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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Monday, September 1, 2008

Harthal’s own country

Kerala is well wellknown for it’s biased stand towards politics. It is also known as a world famous tourist spot. Now the state has got one more feather, It ‘s full support to Harthals, strikes etc. Unfortunately when we take the alchohol consumption details, kerala will be there in the top spot.The state’s open-mindedness towards all political organizations adds shine to it’s glory.

Due to the media density in the state everyone is aware of everything.(It’s a common situation in the state that everyone can speak about everything either politics or science everybody acts as subject experts and has atleast two comments to say). When any of the parties or organizations call for a strike the strike sick people will give full support to it. They do take the advantage of celebrating an unexpected holiday.

Party supporters will be charged (physically) and take full control of the law and order. Actually a parallel law and order situation will arise in the state with full blessings from the respective party leadership.

Harthal’s are now a part of day today life of common man in Kerala. Harthal supporters do whatever they want to make the strike a huge success. But except these blind supporters there is a huge number of people who give mental support to all strikes, these group extends from students to public wokers who take full joy out of it. Nowadays the formula of harthal in Kerala is:Harthal=Liquor+Chicken+CD and it’s Harthal festival.

Kerala is famous for the number of public interest litigation cases. The situation is everyboby would like to oppose everything. But when it comes in the case of Harthal nobody is moving a finger.

Now a days Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has come againt Harthals.I think he has learned from the past mistakes of his party. If we take the case of singur agitation the ruling party is losing it’s face.Once they were prophets of strikes but when it comes to singur they burned it’s finger.Tata is now threatening the state of closing the Nano plany.But the other side of the story has a lesson to learn.A number of states called tata to open the Nano plant in their states.If they comes out from Singur definitely it sends wrong message to the world. Left parties now opposing the SEZ projects.They are saying that it’s like a state within a state.In a way it is true.But when we look through the eyes of a promoter it is safe.If you are struck with a strike outside they can resume their work and can make profit.

In my view every party should seek some alternate ways to protest. World has become global village and more investment is coming to developing countries.Harthals and strikes can only block the inflow, that is not in the interest of common man living in this country.