Comments on: What is Progress? – The Arundhati Roy-Maoist saga http://kirandhanwada.com/2010/04/18/what-is-progress-the-arundhati-roy-maoist-saga/ Incoherent. Discontinuous. Paradox. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Kiran http://kirandhanwada.com/2010/04/18/what-is-progress-the-arundhati-roy-maoist-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Kiran Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:46:45 +0000 http://kirandhanwada.com/?p=436#comment-908 @Neel - Hehe, agreed! And hence the 'developing' tag. Property rights are a must - else, all hell will break loose one day or the other. (and you are already seeing that unrest in China too!) @Procrastinx - Oh yeah...the painting of black and white by the Media (TV) as well as Ms. Roy alike is painful. I really hoped that someone in the print media would take this case up and write a real good story on the shades of grey all over the issue. Apparently, no one wants to. People try to talk of solutions, but do we know the actual problem at all? I don't think so. Hence, we might be solving a problem that doesn't exist or even worse, the wrong problem due to this black and white portrayal. I don't know where all this will end, but it doesn't seem pretty. @Neel – Hehe, agreed! And hence the ‘developing’ tag. Property rights are a must – else, all hell will break loose one day or the other. (and you are already seeing that unrest in China too!)

@Procrastinx – Oh yeah…the painting of black and white by the Media (TV) as well as Ms. Roy alike is painful. I really hoped that someone in the print media would take this case up and write a real good story on the shades of grey all over the issue. Apparently, no one wants to. People try to talk of solutions, but do we know the actual problem at all? I don’t think so. Hence, we might be solving a problem that doesn’t exist or even worse, the wrong problem due to this black and white portrayal. I don’t know where all this will end, but it doesn’t seem pretty.

]]> By: Procrastinx http://kirandhanwada.com/2010/04/18/what-is-progress-the-arundhati-roy-maoist-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-906 Procrastinx Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:58:03 +0000 http://kirandhanwada.com/?p=436#comment-906 In some sense Ms Roy's intent is right. The corruption in the govt ensures that the compensation is never given out to the poor who are deprived of the resource. But what irks many is her hyperbole and her black n white analysis of every situation as "Pro Rich state" vs "land protecting poor" . A case of good intent but the wrong execution ;) In some sense Ms Roy’s intent is right. The corruption in the govt ensures that the compensation is never given out to the poor who are deprived of the resource. But what irks many is her hyperbole and her black n white analysis of every situation as “Pro Rich state” vs “land protecting poor” .
A case of good intent but the wrong execution ;)

]]> By: Neel Garg http://kirandhanwada.com/2010/04/18/what-is-progress-the-arundhati-roy-maoist-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Neel Garg Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:41:36 +0000 http://kirandhanwada.com/?p=436#comment-903 Only one comment : Even in developed countries (at least in TX) , govt. can take away your land for greater good of the people like road construction . If you think India is bad just look at China :) Only one comment : Even in developed countries (at least in TX) , govt. can take away your land for greater good of the people like road construction . If you think India is bad just look at China :)

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