[Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums

[Alpana B. Sarangapani]

> *** OK!> Who will do that? I hope it is not PRIVATE CAPITAL to the rescue again.
 
You got me wrong there, C'da. 
Remember, porbotot 'kaaso-koni bisora' example that you gave me earlier?
 
> > > >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?
 
No. These are not suggestions. These are the "tenets" that we accept or make for ourselves as adults to make ourselves guilt-free.

“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.”
 
 
 
 > Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:29:34 -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> > 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.> > > > >> If corruption is eradicated, some of these "private monies" would > become public again.> > > *** OK!> 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?> > > > > > >> >If corruption is eradicated, some of these "private monies" would > >become public again.> >> >> 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?> >Right.> >> >And these are the things that come into mind -> >> >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.> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree > >and humble like a blade of grass."> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 > >>patients sit in> >>>> > corridors for days without > >>treatment.> >>>> >> >>>> > Umesh> >>>> >> >>>> > > >>cmahanta at charter.net wrote: This page was sent to you by:> >>>> > > >>cmahanta at charter.net.> >>>> >> >>>> > The Good Life of > >>Gurgaon> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > INTERNATIONAL / ASIA PACIFIC | June > >>9, 2008> >>>> > Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the > >>Servants' Slums> >>> > > By SOMINI SENGUPTA> >>>> > Gated > >>communities have emerged in India, giving its growing> >>>> > > >>upper-middle-class giving Western amenities, along with maids > >>and> >>>> chauffeurs> >>>> > who live in nearby > >>slums.> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>>> >>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/world/asia/09gated.html?ex=1213588800&en=223c319279fc0dfc&ei=5070&emc=eta1> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > > >>----------------------------------------------------------> >>>> >> >>>> > > >>ABOUT THIS E-MAIL> >>>> > This e-mail was sent to you by a friend > >>through NYTimes.com's > >>>>E-mail This> >>>> > Article service. > >>For general information about NYTimes.com, write to> >>>> > > >>help at nytimes.com.> >>>> >> >>>> > NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New > >>York, NY 10018> >>>> >> >>>> > Copyright 2008 The New York Times > >>Company> >>>> > > >>_______________________________________________> >>>> > assam > >>mailing list> >>>> > assam at assamnet.org> >>>> > > >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > > >>Umesh Sharma> >>>> >> >>>> > Washington D.C.> >>>> >> >>>> > > >>1-202-215-4328 [Cell]> >>>> >> >>>> > Ed.M. - International > >>Education Policy> >>>> > Harvard Graduate School of > >>Education,> >>>> > Harvard University,> >>>> > Class of > >>2005> >>>> >> >>>> > http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html > >>(Edu info)> > >>> >> >>>> > http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management > >>Info)> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > > >>www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used )> >>>> > > >>http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > > >>http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/> >>>> >> >>>> > > >>---------------------------------> >>>> > Sent from Yahoo! > >>Mail.> >>>> > A Smarter Email.> >>>> > > >>_______________________________________________> >>>> > assam > >>mailing list> >>>> > assam at assamnet.org> >>>> > > >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >>>> >> >>>> > >>_______________________________________________> >>>> assam mailing > >>list> >>>> assam at assamnet.org> >>>> > >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >>>>> >>>_______________________________________________> >>>assam > >>mailing > >>list> >>>assam at assamnet.org> >>>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >>>_______________________________________________> >>>assam > >>mailing > >>list> >>>assam at assamnet.org> >>>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________> >>assam > >>mailing > >>list> >>assam at assamnet.org> >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >>> >>> >>> >>Uttam > >>Kumar Borthakur> >>> >> > >>---------------------------------> >> > >>From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. 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