Red with Embarrassment

India, Politics 15 Responses »
Apr 042008

My new hero is Baichung Bhutia and I don't even follow football.

To stand up for what you believe in, and state that belief in a non violent and dignified  manner is the basis on which India fought for her Independence. To see someone in today's day and age doing that warms the cockles of my heart. Especially when you read about athletes from elsewhere not being able to express their protest on Tibet because sponsors – who have large commercial interests in China- may not like it.

Obviously, the CPI(M) – which with every passing day sounds more like a fully owned subsidiary of the Chinese Government — has been fairly displeased with Baichung's decision

CPM — West Bengal Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty said “Baichung shouldn’t have done this. It’s embarrassing.”

This is the same CPI(M) that didn't feel embarrassed when:

  • The Indian Ambassador to Beijing was summoned at 2 hours past midnight … as far as I know the Chinese are still a 'friendly' nation, and calling the ambassador at 2 a.m. … if nothing else … should be embarrassing. It is serious bad behavior. But, Mr. Karat is not embarassed by it… he thinks that it is par for the course…. I wonder how he would react if the Indian Government called in the Chinese Ambassador at 2 in the morning to be told about their behavior in Arunachal Pradesh
  • China occupies Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh, depriving our fellow citizens of basic freedom and democracy (however flawed it may be). I would really be interested to know the CPI(M)'s stand on Arunachal Pradesh. 
  • China refuses a visa for inhabitants of Arunachal Pradesh – claiming that as Chinese citizens they don't need a visa to visit China.
  • It issues a veiled threat on Nagaland and Jammu & Kashmir -
Those in India who want to join this chorus for an independent Tibet will be doing a great disservice to our own country. Are we going to support a free Nagaland? Or a free Jammu and Kashmir? Or those other secessionist demands?

China has been meddling in Nagaland for donkey's year's and they occupy part of Jammu and Kashmir. 

  • Human rights are violated – whether in India or outside it. 

Our party’s stand is very clear that any country whether it was China, Russia, or India, should  not disintegrate in the name of human rights and rights of ethnic minorities.

So it is ok to , murder Kashmiri's, burn down the homes of those who protest against land grabbing, mow down non violent protesters . It's ok in the name of Nationalism… And, if that is a not an embarrassing thought or policy … I'm not sure what is…  

If the price of 'National Integration' or 'ideological superiority' is human rights violations or the suppression of the rights of ethnic minorities — then the nation is on its way to a breakup …. There is only so much you can do with force … how many people are you going to kill to maintain your 'Nation' your 'Empire' or your 'ideology' . Remember Nandigram? If there is amnesia about Nandigram, then try the Dandi March.

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , , Dandi March

Sphere: Related Content

Clap

Posted by gargi at 11:01 pm Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

State Sponsored Terrorism

India, Politics 2 Responses »
Nov 152007

It is not just Narendra Modi who stands in the dock. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has just joined the ranks of those who use terror to subjugate their own people. The Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has been as callous as Modi when discussing the violence in Nandigram:

”I stick to that. Some people are trying to project that the violence was started by CPI-M workers. Last 11 months, the Bhoomi Uchched Pratirodh Committee, the Trinamool Congress and the Maoists were creating violence with arms. And last two-three days, CPI-M workers had paid them back in their own coin,”

I can just see the next session of Parliament….. the BJP will shout Nandigram, the CPI(M) will shout Gujarat …. and in the melee that ensues nothing will get done, and no one will get justice…..

When you see images, and testimonies… and the sheer terror in the eyes of those on camera, you wonder at the State and its stupidity…. Why is the Indian Government chasing people into the arms of the Naxals?

For all those who have been screaming about Mumbai being Shanghai and other such non-sense…. please remember this is how the Chinese State acquires land…When Chinese methods are applied in India, what we will get is Nandigram……

This also brings me to another question….

Why is it that agrarian land is being set aside for SEZ’s?Look at it from the tax payers point of view … we have subsidised the land, we have subsidised infrastructure to reach this land, we have subsidised practically everything that goes to make the land prosperous…. and now, all this is being handed over to business & industry. And we are going to subsidise the farmers moving out and industry moving in…..

Won’t it be more sensible to look at unproductive areas and set up SEZ’s there — the SEZ’s will bring in roads, infrastructure, employment and what not…. What is the purpose of putting up SEZ’s in already over crowded locales….

Development never happens overnight, and I am not sure that what ever is happening in the name of development is going to bear fruits in the long run…..

Technorati Tags: , , , ,

Sphere: Related Content

Clap

Posted by gargi at 8:54 pm Tagged with: , , , ,
© 2010 POV Suffusion WordPress theme by Sayontan Sinha