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[1] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Mar 27, 2007 Subject: Muslims keep alive marble work of the Taj era Muslims keep alive marble work of the Taj era http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=750&Itemid=58 Agra, Thousands of Muslim families here are diligently keeping alive the delicate craft of carving on marble that contributed to making the Taj Mahal a global marvel. The secrets of their work have been handed down from one generation to another ever since Mughal emperor Shah Jahan decided to build the imposing monument in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal in the 17th century. Hundreds of years later, an estimated 7,000 families spread all over Agra are engaged in bringing out marble works of all sizes and shapes and for all purses with eye catching and often very intricate stone carving. ---------------- [2] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Mar 27, 2007 Subject: CPIM on Nandigram: Blowing Hot and Cold after Operation Recapture Boomerangs I/III. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/485200703271923.htm Kolkata 'CPI-M failed to forsee reaction to land acquisition' Kolkata, March 27 (PTI): Admitting for the first time in the backdrop of the Nandigram incident that the CPI-M had failed to foresee II. http://www.ganashakti.com/tw/thisweek/feature.htm Nandigram : Let The Truth Be Known Prakash Karat http://www.ganashakti.com/tw/thisweek/week_bengal1.htm NEWS NOTES BENGAL LEFT FRONT ITERATES UNITY OF FUNCTIONING B Prasant ------------- [3] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Mar 27, 2007 Subject: Latest pictures of Nandigram Riot and CPM's genocide blogs. ibibo. com/suksezInEvrithin Nandigram: stained RED.... Govt miserably failed!!!! A woman injured in the Nandigram firing lies at the Tamluk hospital. Picture by Biswarup Dutta Tamluk, March 24: Forty-eight-year-old Sarifa Bibi cries like a child whenever she hears a noise. Lying at the Tamluk district hospital, she hasn’t had a good night’s sleep since March 14. The minute she closes her eyes, she is swept back to that bloody day — bombs exploding at her feet, lathis raining on her and fear-stricken villagers running helter-skelter. A resident of Jalpai village, about 10 km from Bhangabera, Sarifa had been part of the wall of protesters who tried to resist the police in Nandigram. “When I recovered my senses at the hospital, I could not hear anything. My hearing improved gradually, but there is always a ringing sound in my ears. Whenever there is a noise, my heart starts to beat faster, I think another bomb has exploded,” she says, tears streaming down her tired face. Satyabala Mondal, too, bore the brunt of the police batons. But her scars are deeper than what her bruises betray. The 45-year-old resident of Gokulnagar had fallen into a hole while running from the police. Satyabala has had only nightmares since then. “Whenever I sleep, I dream of villagers being chased by gun-wielding policemen and a boy lying in a pool of blood.” According to Sabitendra Patra, the superintendent of the Tamluk hospital, people like Sarifa and Satyabala may not be seriously injured but trauma has taken a toll on their minds. “They can’t be released from hospital as they are still suffering from severe trauma. We have had to seek psychiatric help for them,” he said. What has added to the hospital’s headache is the constant stream of VIP visitors and sympathisers, who won’t let the patients forget the firing. Every day, politicians and NGO representatives come to the hospital to listen to their “tales of horror”. “Through their waking hours, the patients are being asked to relive the March 14 nightmare. The women face embarrassing questions like whether they had been raped or molested. As a result, the patients’ nerves are ruffled and their rest and sleep disturbed,” said S. N. Baur, one of two psychiatrists at the hospital. Observation of the team from the trend of statements made by the victims of the incident and the villagers in general. i) The people of Nandigram have been subjected to torture by the police and the political hooligans in a concerted way; ii) The villagers, the police have started operation at the first instance for mass killing and the job has been completed by the murderers of the political parties. The peaceful movement of the people of Nandigram to oppose acquisition of land and/or for establishing Special Economic Zone by the State Government under the approved scheme of the Central Government has been sought to be broken and/or demolished by the ruling political party in aid and abatement of the police and the local administration. iii) A good number of persons have been killed in the action. The exact number of the dead persons, untraced persons, victims of rape and the persons who have been severely injured could not yet been finalized because the villagers of Adhikari Para, Sonachura and the adjoining villages could not return to their respective huts as yet. Govt brushes aside Nandigram report???? Kolkata: Fourteen people died in Nandigram on March 14. But months before the police firing, there were strong indications that the mood in Nandigram was already violent. An intelligence report filed as far back as on January 4 had warned that the situation had gathered momentum, and tension was mounting. This is what the District Intelligence Branch report stated: "In the backdrop of Singur issue and alleged atrocities by police there, the situation at Nandigram has already taken up momentum and tension is gradually mounting up to the extreme end." In early January alone, there were at least three reports sent to the state government on armed attacks of both police and CPI-M supporters. But the government still said later that they could not anticipate the kind of resistance the police faced on March 14. Another intelligence report sent on January 4 had warned that Muslim fundamentalists and CPI(ML) members were visiting Nandigram secretly, and police action had only boosted their morale. The report stated: "Muslim fundamentalists have been constantly visiting Nandigram. Some members of CPI(ML) are also keeping liaison with the villagers of Nandigram and also visit the areas secretly. The incident of police action on January 3 has strengthened and boosted their morale." But this one was ignored too. The situation got even worse when the administration set out to acquire land in Mahishadal near Nandigram on January 9 - a fact borne out by another intelligence report. Amid all these, the CBI report on the Nandigram killings got buried. It's going to be held by the court for at least three more weeks and won't be released until the hearing starts. And for all practical purposes, the investigation too has been stalled. Meanwhile, the state government has now submitted an affidavit to the Calcutta High Court in defense of the police action in Nandigram. ------------ [4] From: Regi P George <george_regi@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 Subject: Re: [Mahajanapada] Nandigram: Its Lessons by Praful Bidwai Dear CK Do you think CPM or any of its supporters seeing such thoughts meaningless? The issue is not that in Kerala, Bengal and Tripura CPM have govt. s they have to follow the oath they had taken. They can rule the state only as per the Central Govt. policy. Under such circumstance what the best they can do for the people that only they are doing But our activists and NGOs it is bit difficult and hard to understand. The compensation package for Singur you can see on no other place in Inida. The same way ADB loan agreement by Kerala govt. you can find with no other state. Look at the Electricity policy of Central govt. Look at the Jewaharlal Nehru Municipal development policy agreement. It is a new loan central govt. giving to different municipalities of India. The agreement is more harder than the one ADB is with Kerala govt. INSTED OF SEEING THE FACTORS TRUTHFULLY our activists and NGO's are finding a reason to attack CPM and campaign agianst it. The pathetic situation is that CK, BJP and Congress party implementing all such draconian policy in India with no Opposition from any NGO, Activist Inc. But they are ready to oppose the state govts. ruled by the left which is forced to function under the draconian policy of rightwing govts. regi. "C.K. Vishwanath" <ck_vishwanath2000@yahoo.com> wrote: the question needs to be taken seriously.how do yo develop productive forces?the growth based development by suppressing the poor peasants is not possible in india.recently,jammes pteras exposed the reality of millioners or billioners.india is making those billioners but,what is its peasants role? ----------- [5] Time For Musharraf To Go! By Usman Khalid http://www.countercurrents.org/pak-khalid270307.htm The Armed Forces and the Judiciary are the two institutions where performance and conduct of their members are judged by their peers. After a dumb start, the Chief Justice of Pakistan is being judged by his peers. But Musharraf has resisted the judgment of his peers. They have been telling him privately at first and publicly now that it is time for him to go. That way his legacy, the good name, and public confidence in the armed forces can be saved Touch Me Not By Chandi Sinnathurai http://www.countercurrents.org/sinnathurai270307.htm Nazism was based on racial purity and superiority. The system of Casteism determines a human??™s destiny purely on the basis of caste. If Nazism and slavery were abolished, why then Casteism cannot be demolished and its evils uprooted? ----------- [6] From: Regi P George <george_regi@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Mar 27, 2007 Subject: Re: [Mahajanapada] Re: A Statement by "Left" intellectuals on Nandigram Inciden 1. The deaths of ordinary people in police firing is deeply regrettable. Such an event is painful and unfortunate. The CPI(M) would have liked a full-fledged judicial enquiry, so that all the circumstances which led to the police action and the firing could be looked into and the facts established. The Kolkata High Court, however, in an unprecedented step, without even asking the state government for a report, ordered a CBI enquiry on the March 14 incident. Prakash Karat LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0325/03252007_prakash.htm The police firing resulting in deaths has incurred the disapproval of different sections of people in West Bengal, a state which has a high level of democratic consciousness. The reactions against the police action in the rest of the country also reflect the same disapproval. Such reactions are understandable. But to link the police action to a purported drive to take over land from the peasants in Nandigram is a deliberate attempt to malign the Left Front government and the CPI(M). Prakash Karat. LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0325/03252007_prakash.htm (This statment of CPM Politiburo Secretary is not available to a prominent citizen like you why and what that mean? THE MEDIA IS HIDING CPM'S SIDE AND STATMENTS OF ITS SECRETARY TOO... I can just imagine how much lies they spread by this time) II. Does a CBI enquiry preclude a judicial enquiry? No sir, but a CBI Enquiry ordered by Judiciary is a blockade. It can e a contempt of court. By the way CBI Enquiry is a by product of our NGO/Activsts/Intelecutals request only. >>>>>>>>>>> III. At least let the West Bengal government depose before the High Court that it'd like to go in for a judicial enquiry to bring the "truths" out to light >>>>>>>>>>>> True! I agree to that, I hope after the priliminary judicial intervention. Govt. will go for it. >>>>>>>>> IV. Quite interestingly and revealingly, you yourself never gave a straight answer to my repeated queries whether you'd demand a judicial enquiry. >>>>>>> Sir, Is your YOU mean the person named REGI! I am a poor common man what is the meaning of my demand? BUT! I condemn the Brutality of police I regret on the human lose (The poor and oppressed villagers) I too like to see a truthfull probe (that is what we all expect by demanding a judicial probe isn't it?) on the issue. If CPM is wrong and at mistakable position let it be punished. IF NOT; What about the Tones of lies spread around the world against CPM? Who will appologise? Who will regret? Who will get punished and whom? What about the damage happen to the party? regi. Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> wrote: I. Would you please cite the specific statement by Pralash Karat showing that he has so "demanded" - with link to the original? --------- |
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