From: tadepall@dwalin.cis.udel.edu (Hari Krishna Tadepalli)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Little Red Riding Hood & The Wolf
Date: 22 Jan 1993 20:47:15 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: dwalin.cis.udel.edu
Summary: Wolf has devoured the little Red Riding Hood



>     Missed the following para in the previous  post....
>     
>     If there is a need for a India, as it is RIGHT now, it is only for the 
>     purpose of security, a la, the herds on the african graaslands.  I am
>     an optimist, and dont forsee any security problems, to any country in the 
>     sub-continent in the coming future.  200 yrs from now, --- I cant be sure.
>     Other than security, this concept of india, indian identity, indian charcter 
>     and a whole lot of junk, that comes with today's india are just excuses 
>     for the secularists to maintain a `feeding ground' on which to live.  Cut 
>     their umblical cord.  They are sucking us dry of our culture and the future 
>     that we see for all of us.  A pancayat raj, with villages/cities being hindu or 
>     muslim of their choice, and all living together as a federation or a
>     fruitful economic collective, thats what I dream about...
>     
>     Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma

		           CAPITALISTS' DEMOCRACY 
                           ----------------------

      I followed the rest of the article somewhat vaguely, but this paragraph 
      made most sense to me. Yes, it is very amusing to note to what extent 
      the extremely diverse (and once self-reliant) cultures and ethnic groups 
      of the country (not to mention our own vast & rich Telugu culture which 
      has independent &  recorded history for more than 3 millenia) have to 
      sacrifice to appease the wits of the power-mongering Feudal and Capitalist      gods of the country, who have understood how to guard their interests 
      very well time and again amidst a polity (once) declared to be 
      welfare oriented (??) democracy. 

      Of late (or even quite a while ago), we hear the notion of 'joining 
      the main-stream' (from probably the back-waters of independent cultures?)
      What is this main stream, any way ? In my opinion, this mainstream 
      consists mostly up of the government and Media sponsored HIndustani 
      propaganda (to the excusion of the respective native languages in 
      the public forums throught the country) and the Capitalistic market-
      produce (from clothes & nails & soaps to anything-you-can-name) 
      from Bombay, Ahmedabad, Calcutta & Delhi etc to the elimination 
      of native skills and country-professionals from their once dignified 
      existence + a host of similar degrading transformations of the 
      naive, innocent, ignorant and simplistic peoples of the country. 
      As I see it, the hoarse outcries we have been hearing about secularism, 
      religious harmony and democracy and NATIONAL LANGUAGE (yes, I would 
      like to write it in bolder face!) are nothing more than euphimisms for 
      exapanded market coverages - of the politicians for larger power 
      territories, of the capitalists for larger sales areas and of the 
      job-seeking (semi-) upper-middle class for larger job markets - 
      most of whom would care the least about their langauge or religion
      (or even the geographical location of their city in the country's map). 
      Infact, the degradation we have seen in 5 decades of 'independent 
      polity' is something the Century-odd-rule of foriegners could not 
      accomplish. 
   
      India is the most peculiar polity in the world where extremely 
      diverse cultures (each of which is larger than any major European 
      nation) were poltically 'integrated' much in the same style as the 
      British Colonalists have integrated most parts of the world.(I know 
      that this will bring about a whole volley of responses over the net- 
      whose temper and content I would anticipate). As posted 
      by Mr.S.U.B.Sharma, looks like we have to support this Vast 
      Anthropological Museum of India whole-heartedly solely for the credit 
      of being able to do it with no other added advantage to the 
      millions (who are all, nonetheless, tax-payers !) of the country 
      with sub-marginal daily existence. And the oft-cited 
      reasons of defence-threats etc. are superficial. One can easily 
      guess whose lives will be protected and taken care of in the event of 
      any foriegn attack (say, on any major city). (Remember Bhopal ?).

      It is very difficult to substantiate this article for the benefit 
      of those who have not read Gandhiji. I will only quote Him on 
      onething - "To me Independence does not mean brown skinned rule 
      from Delhi..." . (Sorry, this is not the exact diction.)

						
					       - Tadepalli Hari Krishna


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