Bits and pieces of a discussion around Nano - Singur crisis that I had with a friend. Will elaborate in a separate post, but just to share it as a prelude....
The Nano debate is an interesting one for me. I was a part of Tata once (Telco, Jsr) and have seen first hand how much the people surrounding Jsr and Ranchi (Tata Steel) mines have benefited from having such plants in their vicinity. Labour welfare in Tata companies are very,very good – trust me. I am a bit biased towards Tatas, since I have seen all the privileges that the workers enjoyed . Had it been any other industrial group, I would have probably been able to be more objective. But having experienced first hand the benefits of being part of the Tata group and the ethos of that Industrial house, I am a bit reluctant to dismiss it off as plain corporate greed.
On one hand, we have farmers who are committing suicide owing to utter poverty, but on the other hand, if they are provided with an opportunity to work for an industrial house, they are assured of a better livelihood, good medical benefits, etc. Compare the life of a Telco Jsr worker with the poverty stricken farmer on the verge of committing suicide – which one is better ?
Secondly, I am by nature, extremely suspicious of politicians – in any shape, form, size, sex, hue, etc. Mamata supporting the Singur farmers is nothing more than rousing a rabble to gain some political ground away from CPM. Also, there is an issue of monetary compensation. How much ‘cut’ can the unavoidable Trinamool dalal manage from the Tata’s compensation to the farmers ? There is very little genuine concern for the farmers, let me assure you. Even if one among them sees some sense in his son training in industrial skills and getting a job in the Nano plant, the Trinamool workers will suppress his voice and mutate it so that only Didi’s voice is heard and Didi of course speaks for the farmers , whom the ground workers have silenced conveniently.
I will have to write a post, will do. Its just that I’m not finding the time to gather my thoughts and present an objective point of view, but hope to do it soon. I’m always suspicious of NGO workers and ‘activists’ like Ms Arundhati Roy and her fellow tribes, or politicians (as mentioned before) who scream for the rights of the downtrodden and then go back to the comforts of the ivory towers, far,far away from the languishing broken down cottages of the newly widowed wife of the farmer who’s struggling to feed the hungry mouths of her children.
The Nano debate is an interesting one for me. I was a part of Tata once (Telco, Jsr) and have seen first hand how much the people surrounding Jsr and Ranchi (Tata Steel) mines have benefited from having such plants in their vicinity. Labour welfare in Tata companies are very,very good – trust me. I am a bit biased towards Tatas, since I have seen all the privileges that the workers enjoyed . Had it been any other industrial group, I would have probably been able to be more objective. But having experienced first hand the benefits of being part of the Tata group and the ethos of that Industrial house, I am a bit reluctant to dismiss it off as plain corporate greed.
On one hand, we have farmers who are committing suicide owing to utter poverty, but on the other hand, if they are provided with an opportunity to work for an industrial house, they are assured of a better livelihood, good medical benefits, etc. Compare the life of a Telco Jsr worker with the poverty stricken farmer on the verge of committing suicide – which one is better ?
Secondly, I am by nature, extremely suspicious of politicians – in any shape, form, size, sex, hue, etc. Mamata supporting the Singur farmers is nothing more than rousing a rabble to gain some political ground away from CPM. Also, there is an issue of monetary compensation. How much ‘cut’ can the unavoidable Trinamool dalal manage from the Tata’s compensation to the farmers ? There is very little genuine concern for the farmers, let me assure you. Even if one among them sees some sense in his son training in industrial skills and getting a job in the Nano plant, the Trinamool workers will suppress his voice and mutate it so that only Didi’s voice is heard and Didi of course speaks for the farmers , whom the ground workers have silenced conveniently.
I will have to write a post, will do. Its just that I’m not finding the time to gather my thoughts and present an objective point of view, but hope to do it soon. I’m always suspicious of NGO workers and ‘activists’ like Ms Arundhati Roy and her fellow tribes, or politicians (as mentioned before) who scream for the rights of the downtrodden and then go back to the comforts of the ivory towers, far,far away from the languishing broken down cottages of the newly widowed wife of the farmer who’s struggling to feed the hungry mouths of her children.
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