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[1] From: "viren" <vlobo_1@hotmail.com> Date: Sun Oct 1, 2006 Subject: Congress on Singur Congress in Bengal backs Tata project Sumanta Ray Chaudhuri Thursday, September 28, 2006 22:45 IST http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1055711 KOLKATA: Barely within 18 hours of joining forces with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamul Congress to thwart land acquisition for Tata Motors' small car project, the West Bengal Congress has backtracked and said the party has no objection to the project. The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) issued a statement on Thursday afternoon that it has no objection to Tata setting up the factory at Singur. In a statement, the party said the state cannot afford to lose the mega project. The Congress stand has come as a rude shock to Mamata, who is currently admitted in a city-based nursing home after she complained of breathlessness and chest pain on Wednesday night. Mamata has been distancing herself from BJP and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with the hope to get full and unconditional Congress support on this issue. ------------- [2] Call for mass movement of Dalits Special Correspondent http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/01/stories/2006100108290500.htm "The annihilation of castes alone can bring about social justice" CHENNAI: A mass movement of Dalits is essential for their liberation, and reservation is not a charity but their born right, said speakers at a seminar held here on Saturday. Communist Party of India secretary D. Raja said reservation was a long-drawn battle, and the fight had to be continued till the Dalits achieved their rights. Reservation was not a permanent solution to the problems of the Dalits, but an interim one. As long as the society was divided on caste lines, it was difficult for the Dalits to get social justice. The annihilation of castes alone could bring them social justice. Real liberation could be achieved only if the Dalits wielded political power. Describing those who opposed reservation as "neo-fascists," Mr. Raja said their argument that reservation would merit was a myth. Many public sector undertakings, in which thousands of Dalits were employed, were making profits. Privatisation of the public sector undertakings would deprive the Dalits of employment opportunities. National unity could not be achieved by suppressing a majority of people, said N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu , while speaking on "Reservation-Social Justice and National Unity." He said suppression of a majority of people was much more dangerous than separatist movements. He wondered how India could become a developed country with so much of inequality and when a majority of the people were living in deprivation. Indian Constitution, he said, made provision for reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes first for a limited period, which was being extended from time to time. This itself showed the distance between promise and reality. On paper, the country could be proud of many things in the Constitution, but in reality it was different. Again converted Dalits were being denied benefits and concessions now being enjoyed by the Hindu Dalits though as per the principle of equality, people should not be discriminated against on the basis of religion. Now reservation for those who had been deprived had been accepted by all political parties. Despite obstacles, reservation had made a big change but much more had to be achieved for ensuring social justice at all levels, he said. Viduthalai Rajendran, who spoke on "Periyar and Reservation for Dalits," said Tamil Nadu was in the forefront of the fight for reservation for the Dalits and backward classes. He said a mass movement of the Dalits in support of social justice was the need of the hour. ----------------- [3] From: yogi sikand <ysikand@yahoo.com> Date: Sun Oct 1, 2006 Subject: VT Rajshekar: Muslim- Christian Reconciliation needed to Save world from Armageddon VT Rajshekar: Muslim- Christian Reconciliation needed to Save world from Armageddon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mahajanapada/messages ... .. We are neither Muslims nor Christians. Not even Hindus. In India, our people were liberated by Christianity and Islam from Hindu persecution. Brahminical oppressors have joined hands with Jews and America. That is how we are seriously interested in Christian-Muslim reconciliation and ready to do anything towards that. ==== VT Rajshekar is one of India's leading Dalit-Bahujan Intellectuals. Based in Bangalore, he is the author of numerous books and is the editor of 'Dalit Voice' [ www.dalitvoice.org]. He can be contacted on vtr@ndf.vsnl.net.in --------------------- [4] Regi P George <george_regi@yahoo.com> Date: Sun Oct 1, 2006 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Sangparivar News paper published map with no Kashmir Why we need to blame these people! Our great leaders Prince Chidambaram and Manmohan are very happy with the economic policy of BJP govt.s regi I. K. Shukla@yahoo.com wrote: That should be the logical one, factually more honest, the map of IndiaMINUS GujMadRajChh. BJP states have opted out of India by trashing and traducing its Constitution relentlessly. Not one of them punished by the Centre. Their examples will mandate sedition and multiply secession. ------------ [5] From: rkurian@bgl.vsnl.net.in Date: Sat Sep 30, 2006 Subject: In India, Water Crisis Means Foul Sludge. In India, Water Crisis Means Foul Sludge http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092906HA.shtml In the richest city in India, with the nation's economy marching ahead at an enviable clip, middle-class people are reduced to foraging for water. Their predicament testifies to the government's astonishing inability to deliver the most basic services to its citizens at a time when India asserts itself as a global power. ---------------- [6] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Sat Sep 30, 2006 Subject: Indo-US Nuke Deal Fails to get Past the Senate: Saran, Mukherjee, Rice, Bush Notwithstanding http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2052078,curpg-2.cms Indo-US N-deal pushed to lame duck session [ 30 Sep, 2006 1556hrs IST IANS] ---------- [7] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Sun Oct 1, 2006 Subject: Indo-US Nuke Deal: Heartbroken India Readies for the Next Round http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2055490.cms Indo-US deal gasps for breath Indrani Bagchi [ 1 Oct, 2006 0229hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: The Indian nuclear deal is gasping for breath in the US Senate, with Democrats rebuffing the Bush administration? s attempt to have a floor test. The Senate disbanded for its November 7 elections without taking up the Indian legislation. Subject: 'Development' against Ecology: GDP against HDI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2046411.cms LEADER ARTICLE Shift The Goalpost ARUN MAIRA ------------ [8] From: Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01@yahoo.com> Date: Sat Sep 30, 2006 Subject: It's Official Now: Farmers Suicide Related To GM Cotton. GM WATCH daily http://www.gmwatch.org EXTRACT: Most suicide cases relate to those farming families which have run up huge debts because of the high cost in using the expensive genetically-modified cotton seeds, which have to be bought every year. Crop failures in this situation, therefore, leave farmers with debts they are unable to pay and are then hounded by loan sharks. GM WATCH COMMENT: This report comes in the same week as Indo-Swiss research showing India's organic cotton producers benefit from 40% lower input costs, up to 20% lower production costs, almost comparable labour costs, and higher cotton yields - all of which makes them far less vulnerable to loan sharks. http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp? arcid=7077 The continuing suicide epidemic is corporate-bureaucratic murder. Monsanto-Mahyco hyped GM cotton to the skies to these vulnerable farmers, using every PR trick in the book, while callous and corrupt local and national politicians joined in the chorus. The tragic consequences are being played out on a daily basis. --- --- All in a day: Six farmers commit suicide The Times of India, 30 Sep 2006 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2047898.cms NAGPUR: Upbeat projections by Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and generous financial promises from the Centre aren't working in Vidarbha. At least six more cotton farmers, crushed by debt, have committed suicide in the last 24 hours. ------------ [9] Dirty Water Kills 4,000 Children A Day By Thalif Deen http://www.countercurrents.org/deen300906.htm According to the U.N. children's agency UNICEF, polluted water and lack of basic sanitation claim the lives of over 1.5 million children every year, mostly from water-borne diseases Ladakh: The Fear Factor By Stanzin Dawa http://www.countercurrents.org/ladakh-dawa300906.htm The history of Ladakh has a tradition of outsiders dividing Ladakh and ruled over us, if we not resolve this conflict it would be first in the history of Ladakh where Ladakhis are dividing each other and putting everything on the plate for outsiders to rule and govern us. I am sure we will not let it happen, more significantly our dear leaders will not let it happen. Let's collectively eliminate the fear factor for ever… Building Up A New Movement Against Scavenging: Tirunalveli's Dalits Show The Way By Vidya Bhushan Rawat http://www.countercurrents.org/dalit-rawat300906.htm Gram Udhayam is a great reflection of the power and vision of Dalits all over India. Their achievement would definitely help the communities living in other parts of the country to think about their self and work for a socio cultural revolution that would free from the bondage of the caste based discrimination ---------------- http://archives.zinester.com/76029 |
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