Comments on: The Paranoia of a Totalitarian Mind

By: Jaquan

Jaquan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:17:00 +0000

Jaquan…

once again i outdid myself…

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:40:49 +0000

Aaron…

this is why i always pick my nose….

By: Brinda Karat: The Paranoia of a Totalitarian Mind « Kafila

Brinda Karat: The Paranoia of a Totalitarian Mind « Kafila — Sun, 25 May 2008 08:44:29 +0000

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By: Nandigram at Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind

Nandigram at Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:38:54 +0000

[...] But while many tears may be shed for Ehsaan Jafri (and rightfully too), there is little sympathy for Shankar Samanta. Why? As this report by a group of Left intellectuals (a few from JNU) say, Shankar Samanta had killed innocent villagers and hence “had it coming.”(or more precisely his supposed crimes put the murder in perspective) Of course, some questions may be raised as to why the word of the villagers (people who murdered Shankar Samanta) are considered to be fact while the CPM’s description of Shankar Samanta as “very harmless man” is put in inverted commas. I personally am not saying that Shankar Samanta was innocent or was harmless by any definition (not that it justifies his being brutalized by a mob) but this kind of rather uneven treatment of two versions of the story indicate that these self-professed Left winging intellectuals were pre-disposed to be critical of the CPM. [The Leftist fact-finders do not seem too interested in the fate of Sunita Mondol, a class ten girl, mutiliated and raped and hung on a tree at a time when Bhoomi Ucched people had barricaded the village and driven out all CPM men] While this bias against the Left by Leftist intellectuals may on the face of it seem paradoxical, I shall subsequently try to explain why the CPM under Buddha is the “true Left’s” biggest nightmare. [...]

By: Shyamal Maitra

Shyamal Maitra — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:15:30 +0000

maoist canard

Nandigram violence is another instance of cpim’s tactics to terrorise downtrodden people and rally them forceibly behind them. starting from Sainbari massacre in Bardhaman in the seventies the cpim has mastered in this. people of the state must realise that if they show any defiance to their dictat they will face similar flac in the garb of democracy. one must recollect what the first chief minister of the first governmentcommunist of kerala, e m s namboodiripa said about ‘wrecking the constitution from within’.
now it is time to introspect over their role. they are the fortunate beneficiaries of the regime, some exceptions. we all should start a disobedience movement in an ever evolving form. think and communicate thi in expectation.

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:55:39 +0000

Projects vs. dispossession: the conflict in India is only widening.(Narmada, Gandhamardan in Orissa where bauxite mining was stopped).The reason: the dispossessed are never adequately compensated, being left to the mercies of a completely amoral bureaucracy.So what’s special in Nandigram?
Power and prestige.CPM considers the territory as “theirs”, Trinamool and others violently contest.Violence on either side is met by counter-violence; the police are used to uphold the ruler’s diktat, not uphold the law.
I am afraid that peace is not going to return to Nandigram until one side or the other concedes defeat- which I don’t foresee in the near future.

By: Bhooter Raja

Bhooter Raja — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:14:35 +0000

Please take a look at this archive http://development-dialogues.blogspot.com

By: joe

joe — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:31:37 +0000

the comparisons with Gujarat are pertinent and extremely distressing given the allegded politics of the parties in each instance. However I can see, as far I’m aware, no poisitive to have come out of the genocide, and it was genocide, a term I do not use lightly, of Gujurat. The politicalk climate it seems is ripe now in Nandigram for a serious peoples movement with possibilities for challenging and hopefully changing land politics all over India. It is not a silver lining more an awakening. watch this space.

By: Brinda Karat: The Paranoia of a Totalitarian Mind at Kafila

Brinda Karat: The Paranoia of a Totalitarian Mind at Kafila — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:50:34 +0000

[...] The full article was first posted in sacredmediacow. Biman Bose Brinda Karat CPM Nandigram [...]

By: meenu

meenu — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:29:50 +0000

The way CPI(M) is handling this has striking parallels to the way Vajpayee government handled the Gujarat riots: blame the victims. But what is even worse is that Ms. Karat sounds like Narendra Modi-she could use a lesson or two even from Buddhadev Bhattacharya!!

By: Somnath Batabyal

Somnath Batabyal — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:06:29 +0000

The point to note here is the divisive nature of the criticism of Prakash Karat. “look, they are not talking about the death in your family, but see how they cry over the body of your neighbour.” This is not only utterly condemnable, but dangerous. Sad that one of the senior most politbureau member resorts to this.
The critique of Nandigram is surely not about who got killed and to which political affiliation the victim belonged to, but about a situation which gives rise to such violence. The State is reponsible for the death of a CPI (M) supporter as much as it is for anyone else.