http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:34:24 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2008/03/29/000918.php#comment-327339 Here's a reading guide to this article: "a university in Delhi" = Jawaharlal Nehru University, strangely named as a university and not as a Maoist manufacturing unit. "top level intervention" = The UPA's Left allies, who though disagree with their Maoist kins' means, are effectively working for the same ends - the establishment of a Communist state in India. And as for the BULLSHIT that development is going to be the way to eliminate Naxalism along with the pigeon shit that Naxals are fighting for the "landless and the poor" and for "the upliftment of the common man", I again point to the logical (or intended) end of a Maoist/Marxist/Leninist revolution - the establishment of a Communist state like in China where the socalled "Communist Party" is sovereign and supreme, holds ultimate power and IS the state itself. In other words, rule not by the people, for the people and of the people but rule by an organized gang or syndicate which grabbed power by war, murder, slaughter, mass murder, organized murder, terror, extortion, theft, loot, land grabbing, deception, lies and a bit of intelligence. For example, the Communist Party of China (CPC) captured power during the Chinese Revolution through brutal slaughter and continued the absolute slaughter and inhumanity to lead to one of the biggest ever human tragedies - the Cultural Revolution. More than 3 million people were brutally killed and many millions more (about 36 million according to estimates) persecuted by the Chinese Government. In other words, brutal, medieval like, completely undemocratic, antidemocratic and diabolical autocracy. We are the witnessing the wonderful fruits of such rule in Tibet right now. We saw what happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989. If not for the media blackout in China, we'd knowing a hell lot more about how much resentment exists in the average Chinki's heart against their diabolical government. It is precisely to lead to these ends that is the goal of the Maoist movement in India. Indian Maoists are not mere ideological brethren of their Chinese counterparts - they follow the same ideology, they same methods of warfare and revolution and even purportedly receive covert support from the Chinese Government just like Islamic terrorists in Indian receive support from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Indian officials and thinkers are fooling themselves by thinking that the Naxalite movement has to do with underdevelopment, poverty, landlessness and unemployment. Yes, these factors do play a role but only a facilitative one. The root cause and the ultimate goal are a Communist revolution. No amount of development is ever going to change the GOALS of the Maoists. All those who think that underdevelopment, poverty, landlessness and unemployment are the root causes of Naxalism should ask themselves these question and answer them honestly: 1. If India eliminates underdevelopment, poverty, landlessness and unemployment, will the Naxalite movement stop? 2. How do you define and quantify "eliminating underdevelopment, poverty, landlessness and unemployment"? Is it granted that your definition and quantification will the same as that of the person next to you? 3. Dont you think all violent movements suffer from inertia - a tendency to prolong the period of their activities, to find new reasons to exist and continue? If yes, dont you think it is in the interests of the Naxalites to actually hinder the elimination of underdevelopment, poverty, landlessness and unemployment - so that their existence is justified (which again comes to underdevelopment, poverty, landlessness and unemployment)? If yes, then dont you think that whenever they say that they are fighting for the elimination of underdevelopment, poverty, landlessness and unemployment, they are merely providing a smokescreen to their actual goals - a Communist revolution and the establishment of a Communist state (which they themselves state numerous times)? Please! Think! Apply your minds! Naxalites, Maoists and Communists are all enemies of the Indian state and they exist solely to REPLACE that state. Why does the Indian state then tolerate their existence and threaten its own existence? 327339@desicritics.org Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:34:24 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/03/29/000918.php#comment-327320 Government of India should declare naxalites and other types of terrorists's acts as `war against the nation' and such terrorists should be treated as `war criminals' and tried in Military courts. Those who call themselves intellectuals and support terrorists also should be treated as `associate of enemies'. If India doesn'nt act, it will loose all its gains of economic developements in coming times. Let's take lessons from history. India has been prosperous but looted by invaders time and again. This time also India is on path of prosperity but may be looted by jehadis naxalites terrorists. 327320@desicritics.org Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:21:39 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/03/29/000918.php#comment-327314 AM: could not help comparing Naxals with Talibanesque endeavours in the border region of afghanistan/pakistan in the latter they has been an increased use of suicide bombing against the occupying nato forces while in the latter they have been killing civilians and govt. targets in other cities and areas the major criticism by the new govt. is that the talibans was a political problem that could not be solved by force your thoughts? 327314@desicritics.org Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:04:07 EDT