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Is fighting for you rights, terrorism?
How long should an oppressed
submit himself to the debasing life, which promises him nothing but
pain and hunger?If its Maoism now in Orissa, in the 70's it was Naxal
Bari in W Bengal and even then it were "a pile of bones and some flesh"
whose self-respect suddenly woke up.
Years
of humiliation and hungers makes these--for want of a word--lets call
them--DALIT----immune to the lowly treatment. However, then a time
comes when the Dalit mind tells him that he can no bear the shame, the
humiliation, for a day's food and then all that it sees is RED...
Who
are the Maoists? They are just people and all that they want like any
of us is food, cloth and shelter--And some respect. Is it too much to
ask for? For a city-bred lad, hunger and starvation are just mere words
that hold no real meaning.
What sparked naxalbari
in W Bengal? According a committee that investigated the tribal unrest
titled- The Causes and Nature of Current Agrarian Tensions: "The basic
cause of unrest, namely, the defective implementation of laws
enacted to protect the interests of the tribals. While further the
report suggested: "unless this is attended to, it would not be possible
to win the confidence of the tribals whose leadership has been taken
over by the extremists."
Please Note:
The term extremist is still being used by the Indian officials to
describe the Naxalites, or any one resorting to armed resistance
against the Indian government.
In
short, it is not a Chinese conspiracy or some foreign funded-terror
campaign meant to demoralise the country's morale, Maoism or any ism
would always rise up in arms, when people are being denied there
rights. Its people just like you and me, who want to be heard?
Are you listening?
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