Aarakshan-a good movie

There was huge hue& cry before release of this movie because everyone thought it is against reservation. Anti-reservation forces –the middle class was anticipating that the movie will provide momentum against the reservation policy. But it was shock & surprise for them that in the movie the hatred faced by the low caste people is exposed.

Amitabh Bachhan played a role of principal who is from higher caste & he favours the policy of reservation. He plays the role of honest princilal who is impartial when it comes to matter of caste. Manoj Balpayee played a role of corrupt professor who utilizes the sentiments against the reservation for his own profit. Saif Ali Khan is a lower caste who is in love with Deepika padukone . Pratik Babbar has played a role of high caste youth. Everyone has done justice to their roles.

Finally the movie did not become hit at box office. The reason is that the movie was not in favour of the so called Indian middle class who is antio-reservationist. Overall Prakash has to be praised for his brave attempt to show the hatred by the high caste people against the lower caste people in a small manner. Actuallly this hatred is much more in practice by higher caste students & professors.

CORRUPTION IN PRIVATE SECTOR

No doubt the movement for Lokpal Bill by Anna Hazare is praiseworthy but people are only talking about corruption by government officials and politicians. What about the private sector, which includes traders, landlords, big businessmen, builders and industrialists. They are the main source of corruption. Traders evade taxes and in turn, generate black money. Many film stars evade income taxes, which also contributes to black money. Now look who is talking against corruption. It is a well known fact that some of the industrialists have become multi-billionaire by adopting corrupt tactics in connivance with the top bureaucrats and policy-makers. But remember that only a few of them are friendly with top businessmen. The process of liberalization has opened the floodgates to accumulate huge wealth for the top industrialists and businessmen. This huge wealth is the biggest contribution towards black money but surprisingly no one is pointing fingers to this category of people.

The top 5% of the Indian population have multiplied their wealth manifold and they have problems to keep money. This money goes to the Swiss banks. Now the time has come to bring the private sector under the ambit of RTI and the Lokpal Act. Often the argument is given that the private sector does not get any government funding so they should not be brought under the RTI Act. As the private sectors and traders use land, water and electricity of this country and their activities are within the boundary of this country, there should not be any hitch in applying any law to this category of people.

There is diversity and exploitation in every walk of the society. Casteism is the main source of inequality. Corruption breeds easily in an unequal society. Unless casteism is eradicated fully, there is no chance of reducing corruption.

RESERVATION IN MUMBAI ENGINEERING COLLEGES

There are about 52 Engineering colleges in Mumbai university area & out of them 22 colleges are in minority category. Minority category includes Sindhi, Bhojpuri, Malyalam, Muslim, Sikh, Christian etc. They do not give reservations to SC/ST/OBC categories. These 22 colleges include top 12 colleges of Mumbai. The unavailability of reservation is against the principle of inclusive development of all. There are many obstacles in implementation of reservation policy. Then, why such hue & cry is made against the reservations?

A TRIBUTE TO DR. AMBEDKAR.

On 6th December 2010, we are observing the 54th death anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar. The followers of Dr. Ambedkar from all over India will throng to the Chaityabhoomi, Mumbai, to pay homage to the great man of this millennium. The life of this great man is a saga of struggle for upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden. Casteism and untouchability is a curse to the Indian society. The low-caste people were living a life worst than animals. In fact, castism is worse than slavery of western country. Babasaheb himself had to undergo the wrath of high caste people throughout his life. Tears automatically roll out of the eyes when one goes through the stories where Babasaheb has to suffer at the hands of Savarnas when he was a child and student. But he never bowed down and has done great work for the downtrodden. Oxford University has published a book ‘Makers of the Universe’, and in that, they rank Lord Buddha in the number one position and Dr. Ambedkar as the fourth. Even Barack Obama recognized Babasaheb’s greatness in his parliamentary speech.

Millions of people have improvised their lives through government jobs by using reservation. Some became IAS officers; some became MPs. Could these people get this status without reservation given by Dr. Ambedkar? Unfortunately, some people have forgotten the path shown by Babasaheb. They do not think beyond their families. Some people even hide their castes. Babasaheb expected that the educated people will show light to the people who are poor and downtrodden. But unfortunately, these people betrayed the hopes of Dr. Ambedkar and as a result, the movement started by Babasaheb is slowing down. Only poor people & villagers are participating in the movements. Could these people wake up now & contribute to the movement of Dr. Ambedkar by coming out of their homes?

I will visit Chaityabhoomi, Dadar, Mumbai to pay homage to this messiah of the downtrodden.

OH ! GOD MPS ARE POOR

Oh! God MPs are poor. It is the perceptions of MPs of India. They have decided to take 300 percent hike in salary for them. They thought that they are the poor people of India & are not in a position to serve the country due to their poverty. Maharashtra govt did not lag behind & decided to hike the salary by 60 percent for their MLAs. Other state govts are likely to follow the suit.

First corporate India started giving hefty salary to their employees. It caused tremendous inflation. To cope up the inflation, the govts have given the pay hikes to their employees. Now the MPs are following the suit. These pay hikes all around is going to cause the inflation. The two categories i.e. farmers & labourers in unorganized sector are going to be severely hit by the inflation & they are not going to get any kind of relief like others got. The vicious circle of inflation is going to cause some more suicides of farmers.

The corporate India is multiplying their wealth & they have defeated American Industrialists in this race. In India, industrialists can take advantage of loopholes in the laws or violate the laws & can go unpunished. Whereas in countries like USA & China such violaters of are hanged. There is no control over the such greedy industrialists. Some Industrialists have become billionaire overnight in connivance with some greedy politicians. We have forgotton the socialistic model of mixed economy of Nehru. Now our politician are dreaming to make India superpower at the cost of lives of farmers.

Farmers Suicides in Vidarbha

Every day farmers of Vidarbha are committing suicides & more or less same trend is seen in entire India. As per one survey, more than 40000 farmers have committed suicides in entire India in the past one & half decade. The figure has become alarming. It seems nobody bothers since farmers suicides have become daily affair.

Few years back farmers were happy community. They were earning sufficient & were leaving dignified life as they did not have to face inflation. Farmers by nature are simple & straight people. Now they cannot cope up with rising inflation & they prefer to die instead of facing society as a dejected person. They feel ashamed in the society if they are not able to repay the loans which forces them to take the root of suicides. The reasons of suicides are purely economical policies of the govt. The policy of LPG i.e. Liberalization, Privatization & Globalization have hit the poor sections of society bitterly. It gave the farmers suicides in legacy. Maharashtra govt has set up a committee to find out the reasons of suicide. A fat report was submitted blaming on failures of monsoon, uncontrollable pests, reduction in sizes of land holdings due to population increase, increase in the cost of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides etc. etc.

Real reason of suicides is rising cost of living which is a byproduct of LPG. No doubt , there is economic progress of India but it has benefited Industrialists & urban higher middle class. The ill effects of LPG have hit the poor sections of society. Profit margins of Industrialists have multiplied but the incomes of farmers gone downwards. It has become difficult for farmers to cope up with the inflation & they get trapped in the vicious circle of debt. Govt has not come with any concrete policy to counter the affected sections of the society suffered by LPG policy. Another example is privatization has fully stopped the recruitment of SC/STs. .No govt has bothered about ill effects of LPG.

Farmers are dying but no politicians are bothering. In fact the top politicians & Industrialists are multiplying their wealth & farmers are becoming poorer & poorer day by day. They have become insensitive towards the sorrows & pains of the poor. I recall the sensitivity of Freedom fighter Sane Guruji . This great man has written mind boggling books like Shyamchi Aai & also gone in jail while fighting for freedom movement of India. But independence has not brought any relief to the lives of the poors. It was unbearable for him to see the poverty of the people & he preferred to die by consuming a poison. No one is asking today’s politician to die but at least become fractionally sensitivs towards the lives of the poor.


Bodhisattwa Shendre

3 Idiots, an eye opener

3 cheers to Aamir Khan for 3 idiots. Aamir has taken a dig at present education system where the students have to memorize & then to reproduced the things in 3 hours. Further rich students get spoon feeding in tution classess. In short , the present education is based on Ratta Maro principle. IITians who study engineering & then take up the jobs in banks. Parents force the children to study the subjects where the students don’t have any interest..

The student who score higher marks are supposed to be meritorious. Really speaking, a tribal who is working in the forest is more talented who has to face difficult conditions for survival. The carpenter, the electrician , the plumber are much more talented & skillful who are doing practical work. But our society gives least importance to them. The English speaking MBA graduates are offered unimaginable hefty salaries which widens the rift in the society. These people are proficient in numerical & are highly theoretical. This terminology is known as merit. The proponent of merit are against the reservation for SC/STs. They are speaking for merit of Ratta. Reservation provides level playing field to weaker sections which is required for betterment of society.

Bodhisattwa Shendre