Comments on: Stop Shedding Those Tears

By: Nimish

Nimish — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 12:40:17 +0000

Acutually I luiked Ruhani’s approach to the problem, and if you do not like the idea of nationalisation then here are two pieces you must read. one is in favour of nationalisation http://www.indiblog.com/131/save-the-indian-farmer/ and the another one is a op-ed in tehelka which asks some very genuine questions – “Suddenly the forgotten farmer is everywhere. The Congress Working Committee puts rural concerns on the frontburner. All of that within the space of four days last week. Whatâ€™s up? Not so much concern for the farmer, no, it is all tied up much more with the political anxieties welling up in the Congress. If the farmer isnâ€™t Indiaâ€™s aam aadmi, who is? If the government is not bothering about the farmer, who is it bothering about? If the eye of the dispensation is not on its manifesto, whose manifesto is it on? Or, at any rate, a signal that it is working on correctives. Fair enough. But where does that leave our agrarian crisis?”
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=Ne071506Party_on.asp

By: The Indian Economy Blog » Blog Archive » Vidarbha whodunit

The Indian Economy Blog » Blog Archive » Vidarbha whodunit — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 18:43:53 +0000

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By: The Acorn » Vidarbha whodunit

The Acorn » Vidarbha whodunit — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 18:11:00 +0000

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By: ruhani

ruhani — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:46:39 +0000

Hi frens,

This is to inform you that we r making a joint group in order to give financial aid to these ailing farmers. Besides this, we are planning to bring all this issue infront of the media so that the government awakes. We are a group of 13 ppl till date. Pls note that this initiative has been started just 2 days before and that we are getting brilliant responses from the ppl. Please let us know if anyone is genuinely interested to support and work for this cause. Those interested can email me at ruhanimalik@yahoo.com. Please note: dont put mails for any other reasns except this cause.

By: Shivam

Shivam — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:58:14 +0000

The first step to solve a problem is to acknowledge that there is indeed a problem, to understand that there is a problem, to understand its magnitude.

By: Niketan

Niketan — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:34:58 +0000

With some time on my hands, I went to the Other India blog today. This is run by some notable bleeding hearts. Just go to their blogs and you know what I mean. I believe there is an entire train dedicated to one of them. I had once replied to one of the blog contributors regarding ‘misguided terrorists’

By: DesiPundit » Stop Bawling…

DesiPundit » Stop Bawling… — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:39:00 +0000

[...] Sandeep exhorts those concerned with the farmers-suicide issue, to stop continually mourning the deaths and reciting sob-stories, and suggest focus on some solutions instead: On the Vidharbha issue, talking about the problem seems to have become the biggest obstacleâ€“crying over the spilt milk seems to occupy time, effort and column inches/web space rather than running to the milkman to buy fresh milk. [...]

By: Tarun

Tarun — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:51:37 +0000

Bawling about the dead might get more people involved in the relief-efforts.

I understand your point of view – that bawling usually remains beneath the activation energy barrier (i.e. it targets people who have very little power to change things and people who re not willing to give up their well-laid out lives to help).

Making a fuss about the dead is one way to get other people to help out. But by making a fuss, if you aren’t attracting enough people to do more than the work you would be doing if you weren’t fussing, then the ROI is not justified.

Its all about the effect that your actions have.

Some good communicators would do better at recruiting helpers.

There is no general answer.

By: Praveen

Praveen — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:15:43 +0000

Well said Sandeep, the Indian state should get out of the business of collecting rice cotton, paddy and cow dung.

By: The way I see things..

The way I see things.. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

it is the rich or the poor. How else would you explain all those suicides in Vidarbha? It is sad to see so many bloggers make highly distasteful claims that the loan waivers to farmers is wrong because it means higher taxes on ‘taxpayers’. (Take this one for example) They also talk about how the farmers are suffering because of fixed rates offered by the govt. for agricultural produce. Have they ever realised that this is only to keep inflation down, for the benefit of the ‘tax-paying’ middle class? So