STRAIGHT FROM THE HEARTLAND OF DANTEWADA (28th Dec 2009, 1530 Hrs)

STRAIGHT FROM THE HEARTLAND OF DANTEWADA (28th Dec 2009, 1450 Hrs)

By Priyanka Borpujari

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:58:33 +0530 wrote

When I visited the site where Vanvasi Chetna Ashram (VCA) earlier stood, amid a virgin forest, the dirt patch to the site was compensated by the scenic beauty on either sides of the road. As I walked past all that was lying scattered, I could sense what Himanshuji must have felt in his large heart when his work born out of intense love for life was razed down in a matter of few hours. Here are a few words which I hope would reflect what goes on in his mind when he sits under a large tree, smiling, sipping water, and explaining to people on the phone the meaning of satyagrah.
Vanvasi Chetna Ashram
Built over 17 years
Razed down in 3 hours
Nothing spared to a quivering breath of life
Even a telephone tower was forced to bend and break
So that no Idea could change your life
Nothing has changed
Neither have the government’s problems
Nor has my motivation to solve tribals’ problem
Commodes, Hand pumps, Dispensary
All faced an insecure government’s fury
(A whole section of the red Earth is now decorated with cylindrical commodes, broken after a community toilet was razed)
While gram sabha welcomed me
An aggressive police force surrounded me
All I could do was let go
As I cannot be pinned to a wall
A rogue state’s boots cannot crush my morale
Once adorning my wall was Vinoba Bhave’s photograph
The police tore it too, as it aced hungrily to get me my epitaph
(Rooms now resemble a grave; but only bricks have been crushed -- no human spirit)
The sky is still bright blue
And the evening sun renders it many hues
The clouds scatter themselves in billows
Much like the cloud of debris below
Water,
Mid-day meals,
Education,
Equal wages,
NREGA,
Sanitation
17 years I strived
Another 17 and more I will still strive
To return dignity to life
(With this dispensary now in a rubble, villagers have to hire a cab, to get to the nearest hospital which is 14 kms away, and then get fleeced of their meagre money bag by the apathetic doctors)
As I sip only water today
And like millions of deprived brothers here
I keep nutrition at bay
I cannot be silenced
My independence cannot fenced
("This child is hungry for food; I am hungry to get justice for him.")
My fear, if any, is a product of my own assumptions
My assumptions are none other than the immortality of my motivation

Priyanka Borpujari

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www.priyanka-borpujari.blogspot.com

BILLION INDIANS’ CURSE WILL SPELL DOOM FOR SHARAD PAWAR AND CONGRESS (26th Sept 2009, 1530 Hrs)

BILLION INDIANS’ CURSE WILL SPELL DOOM FOR SHARAD PAWAR AND CONGRESS (26th Sept 2009, 1530 Hrs)

Each time, an Indian is either buying food items or else having one’s meal, a curse word definitely comes out for our Agriculture Minister and the Prime Minister of India. No wonder, eating a meal has become a daunting task of great thinking to run one’s home by eating less and less… Do these corrupt politicians really think about the poor Indians? Each curse multiplies and growing every day for Congress led UPA government and even before they will fill their coffers with loads of money, they will be thrown out of power by the voters for sure.

How and what will poor Indians eat?

Dals: Rs. 70 to Rs. 110/- per kg
Sugar: Rs. 35/- to Rs. 40/- per kg
Rice: Rs. 46/- per kg
Potatoes: Rs. 20/- per kg
Oil: Rs. 110 to Rs. 140/- per litre
Vegetables: Rs. 30 to Rs. 60/- per kg
Fruits: Rs. 60 to Rs. 120/ and above - per kg

First Prime Ministers say there are enough food stock and no Indian will go hungry… then Pawar claims that India has plenty of stock and there is no worries about the drought situation and now the corrupt Agriculture Minister says that there will be shortage of rice and other food items because of drought… and even before he made his announcement about Rice Shortage, all the traders and shopkeepers had increased Rs. 6/- to Rs. 8/- per kg to take the Rice price to Rs. 46/- to 48/- a kg from Rs. 40/- per kg… it clearly shows, how much Pawar must have taken bribe to please the hoarders and traders… so they could make money… First he was seen lobbying the Sugar Mill Owners for the 20 per cent cut and now helping all the black-marketers to flourish by snatching food from Poor’s mouth, so why every Indian will not curse such corrupt minister and government for snatching away the little joys of life – mind you – it is just the every day food that we are talking about?

40 Crores worth of Sugar was seized from Ludhiana recently, where has the 10,000 quintals Sugar disappeared overnight? There is no news about such a large seize… yes, your guess is just right as mine… obviously many politicians must be involved so all the news channels and dailies are keeping their mouth shut after the initial break through. Imagine, Congress had ruled the previous term and this is the condition in the first year of their second term… can you imagine what would have happened if BJP were ruling the last term??? The Congress would have abused them for all the lapses…

One of the main reasons Congress lost the two seats in Delhi recently is because every single Indian is fed up with their faulty governance and the ongoing continuous increase in every day food items


Billion of Indians’ curse will definitely spell doom for the Congress government for their worst governance since Indira Gandhi’s Emergency period… the nation is bleeding while the corrupt politicians are flourishing… how long will they flourish and eat all those black money??? Can they eat what they have been snatching away from the poor Indians? Their karmas always speak high when they die… refer to all the great leaders’ deaths… they end up dying alone and are more often assassinated for their misdeeds… that is God’s way of the full circle…

I am sure if you are one suffering because of the continuous price rise of essential food price, please forward this to every other Indian, so they should not only curse these corrupt politicians but also see to it that they are thrown out of the assembly for their misdeeds!