The late Indian parliamentarian Madhu Limaye on ’RSS’ the key organisation of the Hindu far right in India
The late Indian parliamentarian Madhu Limaye on ’RSS’ the key organisation of the Hindu far right in India
In a travesty of the well-honed science of environmental decision making, the single largest steel-power-port-township and potentially mega mining project ever conceived in the history of India, and also the largest industrial project conceived in recent decades world wide, has now got the push forward. And this admittedly on the basis of little or no knowledge of its irreversible social and environmental impacts and associated economic and natural disaster risks.
Our sacred complex in India demands a scrutiny much like the military industrial complex in USA. The sacred complex constitutes the fourth estate far more powerful than the media or the NGOs.
It would seem that international law is nonexistent. That alone can explain the barbaric bombing of civilian targets in Libya. I hold no brief for what many correctly describe Gaddafi as a tyrannical ruler. I have full sympathy for the opposition and admiration for their struggle to get rid of Gaddafi.
But I protest strongly at the unilateral action of Nato air strike UNO has not sanctioned it.
Anna Hazare’s agitation is not a triumph of democracy. It is a triumph of demagoguery. There is no quarrel whatsoever with the need to expose and punish corruption as practised by those who hold public office and wield political influence.
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