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| Friday, September 24, 2004 |
| Communists in India |
Just uploaded this article 'Indian communists are frogs in a well' to the site homepage. The article is here http://www.dancewithshadows.com/indian_communists.asp
The article is not deeply researched or anything, but we felt it had to be there anyway. Communists in India always deserve a whack. Coming from a communist-ruled land such as Kerala, I know very well that there are many good things about communist attitudes (though much less about communism).
It was shoddily implemented alright, but the land reforms in kerala wouldn't have happened but for the communists. Even then, the landed gentry and the church in Kerala ultimately managed to bring them down with a political agitation.
The truh is that communists have changed Kerala so much that your average Malayalee is a communist in attitude and beliefs, though he may hate the party. That way, every party in Kerala is communism - lite.
Some quick examples - even the watchman or sweeper in Kerala does not think that just because you are rich, you are better than him. Expect no respect for riches.
The sense of social justice is strong - compared to the rest of India.
Everyone has an opinion, and everyone is ready to protest anything that makes them do more work. It is seen as an attack on the rights of the labour force!
You support Saddam Hussein, even though his attack on Kuwait was the one which affected Malayalees badly, and many gulf workers in Kuwait had to flee the country. Stories of Iraqi soldiers molesting Malayalee girls did the circles, but the Malayalee still supported Saddam as he was attacked by 'imperialist forces', and one should always resist imperialist forces!
One day we will carry a profile on V S Achuthanandan
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| posted by a correspondent @ 10:58 AM |
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