On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Rajesh Mehar <rajeshme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Recently I read that farmers protesting the Jaitapur power plant ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaitapur_Nuclear_Power_Project) explicitly > articulated their views on this. I'm paraphrasing from memory as "They take > away our land and then employ us as peons and orderlies. Even if the money > we earn is more, our standing in society becomes that of a servant. We > don't want their jobs. Tell them to leave our land alone." > If these are forward castes/ dominant OBCs, then taking away a standing in society founded in land ownership and which encourages them to make life miserable for Dalits in the region may actually be a social benefit and not a social cost.
