06-11-2011, 08:12 AM
[quote name='rhytha' date='10 June 2011 - 02:44 AM' timestamp='1307702165' post='111896']
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110610/js...094754.jsp
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Superb article by Swapan Dasgupta. It succicintly highlights the difference between Ramdev's and Hazare's movements. Hazare's movement appeals to the "chatterati" class, and even has representatives of this class in its upper ranks, along with outside support from them. While this allows Hazare to be shown by the "bought media" in a more favorable light than Ramdev, it also makes him suspect to manipulation, subversion, and even deep penetration by the criminal UPA regime (assuming that it already hasn't happened).
OTOH, Ramdev has the "real muscle". His followers represent the true India. Many if not most of them have never been the beneficiary of the so-called 9% growth rate (and will never be), but are the victims of the 25+ % inflation rate. The criminal atrocities committed by the Italian and her stooges on 6-6-2011 has opened a pandora's box, whose handling far exceeds the skill sets of the UPA regime. A majority of Ramdev's followers may be called "crude" and "backward" by the "chatterati", who wish they would "just go away". However, problems cannot be wished away and if ignored and mis-handled return with monstrous proportions. As an aside, the "chatterati" have convenienty neglected to mention and give credit to the superb organization by Ramdev at the Ram Lila ground, which even multinational consultancies and logistic agencies would ebe hard pressed to emulate.
Undue waste of media time has been perpetrated by obituaries to M. F. Hussein - a third rate painter and a pervert. However no "power-that-be" has found the time to visit the victims of the police brutality on 6-6-2011, some of whom are in critical condition.
Ramdev's followers reprepresent the harsh reality and are the product of over 60+ years of mis-rule and corruption by the GoI, much of it perpetrated by the Congress. I pray Ramdev has a swift and complete recovery, because he could be the catalyst for real change in India, without which India will break up within the next 25 years.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110610/js...094754.jsp
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Superb article by Swapan Dasgupta. It succicintly highlights the difference between Ramdev's and Hazare's movements. Hazare's movement appeals to the "chatterati" class, and even has representatives of this class in its upper ranks, along with outside support from them. While this allows Hazare to be shown by the "bought media" in a more favorable light than Ramdev, it also makes him suspect to manipulation, subversion, and even deep penetration by the criminal UPA regime (assuming that it already hasn't happened).
OTOH, Ramdev has the "real muscle". His followers represent the true India. Many if not most of them have never been the beneficiary of the so-called 9% growth rate (and will never be), but are the victims of the 25+ % inflation rate. The criminal atrocities committed by the Italian and her stooges on 6-6-2011 has opened a pandora's box, whose handling far exceeds the skill sets of the UPA regime. A majority of Ramdev's followers may be called "crude" and "backward" by the "chatterati", who wish they would "just go away". However, problems cannot be wished away and if ignored and mis-handled return with monstrous proportions. As an aside, the "chatterati" have convenienty neglected to mention and give credit to the superb organization by Ramdev at the Ram Lila ground, which even multinational consultancies and logistic agencies would ebe hard pressed to emulate.
Undue waste of media time has been perpetrated by obituaries to M. F. Hussein - a third rate painter and a pervert. However no "power-that-be" has found the time to visit the victims of the police brutality on 6-6-2011, some of whom are in critical condition.
Ramdev's followers reprepresent the harsh reality and are the product of over 60+ years of mis-rule and corruption by the GoI, much of it perpetrated by the Congress. I pray Ramdev has a swift and complete recovery, because he could be the catalyst for real change in India, without which India will break up within the next 25 years.