tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post3496981256509322037..comments2024-03-06T13:50:29.718+05:30Comments on E's flat, ah's flat too: Goodbye, HinduRahul Siddharthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-14069945256264915352007-11-21T12:03:00.000+05:302007-11-21T12:03:00.000+05:30anonymous -- yes it is true that CPI(M)-supporting...anonymous -- yes it is true that CPI(M)-supporting families were forced out of Nandigram earlier. But what was the state government doing about it? Where were the police? Why did they eventually resort to armed goons, and keep the police out physically while the goons did their job?<BR/><BR/>I think every aspect of this episode reflects very poorly on the CPI(M).<BR/><BR/>I think it is a "subject of politics" only to the extent that a particular political party is involved. Of course Mamta, NDA, etc are trying to exploit the situation. That's always going to happen. But one expects India's self-proclaimed "national newspaper" to be objective about it. Other media seem to be doing a fair job of reporting.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-30926817933869588742007-11-21T05:52:00.000+05:302007-11-21T05:52:00.000+05:30I live very close to nadigram (within 50 km); I am...I live very close to nadigram (within 50 km); I am no CPM supporter. However there are few facts that are difficult to understand if you are away and only read it in news papers. To list a few:<BR/>1. it is really TRUE that after initial rumour of land grabbing TMC-Naxal-BUPC people made many CPM supporters home-. Really this is true; our village primary school was closed for 4 months. Some of their properties were looted too.<BR/>2.Rape claims: Many of them are true but not all of them<BR/>3.when cpm reoccupied same thing happened, people became homeless, same rape claims and so on...<BR/>But people who lost their lives, who cares about their family? to me it seems their tragedy has also become sublect of politics....shame!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-35042752242049427672007-11-15T20:47:00.000+05:302007-11-15T20:47:00.000+05:30Out of morbid curiosity I had a look at the letter...Out of morbid curiosity I had a look at the letters. Most certainly they have been cherrypicked (and possibly planted). The CPI-M is not that popular in Tamil Nadu.<BR/><BR/>It takes a certain chutzpah for Ram to claim that the CRPF was there at the government's request, when every other media source has been reporting that the CRPF was prevented from entering the district.<BR/><BR/>But what the CPI-M did is classical communist behaviour, in the Stalin mode, and the Hindu under Ram is their Pravda.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-39487560097078889962007-11-15T09:58:00.000+05:302007-11-15T09:58:00.000+05:30I couldn't agree more with you. Also, if you look ...I couldn't agree more with you. Also, if you look at the letters to the editor which have been appearing on this issue in the Hindu over the past few days, the tone of virtually all of them is either supportive of the CPM line, or at best, neutral. Any informal poll in the neighbourhood would indicate that the majority of people don't take this point of view. I suspect that is Hindu's editorial bias creeping in again, in a more insidious form.Gautam Menonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380130705745922128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-32993969913399483832007-11-15T02:32:00.000+05:302007-11-15T02:32:00.000+05:30i love it when you elaborate on your allusions wit...i love it when you elaborate on your allusions with links to wikipedia :-DTabula Rasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358094860426062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-31698762046964665542007-11-14T20:37:00.000+05:302007-11-14T20:37:00.000+05:30A sense of humour? Wrong Marx.A sense of humour? Wrong <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_Marx" REL="nofollow">Marx</A>.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-13293529038858992322007-11-14T19:23:00.000+05:302007-11-14T19:23:00.000+05:30Maybe it was just a satirical piece?*remove tongue...Maybe it was just a satirical piece?<BR/><BR/>*remove tongue from cheek*kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-17231250707412948092007-11-14T12:42:00.000+05:302007-11-14T12:42:00.000+05:30space bar - thanks for the pointer to Kafila. I h...space bar - thanks for the pointer to Kafila. I have seen a couple of articles there earlier but haven't been following the Nandigram coverage.<BR/><BR/>szerelem -- TOI is a dreadful paper (it was better in the 1980s) but I'd prefer it to The Hindu, I think. It hasn't yet entered Chennai. We have switched to Deccan Chronicle for now, let's see how long we stick with that. I'll forgive them low standards if they lack Ram's holier-than-thou-ness.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-7012699995722584672007-11-14T08:55:00.000+05:302007-11-14T08:55:00.000+05:30Wow. Just wow. I remember when we used to Hindu be...Wow. Just wow. <BR/><BR/>I remember when we used to Hindu because it provided substance as compared to the other dailies. (And of course in Kerala the TOI would be available one day late.)Szerelemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911190230851186924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-4907892738034838782007-11-14T05:53:00.000+05:302007-11-14T05:53:00.000+05:30that was one of the most shocking editorials i hav...that was one of the most shocking editorials i have read in recent times...by the way, <A HREF="www.kafila.org" REL="nofollow">Kafila</A> has been following nandigram rather closely - have you read their stuff?Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.com