[Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Mon Jun 9 16:29:34 PDT 2008
At 5:45 PM -0500 6/9/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>Are we talking about these in greater sense or in an Indian setting?
*** I don't know about others, but my comments are specific to the
issues involved with the article--the locale, the people, and their
unique condition.
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If corruption is eradicated, some of these "private monies" would
become public again.
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Who will do that? I hope it is not PRIVATE CAPITAL to the rescue again.
> >That is only in philosophy.
>After all, we are only humans.
>How much can one do?
>We just can't. We need to be realistic.
*** I don't deal with such abstract concepts as philosophy. Goes
right over my head. I am more about
tangible issues, about real problems and real solutions.
So are we suggesting here that on account of this 'humanity' of ours
we ought to ignore the humanity of others, as those that were pointed
out in the article?
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>If corruption is eradicated, some of these "private monies" would
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>> And WHY should private entities be held responsible for the
>>PUBLIC > authorities' dereliction of duty> in not providing such
>>fundamental needs as drinking water, public > healthcare,
>>sanitation, basic education?
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>After all, we are only humans.
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>We just can't.
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>"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree
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>> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 16:42:02 -0500> To: assam at assamnet.org>
>>From: cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com:
>>Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums> > I
>>think we are missing the point here. It is not a question of >
>>whether it is PRIVATE funding.> > But what is PRIVATE? And how does
>>it correlate with what might be PUBLIC?> > Take the very simple
>>example Uttam provided: If this private capital > came from a
>>minister's bribes or swindling of public funds, is it > still
>>PRIVATE ?> > If your private capital is a result of corporate
>>welfare practised by > India, a forced transfer public resources
>>for private enrichment, is > it still PRIVATE?> > If this private
>>wealth is a result of legislated market protection, > eliminating
>>competition, is it still PRIVATE?> > If the government gives
>>subsidies to selected industries and > enriches certain
>>individuals, is their loot still PRIVATE?> > If the govts.
>>dereliction of duty results in private for-profit > schools and
>>hospitals which enrich a few, is their wealth still > PRIVATE?> >
>>If the govt. gives huge tax benefits to certain private corporate >
>>entities and thereby enriching its owners, is their loot still >
>>PRIVATE?> > If the govt. fails to provide drinking water to the
>>public, and > private suppliers pump the aquifers dry, and enrich
>>themselves by > selling this essential commodity for life, is their
>>profit still > PRIVATE?> > There is plenty more. I am sure you
>>catch my drift.> > Just because we choose to call something private
>>NOT necessarily so.> > > And WHY should private entities be held
>>responsible for the PUBLIC > authorities' dereliction of duty> in
>>not providing such fundamental needs as drinking water, public >
>>healthcare, sanitation, basic
>>education?> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 11:07 AM -0700
>>6/9/08, Dilip&Dil Deka wrote:> >If you have doubts about
>>private money financing IPL, please read > >the following. You
>>don't need to read all 100 things to get an idea.> >I'll also check
>>into the Gurgaon gated apartment complex to find out > >how it was
>>financed. Hopefully it will prove my point about private > >money
>>being used for many such projects. Entrepreneurship and
>>free > >enterprise have moved into the rest of India in a far more
>>serious > >manner than in Assam.> >Dilip
>>Deka> >=============================================================================> >Thursday,
>>April 17, 2008> >100 Things about Indian Premier League
>>(IPL)> >Indian Premier League (IPL) has created a lot of attention
>>in the > >cricket world. In India, almost all the TV news channels
>>are giving > >information about IPL. Many websites and newspapers
>>have also given > >substantial coverage to IPL 2008. Here in this
>>blog, we are very > >busy with our last minutes effort too. We have
>>tried to give a lot > >of information and point you to some useful
>>things. Now, we have > >taken an effort to compile a list of 100
>>things about Indian Premier > >League (IPL). Here, you will find
>>links to some useful articles, > >reports, entries etc.> >1. Indian
>>Premier League (IPL) is the richest cricket tournament in the
>>world.> >2. BCCI is the organizer of IPL.> >3. IPL will start on 18
>>April 2008.> >4. The opening ceremony will take place in
>>Bangalore.> >5. Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan will be present
>>in the > >opening ceremony.> >6. Bangalore Royal Challengers vs
>>Kolkata Knight Riders is the first > >match of IPL.> >7. Rahul
>>Dravid and Sourav Ganguly will be the captains of these two
>>clubs.> >8. There will be some cheer leaders from USA to entertain
>>the > >spectators in the opening day.> >9. Star cricketers from all
>>over the world are going to play in > >Indian Premier League
>>(IPL).> >10. IPL will be a Twenty20 format tournament.> >11. Some
>>South African players may miss a couple of matches as they > >have
>>home duty.> >12. Schedule of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2008 is in
>>this link.> >13. The rights of official website has been sold for
>>$50 million to > >a Canadian company.> >14. The rates of
>>advertisement for TV is a bit high.> >15. The people of Kolkata
>>will perhaps see a battle of Mithun > >Chakraborty vs Shah Rukh
>>Khan.> >16. BCCI announced the plan of IPL after ICL came into
>>existence.> >17. No national cricket team is playing in IPL. So,
>>fans may have a > >tough time to decide which team to
>>support.> >18. 8 clubs are playing in Indian Premier League
>>2008.> >19. IPL matches will be shown live in all corners of the
>>world.> >20. Major cricket based websites like Cricinfo will have a
>>tough > >time to cover IPL matches.> >21. Indian Premier League
>>would be telecast live in almost every > >continent of the world in
>>different television channels.> >22. A conglomerate comprising of
>>India's Sony Television Network and > >World Sport Group from
>>Singapore has bought the global broadcasting > >right of Indian
>>Premier League (IPL) for US$1.026 billion for ten > >years.> >23.
>>According to the deal, the consortium of Sony Television
>>Network > >and World Sport Group will pay US$918 million to BCCI
>>for the > >telecast right of IPL and US$108 million for promoting
>>the > >tournament.> >24. For the next five years meaning 2008-2012,
>>IPL would get 20% of > >the money, while 72% would go to the eight
>>franchises of IPL and 8% > >is allocated for prize money. After
>>2012, IPL would get a bigger > >share of the money.> >25. In India,
>>Sony SET Max would telecast the Indian Premier League > >(IPL)
>>matches live for the Indian cricket fans.> >26. Ten Networks
>>television channel of Australia would bring the IPL > >matches live
>>in Australia for free to air.> >27. Willow television is going to
>>telecast all of the IPL's 59 > >matches live for the North American
>>cricket fans.> >28. In Canada, Asian Television Network
>>International Limited (ATN) > >has got the broadcast right of
>>Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. > >ATN operated CBN would
>>telecast the matches of IPL live in Canada.> >29. Arab Digital
>>Distribution (ADD) has secured the rights of > >telecasting IPL
>>matches in different countries of the Middle East. > >The matches
>>will be telecast live in ADD's ART Prime Sport > >television
>>channel.> >30. The cricket fans of UK and Ireland are going to
>>enjoy the IPL > >matches live on Setanta Sports television
>>channel.> >31. In Indian Premier League, the eight participating
>>clubs are > >based on different cities and provinces of
>>India.> >32. All of the eight franchises have different owners, who
>>bought > >the clubs for 10 years for a whopping sum of money.> >33.
>>Among the owners, there are business personalities,
>>media > >personnel and Bollywood actors.> >34. The eight teams of
>>Indian Premier League (IPL) are- Bangalore > >Royal Challengers
>>Squad (Bangalore franchise of IPL), Chennai Super > >Kings Squad
>>(Chennai franchise of IPL), Deccan Chargers Squad > >(Hyderabad
>>franchise of IPL), Delhi Daredevils Squad (Delhi > >franchise of
>>IPL), Kings XI Punjab Squad (the Punjab franchise of > >IPL),
>>Kolkata Knight Riders Squad (Kolkata franchise of IPL),
>>Mumbai > >Indians Squad (Mumbai franchise of IPL) and Rajasthan
>>Royals Squad > >(Rajasthan franchise of IPL).> >35. Mumbai Indians
>>club of IPL was bought by Mukesh Ambani and > >Reliance Industries
>>Limited for $111.9 million, which is the highest > >amount spent to
>>buy an IPL club.> >36. India's Business tycoon Dr. Vijay Mallya and
>>his UB group are > >the owner of Bangalore Royal Challengers for
>>which they spent second > >highest $111.6 million.> >38. Deccan
>>Chronicle, an English language newspaper published in > >Andhra
>>Pradesh and Tamilnadu, owns the Deccan Chargers, for which > >the
>>newspaper spent a $107 million.> >39. Chennai Super Kings is owned
>>by India Cements and N Srinivasan > >for which $91 million was
>>spent.> >40. GMR Holdings paid $84 million for the ownership of
>>Delhi DareDevils.> >42. Actress Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan
>>Paul (Apeejay Surendera > >Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur) are
>>owners of Kings XI Punjab, for > >which they spent $76
>>million.> >43. Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by Shah Rukh Khan,
>>Juhi Chawla > >Mehta and Jai Mehta. They paid $75.09 million to
>>secure the > >ownership of the club for 10 years.> >44. Emerging
>>Media: (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh > >Chellaram) owns
>>the Rajasthan Royals club. It spent $67 million to > >become the
>>owner of the club for 10 years and this is the lowest > >paid
>>amount for an IPL team.> >45. >From selling the club ownership,
>>Indian Premier League (IPL) got > >US$723.59 million from the
>>auction of the bidding. The amount is way > >more than the base
>>price of auction, US$400 million.> >46. Though there are many star
>>players from different cricket > >playing countries, there is no
>>player from England in the first > >edition of Indian Premier
>>League.> >47. Five out of eight teams of Indian Premier League
>>(IPL) have an > >icon player. The five teams that include an icon
>>player each are- > >Bangalore Royal Challengers, Kings XI Punjab,
>>Mumbai Indians, Delhi > >DareDevils and Kolkata Knight
>>Riders.> >48. An Icon player did not take part in the auction of
>>the players. > >Rather, they were selected by IPL authority to lead
>>a particular > >team based on the city or province from where the
>>icon players hail.> >49. The icon players are paid 15% more than
>>the next highest paid > >players in their respective teams.> >50.
>>The icon players are- Sachin Tendulkar for Mumbai
>>Indians, > >Yuvraj Singh for Kings XI Punjab, Sourav Ganguly for
>>Kolkata Knight > >Riders, Virender Sehwag for Delhi DareDevils and
>>Rahul Dravid for > >Bangalore Royal Challengers. V.V.S. Laxman was
>>also offered to > >become the icon player for Deccan Chargers, but
>>he rejected it > >thinking of the financial benefit of his club in
>>the player auction.> >51. The captains of the eight IPL teams are-
>>Sachin Tendulkar > >(Mumbai Indians), Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata
>>Knight Riders), Rahul > >Dravid (Bangalore Royal Challengers),
>>Yuvraj Singh (Kings XI > >Punjab), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Chennai
>>Super Kings), Virender Sehwag > >(Delhi DareDevils), V. V. S.
>>Laxman (Deccan Chargers) and Shane > >Warne (Rajasthan
>>Royals).> >52. Shane Warne is the only foreign captain in the first
>>season of > >Indian Premier League (IPL).> >53. Indian Captain
>>Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the highest paid > >player of
>>Indian Premier League as he signed for Chennai Super Kings > >for a
>>whopping $1,500,000.> >54. Andrew Symonds becomes the highest paid
>>foreign player. He was > >signed by Deccan Chargers for
>>$1,350,000.> >55. Kings XI Punjab spent highest amount of money in
>>the player > >auction. The Punjab team spent $6,503,750 for
>>including the stars > >likeBrett Lee, Irfan Pathan, Kumar
>>Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, > >Ramnaresh Sarwan etc.> >56. The
>>other teams also spent huge amount in the player bidding > >auction
>>of Indian premier league (IPL). Bangalore Royal
>>Challengers > >spent $5,795,000, Chennai Super Kings spent
>>$6,225,000, Delhi > >DareDevils $6,372,500, Deccan Chargers spent
>>$6,105,000, Rajasthan > >Royals spent $3,610,000, Kolkata Knight
>>Riders spent $6,222,500, > >Kings XI Punjab spent $6,503,750 and
>>Mumbai Indians $5,496,250.> >57. In IPL 2008, the first edition of
>>the Indian Premier League, > >there will be 59 matches.> >58. All
>>of Indian Premier League (IPL) teams have a home ground.> >59. In
>>the group stage, each of the eight participating teams will > >play
>>against each other twice; once at home and another at away.> >60.
>>The four teams with highest points earned after the end of
>>the > >group stage will progress to the semi final of Indian
>>Premier League > >(IPL) 2008.> >61. The winners of the semi final
>>round will face each other in the > >tournament final due to take
>>place on 1 June.> >62. The semi final and the final match of the
>>tournament will take > >place at the Wankhede Stadium,
>>Mumbai.> >63. The home grounds of the eight teams are- M
>>Chinnaswamy Stadium, > >Bangalore for Bangalore Royal Challengers;
>>Punjab Cricket > >Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh for Kings
>>XI Punjab; Feroz > >Shah Kotla, Delhi for Delhi Daredevils; Eden
>>Gardens, Kolkata for > >Kolkata Knight Riders; Sawai Mansingh
>>Stadium, Jaipur for Rajasthan > >Royals; MA Chidambaram Stadium,
>>Chepauk, Chennai for Chennai Super > >Kings; Rajiv Gandhi
>>International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad for > >Deccan Chargers.
>>However, Mumbai Indians will play two different > >home grounds:
>>Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai and Dr DY Patil Sports > >Academy,
>>Mumbai.> >64. Not more than two matches will take place in a day.
>>If there are > >two matches scheduled in a day then the first match
>>will kick off at > >16:00 local time (10:30 GMT) and the second
>>match will start at > >20:00 local time (14:30 GMT). However, if
>>there is only one match > >then the match will kick off at 20:00
>>local time (14:30 GMT).> >65. Each of eight teas of Indian Premier
>>League (IPL) consists of > >some local and some foreign
>>cricketers.> >66. According to the IPL rules, a team can not spent
>>more than $5 > >million for buying players for 2008.> >67. Each of
>>the players has come through a bidding process in the > >player
>>auction, except the icon players.> >68. If a player remains
>>completely unavailable in the season or can > >not play 25% matches
>>of his respective teams, then 25% of the player > >fee bid in the
>>player action will not be counted within the $5 > >million mark set
>>up by IPL for the participating teams.> >69. As per the IPL rules,
>>each of the IPL teams must have a squad of > >at minimum 16 players
>>for the tournament.> >70. Each of the participating teams can
>>include maximum 8 foreign > >players in the squad.> >71. Not more
>>than 4 foreign players can be taken in the final XI of a
>>match.> >72. A squad must include minimum 4 under 22-year old
>>players (as of > >1 April of the season).> >73. According to IPL
>>rules, each of the teams must include at least > >four players from
>>the catchment area. The catchment areas are > >decided on the basis
>>of a player's registration with his local > >cricket
>>association.> >74. No Objection Certificate (NOC) must be required
>>for a player > >from the cricket board of his country to take part
>>in Indian Premier > >League.> >75. According to Cricket Australia,
>>the regulatory body of cricket > >in Australia, no IPL franchise
>>can include more than two Cricket > >Australia centrally contracted
>>players and more than two players > >from each State Association in
>>Australia.> >76. A team must spend minimum $3.3 million on players'
>>fees for 2008.> >77. Each of the IPL teams includes a catchment
>>area from where it > >has to include at least four players. The
>>catchment areas for each > >team are- Mumbai (Mumbai, Maharashtra
>>and Vidarbha), Bangalore > >(Karnataka, Goa and Services), Chennai
>>(Tamil Nadu, Kerala and > >Railways), Kolkata (Bengal, Jharkhand,
>>Assam, Tripura and associate > >member Sikkim), Hyderabad
>>(Hyderabad, Andhra and Orissa), Delhi > >(Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and
>>Madhya Pradesh), Mohali (Haryana, Punjab, > >Himachal and Jammu &
>>Kashmir) and Jaipur (Rajasthan, Gujarat, Baroda > >and
>>Saurashtra).> >78. Bangalore Royal Challengers has a 24-player
>>squad in which 10 > >players are from abroad. There are four under
>>22 players in the > >squad.> >79. Former Indian pace medium fast
>>bowler Venkatesh Prasad is the > >coach of Bangalore Royal
>>Challengers.> >80. Chennai Super Kings squad also comprises of 24
>>players in which > >there are 7 foreign players and 6 under 22
>>players.> >81.> >> ><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->Kepler Wessels is
>>the coach of Chennai > >Super Kings in IPL 2008 tournament.> >82.
>>Deccan Chargers squad includes 20 players in total in which
>>8 > >players are from abroad and 6 under 22 players.> >83. Former
>>Indian all rounder Robin Singh is the coach of Deccan
>>Chargers.> >84. There are 21 players in the Delhi Daredevils squad
>>including 8 > >foreign players and 5 under 22 players.> >85. Greg
>>Shipperd is the coach of Delhi Daredevils team.> >86. Kings XI
>>Punjab has a squad of 25 players in which 9 are from > >abroad.
>>There are 8 under 22 players in the squad.> >87. Former coach of
>>Sri Lanka national cricket team Tom Moody is the > >coach of Kings
>>XI Punjab.> >88. Kolkata Knight Riders includes 22 players in the
>>squad including > >8 foreign players and 6 under 22 players.> >89.
>>Former Australia national cricket team coach John Buchanan
>>has > >been appointed as the coach of Kolkata Knight Riders.> >90.
>>Mumbai Indians squad consists of 27 players including 8
>>players > >from abroad and 4 under 22 players.> >91. Lalchand
>>Rajput is the coach of Mumbai Indians team.> >92. Rajasthan Royals
>>includes 26 players in its squad in which there > >are 10 foreign
>>players and 4 under 22 players.> >93. Former Australian great Shane
>>Warne will be seen as both captain > >and coach of Rajasthan
>>Royals.> >94. DLF Universal, a real estate developer from India,
>>has become > >the title sponsor of Indian Premier League (IPL) for
>>five years for > >INR 200 crore (over US$50 million).> >95. Hero
>>Honda has come under a deal of US$22.5 million to become > >the
>>associate sponsor of Indian Premier League (IPL) for five
>>years.> >96. Soft-drink company Pepsi has become the tournament's
>>Official > >Beverage for five years by signing a deal of USD 12.5
>>million.> >97. Signing a five year deal for Rs. 106 crores (appx.
>>US$ 26.5 > >million), Kingfisher Airlines has become the IPL's
>>umpire partner by > >which the company can advertise in umpire's
>>clothes and sponsor > >third umpire's decision during the matches
>>for next five years.> >98. From all the revenues of sponsorship
>>rights, 40% will go to IPL, > >54% will be given to the eight
>>franchises, and the remaining 6% will > >be spent for prize
>>money.> >99. Indian Cricket League (IPL) has gained the approval of
>>ICC.100. > >Indian Premier League (IPL) offers a whopping Rs 12
>>crore prize > >money. The champion team of IPL 2008 would receive a
>>cheque of Rs > >4.8 crore. The runner up side will be awarded Rs
>>2.4 crore. Even the > >last placed team will be given Rs 40 lakh.
>>The two losing semi > >finalists can get a cheque of Rs 1.2 crore
>>each. The fifth, sixth > >and seventh placed teams, as per the
>>points achieved in group stage > >will be given Rs 80 lakh, Rs 70
>>lakh and Rs 50 lakh respectively.> >Posted by Biplob Kishore Deb at
>>3:00 PM > >Labels: Cricket, Indian Premier League> >----- Original
>>Message ----> >From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>> >To: A
>>Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around
>>the > >world <assam at assamnet.org>> >Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008
>>10:15:25 AM> >Subject: Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate,
>>India's Good Life; > >Outside, the Servants' Slums> >> >Very well
>>analyzed Uttam.> >> >The example is an easily comprehensible and
>>pervasive one. But there> >are many more that are not as visible or
>>apparent and require a> >little more critical/analytical
>>examination, even though they are> >right there just underneath the
>>surface. And it does not even take> >a trained economist or
>>political scientist to see them, if only we> >keep our eyes and
>>ears open.> >> >And I never cease to marvel at the thin-skinned,
>>knee-jerk reactions> >from our friends who are incapable of seeing
>>these things in any> >other light but western condescension to the
>>Indian condition.> >> >Incidentally, Somini Sengupta is the
>>daughter of an immigrant Bengali> >family from Kolkata who are
>>close friends of a close friend of ours> >and is married to a Dutch
>>indophile. She is nothing like a "India> >hater" or "India-basher"
>>as some of our friends might say, out to> >make India look bad to
>>the world.> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >At 3:54 PM +0100 6/9/08,
>>uttam borthakur wrote:> >> >>>>>>>>Think a bit more, and tell us if
>>this "PRIVATE CAPITAL" is> >>really private, and if so
>>how.> >> > >> That's what I was pointing at by mentioning the
>>Orwellian> >>Newspeak. The term 'Globalisation' was flaunted as the
>>end of all> >>ills, as capital will flow to the peripheries from
>>the points of> >>concentration. But after all these years, it is
>>reported that net> >>flow is from periphery to concentration. The
>>vocabulary is managed> >>to end all discussion. The question is how
>>private is the private?> >>Suppose a minister has Rs.10 lakh in his
>>pocket given by a private> >>businessman who made his money by not
>>supplying according to the> >>tender. Apparently, it is private
>>money that is in the minister's> >>pocket.> >>> >>Chan Mahanta
>><cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:> >> > They may be opulent and in
>>stark contrast with the surroundings. If> >>>they are totally
>>funded with private >capital and are> >>>self-sufficient, there is
>>not a whole lot you can complain about> >>>their
>>being.> >>> >>> >>**** Think a bit more, and tell us if this
>>"PRIVATE CAPITAL" is> >>really private, and if so
>>how.> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>At 5:49 AM -0700 6/9/08,
>>Dilip&Dil Deka wrote:> >>>We all agree that there is a vast gap
>>between the rich and the poor> >>>in India. Slowly but surely,
>>India's middle class is also growing in> >>>number due to free
>>enterprise.> >>>Before we criticize the likes of Gurgaon and IPL,
>>we need to ask the> >>>question - are they funded from government
>>revenue in which all> >>>Indian citizens have a claim? They may be
>>opulent and in stark> >>>contrast with the surroundings. If they
>>are totally funded with> >>>private capital and are
>>self-sufficient, there is not a whole lot> >>>you can complain
>>about their being. If the Gurgaon complex installs> >>>its own
>>generators to get UPS, why should they be criticized? If
>>the> >>>residents manicure their lawns with their own money, where
>>is the> > >>problem?> >>>Should the residents of Gurgaon spend time
>>and money in improving> >>>the lives of Shephali Das and her kids?
>>MOST DEFINITELY.> >>>Most entrepreneurs in the western world do and
>>it is a trait Indian> >>>entrepreneurs lack. THEY NEED TO WAKE UP
>>before Maoists move closer> >>>to them and cause terrorism in the
>>cities.> >>>Dilip Deka> >>>> >>>> >>>----- Original Message
>>----> >>>From: Jyotirmoy Sharma> >>>To: A Mailing list for people
>>interested in Assam from around the> >>>world> >>>Sent: Monday,
>>June 9, 2008 6:23:45 AM> >>>Subject: Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com:
>>Inside Gate, India's Good Life;> >>>Outside, the Servants'
>>Slums> >>>> >>>India's poverty is western media's obsession(
>>whether good or bad is> >>>debatable ).> >>>In Aus, whenever there
>>is anything shown on India, it will be mostly about> >>>slums, call
>>centres, riots etc. There will never be any report on
>>India's> >>>positives - be it the growing middle class, good
>>progress in space> >>>technology etc. Maybe it is one way of
>>telling the local population as to> >>>how priviledged they are.
>>Coverage of local issues which make them look bad> >>>is sometimes
>>relegated to the background.> >> >As an example of media bias, most
>>of the IPL matches were shown > >>live on free> >> >to air channels
>>here. However, they cut the opening and closing ceremony.> >>>Maybe
>>that would have raised the question, "How could a poor country
>>be> >>>capable of such pomp and
>>flamboyance?"> >>>> >>>JS> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>On Mon, Jun 9,
>>2008 at 11:05 AM, Ram Sarangapani wrote:> >>>> >>>> C'da thanks for
>>the article, its a good article (though not an eye> >>>> opener)
>>and Umesh, you raise some good points.> >>>>> >>>> One is left
>>wondering which is worse, a country that can possibily afford> >>>>
>>to> >>>> eradicate poverty within its boundaries, or a country that
>>flaunts> >>>> its riches that it can ill afford to. :)> >>>>> >>>>
>>--Ram> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> On 6/8/08, umesh sharma
>>wrote:> >>>> >> >>>> > In Washington DC and New York the contrast
>>may not be so obvious> >>>> > but Harlem is a US slum near the
>>riches of Manhattan. People do beg> >>>> > in downtown DC. DC is
>>the crime capital of the US. Does that make Bill> >>>> > Gates or
>>Bill Clinton apologetic or for that> >>>> > matter Thomas Friedman
>>or Al Gore who stay in multimillion dollar> >>>> > homes and buy
>>carbon credits.> >>>> >> >>>> > Poverty is relative -unless someone
>>is dying of hunger. For > >>>>sickness look> >>>> > at PG county
>>govt hospitals - 10 miles from White House which as per a> >>>>
>>local> >>>> > College Park resident ( I haven't been there) where
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>>upper-middle-class giving Western amenities, along with maids
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