Casteology Romps Home, Exit Ideology
Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 28
Palash Biswas
Mamata happy at rift in Congress, welcomes Somen Mitra
Kolkata, Jul 19 (PTI) Trinamool Congress today welcomed senior Congress leader Somen Mitra quitting the party describing it as a 'good' development and pledged to work with him in the fight against the state's ruling CPI(M).
"We welcome the decision taken by a senior state Congress leader and former WBPCC president Somen Mitra to leave and float a new party. We will work togther to fight CPI(M)", Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee told reporters.
She said Mitra had taken a step "in the right direction" and she said she would welcome him and his followers if they joined her party. "It is absolutely his choice." Banerjee recalled that a decade ago she had also left Congress to float Trinamool Congress to fight CPI(M).
Banerjee, who held two meetings with Mitra before he decided to part with Congress, claimed it was not possible to sincerely fight CPI(M) by remaining in Congress as the party had "hobbbed" with the Marxists at the national level.
Incidentally, Mitra had become president of the WBPCC in 1992 when he defeated Banerjee in an election.
There has been tussle between Mitra's camp and that led by Union Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi since the union minister was appointed PCC President early this year.
External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee had resigned as WBPCC chief after the last assembly polls in 2006. PTI
Casteology romps home!
Ideology EXIT!
Underworld should be ashamed of the Horse Trading, Fishing and abetting to save the Autocracy in full cry!
Jail birds out to save the government of India!
Blackmailing, Bargaining, doping, forgery,duping, hijacking and so on.. every crime is justified to win the war of trust vote!
Who says, Left stands with RSS?
No, it is committed to Dalit liberation !
And Lo! Dalit Queen Mayawati is projected full screen as the Next Prime Minister of India!
What a turnaround! Stranger than fiction. No Shakespeare, no kalidas would dream all this in their wildest dreams! Even Animal farm failed. Apple Cart is climaxed very well!
What a masterstroke is this to ensure to keep intact the Dalit and Muslim Vote Bank! I am sure that our friend , the Poet minister of Tripura, Anil sarkar would be the most relevant leader in this new equation. It is because of the decaying Dalit and Muslim base that the Left suffered so much in latest Panchayet and municipal elections and have to get an escape route to break out from the Chalk circle! Brahminical Bengal always despised this Dalit leader. As the Marxists were never found to quote Ambedkar anytime before Mayawati`s social engineering. But Mayawati had been the most despised politician for her casteology all the time. Ironically , the left has to opt for casteology discarding its so called Ideology!
Well, if you analyse the Votes ensured by the Dalit Party, BSP with nominal presence in West Bengal, you may understand the significance of this dramatic turnaround. With Somen Mitra breaking Congree and allying with fire Brand Mamata Bannerjee, Mayawati has emerged as the most deciding factor for the Ruling Left right in West Bengal!
This is all about the Mystery of the Marxists and all anti deal political parties, the EX third front leaders being so spell bound by the Mythical magical Indigenous Dalit power!
As somnath is off whip to bail out the government to save the deal as well as the UPA government for a fresh alliance anew in post election scenario with anti Fascism Ideology and antiRSS, pro Muslim stance, in the same manner Mayawati is projected as the Next prime Minister to send the message to the decaying Dalit Base that the Marxists only are sincere for the cause of Dalit Liberation which they could not convince the indigenous masses allocating generous grants to celebrate birth anniversaries of all Dalit icons including Dr Ambedkar, Jagjeevan Ram and Harichand Thakur. Dalit samanyay smiti failed to mobilise the Dalits so miserably and it has become a popular forum to search for appointments, placements and jobs with SC ST certificates! Marxist links with Matua Movement and Dalit sahitya Samiti have been snapped abruptly. In recent elections Matuas Voted for Trinamool congress and muslims followed suit! The results were obviously disastrous!
No wonder, this time, the Marxists have to opt for instituting new prises on Mayawati and Manyawar kanshi Ram along with running Harichand, Jyotiba Fule prizes!
I woun`t be surprised if the elit Brahmin leaders of Ledt front celebrate grand Mayawati Birth day parties in secular and progressive West Bengal calimed to be an Island devoid of Untouchability, Castism and discrimination!
In a bid to use the nuclear deal to turn Muslim mobilization into a polarization in its favour, the Bahujan Samaj Party is inserting the India-US pact into its grassroots campaign among the community.
The Marxist strategy is no different. It has carefully chalked out a plan to separate itself from the hated RSS, the Hindutva, Zionism and US corporate Imperialism while actually running ahead implementing the agenda of Hindu Zionist Manusmriti apartheid Americanisation of India, Buddha running blindly on superhighway of Capitalist Marxist Urbanisationa and Industrialising depriving the Indigenous communities of life and livelihood, killing them in Nandigram and Singur! BSP is the only force to enforce recognition for ant Hindutva drive of the Left despite Voting with RSS against the secular forces until recently, the UPA!
THe communists are using Individual Karishma of Mayawati to overcome another challenge from another feminine Individual karishma that of Mamata Bannerjee! They must woo the Muslims as well as the Dalits. Since the Dalit Movement never addressed nationalities and kept aside the aboriginal tribes, the Leftist Brahmins take the ST support granted in West Bengal as the tribal leaders tend to pursue the plight of Creamy layer!
The BSP is telling the Muslim community that Congress has compromised its interests by signing the nuclear pact. The raging issue would be part of the Dalit outfit's mobilization through 'Muslim bhaichara committees'.
The marxist message never sounds otherwise!
The strident stand taken by CM Mayawati against the nuke deal and her drafting of Islamic scholars to back her stand goes far beyond posturing as partymen are now spreading it to basic organizational units. Bahujan strategists conceived the 'bhaichara' committees as part of their outreach to communities outside its core Dalit base to spread the party's wings.
Clearly, the kingmakers in this political drama continued to be MPs from small parties such as the Janata Dal-S, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha who refused to reveal which way they were going.
With signs of the trust vote becoming a close call, leaders of the Left parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the United National Progressive Alliance will meet on Sunday to discuss the possible scenario if the government falls, including a change of guard with BSP supremo Mayawati as the prime minister.Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Prakash Karat, Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu said the leaders would discuss "all possibilities" including a BSP-led Third Front government with Left support.
When asked whether he would accept Mayawati as the prime minister, Naidu asked, "Why should we be against it? We are not averse to it. But we have to discuss all these issues."
During the day, the TDP leader met Communist Party of India General Secretary A B Bardhan and Mayawati to mobilise support against the United Progressive Alliance government.
The CPI(M) central committee met today to chart out its strategy in the prevailing political turmoil, a day after it left out Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee from the whip to vote against the UPA Government during the trust vote on July 22.
The exclusion of Chatterjee is significant as the CPI(M) has so far maintained that he should toe the party line to vote against the government.
CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat and senior leaders Sitaram Yechury, V S Achutanandan, Buddhadev Bhattacharya and Manik Sarkar were among the leaders who reviewed the political situation and discussed the course of action to be pursued in the coming days.
Ahead of the central committee meeting, members of the powerful politburo met for about one-and-half hours.
With signs of the trust vote becoming a close call, leaders of Left parties, BSP and UNPA are meeting tomorrow to discuss the possible scenario if the government falls, including a change of guard with BSP supremo Mayawati as the Prime Minister.
After a meeting CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu said that the leaders would discuss "all possibilities" including a BSP-led third front government with Left support. When asked as interim measure whether he would accept Mayawati as the Prime Minister, Naidu said "why should we be against it. We are not averse to it. But we have to discuss all these issues."
meanwhile, Political activity reached its crescendo Saturday with the Congress-led ruling coalition and opposition parties desperately tying up support and using every ploy to crack the numbers game in an outcome that was still too close to call.
In a major blow to the Samajwadi Party and in turn the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government ahead of the trust vote Tuesday, Shahid Siddiqui, a Rajya Sabha MP, shocked everyone by suddenly announcing that he was joining the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intensified its attempts to defeat the Congress-led government and held a dinner for its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners Saturday to ensure that its flock is intact.
On the other hand, With suspense mounting everyday in the run-up to the trust vote in parliament that will determine whether Manmohan Singh's government stays, Congress president Sonia Gandhi met all her party MPs individually asking them to put up a united face to ensure the government's victory in the trial of strength.Gandhi began meeting Congress MPs state-wise at her 10, Janpath residence as her chief troubleshooters were busy meeting smaller political formations to secure the magic figure of 272 required for the survival of the party-led coalition.
During the day, the TDP leader met CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan and Mayawati to mobilise support against the UPA government.
"We are working on a joint strategy to oppose the nuclear deal," Naidu said after meeting Mayawati.
Accusing BSP supremo Mayawati of devising a gameplan to become the Prime Minister, the Indian Justice Party on Saturday asked all Dalit MPs to vote for the UPA government during the trial of strength in the Lok Sabha to thwart her designs.
"I appeal to all 119 Dalit MPs to see through Mayawati's gameplan and vote for the UPA government during the trust vote," IJP president Udit Raj told media persons in Lucknow.
He alleged the BSP leader, taking advantage of the nuke issue, wanted to catapult herself on to the centre stage to realise her dream of the becoming the Prime Minister.
Raj asked the Dalit MPs to scuttle her gameplan by supporting the UPA government on the nuke issue on the floor of the House.
The IJP leader, a staunch critic of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, said Mayawati was not worthy of the post of the Prime Minister.
He alleged she had been selling the state since she came to power and charged her with amassing wealth disproportionate to her known sources of income.
"If she becomes the Prime Minister, she will sell the entire country," Raj said.
Citing various decisions of the Mayawati government, Raj alleged that she was working against the interest of Dalits in the state.
Given a chance at the national level, she would do the same and would not allow the Dalit leadership to emerge, he said.
Raj alleged the Mayawati government was harassing its political opponents, especially Dalit leaders like him.
Bookies bet on Manmohan Singh government to win
19 Jul, 2008, 1952 hrs IST, IANS
19 Jul, 2008, 1952 hrs IST, IANS
NEW DELHI: With less than 72 hours to go before the Indian parliament votes on a trust motion, bookies in the country - who have seen Rs.10 billion ($250 million) worth of bets flow in so far - see the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government sailing through.
As hectic parleys continued by the opposition and ruling coalition partners to defeat or win support for the trust motion, the Indian bookies, notorious for fixing cricket matches, are offering odds of 38 paise for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government to win - and Rs.2.90 if it loses.
This means, if a punter places a Re.1 bet on UPA winning and that happens, he or she stands to make only Re.1.38. But if someone bet on the UPA losing and that happens, the punter would earn as much as Rs.3.90 on the original Re.1 bet.
"We see a lot of cross voting and abstentions. This is what makes us confident that the government will win the trust motion," said one bookie based in the national capital, who did not wish to be identified since betting is illegal in the country.
Voting on the trust motion is scheduled in Lok Sabha Tuesday after Left parties withdrew support to the UPA government over the ruling coalition's decision to go ahead with the process of finalising the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
According to various estimates, punters had placed bets worth Rs.10 billion ($250 million) by Saturday evening. Bookies believe that by Tuesday morning, this figure would cross the Rs.30-billion ($750 million) mark.
According to a Mumbai-based bookie, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, whose Bahujan Samaj Party has 17 members in the Lok Sabha, may leave no stone unturned to defeat the confidence motion.
"But we feel that the support of Samajwadi Party (which has 39 MPs), and some cross voting and abstentions will ensure a victory for the government - even if it is with a small margin," he said.
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ND TV reports
India made its efforts on Friday to garner support for its case from IAEA Board of Governors and NSG countries, which are not part of the Board, on the safeguards agreement and other aspects of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
A 50 minute long closed-door affair in a Viennese hotel was what it took for Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and his team of Indian diplomats to convince IAEA board members of the merits of the safeguards agreement.
In a lobbying exercise to build up a global consensus towards the crucial approval of the India specific safeguards agreement, it was a private briefing for the 35-member IAEA board.
In all, 90 diplomats headed up to listen to India's defence, one western diplomat told NDTV that the group had many questions but that India answered them all.
At the lobbying excise that India undertook with the 60 member countries of the IAEA, the things seem to have gone in India's favour.
One diplomat said no one opposed the India Safeguard agreement but we have to wait, watch and see what happens on August 1 in IAEA, the nuclear watch dog of the world. It is yet to be seen whether they approve the safeguards agreement or not.
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ZEE NEWS reports:
N-deal: India impresses IAEA, NSG
Zeenews Bureau
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Vienna, July 19: Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon appears to have succeeded in convincing the IAEA Board of Governors regarding the India specific safeguards agreement. And, that's evident from the response - none of the members opposed it.
The development came after Menon along with Dr R B Grover, Director (Strategic Planning) addressed the 35-member Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday in Vienna. Menon also briefed 19 of the 45 nations who are part of the Nucler Suppliers Group (NSG).
The success achieved by the foreign secretary is significant as India has not yet signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) yet has had a good track record when it comes to nonproliferation. This factor appears to have worked in India's favour during the meeting.
However, it would be premature to assume that India has finally won the high stake game as the IAEA Board will only decide on August 1 via a vote.
India is seeking the approval from IAEA Board to clear the way of implementing Indo-US nuclear deal. IAEA Board consisting of 35 members out of which 26 are also part of the NSG.
Menon had also met IAEA chief Mohamed El Baradei and discussed issues related to the safeguard agreement. India's envoy to IAEA Saurabh Kumar and Joint Secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy Gitesh Sarma were also accompanying Menon.
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Teesri Kasam and my Heeramon Psyche!
I am reaching New Delhi on twenty Fifth by Rajdhani express for a personal visit. I told my journalist friends that I have to be present in the Ashoka Hall on 25th evening while Mayawati would be sworn in. I have to take over as the next Information and Broadcasting Minister as I am a bonafied campaigner of Dalit Liberation and have the links with the left parties and the third front with my Ideological background.
I may boast of the real legacy of Casteology as well as Ideology!
They enquired about my agenda. I answered that the first thing I will do, is that I would re institute all the English daily editors as editors in Hindi and language dailies with the language pay scale and dismiss all the Vernacular editorial mob without Spinal Chord, the media managers and public relation officers. At the same time I would regulate the Cocktail parties and gift ceremonies. I would ensure free supply of Color TV and PCs to every house hold to solve the Food crisis! More over, I would ensure the sanctity of all Swiss Bank accounts. i have to do everything to make the Rath of Blue Revolution on fast track!
My fraiends know me well and they never laugh!
I face a very common question often from my scribe friends,` why don`t you join the Active Politics?' As my Leftist friends always complains, ` Why I do I write so many thing against communists without any break so mercilessly? ' Some friends are really annoyed of the continuous bombing!
I would rather answer, ` Field me anywhere against any Prime minister or at least any chief Minister,I would be right into the Politics and media would have to focus me!'
In fact, if I have to visit Nainital for an emergency anytime around parliamentary elections or Assembly elections, I have to be seized by my political friends to contest for their respective parties as Bengalies have more than three and half lac votes in Nainital Parliamentary constituency and Bengali refugees are majority in at least three assembly seats. Even my leftists friends in New Delhi tried to convince to fight it out for the Left. At that time I had been in close contact with top level communist leadership.
But it is a lifesaving coincidence that they never looked beyond Alliance politics in North India. When they chose to fight Assembly elections in UP and Uttarakhand, the citizenship act was passed already and I delinked with the communists already.
During last elections, BSP leaders in the Terai of Nainital tried their best to convince me for contesting Nainital Loksabha seat.
Some BJP leaders, amusingly tried to convince me.
My friends Kashi singh Airy and Late Bipin Tripathi always tried to rope me in active politics.
While I passed M.A. from DSB, Nainital in 1079, ND Tiwari, then Finance Minister of India convinced my father that I should join him as his P.A. and try my luck inactive politics. ideology never mattered to all these well wishers.
Since Bengalies as a community is a solid vote bank and now, habitual to vote en block like the Muslims, I might be a formidable candidate for any political party. At the same time I may get a good percentage of votes from other communities including Sikhs and the hill people as well. If party vote bank as such as that of BSP or BJP included, I may romp home very easily. These equations always have to be presented every time with graphic details physically or on phone. I am not spared at home in Sodepur in election times in Nainital. Outright rejected they would then plead for support for their Party candidate irrespective of my stance. it happens in Municipal elections also.
My family has seen enough politics and no one in the family is ever interested in politics! It is a bonus.
Then I had a real lifetime taste of Indian Power politics in 1977 just as a Teen Age while I had to deal with heavyweights like Tiwari and Pant, Rajmangal Pandey, Indira Hridyesh,Pratap Bhaiya, MS Bisht and a lot of them.
I was then associated with anti Emergency campaign and emerged as the most challenging student leader in the Mid term Loksabha elections in 1977, in Nainital.
Iwas one of the electioneering manager. I was focus on and had been very popular as My father was the prominent most refugee leader who led the Election campaign for Indira Gandhi. He disowned me in disgust.
I was the main campaigner for Mrs Indira Hridyesh in Haldwani and was fortunate to address meetings with Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna. Sardar Bhagat Singh, one time district congress President and the greatest rival of my father in terai Politics since beginning crossed fences. Ramjee Roy, the freedom fighter and my father`s best friend also was in opposition and everyone worked with my strategies! Bharat bhushan defeated KC Pant in Loksabha and he had been very close to me.
Thanks god! I was just a teenager and was not entitled to vote!
I could not contest any election. Thus, it was easier for me to see the Top Level as well as Grass Root level party politics. i had been a constant visitor to different ministries and ministerial residences including the Finance Minister of India. I had an opportunity to watch the political game minutely.
I was so detached.
A creative write with journalistic instinct always worked within me and dictated me to refrain from active Politics. I saw all types of manipulations, corruptions, equations, turnarounds, abatement, hijacking and scandals!
`Teesri kasam' is a Bollywood film which I never whenever screened. i always tend to identify myself as Hiraman gadiwaan. I have felt the stings of Calf Love. encountered most beautiful girls and ladies. I had soft corners for many of them. I enjoyed a delicate recipe of favour from some of them. But, the Hiramon Personality saved me always. Maare gaye Gulfam .. had been always the theme song and all such budding love affairs would end abruptly as Heeramon Bai disappeared from the life of life of the Gareewaan!
Active Politics just ended for me. It evaporated like calf love! It ended like teenage hallucination!
I am lucky, Teesri kasam worked in my life so well!
Major setback for SP; Shahid Siddiqui resigns, others may follow
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New Delhi, July 19: Even as the Congress appears confident of winning the trust vote, the Samajwadi Party is grappling with the growing dissidence within its ranks. The biggest setback for SP came on Saturday with its general secretary Shahid Siddiqui defecting to the Bahujan Samaj Party.
Although, his defection won't affect the UPA during the trust vote, as he is a Rajya Sabha member, his exit may only open the floodgates of the party. Hinting at a major defection possibility, Siddiqui said that he had the support of several other SP MPs.
Explaining the reasons behind his move Siddiqui said, "Our (Muslim) votes are being used, without us getting anything in return." His moving to the BSP indeed can be termed as a major blow to the SP and its vote bank in western UP. "For the last one month, I have been feeling uneasy over the nuclear deal. I am of the opinion that it is not in national interest. I have been opposing it for the last three years," he said.
Siddiqui, also a journalist, said that he was taking this position heeding to the call of his conscience and would oppose the deal to the hilt.
"I am the one who had held Bush's hand and told him that India will not accept the deal."
Political analyst believe that the Mayawati, who drove into the capital at 1 am today morning, is keen to split the SP and erode the support base of the UPA in order to bring the government down.
She is especially keen on Muslim leaders, as part of her larger ambition to shore up the Dalit-Brahmin-Muslim votes, before she starts to stake claim for the Prime Minister's chair – after the next elections. The Left and TDP have already come out in the open to stoke her ambition.
A visibly happy Mayawati said, "My stand is in favour of Sarva Samaj(all communities), especially Dalits and the minorities."
"There is no deal with Shahid, I welcome him to BSP," said a beaming Mayawati.
But the SP's woes don't end there as apart from Shahid, four more MPs have come out openly against the party, swearing to vote against the UPA.
The other rebels (their number is growing) are S P Singh Baghel, Lal Ahmed, Atiq Ahmed and Afzal Ansari. Reports also suggest that two more MPs are on the verge of rebelling against the party.
But, Mulayam Singh seemed unfazed and said, "Those who want to leave can do so. We are confident of winning majority." He added that not just his flock, there were some other MPs who have come out in their support.
An emergency meet has been convened at party general secretary Amar Singh's house to discuss the case of rebel MP's ahead of the crucial floor test. SP with its 39 MPs has professed support to the nuke deal and the government. But, the emerging scenario may spoil its plans.
odern Times Politics is so familiar with me and I dare to smell every rot within with basi Instinct!
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Marxist Anil Sarkar for Mayawati`s Castology
Palash Biswas
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Anil Sarkar, the Bengali reputed poet and Education Minister of Left Ruled Tripura has welcomed UP Assembelly Elections Results writing Poetry on Dalit daughter Mayawati. This is an old news item. But to day , he outlined the social eingineering of the Dalit cow Belt leader as the only way to change the Brahminical dominated social system in Bengal. He emphasized to follow Ambedkar.
On Tuesday, I witnessed the Dalit CPIM leader interacting different groups in Tripura Bhavan, Pretoria Street Kolkata. I talked to the leader exclusively and sought several clarification as a CPIM leader who outlined Dalit Strategy for the party. It was a family get together for us as my cusin brother, the poet Nitai Pada Sarkar and nephew Niranjan accompanied me. He is not well and hence, he could not visit, Keutia Sarkar Nursery, my brothers farm house and business centre of my nephew. So he called us in tripra Bhavan. Niranjan picked me from my home.
Quoting Party leadership he said that Mayawati has stopped Fascist Sangh Parivar to capture Uttar Pradesh and the young lady has to play a positive role in Indian politics.
He, however, avoided to comment on the most controversial issues like Singur and Nadigram, Chemical hub, Atomic Power plant, retail marketing, Industrialisation and indiscriminate land acquisition.
Rather the leftist Dalit leader is much more interested to launch a national Dalit Movement and without any hesitation he supported the casteology of Mayawati inspite of Party Ideology. At the same time, he was quite aggressive against the IN Law psyche of the Dalit intellectuals and leaders in Bengal. He told that any change is not possible in Bengal Scenerio unless the dalits asserts themselves in accordance with Ambedkar Ideology and casteology of Mayawati.
I think, this message is much more powerful than any of his poems on Mayawati which are beautifully translated in Hindi by Leeladhar Mandoloi, again a reputed poet and Krishna Kalpit.
He wrote;
The Himalayas in the North
Oceon lies in the South
Descends the storm from the North
Spreading snowy cool wind
And the wind stings
Disobedient and Unhumble
Hits the white colour skin
Very distressing
Descends the storm
Descends the storm
Twenty first century belongs to Dalits
Twenty first century belongs to Exploited
Twenty first century belongs to Baba sahib
And to his obedient followers
Twenty first century belongs to the New Light.
Those who bear so much sorrow
Insult
Kicks
Kicks
And persecution
Those who have been torn apart
On the Temple doors
Drinking wells
Those who have been driven away
On the Temple doors
Drinking wells
Those who have been driven away
Twenty first century belongs to them.
Hence, one Dalit woman
Hence, one Dalit woman
A non Aryan Girl
Becomes the general of aryavart
Immediately
Immediately
The sky is lit
Wind becomes storm
An earthquake begins.
Because a Prohibited Girl
Alone and alone
Becomes so big!
As if a great river!!
Posted by Palash Biswas at 10:02 AM
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Ideology as an instrument of social reproduction
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Karl Marx proposed that a society's dominant ideology was a part of its superstructure.
The ideologies of the dominant class of a society (dominant ideology) are proposed to all members of that society in order to make the ruling class' interests appear to be the interests of all. György Lukács describes this as a projection of the class consciousness of the ruling class, while Antonio Gramsci advances the theory of cultural hegemony to explain why people in the working-class can have a false conception of their own interests.
The dominant forms of ideology in capitalism are (in chronological order):
classical liberalism
social democracy
neo-liberalism
and they correspond to the stages of development of capitalism:
social democracy
neo-liberalism
and they correspond to the stages of development of capitalism:
extensive stage
intensive stage
contemporary capitalism (or late capitalism, or current crisis)
The Marxist view of ideology as an instrument of social reproduction has been an important touchstone for the sociology of knowledge and theorists such as Karl Mannheim, Daniel Bell, and Jürgen Habermas, amongst many others. However, Mannheim attempted to move beyond what he saw as the 'total' but 'special' Marxist conception of ideology to a 'general' and 'total' conception which acknowledged that all ideologies resulted from social life (including Marxism). Pierre Bourdieu extensively developed this idea.
intensive stage
contemporary capitalism (or late capitalism, or current crisis)
The Marxist view of ideology as an instrument of social reproduction has been an important touchstone for the sociology of knowledge and theorists such as Karl Mannheim, Daniel Bell, and Jürgen Habermas, amongst many others. However, Mannheim attempted to move beyond what he saw as the 'total' but 'special' Marxist conception of ideology to a 'general' and 'total' conception which acknowledged that all ideologies resulted from social life (including Marxism). Pierre Bourdieu extensively developed this idea.
Ideology
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things (compare Weltanschauung), as in common sense (see Ideology in everyday society below) and several philosophical tendencies (see Political ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society. The main purpose behind an ideology is to offer change in society through a normative thought process. Ideologies are systems of abstract thought (as opposed to mere ideation) applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics. Implicitly every political tendency entails an ideology whether or not it is propounded as an explicit system of thought.
Ideology in Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, Post-Modernism and Critical Theory
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In public discussions, certain ideas arise more commonly than others. Often people with diverse backgrounds and interests may find themselves thinking alike in startling ways. Social scientists might explain this phenomenon as evidence of ideologies.
Dominant ideologies appear as "neutral", holding to assumptions that are largely unchallenged. Meanwhile, all other ideologies that differ from the dominant ideology are seen as radical, no matter what the content of their actual vision may be. The philosopher Michel Foucault wrote about the concept of apparent ideological neutrality. Ideology is not the same thing as philosophy. Philosophy is a way of living life, while ideology is an almost ideal way of life for society. Some attribute to ideology positive characteristics like vigor and fervor, or negative features like excessive certitude and fundamentalist rigor.
Organizations that strive for power will try to influence the ideology of a society to become closer to what they want it to be. Political organizations (governments included) and other groups (e.g. lobbyists) try to influence people by broadcasting their opinions.
When most people in a society think alike about certain matters, or even forget that there are alternatives to the status quo, we arrive at the concept of Hegemony, about which the philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote. Such a state of affairs has been dramatized many times in literature: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell; Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle. Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman have argued that social ideological homogeneity can be achieved by restricting the conceptual metaphors transmitted by mass communication.
[edit] History of the concept of ideology
The term was born in the highly controversial philosophical and political debates and fights of the French Revolution and acquired several other meanings from the early days of the First French Empire to nowadays. The word ideology was coined by Destutt de Tracy in 1796[1][2] assembling the parts idea (near to the Lockean sense) and -logy. He used it to refer to one aspect of his "science of ideas". (To the study itself, not the subject of the study.) He separated three aspects, namely: ideology, general grammar and logic, considering respectively the subject, the means and the reason of this science.[3] He argues that among these aspects ideology is the most generic term, because the science of ideas also contains the study of their expression and deduction.
According to Karl Mannheim's historical reconstruction of the meaning-shifts of ideology, the modern meaning of the word ideology was born when Napoleon Bonaparte (as a politican) used it in an abusive way against "the ideologues" (a group which included[citation needed] Cabanis, Condorcet, Constant, Daunou, Say, Madame de Staël and Tracy), to express the pettiness of his (liberal republican) political opponents.
Perhaps the most accessible source for the near-original meaning of ideology is Hippolyte Taine's work on the Ancien Regime (first volume of "Origins of Contemporary France"). He describes ideology as rather like teaching philosophy by the Socratic method, but without extending the vocabulary beyond what the general reader already possessed, and without the examples from observation that practical science would require. Taine identifies it not just with Destutt de Tracy, but also with his milieu, and includes Condillac as one of its precursors. (Tracy read the works of Locke and Condillac while he was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror.)
The word "ideology" was coined long before the Russians coined "intelligentsia", or before the adjective "intellectual" referred to a sort of person (see substantive), i.e. an intellectual. Thus these words were not around when the hard-headed, driven Napoleon Bonaparte took the word "ideologues" to ridicule his intellectual opponents. Gradually, however, the term "ideology" has dropped some of its pejorative sting, and has become a neutral term in the analysis of differing political opinions.[citation needed] Ideological references are important to many people throughout the world. Karl Marx used the term in his own context often throughout his works.
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Mayawati Shatters SEZ Dreams while THE UP government on Saturday amended the Special Economic Zone policy framed by the previous government. According to the new document, land owned by the farmers will not be acquired forcibly to set up SEZ. Meanwhile, Mayawati tries her best to escalate
her experiment of Casteology and social eingineering in UP countrywide. Now, Maya's man talks social engineering in Rajasthan.Mayawati's elephant seems all set to do an Uttar Pradesh in this desert state too. In an attempt to draw a bridge between the upper and lower castes, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday announced the formation of Brahmin-Dalit Bhaichara Committees in all 200 Assembly constituencies of the state.
After three straight sessions of losses, the Sensex today zoomed up by 286.03 points on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to settle in the green at 14427.55, following a rebound at Wall Street.While, in the backdrop of Nandigram SEZ issue, the government on Monday made it clear that farm land cannot be acquired without the consent of the owner but said dependence on agriculture sector for employment needs to be reduced.India's communists stepped up their opposition to a controversial nuclear deal with the United States on Monday, with one senior leader threatening to cut off vital support to the government if it pursued the pact. The four main left parties, who have 60 MPs in the Lok Sabha have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition not to pursue talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to clinch the deal.
It is rather a worrying factor that Dalits have not achieved development even six decades after Independence and things need to be changed, said Usha Mehra, chairperson of Commission on Categorisation of Scheduled Castes in Andhra Pradesh.Usha Mehra along with members of the commission visited some SC colonies in Tirupati and surrounding areas on Sunday.Interacting with people of Gandhi Nagar, she urged them to keep their surroundings clean to prevent the outbreak of diseases.
Later, the commission members visited Chaitanyapuram Dalit Colony and received representations from people on categorisation of Scheduled Castes.
Usha Mehra said the commission would submit a report to Parliament after eliciting views of Dalits in the State on categorisation of SCs. She also visited Gandhipuram and Arundhati Colony in Tirupati rural mandal. MRPS leaders Raju Madiga, Gopi Madiga and Erraiah Madiga who met the commission, stressed the need for categorisation of SCs to provide social justice to all the castes.Mahajana Charmakarula Sangham president Muniratnam, Budaga Jangama Hakkula Porata Samithi leaders Kullayappa and Marranna and some research scholars from Tirupati also met the commission seeking categorisation of SCs.
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Mayawati Shatters SEZ Dreams while THE UP government on Saturday amended the Special Economic Zone policy framed by the previous government. According to the new document, land owned by the farmers will not be acquired forcibly to set up SEZ. Meanwhile, Mayawati tries her best to escalate
her experiment of Casteology and social eingineering in UP countrywide. Now, Maya's man talks social engineering in Rajasthan.Mayawati'
After three straight sessions of losses, the Sensex today zoomed up by 286.03 points on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to settle in the green at 14427.55, following a rebound at Wall Street.While, in the backdrop of Nandigram SEZ issue, the government on Monday made it clear that farm land cannot be acquired without the consent of the owner but said dependence on agriculture sector for employment needs to be reduced.India'
It is rather a worrying factor that Dalits have not achieved development even six decades after Independence and things need to be changed, said Usha Mehra, chairperson of Commission on Categorisation of Scheduled Castes in Andhra Pradesh.Usha Mehra along with members of the commission visited some SC colonies in Tirupati and surrounding areas on Sunday.Interacting with people of Gandhi Nagar, she urged them to keep their surroundings clean to prevent the outbreak of diseases.
Later, the commission members visited Chaitanyapuram Dalit Colony and received representations from people on categorisation of Scheduled Castes.
Usha Mehra said the commission would submit a report to Parliament after eliciting views of Dalits in the State on categorisation of SCs. She also visited Gandhipuram and Arundhati Colony in Tirupati rural mandal. MRPS leaders Raju Madiga, Gopi Madiga and Erraiah Madiga who met the commission, stressed the need for categorisation of SCs to provide social justice to all the castes.Mahajana Charmakarula Sangham president Muniratnam, Budaga Jangama Hakkula Porata Samithi leaders Kullayappa and Marranna and some research scholars from Tirupati also met the commission seeking categorisation of SCs.
Responding to a question by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on the Nandigram issue in the Lok Sabha, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the effort is to discourage acquiring of fertile land.
No farm land can be acquired till there is consent of the owner, he said during Question Hour. Pawar said the government wanted the agricultural production to increase but at the same time, dependence of people for livelihood on the sector needs to be reduced.
Noting that a big majority of country's population depends on agriculture for livelihood, Pawar said 82 per cent of them possess less than 2.5 acres of land.
Most of them depend on rainfall, making their livelihood difficult, he said adding in view of this, it is better that they opt for alternative sources of employment.
Citing examples of developed countries like the UK and Germany, he said they also had heavy dependence on agriculture earlier, but now not more than four per cent of their population is into farming.
They diverted to other sectors and their problems were solved, Pawar said, adding the same example should apply to India if the situation is to change.
No farm land can be acquired till there is consent of the owner, he said during Question Hour. Pawar said the government wanted the agricultural production to increase but at the same time, dependence of people for livelihood on the sector needs to be reduced.
Noting that a big majority of country's population depends on agriculture for livelihood, Pawar said 82 per cent of them possess less than 2.5 acres of land.
Most of them depend on rainfall, making their livelihood difficult, he said adding in view of this, it is better that they opt for alternative sources of employment.
Citing examples of developed countries like the UK and Germany, he said they also had heavy dependence on agriculture earlier, but now not more than four per cent of their population is into farming.
They diverted to other sectors and their problems were solved, Pawar said, adding the same example should apply to India if the situation is to change.
Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Shailesh Krishna said the state government has accepted the SEZ policy of the Central Government.The new SEZ policy approved by the state cabinet may affect the big industrial houses that were beneficiaries in the previous government, including the multi project one being set up by the Anil Ambani Group at Noida. Asked about the fate of projects approved by the previous government, Krishna replied that old proposals would be reviewed in the context of the new policy.
The Lok Sangharsh Morcha on Sunday gave a call to tribals and other downtrodden in Gujarat and other parts of the country to look for a solution to their problems "outside the framework of law." They should remain prepared to fight long arduous battles to get justice from the "lawless governments."
The Morcha, which organised a convention of the tribals and other downtrodden on the "People's Rights and the Issues of Democracy in Gujarat" here adopted resolutions, including one condemning the alleged atrocities on the tribals by the Narendra Modi Government and his "false propaganda" on allotment of forest land to the tribals.
It called for the immediate scrapping of all Special Economic Zones and condemned the police firings in Khammam (A.P.), Nandigram ( West Bengal), Orissa and other States.
Communist Party of India general secretary A. B. Bardhan and veteran Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande were present. Briefly dealing with the alleged police atrocities on the tribals agitating for their rights on the forest lands in various states, Collin Gonsalves, a senior Supreme Court advocate, said that from his long experience in practising law he had realised that there was "no law, no court, no government" for the poor and downtrodden. Pointing out that he was contesting several cases in the Supreme Court on the tribals' rights on the forestland, he said it was hardly leading to anywhere.
"If you want to get your problems solved and re-establish your rights on the land you till, you must seek a solution outside the framework of law. He advised the tribals to join hands with the Dalits and Muslims to fight for the downtrodden.
Mr. Bardhan, addressing the gathering, said he supported the contentions of Mr. Gonsalves and regretted that the subsequent governments in the post-independent era had belied the hopes and expectations of the poor and the downtrodden of a better deal by their own government.
He said that even 60 years after Independence, nearly 80 per cent of the population in the country, largely constituted by the tribals, Dalits and Muslims, had to still survive on a paltry income of Rs.20 per family per day.
The government had no land to give to the tribals for tilling, but could give thousands of acres of land to the industrialists to set up the Special Economic Zones. Criticising the government's SEZ policy, he said he was not opposed to industrialisation, but questioned the need for giving such large chunks of land to the foreign and domestic investors to set up SEZs which could solve the problems of thousands of families of poor tribals and marginal farmers.
Castigating the government for "its failure" to frame a proper land policy, Mr. Bardhan said the tribals were being driven out from the forests and the Dalits and other downtrodden from the land earmarked for the SEZs.
Displaced when they settle down in the slums in the urban areas, their houses were being "bulldozed." The compensation paid to the poor in lieu of their land given for SEZs, was too inadequate, he felt.
Assuring that he and his party would be with the tribals and other downtrodden in their fight for justice and rights, Mr. Bardhan, however, advised them to wage a war under some political banner.
The Lok Sangharsh Morcha on Sunday gave a call to tribals and other downtrodden in Gujarat and other parts of the country to look for a solution to their problems "outside the framework of law." They should remain prepared to fight long arduous battles to get justice from the "lawless governments."
The Morcha, which organised a convention of the tribals and other downtrodden on the "People's Rights and the Issues of Democracy in Gujarat" here adopted resolutions, including one condemning the alleged atrocities on the tribals by the Narendra Modi Government and his "false propaganda" on allotment of forest land to the tribals.
It called for the immediate scrapping of all Special Economic Zones and condemned the police firings in Khammam (A.P.), Nandigram ( West Bengal), Orissa and other States.
Communist Party of India general secretary A. B. Bardhan and veteran Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande were present. Briefly dealing with the alleged police atrocities on the tribals agitating for their rights on the forest lands in various states, Collin Gonsalves, a senior Supreme Court advocate, said that from his long experience in practising law he had realised that there was "no law, no court, no government" for the poor and downtrodden. Pointing out that he was contesting several cases in the Supreme Court on the tribals' rights on the forestland, he said it was hardly leading to anywhere.
"If you want to get your problems solved and re-establish your rights on the land you till, you must seek a solution outside the framework of law. He advised the tribals to join hands with the Dalits and Muslims to fight for the downtrodden.
Mr. Bardhan, addressing the gathering, said he supported the contentions of Mr. Gonsalves and regretted that the subsequent governments in the post-independent era had belied the hopes and expectations of the poor and the downtrodden of a better deal by their own government.
He said that even 60 years after Independence, nearly 80 per cent of the population in the country, largely constituted by the tribals, Dalits and Muslims, had to still survive on a paltry income of Rs.20 per family per day.
The government had no land to give to the tribals for tilling, but could give thousands of acres of land to the industrialists to set up the Special Economic Zones. Criticising the government's SEZ policy, he said he was not opposed to industrialisation, but questioned the need for giving such large chunks of land to the foreign and domestic investors to set up SEZs which could solve the problems of thousands of families of poor tribals and marginal farmers.
Castigating the government for "its failure" to frame a proper land policy, Mr. Bardhan said the tribals were being driven out from the forests and the Dalits and other downtrodden from the land earmarked for the SEZs.
Displaced when they settle down in the slums in the urban areas, their houses were being "bulldozed." The compensation paid to the poor in lieu of their land given for SEZs, was too inadequate, he felt.
Assuring that he and his party would be with the tribals and other downtrodden in their fight for justice and rights, Mr. Bardhan, however, advised them to wage a war under some political banner.
Durgapur SEZ plan for infotech
The Durgapur development authority has cleared a proposal by construction firm Shapoorji Pallonji & Co to set up an infotech special economic zone (SEZ).
The SEZ will come up on 25 acres allotted by the Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (Adda), whose board okayed the proposal yesterday.
Bansagopal Chowdhury, the Adda chairman, said the SEZ would be set up near the Software Technology Park in Durgapur's Bidhannagar and will house a number of infotech companies.
"Shapoorji Pallonji will develop infrastructure for the Rs 100-crore project on 25 acres in Durgapur's Bidhannagar area. The company will have to follow the land utilisation pattern fixed by Adda," Chowdhury told a media conference. He said 5 per cent of the turnover of the project would go to the authority.
The project needs clearance from the approval board under the Union commerce ministry. If land acquisition is completed, approvals come through faster.The project, expected to be up and running by 2012, would generate around 4,000 jobs, Chowdhury said, adding that infotech SEZs have never been targeted by the Opposition.
The Durgapur development authority has cleared a proposal by construction firm Shapoorji Pallonji & Co to set up an infotech special economic zone (SEZ).
The SEZ will come up on 25 acres allotted by the Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (Adda), whose board okayed the proposal yesterday.
Bansagopal Chowdhury, the Adda chairman, said the SEZ would be set up near the Software Technology Park in Durgapur's Bidhannagar and will house a number of infotech companies.
"Shapoorji Pallonji will develop infrastructure for the Rs 100-crore project on 25 acres in Durgapur's Bidhannagar area. The company will have to follow the land utilisation pattern fixed by Adda," Chowdhury told a media conference. He said 5 per cent of the turnover of the project would go to the authority.
The project needs clearance from the approval board under the Union commerce ministry. If land acquisition is completed, approvals come through faster.The project, expected to be up and running by 2012, would generate around 4,000 jobs, Chowdhury said, adding that infotech SEZs have never been targeted by the Opposition.
The Samajwadi Party government had given approval to the Anil Ambani Group and six other private companies to set up SEZs in the Noida region.The cabinet has also decided to do away with first-come-first served policy. Proposals to set up SEZs will now be invited through open tenders. "This will ensure transparency in the selection of companies", Krishna said.
Krishna said under the new policy, SEZs will be developed through private-public partnership. Concessions to non-processing units will be withdrawn while processing units will continue to get the usual concessions.
Even as Anil Ambani's proposal for a special economic zone in Noida was turned down by the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai SEZ (formerly called the Maha Mumbai SEZ) has also run into problems.
In an affidavit filed before the Bombay high court on Friday, the Maharashtra government's industrial and urban infrastructure development arm, CIDCO, has opposed the state government's decision to notify 4,000 hectares of land from Khopta and 21 nearby villages for acquisition for the Mumbai SEZ in Raigad district.
The Mumbai SEZ is one of two being promoted by Reliance Industries [Get Quote] in the district, the other being the 4,000-hectare Navi Mumbai SEZ.
An affidavit to this effect was filed by the CIDCO managing director in the Bombay high court, which is hearing a public interest litigation on the acquisition of land for the Reliance SEZ. The PIL was filed by Peasant and Workers Party leader Datta Patil and others. The petitioners had made CIDCO a respondent in the PIL.
The affidavit states that the decision to notify the land from these villages was taken without consulting CIDCO, which is a planning body for the area. CIDCO had prepared plans to develop a township in this area, which was approved by the government, the statement said.
Besides the township, the affidavit states that the land in these villages will be required to develop a container freight station, container depots - since these villages are near Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust - and other allied activities.
The division Bench hearing the PIL, comprising high court Chief Justice Swatantra Kumar and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud, has adjourned the hearing for four weeks and directed Reliance Industries to file an affidavit.
Farmers in Dadar village of Raigad district whose land has been notified for acquisition for the Reliance Industries-promoted Mumbai special economic zone have formed a company to develop a multi-product SEZ on 2,500 acres, the minimum land required under current SEZ rules.
A company called Kalbhairav Agro & Development Company has been floated for the purpose and 450 of the 1,000 farmers in the village have become shareholders. This marks the first time farmers have proposed an SEZ.
Farmers have been allotted one share for every 1,000 square feet of land they own. Thus, a farmer owning 1 acre gets 40 shares.
The company is chaired by A B Patil, a commerce graduate who owns six acres and two jeeps. He said he was confident of others joining once they saw some action on the ground.
According to Patil, all registration formalities for the company are complete and the proposal has been sent to the registrar of companies. The formal proposal to set up the SEZ will be sent to the Centre and the Maharashtra government once the registration is received.
"The government's attitude to this experiment will reveal if it is really interested in farmers' welfare," he said.
The state government has notified nearly 10,000 hectares in 45 villages in the district for acquisition for the Mumbai SEZ, a move strongly resisted by farmers.
Kalbhairav Agro has not yet drawn up firm fund-raising plans, however. Patil said the company was talking to the promoters of Magarpatta City on the outskirts of Pune for ideas. Farmers there joined hands and successfully developed a township and an infotech park.
"We will learn from their experiences of becoming crorepatis," he said. Kalbhairva also intends to talk to financial institutions for assistance and is even planning an initial public offer.
Patil admitted the task of setting up the SEZ was difficult because the farmers would have to face the might of Reliance Industries [Get Quote] and the state government. But he said the company would go ahead because the "fruits of development should be enjoyed by farmers themselves and not a few outsiders".
Reliance Industries, he said, was offering farmers Rs 10 lakh an acre. But farmers can easily sell the land to other companies for no less than Rs 1 crore an acre.
POSCO unit should open by end of 2011: Govt
Zee News - 1 hour ago
New Delhi, Aug 20: South Korean steelmaker POSCO is making progress on its troubled plans for a plant in eastern India and the unit should begin production by the end of 2011, India's steel secretary said on Monday.
Posco plant to begin operations by 2011-end Business Standard
Posco likely to start production at Indian steel plant by late 2011 MarketWatch
Activists protest POSCO project in Orissa
Krishna said under the new policy, SEZs will be developed through private-public partnership. Concessions to non-processing units will be withdrawn while processing units will continue to get the usual concessions.
Even as Anil Ambani's proposal for a special economic zone in Noida was turned down by the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai SEZ (formerly called the Maha Mumbai SEZ) has also run into problems.
In an affidavit filed before the Bombay high court on Friday, the Maharashtra government's industrial and urban infrastructure development arm, CIDCO, has opposed the state government's decision to notify 4,000 hectares of land from Khopta and 21 nearby villages for acquisition for the Mumbai SEZ in Raigad district.
The Mumbai SEZ is one of two being promoted by Reliance Industries [Get Quote] in the district, the other being the 4,000-hectare Navi Mumbai SEZ.
An affidavit to this effect was filed by the CIDCO managing director in the Bombay high court, which is hearing a public interest litigation on the acquisition of land for the Reliance SEZ. The PIL was filed by Peasant and Workers Party leader Datta Patil and others. The petitioners had made CIDCO a respondent in the PIL.
The affidavit states that the decision to notify the land from these villages was taken without consulting CIDCO, which is a planning body for the area. CIDCO had prepared plans to develop a township in this area, which was approved by the government, the statement said.
Besides the township, the affidavit states that the land in these villages will be required to develop a container freight station, container depots - since these villages are near Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust - and other allied activities.
The division Bench hearing the PIL, comprising high court Chief Justice Swatantra Kumar and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud, has adjourned the hearing for four weeks and directed Reliance Industries to file an affidavit.
Farmers in Dadar village of Raigad district whose land has been notified for acquisition for the Reliance Industries-promoted Mumbai special economic zone have formed a company to develop a multi-product SEZ on 2,500 acres, the minimum land required under current SEZ rules.
A company called Kalbhairav Agro & Development Company has been floated for the purpose and 450 of the 1,000 farmers in the village have become shareholders. This marks the first time farmers have proposed an SEZ.
Farmers have been allotted one share for every 1,000 square feet of land they own. Thus, a farmer owning 1 acre gets 40 shares.
The company is chaired by A B Patil, a commerce graduate who owns six acres and two jeeps. He said he was confident of others joining once they saw some action on the ground.
According to Patil, all registration formalities for the company are complete and the proposal has been sent to the registrar of companies. The formal proposal to set up the SEZ will be sent to the Centre and the Maharashtra government once the registration is received.
"The government's attitude to this experiment will reveal if it is really interested in farmers' welfare," he said.
The state government has notified nearly 10,000 hectares in 45 villages in the district for acquisition for the Mumbai SEZ, a move strongly resisted by farmers.
Kalbhairav Agro has not yet drawn up firm fund-raising plans, however. Patil said the company was talking to the promoters of Magarpatta City on the outskirts of Pune for ideas. Farmers there joined hands and successfully developed a township and an infotech park.
"We will learn from their experiences of becoming crorepatis," he said. Kalbhairva also intends to talk to financial institutions for assistance and is even planning an initial public offer.
Patil admitted the task of setting up the SEZ was difficult because the farmers would have to face the might of Reliance Industries [Get Quote] and the state government. But he said the company would go ahead because the "fruits of development should be enjoyed by farmers themselves and not a few outsiders".
Reliance Industries, he said, was offering farmers Rs 10 lakh an acre. But farmers can easily sell the land to other companies for no less than Rs 1 crore an acre.
POSCO unit should open by end of 2011: Govt
Zee News - 1 hour ago
New Delhi, Aug 20: South Korean steelmaker POSCO is making progress on its troubled plans for a plant in eastern India and the unit should begin production by the end of 2011, India's steel secretary said on Monday.
Posco plant to begin operations by 2011-end Business Standard
Posco likely to start production at Indian steel plant by late 2011 MarketWatch
Activists protest POSCO project in Orissa
NDTV Correspondent
Monday, August 20, 2007 (Cuttack)
Using religion to express dissent, activists opposed to the Rs 52,000 crore POSCO steel project in Orissa marched from Cuttack to the Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar.The march was organised to pray to Lord Shiva for the withdrawal of the Korean steel company's project.
Earlier, the POSCO India had announced it's plan to start construction work for its 12 million tonne steel plant in October this year.
Udyam - a youth body - organised the Bol Bom March on Sunday to protest against the impending displacement of 20,000 people.
They also protested the right accorded to POSCO to draw 15 to 18 crore litre of water per day from the river Mahanadi, which they said would endanger the livelihood of lakhs of farmers.
Monday, August 20, 2007 (Cuttack)
Using religion to express dissent, activists opposed to the Rs 52,000 crore POSCO steel project in Orissa marched from Cuttack to the Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar.
Earlier, the POSCO India had announced it's plan to start construction work for its 12 million tonne steel plant in October this year.
Udyam - a youth body - organised the Bol Bom March on Sunday to protest against the impending displacement of 20,000 people.
They also protested the right accorded to POSCO to draw 15 to 18 crore litre of water per day from the river Mahanadi, which they said would endanger the livelihood of lakhs of farmers.
"the Undercover Economist" & Underwear Technologies
A new book "the undercover economist" unravels the mystery why rich are rich and coincidently I had explained over the years in much simpler way India is basically exporting raw materials or products that are low tech and have low value additions. I actually coined a term "Underwear Technology"- India promoted underwear technologies providing incentives worth $50b annually.
I have attached it after the message again.
India can be rich only when it firstly promote inventors and engineers who could found tech companies than displace commission agents, secondly promote development of globally competitive products with patent protection and serve the world market, thirdly minimize differential cost between producers and consumers and fourthly promote high technology industries and freeze investment on low technology products.
India's Lower Castes Seek Social Progress In Global Job Market
By Emily Wax
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, August 20, 2007; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/19/AR2007081901724.html?hpid=moreheadlines
PUNE, India -- As a Dalit, Pratibha Valmik Kamble is part of the poorest and most ostracized community in this subcontinent's ancient caste system, a group of people so shunned that they are still known as untouchables. Her mother is a maid, her father a day laborer.
Yet here in this prospering city, Kamble, 24, was recently applying to an Indian firm called Temp Solutions to go to Philadelphia for a well-paid social service job there. During the interview, she twisted her hands nervously in her lap, knowing that if she landed the position, she would not only make more money than both of her parents combined, she would enhance their social status, and her own.
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PUNE, India -- As a Dalit, Pratibha Valmik Kamble is part of the poorest and most ostracized community in this subcontinent'
Yet here in this prospering city, Kamble, 24, was recently applying to an Indian firm called Temp Solutions to go to Philadelphia for a well-paid social service job there. During the interview, she twisted her hands nervously in her lap, knowing that if she landed the position, she would not only make more money than both of her parents combined, she would enhance their social status, and her own.
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India has long had an affirmative action program for federal government jobs, setting aside 23 percent of positions for the most oppressed castes. Now activists are campaigning to open the private sector to them as well, whether the employer is Indian or multinational. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently said he favors that goal.
So does Temp Solutions co-owner Michael Thevar, himself a member of a low-ranking caste. He gave Kamble the job. "I'm so proud of you," he told her after delivering the good news. "I know so well how much you struggled. That's why I am that much more impressed."
Kamble's eyes went wet as she straightened her mustard-colored outfit and smiled, appearing to be almost embarrassed by his praise.
Recruiting drives aimed at hiring members of India's unprivileged castes, who make up 70 percent of the population, remain rare in the subcontinent's booming service sector. But as India hurtles into world markets, such hiring has touched off a larger debate over the country's 3,000-year-old caste system.
In much of India, the system organizes people into a rigid social order by accident of birth, determining everything from professions to marriage partners.
While the caste system is outlawed by the constitution, low-caste Indians still experience severe discrimination. Dalits are regarded as so low that they are not even part of the system. To this day, they are not allowed to enter many Hindu temples or to drink water from sources used by higher castes.
So far only two major companies -- Bharti Enterprises and Infosys -- have announced they would set aside jobs for Dalits and other oppressed castes.
Ramesh Bajpai, executive director of the New Delhi-based American Chamber of Commerce in India, said the issue of affirmative action for oppressed castes has not been raised among his members -- an indication, some Indian workers contend, that many U.S. companies are not fully aware of the caste system and its complex legacy of discrimination.
India-based executives for IBM and Microsoft, which are among the top foreign employers in this country, declined to comment for this article.
"Things are changing in India and, I believe, changing for the good," said Bajpai. "As far as we know, our member companies try to hire across the spectrum of Indian society. But since the government has started talking about this issue, we in the industry will follow. It is a complex and interesting discussion."
Airtel to connect Haryana Tech Park
Signs MoU with Selecto Systems to provide data, fixed voice and mobile services to the Technology Park
Monday, August 20, 2007
So does Temp Solutions co-owner Michael Thevar, himself a member of a low-ranking caste. He gave Kamble the job. "I'm so proud of you," he told her after delivering the good news. "I know so well how much you struggled. That's why I am that much more impressed."
Kamble's eyes went wet as she straightened her mustard-colored outfit and smiled, appearing to be almost embarrassed by his praise.
Recruiting drives aimed at hiring members of India's unprivileged castes, who make up 70 percent of the population, remain rare in the subcontinent'
In much of India, the system organizes people into a rigid social order by accident of birth, determining everything from professions to marriage partners.
While the caste system is outlawed by the constitution, low-caste Indians still experience severe discrimination. Dalits are regarded as so low that they are not even part of the system. To this day, they are not allowed to enter many Hindu temples or to drink water from sources used by higher castes.
So far only two major companies -- Bharti Enterprises and Infosys -- have announced they would set aside jobs for Dalits and other oppressed castes.
Ramesh Bajpai, executive director of the New Delhi-based American Chamber of Commerce in India, said the issue of affirmative action for oppressed castes has not been raised among his members -- an indication, some Indian workers contend, that many U.S. companies are not fully aware of the caste system and its complex legacy of discrimination.
India-based executives for IBM and Microsoft, which are among the top foreign employers in this country, declined to comment for this article.
"Things are changing in India and, I believe, changing for the good," said Bajpai. "As far as we know, our member companies try to hire across the spectrum of Indian society. But since the government has started talking about this issue, we in the industry will follow. It is a complex and interesting discussion."
Airtel to connect Haryana Tech Park
Signs MoU with Selecto Systems to provide data, fixed voice and mobile services to the Technology Park
Monday, August 20, 2007
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Selecto Systems for providing telecom network infrastructure and services for its IT SEZ-Haryana Technology Park (HTP) on the Delhi – Agra National Highway in Haryana.
Selecto Systems promotes the HTP and is technically assisted by Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park.
The MoU assigned Airtel the "Preferred Telecom Service Provider" status and will be given preferential rights to establish and provide telecom infrastructure and services at the HTP.
Milan Rao, chief operating officer - North, Airtel Enterprise Services and Kamal Meattle, chief executive officer, Selecto Systems signed the MoU.
The HTP is being built on 1.65 million square feet area and will be ready for
occupation on January 1, 2010 and will service 30,000 users.
The Park will be equipped and serviced facility suited for international IT, KPO and BPO firms.
As a part of the MoU, Airtel will set up the telecom network infrastructure at the SEZ, ensuring all the SEZ clients have access to telecom services. Airtel will also establish a dedicated help center to address the telecom requirements of the SEZ clients.
Airtel will provide data, fixed voice and mobile services to the HTP. Companies at the SEZ will also be able to safeguard themselves against any unforeseen disasters by
having access to back up their critical business data and applications through the business resiliency and continuity services.
Selecto Systems promotes the HTP and is technically assisted by Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park.
The MoU assigned Airtel the "Preferred Telecom Service Provider" status and will be given preferential rights to establish and provide telecom infrastructure and services at the HTP.
Milan Rao, chief operating officer - North, Airtel Enterprise Services and Kamal Meattle, chief executive officer, Selecto Systems signed the MoU.
The HTP is being built on 1.65 million square feet area and will be ready for
occupation on January 1, 2010 and will service 30,000 users.
The Park will be equipped and serviced facility suited for international IT, KPO and BPO firms.
As a part of the MoU, Airtel will set up the telecom network infrastructure at the SEZ, ensuring all the SEZ clients have access to telecom services. Airtel will also establish a dedicated help center to address the telecom requirements of the SEZ clients.
Airtel will provide data, fixed voice and mobile services to the HTP. Companies at the SEZ will also be able to safeguard themselves against any unforeseen disasters by
having access to back up their critical business data and applications through the business resiliency and continuity services.
There are several exclusive features of rich countries;
1. People of rich countries are highly skilled.
2. Rich countries have very high productivity per employee.
3. Rich countries sell high value high technology products and buy low technology products; it is reverse for poor countries.
4. Rich countries have very efficient legal system and law is enforced vigorously.
5. There are ethical standards in every day life and every one is accountable to society.
6. Rich countries have low level of corruption.
2. Rich countries have very high productivity per employee.
3. Rich countries sell high value high technology products and buy low technology products; it is reverse for poor countries.
4. Rich countries have very efficient legal system and law is enforced vigorously.
5. There are ethical standards in every day life and every one is accountable to society.
6. Rich countries have low level of corruption.
All rich countries are efficiently governed.
Ravinder Singh August20, 2007
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the undercover economist
Milton Friedman, Meet Richard Feynman
How physics can explain why some countries are rich and others are poor.
By Tim Harford
Posted Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, at 7:07 AM ET
Posted Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, at 7:07 AM ET
If economics can tell us something useful about crime, marriage, or carpooling—as I believe it can—then other academic disciplines should have something to tell us about economies. Last month, Science published an example that may turn out to be important. Two physicists, Cesar Hidalgo and Albert-László Barabási, and two economists, Bailey Klinger and Ricardo Hausmann, have been drawing unusual pictures of economic "space" that promise a deeper understanding of the biggest question in economics: why poor countries are poor.
There are many explanations, but some are easier to test than others. One very plausible account of why at least some poor countries are poor is that there is no smooth progression from where they are to where they would be when rich. For instance, to move from drilling oil to making silicon chips might require simultaneous investments in education, transport infrastructure, electricity, and many other things. The gap may be too far for private enterprise to bridge without some sort of coordinating effort from government—a "big push."
That is an old and intuitive idea in economics, but as an informal argument it leaves a lot to be desired. For a start, while plausible, it might not be true. If it is true, it might be far more so for some kinds of economy than for others. And if there is to be a big push, in which direction should it go?
Testing the idea took three steps. First, economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research broke down each country's exports into 775 distinct products. Next, Hausmann and Klinger used that data to measure how similar each product is to each other product. If every major apple exporter also exports pears, and every major pear exporter also exports apples, then the data are demonstrating apples and pears to be similar.
Presumably, both economies would have fertile soil, agronomists, refrigerated packing plants, and ports. For the third step, Hausmann and Klinger called upon Hidalgo and Barabási, who specialize in mapping and analyzing networks. The result was a map of the relationships between different products in an abstract economic space. (And look at more maps here. Apples and pears are close together; oil production is a long way away from anything else.
"The physicists' map shows each economy in this network of products, by highlighting the products each country exported. Over time, economies move across the product map as their export mix changes. Rich countries have larger, more diversified economies, and so produce lots of products—especially products close to the densely connected heart of the network. East Asian economies look very different, with a big cluster around textiles and another around electronics manufacturing, and—contrary to the hype—not much activity in the products produced by rich countries. African countries tend to produce a
few products with no great similarity to any others."
few products with no great similarity to any others."
That could be a big problem. The network maps show that economies tend to develop through closely related products. A country such as Colombia makes products that are well connected on the network, and so there are plenty of opportunities for private firms to move in to, provided other parts of the business climate allow it. But many of South Africa's current exports—diamonds, for example—are not very similar to anything.
If the country is to develop new products, it will mean making a big leap. The data show that such leaps are unusual.
None of this is proof that other development prescriptions— provide financing, fight corruption, cut red tape, and lower trade barriers—are useless. Nor is it a green light for ham-fisted industrial policy. Klinger warns: "It's easy to take the policy implication too far and start trying to pick and choose where to settle in the product space." But it is a big step forward. Policy-makers should take note, and economists, too.
Tim Harford is a columnist for the Financial Times. His latest book is The Undercover Economist.
Aamdani Athanni Kharcha Rupia – Economic Profile Of India ©
On one front India has corporate indulging in grabbing farmers land at 20 years old rates with GOI connivance who have not developed a single technology in 2-5 generations (Ambanis, Tatas & othrs), on another there are political agents specializing in converting slum properties in to super malls, on yet another there are moneylenders who charge 120% interest from farmers and small businesses, on yet another front there is run way imports of all kind of products at practically no duty and exports are generally raw materials or low value added products. In the following you can see June imports are 52.25% higher which was 46% in April.
Non-oil imports during June, 2007 were estimated at US $ 13530.70 million which was 52.25 % higher than growth on non oil imports of US$ 8887.25 million in June, 2006. Non-oil imports during April-June, 2007 were valued at US$ 40078.64 million which was 50.36% higher than the level of such imports valued at US$ 26654.92 million in April-June, 2006.
http://commerce. nic.in/pressrele ase/pressrelease _detail.asp? id=2112
https://www. cia.gov/library/ publications/ the-world- factbook/ rankorder/ 2187rank. html
https://www. cia.gov/library/ publications/ the-world- factbook/ rankorder/ 2187rank. html
Now Earnest & Young has also come out with prediction of India overtaking Developed countries in GDP like Goldman Sachs. I asked GS top executives in India, Can you give me the items India shall export in 2050? They couldn't say a word. In the second link all other "Tigers" have substantial trade surplus. China has $179b surplus, Russia $105b that is one seventh in population, Brazil $13.5b, South Korea $2b, India is the only emerging economy that had rapidly growing trade deficit that was $41b in 2006.
153rd Out Of 158 In Current Account Balance
You see that in the list India ranks at the bottom.
A common argument to counter trade deficit issue is India is getting NRI investments and remittances of Indian workers. But can they substitute for gross incompetence of Commission Agents kind of Indian corporate? Goods made in India could have created millions of jobs. By the way the commission agents corporate who claim most of India financial resources have neither created new jobs for 10-15 years nor any significant technology.
I as an inventor put Man Mohan Singh in absolute idiot class firstly for promoting commission agents in the country and then diverting all the hard earned NRI deposits and remittances at their disposal. As a matter of fact India
There was a popular song "Aamdani Athanni Kharcha Rupai", Indian imports are growing at twice more rate than exports.
India is either exporting low value addition goods or simply raw materials like iron ore, food items and raw cotton and low technology products.
https://www. cia.gov/library/ publications/ the-world- factbook/ rankorder/ 2078rank. html
Indian Exports Under 1% Of The World.
Indian exports are less than 1% of the world at that too consists of mainly low value added products and raw material.
But the problem is Man Mohan Singh can't think of any one other than Ambanis or Tatas. You can see Tatas operating in areas marked in red failed to produce goods India imported worth $70b and figure for Ambanis could be $20b in expanding the full list. RIL exports of petroleum products have little value additions.
Ravinder Singh August06, 2007
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http://commerce. nic.in/ftpa/ default.asp
Top 15 Commodities EXPORTS
Rank Commodity Apr-Mar 2006 Apr-Mar 2007
1 PETROLEUM (CRUDE & PRODUCTS) 11,639.65 18,551.91
2 GEMS & JEWELLARY 15,529.06 15,585.69
3 RMG COTTON INCL ACCESSORIES 6,553.69 6,752.39
4 MACHINERY AND INSTRUMENTS 5,077.54 6,504.71
5 DRUGS,PHRMCUTES & FINE CHEMLS 4,995.25 5,512.12
6 OTHER COMMODITIES 2,510.73 5,413.68
7 MANUFACTURES OF METALS 4,233.24 5,026.58
8 TRANSPORT EQUIPMENTS 4,322.97 4,905.92
9 PRMRY & SEMI-FNSHD IRON & STL 2,982.73 4,374.30
10 COTTON YARN,FABRICS, MADEUPSETC 3,944.78 4,136.55
11 IRON ORE 3,801.10 3,891.67
12 NON-FERROUS METALS 1,340.29 3,486.58
13 PLASTIC & LINOLEUM PRODUCTS 2,819.32 3,191.40
14 ELECTRONIC GOODS 2,173.06 2,732.17
15 DYES/INTMDTES & COAR TAR CHEML 1,649.39 2,253.59
Total 103,090.53 126,331.10
Exchange Rate: (1US$ = Rs. ) 44.2735 45.2495
1 PETROLEUM (CRUDE & PRODUCTS) 11,639.65 18,551.91
2 GEMS & JEWELLARY 15,529.06 15,585.69
3 RMG COTTON INCL ACCESSORIES 6,553.69 6,752.39
4 MACHINERY AND INSTRUMENTS 5,077.54 6,504.71
5 DRUGS,PHRMCUTES & FINE CHEMLS 4,995.25 5,512.12
6 OTHER COMMODITIES 2,510.73 5,413.68
7 MANUFACTURES OF METALS 4,233.24 5,026.58
8 TRANSPORT EQUIPMENTS 4,322.97 4,905.92
9 PRMRY & SEMI-FNSHD IRON & STL 2,982.73 4,374.30
10 COTTON YARN,FABRICS, MADEUPSETC 3,944.78 4,136.55
11 IRON ORE 3,801.10 3,891.67
12 NON-FERROUS METALS 1,340.29 3,486.58
13 PLASTIC & LINOLEUM PRODUCTS 2,819.32 3,191.40
14 ELECTRONIC GOODS 2,173.06 2,732.17
15 DYES/INTMDTES & COAR TAR CHEML 1,649.39 2,253.59
Total 103,090.53 126,331.10
Exchange Rate: (1US$ = Rs. ) 44.2735 45.2495
Top 15 Commodities of Import
Rank Commodity Apr-Mar 2006 Apr-Mar 2007
1 PETROLEUM, CRUDE & PRODUCTS 43,963.09 57,074.45
2 ELECTRONIC GOODS 13,241.75 15,946.32
3 TRANSPORT EQUIPMENTS 8,838.47 15,413.57
4 GOLD 10,830.52 14,461.11
5 MACHRY EXCPT ELEC & ELECTRONIC 10,009.81 13,848.87
6 METALIFERS ORES & METAL SCRAP 3,881.80 8,333.77
7 PERLS PRCUS SEMIPRCS STONES 9,134.42 7,487.40
8 IRON & STEEL 4,385.74 6,043.47
9 ORGANIC CHEMICALS 4,739.30 5,435.86
10 COAL,COKE & BRIQUITTES ETC. 3,868.70 4,595.42
11 OTHER COMMODITIES 5,896.25 4,534.21
12 FERTILEZERS MANUFACTURED 1,673.26 2,673.43
13 NON-FERROUS METALS 1,844.37 2,605.95
14 ARTFCL RESNS,PLSTC MATRLS,ETC. 2,267.71 2,601.84
15 INORGANIC CHEMICALS 2,244.82 2,375.44
Total 149,165.73 190,565.97
Exchange Rate: (1US$ = Rs. ) 44.2735 45.2495
1 PETROLEUM, CRUDE & PRODUCTS 43,963.09 57,074.45
2 ELECTRONIC GOODS 13,241.75 15,946.32
3 TRANSPORT EQUIPMENTS 8,838.47 15,413.57
4 GOLD 10,830.52 14,461.11
5 MACHRY EXCPT ELEC & ELECTRONIC 10,009.81 13,848.87
6 METALIFERS ORES & METAL SCRAP 3,881.80 8,333.77
7 PERLS PRCUS SEMIPRCS STONES 9,134.42 7,487.40
8 IRON & STEEL 4,385.74 6,043.47
9 ORGANIC CHEMICALS 4,739.30 5,435.86
10 COAL,COKE & BRIQUITTES ETC. 3,868.70 4,595.42
11 OTHER COMMODITIES 5,896.25 4,534.21
12 FERTILEZERS MANUFACTURED 1,673.26 2,673.43
13 NON-FERROUS METALS 1,844.37 2,605.95
14 ARTFCL RESNS,PLSTC MATRLS,ETC. 2,267.71 2,601.84
15 INORGANIC CHEMICALS 2,244.82 2,375.44
Total 149,165.73 190,565.97
Exchange Rate: (1US$ = Rs. ) 44.2735 45.2495
END NOTES
i Appeal on Nandigram Violence
The continuing violence in Nandigram, West Bengal resulting in needless death and injury to innocent
villagers, has become a cause of great concern to people all over India.
Whatever may have been the initial reasons for the start of the conflict it is clear from media reports and
eyewitness accounts that the situation now is spinning out of control, resulting in a fratricidal war between
different sections of the local population.
It is also evident that over the past several months of agitation and turmoil thousands of ordinary people- of
all political hues- are unable to make a livelihood, go about their daily work or even enjoy the basic right
to sleep without fear. Women in particular have been severely affected while many children are unable to
attend school normally.
i Appeal on Nandigram Violence
The continuing violence in Nandigram, West Bengal resulting in needless death and injury to innocent
villagers, has become a cause of great concern to people all over India.
Whatever may have been the initial reasons for the start of the conflict it is clear from media reports and
eyewitness accounts that the situation now is spinning out of control, resulting in a fratricidal war between
different sections of the local population.
It is also evident that over the past several months of agitation and turmoil thousands of ordinary people- of
all political hues- are unable to make a livelihood, go about their daily work or even enjoy the basic right
to sleep without fear. Women in particular have been severely affected while many children are unable to
attend school normally.
Casteology Wins, Ideology Defeated!
Palash Biswas
Contact: Palash C Biswas, C/O Mrs Arati Roy, Gosto Kanan, Sodepur, Kolkata- 700110, India. Phone: 91-033-25659551
Email: palashchandrabiswas@gmail.com
http://o3.indiatimes.com/palashbiswas/archive/2007/05/11/4231914.aspx
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A political party committed to ending oppression of the downtrodden by upper castes has taken an absolute majority of state legislative seats in Uttar Pradesh.A political party with socialist leanings has regained power in India's most politically influential state. Meticulous poll planning by Mayawati - especially the strategy of wooing Brahmins and other upper castes in a big way in a rainbow coalition helped add to her traditional vote base of Dalits and Muslims. Indian shares bucked weak global markets to gain 0.18 percent Friday, boosted by signs one party would win an outright majority in an important state election and data showing moderating inflation and strong industrial output.
The 30-share benchmark BSE index rose 24.93 points to 13,796.16, although only 11 components gained. The index fell 0.99 percent on the week.
"I think both the Uttar Pradesh elections and lower inflation numbers would have given comfort to our markets," said Jayesh Shroff, a fund manager at SBI Funds Management.
India's most prominent Untouchable leader pulled off a surprise election victory in the country's most populous state today, stalling the political ambitions of the Gandhi family's heir apparentwhile the country's ruling and main opposition parties both lost seats. Thus, India paid homage with full pomp and honour on Friday to the "martyrs" who battled British rule 150 years ago in the country's "first war of independence"
Shouting "Mayawati Zindabad" and "BSP Zindabad", the BSP backers took to the streets in virtually every town and city across Uttar Pradesh.So the results of the Uttar Pradesh elections are out, and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has made a stunner of a win.Pre-poll surveys and exit polls had forecast the BSP to emerge as the largest party in the 403-member assembly but it was not expected to win a majority on its own.
On Friday, as counting of ballots neared a close, the party had won 204 seats of the 397 declared, NDTV said.With Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati poised to return to the helm in Uttar Pradesh, the state's bureaucracy, especially those who were known to be close to outgoing Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, are nervous.
It is post-Ambedkar dalit movement against post modern manusmriti! They have changed their tools. Why should not we! Politics is Shining Super power India's largest industry, it is the state's corporate sector, and it is a key avenue of employment. Political analysts described the UP result as a "bolt from the blue". Why?On the other hand,the victory of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which represents India's former 'untouchables'
With UP election results defying every analysis, exit poll, survey and forcast, it is clear that Casteology wins in contemporary Indian Polity and Ideology is finally defeated. hindutva have lost its face in UP. We have seen how ideology works in recent times to annihilate the Dalit Rural India, its life and livelihood. Expressing her gratitude to the people for their support, Mayawati paid tribute to her mentor and BSP founder Kanshi Ram and architect of the Constitution B.R. Ambedkar and said that her party would provide a government that would root out injustice and crime. Uttar Pradesh is a chronically poor rural backwater that would be the world's sixth most populous state if it were a nation. Less than half its women can read or write their name, but it has also produced most of India's prime ministers.The Congress used to have a combination of Muslims, Dalits, and forward castes when it used to win elections after elections.
It was social engineering and ideology which boosted the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to victory, declared a triumphant BSP chief Mayawati who is poised to become chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the fourth time.Dressed in her favourite pink salwar-kameez, Mayawati said at the press conference at the BSP party headquarters here after paying floral tributes to life-size statues of Dalit messiah B.R. Ambedkar, her mentor and BSP founder, the late Kanshi Ram.
'A big social change has taken place in Uttar Pradesh and all sections of society has supported the party. Our chalking out a carefully planned strategy has brought this success,' a beaming Mayawati told a crowded press conference as cameras whirred and photographers clicked.