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No change in India's foreign investment policy in retail
8 Nov 2009, 1610 hrs IST
There will be no change in the government's policy of a ban on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail industry, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said here Sunday.
PHDCCI asks govt to retain fiscal incentives
8 Nov 2009, 1138 hrs IST
Govt should desist from introducing monetary tightening measures, and retain fiscal incentives provided through stimulus packages to revive demand and increase private consumption expenditure: PHDCCI
NSC for tougher scrutiny of sensitive sector M&As
6 Nov 2009, 0139 hrs IST, G Ganapathy Subramaniam
The National Security Council (NSC), the apex body handling sensitive issues related to security, has called for enhanced scrutiny of all mergers & acquisitions in sensitive sectors
Govt mulls more powers for oil regulator
6 Nov 2009, 0135 hrs IST
The government may soon strengthen the downstream regulator in the oil & gas sector by making 'suitable' amendments in the provisions of the existing Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).
Govt to calm fears on direct tax code
6 Nov 2009, 0129 hrs IST
The government on Thursday said it will address concerns of corporate and other taxpayers on issues like taxation on the salaried, long-term savings and MAT before putting the new direct tax regime in place.
New tax regime should last 50 years: Finance minister
5 Nov 2009, 1957 hrs IST
The government on Thursday said it would bring in the new direct tax code only after consulting and reviewing suggestions from taxpayers and the corporate sector to ensure the new taxation regime lasts another 50 years.
CEOs salary cap removed in new Companies Bill: Khurshid
5 Nov 2009, 1737 hrs IST
The existing 11 per cent cap on salaries of CEOs of corporates has been removed in the new Companies Bill.
Govt changes stake sale rule to cut fiscal deficit
5 Nov 2009, 1601 hrs IST
The government on Thursday changed rules on using stake sale proceeds and made it mandatory for all profit-making, listed, state-run firms to float at least 10 percent stake, in a move aimed at cutting its fiscal deficit.
Government reviewing tax rules on savings, capital gains
5 Nov 2009, 1437 hrs IST
The government is also considering scraping exemptions on saving schemes and taxing them at the time of withdrawal.
Government to list all unlisted non-loss making PSUs
5 Nov 2009, 1354 hrs IST
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Rich & NRIs eye foreign properties
NEW DELHI: With real estate prices in the niche segment in India showing signs of robust recovery, high net worth Indians and NRIs are again
Some of the places which now offer good investment opportunities for HNIs include the Middle East especially Dubai. In USA it's particularly New York City, Virginia and San Francisco. The others include Singapore and UK, according to Rajiv Sahni, partner, real estate practice, Ernst & Young.
Mayank Patel, group chairman & CEO of Azibo Group, a London-based private investment firm, who is himself a real estate investor agrees that globally there are huge opportunities to invest in real estate because of distress sales. "I am an investor in real estate myself and feel that the UK provides good opportunities for high net worth non-resident Indians and people of Indian origin. This is mainly because the pound sterling has fallen against the Euro and the dollar and prices of various prime properties are much lower today than they were about a year ago. So NRIs who are based in the US or Europe will find good deals here. Also worldwide, in locations across geographies such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, France, Spain, Florida and New York, property prices have fallen 30% over the last one year, because of distress asset sales and the credit squeeze by banks and FIs. While the Indian community globally, does have sophisticated portfolios, the fundamental business culture is one of going in for fundamental investments in real estate - and that's the reason that many of the HNIs are grabbing the investment opportunities globally," says Patel.
E&Y's Sahni feels that it is best for HNIs to take a mid to long-term view on exchange rates along with other important factors if the intention to invest in real estate is to save and earn an appreciation.
In view of the meltdown globally, an important trend is that NRIs and HNIs in India are often looking at property overseas from the end-user perspective. Says Shveta Jain, national head, marketing and investment, residential of global real estate consultancy Cushman and Wakefield (C&W), India: "Investments by NRIs nowadays are coupled with an end-use objective. The consideration could be education of children or if they frequent the destination from a business point of view. But any real estate purchase outside India has a strong end-use purpose. It is more of market dynamics than the exchange rate that drives their decision as this class is not really price sensitive." Jain says that London and Dubai are preferred destinations which keep the wealthy families and the noveau rich class interested.
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Whenever our India Incs affliated Intelligentsia, Politicians, Policy Makers and the worst of the lot, so called EONOMISTS talk on Risilient Economy and Decocupling Hypothesis is made, it reminds the Myth of Sisyphus immediately!In Greek mythology, Sisyphus (pronounced /?s?s?f?s/; Greek: ??????? sísyp^(h)os Ell-Sisyfos.ogg [?sisifos] (help·info)) was a king punished in Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity. It may be seen in SENSEX Tug of war in Indian Economy. While involving ourselves with the Corporate Imerialist Zionst Fate of Galaxy war Economy and getting all kind of Foreign capital Inflow, putting on everything on Sell Off , from Natural resources to PSUs and everything tagged as Government. Agriculture is destroyed as destroyed are Indigenous Production system and Aboriginal Livelihood. FIIs Rule the Economy. Monetary and Fiscal Policies are modified in accordance with the dictation from IMF , World bank and USA. Economic reforms acomplisned introducing Genocide Culture and SEZ drive created Foreign Territories and defenders of Foreign interest with Nuclear, Biological and chemical Warfare. Constitution is killed as India Incs take over Governance, Policy making and Legislation led by Extra constitutional elements while Parliamentary Politics bastardised with Human Face and so called falg Ship Proggramme to be implemented with Foreign funded NGO partnership and the resistance and Mass movements also go Projected. It reminds me Sisyphus.
The Myth of Sisyphus is a philosophical essay by Albert Camus. It comprises about 120 pages and was published originally in 1942 in French as Le Mythe de Sisyphe; the English translation by Justin O'Brien followed in 1955.In our nainital Days, our Economist Friend and Professor who later joined UP Planning Commision and died untimely, DR. Chandresh Shastri, a regular contributer in Naintal Samachar, our original space used to explain the SISyphus Phenomenon in Indian Political Economy. We miss you, Dr. Shastri, but we may not forget the formula to analyse the Economic growth and Sensex economy in Glittereing India with Enslaved, Starving , Chosen to be killed Majority Masses!
In the essay, Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd: man's futile search for meaning, unity and clarity in the face of an unintelligible world devoid of God and eternal truths or values. Does the realization of the absurd require suicide? Camus answers: "No. It requires revolt." He then outlines several approaches to the absurd life. The final chapter compares the absurdity of man's life with the situation of Sisyphus, a figure of Greek mythology who was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a rock up a mountain, only to see it roll down again. The essay concludes, "The struggle itself...is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
The work can be seen in relation to other works by Camus: the novel The Stranger (1942), the play Caligula (1945), and especially the essay The Rebel (1951).
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma addressed a session on "Reinforcing Economic Imperatives: India's Global Engagements" at the 25th India Economic Summit jointly organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry and World Economic Forum in New Delhi.
Speaking at the session, he said that although every country across the world has been affected due to the crisis, resorting to protectionist measures in these challenging times will prove counter productive and will delay the recovery process.
As against the growing tendency of protectionism amongst the countries of the West, India's endeavor is to deepen its trade engagements with the major economic groupings of the world.
Earlier, in the space of two weeks, India had signed two economic agreements, a broad-based trade, services and investment pact with South Korea and a free trade agreement with the ASEAN group of ten countries. The successful ratification of the two agreements preceded India's renewed engagement in the WTO Doha Development Round. The informal ministerial meeting hosted by India shows its commitment to resolve the deadlock in the Doha round of trade negotiations.
Though India's growth has not been affected to the same extent as other economies of the world, yet its exports have suffered a steep decline since last October due to a contraction in demand in the traditional markets. Considering this, the challenge that India faces going forward is to sustain and enhance its global engagements. Therefore, the Ministry of Commerce has aptly followed an enhanced market access and diversification policy for exports in its 2009-14 Foreign Trade policy.
As economic indicators are pointing to a mild recovery, our trade continues to fall, although the steepness of the free fall seems to have been arrested, said Mr Anand Sharma. Whether this turnaround will be durable is to be seen in the coming months.
The Indian economy has undergone a considerable change since economic reforms began in 1991, during which India's integration into the world economy has been very rapid. India's healthy growth story and pro investment climate have helped it attract huge investment inflows, especially since the last decade. Although the previous year has seen significant flight of capital due to the global economic crisis, investment inflows, both direct and portfolio, have seen a robust comeback in 2009.
The economic and financial crisis has also lead to a change in the global political and economic architecture, said Mr Anand Sharma. The G-20, instead of G-8, is better suited to represent the economic realties of the present day world. Thus a rule based, fair and equitable global multilateral trading regime which has development as its core objective is what will benefit the entire world economy, expressed the Minister.
Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motor Company, India, and President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India, while moderating the session said that India has moved forward in its global engagements. He further added that it's recently announced Trade Policy aptly shows its trade facilitative efforts along with fiscal incentives for the labour intensive sectors that have been adversely hit by the crisis.
In his closing remarks, Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, thanked Anand Sharma for sharing his enlightening remarks and expressed hope that Doha round will soon get concluded successfully.
Government to wind-down stimulus, hasten reforms: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that India was better placed than ever before to push reforms in Asia's third largest
"In the coming months and years, I hope to see a decisive change in the pace of our progress to become a leading economy in the world," Singh said. "(We) will strive to build political concensus needed for these legislative actions to be completed."
"I am happy to say that India has been able to face the global economic downturn better than most other countries in the world," the Prime Minister told the India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The prime minister won a resounding election victory in May and recent state polls have bolstered the ruling coalition, raising hopes the government will push forward with reforms, especially in the financial sector. The prime minister said with a normal monsoon next fiscal year growth was expected to be more than 7.0 percent and the government would take steps to wind down the stimulus in 2010.
"Like other countries, we resorted to significant stimulus and we will take appropriate action next year to wind this down. Our medium term objective is to achieve a growth rate of 9 percent per annum. There are clear signs of an upturn in the economy," he said.
The prime minister added the economy is expected to expand by 6.5 percent in the year to March 2010. India's economic growth slowed to 6.7 percent in the 2008/09 fiscal year through March after three straight years of at least 9 percent, and government officials have said growth in the current year is on track for roughly 6.5 percent.
The prime minister told the high-profile gathering of top business leaders from across the globe that the worst was behind the global economy even as the path to recovery remained long and uncertain.
"Our strategy therefore must aim at sustaining a high rate of growth on the strength of strong domestic demand. We seek to achieve this through a large increase in investment in infrastructure."
Summary
The essay is dedicated to Pascal Pia and is organized in four chapters and one appendix.
[edit] Chapter 1: An Absurd Reasoning
Camus undertakes to answer what he considers to be the only question of philosophy that matters: Does the realization of the meaninglessness and absurdity of life necessarily require suicide?
He begins by describing the absurd condition: much of our life is built on the hope for tomorrow yet tomorrow brings us closer to death and is the ultimate enemy; people live as if they didn't know about the certainty of death; once stripped of its common romanticisms, the world is a foreign, strange and inhuman place; true knowledge is impossible and rationality and science cannot explain the world: their stories ultimately end in meaningless abstractions, in metaphors. "From the moment absurdity is recognized, it becomes a passion, the most harrowing of all."
It is not the world that is absurd, nor human thought: the absurd arises when the human need to understand meets the unreasonableness of the world, when "my appetite for the absolute and for unity" meets "the impossibility of reducing this world to a rational and reasonable principle."
He then characterizes a number of philosophies that describe and attempt to deal with this feeling of the absurd, by Heidegger, Jaspers, Shestov, Kierkegaard and Husserl. All of these, he claims, commit "philosophical suicide" by reaching conclusions that contradict the original absurd position, either by abandoning reason and turning to God, as in the case of Kierkegaard and Shestov, or by elevating reason and ultimately arriving at ubiquitous Platonic forms and an abstract god, as in the case of Husserl.
For Camus, who set out to take the absurd seriously and follow it to its final conclusions, these "leaps" cannot convince. Taking the absurd seriously means acknowledging the contradiction between the desire of human reason and the unreasonable world. Suicide, then, also must be rejected: without man, the absurd cannot exist. The contradiction must be lived; reason and its limits must be acknowledged, without false hope. However, the absurd can never be accepted: it requires constant confrontation, constant revolt.
While the question of human freedom in the metaphysical sense loses interest to the absurd man, he gains freedom in a very concrete sense: no longer bound by hope for a better future or eternity, without a need to pursue life's purpose or to create meaning, "he enjoys a freedom with regard to common rules".
To embrace the absurd implies embracing all that the unreasonable world has to offer. Without a meaning in life, there is no scale of values. "What counts is not the best living but the most living."
Thus, Camus arrives at fourteen consequences from the full acceptance of the absurd: revolt, freedom, passion and many more.
[edit] Chapter 2: The Absurd Man
How should the absurd man live? Clearly, no ethical rules apply, as they are all based on higher powers or on justification. "Integrity has no need of rules." 'Everything is permitted' "is not an outburst of relief or of joy, but rather a bitter acknowledgment of a fact."
Camus then goes on to present examples of the absurd life. He begins with Don Juan, the serial seducer who lives the passionate life to the fullest. "There is no noble love but that which recognizes itself to be both short-lived and exceptional."
The next example is the actor, who depicts ephemeral lives for ephemeral fame. "He demonstrates to what degree appearing creates being." "In those three hours he travels the whole course of the dead-end path that the man in the audience takes a lifetime to cover."
Camus' third example of the absurd man is the conqueror, the warrior who forgoes all promises of eternity to affect and engage fully in human history. He chooses action over contemplation, aware of the fact that nothing can last and no victory is final.
[edit] Chapter 3: Absurd Creation
Here Camus explores the absurd creator or artist. Since explanation is impossible, absurd art is restricted to a description of the myriad experiences in the world. "If the world were clear, art would not exist." Absurd creation, of course, must do whatever it must to keep itself alive.
He then analyzes the work of Dostoyevsky in this light, especially The Diary of a Writer, The Possessed and The Brothers Karamazov. All these works start from the absurd position, and the first two explore the theme of philosophical suicide. But both The Diary and his last novel, The Brothers Karamazov, ultimately find a path to hope and faith and thus fail as truly absurd creations.
[edit] Chapter 4: The Myth of Sisyphus
In the last chapter, Camus outlines the legend of Sisyphus who defied the gods and put Death in chains so that no human needed to die. When Death was eventually liberated and it came time for Sisyphus himself to die, he concocted a deceit which let him escape from the underworld. Finally captured, the gods decided on his punishment: for all eternity, he would have to push a rock up a mountain; on the top, the rock rolls down again and Sisyphus has to start over. Camus sees Sisyphus as the absurd hero who lives life to the fullest, hates death and is condemned to a meaningless task.
Camus presents Sisyphus's ceaseless and pointless toil as a metaphor for modern lives spent working at futile jobs in factories and offices. "The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious."
Camus is interested in Sisyphus' thoughts when marching down the mountain, to start anew. This is the truly tragic moment, when the hero becomes conscious of his wretched condition. He does not have hope, but "[t]here is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn." Acknowledging the truth will conquer it; Sisyphus, just like the absurd man, keeps pushing. Camus claims that when Sisyphus acknowledges the futility of his task and the certainty of his fate, he is freed to realize the absurdity of his situation and to reach a state of contented acceptance. With a nod to the similarly cursed Greek hero Oedipus, Camus concludes that "all is well," indeed, that "One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
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Maoists kill 4 policemen in West Bengal
Kolkata: Four Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) troopers were killed in an ambush by Maoist rebels in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Sunday, hours after Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee wrapped up his two-day visit to the district by throwing a challenge to the Left-wing ultras.
"Four policemen have been killed. The bodies have been brought to the Jamboni police station from the spot," an officer manning the state police control room here said.
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"We have heard that some policemen have also been injured. But we don't know the numbers," he said.
West Midnapore district magistrate Narayan Swarup Nigam said that the troopers of the EFR, a paramilitary force of the state police, were posted in the Jamboni camp close to the ambush spot in the crowded Gidhni market.
The troopers, out on a patrol from the camp, were attacked when they had stopped to have tea Sunday evening. The heavily armed Left-wing extremists sprayed the victims with bullets before fleeing on foot into a nearby jungle with their automatic rifles.
The spot under Jhargram sub-division is about 8 km from the state's border with Jharkhand and 25 km west of Lalgarh town.
Following the attack, a large contingent of central paramilitary troopers and state armed policemen cordoned off the area and engaged the rebels in a gunfight.
About a couple of hours before the daring attack, the chief minister had thrown a challenge to the extremists by asserting at a public meeting in the district: "We'll defeat Maoist ultras and will chase them out of our state."
Last month, the ultras had attacked the Sankrail police station in the district, killing two police officers and abducting officer-in-charge Atindranath Dutta. Dutta was released unharmed after two days in captivity.
The state government has launched a massive security operation comprising central paramilitary troopers and crack personnel from the state police in and around the Lalgarh belt since June 18 to flush out the Maoists, who had turned the area into a virtual free zone since last November.
World Economic Forum Celebrates 25 Years in India
Marking 25 years of ties with India, the Co-Chairs of the India Economic Summit highlighted India's success as a globally competitive economy and for weathering the current financial crisis.
"The world has come to recognize the potential of India for its ability to innovate and its growing role on the global stage," said William D. Green, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture, USA, a Co-Chair of the India Economic Summit. He added that India has the opportunity to become a "high performance" nation.
"I am amazed by how resilient the Indian economy has been," remarked Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Renault, France; President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan, Japan, and Co-Chair of the India Economic Summit. "The Summit will be an important forum to understand how India managed to weather the global economic meltdown so well."
Summit Co-Chair Baba N. Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge (BHARATFOR.NS : 270.7 +4.35), India, also praised India for emerging from the financial meltdown, noting that the country's growth rate would be as much as 6-7% this year and perhaps double digits in the future. Energy, infrastructure, social issues, health and education will be the pressing issues to follow.
While also praising India as an engine for growth and a country with enormous opportunities, Indra Nooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, USA, a Co-Chair of the Summit, said that it was in everyone's interest to see the US continue being a centre for growth and that the downturn would be short-lived.
She then praised the World Economic Forum for its ability to bring together multiple constituencies to discuss the current economic situation and other global issues. "My hope [here] is to develop an action plan and hold ourselves accountable on progress."
Co-Chair Shumeet Banerji, Chief Executive Officer, Booz and Company, United Kingdom, added that the India Economic Summit serves as a valuable platform to discuss major issues facing the country. Banerji said he is particularly interested in seeing progress on carbon reduction and demographics.
Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motor Company, India; President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India, highlighted the 25th anniversary of the Forum's engagement in India and the important role the Summit has played in integrating India with global markets.
"India has become a positive brand," highlighted Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum. "This not only has to do with its economic growth but also the entrepreneurial spirit of the country." He added that India could be a role model, especially in light of the challenges of the global economic situation. "If we can help people respond to these challenges, we have made a contribution."
The World Economic Forum is celebrating 25 years of active engagement in India at its annual India Economic Summit, taking place in New Delhi from 8 to 10 November. This year's Summit has set a new record for total participation with over 800 leaders from industry, government, civil society and academia from over 40 countries. The theme for this year's Summit is "India's Next Generation of Growth."
Sisyphus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus (pronounced /ˈsɪsəfəs/; Greek: Σίσυφος sísypʰos [ˈsisifos] (help·info)) was a king punished in Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity.
The word sisyphean means, according to the American Heritage Dictionary, "endless and unavailing, as labor or a task."
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Sisyphus was son of the king Aeolus of Thessaly and Enarete, and the founder and first king of Ephyra (Corinth). He was the father of Glaucus by the nymph Merope, and the grandfather of Bellerophon.
Sisyphus promoted navigation and commerce, but was avaricious and deceitful, violating the laws of hospitality by killing travelers and guests. He took pleasure in these killings because they allowed him to maintain his dominant position. From Homer onwards, Sisyphus was famed as the craftiest of men. He seduced his niece, took his brother's throne and betrayed Zeus' secrets. Zeus then ordered Thanatos (Death personified) to chain Sisyphus in Tartarus. Sisyphus slyly asked Thanatos to try the chains to show how they worked. When Thanatos did so, Sisyphus secured them and threatened him. This caused an uproar, and no human could die until Ares (who was annoyed that his battles had lost their fun because his opponents would not die) intervened, freeing Death and sending Sisyphus to Tartarus.
However, before Sisyphus died, he had told his wife to throw his naked body into the middle of the public square in attempt to test his wife's love for him. Annoyed by the obedience and loveless decision by his wife, Sisyphus persuaded Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, to allow him to go back to the upper world and scold his wife for not burying his body as a loving wife would. When Sisyphus returned to Corinth, he refused to retreat back to the underworld and was forcibly dragged back to the underworld by Hermes. In another version of the myth, Persephone was directly persuaded that he had been conducted to Tartarus by mistake and ordered him to be freed.[1]
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[edit] "Sisyphean task" or "Sisyphean challenge"
As a punishment from the gods for his trickery, Sisyphus was compelled to roll a huge rock up a steep hill, but before he could reach the top of the hill, the rock would always roll back down again, forcing him to begin again.[2] The maddening nature of the punishment was reserved for Sisyphus due to his hubristic belief that his cleverness surpassed that of Zeus. Sisyphus took the bold step of reporting one of Zeus' sexual conquests, telling the river god Asopus of the whereabouts of his daughter Aegina. Zeus had taken her away, but regardless of the impropriety of Zeus' frequent conquests, Sisyphus overstepped his bounds by considering himself a peer of the gods who could rightfully report their indiscretions.[3] As a result, Zeus displayed his own cleverness by binding Sisyphus to an eternity of frustration. Accordingly, pointless or interminable activities are often described as Sisyphean. Sisyphus was a common subject for ancient writers and was depicted by the painter Polygnotus on the walls of the Lesche at Delphi.[4]
[edit] Interpretations
According to the solar theory, Sisyphus is the disk of the sun that rises every day in the east and then sinks into the west.[5] Other scholars regard him as a personification of waves rising and falling, or of the treacherous sea.[5] The 1st-century BC Epicurean philosopher Lucretius interprets the myth of Sisyphus as personifying politicians aspiring for political office who are constantly defeated, with the quest for power, in itself an "empty thing," being likened to rolling the boulder up the hill.[6] Friedrich Welcker suggested that he symbolises the vain struggle of man in the pursuit of knowledge, and Salomon Reinach[7] that his punishment is based on a picture in which Sisyphus was represented rolling a huge stone Acrocorinthus, symbolic of the labour and skill involved in the building of the Sisypheum. Albert Camus, in his 1942 essay The Myth of Sisyphus, sees Sisyphus as personifying the absurdity of human life, but concludes "one must imagine Sisyphus happy" as "The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart."
[edit] Literary interpretations
Ovid, the famous Roman poet, references Sisyphus in the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. When Orpheus descends and confronts Hades and Persephone, he sings a song with the result of getting his wish of bringing Eurydice back. After this song is sung, Ovid shows how moving it was by noting that Sisyphus sat on his rock, the Latin wording being "inque tuo sedisti Sisyphe, saxo."[8]
Albert Camus, the French Absurdist, wrote an essay entitled The Myth of Sisyphus in which he elevates Sisyphus to the status of absurd hero.
Franz Kafka repeatedly referred to Sisyphus as a bachelor; the Kafkaesque for him were those qualities that brought out the Sisyphus-like qualities in himself. According to Frederick Karl: "The man who struggled to reach the heights only to be thrown down to the depths embodied all of Kafka's aspirations; and he remained himself, alone, solitary."[9]
The philosopher Richard Taylor uses the myth of Sisyphus as a representation of a life made meaningless because it consists of bare repetition.[10]
A radio play A View From The Mountain written by Don Haworth broadcast in 1987 on BBC Radio 4 starring Michael Williams and Judy Dench revisited the Sisyphus myth.
[edit] "Cheating Death" theme in other folk tales
The way in which Sisyphus cheated Death is not unique to his tale. Thus in a Venetian story the ingenious Beppo ties up Death in a bag and keeps him there for eighteen months; there is general rejoicing; nobody dies, and the doctors are in high feather. In a Sicilian story an innkeeper corks up Death in a bottle; so nobody dies for years, and the long white beards are a sight to see. In another Sicilian story a monk keeps Death in his pouch for forty years. (T. F. Crane, Italian Popular Tales, 1885). The German parallel is Gambling Hansel, who kept Death up a tree for seven years, during which no one died (Grimm, Household Tales). The Norse parallel is the tale of the Master Smith (G. W. Dasent, Popular Tales from the Norse). For a Lithuanian parallel, see A. Schleicher, Litauische Märchen, Sprichworte, Rätsel und Lieder (1857); for Slavonic parallels, F. S. Krauss, Sagen und Märchen der Südslaven, ii. Nos. 125, 126; see also Frazer's Pausanias, iii. p. 33; O. Gruppe, Griechische Mythologie (1906), ii., p. 1021, note 2.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Bernard Evslin's Gods, Demigods & Demons, 209-210
- ^ Odyssey, xi. 593
- ^ Edith Hamilton's Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 312-313
- ^ Pausanias x. 31
- ^ a b c "Sisyphus". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
- ^ De Rerum Natura III
- ^ Revue archéologique, 1904
- ^ Ovid. Metamorphoses, 10.44.
- ^ Karl, Frederick. Franz Kafka: Representative Man. New York: From International Publishing Corporation, 1991.
- ^ Taylor, Richard 'Time and Life's Meaning' Review of Metaphysics 40 (June 1987): 675-686, copyright 1987 by the Review of Metaphysics
[edit] See also
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- Wu Gang
- 1866 Sisyphus, asteroid
- Cool Hand Luke, a popular movie starring Paul Newman in which the title character is a defiant prisoner at a work camp. His futile efforts to challenge authority, such as his escape attempts, result in equally pointless punishments, such as digging holes and filling them back in.
- Naranath Bhranthan, a similar character in Indian folklore
- Stone of Sisyphus, the previously unreleased album by the band Chicago
- Sisyphus (dialogue), a dialogue ascribed to Plato
- "Sysyphus", an instrumental by Richard Wright of Pink Floyd
- Tantalus
- The Myth of Sisyphus, a philosophical essay by Albert Camus
[edit] Other figures in Greek mythology punished by the gods include:
[edit] Sources
- "Sisyphus". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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Why King Cobras, which tormented Sonia Gandhi & denied her PMship twice, now trying to hoist Rahul ?
A subtle and yet determined campaign has begun to build up Rahul Gandhi as the next Prime Minister. The country is ruled by the less than 15% upper castes led by 2% Brahmins who in the last parliamentary election voted against their own Brahmana Jati Party (BJP) fearing that L.K. Advani, a Sindhi Khatri, whom they intensely hate, would become the PM (DV Edit June 1, 2009: "A mere 2% anti-Advani upper caste vote swing from BJP brought spectacular Congress victory"). There is even a move to neck out Advani, who served the Brahminical order so loyally, even as Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha. All these prove that the rulers are in a desperate state of mind.
Anger against Brahminists: What is clear from this power struggle at the top is the rulers are in a terrible confusion because of the emerging strong anti-Brahminical forces. The Bahujans comprising the SC/ST/BCs (65%) and Muslim/Christian/Sikhs (20%) plus a vast section of the shudra castes (10%) — a total of almost 95% — are boiling with anger against the micro-minority alien Brahminical forces ("Jews of India") committing naked aggression on their human rights.
But the problem is this 95% of the massive majority population is not only kept divided but also made to kill each other instigated by the hate-mongering Brahminical media. Still the Brahminical rulers are deeply worried that the angry Bahujan masses despite being kept at starvation level may burst into violence which the rulers despite all their vast military and police powers will not be able to control.
Legislature weakened: It has now become clear that the Brahminical rulers, steeped in their four varieties of corruption (intellectual, caste, moral and money corruption), are not interested in implementing the constitution of India. Because they don't believe in the constitution. They have their own constitution — Manu Dharma Shastra.
Their sole single objective in life is to enjoy at other's cost — always blaming some foreign countries, some imaginary terrorism or the "lazy Indians" for all their commissions and omissions.
During our recent 4-day visit to Delhi we met a number of thinking persons and they all agreed with our assessment that the Brahminical rulers have become desperate not knowing what to do. Political power has already gone into non-Brahmin hands. But their satisfaction is that they have already weakened the power of the legislature and even the executive. The real power has passed into the hands of the so-called intelligentsia (DV Edit Aug.1, 2009: "Who is ruling India & How?").
The Khatri Sick PM, Manmohan Singh, has been very effectively covering up all the lapses of the Brahminical rulers and also feeding them with more fodder to eat. Corruption at the top (all the four varieties of corruption) has crossed all limits that it is no longer possible to control anybody. Even the judiciary has become too weak because it is also corrupt.
So when the country is facing such a serious all-round crisis, both from within and without, will it be possible for such a weak PM to protect the Brahminical rulers who indeed feel threatened?
Why Rahul is fancied: It is this fear that is forcing the "Jews of India" to think of bringing Rahul as the next PM because he has several qualifications which they think nobody in the political field has. No.1 he is young — that means he has no experience of this vast subcontinent with hundreds of castes, communities, tribals, languages, customs, manners etc. Even people like us having travelled round the country many times, read most of the relevant books dealing with its history, politics, socio-cultural contradictions, religious diversity etc. feel that we are still students with lot more to learn.
But the Brahminical media manipulators have already bent the Congress Party and unofficially anointed Rahul as the dictator without his being aware of it.
Fake Mahatma: What is of special interest is that Rahul is already getting the halo of the fake mahatma who did lot of drama with Harijans and ultimately cheated them in the Poona Pact of 1932. (Separate Electorate & Separate Settlement, V.T. Rajshekar, 1996). Rahul's eating, drinking, sleeping with Dalits in their huts is front-paged and hailed as "Rahulgandhism". Birla's Hindustan Times (Oct. 4, 2009) said, "Rahul took UP Congress by storm". The Brahminical intention is to belittle and malign Mayawati and see that the Congress takes over the country's politically most important state.
M.K. Gandhi, the fake mahatma, once did all such stunts to deceive the Dalits but failed. Babasaheb Ambedkar, the Father of India, who emerged as the country's sole spokesman for Dalits, denounced the Gujarati Bania as the Enemy No.1 of Dalits.
Poor Rahul does not know that eating, drinking, sleeping with Dalits will not liberate them. Gandhi did all these cheap tricks in the pre-independence days but all his stunts did not minimise the rigors of untouchability (racism) or caste system.
Hinduism dies if caste goes: Rahul has not made any study of Hinduism which is the other name for caste system (varnashrama dharma). He says "I don't believe in the caste system" (Hindu, Oct.8, 2009). He says he believes only in rich and poor. Fine statement. But the caste, untouchability (racism) and caste system are not so simple as he thinks. It is a 3,000 and odd years-old deathless institution. Right from the Budha down to Babasaheb tried to destroy it. None succeeded.
Why? Because the caste system is the other name for Hinduism. If the caste system is destroyed Hinduism is dead. And no Hindu is ready to give up his Hinduism. Does Rahul Gandhi know this simple truth?
No Brahmin is ready to give up his caste. He would rather die but not give up his sacred thread. Does Rahul know this? All those gandhian gimmicks he is made to play are part of the a well-laid-out Brahminical conspiracy to exploit him and then throw him out. How to make him know all these supreme truths? Brahminists have built a fortress round him. Even while they are exploiting his "charisma" they are silently laughing over the puppet show they are conducting.
How cobras treated his mother: But we want to remind him what these very King Cobras did to his mother after his father died. Sonia Gandhi should have automatically become the PM but the King Cobras hated her so intensely that they brought the notorious Brahmin, P.V. Narasimha Rao, who as PM had a nice afternoon nap as the Babri Masjid was demolished by the Cobras. This was the second biggest blow the Muslims suffered after the partition of India.
During the PMship of PVN, the amount of pain Sonia suffered at the hands of the King Cobras is something unimaginable. She was kept almost incommunicado as a prisoner in the 10-Janpath. It was because of PVN and his sins the Congress Party got defeated.
Again when the Congress Party won the election, she as the party president should have automatically become the PM. The King Cobras once again struck and even threatened to kill her if she accepted the PM post. Even her two little children (Priyanka and Rahul) were sought to be killed "if she crossed the limits". She was maligned as an Italian agent. For years she could not even come out of the house. Please read all the Dalit Voice references given at the end of this Editorial. Everything is on record.
How much these King Cobras tormented Sonia by repeatedly raising the Italian businessman Quattrocchi case although she had nothing to do with it. Even after so many years of her husband's death the case is still kept alive to mentally torture her.
Though she is a Catholic Christian she was threatened not to think of her Christian community which had done so much service to India's upper castes who are mostly educated in Christian convents.
Sonia alone knows the mental torture she suffered under these King Cobras.
Even if Rahul was too young then, he would have learnt all these historical facts from others.
DV demanded Sonia as PM: Twice in Dalit Voice we demanded Sonia take-over as PM but the King Cobras pounced on her. The amount of mental torture she underwent for several years was not recorded by any of the Brahminical King Cobras who are today singing and dancing around Rahul.
Why this volteface now? Why this sudden love and the gandhian gimmicks to hoist Rahul as the next PM? Is it out of any genuine love for Rahul?
How these Deshbhaktas are falling for a young man who is not only not Hindu (his father was a Parsee-Zorastrian —and mother Italian Catholic) but the son of a noble woman so much hated by the King Cobras?
House arrest of Sonia: Rahul may get flattered by the fawning of these foxes but he must have his own mind to understand and see through the game of these King Cobras who made the life of his mother so miserable that she spent years and years in virtual house arrest after the death of Rajiv Gandhi. Not even a pedestrian was allowed to walk on the footpath of No.10, Janpath. How could Rahul forget all these?
Rahul must know that the principal contradiction facing India is Brahminism. This is the verdict of all sages, seers, savants and philosophers right from the Budha to Babasaheb Ambedkar. Without eliminating this principal contradiction, India can make no progress. Rahul must bend his time and energy towards this but not play into the very hands of the enemy.
Menaka manufactured to malign Sonia: We are reminding the young man the past history because he must know that we can build our future only on our past. What made the King Cobras, who manufactured a Menaka (Gandhi) to malign Sonia and mentally torture her for so long, to suddenly fall in love with her son and groom him to the country's highest position which his mother rightly deserved but was denied? Will Rahul think a little in his calmer moments?
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D.V. REFERENCE TO SONIA GANDHI
DV Edit July 16, 2008: "Khatri Sikh PM becomes a liability: Sonia must take someone more acceptable to people".
DV Edit Jan.16, 2008: "If Sonia doesn't take over as PM, India may go BJP way: Will Gujarat repeat in Karnataka?"
DV Nov.16, 2007 p.7: "What was Sonia cooking in China?"
DV Edit April 1, 2005: "If Sonia fails to sack Manmohan & Chidambaram mass discontent will throw Congress out".
DV Edit March 1, 2005: "If Sonia Gandhi doesn't throw out Manmohan Singh angry people will throw Congress Party out".
DV Sept.1, 2006 p.22: "Sonia critizes conversion bill".
DV Edit Dec.16, 2004: "Sonia Gandhi's bold steps to cut BSO to size deserves full Bahujan support".
DV Edit June 16, 2004: "Vaidiks manage victory even as their party (BJP) loses: Sonia must get closer to Laloo & Mayawati".
DV Sept.16, 2002 p.7: "Vaidik conspiracy in anti-Sonia hysteria".
DV June 16, 1999 p.4: "Sonia convulsions prove national parties are dying".
DV April 16, 1999 p.7: "Hindu nazi certificate to Sonia: upper caste Christian collusion with Aryans".
DV Edit Feb.16, 1999: "Stepped up violence against Christians is to pulverise Sonia & ensure her total surrender to vaidiks.
DV Edit Jan.16, 1999: "Upper caste hatred of Sonia will help Vajpayee survive: Bahujans caught between two devils".
DV Edit Feb.16, 1998: "Sonia upsets all calculations: If BJP surge is not checked nazis may sabotage elections".
DV Edit Sept.1, 1997: "Vaidik dilemma over Sonia: Kesri can't fetch votes but without her Congress can't win elections".
DV Edit Oct.16, 1994: "Sonia has every chance despite BSO opposition: Masses fed up with Chanakya's misrule".
June 16, 1992 p.11: "Making maja over Rajiv murder".
Reports
China must set up its own international media with world-wide sweep
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bangalore: How much the Jews and the "Jews of India" hate China is evident from the way their media reported its Oct.1, 2009 historic diamond jubilee celebrations at Beijing. Except India's premier Brahminical English daily, the Hindu, which was represented by its Brahmin editor, N.Ram, who made a factual reporting, the rest of India's "national" toilet papers simply spit fire, maligned China and refused to acknowledge its greatness though it has already become the No.2 world power replacing Japan.
Ram, calling himself a socialist, recently recalled his Brahmin woman correspondent who openly exhibited her Brahminical bias in reporting and posted a Brahmin man at Beijing. The Times of India, the country's chief Brahminical daily, displayed its vitriolic prejudice in reporting the Beijing event that stunned the whole world.
Dalai Lama: The Jews and the "Jews of India" always hated China despite its history-making development.
Both brought in the hated Dalai Lama, who received a snub by President Obama, and China's friendship with Iran.
The way the Jewish-controlled Western media and the Brahmin-controlled Indian media reported the Oct.1 event must make China think of launching its own powerful media with an international sweep. It must be much bigger and more competent than all of them put together. Now that China is going to assume international role, the oppressed peoples of the world will look to China for a fair and just media.
Gulbarga meet to discuss Brahminical conspiracy
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bangalore: The Karnataka state conference of the BAMCEF at Gulbarga on Nov.22 (Sunday) to be inaugurated by Editor V.T. Rajshekar of Dalit Voice will have two momentous sessions: (1) India's "freedom struggle" was a fake movement led by Eurasian Brahmins to establish their supremacy to enslave the Bahujan Samaj. The above statement made by Babasaheb has been forgotten by Dalit leaders.
(2) The second session is devoted to Muslims who have been stabbed in the back by the Brahminical rulers. Dalits and their organisations have virtually forgotten Muslims though they are our blood brothers. BAMCEF has taken up the cause of Muslims, neglected even by the Muslim leadership.
Venue: Institution of Engineers, Court Road, Thimapur Circle, Gulbarga.
V.T. Rajshekar will speak at both the sessions. Waman Meshram, president BAMCEF, will preside.
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India slips — but who cares?
New Delhi: India ranked 134 out of 182 countries, the same as in 2006, in the 2009 Human Development Report, released on Oct.5. China registered the largest gain in rank, moving seven places to finish at 92. (Hindu, Oct.6, 2009).
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The Indian upper caste (15%) rulers are well "developed", feeding on the flesh and blood of the Bahujan Samaj. The "India shining" slogan-mongers are not bothered about "human development" because for them we are not humans — EDITOR.
Secret of zionist Nobel Peace Prize given to the "hated" Obama
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bangalore: Our DV family members may not know that the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Jewish institution meant solely to promote their interests. All those given Nobel Prizes served their cause.
ZIONIST ARTHASHASTRA
The White Western Christians, the ruling class in all those countries, are under the thumb of Jews who form not even 2% of the population of each country and yet they are not only the richest but control the very brain of all the goyim (the non-Jew).
Those interested more in the study of the mental crucifixion being suffered by the White race may read our book, The Zionist Arthashastra (Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, pp.130, photocopy charges Rs. 100).
"JEWS OF INDIA" ALSO HATE OBAMA
The surprise Nobel Peace Prize to Obama announced on Oct.9, 2009 came as a shock to the whole world. Because the zionists not only in America but the world over hate Obama.
The "Jews of India" also did not hide their resentment. They were fuming because not only he reversed all the politics followed by their blue-eyed skunk, George W. Bush, but openly favoured their two blood enemies — Pakistan and India. He did not allow the Bhoodevatas to manufacture bomb to fight China and Pakistan.
They intensely hate Obama because he is not only Black but also a Muslim. And after becoming President he favoured all their enemies one by one.
BIG SECRET
They are furious because for the first time he made it look that US is out to cut zionist Israel to size by encouraging Iran to manufacture bomb to frighten Israel into submission.
Israel is the closest ally of the "Jews of India" who gave shelter to the hated Dalai Lama. They are furious that Obama refused to meet the Tibetan renegade during his latest visit to Washington.
When the Jews and the "Jews of India" hate Obama so intensely why did the Nobel Foundation awarded peace prize to their Enemy No.1?
The answer lies in a big secret about the Jews and their cousins.
The secret is both are good servants but bad masters. If you allow them to boss over you, they will suck your blood and drop you dead. But if you overpower and sit on their head they will lick your bum.
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Presently, the Jews are facing all-round defeat. The current financial downturn, which is their own making, has broken their back. But the threat posed by Iran on one side and Hizbollah on the other has brought sleepless nights to all the Jews not only in zionist Israel but the Jews all over the world.
The peace prize is to coax and cajole Obama.
Obama must not relent. Now that he has found the weakness of the Jew, he must redouble his efforts to complete the job.
French stooge manufactures anti-Muslim history
A fund-raiser in New Jersey on Aug.16, raised $50,000 for a "Hindu holocaust" museum to be built at Pune. The museum is the brainchild of a Frenchman, Francois Gautier, and is under the auspices of the Viraat Hindu Sabha (VHS).
They claim that over the past thousand years, millions of Hindus were killed, with the intention to wipe Hindus off the map. The numbers are vague, as one might expect but the culprit is precisely defined: Islam. The VHS uses the phrase "Islamic genocide of Hindus" to make its case. The idea of the Hindu holocaust casts the Hindu as history's victim. (Milli Gazete, Oct.1, 2009).
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The Brahminical rulers have been manufacturing new history, the latest one is done by a notorious Frenchman who is on the payroll of the "Jews of India" — EDITOR.
Kayasths want caste identity
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bangalore: Rahul Gandhi like M.K. Gandhi and all Brahminical upper castes may say they don't believe in caste. Beware. they are saying this to deceive us.
Read the following matrimonial announcement dated Sept.26, 2009 by their own upper caste jatwalas: - (mathurchand@yahoo.com)
Reached up to your life partner through this links: www.kayasthashaadi.com
Kahastya community matrimonial: Shrivastava, Saxena, Mathur, Bhatnagar Nigam, Verma, Kulshreshta etc. Marriageable bio-data of well educated and well settled, also homely bride, NRI bride/groom, divorced/widowed, Mangalik/non-Mangalik are shown separately.
Kayasths are a powerful upper caste in the cowbelt. Rajendra Prasad, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jyoti Basu, Amitabh Bachchan etc. are all leading Kayasths.
DV challenge to "India shining" walas
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bangalore: In every sphere, India is being pushed backward except in one — Brahminical boasting. Dalit Voice will be glad to publish report of any sector which is on the way up.
No Indian university among top 100
None of the Indian universities figure among the top 100 varsities of the world, with America and UK dominating the scene. America's Harvard University has retained its top position in 2009 while UK's Cambridge University has moved up from third to second position.
(Times of India, Oct.9, 2009).
We published the "India Shining" column regularly in DV for three years (Dec.1, 2006 to April 1, 2009) and then got fed up on seeing the country slipping in every sector, even as the Brahminical rulers are shamelessly dancing unmindful of the country going to dogs.
Power of the Brahmin
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bangalore: The Times of India, the country's premier Brahminical English daily owned by the Marwari Jains, has on Oct.12, 2009 came out with a list of ruling UPA's "ten most powerful" persons. Of the 10, two are bureaucrats: (1) Pranab Mukherji, (2) P. Chidambaram, (3) Mamata Banarjee, (4) Jairam Ramesh, (5) Anand Sharma, (6) Ahmed Patel, (7) A.K. Antony, (8) Digvijay Singh, (9) M.K. Narayanan, (10). T.K.A. Nair.
Of the 10, five are Brahmins (50% - mentioned in the bold letters) though their population strength is just 2%.
The list deliberately excluded the top troika: Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi.
Burning Ravana is part of Hindu "caste war"
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bangalore: Brahminical toilet papers published pictures of Sonia Gandhi and the Khatri Sick PM trying to kill our hero Ravana at the recent annual Ram Lila Ground Brahmin show. They used the state power to express their anger against our great Dravidian hero.
But Delhi Dalits expressed no anger despite our yearly exhortations,.
Dravidians and Adi-Dravidas are "brain dead". But the Kanpur Dalits protested, according to a report:
Kanpur (PTI): Thousands of Dalits on Sept.28 took out a procession and held Ravana Mela here to protest against the burning of Ravana's effigies on Dussehra. Ravana, a mythological character described as demon king in the Hindu epic Ramayana, is revered by the Dalits who worship him as the symbol of bravery and sacrifice. The event has been organised at Pukhraya by the Dalit Panthers opposed to the burning of Ravana's effigy on Dussehra celebrated by the Hindus as the victory of good over evil. "Making deformed effigies of Ravana and setting them on fire on Dussehra every year hurts the feelings of Dalits and the practice should be banned in the country," President of Dalit Panther Dhaniram Bauddh said. The Dalits in the area have been organising Ravana Mela for the past ten years.
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We congratulate the Dalit Panthers of Kanpur. But merely protesting the Brahminical violence against our hero and then burning the anti-Dalit hero of the Hindus is no use. They must threaten the upper castes against their anti-human festival and if they don't heed the warning must block it with full physical force.
Dalits must know that the enemy has declared a war against us. And it is our duty to join the "caste war" — EDITOR.
THUS SPAKE PERIYAR
Dasaratha not father of Rama
But we see them change nowadays. They are craving for redeeming their self-respect and honour. You will be glad to know that Malayalees have written letters to me expressing their willingness to participate in our struggle. As our bone of contention is primarily everybody's honour and respect, our agitation would be a success in the long run.
Similarly the people of Andhra, Karnataka and other states would certainly come forward to uphold our cause. They are today ignorant. Our movement will awaken them. They will read the news and hear many things about the struggle here. There will be a change definitely. But it will not come all of a sudden. They would respond to our call gradually.
Advance of science: If Tamilnadu becomes free and independent, the longevity of our people would increase to one hundred years in a short span of 10 years. We will be able to progress in all fields.
We will be able to fly in the air. Today an airship carries 300 to 400 passengers. The average life of a man now is 52 years. This will be increased by 20 years. By 2000 AD it may go upto 75 years. People in the West are able to live up to 100 years. To that extent the medical sciences have improved. We are now in a well developed world. Medical cure is available for almost all diseases. You find the semen bank now. Even as chicken is produced for eggs, human babies could be produced from test tubes. I am not joking. You can find news with real photographs. Man is able to fly at a speed of even 10,000 miles an hour. Man is able to land on the moon and come back. No one would refute all these as blatant lies.
We are now fighting to redeem our self-respect. This spirit must pervade all. We must be prepared to face arrest. What is prison life? Prisoners are not allowed to starve. We will look after them till they are arrested. Generous people have already donated rice bags to feed the volunteers. They are piled up in large numbers. Many have contributed cash as donation. Soon we will have Rs. 50,000 as donation to meet the expenses. Many have given assurance to donate more and more. Our cause is unimpeachable. So donations pour in. We hope to send nearly a lakh of people to prison. We have already made arrangements for this.
Role of women: We are sure of setting an example to the world, we will carve out a new world. We will have the strength and energy to lead the whole of shudras. It is true there are many other evils in our society. We will attend to them later on. Everything depends upon the amount of zeal with which the public play their role with us. Even our womenfolk would play their part if they are enlightened. You must explain to them, "Madam, this agitaiton is meant for you. The Brahmins blaspheme you all as prostitutes. You are all considered as their concubines. The present agitation is to eradicate this disgrace. As such you should all realise the importance of this agitation and come forward to do your best in all possible ways". If you approach them with facts and explain things in earnest they will readily come forward.
This struggle is inevitable. There is nothing for us in religion. The very concept of god is erratic. The shastras are a heap of trash to be thrown in to the gutters. They are mere conjectures of the Brahmins.
Our gods were created when people were innocent and barbarians. Nowadays all speak about the epic Ramayana. Rama is referred to as god. But look into the parentage of Rama. To whom was Rama born? You may say to Dasaratha. But the story says that the king had no children. Hence he offered his wives to the Brahmins. Before that in order to stimulate the queen's sexual instincts horses were permitted to copulate with them. Then the Brahmins joined the queens in unison. This is clearly stated in the Bala Kandam of the epic Ramayana. Look at Rama. How did he treat his wife? She returned from Ravana as a pregnant lady. Neither Rama nor Sita considered it a horrible immoral act. This matter was ignored and taken into account as nothing serious. You take any god and think over deeply. You don't have any god that is acceptable to us these days.
We have no selfish motive in unfolding all absurdities about gods. We gain nothing by cheating you. We are not concocting anything. We speak facts and figures. (To be continued)
Periyar's Declaration of War on Brahminism, (pp.13 to 14) revised (1st edn. 1993)
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As early as even last year, economists and analysts argued that the engine of global growth has shifted. The world has, according to them, decoupled from the American economy. China, India (which warmed the cockles of our heart) and other emerging market economies were starting to provide a consumer base for the world that can stave off any problems emanating from the economic slowdown in the United States. Added to these were Europe's new and growing markets and things looked pretty hunky dory. Not any more. With the Indian economy exhibiting distinctive signs of slowdown (a real growth rate of even 7.5 per cent for the current financial year seems well nigh impossible), the Chinese growth slated to slip to a single-digit level -- possibly for the first time in six years -- and the European majors flirting with their old nemesis (exhibiting occasional spurt of good growth but only flattering to deceive) of anemic growth, the much avowed decoupling theory is at mortal risk of failing to run its course. But, first things first. How credible was the theory in the first place? A look at the data reveals that the proponents of the theory might be missed something obvious. America, the largest economy in the world, has grown faster than the G-7 economies in the last five years and accounts for about 25% of the global output. Note: CAGR calculated from the Real GDP (in USD terms) data (SA, @ 2000 prices and exchange rates)
Source: World Bank Also, with the countries being highly integrated both through the real economy as well as the financial economy (maybe more so financially), the necessary pre-condition to decoupling could have been the following: Milder US slowdown; Relatively stronger Europe; and Slower transmission of global problems As things stand as of now, none of these conditions are satisfied. The US economic slowdown is likely to be anything but mild, especially in the light of sub-prime crisis. With the pain of the sub-prime crisis seemingly only half way through (a write-off so far to the tune of about $500 billion as compared to an estimate of $1,000 billion), its spillover impact on the real economy seems to have just begun and is no where near to have been played out. About 100 US banks might fold up First, the likely impact of the sub-prime crisis. According to Institutional Risk Analytics, about 100 banks are likely to fail between now and July of 2009. Most of them will be small, but there will be a few large banks. The total assets of those banks are estimated to be $850 billion. Those are the assets the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) is going to have to cover when they take over the banks. Take Washington Mutual as an example. Their debt now trades at 20 per cent, which is worse than junk. There is no way they could issue preferred stock to recapitalize their business. And they are going to need more capital, as they have write downs in their future due to the slowing of the economy. Any common issue would have to seriously dilute existing shareholders almost to the point of nothing. The FDIC has about $50 billion. These reserves have been built up over the years from deposit insurance paid by banks that are part of the programme. They are going to need an estimated $20 billion just to cover the failure of Indy Mac. The FDIC will have to cover only a small percentage of the $850 billion, as some of those assets will surely be good. But if they have to cover 10 per cent, then the FDIC would need another $50 billion. Not a very encouraging scenario. And then there's Freddie Mac and Fannie May. Companies that were leveraged more than 60 times the owners fund and covered half of the $12-trillion mortgage market. Their effective nationalization, while addressing the short-term concern (especially the likely catastrophic effect of these institutions going bust), however, will not be a solution to the basic problem and will also come at a great economic cost. Insurer American International Group too has received a $85-billion bailout from US Fed. The Fed will extend a 24-month bridge loan of $85 billion to the insurer, in return for an unprecedented acquisition of a 79.9 per cent stake in the firm by the central bank. How many more write downs and credit losses are expected, both in the US and abroad? The Federal Reserve Board published a paper recently with the title: Foreign Exposure to Asset-Backed Securities of U.S. Origin (by Beltran/Pounder/Thomas). According to Dr Nouriel Roubini, the Federal Reserve's Flow of Funds data reveals that foreigners hold about 39 per cent of outstanding ABS (asset-backed securities) backed by US assets. Therefore, foreigners will bear 39 per cent of any mark-to-market markdowns associated with those securities. US economy faltering In this backdrop, how is the US economy going to fare? The perennially consumption-driven US economy is facing a strong headwind of faltering demand and even more likely anemic demand going forward. The traditionally low-saving US consumers went on a consumption binge as positive wealth effect kicked-in following the abnormal rise in home prices. Click here for Part II. |
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