Nandigram : protest by civil society
 Ujjwal K Chowdhury`
ÂThis is an illegal, uncalled for, irresponsible and almost inhuman battle to
capture the troubled areas in Nandigram by ruling party forces, and cannot be
allowed to continue, said West Bengal Governor, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, al
Indian intent Nepali naiveté
http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/others/guestcolumn/nov/guest_columns_10.php
It is time to cast off the Nepali dread and naiveté along with India's
imposing and imperialistic image.
By Chiran Jung Thapa
Two incidents rocked Nepal around the same time and both o
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Such a comment should be at the closing of that blog---by a Moderator!.
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Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:02:15 -0800From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]: Re: [Assam] NEDFi Haat at India International Trade Fair'07we need
PSUs everyhwere. Even in US UK etc public transport -underground trai
Cellphone Cos are like "Indian IT Miracles".
Each one is a Benami shadow of likes of Eriksson/Siemens/Nokia/Motorola.Even
screws are imported.- mostly from China. Customs do not hold them for Minutes.
And they were/are being milked for Upfront+Below the Table n000Crores@ time for
licensing CeNt
As an addendum to my previous response on the matter of the quality
of private services as in cell-phone, I would be remiss if I did not
share what I heard during my recent trip to Assam:
*** That service is uniformly bad thruout Assam. And the worst is
the darling of the private enterprise
But before we can present the analogy as an universal truth, one has
to be specific as to WHAT or WHOSE public ( or private ) sectors we
speak of. Indian public sector is not the same as that of China's or
of US'.
US phone services and electricity providers ( called public utilities
for obvio
Dear Manoj,
I think you missed my point. I did not say PSUs are all bad. All I said was
PSU has a defined role and it should stop at that. Retail Business PSUs should
create the environment for the business and step aside. Let the private sector
run the retail stores. The PSU should not employ
And the Assam Electricity Boards+ offshoots :
Cheat Customers ( Dig into the Current Civil Commotion against Digital meters
--should cost$10 but charged Rs 2000/-)
Charge another Massive Fixed Charge on "Sanctioned Load"even if you consume
nothing.
Charge Capacitor Surcharge on Sanctioned Load
And the Assam Electricity Boards+ offshoots :
Cheat Customers ( Dig into the Current Civil Commotion against Digital meters
--should cost$10 but charged Rs 2000/-)
Charge another Massive Fixed Charge on "Sanctioned Load"even if you consume
nothing.
Charge Capacitor Surcharge on Sanctioned Load
Japi =Damn Silly with red cotton powerloom cheap fabric meant for Rezai.
Go to Vietnam /Zheziang to see fine Japis to protect you from rain/sun.
Xoraii-when nobody stocks Tamol+ Paan+ Soon +Dhopat--of Brass-no Copper in
Oxom and no Zinc or Tin in Whole of India- Xortheybari's Industry should ha
Cell phone services are available all over India at a very reasonable rate with
excellent service, however electricity is not.
This is because cell phone was considered a luxury and hence left to the market
forces whereas electricity was considered essential and left for the government
to prov
Hi Manoj:
I understand your reaction to "PSU Bashing". Yes, PSUs can indeed be
very useful productive instruments. Where Dilip went wrong was in
clubbing ALL PSUs together as useless entities. That is an American
capitalist oversimplification. What he probably should have focused
on is where
we need PSUs everyhwere. Even in US UK etc public transport -underground trains
etc are run by the govt only --very effeciently -even though they continue to
be subsidized and makes billions of dollars of losses.
It is true that even the World Bank etc try to improe the govt institutions
even w
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