Comments on: Manmohan and the Maoists

By: raja

raja — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:29:17 +0000

Thanks for this write-up, a deeply disturbing analysis of the current state of affairs, with most of which one can’t help but agree. The maoist understanding of the Indian state indeed seem myopic and fatally inadequate. But the fact that it has managed to sustain itself in howsoever a convulated fashion, despite suffering huge casualties and attrition, for so long can’t be denied–unless, of course, one believes that they are the creation of the same Indian state or Manmohan singh. I would like Satya to delve on that aspect, about how such an antiquated understanding has managed to survive the multi-pronged onslaught of a mighty opposition. Just blaming the dwindling and endangered forests for their survival seems too simplistic. And also, if only he would care to put in some more thought and concrete to the ‘many solutions’ to the big problem, the analysis would appear less sweeping in the concluding part. Thanks all the same, for provoking a lot of thought. Looking forward to many more like them.

By: Susmita Dasgupta

Susmita Dasgupta — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:50:20 +0000

absolutely on the dot. brilliant !!!!

By: satishsuryanaryanan

satishsuryanaryanan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:18:44 +0000

Good commentary. When Manmohan Singh is serving the masters in West, Maoists are unknowingly doing the same. Actually they are a misled lot. The fact that Maoists never dare to take on the Ambanis and the people of their ilk shows that the intention of Maoists is to douse the fire of a desire, an ambition for a greater change through the mobilisation of masses. I do agree with the opinion that Maoists are not an imminent threat while Manmohan Singh is posing the real threat to the nation.

By: Dr.V.N.Sharma

Dr.V.N.Sharma — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:33:01 +0000

Dear Satya,

A wonderful eye-opener on Dr. Manmohan Sing and the Maoists, the biggest threat to/ enemy of the country’ according to him. How he is working as a Front for the World Bank, the US and all the Capitalists in India and the World. For whom the World Bank’s advice on Structural Adjustments is a gospel to finish off the Fundamental Rights of Citizens to Education, Health and essential commodities like Food, Water & Clean Environment. Just look at the Right To Education Bill 2008 and Yashpal Committee Report and its effect on Kapil Sibal.

By: K.M.Venugopalan

K.M.Venugopalan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:06:13 +0000

Nice political commentary on contemporary India.
Going beyond what you’d suggest to the Maoists to do,
you had pointed to thousands of smaller solutions,though admittedly there is no ‘big solution’.
Unfortunately, the entire questions are posed before us to appear them like Maoists are the biggest internal threat. This also means that those have never been raised with a view to solving them rather than to create a fear psychosis all around- of which, escalation of the state terror and muzzling the dissent are the essential elements.
As we already see, the latest acts of state violence on Medha Patkar, Gopal Menon and many human rights activists have very little to do with the so called Maoist insurgency. The dalit and tribal poeople becoming politically and ideologically (and far from militarily)equipped to challenge the hegemonic structures of neoliberalist onslaughts is the real headache.
Only by naming the problem as a Maoist upsurge,the State almost wins in its efforts to take the people elsewhere for a ride.

By: Javed I

Javed I — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:08:26 +0000

“That is why the idea of the CPI(Maoist), with their current myopic strategies, taking power through an armed struggle in a huge country like India is simply laughable.”

- I’d say, it’s irrelevant. Because whether they do or not, they’re going to try, and therefore, people would die.

Hopefully, the consumerist middle-class wakes up to realize what genocide really means. And for that, we need the media to wake up first.

By: Bablu

Bablu — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:16:30 +0000

Sathya, its a long time since I read such stuff. Good for you. I cannot but agree. The job really is to understand the character of the Indian state. Do keep writing.

By: Satya

Satya — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:40:51 +0000

Shubho, Manmohan is a front for a cabal of global and Indian business lobbies and the hugely ambitious Indian middle classes which don’t care about India as they have already fled the country spiritually if not materially. He is personally not corrupt so it makes it more difficult to expose him but also makes him more dangerous to the future of the country.

The correct figure of those earning less than 20 Rs a day is 78 percent of people in the unorganised sector, which is from the Arjun Sengupta Commission Report released last year. The organised sector forms just 7 percent of the country’s workforce so that means 70 percent of the country’s working population earns less than 20 Rs a day.

By: shubho

shubho — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:12:21 +0000

Brilliant, but aren’t you being a little alarmist? Manmohan simply doesn’t have as much power as you credit him with. Also, where did you get the figures from? (70% earn less than Rs 20 a day, etc.)
Don’t stop writing, this is the best political commentary I’ve seen in years.