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Sunday, June 7, 2009

JAI HO! FLAGSHIP Programme and FASTER GROWTH! Marxist Hallucination!


JAI HO! FLAGSHIP Programme and FASTER GROWTH! Marxist Hallucination!
 
Troubled galaxy Destroyed Dreams:Chapter 250
 
Palash Biswas
 

UPA to continue flagship programmes: President

Business Standard - ‎Jun 4, 2009‎
PTI / New Delhi June 4, 2009, 12:20 IST President Pratibha Patil today said three flagship programmes of the government - rural employment guarantee scheme, ...
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Pratibha Patil today said, while outlining the ...

Get it right this time

Economic Times - ‎Jun 5, 2009‎
The government has now announced that it wants to consolidate flagship programmes for employment, education, health, rural infrastructure and urban renewal. ...
 
 

Strike in Kashmir Valley enters 7th day; Geelani arrested

Press Trust of India - ‎56 minutes ago‎
Srinagar, June 7 (PTI) The separatist-sponsored strike in the Kashmir valley in protest against last week's alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian entered the seventh day today even as hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was ...

More trouble for CPM as Guv okays Pinarayi's prosecution

Economic Times - ‎28 minutes ago‎
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It turned out a somber Sunday for the CPM today unlike any in the recent past. In the morning the party took a jab in the form of a pastoral letter from the Catholic church that belittled Marxism, and the afternoon brought a ...
 
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NCP leader Patil in CBI custody for 'double murder'

Senior NCP leader and Lok Sabha MP Padamsinh Patil has been
booked for 'double murder', and the Lok Sabha Speaker has bee...

Sharad Pawar rules out merger with Congress

Clearing the clouds over the fate of his party in the wake of P A
Sangma warming up to Sonia Gandhi, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar r...

Kerala Governor gives sanction to prosecute Vijayan

The politically sensitive SNC Lavalin graft case took a new turn
with Kerala Governor R S Gavai giving sanction to CBI to... No evidence to link Saeed to Mumbai attacks: Pak HCOrissa nun rape case: Chargesheet filed against sevenPunjab: NRI, brother die under mysterious circumstancesStudents rally in Sydney, youth's car burnt

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Mobiles, cigarettes, liquor to cost more
5 Jun 2009, 0730 hrs IST, TNN
 
MUMBAI: Liquor, cigarettes, mobile phones, digital cameras, video cameras, decorative gypsum boards and stamp duty on various agreements will cost
more while imitation jewellery, plastic mats, agarbattis (incense sticks), domestic LPG stoves and shikakai and ritha (herbal hair products) will become cheaper in Maharashtra.

Finance minister Dilip Walse-Patil tabled the state's additional budget on Thursday. As expected, the upcoming assembly elections in September and the global economic meltdown dominated the budget in which the estimated deficit will be to the tune of Rs 2,645 crore.

The government has made provision for several memorials, including a Shivaji statue in Mumbai, and social welfare schemes for minorities and weaker sections , besides offering sops for housewives and scholarships for economically backward students. There is no specific provision for the various urban infrastructure projects being implemented.

The state government also claimed that it had done away with the development backlog from the backward regions of Vidarbha and Marathwada by allocating specific funds. However, BJP state unit president Nitin Gadkari described the claim as misleading and said the finance minister had made several promises without making any provision for funds.
India may fail to eradicate hunger by 2015: UNDP paper

New Delhi (PTI): The global financial crisis may keep India from achieving its goal of eradicating hunger by 2015 and other Millennium Development Goals, says a paper by the UN Development Programme.

"As the full implications of the global financial crisis unfold, questions are being raised on its impact on India's human development and achievement of the MDGs," the UNDP India Senior Assistant Country Director Seeta Prabhu said.

India is doing good by the government's definition of poverty, but not as per the World Bank's estimates, Prabhu said in a paper titled 'Global Financial Crisis: Impact on India's Poor'.

"If the national poverty line is used as the definition, the country is generally considered to be well on track to reduce the headcount ratio of poverty, but not if the World Bank's estimates of proportion of population below the newly defined extreme poverty line of USD 1.25 per day is considered," she said in her paper.

Besides, she said, irrespective of the poverty estimate one uses, there is a distinct possibility that poverty levels may be higher than expected in the next couple of years till the economy resumes a faster growth path.

"Higher food prices would aggravate the situation and push back further the possibility of India reaching the target in Goal-I which aims at hunger eradication by 2015," she said.

 

Chemical industry leads in social work: Assocham

New Delhi (IANS): The chemical industry undertook the maximum number of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives during 2008-09, according to an industry lobby report.

The study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) said out of 300 Indian companies across 18 broad sectors spending on social initiatives last fiscal, 74 were from the chemical sector.

The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector was second on the list with 62, while the textile sector came third with 53 taking up CSR initiatives.

According to the report, the 300 corporate houses on an aggregate have identified 26 theme areas for CSR initiatives.

Out of these, community welfare accounted for 21 percent of the total CSR initiatives and was the top priority theme for corporate houses, Assocham president Sajjan Jindal said while releasing the study.

The second popular area was education with a share of 19.64 percent, with companies giving funds for setting up schools, colleges and other centres of learning, the report said.

Environment is the third on the priority list with a share of 17.02 percent, followed by healthcare such as mobile medical services, medical camps and creating awareness programmes on preventive health care.

State-wise, Maharashtra received the maximum attention for CSR activities, followed by Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

 

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A hallucination, in the broadest sense, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus. In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, in that they are vivid, substantial, and located in external objective space. The latter definition distinguishes hallucinations from the related phenomena of dreaming, which does not involve consciousness; illusion, which involves distorted or misinterpreted real perception; imagery, which does not mimic real perception and is under voluntary control; and pseudohallucination, which does not mimic real perception, but is not under voluntary control.[1] Hallucinations also differ from "delusional perceptions", in which a correctly sensed and interpreted genuine perception is given some additional (and typically bizarre) significance.

Hallucinations can occur in any sensory modality — visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, proprioceptive, equilibrioceptive, nociceptive, and thermoceptive.

A mild form of hallucination is known as a disturbance, and can occur in any of the senses above. These may be things like seeing movement in peripheral vision, or hearing faint noises and voices.

Hypnagogic hallucinations and hypnopompic hallucinations are considered normal phenomena. Hypnagogic hallucinations can occur as one is falling asleep and hypnopompic hallucinations occur when one is waking up.

Hallucinations can also be associated with drug or alcohol use (particularly deliriants), sleep deprivation, psychosis, neurological disorders, and delirium tremens.

 

 

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       Flagship Programme! Faster Growth! Empowerment Women! Human Face! National Security! War against Terror! Rural Development! INFRASTRUCTURE! Information Explosion! Industrialisation! Urbanisation! VISA, Credit Card and Plastic Money! Bank Loan! Relief and Rescue! Disaster Management! Dalit! BULL Market!
       
      These are the BEST Tags for Mandatory Brainwashing, Mind Control and Media Hype for Manusmriti Rule to be sustained and GO Ahead with Indo  US Nuclear Deal, Strategic Realiance in US Israel lead, SEZ and DEPORTATION Drive, DISINVESTMENT and Divestment, LPG Raj,Retail Chain, Monopolistic Aggression, Hundred days` Action Plan of the India Incs, BUDGET MANIPULATION and DEFENCE Deals,Foreign Borrowing, FII control over Economy,Capital Inflow and outflow, consumer durables and Capital Goods, False Recession,Bail Out and EXEMPTIONS and Tax Waivers for RULING Class to feed the Money Machine with our SKIN, BLOOD and Meat, GRINDING Spines and BONES!
       
      ILLUMINATI Parliament does ENACT exactly the same REALITY SHOW with SURGICAL PRECISION!Jai Ho won Oscars for A R Rahman and Gulzar and now it is on its way to becoming an anthem among film and music lovers as one that captures the victory of the human spirit over miserable impoverishment and exploitation!
       
      PRANAB Mukherjee may be the POLITICAL Face of FINMIN but he must be GUIDED by Washington! Hence, the government on Friday reconstituted the Planning Commission that will have Montek Singh Ahluwalia continue as Deputy Chairman and three new members including former member of the PM's economic panel Saumitra Chaudhuri.

      The others who will be joining the Commission as members are Narendra Jadhav, honorary vice-chancellor of Pune University and Mihir Shah, Secretary of Samaj Pragati Sahayog.

      The government has also retained Abhijit Sen, Syeda Hameed and B K Chaturvedi as members in the reconstituted Commission, sources in the Prime Minister's Office said.

      The existing members of the Commission who did not figure in the list of the reconstituted plan panel are Kirit Parikh, V L Chopra, B Mungekar and B N Yugandhar. They are believed to have received letters of appreciation from the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the services rendered to the Commission.

      Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Ahluwalia along with with other members of the panel had submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister on completion of the term of the last government.   
      The unique signature style of the Indian film industry is its music and songs; Slum Dog Millionaire has shown this to the world in real words. ...
       
      When the Congress did the 'Jai Ho', the BJP came up with the 'Bhay Ho' campaign. The BJP might have scored some points, but it didn't work with the people. ...
       
      Presidential ADDRESS and the MEDIA Coverage of Parliamentary Procedure is an EXCELLENT ALCHEMIST of Underplaying, BLOW UP, Over Playing,Screaming Headlines,SCROLLING, Subversion,Deviation, DIGRESSION and SUSTAINED MISINFORMATION Campaign with ADEQUATE Salt of Total BLACK out as Indian Masses are never INTERESTED in ECONOMICS except the BULL or BEAR MARKET!
       
      We feel quite HELPLESS. BLOGS being removed,disabled, EMAIL Spammed, groups eliminated, we may not COMMUNICATE each other.
       
      I have posted an ACTION ALERT for GLOBAL Resistance and National Mass Movement. We may not the GRASS ROOT Indigenous, ABORIGINAL and Minority Communities as well as the UNDER Classes with this VIRTUAL Medium. But I expected RESPONSE from Paperless societies. I kept open my IN BOXES, CELL PHONE number 919903717833 and land line 913325659551.I am ONLINE most of the time. But the ISOLATION is there. NO RESPONSE from this BLOODY HUMANOID ROBOTIC world!
       
      I used the PRINT media in Savage NINETIES while my Novel in HINDI, AMERICA SE SAVDHAN was being PUBLISHED countrywide in scores of Publications. Well,I got the RESPONSE that time but the READERS forgot the NOVEL. The mags which published me now Blacklisted me. I am just out of Mainstream media. But I was hoping to be CALLED ON by OLD Friends and COMMITTED Individuals. But we REMAIN UNITED but ALONE! We work in islands cut of from the RESET of the World. Our Social ACTIVISM is not any LIABILITY or Heritage to bear with. It is PROJECT to be EN CASHED. TO GET PERSONAL Ambitions ACCOMPLISHED! Receive UNDUE MILEAGE! Most of PURCHASED or wait to be PURCHASED or Wait to be ADJUSTED and FIT in the RULING Class!
       
      My friend PRDIP TAMTA, the MP from ALMORA is a Case Study how the Personalities shape in!
       
      Personally, I have RECRUITED and trained Scores of JOURNALISTS in North India and elsewhere who eventually ELEVATED themselves to the status of RESIDENT EDITOR, EDITOR,EXECUTIVE EDITOR and Producers! I am very GLAD. But  I mourn for the LOST MISSION! Lost Professionalism!
       
      Well! I am MISFIT in the system! I paid for it. I am paying as I have NO SPACE, NO where! I have to work with well set BUNCH of REAL BASTARDS! I may not come out of this! I am DESTINED to lie upon the THORN BED! It has been my CHOICE. A well know WOMAN writer commented on me after reading my NOV ELLETTE in Hindi NAI TEHRI PURANI TEHRI,` YOU are SO OBSTINATE'!
       
      Last day, Rajivda complained, I am  ABSCONDING!
       
      I NEVER REPENT for my DECISIONS!
       
      But our Marxist COMRADES always DO REPENT for their DECISIONS. They are best known to commit HISTORICAL BLUNDERS and BEAR with the BLUNDERS!
       
      SO HABITUAL with COPULATION, the INDIAN Brahmin COMMUNISTS feel SUFFOCATION as being REDUCED and CUT to SIZE in the MANUSMRITI Hegemony! For so LONG they have not got the FUCK! 
       
      Bloody PRAKASH KARAT has dared to throw them out of the LUXURY HONEY MOON of SIX decades! 
       
      Well, it is not since 1969, while CPI officially tagged with INDIRA Gandhi,but from the BEGINNING Indian COMMUNISTS remained the MEMBERS of the GANDHIAN CASTE HINDU Congress during so called STRUGGLE for FREEDOM which was nothing but an OPEN CASTE War to get POWER TRANSFER in Favour of BRAHMINS in the SUBCONTINENT. SOCIALIST FLAVOUR OF NEHRU justified the LEFT OPPORTUNISM with their most HYPOCRITE SECULARSIM and PROGRESS. Nationalisation and SOVIET MODEL of DEVELOPMENT suited the MARXISTS most to CLING with NEHRU and Indira Gandhi.
       
      INDIAN BRAHMIN Marxists  thsu FINISHED MARXIST as well as MAOIST Ideology as well as MOVEMENT in INDIA and BARTERED commitment and legacy for SHARE of the HUMAN BLOOD and MEAT. thus they DEFENDED MARXIST RULE, HEGEMONY, REGIMENTED GESTAPO,FEUDAL INTERESTS and GENOCIDE CULTURE in WEST BENGAL and KERALA and TRIPURA!
       
      Comrade PRAKASH KARAT ensured the EXIT from the Legacy of NAMBUDARIPAD, SURAJEET and Jyoti Basu. He UPSET the APPLE CART so abruptly!
       
      Thus, Indian Trade UNION and COMMUNIST movement is in MOURNING MODE. EXCELLENT RUDALIES in the Manusmriti RULE. The DIE HARD COMRADES now led by YECHURY and BUDDHA try their BEST to get RE ENTRY in the UPA BED ROOM AIR COOLED! DISCARDING MAYAWATI and  the BASTARDISED THIRD FRONT, Good for NOTHING which ENSURED the CASTE HINDU Polarisation for ABSOLUTE MANDATE for the FINAL KILL, CONTINUITY of ECONOMIC REFORMS and FREEsenSEX, OPEN SOVEREIGN Market and PERSECUTION INFINITE for the INDIGENOUS ABORIGINAL MINORITY BLACK UNTOUCHABLES SIEGED within KILLING FIELDS!
       
      Displaced!

      Lost land!

       

      Lost Home!

       

      Lost Job!

       

      Lost CITIZENSHIP!

       

      Lost LAND and Holding!

       

      Lost Purchasing Capacity for SUSTENANCE!

       

      Lost Villages and Districts!

       

      GANG RAPED!

       

      BURNT LIVE!

       

      LYNCHED!

       

      Massacred!

       

      DEPORTED and EJECTED out of History and Geography!

       

      Lost Reservation!

       

      Lost Identity!

       

      Lost FOLK and Folk LORE!

       

      Lost Songs and MUSIC!

       

      Lost Languages!

       

      Lost Festivals!

      Lost PRODUCTION System and Market!

      CAPTURED!

       

      ENSLAVED!

       

      BONDED!

       

      How the COMRADES may DARE to DEFY WASHINGTON SLAVES and LPG MAFIA ?

       

      WE know the HISTORY of BETRAYALS!

       

      MARCHJHANPI!

       

      TELENGANA!

       

      SHREEKAKULAM!

       

      DHIMRI BLOCK!

       

      DANDAKARANYA!

       

      NAXALBARI!

       

      SINGUR!

       

      NANDIGRAM!

       

      LALGARH!

       

      GORKHALAND!

       

      JUTE MILLS!

       

      TEA GARDENS!

       

      FIFTY SIX THOUSAND CLOSED Production units in Bengal!

       

      SO ON!

       

      Now INDIAN Marxists GO INSANE For POWER!

       

      IMMERSED IN HALLUCINATION!

       

      The CPI(M) has undertaken a comprehensive analysis of the recent election results which will be discussed in the party's Central Committee meeting to be held later this month, Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury said on sunday.

       

      "We have taken up state-wise analysis of election results. State Committee meetings are being organised. We will discuss that in the Central Committee meeting to be held on 19th, 20th and 21st," he told reporters.

       

      Asked about CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan's comments that withdrawing support to the UPA over the nuclear deal "may not have been a good idea", he said, "Let them raise what ever they want to raise among Left parties. Then we will discuss.

       

      "CPI leaders have made some statements. We will discuss those issues with them," he said.

       

      Mr. Yechury and CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat were in the city to attend meetings of the party's Andhra Pradesh unit committee and state secretariat.

       

      Replying to a query, Mr. Yechury said the CPI(M) has made the demand that the government bring the women's reservation bill in its present form.

       

      "We have made it clear to the government. Even while participating in the debate over the President's address, we said the government should bring the women's bill in its present form. People would come to know who supports it and who opposes it. It should not be delayed," he said.

       

      CPI state secretary and Polit Bureau member B V Raghavulu said the party feels that the anti-incumbency against the Manmohan Singh government was not very strong, which contributed to the success of the Congress at the hustings.

       

      Another reason identified by party is that minorities largely voted in favour of the Congress in their bid to prevent the BJP from coming to power, he said.

       

      In Andhra Pradesh, split in the anti-government votes among the Grand Alliance comprising the TDP, CPI, CPI(M), TRS and the Praja Rajyam of Chiranjeevi benefited the Congress, Mr. Raghavulu said, citing preliminary analysis conducted by the party.

       

      Asked if the partners of the Grand Alliance in Andhra Pradesh would be together, he said the question of alliances would be decided at the time of elections.

       

      The CPI(M) is ready to work with any non-Congress, non

      -BJP secular parties over people's issues, he said.

       

      The party was ready to ally even with the TRS for the upcoming Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections if it severs ties with the BJP, Mr. Raghavulu said.

       

      The party is gearing up to fight with the Congress government on various burning issues, he added.

       

      22 Trinamool workers killed in post-poll violence: Mamata

       

       Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday alleged that 22 activists of her Trinamool Congress were killed by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) cadres in West Bengal since the Lok Sabha elections.
      "At least 22 members of our party, including Judhistir Dolui who was brutally hacked to death in Hooghly district, were killed by ruling CPI-M supporters in post-poll violence. Ruling party workers are killing our men. Many of our party supporters are also injured in the attack," Banerjee said at a press conference here.

      She said the CPI-M was trying to regain lost ground in the state and thus torturing people.

      "They (CPI-M) are not sparing anyone from their attacks. I ask common people, irrespective of their political colour, to take out peace rallies.

      "If they continue to do this state-sponsored terrorism and torture people, they'll never get victory," she said, adding the violence only sparked off in those areas where CPI-M won.

       

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        Next to Hollywood, Indian film industry is said to be the largest in the world. And it is the largest in terms of films produced & tickets sold.

         

         

        India has the world's biggest movie industry in terms of the number of movies produced (around 800 movies annually). It is a great sector for foreign investment by corporatised entertainment companies. Though risks are high on a per-movie basis, the risk spreads out across a number of films. However, the domestic film-making industry, despite its prolificacy, is yet to acquire the character of professionalism on a large scale.



        • Current size: Rs 6,800 crore
        • Projected size by 2010: Rs 15,300 crore
        • CAGR: 18%


        The Indian film industry is currently worth about US$ 1256 million and is expected to grow at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate of 18 per cent for the next 5 years. Nearly one thousand films are produced every year. The technology used and the special effects in movies are becoming increasingly sophisticated and animation is also finding a huge market with kids.

         

        The industry is currently witnessing the trend of more digital cinemas and growth of multiplexes. The Dubbing industry has grown at the rate of 25-30% over the last 4-5 years. Many international films are dubbed in local languages and shown in India. India has over 5 million home video and DVD users. The Indian film industry is also making its presence felt in the international market. The foreign investment in the Indian film industry is also increasing significantly. In fact, it witnessed the maximum flow of foreign investment in 2006.

        Regional (especially southern) films command almost 60 per cent of the total Indian film market with the rest being commanded by Hindi films.

         

        All-women team to budget for expenditure this year

        7 Jun 2009, 0248 hrs IST, Shantanu Nandan Sharma, ET Bureau

         

        NEW DELHI: If you thought woman power is confined only to household budgets while men tackled more pressing matters of state, it's time for a
        rethink. An all-women team of senior officers is in charge of preparing the expenditure part of the Union Budget, likely to be presented on July 3 by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee.

        The team, led by Sushama Nath, secretary at the department of expenditure under the ministry of finance, will comprise officers from the Indian Administrative Service, railway accounts and defence accounts services.

        The department of expenditure, which already has an additional secretary and three joint secretary-level women officers, recently recruited another woman joint secretary for the position of comptroller aid accounts and audit (CAAA). While there are a few good men also in the department, they are all below joint secretary level and hence do not deal directly with Budget matters.

        With their experience and background, this all-women team is expected to do a good job for their male political boss Mr Mukherjee in preparing the budget, said a finance ministry official, requesting anonymity. The department of expenditure plays a crucial role in Budget preparation, finalising the document along with the department of economic affairs (DEA). The other departments of the finance ministry handle financial services, revenue and disinvestment.

        Ms Nath, an officer of the 1974 IAS batch, had played a key role in the sixth Pay Commission where she was the member secretary. Her deputy, additional secretary Vilasini Ramachandran and a 1977 batch IAS officer from Gujarat cadre (incidentally also the parent cadre of finance secretary Ashok Chawla) has a reputation for being a brilliant officer.

        Other senior officers in this all-women team include joint secretaries Anjuly Chib Duggal of the 1981 IAS batch, Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) official Meena Aggarwal and Defence Accounts Service officer Madhulika Prasad Sukul.
        The expenditure department's role is important in the Budget, considering its engagement in both Plan and non-Plan expenditure.

        According to the government's allocation of business rules, the department has the authority of financial sanction relating to all ministries and offices of the government which are not covered by powers delegated or conferred by the rules or by any general or special orders.
         
        Budget should reflect priorities outlined by president: PMO
        5 Jun 2009, 1731 hrs IST, REUTERS
         
        NEW DELHI: The forthcoming budget in July should factor in the priorities outlined in the president's Thursday speech, the prime minister's office
        said in a statement on Friday.

        "Prime minister has asked the finance ministry to ensure that the next union budget adequately and appropriately reflects the priorities and programmes outlined in the president's address to the joint session of Parliament," it said.

        On Thursday, President Pratibha Patil said the new government would revive economic growth and help millions of poor with higher spending and expansion of social programmes, despite fears of a growing fiscal gap.

        Patil also said the government needs to take steps to encourage foreign investment inflows, list shares of state-run firms and infuse more capital into banks to help boost economic growth, which is at a six-year low.

         

        Please READ this EDITORIAL published in dalit Voice!

         

        Mere 2% anti-Advani upper caste vote swing from BJP brought about "spectacular" Cong. victory

        The Congress, India's original Brahminical party, itself was shocked by its "spectacular" victory in the country's 15th parliament election. No astrologer had predicted it. No journalist had said it. What is the mystery behind this miracle?

        The "big win" for the Congress is not because of the colourless Manmohan Singh or anybody else. This is only because the Brahminical upper caste (15%) votes, who normally prefer their favourite Brahmana Jati Party (BJP), shifted to the Congress, as predicted in the last DV Editorial (May 16, 2009). The Congress vote share was up by a mere 2% and BJP down by 3.5% which made all the difference.

        The upper castes, who are also the country's property-holders, wanted a "stable govt." of their dream which would not be possible under the anti-Muslim, hate-mongering, divisive Advani as PM. They were also afraid of Mayawati coming to Delhi if they did not decisively backed the Congress. That is how they preferred a "known devil", the tried and tested nincompoop planted by zionist Jews of World Bank and the "Jews of India", who can't win even the lowest panchayat poll.

        "Heart throb of India": Imagine a rootless, colourless weakling hailed as the "heart throb of India", meaning the upper caste nation of 15%. As the country's weakest PM, Manmohan Singh allowed all the frauds, freaks and frogs to flourish. The Dalal Street Dagalbajis were the happiest under this Khatri Sikh — a Sardarji disowned by his own community of Sikhs.

        The most important reason for the Brahminical love for him is his intellectual dishonesty because he went to the extent of sacrificing his chair itself in his desperate bid to procure bomb from the hated George W. Bush — but failed.

        They say he is a "great economist" but his economic management of the country had not even a single silver lining. Rather all the top financial frauds flourished under him.

        Brahmins hate Advani: Singh is described as "India's heart throb" only because he gave a free hand to the wolves to kill and eat as many innocent lambs as possible.

        All what is said above is fairly well known. But what is never said and written (except in DV) is the intense Brahminical hatred of L.K. Advani. DV is the only paper in India which revealed this secret.

        Brahminical people only used the poor Advani, an upper caste Sindhi Khatri, but never wanted him as PM. This is the only reason for the defeat of BJP. The ruling class all over India is rejoicing over the formation of a "stable govt" — and that too under their favourite Khatri Sikh. Even if the Congress or any other party gets an absolute majority it will not be possible to give a good govt.

        A "stable govt." need not be a good govt. A good govt. of our dream cannot come as long as Brahminism continues to be the reigning philosophy of the land.

        Every govt. in India, whether at the Centre or in the States, will have to work only for the good of the ruling class — meaning the upper castes.

        India as a failed state: No govt., not even the "stable" Khatri Sikh govt. can deliver justice to the over 85% of the oppressed Indians who will continue to be oppressed. No. India's steady drift towards economic chaos, political anarchy, and social paralysis cannot be stopped. We have said it many times. This is only a repetition. (India As a Failed State, DSA-2004)

        Another important reason for the Congress "big win" is that mainly in UP the Muslims and upper castes — fearing Mayawati occupying the Delhi throne — voted for the Congress. This is the secret of the "big" Congress victory in UP — not Rahul Gandhi miracle. Brahmins have no permanent party. They have only permanent interests.

        Rahul Gandhi role: All the Brahminical writers in the "national" toilet papers are expressing joy over the slow death of caste and regional parties. No. India is not a nation. The pull of caste, language, region and religion will continue to grow and it must.

        Toilet papers have started heaping praise on Rahul Gandhi that he "killed" the drift towards caste and regional politics — a policy that will suit Brahminical interests.

        The rulers want to use the urban-born, urban-bred Rahul Gandhi to destroy the "nationality question" and in days to come he will be pushed towards such a goal. He knows nothing of the "nationality question". Poor fellow will be mesmirised to undertake this job and then finished.

        The latest election results, however, revealed that all the caste and regional parties are in tact and here to stay and prosper.

        Manuwadi marxists crushed: We are so happy over the crushing of the manuwadi marxists in both Bengal and Kerala. But the Brahmin Mamata Banerji is more dangerous. Bengali Dalits, Muslims and OBCs having used Mamata must now finish her next in the coming Assembly election.

        The Kerala CPM defeat was engineered by the upper caste Nair, Brahmin, Syrian marxist leadership in their desperate bid to get rid of the popular marxist Chief Minister, Achutanandan, a wonderful and incorruptible OBC leader who is the darling of the oppressed.

        The Kerala election once again proved that to the Brahminical people their caste is dearer than the ideology or even the country.

        Abdul Nasser Madani's politics was rejected by the Muslims because he did not heed the DV warning.

        Warning to Mayawati: Despite the BSP's poor performance in UP, it still continues to be the No.1 party in the state. Dalit vote is intact. But this much is clear: the shift from Bahujan to Sarvajan, to please the Brahmins, did not help the party. Rather, it scared the Muslims who deserted it in UP and voted for the Congress.

        Mayawati must seriously re-examine her Sarvajan serenade. Any amount of pouring milk to the serpent will not stop it from biting you. Brahmins have no permanent party. They only have permanent interests. Did they not desert the Congress and go over to BJP earlier? And then kicked out BJP also? Brahmins will use BSP to protect their interests. Dalits stood by BSP. It is the Brahmins who betrayed her.

        Lalu deserves the kick: Lalu Prasad Yadav deserves the kick. His love for his own jati (Yadvas) and the Muslims has proved fake. Long back we had given this warning in his very presence at our Patna speech (DV April 1, 2009 p.6: "Nitish experiment in caste identity may spoil Lalu chances"). The oppressed Bahujans kicked out the fake George Fernandes who ate dust in the latest election. Lalu's turn has come.

        But can the Kurmi jati (5%) Nitish Kumar offer hope to the oppressed Biharis? No. It is not possible to fight for the oppressed by merely managing the caste contradictions. A caste has confidence only in its caste leader. Nitish is loved by the upper castes because he is in the company of the Brahmana Jati Party.

        No paper or TV will give you the above opinion because it is not in the caste-class interests of the Hindus to speak out the Truth.

        http://www.dalitvoice.org/Templates/june2009/editorial.htm

         

        You have to read these articles and reports published in DALIT Voice:

         

        Hindu party bid to keep Tribals enslaved

        OUR CORRESPONDENT

        Bangalore: India's tribals, forming 10 to 15% of the population, are not only the poorest of the poor but more neglected than the Dalits. But the Hindu rulers instead of tackling their socio-economic needs injected their poisonous virus and hinduised them, meaning enslaved them.

        In the Kandhamal dt. of Orissa, Hindu terrorists hinduised (enslaved) the tribals and instigated them to kill the Christian Dalits, their own blood brothers.

        Today, all over India, tribals have fallen an easy prey to either Hindu terrorist RSS or Hindu maoists. Theirs is a sure vote for the Brahmana Jati Party. RSS has many well-funded, dedicated Brahmin volunteers to poison the minds of the non-Hindu tribals.

        Baba Ram Dev, the Art of Living fraud of Bangalore, Ravi Shankar, and many RSS units are pouring billions and billions to keep tribals as their slaves.

        As "maoists", they are gunned down by the police. Hinduised tribals die as slaves of Hindu terrorist parties. As they live in forests and hills, they die unnoticed.

         

         

        COMMUNICATION

        Dalit - Bahujans are not sleeping: Caste armies can finish manuwadi maoists

        COM. AYYANKALI

        I don't fully agree that Dalit Bahujans are sleeping. If that was the case, Dalit Bahujans would not have spontaneously formed caste armies in Rajasthan, Bihar and elsewhere. These Dalit Bahujan caste armies can and must be forged and united into a very big all-India Dalit Bahujan Peoples' Liberation Army. DV has failed to highlight the heroic activities of such Dalit Bahujan caste armies.

        Such Dalit Bahujan caste armies can even totally finish off our Manuwadi Brahminical fake Maoists.

        If and when such Dalit Bahujan caste armies get armed and take to the streets, even the Indian Army will not be able to contain the mess. Gujjar agitation is the best evidence of this. Such mass Dalit Bahujan caste armies must be forged into a mass movement.

        If and when our Brahminical rulers shoot or kill any Gujjar-like caste agitation, Mahars and Gujjar men in the Brahminical army will revolt against the Brahminical rulers — just like the Sikh Regiment revolted against the "Operation Bluestar". Such a revolution is possible in India. In fact, it happened during "Operation Bluestar" and also the recent Gujjar agitation. See how the Brahminical rulers did not dare to mess with Gujjar agitation even when they held Delhi itself to ransom.

        Even if they get the Sikh regiment, Mahar regiment or Maratha Regiment to kill Gujjars, they knew that Gujjars who form the majority of Rajputana Rifles would have surely revolted. So the Brahminical rulers cunningly and cleverly kept silent. Your "caste identity" and "caste war" theories are wonderful.

        Such practical ideas have immense revolutionary military potential and promise. That is why we must encourage formation of more and more Dalit caste armies on Gujjar lines.

        For this purpose, Periyars's and Ayyankali's thoughts are more suitable than typical Ambedkarite Thought. Instead of once-in-a-while spontaneous eruptions like burning Deccan Queen, we must channelise and co-ordinate the very healthy anger of the Dalit Bahujans towards much larger goals.

        It is high time you start popularising Periyar's thoughts.

        Along with "Thus Spake Ambedkar", you must start serialising "Thus Spake Periyar" also. No amount of ahimsa or homeopathy or Ayurveda will work with these Brahminical fellows — only a very major surgery and bloodletting will cure this cancerous Brahminical tumour.

         

        Govt. control on banks saved them from Brahminical swindlers

        OUR CORRESPONDENT

        Bangalore: Impartial observes having the courage to speak out the truth have said the latest financial downturn that began in USA is manipulated by the zionists. They controlled most of its banks and other financial institutions which simply collapsed cheating its shareholders.

        In other words the zionist Jews used these financial institutions to cheat the people.

        The First Freedom, an English monthly journal (May 2009) published from Silver Hill, Alabama, has a long article by Kurtis William Monschke:

        The Federal Reserve Bank isn't Federal and it has no reserves. A privately owned bank that prints money out of thin air backed by nothing, it has a monopoly on this power, having never been audited and its foreign owners' identities a well-kept secret. This is the main mechanism of international banksters to take over and control our population. It is the enemy of all liberty-loving people the world over.

        Indian situation: Brahminical India also suffered some financial crisis but the subject was nowhere discussed during the long elections. This is because the so-called crisis did not touch over 90% of the country's population. Only the rich are affected and these rich are mostly upper castes. Let them suffer. After all what they have is the money stolen from our people.

        Why the financial downturn did not affect India?

        This is an important question which was not at all answered by our "financial wizards" or the national toilet papers. Why? Because both the wizards and lizards are the same Brahminical upper castes.

        During this global crisis lots and lots of discussions did take place at the highest level. The world famous Economist, a pro-capitalist journal, in its editorial of May 9, 2009 said state control, socialism, nationalised banks can ensure a safer society. Zionist-controlled countries like USA and England suffered the worst crisis because all their banks including the bankers' bank like the US Federal Reserve and UK's Bank of England are 100% zionist controlled.

        France is untouched by the crisis because of the state control on its banks.

        Chettiar as villain: But look at the Indian banks, Most of them started by the upper castes, mainly Brahmins, are now nationalised. Though Brahmins continue at the top and play their usual mischief, policy guidelines are set by the govt. Social control saved Indian banks. A private Indian bank like the ICICI was the worst sufferer because the upper castes swindled the bank and cheated the shareholders.

        The Tamil Chettiar as the Union Finance Minister and the blue-eyed boy of the Brahminical manipulators caused the confusion in the Indian financial sector.

        As long as the Western financial sector, mainly banks, are in private hands they cannot escape manipulation. But instead of closing down such sinking banks, the govts were forced to inject funds to save them. The govt. is responsible for the tax-payers but not to the manipulators who run the banks. The solution for the current financial crisis is more and more nationalisation and effective social control bidding goodbye to privatisation.

        Yes. We agree that whether it is private or govt., the Brahminical control is there. But between the two, govt.-owned banks and companies are safer.

         

        Brahminical rulers start cursing Obama

        OUR CORRESPONDENT

        Bangalore: Hindus have started hating Obama. Because the new Black and alsoMuslim President of America is not only squeezing the 2% Jews who control America but also their cousins, the 2% Brahmins who rule India.

        The Indian upper castes (Hindus) loved George W. Bush, the worst of the American Presidents. It is their nature that they always love the most hated person. They backed his party in the presidential election. When it started sinking, they jumped the fence and propped up the hated Hillary Clinton. Anybody the papans touch they fall dead.

        Hillary will be out soon: By then it was too late to jump on the Obama bandwagan. Besides, they hate anything that is Black. But Obama is not only Black but also Muslim. Double trouble.

        Still they managed to squeeze in some worms into the Obama camp. But the reports that Hillary will be sacked within an year has shocked the Hindus. Already they are getting too much of bad news. The financial downturn has seriously affected the Jews and also the "Jews of India", who are the country's richest.

        Clear evidences are now available that Obama administration is turning not only against the American Jews but also the "Jews of India". Their "dream child", the so-called "peaceful nuclear deal" with US to manufacture bomb to attack Pakistan and China, is dead.

        More shocking is the Obama decision to stop the outsourcing of jobs. This will hit the IT field which is the clear monopoly of the papans.

        The Bhoodevatas are simply cursing Obama and in some places they are praying their violent gods to curse Obama.

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        BRIEF HISTORY OF INDIAN MOVIE INDUSTRY

        Motion pictures came to India in 1896, when the Lumière Brothers' Chinematographe unveiled six soundless short films in Bombay (now Mumbai). This was just one year after the Lumière brothers (inventors of cinematography) had set up their company in Paris.

        The first Indian on record to make a movie was Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatvadekar (nickname: Save Dada). He made one short film on a wrestling match at the Hanging Gardens in Bombay, and another on the playfulness of monkeys. Both these shorts were made in 1897 and were publicly exhibited for the first time in 1899 using Edison's projecting kinetoscope inside a tent which the film maker had himself erected.

        India's first feature film – named "King Harishchandra" – was released in 1913. It was made by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (nickname: Dadasaheb Phalke, 1817-1944). This was a silent movie.

        By 1920, film making had taken the shape of an industry. 

        The first talkie made in India was "Alam Ara" (produced by Imperial Film Company) released in 1931.

        Until the 1960s, film-making companies, many of whom owned studios, dominated the film industry. Artistes and technicians were either their employees or were contracted on long-term basis. Since the 1960s, however, most performers went the freelance way, resulting in the star system and huge escalations in film production costs. Financing deals in the industry also started becoming murkier and murkier since then.

        CURRENT AFFAIRS

        India has the world's biggest movie industry in terms of the number of movies produced (around 800 movies annually, mostly in the Hindi language. Tamil, Telegu, Bengali and Malayalam are the languages in which most of the non-Hindi films are made).

        Today, the technology of film-making in India is perhaps the best among all developing countries though the films themselves remain mostly repetitive in storyline and content. Superior movies, in thematic and creative terms, are made in many developing countries with less sophisticated technologies.

        According to unofficial estimates available in January 2001, the Indian film industry has an annual turnover of Rs. 60 billion (approximately US$1.33 billion). It employs more than 6 million people, most of whom are contract workers as opposed to regular employees.

        The above statistics cannot however be used to calculate the movie industry's share in the GDP or employment generation. This is because a vast proportion of the turnover takes place outside the legal economy.

        Though India's overall entertainment industry is taking on professional colours (with the rise of TV production companies), India's movie industry per se remains highly informal, personality-oriented and family-dominated. 

        Until the late 1990s, it was not even recognised as an industry. Even though it has since been recognised as an industry, banks and other financial institutions continue to avoid the industry due to the enormous risks involved in the business. Two banks, Canara Bank and Indian Bank, have reportedly lost heavily by financing films. However, the prospects of bank financing and risk insurance are becoming brighter, albeit at a slow rate (as explained further down this report).

        As a result, the financing of films in India often remains shrouded in mystery.

        Surprisingly, however, the oft-murky world of film industry's finances has not tainted the film industry's perception in the general public eye or in the government's attitude. Even though many famous people from the movie industry have risen to positions of political and social responsibility, including seats in federal and state parliaments, none of them have cared to reveal – or have been under pressure to reveal – the truth about the industry's finances.

        Some developments in the years 2000 and 2001 – including the arrest of a leading financier, Bharat Shah for his alleged links with a fugitive gangster – have not yet brought to public knowledge the inside economics of the industry. 

        The rot or financial amorality of India's film industry seems to have set in since the 1960s. Until the 1960s, film producers would get loans from film distributors against a minimum guarantee: this meant that the distributors had to ensure that the film was screened in cinemas for a fixed minimum period. If this minimum guarantee was fulfilled, the producers had no further liability. Profit or loss would be the destiny of the distributors.

        (There are exceptions, however. India's most celebrated film-maker, the late Satyajit Ray, is known to have pawned his wife's jewellery to part-finance his first film).

        Star System: The financing pattern, centred on distributors, is suspected to have changed since the 1960s when the studio system collapsed and 'freelance' performers emerged. This gave rise to the 'star system' in which actors and actresses ceased to have long-term contractual obligations towards any studio or film production firm (such as the now defunct Bombay Talkies, New Theatres and Prabhat Studios). Rather, they began to operate as freelancers commanding fees in proportion to the box office performance of their recent films. This increased costs of film production since the more successful actors and actresses hogged major proportions of the producers' budget.

        In the changed system, distributors would pay 50 per cent of the film-making cost leaving it to the producer to get the rest from other sources. 

        The 'other' sources are: 
        – conventional moneylenders (who lend at an interest rate of 36-40 per cent annually);
        – non-conventional but corporate resources,
        – promissory note system (locally called 'hundi' system): this is the most widely prevalent source, and
        – underworld money: about 5 per cent of the movies are suspected to be financed by these sources.

        Film production thus became a risky business and the relationship with usurious money-lenders strengthened over the years.

        As at the start of 2001, a reasonable budget film in Hindi could cost US$1.75 million. A low budget Hindi film can be made for even as low as Rs. 15 million.

        A big budget Hindi movie can cost in excess of US$30 million. The 'bigness' of the budget is attributable mainly to the high fees paid to 'stars', celebrated music directors, high-end technologies and expensive travel costs to shoot in exotic locations worldwide. 

        At the time of writing, it is believed that 'stars' like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are paid Rs. 20 million (US$440,000) per film. In contrast, script writers and film editors remain poorly paid. In an interview, India's so-called 'superstar' Amitabh Bachchan (whose wax statue stands at Madam Tussaud's in London) attributed the lack of strong storylines to the poor money paid to writers. 

        India has a National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)  which finances some films. A few film makers, who would find it hard to obtain finance from the regular sources, have been financed by the NFDC. However, NFDC cannot be considered to play a central role in the film industry because it finances too few films which, too, are not of the type that has made the Indian film industry so vibrant. It however goes to the NFDC's credit that, without it, some of India's best film makers wouldn't have got a break in the industry.

        Another shortcoming with the NFDC is that it funds films only at the production stage while ignoring the just-as-important marketing stage.

        The film industry is currently losing unestimated volumes of revenue due to competition from local cable operators who illegally beam newly released movies into the drawing rooms of their subscribers.

        FUTURE

        This is not intended to be a scare story, however. As mentioned above, the overall entertainment industry in India is taking on professional colours and this will change the culture of the film industry too. Some film production companies, such as Mukta Arts, have made public share issues, thus keeping out of the world of murky financing.

        The Film Federation of India is actively seeking to make film financing a viable proposition for banks. It is likely that films would also be insured to offset possible losses for banks.

        The granting of industry status to the film industry will eventually allow overboard financing of films, though this will result in production of fewer films than at present.

        Stricter enforcement of copyright law will help the film industry in its fight with cable operators. 

        Foreign entertainment companies, with steady revenue streams, can do good business if they invest in Hindi and other Indian language films. Despite high risks on a per-movie basis, the risk spreads out across a number of movies.

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          Hallucination

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          A hallucination, in the broadest sense, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus. In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, in that they are vivid, substantial, and located in external objective space. The latter definition distinguishes hallucinations from the related phenomena of dreaming, which does not involve consciousness; illusion, which involves distorted or misinterpreted real perception; imagery, which does not mimic real perception and is under voluntary control; and pseudohallucination, which does not mimic real perception, but is not under voluntary control.[1] Hallucinations also differ from "delusional perceptions", in which a correctly sensed and interpreted genuine perception is given some additional (and typically bizarre) significance.

          Hallucinations can occur in any sensory modality — visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, proprioceptive, equilibrioceptive, nociceptive, and thermoceptive.

          A mild form of hallucination is known as a disturbance, and can occur in any of the senses above. These may be things like seeing movement in peripheral vision, or hearing faint noises and voices.

          Hypnagogic hallucinations and hypnopompic hallucinations are considered normal phenomena. Hypnagogic hallucinations can occur as one is falling asleep and hypnopompic hallucinations occur when one is waking up.

          Hallucinations can also be associated with drug or alcohol use (particularly deliriants), sleep deprivation, psychosis, neurological disorders, and delirium tremens.

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          [edit] Prevalence

          Studies have shown that hallucinatory experiences take place worldwide. One study from as early as 1894[2] reported that approximately 10% of the population experienced hallucinations. A 1996-1999 survey of over 13,000 people[3] reported a much higher figure, with almost 39% of people reporting hallucinatory experiences, 27% of which were daytime hallucinations, mostly outside the context of illness or drug use. From this survey, olfactory (smell) and gustatory (taste) hallucinations seem the most common in the general population.

          [edit] Types of hallucinations

          Hallucinations may be manifested in a variety of forms. Various forms of hallucinations affect the different senses, sometimes occurring simultaneously, creating multiple sensory hallucinations for the patient.

          [edit] Auditory hallucinations

          Auditory hallucinations (also known as Paracusia),[4] particularly of one or more talking voices, are particularly associated with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia or mania, and hold special significance in diagnosing these conditions, although many people not suffering from diagnosable mental illness may sometimes hear voices as well.[5] The Hearing Voices Movement is a support and advocacy group for people who hallucinate voices, but do not otherwise show signs of mental illness or impairment.

          Other types of auditory hallucination include exploding head syndrome and musical ear syndrome. In the latter, people will hear music playing in their mind, usually songs they are familiar with. Recent reports have also mentioned that it is also possible to get musical hallucinations from listening to music for long periods of time. [6] This can be caused by: lesions on the brain stem (often resulting from a stroke); also, tumors, encephalitis, or abscesses.[7] Other reasons include hearing loss and epileptic activity.[8] Often this phenomenon is commonly referred to by saying a song is "stuck in your head" and is not rare and does not signify you are sick... Auditory hallucinations are also a result of attempting a Wake-initiation of lucid dreams (WILD) which is a way people try to put themselves into a Lucid Dream.

          [edit] Olfactory hallucinations

          Phantosmia is the phenomenon of smelling odors that aren't really present. The most common odors are unpleasant smells such as rotting flesh, vomit, urine, feces, smoke, etc. Phantosmia often results from damage to the nervous tissue in the olfactory system. The damage can be caused by viral infection, brain tumor, trauma, surgery, and possibly exposure to toxins or drugs.[9] Phantosmia can also be induced by epilepsy affecting the olfactory cortex and is also thought to possibly have psychiatric origins.[citation needed] Phantosmia is different from parosmia, in which a smell is actually present, but perceived differently from its usual smell.

          [edit] Hypnagogic hallucination

          These hallucinations occur just before falling asleep, and affect a surprisingly high proportion of the population. The hallucinations can last from seconds to minutes, all the while the subject usually remains aware of the true nature of the images. These are usually associated with narcolepsy, but can also affect normal minds. Hypnagogic hallucinations are sometimes associated with brainstem abnormalities, but this is rare.[10]

          [edit] Peduncular hallucinosis

          Peduncular means pertaining to the peduncle, which is a neural tract running to and from the pons on the brain stem. These hallucinations usually occur in the evenings, but not during drowsiness, as in the case of hypnagogic hallucination. The subject is usually fully conscious and can interact with the hallucinatory characters for extended periods of time. As in the case of hypnagogic hallucinations, insight into the nature of the images remains intact. The false images can occur in any part of the visual field, and are rarely polymodal.[10]

          [edit] Delirium tremens

          One of the more enigmatic forms of visual hallucination is the highly variable, possibly polymodal delirium tremens. Individuals suffering from delirium tremens may be agitated and confused, especially in the later stages of this disease. Insight is gradually reduced with the progression of this disorder. Sleep is disturbed and occurs for a shorter period of time, with REM overflow.[10]

          [edit] Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia

          Parkinson's disease is linked with Lewy body dementia for their similar hallucinatory symptoms. The symptoms strike during the evening in any part of the visual field, and are rarely polymodal. The segue into hallucination may begin with illusions[11] where sensory perception is greatly distorted, but no novel sensory information is present. These typically last for several minutes, during which time the subject may be either conscious and normal or drowsy/inaccessible. Insight into these hallucinations is usually preserved and REM sleep is usually reduced. Parkinson's disease is usually associated with a degraded substantia nigra pars compacta, but recent evidence suggests that PD affects a number of sites in the brain. Some places of noted degradation include the median raphe nuclei, the noradrenergic parts of the locus coeruleus, and the cholinergic neurons in the parabrachial and pedunculopontine nuclei of the tegmentum.[10]

          [edit] Migraine coma

          This type of hallucination is usually experienced during the recovery from a comatose state. The migraine coma can last for up to two days, and a state of depression is sometimes comorbid. The hallucinations occur during states of full consciousness, and insight into the hallucinatory nature of the images is preserved. It has been noted that ataxic lesions accompany the migraine coma.[10]

          [edit] Charles Bonnet syndrome

          Charles Bonnet syndrome is the name given to visual hallucinations experienced by blind patients. The hallucinations can usually be dispersed by opening or closing the eyelids until the visual images disappear. The hallucinations usually occur during the morning or evening, but are not dependent on low light conditions. These prolonged hallucinations usually do not disturb the patients very much, as they are aware that they are hallucinating.[10] A differential diagnosis are opthalmopathic hallucinations [12].

          [edit] Focal epilepsy

          The visual hallucinations from focal epilepsy are characterized by being brief and stereotyped. They are usually localized to one part of the visual field, and last only a few seconds. Other epileptic features may present themselves between visual episodes. Consciousness is usually impaired in some way, but nevertheless, insight into the hallucination is preserved. Usually, this type of focal epilepsy is caused by a lesion in the posterior temporoparietal.[10]

          [edit] Tactile hallucinations

          Other types of hallucinations create the sensation of tactile sensory input, simulating various types of pressure to the skin or other organs. This type of hallucination is often associated with substance use, such as someone who feels bugs crawling on them (known as formication) after a prolonged period of cocaine or amphetamine use.

          [edit] Scientific explanations

          Various theories have been put forward to explain the occurrence of hallucinations. When psychodynamic (Freudian) theories were popular in psychiatry, hallucinations were seen as a projection of unconscious wishes, thoughts and wants. As biological theories have become orthodox, hallucinations are more often thought of (by psychologists at least) as being caused by functional deficits in the brain. With reference to mental illness, the function (or dysfunction) of the neurotransmitters glutamate and dopamine are thought to be particularly important.[13] The Freudian interpretation may have an aspect of truth, as the biological hypothesis explains the physical interactions in the brain, while the Freudian deals with the origin of the flavor of the hallucination. Psychological research has argued that hallucinations may result from biases in what are known as metacognitive abilities.[14] These are abilities that allow us to monitor or draw inferences from our own internal psychological states (such as intentions, memories, beliefs and thoughts). The ability to discriminate between internal (self-generated) and external (stimuli) sources of information is considered to be an important metacognitive skill, but one which may break down to cause hallucinatory experiences. Projection of an internal state (or a person's own reaction to another's) may arise in the form of hallucinations, especially auditory hallucinations. A recent hypothesis that is gaining acceptance concerns the role of overactive top-down processing, or strong perceptual expectations, that can generate spontaneous perceptual output (that is, hallucination).[15]

          [edit] Stages of a hallucination

          1. Emergence of surprising or warded-off memory or fantasy images [16]
          2. Frequent reality checks [16]
          3. Last vestige of insight as hallucinations become "real" [16]
          4. Fantasy and distortion elaborated upon and confused with actual perception [16]
          5. Internal-external boundaries destroyed and possible panentheistic experience [16]

          [edit] See also

          [edit] External links

          [edit] Further reading

          [edit] References

          1. ^ Leo P. W. Chiu (1989). "Differential diagnosis and management of hallucinations" (PDF). Journal of the Hong Kong Medical Association 41 (3): 292–7. http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/21/2100448.pdf. 
          2. ^ Sidgwick H, Johnson A, Myers FWH et al. (1894). "Report on the census of hallucinations". Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 34: 25–394. 
          3. ^ Ohayon MM (Dec 2000). "Prevalence of hallucinations and their pathological associations in the general population". Psychiatry Res 97 (2-3): 153–64. doi:10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00227-4. PMID 11166087. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0165178100002274. 
          4. ^ "Medical dictionary". http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/paracusia. 
          5. ^ Thompson, Andrea (September 15, 2006). "Hearing Voices: Some People Like It". LiveScience.com. http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060915_hearing_voices.html. Retrieved on 2006-11-25. 
          6. ^ Young, Ken (July 27, 2005). "IPod hallucinations face acid test". Vnunet.com. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2140422/ipod-help-produce-musical. Retrieved on 2008-04-10. 
          7. ^ "Rare Hallucinations Make Music In The Mind". ScienceDaily.com. August 9, 2000. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/08/000809065249.htm. Retrieved on 2006-12-31. 
          8. ^ Engmann, Birk; Reuter, Mike: Spontaneous perception of melodies – hallucination or epilepsy? Nervenheilkunde 2009 Apr 28: 217-221.
          9. ^ Phantom smells
          10. ^ a b c d e f g Manford M, Andermann F (Oct 1998). "Complex visual hallucinations. Clinical and neurobiological insights". Brain 121 ((Pt 10)): 1819–40. doi:10.1093/brain/121.10.1819. PMID 9798740. http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/121/10/1819. 
          11. ^ Mark Derr (2006) Marilyn and Me, "The New York Times" February 14, 2006
          12. ^ Engmann, Birk (2008). "Phosphenes and photopsias - ischaemic origin or sensorial deprivation? - Case history" (in German). Z Neuropsychol. 19 (1): 7–13. doi:10.1024/1016-264X.19.1.7. http://www.psycontent.com/content/m507n73711u73652/?p=400b10f998844a6abe524fcf44626323&pi=1. 
          13. ^ Kapur S (Jan 2003). "Psychosis as a state of aberrant salience: a framework linking biology, phenomenology, and pharmacology in schizophrenia". Am J Psychiatry 160 (1): 13–23. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.160.1.13. PMID 12505794. http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12505794. 
          14. ^ Bentall RP (Jan 1990). "The illusion of reality: a review and integration of psychological research on hallucinations". Psychol Bull 107 (1): 82–95. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.107.1.82. PMID 2404293. http://content.apa.org/journals/bul/107/1/82. 
          15. ^ Grossberg S (Jul 2000). "How hallucinations may arise from brain mechanisms of learning, attention, and volition". J Int Neuropsychol Soc 6 (5): 583–92. doi:10.1017/S135561770065508X. PMID 10932478. 
          16. ^ a b c d e Horowitz MJ (1975). "Hallucinations: An Information Processing Approach". in West LJ, Siegel RK. Hallucinations; behavior, experience, and theory. New York: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-79096-6. 

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            'Slumdog Millionaire' exploitation exposes cultural imperialism

             

            Indian child actors paid pittance while filmmakers rake in millions

            The British film "Slumdog Millionaire" has been one of the year's most talked-about movies. In addition to a highly lucrative run at the box office, the film earned several of the most prestigious awards in the film industry, including several Oscars. In recent months, however, discussions have centered not on the film itself, but instead on the exploitation of the film's child actors.

             

             

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            The film tells the story of Jamal Malik, a "slumdog" from Mumbai, who defeats all odds to win Rs 20,000,000 (approximately $425,000) on a television game show. He also earns the heart of his one and only true love, thereby escaping a life of poverty and misery in one fell (and lucky) swoop. The dilapidated shanty houses and trash-filled streets of the Mumbai slums provide the setting and backdrop for much of the film.

             

            Controversy over the exploitative and Orientalist nature of the film began well before the Academy Awards. Even before the film was released in India, residents of the Mumbai slums led protests, holding signs and banners that read, "I Am Not a Dog," and "Poverty for Sale." Community organizers took the cast and crew of the film to court over the bigoted title, noting that Indians were commonly referred to as "dogs" by British imperialists during colonialism.

            Controversy has continued to unfold as the plight of two child actors in the film has become public knowledge. Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Rubina Ali, who played two of the main characters for the first 40 minutes of the two-hour film, are from the slums of Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai. Ismail was paid £700 (approximately $1,160) for his work, while Ali received £500 (approximately $830).

            Director Danny Boyle vigorously denies any exploitation, citing that the two children were paid above local wages for 30 days of work on the film. Meanwhile, the film has grossed over $352 million in the box office.

            Even after the film won eight Academy awards, both actors continued to live in deplorable conditions—Ali's family in a one-room shack and Ismail's family under a tarp by a busy road. Last month, Ismail and his family were forcibly evicted from their makeshift home by Mumbai police. The home was later demolished.

            "Slumdog Millionaire" is an example of the many faces of imperialism. It is a film that has generated super-profits by not only sensationalizing the contradictions of capitalism in India, but also directly exploiting those who suffer from such contradictions. The film is a microcosmic example of how imperialism does not stop at political and economic conquest, but seeps deep into the cultural fabric of society by shaping the way that the world understands the experiences of oppressed peoples in other parts of the world.

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            Under neocolonialism, native governments have formal sovereignty, but are in large measure subordinated to the interests of imperialist domination. As progressive political scientist Michael Parenti states, "Colonel Blimp is dead and buried, replaced by men in business suits. … [T]he flag stays home, while the dollar goes everywhere—frequently assisted by the sword."

            This is the case with India. Over half a century after independence, the poor and working-class people of that vast and populous country are still plagued by many of the same ills they suffered under British imperialism. With a population of 1.17 billion, India represents 17 percent of the world's population. Nearly half of that population—more than the total population of the United States—lives under the global poverty line of $1.25 per day.

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            India's US$2.2 billion "Bollywood" film industry, as the Hindi movie-making business is called, is finding that its script is being rewritten as the world around it changes. A more professional, time-sensitive business rigor, driven by foreign and domestic institutional money, has replaced informal, bootstrap funding ways and drawn-out production processes. Foreign consumers are increasingly patronizing its offerings, adding to the industry's already massive domestic audience. The new environment is calling for more refined business models that focus on untapped revenue streams, global and digitized distribution networks, improved filmmaking technology and ways to counter piracy.

            This changing business landscape was the focus of a panel discussion titled, "Bollywood's Silver Screen: Pursuit of the Golden Globe," at the recent Wharton India Economic Forum held in Philadelphia. The panelists were film actors Abhishek Bachchan and Abhay Deol, director and producer Rohan Sippy, and film critic Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN, who moderated the discussion.

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            Bachchan, who incidentally dislikes the term "Bollywood" for its suggested connotation of aping Hollywood, said foreign investors have good reason to be drawn to his industry. A billion people watching films, "possibly more than once a week, are numbers you can't ignore. India has the largest film industry in the world; we produce almost a thousand films a year, which is more than Hollywood." Yet, the average ticket price for an Indian film is the equivalent of about 50 cents, as opposed to US$9 to US$11 in the United States. "You do the math," he said.

            Masand pointed to a 2009 FICCI-KPMG report on the Indian media and entertainment industry that tracked a steady annual growth of 17% to 18% over the past five years, with revenues of US$2.2 billion at the close of 2007. It projected an 18% cumulative growth for the industry over the next five years to reach nearly US$3.4 billion by 2013. The report also counted foreign investments of Rs. 8.5 billion (US$179 million) in the entire entertainment and media industry in 2007, up 21% over the previous year. That trend seems to be continuing: Last September, Reliance Big Entertainment formed a joint venture with Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks studio, and earlier in 2008, billionaire investor George Soros invested US$100 million for a 3% stake in Reliance Entertainment Ltd., a film, Internet and TV broadcasting company.

            In addition to the increasing number of foreign funding sources, the industry is also witnessing dramatic changes in how and from where it earns its revenues. Its intake from the domestic box office formed 80% of total revenues for 2007, according to the FICCI-KPMG report. Also, overseas theatrical distribution grew more than 22% to account for nearly 10% of total revenues the same year, the report added. More significant are the growth rates for the home video segment (26%) and cable and satellite rights (29%), according to KPMG.

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            In that emerging scenario, the industry's work ethic has ratcheted up, as one would expect. "The primary difference is in professionalism," said Bachchan, adding, "...not to say that my dad's generation was not professional -- I don't want to get into trouble here." (His father is India's premier matinee idol, Amitabh Bachchan.) Among the drivers are newer opportunities for film stars to make money, said Masand. "Stars are offered three and four films at a time," he said, referring to one of the many changes that have come with the entry of corporations in the industry. "Also, a lot of actors have the opportunity to become producers themselves and therefore become partners and share in the business's profits."

            Masand, however, added that actors "demand astronomical amounts" and wondered if their "unreasonable fees affect the balance" of a film's economics. Sippy said the responsibility lies more with the producers of these films: "It is foolhardy [to offer such big fees]," he said. "But it has nothing to do with the actor; it is not the actor's fault." All things considered, he attributed the phenomenon of skyrocketing salaries to "market forces at play."

            The increasing opportunities for actors to work on various projects will ultimately be a benefit for audiences as well, Sippy added. "There is a plurality that comes in -- a different kind of cinema ... where [a film's] concept comes to the forefront and there is a spectrum of choice."

            Bachchan pointed to another change -- the way actors themselves view their role in the film industry. "With all due respect to our previous generation, we don't take ourselves as seriously," he said. "It is not any more about me, me, me. We understand that at the end of the day, it has never been about the star or the actors. It has always been about the film and the story."

            The concept of a "star-driven industry" has been unfairly promoted by the media, according to Bachchan. "You have had big films with a huge star cast that have not done well and you have had smaller films with no stars that have done superbly well," he said. "Sixty years ago, five years ago or yesterday -- it has always been the script that has worked and not the star. There hasn't been one actor in the film industry that has managed to pull off a film by himself and has not been supported by a great script."

            Masand pointed out to Bachchan that "often, [Bollywood] films are put together after a star comes into a project, and then a script is found." Bachchan agreed with that observation, but attributed that practice to relationships. "It is a relationship business; we in India are all about relationships," he said. "There are certain films that do well and a name gets attached to it. But that can be said about the world of business as well." A film with a budget of Rs. 50 crore (US$10 million) would need a star cast with the heft and profile to ensure a return on investment, Bachchan said. "You can't [rely on] a bunch of newcomers."

            The Expanding Reach of Multiplexes

            At the same time, the Indian film industry has developed the breadth to encourage relatively smaller filmmakers, and the depth to render viable business plans, according to Bachchan. The key to this is the emergence of multiplexes across India, he said. "The multiplex phenomenon has given the opportunity to young filmmakers to exhibit films that would not have gotten financing earlier."

            The relatively compact multiplexes with several screens under one roof offer filmmakers more cost-effective deals than the older, large movie halls. They focus on maximizing the "experience" of going to the movies, with food and beverage stalls serving combo deals, air conditioning that works and cleaner toilets, to list some features. Masand said that according to the KPMG report, the number of multiplex screens in India has grown from 340 in 2005 to 850 projected for 2009 and more than 1,400 by 2013.

            "Audiences in India are spoilt for choice with television opening up, foreign films coming to India dubbed... and multiplexes coming in," said Deol. These improvements in audience access have also contributed to professionalism within the industry, because filmmakers are focusing more on the quality of their content. "It's gotten a little tighter," noted Deol, whose recent film Dev. D has been cited for its cinematography, performances and music. "Until five years ago, people would approach me saying, 'Sir, we have a bound script,' like it was an achievement. Now, we've moved on to focusing on the content of some of those scripts."

            Watching Slumdog from the Sidelines

            No discussion on the Indian film industry these days is without a reference to Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, which crept into the conversation when Masand brought up the growing role of so-called "crossover" films -- films that work with audiences within and outside India, but appear to target the non-resident Indian. Sippy described the spate of such films as an "attempt to reach more people," but also noted that "Western audiences are very different," and that as a filmmaker, you eventually have to "put your eggs in one basket." He felt the more specific a film's content is, "the more rooted it is in its audience."

            Bachchan said he had a problem with calling them "crossover films," and preferred to call them films made "in just another language." He doesn't see the phenomenon "as a comment on a film being exceptional ... or on [the industry's] globalization or anything of that sort." Delhi-6, a film he acted in, was recently in the news for being sought after by four Hollywood film studios, including Fox and Sony, presumably for release in Western markets. "If a foreign studio based in Hollywood decides to pick up an Indian film, it has its reasons to do that," he said. "They are not doing it for the love of Indian cinema. Maybe they feel there is a still a market out there which has not been tapped, which they feel with their infrastructure, in their native land, they could do a better job [of accessing]."

            Are there takeaways for Bollywood filmmakers from Slumdog Millionaire's success? "Slumdog has done well ... it is a recognized film and they've employed Indian talent which is being recognized in the West," said Bachchan. But he also pointed out that it is an American film, not an Indian-made film, even though it included the trademark Bollywood song-and-dance sequence. "They showed Indian subjects, Indian actors and a rags-to-riches story. We have made thousands of such films -- they made it in their context." He said it would be incorrect to view the appeal to Western audiences of films like Delhi-6 as an indication that Bollywood's filmmakers are about to break into their studio markets. "It's not like we are [saying] that the rest of you people be damned, be prepared, we are coming."

            Pushed to Change the Model

            To meet the new level of demand, Bollywood is under pressure to change its ways. "We have to really think hard. We have ask ourselves, 'What does it take to get a person into a cinema and make him pay 50 [rupees] or 250 [rupees] to watch a film?'" according to Sippy." That has always been a challenge, but now we have to find new ways to do it. The great thing is [that the] technology is out there, new models are out there."

            Bachchan noted that figuring out newer ways to distribute films, especially globally, is a challenge. "Currently, we are the only industry that does a worldwide release on the same day," he said. "I wish we could come up with more models on how we can release films." Two gathering trends underscore the need for a plan here: KPMG projects the home video market will grow from the current share of 8% of industry revenues to 10% by 2013, and overseas theatrical distribution from 9% to 11% in that same period.

            Every dollar, or rupee, saved from pirates is as good as earned, and the panelists agreed that piracy is a major issue to contend with. Bachchan pointed out that in Western markets, film piracy "is almost negligible because of the laws that are in place." "Pirates do their job better than the studios in distribution," Sippy noted, adding that it is prevalent "because a demand exists."

            Sippy added that piracy eats up to 60% of the Indian film industry's revenues every year. "That is a huge amount and nothing is being done about it," he said. "What upsets me is that when somebody watches a pirated DVD, the audiences are being robbed of a chance to see the film the way it should be seen. I wish that would stop because you realize how much small things really matter -- like good projection, good sound systems, good seating. All these make a movie going experience so much better."

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              Our nation was born in the middle of the Cold War. The failure of Pakistan to develop as a democratic state lies in its involvement in the Cold War. It has now produced the Taliban. Almost all frontline states in the Cold War have had unstable or autocratic governments. As for China, we could have globalised the Tibetan problem by raising it in the United Nations but we actually prevented it. A debate on the issue tabled by El Salvador in the General Assembly was withdrawn at India's request. Standing in Gyantse in front of the Palchoi monastery, the seat of the Panchen Lama, I thought that Panchen Lama helped China take over Tibet and we gave asylum to the Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile when the world did not care. That was greatness but not politics. In foreign policy strategy, ideology has to be matched with the nation's interest.
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              Those who are blinded by history are incapable of taking correct decisions. History should provide knowledge, not bias. Would it have been better if we had a friendly Pakistan on our western border? The answer is obviously "yes". That must make us wonder if there is anything we can do about it, not now but if such a situation arises? Things change in this world; one should anticipate changes.
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              After the end of the monarchy of King Zahir Shah in Afghanistan in 1973, the Marxist PDPA party gained strength. Zahir Shah's prime minister, Daoud Khan, captured power. He was assassinated in 1978 and Nur Muhammed Taraki of the PDPA became President. Factional struggles split the party and attempted social reforms produced rebellion. Taraki was killed and Hafizullah Amin captured power. Rebellion spread and the CIA stepped in with training, arms supply and propaganda against the 'godless' Marxist regime with the aim of dragging the Russian army to their Vietnam. The CIA's proxy war through Pakistan, helped by China, succeeded in bringing in the Russians.
              The Soviet army entered in 1979, a slow trickle at first, progressively increasing in numbers and force. The mujahideens were helped by the ISI and the Special Services Group of Pakistan. The pump-priming by the American dollar inflated Pakistan's economy and intensified the war. In 1989, the Soviet army retreated back to Russia. Najibullah's Marxist government survived for a short time and then the mujahideens captured power.
              The Afghans and Pathans are fiercely independent people devoted to Islam but generous and large-hearted. The British lost two wars against them and then realised it was better to befriend them and through a treaty made Afghanistan secure against the Russian advance. The Americans used these people against Russia and then forgot them in a land decimated by war. Flourishing orchards became the field for poppy cultivation.
              During the war many Islamic mercenaries, Arabs and Central Asians joined the Afghans ~ the so-called Arab Afghans. One of them was a young Saudi named Osama bin Laden. The Islamists, who fought, believed that they were responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union. Osama even asserted that the credit for "the collapse of the Soviet Union ~ goes to God and the mujahideen in Afghanistan ~ the US had no mentionable role," but "collapse made the US more haughty and arrogant." This led to the emergence of a large mercenary force.
              Osama and al-Zawahiri are the creations of the Arab-Israeli conflict. They were against the Egypt-Israel pact. Pakistan has used terrorists over the years to receive aid without developing its own economy. The society has been corrupted by bribe since birth.
              India has no role in this conflict but we are getting involved. We are being advised to be kind to Pakistan so that they can redeploy their army in the east. But that is a hoax; terrorism is profitable to the leadership of Pakistan. Our agenda is to contain infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir. But the Taliban have free access to Pakistan territory and have virtual control over Baluchistan, Peshawar and NWFP. They are progressing in the north and came to Buner and close to Pakistan's nuclear installations. Following Hilary Clinton's address to Congress, Pakistan's rulers 'drove' the Taliban away from Buner in return for billions of dollars.
              The American push in Afghanistan has pushed the mixed Taliban to the east and Pakistan is using them to earn money and arms. But that game will not last long or else the structure of terrorism may change with access to nuclear arsenal regardless of whether Osama is alive or dead.
              The NATO army has so far succeeded in keeping areas around big cities under control, but for how long? It is the same old story. The Karzai government has taken lessons from the past and is slow in pushing reforms. America could have helped development when the Soviets left.
              There is already a de facto Pashtunistan in Baluchistan and NWFP. The refugees from the Swat valley are the same people as the fighters. Would paying Pakistan help the development of Pashtu-speaking people? If that had happened the entire area today would not have been one united terrorist territory.
              The social situation on both sides of the Pak-Afghan border is similar and hence the unity. To the Americans, the people of Asia have been a faceless multitude. They are not conscious of cultural barriers within and instead of taking advantage of that like the British did as colonial rulers, they break down the barriers by force and unite terrorists.
              America vaguely considered the possibility of a Pashtu state at one time but was afraid of the Russians approaching the Indian Ocean. That fear has gone and now there is the fear of China. But they have other options such as access from Central Asia. They can find another Ahmad Shah Massoud to prevent that. Very few people know that this Tajik warlord, supporter of western style democracy and used for blocking the Russians, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 but was assassinated before that.
              In this jigsaw, India's only option is to be a close observer. The British sent 'advisers' to what is now Taliban land and Central Asia. Let us hope we also have watchers around and a sensible government in Delhi.
              The writer is a retired cardiac surgeon and freelance contributor

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              Mainstream, Vol XLVII, No 25, June 6, 2009

              China Today and Tomorrow

              Political Notebook

              by SC, 6 June 2009

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              Figures have lost all meaning in the conditions prevailing in the People's Republic of China today. The fact is that what began in the early hours of June 4, 1989 at Tiananmen Square in the heart of China's capital, Beijing, culminated in a veritable bloodbath turning the 'Square of Heavenly Peace' into one of earthly hell. Whether the number of those killed was 1400, 3000, 7000 or 10,000 is immaterial. It is pointless to ask if those wounded in indiscriminate firing add upto 10,000 or less. The stark reality is that the guardians of law and order deemed it necessary, prudent and politic to callously brand the massive and spontaneous non-violent demonstration for democracy—which has had few parallels in recent times—as a show organised by "counter-revolutionaries" before mowing down countless people—young and old; men, women and children—in one of the most tragic incidents in China's history, besmirching in the process the noble ideals of socialism for which the Chinese masses endured innumerable hardships and underwent untold sacrifices in their glorious struggle for national emancipation and social regeneration.

              It is futile to apportion blame at this stage. The truth is that China is experiencing a traumatic convulsion as the ruling clique clings on to power in the face of mounting waves of protest, to suppress which it has employed the most bestial methods that have earned it the epithet of "fascism" from the common citizens who were eyewitnesses to the barbaric inhumanity perpetrated at Tiananmen Square on what is now popularly described in Beijing as "Black Sunday".

              On this occasion, while offering one's homage to the Tiananmen martyrs (many of whom perished singing the Internationale), one is reminded of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, the poet laureate of India, who had expressed the anguish of his sensitive heart in the following words:

              All the sorrows of the earth,
               Its sins and crimes,
               Its heart-breaks and its lust for violence,
               Have swelled like a tidal wave,
               Overleaping the banks,
               Blaspheming the skies.

               Whom do you condemn,
               my brother?
               Bow down your head—
               The sin is yours and mine.
               (The Oarsman)

              One is reminded of Bishnu Dey who wrote in similar agony:
               Be afraid of the darkness no more,
               Cover your face with my hands…

              The intolerable light burns today by hatred; I have no taste for the foul day, Darkness alone is holy, Love's orchestra is silenced by hatred. Cover your face with my hands. (With My Hands) And one is reminded of Faiz Ahmed Faiz who had this to say: Look at those others instead,
               The ones who have freely given
               The shining coin of their blood
               In our streets.
               Though they have vanished
               All their wealth remains their own
               In their grave.

              Look at those outstretched bodies
               adorned the cross that is truth
               They are immortal,
               seers and prophets
               to this day.
               (Don't Look At Them)

              But whatrever the trials and tribulations China is compelled to undergo, the Chinese are incorrigible optimists. And that is revealed best in the poetry of Shu Ting, the young Chinese poetess who came to India to attend an International Poetry Festival at Bhopal early this year. We know not where she is now. But her soul-stirring poems still resound in our hearts. She had written:

              Suddenly the phoenix trees stop swaying,
               The sound of the bicycle bells is suspended
               And the earth rolls back
               To that night ten years ago.

              Now the phoenix trees begin to sway again
               Flower petals are ground beneath the wheels
               To fling their perfume through the pulsing streets
               The heaven-light of memory blends
               With the sight of you.

              Perhaps nothing happened: I didn't see you at all
               Hallucination caused by this familiar road.
               But even if it did,
               I'm used to not shedding tears. (Unexpected Meeting)

              The pitch-darkness which has currently gripped China, we know, is the precursor of a new dawn that awaits it as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) lie divided and a civil war overtakes the country in the aftermath of the tragedy at Tiananmen Square. Only we don't know yet the price the Chinese people would still have to pay in coins of blood to reach that dawn.

              Whatever the price, it is the Shu Tings who mirror the Chinese people's boundless capacity to surmount the heavy odds that have befallen their fate. And the remarkable battle that the people of China have launched since June 4 against an insensate leadership bears testimony to that capacity while bringing into focus their grit and resolve to restore socialist principles on sound democratic foundations which several leaders of colossal stature successfully undermined with all strength at their command.

              In this setting it is deplorable to find several governments, including our own, hesitant to call a spade a spade and openly denounce the slaughter in Beijing while some of our parties proudly proclaiming themselves as "Marxists" (for whose activities Marx must surely be turning in his grave) have, in effect, defended the despicable crime before which Jallianwalabagh pales into insignificance. Nevertheless, there is no gainsaying that the people of China enjoy, more than ever before, the solidarity of peace-loving democrats across the globe—both Marxists and non-Marxists, striving to build a world without war, hunger, want, destitution, exploitation and oppression, a world of genuine freedom where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.

              No matter how the present Chinese leadership "celebrates" its "victory" today, tomorrow belongs to the people of China!

              As Indians nurturing the best of feelings for their Chinese brethren in their hour of trial, we are convinced: come what may they will overcome!

              (Political Notebook by S.C. written on June 6, 1989)

              (Mainstream, June 10, 1989)


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              Mathematician, Indologist, historian, political theorist and commentator. As a Marxist, D.D. Kosambi applied Historical Materialism to the analysis of ancient Indian civilisations and societies. A prominent peace activist, Kosambi helped to raise awareness regarding the threat that nuclear weapons pose to humanity. full biography

              On Japanese Rearmament: An Indian View (June 16, 1951)
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              M N Roy M.N. Roy  (1887-1954)
              A principal figure in revolutionary nationalism in his early years, M. N. Roy eventually became the forerunner of Marxian politics in India. Roy had a leading role in revolutionary movements in India, Mexico, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, Indonesia and China. full biography

               

               

               

               

               

              Charu Mazumdar Charu Mazumdar  (1918-1972)
              First General Secretary and Co-Founder of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML). Joined Tebhaga Movement in 1946 and organized the leftist faction of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the 1960s. Mazumdar was instrumental in the Naxalbari peasant uprising of 1967 and soon thereafter, Mazumdar and Kanu Sanyal formed the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR) and later founded the CPI-ML. Mazumdar was arrested in July 1972 and died in custody, reportedly following torture at the hands of the police.

               

               

               

              Vinod Mishra Vinod Mishra  (1947-1998)
              General Secretary of CPI-ML (Liberation) from 1975 to 1998. His important theoretical contributions include writings on party organization building, collective leadership and political unity, as well as his theories on caste, class and gender issues in the Indian context.  full birography

               

               

               

               


              Shibdas Ghosh (1923-1976)
              Founder of Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI).

               

               


              Other Writings

               

              Rajani Palme Dutt—Great Son of the Indian People by Dilip Bose (1975)

               

               

               


               

               

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