Hadu Bondhu Das, a farmer in Kalahandi district of Orissa, a father of 3 children, is contemplating suicide. The never ending draught and loan has left no hope for the future.
Rajiv Ranjan 'Guddu' (who was a good student once) has formed a gang of four to kidnap kids of rich people in Bhgalpur, Katihar, Munger and Begusarai districts region of Bihar. The joblessness in the state has left nothing except this way of earning a living for him and his gang men.
Jokhu Prasad now works as a daily laborer in his village in Gorakhpur, UP at less than half of what he used to earn two months back as an autorikshaw driver in Mumbai. The wave of attacks on North Indians in the city had left him bleeding on the streets two months back. He somehow managed to flee away with his wife Putli and daughter Renu.
Khumukcham Gokul is planning another bloody revolution for Gorkhaland statehood. He thinks that the growth of his community people is not possible in WB.
Naxal groups in Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, AP, Chattisgarh are planning a united approach to combat the police.
Ratan, a clerk at municipality office of Jabalpur has decided to take out his both sons from convent school and enroll them in a government school where his two daughters study. He can not afford the increased school fee of the convent school.
Gopichandar and his family of 4 arrived to Hyderabad this morning. Looking for daily laborer job. Their farmland in Guntur district in AP has been taken by govt which will be used for an SEZ.
Shobhit, a newly joined SET of Infosys has postponded the plan to buy a bike for now and will go to office by BMTC bus. Reason: Increased fuel price and heavy traffic in Bangalore.
The prime minister of India has won the trust vote in parliament today.
At least somebody is happy in India.
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Hello "A happy person, but still something is missing from life. Dunno what. Search continues.....",
How can you STILL be so presumptuous in saying :-
"Khumukcham Gokul is planning another BLOODY REVOLUTION(?) for Gorkhaland statehood. He thinks that the growth of his community people is not possible in WB."?
What makes you presume that a democratic Gorkhaland statehood movement this time is "bloody revolution"?
How has the growth of Khumukcham Gokul's community people been possible in last 61 years in WB?
Unless one genuinely empathises with the objects of ones "search", things will still be missing from life and will carry on asking "Dunno what".
Dear Mr.Bharat Mani Pradhan,
Thanks for your comments.
While I agree with you that the current protests in general are not violent, I have the past data of how violent the last protests were. The wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkhaland
"The Gorkhaland movement took a violent turn in 1890s when Subash Ghishing lead Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) entered a violent demand for statehood, which lead to the death of over 1200 people (official figures)."
So the fictitious name mentioned in my article just tells that there is a kind of rage among some paople, if not all.
Regarding the growth issue, I agree to be naive in the issue, but my understanding is the struggle for statehood is for the faster growth of the community. Please enlighten me if you think I am wrong.
Dear Sushil,
Please go to this link :-
http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/Opinions/The-socio-economic-perspective-Gorkhaland.html
Sir,
I went through the article. It basically tells that Self governance is the only way to solve many of the problems (which are all development related). I presume that if gurkhas have the right to elect their MLAs and MPs, that is self governance. Elect right representatives and demand development. But demand of a separate state is too much for a small population. Following is the comment made by another person in blogsphere:
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/this-time-gorkhaland-movement-more-democratic-say-veterans_10065041.html
Santosh Kumar Agarwal Says:
July 16th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
A separate state for a mere 7 lakh population of Gorkhas in Darjeeling hills is impractical. If allowed, many other small ethnic groups with similar population could demand even smaller states. Bengal, unfortunately have been divided during partion of India with 2/3 rd going to Pakistan. Now a section of Kuchbihar People are also demanding separate state. A demand for Kamtapur state is also there with most of north Bengal. There are some 400000 Marwaris are in Bengal. Of this 300000 are in an around Calcutta only. The city is poised for displacing Bengalis with Marwaris in about 20 years. Does it mean that Marwaris be given a state in Bengal. Note Marwaris have no separate state. Dont mistake with Rajasthan. It is a composit state of Marwaris, Jats, Rajput, Marwaris being the smallest community of all three. Should Rajasthan be divided into three states? I am constrained to make a statement here. Gorkhas have a nation of their own, the Nepal. All the Gorkhas are Nepali migrant labours used in tea plantation brought by British and some retired army officers. They do not have a history of even 250years in Darjeeling.
Under the circumstances, 7 lakh population and 1000Km area can not form a state in India and if allowed to form , it will be the beginning of breaking down of India into small fragments of thousands of state. I have every reason to believe that the movement knowingly or unknowingly is playing into the hands of those who do not want to see India flourish. I have been born and brought up in Bengal and can say for sure that Bengalis are most tolerant to other communities and are basically non-communal in nature. They have no grievances towards Gorkhas, but if pressed there is bound to be a backlash from Bengalis in the plains and they can make life hell for land locked gorkhas in the hills.
Bengal is the only province in India which touches Himalayas and Sea at the two ends. Dont destroy this beauty.
Dear Sushil,
My comment to you and Santosh Kumar Agarwal ji :-
Since the Constitution of India provides exactly for such exigencies, you will be well advised to ask those questions to legal and constitutional experts.
We, for sure, have done in-depth analysis on the matter and are poised to convince the jury out there.
You just wait and see. Your veiled threats of backlash from the "plains" are laughable in democratic India of 21st Century. Do you think we the Gorkhas or, for that matter, any educated civil society of India is going to be ever intimidated by it?
Sir,
Yes, the indian constitution has this provision for formation of new states. And it does happen as a result of protests and demand by the people as we have seen in the case of Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Chattisgarh. But there is no rule in the constitution that every demand will be met. As you say you have all reasons, good luck to you people. But like majority of indians, I too will hope and pray that you do not succeed in bifercating west bengal. However I do hope and pray that your demands of growth be met and that eliminates the need of a separate state.
Dear Sushil,
Our need for a separate state of Gorkhaland, outside West Bengal and inside India, has to do with one crucial issue, not so much with growth.
Please continue with your search and you shall surely find out.
hello
Just saying hello while I read through the posts
hopefully this is just what im looking for looks like i have a lot to read.
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