Sunday, May 29, 2011

Remembering Gandhi: Barun Das Gupta recounts the compassion of the Mahatma that he witnessed first hand

My memories of Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi)

My earliest memory of Bapu goes back to when I was just a kid. It was 1939. He was staying at the Khadi Pratisthan Ashram at Sodepur near Kolkata. The ashram, for promoting Gandhiji’s constructive work programme, had been founded by my father Kshitish Chandra and my uncle Satish Chandra who was known as the “Bengal Gandhi” in those days.

The room in which Bapu was living had two other adjacent rooms – all three opening on to a long verandah, at the end of which was a bathroom. In the room next to his, Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru were talking face to face – Subhas babu (not yet “Netaji”) with his face to the door and Panditji with his back to the door. Bapu came out and walking along the verandah went to the bathroom. While passing, he noticed the two engrossed in discussion. While coming back, he stopped at the door of their room and found them still talking animatedly. Then he said something in English. Panditji turned back and then all three of them broke into a broad, beaming smile. The memory of the three smiling faces was etched on my mind for ever. An old ashram inmate who was there later told me that Bapu had said: “You my old enemies, follow me everywhere!”

The next I saw him was in 1945. He came and stayed in the ashram from December 1, 1945, to January 22, 1946, with two visits to Midnapur and Guwahati in between. On January 2 he told a gathering of Congress workers that he did not believe Subhas Babu was dead. (The news of his death in a plane crash had dismayed the entire nation.)
Bapu used to take morning and evening walks every day and I often became one of his “walking sticks”. During those days I was a witness to the amazing self-control this frail old man had. He used to reply to his letters during and after his lunch. His steno was Parashuram. I often found while dictating a letter, he would stop in the middle of a sentence and tell Parashuram, “I am going to sleep for five minutes.” In seconds he would start snoring. He would wake up after five minutes – almost to the second– and without even asking Parashuram where he had left his half-finished sentence, he would start dictating from where he had ended.

There was a memorable incident during his 1945 visit. The ashram was infested with snakes. Once during his morning walk, we noticed a snake crawling towards the path. We asked Bapu to stop and let the snake pass. He did not stop, saying, “The snake would do us no harm.” Indeed, it did not. It stopped about a yard from the path and let us pass. Then it began to crawl again and crossed the path.

His caring concern for those whose presence was usually not noticed and often dismissed from mind was touching. The day he left Sodepur for Madras on January 22, 1946, I was down with measles and running high fever. The special train for him was waiting at Sodepur station. All his associates who were usually referred to as “Gandhi party” had left for the station and so had the ashram inmates. Only my father was with his sick child.

Shortly before five Bapu emerged from his room with Dhirendra Chatterjee (Abha Gandhi’s elder brother) and started walking briskly towards the station. Halfway, he suddenly stopped and said “I have completely forgotten Babua.” (my nickname). And he started walking back. Chatterjee asked: “Where are you going?” Bapu replied: “How can I go without taking leave from the bed-ridden child?” Chatterjee protested: “But you will get late.” Unperturbed, Bapu said, “Let me be late for the child.”

He came to our cottage, tenderly passed his hand on my face swollen with measles rashes and said, “Main ab bhag ja raha hoon (I am running away now)”. As he came out of the room, my cousin sister, standing with a carbolic soap, a mug of water and a napkin, gently told him to wash his hands because he had touched me. With a mischievous smile on his face, he passed both his hands on my sister’s face and said: “Let you have the infection.” Nothing happened of course. This was Bapu. He remembered whom all else had forgotten.

The views expressed by the author are personal

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Normal life affected in Kolkata

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West Bengal: Cease work

The Left might be losing its grip over West Bengal but one of the legacies of the Leftist rule— work strikes— shows no sign of losing steam. Kolkata was in the grip of two massive strikes during the week. The junior doctors' strike which began on Saturday at the premier SSKM Hospital, soon spread to other government hospitals. The doctors stopped working after relatives of a patient who died there assaulted some doctors.

The doctors finally called off their strike on Tuesday evening after they were assured adequate security by Kolkata Police Commissioner. But it was not before long negotiations and hectic parleys that saw deadlines set by the government ending without any positive outcome. Among the many assurances given to the striking doctors by the police is the installation of CCTVs in all wards of the five hospitals. “The number of security personnel deployed in the hospitals will be increased and an officer-in-charge will be appointed in the police outposts of each of the five hospitals,” said Joint CP Jawed Shamim.
While junior doctors at SSKM are pleading for better infrastructure to end patient-doctor clashes, their counterparts at CNMC are concerned about security.During the strike, some of the doctors also picked a squabble with media persons at SSKM Hospital late on Sunday. The striking doctors did not want media persons to cover the inconvenience faced by patients because of the strike. A child patient was brought to the hospital late at night but there was no doctor in attendance. Some TV journalists at the spot started covering the child's plight which resulted in a heated verbal exchange between the two sides. The doctors soon came to blows and the scuffle reportedly left a few journalists injured. Earlier in the day, hundreds of patients were either refused treatment or not attended to at SSKM and Calcutta National Medical College due to cease work by junior doctors.

On the other side, about 1700 employees of the Calcutta High Court were on strike demanding pay hike in accordance with the new pay commission. The strike entered day 7 on Wednesday. State Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said that the state government had increased the salary of the High Court employees by 40 per cent in 2008.
Meanwhile, hundreds of accused persons lodged in various jails are at the receiving end due to the ongoing impasse in the High Court. Many of them were not released even after they were granted bail in the last few days.

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Tiger, tiger burning bright: Will another tiger reserve serve the actual purpose

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The dense forest region has always proved to be advantageous for the state of Karnataka. Although illegal trade of forest products has also flourished in the region, the forests have blessed the state with pleasant weather throughout the year. Recently Karnataka has also got the nod from the Central Government to declare Biligiri Ranganatha Temple Sanctuary as a tiger reserve forest, raising the total number of tiger reserves in the state to five. Nagarahole tiger reserve, Bandipur tiger reserve, Dandeli-Anshi tiger reserve and Bhadra tiger reserve are the four other reserve forests in the state. These forests, apart from being the tiger reserves, are also blessed with spectacular natural beauty and hence have been an asset for the state tourism department.

When an invigorated drive is on throughout the country to protect tigers in the backdrop of the recent tiger survey, it is indeed a matter of pride for the state to house the as many as five tiger reserve forests. But the question is: Are tigers actually safe in these reserve forests? Perhaps they are to an extent but continuous big cat deaths show that the animals are not completely safe and secure even here. Bannerghatta National Park which is situated on the outskirts of Bangalore, has witnessed the death of two lions, a tiger, two tiger cubs and that of a sloth bear within a week. Apart from these, many animals kept in the closures have also suffered serious stomach infection. Though the reason cited for the death of the lions and the tiger was “old age”, the cubs died of stomach infection caused by E-Coli and Salmonella Bacteria, according to the medical reports. According to the director, veterinarian service, Bannerghatta Biological Park, Dr. DB Chittiappa, the cause for the infection could be contaminated water or food.

Biligiri Ranganatha Temple Sanctuary or BR Hills, which is not very far from the bustling Bangalore, is also a hot tourist spot. In the absence of proper protective measures, the “reserved” forests are reserved just in name. “Human activity bothers the animals. The animals at Bannerghatta were unfortunate victims of poor waste management. The quality of food given to the animals should be good and it should be regularly monitored. Proper ventilation is also very important for the animals kept in closures. Here the animals do not get natural food; instead they get either poultry or beef,” said well-known environmentalist and former Indian Forest Service official Dr. AN Yellappa Reddy. But he is happy with the decision to declare BR hills a tiger reserve. “It is indeed a good decision to declare BR Hills a tiger reserve forest. As most of the people who inhabit this region are tribals, they know how to deal with animals. So I hope that won’t be a threat for the tigers,” he said.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Punjab: Inter-caste marriages

Marry outside, be state guest!

The Punjab Government has come up with a plan to deal with the contentious issue of honour killings. It has announced that the civil administration would provide shelter and security to people marrying outside their caste. The state government has issued an advertisement in the newspapers to this effect. “As per the orders issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the government has taken the decision to provide security and shelter to these couples. For this purpose, government rest houses and Red Cross Bhawans in each district will be used. We have made a list of these places. Youth hostels and Private hotels will also be used for this wherever needed,” Punjab Home Secretary, AR Talwar told reporters. Interestingly, the name of one gurdwara in Hoshiarpur district is also included in this list. In areas where there is no government building that can be used for this purpose, the government will accommodate these couples in private hotels and bear the whole expense.

Some people believe that the new government policy would undermine the security of these couples. “These couples hide out of their families' fear. By announcing the list of shelters, the government has put their lives in danger,” feels a student leader of Punjab University. Upneet Mangat, a lecturer at Centre for Human Rights and Duties Studies, Punjab University Chandigarh, observes, “The issue of honour killing is a social problem. Government providing shelter and security to these couples is not a permanent solution of this problem.” Ironically, on one side the government census includes caste column that aims at identifying a person through their caste, on the other side the government is going to provide security and shelter to people marrying outside their caste. While some people are happy with the government's move, others feel that inter-caste marriages go against social values and the government should not interfere in these matters.

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Friday, May 13, 2011

Taliban was not only willing to hand over Bin Laden to the US but also warned the latter of an impending terrorist attack

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The US administration documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and released by Washington based National Security Archive shed some additional light on talks with the Taliban preceding the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It also underlines the constant Taliban offer to hand over Osama Bin LadenOsama bin Laden; and the activity of Pakistan before and after the attacks.

As present-day US plan of action increasingly follows policies to conciliate or “flip” the Taliban, the document highlights Washington’s complete refusal to negotiate with Taliban immediately after 9/11. For example, on September 13, 2001, the then US Ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin brusquely told President Pervez Musharraf that there was “absolutely no inclination in Washington to enter into a dialogue with the Taliban” and that the time for dialogue was “finished as of September 11.” However, Pakistan's approach was more holistic and did not correspond to the American knee-jerk reaction. The then ISI chief N Mahmoud Ahmed told the ambassador not to act in anger. The real victory, he said, would come in negotiations and that if the Taliban were eliminated, Afghanistan would “revert to warlordism.”

There are some interesting inputs on Osama as well. When asked about apprehending Laden, Mahmoud said it was “better for the Afghans to do it. We could avoid the fallout.” He in fact travelled to Afghanistan twice, on September 17, aboard an American plane, and again on September 24, 2001 to talk over the gravity of situation with Taliban leader Mullah Omar. However, the US was hell bent on action. Chamberlin categorically let Mahmoud known that while his meetings were all right, but they “could not delay military planning.”

Subsequent papers underscore the value of the bilateral bond to leaders in both Pakistan and the US. An interesting memo categorized seven demands handed over to Mahmoud by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage just 48 hours after the attack. President Musharraf sent a cable a day after accepting all the demands “unconditionally”. However, the documents also reveal fundamental disagreements and distrust vis-a-vis Taliban.

For example, an ISI official told visiting US Congressmen that “Pakistan will always support the Taliban”. This “policy cannot change”, he continued, because “it would prompt rebellion across the Northwest Frontier Provinces, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, and indeed on both sides of the Pashtun-dominated Pak-Afghan border.”
It is now common knowledge that the US had been asking the Taliban to hand over Laden since 1999. These discussions stopped only a week before the 9/11 attack. However, the US was so adamant on its stand that Laden be tried by the Department of Justice— and not in a third country as Taliban suggested— that Taliban refused to hand him over. Officials described it as a missed opportunity. The former CIA station chief Milt Bearden said, “We never heard what they were trying to say. We had no common language. Ours was, ‘Give up bin Laden.’ They were saying, ‘Do something to help us give him up'.” Bearden added, “I have no doubts Taliban wanted to get rid of him. He was a pain in the neck but this never clickedwith us”. The US thought it was “unreasonable” on Taliban's part to ask for evidence indicting Laden.

Taliban, on its part, even cautioned the US that Laden was planning a big attack on American soil. In fact, former Taliban foreign minister Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil maintained that his repeated warnings, delivered because of apprehensions that the US would respond by waging war against Afghanistan, had been dismissed. US officials admitted to this fact but said that warnings were dismissed because they were “hearing a lot of that kind of stuff”.

Declining the Taliban's offer to have Laden handed over shows that the US rather followed the policy of regime change well before the 9/11 happened. India was considered to have joined Russia, the USA and Iran in a conjunct front against Taliban, which enclosed aid for Northern Alliance, including “information and logistic support” from Washington. Former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Niaz Naik claimed that he had been informed by senior US officials as early as in July 2001 that military action would be taken against the Taliban by the middle of October. Readies had already been coordinated with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Russia. Naik also said that “it was doubtful that Washington would drop its plan even if Bin Laden were to be surrendered immediately by the Taliban.”

Pakistan was repeatedly asking the US “to maintain open channels to the Taliban.” ISI officials negated that their aid for the Taliban enclosed military assist. When interjected why Pakistan supports the Taliban, a senior ISI functionary said, “We don’t support but interact with the Taliban”. When asked further as to why Pakistan continued to give the Taliban international diplomatic support and to press the USG (United States Government) to engage with the Taliban, the Pakistanis reiterated that the Taliban were the effective rulers of about 90 per cent of Afghanistan, that they enjoyed significant popular support because they had ended the banditry and anarchy that once bedeviled the country, and that the instant success of the opium poppy production ban underscored “the reality and effectiveness of Taliban authority.” On the contrary, if it wasn’t for “external support” for the Northern Alliance, it “would collapse in a matter of days.”

The US war against Afghanistan began on October 7, and the Taliban again repeated offers to discuss handing over bin Laden. Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Haji Abdul Kabir declared, “If the Taliban is given evidence that Osama bin Laden is involved and the US stopped its bombing, we would be ready to hand him over to a third country”. President George W Bush spurned the offer as “non-negotiable”, adding, “There’s no need to discuss innocence or guilt. We know he’s guilty.” Refusing to furnish evidence of Laden’s guilt, Bush ingeminated the US ultimatum: “If they want us to stop our military operations, they’ve just got to meet my conditions. When I said no negotiations, I meant no negotiations.”

Then in the preceding months, Taliban went as far as to drop the demand for evidence and proposed to extradite Laden to a third country. Muttawakil apparently met with officials from the CIA and ISI to suggest the offer, which was once again turned down by Washington.

It was then that Taliban decided to abandon the idea of reconciliation. US jointly. Muttawakil famously said, “We don't want war but let the US also understand that we are a sovereign nation and not just another of its provinces.” The next day, Kabul was bombed for the first time.

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Monday, May 09, 2011

Lobbying: Global arms trade

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The whole business of arms trade is no more a scoop. Names like Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Dassault Aviation, Finmeccanica, Boeing, Rosoboronexport and Northrop Grumman feature prominently in the list of arms traders. Going by the conservative estimations, the global arms trade market is worth over $50 billion annually, out of which the US controls around 40 per cent. However, given the recent economic meltdown, the arms sale saw a fall of 8.5 per cent and the US share dropped to $22.6 billion. But then, it was not tough for these countries and companies to find clients, in spite of the global economic problems. Most of the arms are pushed to those countries who top the chart when it comes to poverty and political instability. Even a country like Iraq, which is still trying to stand up, has announced its plans to purchase arms worth $13 billion from the US; juxtapose this with the country’s GDP of $84.7 billion (2008).

What may be interesting is the way these companies pushed the arms to conflict zones and especially to the US allies through lobbying with the US government. But what is more interesting is the way these companies use their profits. As per the lobbying disclosure report released in 2009, Northrop Grumman (in 2008) doubled its lobbying budget to $20.6 million; Boeing increased it to $16.6 million (up from $10 million) and Lockheed-Martin (the front runner when it comes to contracts from the Pentagon) hiked its lobbying budget by a monstrous 54 per cent. So much so that the excessive lobbying made the US government ignore the whole idea of closing F-22 production, which, as per defence experts, will be of no use to the US in any possible war in future. Moreover, the government was actually worried about those 95,000 employees, working in the plant after the closure – especially at a time where Obama’s government is leaving no stone unturned to improve the employment statistics.

The plants are so strategically located that in case of plans by the government to close down production facilities, these companies can urge the local Congress member to resist and defend. On the same lines, Northrop Grumman took the help of 383 congressional districts to save its B-2 Stealth bomber plant. Most of these companies blackmail the government in the name of job loss and local unemployment that would eventually effect the US economy. On the contrary, various studies show that increase in the military expenditure has an inverse effect not only on the economy but also on employment. These companies are trying to keep their production facilities running at the cost of development in Third World countries. Firstly, these companies push inferior products to conflict zones and poor countries. Secondly, they use profits for lobbying with client countries. Thirdly, they lobby even with domestic governments so that they can keep their plants running. In spite of efforts by several NGOs, the UN arms trade treaty has still not been enforced. Arms trade not only dents the economy of the host country but fuel the conflicts across the world. In 2012, during the UN conference on arm trade, one hopes that the US would back the treaty, if not for the world, then at least for its own economy. After all, unaccountable global arms trade can only endanger the whole globe.

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Tuesday, May 03, 2011

It's about respect: Maa Durga Puja

Anu Gulmohar speaks to new-age eco-warriors, who are hoping to mend old ways and pave the way for more affectionate and considerate goodbyes to Maa Durga'

Some five years ago, on the joyous occasion of Vijay Dashmi, once the throngs of devotees had bid adieu to Maa Durga, Ashok BoseAshok Bose stood at the banks of the river, repulsed and remorseful at the scene before him. Every year, environmentalists cry hoarse about the appalling state of the Ganga after the immersion of the idols and how the river struggles to cope with the oblations offered to the Goddess. But not many devotees stop to look back at its sordid state. Of those that do, even lesser conjure the courage to not turn their back to it again, and instead take on the responsibility to clean-up the river and the practices that harm the environment.

"For ten days we pray to the idol. We decorate it with beautiful costumes, flowers, offer prayers from morning till night. On Vijay Dashmi people go with a lot of enthusiasm for the immersion, and till that point it feels very good. But as we make our way back, we see the same idols strewn around, the flowers stuffed inside plastic bags don’t go with the river waters and reach Maa Durga like we’d like to believe, but instead, they lie in the water like heaps of rubbish. Similar is the fate of the costumes, toxic paints and thermacol," shares Ashok Bose, President of Dakshin Palli Durga Puja Samiti, CR Park, New Delhi. And so five years ago, he returned home and looked-up on the Internet for the possible solutions for the problem. "I realised that the government has spent lakhs and crore for this cause, but nothing changes because we ourselves don’t wish for things to change," expressed Bose.

What are the basic evils that people in all their innocent ignorance committing? The devout have been trying to make their idols bigger, grander, brighter, and in that pursuit, they’ve opted for materials, which are not bio-degradable, such as plastic, cement and plaster of Paris. They have moved toward paints, which when immersed in water release carcinogenic metals like mercury, chromium and lead. Not only are they lethal for the aquatic life, they also mix with the drinking water that you and I could eventually be consuming. And thus the rallying call of the environmentalists to use natural materials that dissolve and don’t pollute the water. Says environment activist Vandana Shiva, "The need is to go back to natural paints, the way we used to do it without all these lethal toxic paints. The clay images have absolutely zero impact, the silt comes from the rivers, goes back to the rivers."

"The idol the Dakshin Palli DurgaDurga Puja Samiti Puja Samiti has made this time is without costume, without artificial jewellery, without thermocol and plastics. Everything has been made using mud – jewellery, hair, everything," shared Bose. Their previous year’s idol too was made in adherence to similar environment-friendly measures, and it went on to win Sahara Samay NCR’s Best Pratima Award. This year they’re collaborating with Berger Paints and using their new non-toxic paints for their idol. "Breath Easy is an acrylic emulsion, made with very low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) content. We have used pigments, which are free of lead and all carcinogenic metals. The paint provides sheen, and from a 45-degree angle the paints reflect light," says Rajesh Sahay, Regional Manager, Berger Paints.

The Bengal Environment Department and the Pollution Control Board this year introduced such lead-free paints to the idol-makers, and distributed paint worth Rs 1 lakh to 60 artists at Kumartuli, Kolkata’s idol-making centre. Like the Dakshin Palli Durga Puja Samiti, other puja committees too are trying to be more caring to the environment. Kolkata’s Milan Park Durga Puja committee, Delhi’s Mela Ground Committee, Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir Society are among those choosing idols made and painted with eco-friendly products. Kolkata’s Sreerampur Durga Puja Committee is planning to plant 100 trees and raise awareness of solar power. Another decision being taken by most committees is to not pollute the Ganga by throwing the plastic bags carrying tonnes of flowers, but instead to put them in earthen pots and bury them.

The drum beat of the dhaki is symbolic of the Durga PujaSympolic Durga Puja festivities, and equally emblematic are the white feathers decorating the drums. Little thought is given to the fact that for the trimmings of just one drum, roughly four birds are killed. An estimated 4,000 open-bill storks and egrets are killed across Midnapore, Murshidabad and Malda region alone every year. Says Anu Ganguly of PETA India, "De-feathering is extremely painful, since the birds’ feathers are firmly held in follicles, the wall of which is richly supplied with sensory fibres and nerves. As a Calcuttan, the beats of the dhaki no longer symbolise the rhythm of the festive season and the spirit of Durga Puja to me. The resonating beats would certainly lose their magic for many if people could hear the screams of the birds tortured to ‘decorate’ the instruments."

Much is being done to save the sanctity of this festival and for keeping its image from being tarnished any further. The government has actively been sending instructions to the Puja committees for making the puja a more environment-conscious do. But better guidance is the need of the hour. "Awareness needs to be spread about what being eco-friendly entails. Just like there is a meeting with the police, fire department, MCD, there should be a compulsory workshop for all puja committees in which it’s explained about what exactly is eco-friendly. If a workshop is done and terms and conditions are explained in detail, and perhaps a certificate is given upon meeting 90-100 per cent of the requirements, a sea-change would be noticed," suggests Ashok Bose.

"We need to turn every festival into a celebration of nature!" says Vandana Shiva, and with every year more and more people are finding resonance in this thought. In the coming years be prepared for the all-natural face of Durga Puja, all thanks to people such as Ashok Bose.

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