animals and choose Governments to force
these.
So Amlan Saha please write a conclusion!
Will Tehelka give you space? Or are the only for EXPOSES?
MM
> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:45:35 -0600> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> assam@assamnet.org> Subject: Re: [Assam] From Te
Amlan-da,
Interesting artcile on a much reported issue but I found this interesting
*** But there is hope. I take heart at the fact that divorces are
shooting through the roof, at least in urban India. The increase in
the number of divorces, largely fueled by the newf
I agree, good article, Amlan. Hope you keep writing more on such topics.
Its a shame when we come across stark examples of women being molested and
ill-treated all across India. It becomes all the more shameful when such
molestations occur in public and the public is more or less mute.
But this i
Good job Amlan. Keep it up.
cm
At 2:45 PM -0500 1/20/08, Amlan Saha wrote:
>TEHELKA just published as "opinion" a longer version of my email to the
>list on the topic of women in India.
>
>http://www.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ws260108Failing.asp
>
>Thanks to everyone from assa
TEHELKA just published as "opinion" a longer version of my email to the
list on the topic of women in India.
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ws260108Failing.asp
Thanks to everyone from assam list who wrote in to
encourage/criticize/vehemently disagree after my initial post.
Am
Is it just a caste issue? If someone else were made to go int there is it okay?
Umesh
Chan Mahanta
Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:21:49 -0800
Life Inside A Black Hole
Beneath the glitter of India are dark alleys in
which are trapped poisonous gases and millions of
Dalits who do our dirty
Life Inside A Black Hole
Beneath the glitter of India are dark alleys in
which are trapped poisonous gases and millions of
Dalits who do our dirty job in return for disease
and untouchability. S. ANAND reports
Yeh suhana mausam, yeh khula aasmaan, kho gaye
hum yahaan, haye, kho gaye hum yahaa
Look at the very last paragraph, with my highlighting.
While I like to hope for it to happen, having
observed desi-citizenry, or more precisely its
intelligentsia, one that holds the powers for
change, it would care less. So good luck and say
a prayer to your favorite god, for that has a
f
Develop, Displace, Forget The Poor
WALTER FERNANDES
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main34.asp?filename=cr290907DoBigha.asp
"What else did you expect me to do?" was her reply when I asked her
why she had pulled her son out of school to turn him into a child
labourer. She is one of four lakh paren
ian
Constitution which prohibits such display of Hindu religeous figures
in
public place? How can the symbol of Manu harmless?
I think he is the cause of the overall deteriation of the Indian
civilization.
RB
- Original Message -
From: "Chan Mahanta"
>>> To:
Se
separation of State and Religion in the seculiar Indian
>>> Constitution which prohibits such display of Hindu religeous figures
>>> in
>>> public place? How can the symbol of Manu harmless?
>>> I think he is the cause of the overall deteriation of the I
gt;>
>>
>>> Is there not a separation of State and Religion in the seculiar Indian
>>> Constitution which prohibits such display of Hindu religeous figures
>>> in
>>> public place? How can the symbol of Manu harmless?
>>> I think he is the c
> Constitution which prohibits such display of Hindu religeous figures
>>> in
>>> public place? How can the symbol of Manu harmless?
>>> I think he is the cause of the overall deteriation of the Indian
>>> civilization.
>>> RB
>>
l of Manu harmless?
>> I think he is the cause of the overall deteriation of the Indian
>> civilization.
>> RB
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To:
>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 200
ures in
> public place? How can the symbol of Manu harmless?
> I think he is the cause of the overall deteriation of the Indian
> civilization.
> RB
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, Jul
Message -
From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: [Assam] From Tehelka---Manu's Memorial
> Is it a simple, harmless symbol of cultural heritage? Or is
> there a whole lot more to it?
>
> cm
>
hanta
>Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:01 PM
>To: assam@assamnet.org
>Subject: [Assam] From Tehelka---Manu's Memorial
>
> Is it a simple, harmless symbol of cultural heritage? Or is
>there a whole lot more to it?
>
>cm
>
>
>
>
>THE WORSHIP
C-da:
The symbol can only be as harmless as the heritage it represents :-).
Santanu.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chan Mahanta
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:01 PM
To: assam@assamnet.org
Subject: [Assam] From Tehelka---Manu&#
Is it a simple, harmless symbol of cultural heritage? Or is
there a whole lot more to it?
cm
THE WORSHIP OF FALSE GODS
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main31.asp?filename=Cr070707shadow_lines.asp
When a new building was constructed in Jaipur for the state High
Court, the local Bar Assoc
l Message
From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: assam@assamnet.org
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 1:49:46 AM
Subject: [Assam] From Tehelka
'If the State is violent, there will be counter-violence'
Revolutionary poet and ideologue Varavara Rao
How do you react when Maoists enac
'If the State is violent, there will be counter-violence'
Revolutionary poet and ideologue Varavara Rao
How do you react when Maoists enact a brutal massacre such as this?
It is only the symptom of what is happening on the ground. The issue
is simple. Multinationals are making huge inroads w
Thanks Manoj for the kind words. But are you suggesting assam-netters
are masochistic :-)?
c-da
At 4:24 AM +0530 2/2/07, Manoj Das wrote:
>welcome back Chandanda..
>
Assamnet was missing you!!
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welcome back Chandanda..
Assamnet was missing you!!
On 2/2/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Xonzoi gives a balanced view of what has been going on, unlike the
knee-jerk reactions of the desi-media and Assam 'intellectuals' with
short memories and even shallower perceptions.
cm
Xonzoi gives a balanced view of what has been going on, unlike the
knee-jerk reactions of the desi-media and Assam 'intellectuals' with
short memories and even shallower perceptions.
cm
Assam is Many Problems, But is Anyone Listening?
The many non-migrant ethnic conflicts have been forgotte
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Pros & Cons
NEW AFSPA
But will that serve to assuage Manipuri anger and outrage?
Sankarshan Thakur
Illustrations: Anand Naorem
By sheer quirk of the manner in which the Rajya Sabha is composed,
the Northeast has a prime minister. Strange to sound, but true.
Manmohan Singh come
the bullets of the terrorists and 16 persons including 13 security men received injuries. The five terrorists were ultimately killed>
Iwas clear that very evening"This is typical stage-managed RAW stuff>
mm
From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: [Assam] From T
This is yet another severe indictment of Indian justice!
cm
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Cover Story
GUILTY OF AN UNSOLVED CRIME ?
The Supreme Court acknowledges that Mohammed
Afzal Guru is not a terrorist and that they have
no direct evidence against him. Is he on death
row on the basis of a shoddy
I heard you. Yes there are laws but are the legal means available to the laborers? In India such laborers are considered sub-human. Many employers probably think these laborers are no better than the mules that carry loads for them and thus protection under labor laws does not apply. I know cha
I have the Indian Labor Law in detail in this regard -- there is clause for WorkMen's compensation for injuries on worksite -- it has to implemented: private companies, violation of rules, regulations and safety norms has become the order of the day. Apart from cases of death, there are hun
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life
Laborers
At 1:22 PM -0500 10/20/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
C'da,
This is a really sad story, and the
culprits who are party to this must be brought to book. This is not
what any society wants.
*** You are a good man! And you can take
C'da,
This is a really sad story, and the culprits who are party to this must be brought to book. This is not what any society wants.
But it still does not help your case.
Where in this or other such stories does it say (or one can discern from) that "Indians" or "Indian middle class" are happy
Title: [Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life
Laborers
I posted this in Assamnet before. But thought it might be a good
one to conside along with my responses to Ram regarding Indians' soft
corner for children.
cm
THE MINING MAFIA HAS LABOUR BONDED FOR LIFE
Stone age on Delhi
C'da,
>The report was written by an Indian :-). I think.
Of course it was, and that should make all the difference:)
BTW: The Madhya Pradesh CM, in 1999 (during the filming of "Fire") in fact invite Mehta to film there (he wanted to get back at the BJP) - but she chose Sri Lanka. A number of
Sounds as asinine an article as C-da ascribes to the
Sentinel editorials!
--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How true!
> cm
>
>
>
>
> REFLECTED GLORY
>
> After chasing Deepa Mehta out, India smells an
> opportunity to take credit.
>
> Sonia Faleiro
>
> India is never shy of cla
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
Ram:
What would I know?
The report was written by an Indian :-). I think.
c-da
At 2:11 PM -0500 10/3/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
Well! C'da it can be true in any number
of such situations. Countries (and even states within them) are
filled with &
Well! C'da it can be true in any number of such situations. Countries (and even states within them) are filled with 'pride' when one of their sons or daughters get world recognition.
>In 2000, Hindu fundamentalists stormed the sets of Water in >Varanasi, threatening to beat Mehta "black and blue"
How true!
cm
REFLECTED GLORY
After chasing Deepa Mehta out, India smells an opportunity to take credit.
Sonia Faleiro
India is never shy of claiming successful Indians - even those who
hold citizenship elsewhere - as entirely her own. It's not surprising
then that filmmaker Deepa Mehta's W
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
You have completely gone off the reservation here Ram :-).
I was asking you about China, because you don't seem to think
China's Marxist government was good for its people.
c-da
PS: Indentured peasants are all over North , Central and Western
Indi
C'da,
The ULFA has far more intelligent people to advice them then the likes of me, and they wouldn't give two hoots for my support.
Your very premise of the question is wrong. I would not support any state or group of people within India seeking independence.
If India has problems, then it wou
C'da,
>*** Is it a minus Ram? How would you describe it, had your parents been landless, indentured peasants, without a >shelter to call it home and if the STATE came to your aid by ensuring you had food, shelter and health care?
Yes, it would. But is that the situation in Assam? And if so, h
Pradip Gogoi is/Was Ulfa's Vice Chairman when he was nabbed some 7 years back from ONGC Colony Sibsagar from where he was to have collected ONGC "Donations".
He has spent all that time in Jails. Lastly 5 Years at Guahati Jail. He is one of the 5 pawns.
Every week once/twice he is brought under ar
Would it be logical for a thinking person to support
something without knowing what that thing is about?
Would you buy an MP3 player or a camera before judging
for yourself based on the information made available
to you which is best for you?
If Assam's intelligentsia and the establishment (at
le
<
Why don't you guys put your money where your mouths are and tell ULFA that you might support their cause of Assam's independence, provided:
A:
B:
C;
D:
You fill in the gaps.
If you do that and ULFA still ignores the likes of you, then I would go along with your assessment. Failing which,
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
Ram:
Why don't you guys put your money where your mouths are and tell
ULFA that you might support their cause of Assam's independence,
provided:
A:
B:
C;
D:
You fill in the gaps.
If you do that and ULFA still ignores the likes of you, then I
woul
Qestions posed to Jairam Ramesh
How would you compare India with China as an FDI destination ?
Ans: China gets 20 times the FDI that India gets. The Chinese invest more and export more. Only in software exports?? is India ahead? of China. In all other areas, the Chinese have outstripped Indian
>It is important to know what would be ULFA's agenda in
>an independent Assam (and that includes how they will
>govern, what "freedoms" would be allowed or
>disallowed, how will the government be run etc.).
>Wouldn't we all expect to get those answers to form a
>complete opinion? And wouldn't we be
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
>I did know Israel was Communistic in governance. I would,
however, >differentiate between socialism and communism. Countries
in Scandinavia are >socialistic to a degree - doesn't make them
communistic.
*** I am glad you have the ability to s
Exactly Rajib.
That is why Pradip Gogoi's idealogical infatuation with the likes of Marx and Castro cannot be just set aside.
All we have heard so far is that a group of insurgents want freedom at any cost. They won't give the people (that they are supposedly fighting for) a plan, what kind of
Yes, I agree completely. Labels of any kind don't
amount to much. The Indian political class has only
now started to shed labels. Within those, the ones to
do so thoroughly were the Indian nationalists however.
If the Indian nationalists are green with envy of
China, it is great. At least envy mi
C'da
>A nation way worse off than India 50 years back, now has no one going hungry or >homeless or without health care, leaving Indian nationalists green with envy, isn't it?
And that is a plus point for China? Lack of individual freedoms in China (and Cuba) are mandated by the state. Will that
If so, those labels are that much meaningless, aren't they?
At 3:14 PM -0700 8/16/06, Rajib Das wrote:
>I thought that wasn't really Marxism (or for that
>matter Maoism) that did it in China - it simply was
>sheer capitalism.
>
>Before they started off on this Capitalist route 20
>years befor
I thought that wasn't really Marxism (or for that
matter Maoism) that did it in China - it simply was
sheer capitalism.
Before they started off on this Capitalist route 20
years before India, they were reeling off from yet
another one of the Maoist (or is it Marxist)
endeavors.
> Also, even thou
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
Ram:
>C'da, wanting and fighting for freedom is a noble thing. The
way some try to >get it is often ignoble - and that is the
problem.
*** I would not dare hold a candle to your goodness Ram
:-).
>Marx and Castro obviously did have a huge infl
Ouch! C'da,
>But regardless of their political creed NO revolutionary could deny >Castro his due place in the history of revolutions. Similarly, >regardless of the failures ( or successes) of Marxism as a system >of governance, no one can deny the enormous influence Marx left >in the formation of
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
I don't know Pradip Gogoi from Adam, Ram, even though he is a
fellow Jokaisukiya from perhaps thirty miles or so from where I grew
up. I don't know under what context he said what he did. But
regardless of their political creed NO revolutionary could d
C'da
Thanks for sharing that with us. Pretty interesting. Gogoi does have the tenacity and passion - one must give him that, even though I necessarily do not see things his way.
Its is intriguing that his passion for independence is built upon the ideals of Marx and Castro.
The question is, i
ULFA's Pradip Gogoi in Tehelka:
http://www.fromallangles.com/newspapers/country/india/tehelka.com.htm
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A decade since our economy was officially creaked open to the
influences of the market in the name of globalisation. Required
medicine, the nation was told, swallow or perish. What's that done
for those at the lower end of
It is pitiful . Antiquated systems as mentioned in the article. I recall we had a discussion about a newsreport of this nature regarding Assam's asylums as well. UmeshChan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Savaging the civilised? 'madman' set freeFor Jagdamba Dubey, life begins at 70. Putting
Savaging the civilised? 'madman' set free
For Jagdamba Dubey, life begins at 70. Putting asylum 'hospitality'
under the scanner, a Jaunpur judge lets him out on bail after 39
years of languishing in the Varanasi mental home
By Suman Gupta
Varanasi
Bent, And Broken: Jagdamba Dubey finally walks
dilip-da, There are many men who roam about naked in India - even in winters - most are very able bodied young men - but are lefft alone as they behave like zombies and leave everyone else alone . People think they are mad. However, if they started staring at girls or showing some reaction to t
<<>>
Rowumaas is now imported from Andhra
Zoha is rare - we buy Basmati!
From: Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>CC: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] From TehelkaDate: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:18:56 -0800 (PST)
I'd like to dance naked at Northbrook gat
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
That is a poor example. There are a lot of naked people in Indian
streets. Some dancing, and others just hanging out. I have seen them
myself. Dilp Deka could be a Sadhu , high on 'bhang', a godman, in
Digambari attire. Why should he be arrested? An
I'd like to dance naked at Northbrook gate in Guwahati tomorrow. Do you think I can do it without getting arrested? And tell me why not, if not. I don't want to use any currency either. Can I survive with bartering my brain for Rou mas and Johasaul in assam? Dilip mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECT
Good to hear from you after a very long time Deep. Hope things are
going well for you and the family.
>A complex system can rarely be orderly --
*** Yes, I can believe that. But that is not to be construed as something that
ought not to be sought--the orderliness that is. It is a work in
progre
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
At 7:38 AM +0530 3/2/06, mc mahant wrote:
" System" is Faulty all
over.
We want back the system where there Was
no Lawyer, Judge( Demigod?),Lockup (Which has a hard floor and an
unclean hole going nowhere),No Lawbook, No Jail, No Hangman.
If the sys
" System" is Faulty all over.
We want back the system where there Was no Lawyer, Judge( Demigod?),Lockup (Which has a hard floor and an unclean hole going nowhere),No Lawbook, No Jail, No Hangman.
If the system worked for last million years before East India Company arrived it can be remade to work
I think I meant the judiciary -as the justice system. My fault. UmeshChan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:U, I was afraid your concept of a 'justice system' was seriously faulty. That is why I asked for an explanation of your assertion that the 'system' is not faulty. And you val
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
U,
I was afraid your concept of a 'justice system' was seriously
faulty. That is why I asked for an explanation of your assertion that
the 'system' is not faulty. And you validated my fear. It IS very
faulty!
If you look up Webster's En
I meant that the judge will decide a case based on the evidence presented. If no witnesses come forth - or later "trun hostile" under pressure from the other party -- it is the police which is to be blames which cannot protect citizens from thugs. Courts come in the picture later. Thats what I tho
>it is not the justice system - the law and order system which is responsible.
*** Can you explain what you assert here and why you do so, Umesh?
cm
At 3:45 AM + 2/28/06, umesh sharma wrote:
>I have been following this story like many similar ones - it is not
>the justice system - the la
I have been following this story like many similar ones - it is not the justice system - the law and order system which is responsible. If all the witnesses refuse to testify - thanks to threats, bribes and trudgery of long visits to courts for years - then you cannot blame the judges as having bia
Title: From Tehelka
Highlighting mine.
cm
Who killed Jessica Lall?
What is it about us that lets murder go unpunished? Is it just a
rotten system? Or are we also a sick, uncaring society? Vineet Khare
reports on a verdict that has left most aghast
Shock Of Their Lives: Jessica's sister Sabr
At 3:21 PM -0800 2/15/06, Ganesh C Bora wrote:
>C'da:
>Actually I have no problem if RSS can stop conversion
>of Tribals into Christianity.
*** WHY do you want that stopped Ganesh? Aren't people supposed to be
free to worship the God of their choice in India, and accept the
religion they choos
C'da:
Actually I have no problem if RSS can stop conversion
of Tribals into Christianity. I always have pain to
learn that Christian Missionaries serves only those
tribal areas who are 'willing' to convert.
Terrorism is always bad. Did you not notice MINORITY
terrorism during more than 5 decades o
Sorry Ganesh, I forgot to complete the previous reply:
The points you missed are:
A: the egregious politics of religion as is being played out in Gujarat.
B: Tyranny of the religious majority.
C: Religious terrorism, as demonstrated in:
"The main objective is to put a full stop
Aw Ganesh, Ganesh, Ganesh !
You missed the most obvious and important parts. But I can guess why :-)!
Anyway, just in case, you really did not understand, the following
are the points:
c-da
At 2:49 PM -0800 2/14/06, Ganesh C Bora wrote:
>C'da:
>
>I was trying to find what message the
C'da:
I was trying to find what message the writer wants the
reader to get. Is it
- The Shabari Kumbh mela should not be there?
- The only backward place in India?
- The organizer is RSS or affiliated organizations?
Have the writer ever visited 'Sahitya Sabha Odhibexon'
in Assam? It is the same c
When It Comes To Power The RSS Knows Its Gods
Why this hostility around an inspirational story from a great epic?
By Dilip D'Souza
Dilip D'Souza
The road to Ahwa gets worse as we get closer to the little town. We
can tell as much by the light of a full Sankrant moon, playing
peekaboo as we win
Dilip-da, 1. My mistake about misspelling Mr Bant Singh 2. Santa and Banta are common names among Sikhs so most likely he is a Sikh. 3.Though it is true that Sikhs do not recognize casteism but there are subtle issues - ainly becos of economic status. Many Bedi surnamed Sikhs are proud of ha
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
>--- Congress leaders are supposed to be above caste
differences, as compared to other parties (aren't they the
champions of secularity and the minorities?) :-).
*** Have you been smoking the wrong stuff again :-)?
At 8:09 PM -0800 2/2/06, D
Umesh, OBSERVATIONS: 1. Is Banta same as Bant? 2. Is everyone a Sikh is Punjab as you suggested? Sikhism does not recognize social stratification as I know. 3. I didn't know there were Dalits in Punjab. 4.Could it be economic differences and social stratification due to it have more to d
Good work by Banta Singh. I did not know that there was still casteism in Punjab. Maybe even after becoming Sikhs those who came from dalit families have continued to face ill treatment from those who came from landholding - uppercastes. Even Bihari laborers in farms suffer there. UmeshChan Mah
Dalit Singer
Dalit Dignity: Bant Singh after the amputation of his hands and a leg
in PGI, Chandigarh
Bant Singh is a revolutionary Dalit singer from Mansa, Punjab. He is
a supporter of the CPI (ML-Liberation), an overground Naxalite
organisation. He became active in 2000 when his minor daughte
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka
You spoke too soon Rajen. I just posted what the good daktor from
Jokaisuk prescribed for you. Take a look.
c :-)
At 10:52 AM -0600 1/1/06, Barua25 wrote:
>
>> *** How about a REAL democracy?
> >> > That is what *MY* drea
C'da,
>I rang up Tilok Daktor this morning--to wish him a happy NY and the>routine you know?
How is the good Daktor? My best wishes to him too in these trying times.
>He suggested I ask you to do a little role playing, albeit a nasty>role. Said, Rajen could use it too. Play the Devil's advoca
Notun Bosoror
Xubhes.sare!
RB
- Original Message -
From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <assam@assamnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 10:09
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] From
Tehelka
> Ram,>
Ram,
I rang up Tilok Daktor this morning--to wish him a happy NY and the
routine you know? While at it I asked him how to persuade people like
you, Rajen etc., the inquisitors, who cannot see anything good even
in the face of a god if it does not come wrapped in the 'tirongo'.
He suggested I a
FYI Tehelka has some Hindus too. Others like you perhaps seem to be trying hard as well. Happy New Year Mukul-da!! Umeshmc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:What are the great Hindu intellectuals doing about it? If you can't-say ' I give up' and let the"Foreign" Muslims do it .
essage -
From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <assam@assamnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 9:17
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] From
Tehelka
> Try this for growth Ram.> > > > >
> >
What are the great Hindu intellectuals doing about it?
If you can't-say ' I give up' and let the"Foreign" Muslims do it .
mm
From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>CC: assam@assamnet.orgSubj
I think Tehelka is doing a great job in highlighting issues which are not being addressed or where problems lie - but it only identifies the symptoms -and offers little diagnosis and no cures. Umesh Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: C'da,> *** How about a REAL democracy?> > That is wh
C'da,
> *** How about a REAL democracy?
> > That is what *MY* dream for Assam envisions.
That is very admirable, and we all want that too. The questions that
arise though would be:
(a) is it feasible
(b) and who, in an independent Assam, will ensure that 'real
democracy' will exist - given tha
> >C'da, I agree that there are lots of problems in India - specially
>when we consider the plight of poor people. Would some other system
>(other than a democracy) work, so that the poor can be brought into
>the mainstream?
*** How about a REAL democracy?
That is what *MY* dream for Assam envi
C'da,
Tehelka does brings up issues we normally gloss over and these are
poignant issues. The numbers are mind-boggling -- '320 million going
hungry' even for a population of 1.2 billion. It is saddening.
But, we have to recognize that India has come a long way - since the
great Bihar famine
Try this for growth Ram.
5 ISSUES THAT REMAINED BURIED ( Tehelka)
1 } RIGHT TO FOOD
The republic of hunger
A country that has 70 percent of the population depending upon
agriculture for its livelihood and where rats eat a major portion of
the foodgrain in its overflowing godowns (60 mill
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> Metal Macabre and Designer Sweatshops> > Dark,
ghost-like figures in tatters, moving back and forth into the > metal
polishing machines. Exiled, stunningly condemned in the era of >
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Metal Macabre and Designer Sweatshops
Dark, ghost-like figures in tatters, moving back and forth into the
metal polishing machines. Exiled, stunningly condemned in the era of
globalisation, with no human rights. Shankar Ramaswami captures the
hellish life of workers in an American-owned metal f
10 MONTHS AFTER THE TSUNAMI
Million Dollar Slums and the Great Betrayal
Grief, hunger, violence against women,
depression, insomnia. What can justify the fact
that survivors are starving? Who can pardon caste
and gender discrimination in relief? Shivani
Chaudhry revisits the tsunami's ravaged
Now the question is if this barbaric practice is limited to Haryana
and Punjab only, or other states as well?
If it is prevalent elsewhere too, what are those places?
Question also arises about PM M M Singh's assertions about how
'democracy' can resolve any problem India faces, if not everywhe
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