Mr Sen, you appear to have either misread Ms. Roy¹s piece or are deliberately twisting it to make it seem she wrote something that she did not -- ³the state has erected the ghost of (practically non-existent) Maoist violence².
She writes of the MoUs that have been signed. She very clearly states about the Tatas¹ upcoming project, for which the fraudulent EIA meeting was organised at Jagdalpur in October 12, 2009. This has been common knowledge for years. I am surprised you are innocent of such information. You want to know more about the dozens of MoUs? Go file an RTI in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. Or better still, just go spend some time in the industries department of the state government. You will get all the details. If you are so concerned for the welfare of the tribal welfare, why do you expect others to give you specific details? Why don¹t you go find them yourself? You could speak with Ramesh Sharma of the Ekta Parishad and get all the hundreds of documents concerning this ³land grab². Warm regards, Ajit Sahi On 01/11/09 9:46 PM, "Sukla Sen" <[email protected]> wrote: > As regards "economic interests" that the Indian/Chhattisgarh state presumably > represents and promotes, and consequent "land grab", in the context of > Dantewada (the most major hub of Maoist insurgency), would anyone come out > with the specific facts and figures? > > The main burden of Arundhatii Roy'snarrative, and also that of a few others > holding briefs for the Maoists, is that the state has erected the ghost of > (practically non-existent) Maoist violence and insurgency in order to justify > and cover up its moves to clear out large tracts of lands rich with mineral > resources to hand over to corporates and/or US Imperialism. > > Are there any notified and/or proposed SEZs in Dantewada? > What is the extent of land acquisition notices served, if any, for > industrial/mining purposes? Any specific details? > When the mineral resources were discovered? > What are these? > Is Dantewada unique? > > Are the Maoists fighting "displacement", as innumerable other > "democratic" forces are fighting and not without any success, or > fighting to capture "state power" through the strategy of "Liberated Zones" > regardless of any threat of displacement? > > Is armed violence or insurrection the best way to fight displacement? > What are the real life experiences? > How Nandigram or Goa or Raigarh compares with Dantewada? > > Would others respond? > In specific terms? > > Any large-scale armed offensive would of course further intensify and spread > the alienation of pauperised and super-exploited adivasi masses. And thereby > further aggravate the problem. The consequences could be utterly tragic. > > Hence the existential and developmental needs of the adivasi masses must be > addressed on war footing in consultation with and by actively involving them. > > Rehabilitating the large number of displaced people on account of the > ill-conceived Salwa Judum triggering triggering internecine wars and > large-scale violence amongst the adivasis must be on the top of the agenda. > And indiscriminate state brutalities must stop forthwith. > > Sukla > > Countercurrents editor at countercurrents.org on Sat Oct 31 11:55:13 > CDT 2009 wrote: > > The Heart Of India Is Under Attack > By Arundhati Roy > > http://www.countercurrents.org/roy311009.htm > > To justify enforcing a corporate land grab, the state needs an enemy and it > has chosen the Maoists > > Peace Is Doable > > > > Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how > <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_galaxy_2/*http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ph > otos> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send 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/humanrights-movement?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
