[Reader-list] [Announcements] Rally to Protest NandigramKillings

[Tapas Ray]

Joy,

I think there is some truth in what you say. Yes, the people's ("our") 
lethargy is partly to blame. But that is part of the picture. What about 
the other part, namely the active, non-lethargic methods adopted by the 
Left Front to continue in power and to continuously consolidate its 
stranglehold on every institution of society?

It may be true that Congress and BJP are no better than the CPI-M. (I 
say this about the specific issue of Nandigram and Singur - see what has 
happened in Sardar Sarovar.) But to refrain from protesting on that 
ground would be to give the ruling Left Front a walk-over.

Finally, I do think it is time to look beyond the violence and 
corruption - in which Congress, BJP and CPI-M seem to be competing for a 
photo-finish - at the development philosophy many of us share with them 
uncritically, and which is at the root of the conflict not only in 
Nandigram and Singur but also in Sardar Sarovar and many other places.

Tapas


Mrityunjay Chatterjee wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I seroulsy don't think that CPIM is responsible for what ever happening. 
> It is us who are responsible. Because neither CPIM not the Trinamool or 
> naxalites or congress or BJP or any other organisation is outside us and 
> our desire and lethargy. I just wonder who would 'outst' 
> 'self-rightious' us?
> 
> When communists were communists? Shuddha's lists shows its demise much 
> before any one us took birth. But we still believe in the religion 
> called communism.  It is not the problem of CPIM, it is our problem.
> 
> Which political practice was ever transparent? Millions have died in 
> history due to political callousness who had ever asked for apology?
> 
> Your last line is the death nail for all of us, as we all know Congress 
> or BJP is no better than CPIM.
> 
> 
> Finally my problem with protests is exactly that, it jumps into binary 
> oppositions. And this binary opposition was never there. Let us not run 
> after mirage.
> 
> Best wishes
> Joy