tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071043805033234218.post248087335161158063..comments2024-03-28T21:21:44.503+05:30Comments on Sikkim NOW!: SDF calls 48-hour bandh to leverage 31 demandsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071043805033234218.post-30797650246413138332011-04-12T20:35:48.660+05:302011-04-12T20:35:48.660+05:30Dear Padma,
Allow me to begin by debunk...Dear Padma,<br /> Allow me to begin by debunking a notion that you have just expressed. It is not lack of education which begets ignorance. It works quite the opposite. It is the educated people who assume that they know and need to know no more, who are most ignorant. <br />Coming back to the bandh, madam, Sikkim govt. can use no legal machinery to enforce maximum employment of local youths by the private industries in Sikkim. Such a directive is simply unconstitutional. The only recourse the govt. has is to throw its weight around like it by calling the bandh. So Madam, you may echo sentiments of other 'educated' Indians against the merit of calling bandhs but you forget the manner in which the industries operating in Sikkim function. The only reason they are here is because Sikkim offers them tax holiday, subsidies and so on. Yet they choose to ignore the repeated plea of the state govt. to recruit maximum locals. What else do you think the state is supposed to do but hit them where it hurts the most.Sikkimesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071043805033234218.post-460108727322491372011-04-12T18:22:21.179+05:302011-04-12T18:22:21.179+05:30Dear Sikkimese,
You seem to be contradicting your...Dear Sikkimese,<br /><br />You seem to be contradicting yourself. On one hand you say you support the bandh to right the wrong of our Sikkim. However as you have stated " The wise heads who sold our motherland struck a wonderful deal and allowed a free flow of money into the state with least amount of accountability. Hence if everything is hunky dory then why the need for bandhs?<br /><br />The argument is not wether we have benefitted being a Sikkim subject, which I agree I have as well, but the validity of such a form of protest.<br /><br />So if you agree the majority is ignorant, how do we make them not ignorant. EDUCATION is the key my friendPadmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071043805033234218.post-88875549565508876062011-04-12T10:02:52.979+05:302011-04-12T10:02:52.979+05:30Dear Padma,
This is simply a case of th...Dear Padma,<br /> This is simply a case of the milkman being wiser than the buyer of milk. The wise heads who sold our motherland to India struck a wonderful deal. The bargain was- free flow of money into the state with least amount of accountability attached to it. So you see we (some of us at least) are reaping the benefits of an extremely profitable deal we made three decades back. Which is why the monitoring of the public money that flows into the state is done in a manner which is perfunctory at best and disinterested at worst.<br /><br />And lady, everybody must bow down to majority. Even if the majority comprises the bored, the ignorant, the pliant, the opportunists and the like.<br /><br />So my suggestion to you is, GET MORE WISDOM FROM UR MILKMAN.Sikkimesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071043805033234218.post-9469155600424427342011-04-12T07:58:57.573+05:302011-04-12T07:58:57.573+05:30Dear Sikkimese,
Like i said earlier I must bow an...Dear Sikkimese,<br /><br />Like i said earlier I must bow and respect the views of the majority as should be in a democracy. Interestingly even my milkman shares your outlook and feels I should not worry about our state being self reliant as money will continue to flow from Delhi.<br /><br />Let's apply logic. Bandhs = time to read a good book, watch tv, play cricket and free time with no worry about our state being self reliant. Therefore 365 days of band = 365 x Good times. Hey I say let's have bandhs throughout the year.<br /><br />I must come out of my stupor.Padmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071043805033234218.post-36344540372353875822011-04-11T19:34:15.192+05:302011-04-11T19:34:15.192+05:30Dear Padma,
Of course you as a common c...Dear Padma,<br /> Of course you as a common citizen can declare a bandh but be assured, nobody will heed it. Be it in India or across the world, the only civilised and yet effective way of registering a protest has been bandhs. So please leave out 'education or lack of it' out of this. In fact the people of Sikkim seem to be maturing in methods of expressing dissent. This is a path breaking move on the part of the ruling govt. lead by our dynamic CM.<br /> But, if you ask me for my honest opinion, this move is quite uncharacteristic of our CM. On one hand he projects himself as a progressive CM on the other hand he is seen calling bandhs, which are quite obviously anti-industry. This apparent dichotomy may not serve his image any good but his popularity among the masses has certainly been preserved for some more time. This is important especially in the light of the fact that somebody younger and more popular (by rumour) is waiting on the wings oust him. Thus in the days to come there will more and more populist announcements in the offing and I don't understand you and I should complain. Enjoy the bandhs- play cricket on the road, watch tv, read a good book...and stop worrying about being a self reliant state...day dreaming is not allowed on bandhs.Sikkimesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071043805033234218.post-57145012638635181862011-04-10T20:10:38.849+05:302011-04-10T20:10:38.849+05:30First of all this whole concept of a "bandh&q...First of all this whole concept of a "bandh" defies any form of logic, or a semblance of a functioning Government. Let us analyze and delve a bit deeper into this phenomena that has crippled our neighboring state of Bengal.<br /><br />We have a bunch of thugs that stand at various locations to ensure a total shutdown of all activities and services. I, a common citizen pause and look at these people who suddenly seem to posses a sense of power and an aura of invincibility and ask myself a few questions. Is this legal? If so, then can I as a common citizen hire a few "bhatus" and declare a bandh as well? If not, then shouldn't the state law enforcement people arrest these people and allow the functioning of day to day activities. It then dawns upon me that the root of this menace is EDUCATION or the lack of it. I have come to this conclusion based on my reasoning. Which is. The groups that usually have the clout and manpower to enforce a bandh are political parties, wether it be in Sikkim, Bengal or any part of India. These parties are controlled by leaders who are either in power or were once in power or who have a high probability of coming to power. The final clincher. Who chooses these leader? Being a democracy - that responsibility lies with the people of which the majority are still illiterate who get easily swayed and influenced into thinking that such acts of shutting down all activities is the proper and correct path in obtaining something that they basically do not completely apprehend or appreciate. <br /><br />So I can only look upon the people enforcing the bandh and give my tacit approval as well for for in our parliamentary democracy the "people" have spoken. My only concern is does the judiciary's role in our democracy get diminished as the Executive branch tramples upon the rights of the minority ( me included ) who do not subscribe to the views of the majority.Padmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071043805033234218.post-69502826588766568922011-04-10T19:25:50.920+05:302011-04-10T19:25:50.920+05:30.???.???Padmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071043805033234218.post-88187763168888992882011-04-02T13:32:43.826+05:302011-04-02T13:32:43.826+05:30Who are they trying to fool??? They are the RULING...Who are they trying to fool??? They are the RULING PARTY and they have the power to make any unit or organisation toe their line. Is it not the Government that gives permissions for starting the various units and industries ....so cant the Govt tell these units when their license is approved that they are to hire only locals and other stipulations that the Govt wants met!!! This Bandh is against its own CM who is made to look like a non performing one!!1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com