[Reader-list] NAXALBARI & WIKIPIDEA

[subhrodip sengupta]

Recently saw some biased facts about the naxaloite movement. OBviously an eye-sore to reactionary measures, the content provider has alas gone by the emergency-regulated media, which is again not the person's fault. With regard to strikes and '80s, off course the statements are factually correct except a lag time in various states, but it glorifies the mode and struggle pre-80's and the leadership that has existed, thus leaving no room for analysis beyond that point. I am neither a Naxalite nor an academic. But what I am strictly opposed to is doctoring of facts. Indeed Kolkata was reeling under bomb waves, violence and tension. But Jadavpur was not taken over. Moreover pipeguns were never made in machine tools shop as the narrator accuses. Nor did naxalites capture Jadavpur University. There was indeed exchange of Firing bombardment between NAXALITES, CPM members and at times the POLICE.
2 or three constables were killed, but Police was then agent of CPM. UNder Emergency Police arrested and bet up CPM students also without citing any reason, a fact ommited. Interesting is the error of ommision by the author when he concludes the VC Late Gopal Sen had been murdered by Naxalities, though this is merely a police report and no one has been punished by law for that. This noble man indeed introduced students and what is alleged cause forced in exams against Naxal wishes but that saved the carreer of many students whose families could not afford their education or unemployment beyond that year. Already an year had been wasted for some students. What has been never investigated is who can stab on cycle on last day of service but someone whose high handedness was intervened by the late professor. This was indeed a traumatised era,with CRPF and s etc later Army intervening. Fathers rarely talk about their ordeal to their sons, leaving such
 unverifiable comments alive. If on other hand agriculture is willfully hurt by low price etctp squash out labour and adjust machinery prices under bretton wood, then some kind of burgeoise nexus or political handshake is sniffed not with landowners as two centuries have passed. That lockouts keep on ongovt subsidised land demonstrate it. Also strikes part the worker was aware that labour laws were depriciating and the kind of public disorder imposed on strikes including rape loot to non-confirmers & insurance cover was removed. But none of the promises were enforcable for sheer lack of sterness on part of government, employment situation did not improved as state was interested in conforming to central policy of making investment attractive, do not ask me why crowd out local entepreneurs by undesirable ones.Ultimately it boils down to matter of personal interests. As lockouts continued with full support of government, it is also noticable how state
 government declared strikesand the way administration has been centralised do not ask me about role of police either. Segmented armed revolution must be squashed down by larger reactionary powers and army but apart from building fear the discontent spreads....... The erstwhile beares of these movements who dropped out of college or somehow managed to crash carreers have been well established under the present system. Even today everyone hates an armed rebellion but no one cares to look at economic constraints where such movements are organised. Somewhere the fire continues hidden more lucrative than before.










PS Women fit in with more than equal stature in this narration though I cannot go on mentioning he/she and given present times where women have taken more progressive roles. I do not know, and with newspaper aided knowledge can not go well into other places. Comments and argument welcome.



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