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Dear Filomena,
Finally we are on the same page. I never had a problem with your
observations per se but just how they were worded.
Rehabilitation sounds so much better than abolish doesn't it. And
acknowledging poverty as the issue instead of slum structures is far more
balanced.
Actually what China does is limit the amount of migration into the booming
cities. If you are from the country side you have to have a special pass to
be in the cities(They stole Selma's brilliant idea!). Hence they have far
fewer problems related to urban housing than us. This is sometimes referred
to as a "democracy tax" Indians pay vis-a-vis China. Though I have never
been to China, friends who were lucky enough to visit the countryside(it
requires special permission to do so) say that there is a bigger rich-poor
divide there than in India.
The "Maoists" in India are more commonly referred to as "Naxalites" and have
thus far restricted themselves to the countryside.
Thanks for the many replies.
Regards
Sunith Velho
----- Original Message -----
From: "Filomena Giese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sunith Velho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Inconvenient truths about Goa/Sunith
> 3. Your 3 questions -
> 1. Where do you intend to send the slum dwellers once
> the slums are
> abolished?
> - Improving services, sanitation, housing in slums,
> and paying better wages is not the same as abolishing
> slums. For decades, peasants and the urban poor in
> India have been agitating against the oppression and
> exploitation of the poor. They are called "Maoists" I
> believe and they use terrorism to force results.
> 2. Is it not better to focus on fixing the villages
> rather than demolishing structures in cities?
> - China has a policy to do exactly this. Maybe India
> has a policy like this.
>
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