going by the indications, no distinction is made by the state between those who are engaged in direct combat and those who legitimately express their concerns about the recent escalations in the avoidable blood shed, as responsible citizens. The state ought to be accountable for its role in stepping up the violence, notwithstanding the single handed militaristic line of the CP(Maoist). Thanks, Venu.
On May 21, 9:05 am, Sukla Sen <[email protected]> wrote: > That's the weakest part. The first sentence here. > Rhetorical hype. > > Lalgarh is a major hub of Maoist insurgency. No minerals known to be there > as yet. > In Meghalaya, major struggles are going on against mining of uranium, coal > and lime stone. > Of course, no Maoists there. > The illegal minings of the Reddy brothers in Andhra-Karnataka region, any > Maoists there? > Even the most talked of struggle, at the moment, the POSCO project in > Orissa, which includes captive iron ore mines, no Maoists. > > In so far as the mineral rich areas are by and large tribal inhabited and in > so far as the Maoist insurgency is exclusively limited to the most backward, > forested and mountainous regions of India inhabited by tribals, there is of > course a significant degree of overlap. No doubt about that. But it'd be > gross oversimplification to claim that there is complete or even near > complete congruence. > > But that's somewhat beside the point. > The letter otherwise makes a pretty powerful statement. > > Sukla > > On 20 May 2010 13:03, Satyen K. Bordoloi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > *"Is it not true that the map of Naxalism is also the map of the Indian > > Minerals. These minerals belong to the people of India but have been handed > > over to mining barons and corporates in a relationship of mutual benefit, > > more appropriately described as crony capitalism. It is for this reason that > > Arun Jaitly is your staunchest supporter because the fate of four state > > governments ruled by BJP is dependent on the money from the mining mafia." > > * > > >http://canarytrap.in/2010/05/20/naxal-issue-open-letter-to-p-chidamba... > > > -- > > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. -- 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.
