hi, another related datapoint: these are just keyword strings really, don't want to get into the politics of SEZs in detail here. +The production of Tata's one lakh car, Nano. +Nano's production plant thats coming up in Singur, West Bengal under the active support of the ruling left front government. +Singur and then Nandigram are all part of the left front government's enthusiasm and support of SEZs. +the politics of development +agriculture and industry
might be worthwhile to follow some of the papers in EPW on SEZs. sorry can't point to exact urls now, but if you look around in the archives you will find quite a few interesting ones http://www.epw.org.in/ abhishek On Jan 28, 2008 5:34 PM, Cory Doctorow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I should have been clearer -- I'm a science fiction writer, and > part of the conceit of the novel is that gold farming has spread beyond > China to many SEZes around the world as the size of the virtual > economies grow. > > Cory > > > Divya Sampath wrote: > > Cory Doctorow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hey Silklisters! I'm working on a new novel that > >> includes some action > >> set among young gold farmers working in a special > >> economic zone in > >> India. At this stage, I haven't made up my mind as > >> to where this should > >> be, which is why I'm soliciting your advice. > > > > Interesting - I was under the impression that gold > > farming is mostly confined to China? Possibly one > > factor is the relatively low penetration of MMORPGS in > > India. Are you interested in talking to people in the > > Indian gaming industry (such as it is)? > > > > cheers, > > Divya > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Cory Doctorow > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > latest collection: craphound.com/overclocked > latest novel: craphound.com/someone > > blog: boingboing.net > vanity: craphound.com > podcast: feeds.feedburner.com/doctorow_podcast > second novel: craphound.com/est > collection: craphound.com/place > novel: craphound.com/down > > Join my mailing list and find out about upcoming books, stories, > articles and appearances: > > http://www.ctyme.com/mailman/listinfo/doctorow > > READ CAREFULLY. By reading this email, you agree, on behalf of your > employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from > any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, > shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, > non-compete and acceptable use policies ("BOGUS AGREEMENTS") that I have > entered into with your employer, its partners, licensors, agents and > assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my ongoing rights and > privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release > me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer. > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
