IIPM- NEWS RELEASE: January 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010

The Forest Rights Act has been in place for three years

Kabir Suman, urban balladeer and Trinamool Congress MP, has answered the question in his own manner, through music and verse. In his latest album, he sings: Jangal tumi kaar/Swarashtra mantranalaya naki beniya aar thikedaar/Jangal tumi kaar/Sarkari rifle naki daler paonadaar…” (Oh forest, who do you belong to?/The Union Home Ministry or to businessmen and contractors?/To government’s rifles or the party mafia?). This number is titled Chhatradharer Gaan (The Song of Chhatradhar).

Tribals and others had organised a protest at Jantar Mantar late last year to force the ministry of tribal affairs to extend the deadline for filing ownership claims on forest land. But their entreaties had fallen on deaf ears. The Forest Rights Act has not achieved any of the goals it was meant to – notably, the implementation of rules notified on January 1, 2008.

In West Bengal, 38 organisations of tribals and forest dwellers and the Nagarik Mancha, a social rights group, has approached the high court of Kolkata to intervene. Naba Dutta, Nagarik Mancha general secretary, told TSI, “According to the Act, the village-level committee, formed in Gram Sabhas, will take the decision on forest dwellers’ applications for rights. No committees were formed and the forest dwellers, basically tribals, are being deprived.”

He added: “Under the Indian Forest Act, forests belong to the Union Government, not the states. State goverments have to get Supreme Court clearance in all cases where encroachment of forest land has taken place. Even the Jindals had to get a SC nod as 500 acres of forest land was within the proposed area of their factory.” The divide shows no signs of ending.

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Friday, January 22, 2010

A dilemma for US

Obama needs to be cautious and should let Sana'a deal with al-Qaeda on Yemeni soil

A famous maxim in Yemen goes like “Min Ratl Hakya Tafham Wiqya”. Loosely, it can be translated as, “From a pound of talk, an ounce of understanding.” And that is what seems to be happening in Sana’a these days. Amid alleged botched up attempt to blow a US airliner and the subsequent shifting of focus on Yemen, it is hard to say whether the West and the Arab Republic have a coherent view to deal with the quagmire.

In reality, the incident has the potential to become an archetypal case of colossal overreaction that will lead to playing right into the hands of terrorist groups. The Obama regime, which has closely followed the Yemen question, and has been working closely in the past with the Yemen government, is finding it difficult to react to the present situation. There are more than obvious indications that in absence of better idea, it will fall back to classic Bush-era handbook and troubleshooting guide that is full of theoretical and operational mistakes.

Although Obama has made it clear that he has no intent to send troops to Yemen, adding that he still thinks that the al-Qaeda is still active along the boundary between Afghanistan and Pakistan, it will be interesting to see how things shape up in coming months.

“I have every intention of working with our international partners in lawless areas around the globe to make sure that we're keeping the American people safe,” Obama was quoted as saying

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

An education on the charms of cinema and the catharsis it can bring

And best of all, the film never takes itself too seriously, even indulging in a spot of subliminal self deprecation once in a while. Check out the scene where Kareena flees from her wedding to go look for Rancho and halfway down she’s told by Raju that they have no idea if Rancho’s married or not. Some people have been counting the clichés in the movie; I wonder how many of them noticed how they have been smartly refreshed to retain their entertainment value without being tacky.

The three lead actors do a stupendous job, Aamir confounding us again with his brilliance making it look too easy for a forty something to portray a twenty something while Madhavan is effortless as the ‘photographer’s soul trapped in an engineering student’s body’ and Sharman Joshi brings in equal measure of carefree abandon and world weariness to Raju Rastogi. But special credit is deserved by Omi Vaidya who plays the geeky Chatur with aplomb (his comic scenes are surely the most hilarious) and establishes himself as the de facto 4th idiot. Boman Irani, of course, adds another memorable character to the annals of Hindi cinema with his pitch perfect portrayal of ‘Virus’ – the close to anal retentive director at the college.

It is a film that will endear itself to you with playfulness in its heart and a message of introspection in its soul. Hirani and the rest of the team put in a lot of ‘heart work’ in the project and it shines through in the result which is sublime.

When a film’s lines take only half a week to become part of conversations nationwide, there is no denying its impact. And, since it is that rare and exceptional outlier with a near perfect meter, TSI can't help but award the movie an unprecedented 11 stars out of 10!

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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Hyderabad's Owaisi family continues to command the support of the Old City

I don’t know what is CPI or CPM. Yes, there were some protestors with red flags demanding amenities said to be on behalf of us. I don’t think they had anything to do with politics and elections,’ Azeem, a vegetable vendor, who dwells in a slum in Old City, told TSI. He is absolutely right as the ‘red’ protestors failed to even open their score.

During the general elections in May 2009, there were speculations about the possible defeat of Asad, also the successor of the party leadership after the demise of his father in October 2008. Owing to the exercise of delimitation of constituencies, the Hyderabad parliamentary constituency, comprising Malakpet, Karwan, Goshamahal, Charminar, Chandrayanagutta, Yakutpura and Bahadurpura Assembly segments, has a whopping 70 per cent Muslim electorate. The TDP, allied with TRS and the Left, strategically fielded Zahid Ali Khan, editor of Urdu daily Siasat, to split Muslim votes. Since Prajarajyam was also in the fray, the Chiranjeevi factor gave further impetus to such speculations. As the Owaisis are Sunnis, even sectarian disparities between the ‘elitist’ Sunnis and poor Shias were taken into consideration. The large-scale migration of Shias from the rural areas and towns in Telangana districts to Hyderabad after police action, made them submissive before the Sunnis.

But to the dismay of poll pundits, Asad won and that too by 1.10 lakh votes. "Vexed by the dominance of the minority Sunnis, the majority Shias were about to revolt and the mutiny was anticipated in the 2009 general elections,” a psephologist, who does not want to be named, tells TSI.

However, the good show by MiM in the recent polls for the GHMC has thrown all analyses out of the window. It has proved that it is not religious possessiveness that keeps the Owaisi family flag flying but it is the irrevocable ‘faith’ of the old city inhabitants that keeps this dynasty in the saddle.

“Muslim ethnicity is steadily maintained and intensified in the region. Recurrent political changes have heightened Muslim insecurity here. This perhaps has resulted in the creation blind faith in the indispensibility of the Owaisis,” the psephologist explains.

Asaduddin Owaisi rebuffs the analyses. “Voters have faith in MiM. Our party has always addressed people’s grievances. That is why this faith is triumphant at all times,” he says.

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Friday, January 15, 2010

The Sangmas fit in everywhere

In the office of the NCP at Tura, party working president Bibhash Das explains the finer points of the Sangmas’ exploits at the polling booth: “Purno dada and his family are the only people here who can win both the tribal and non-tribal vote. There are 12,000 non-tribal votes here. And then there are also the issues of clan and religion. The Sangmas fit in everywhere.” In the midst of all the praise, though, there is a normally unseen streak of apprehension among some. “Don’t ask me about politics,” says a non-Garo businessman who runs one of the oldest business houses in Tura. “One word against either side and someone will burn my shop. The tribal non-tribal divide here can be serious.”

At the 73-year-old Sacred Heart Church where the Sangmas attend mass “whenever they’re there”, Fr Jimbert Marak describes Purno Agitok as a man who “never misses church and one who, given his sincerity towards his religion, would be sincere in his politics”. “You are a man of God, reverend, you speak from the pulpit…,” we coax him, “Tell us the negatives that no one else will. It can’t all be good…” And we have it: “Purno Sangma really knows how to connect with people but can be very dominating and always wants to be master. He needs to check that.” James, he says, is “friendly and simple but has a lot to learn” while Conrad “has knowledge and ideas but must think more”. And Agatha? “Nothing negative about her comes to my mind,” the reverend insists.

At her office at Delhi’s Nirman Bhavan, Agatha, the latest in the Sangma lineage to be minister, is “still learning the ropes”. As for the “no negatives” comment from the reverend, “that must have been a priest I bribed”, jests the youngest minister in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet. Crusades, though, political or otherwise, aren’t fought with kindness. Agatha, the youngest of the Sangma siblings, has her own take on what Fr Marak has to say about her father: “As a leader, one must be assertive and know where he is going. That’s what it’s about.”

In his long political life, Sangma senior has taken his battle much beyond West Garo Hills. The battle at Delhi’s Raisina Hill may not have been so successful with him laying siege at Sonia Gandhi’s fortress with the foreign national issue, but there are other places where he takes on his adversaries, the latest being Jharkhand where he strategises with his lieutenants on how to secure winning votes. But walking the corridors of power is just one part of political victory. There is another, one that is more personal. “This time, the porter at Howrah refused to take money saying ‘aap ne desh ke liye itna kiya hain’,” he says. Back in the hills of Tura, meanwhile, the wind still sings Sangma.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Gujarat Riots

Many people express surprise why the mild mannered Gujaratis participated in one of the worst pogroms in an independent India. But it should be mentioned here that Gujarat’s socio-cultural milieu has diverse strains and its simplification as one homogenous entity could be misleading. The riot that started as retaliation to the burning of Hindus in Sabarmati Express at Godhra station, soon engulfed almost entire urban Gujarat leading to massive loss of life and wealth. The participation of administration in the riot and the planned way in which Muslims were targeted left little to imagination. Equally disturbing was the manner in which attempts to subservience justice were made. The only bright spot was the aggressive media coverage that led to identification and arrest of several culprits and made it difficult for the Modi government to put their people off the hook.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Resurgence of Big B

It was from the pulpit of an award ceremony that a down and out ex-superstar had asked Yash Chopra for a “job”. Millions saw it on their TV sets. The humiliation of India’s biggest superstar of yesteryears was complete. Luckily, Chopra offered him Mohabbatein and it clicked for him. The rise and fall of Amitabh is a story in itself. In the 90s, when the tastes of Indian audiences changed and he kept on playing a stereotypical hero, something went amiss. A series of flops and the debacle of his production company ABCL brought him to penury. His growing distance from 10 Janpath also affected him. And then came Kaun Banega Crorepati that was marked as his comeback. However, he is often criticised for his proximity to Amar Singh, but Amitabh knows how to handle the relationship with the man who helped him out of the crisis.

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Monday, January 11, 2010

I had a dream...

Most of us are caught in an endless cycle – waking up late, driving like a maniac in a mad rush to reach the office before the clock strikes nine, slogging all day long, listening to the endless rebukes of the boss, heading home late only to be received by a dejected family upset by your neglect. In this race of life, it’s easy to forget ourselves, our dreams, our passions. When growing up, many of us loved to paint, to dance, act, write, sing... But as we grew up, the realities of life took over. Very few of us allow our creative side to dictate our careers and most of us opt for professional degrees that lead to beefy paychecks. But what if we could enjoy the best of both worlds?

There are people who work five days a week and on weekends they pursue their passions. For example, Dramatech, a 25-year old group, was founded by three alumni of IIT Delhi in 1984. “While at IIT, we had a very strong dramatics club wherein we used to call a director from the industry to direct our annual plays in Hindi and English, and because of that grounding we had a very strong interest in dramatics, which carried on even when we passed out of the institute. Later on, Dramatech grew to attract other students from Delhi University, IIM etc. It became a place for the transient population, the young population in Delhi, to go and do theatre. This is an amateur group and nobody is paid anything, neither the director nor the actors. Everybody is mostly working or studying in college or even school. People do it entirely as a hobby, but we do try to put up a good level of theatre, near professional standards you may say,” says Ravi Raj Sagar, who directs plays for the group and otherwise works as a Marketing Communications Manager with Hewlett-Packard. Most of the people in Dramatech are working with renowned companies like Pepsico, HP, KPMG etc. “The kinds of people we draw are people who are working professionally as executives and now many of them are senior managers, corporates and in the government, so the remuneration motive is not present in their case,” adds Ravi. The motivating factor for them is their passion and not money, which is why they don’t mind taking time out every Saturday and Sunday. Hello Dolly (in Hindi) is their latest production, which debuted on 14 November 2009, and its shows are also being held in December and January at the Sri Ram Centre in New Delhi.

Chetan Bhagat worked with Deutsche Bank for eleven years and gave it up for his dream to become a writer. Dr. R.K. Pachauri left his job of a railway engineer when his interest in the environment took precedence. Since 2002 he has served as the Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and has also gone on to win the prestigious Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awards. Ravi Subramanian, however, is the Senior Vice President and Head of Consumer Finance with HSBC, and is also working on his dream to become the John Grisham of the banking industry. As of now he has penned three books. One doesn’t need to leave their jobs to pursue their passions. With a little time and plenty of initiative, one can live the life of their dreams, a life with no regrets...

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Friday, January 08, 2010

A small step in right direction

Top hospitals start casualty management courses

At a time when there is no stopping the government from touting India as the next medical destination for the world, it seems there is total disregard for the treatment needs of our own people. Today, trauma is a big killer for people in the highly productive age group of five to 40. Every year, nearly one lakh people die due to trauma and yet there is negligible focus on the issue of emergency medicine and trauma-related infrastructure. Even in the metros, it is just confined to ambulances and demarcating rooms for related cases. Even doctors accept that trauma centres in the country have junior doctors, mostly interning. TSI spoke to many doctors and specialists just to understand the seriousness of the issue. The most crucial period, the “golden hour”, according to the experts, is the first hour that can determine between life or death for a patient. Hence, for our country where pro-active thinking is like a flash in the pan and issues like health are neglected and good emergency care is going to be a dream for decades. While we were researching on this issue, AIIMS, emerged as one of the three training centres in this area. Max Hospital. too, has started a course in Emergency and Trauma medicine in collaboration with the US. But for nearly a year now, AIIMS has been able to churn out just 160 doctors who are well versed with this management and Max will have to wait for another year to see its doctors going out to treat people in trauma cases.

Dr Mahesh Chandra Mishra, the pioneer of this movement, is busy training doctors and believes that trauma management is a must for every doctor. He has developed the concept of A, B and C types of diagnosis to make this stream easy to understand for a common man. He says that if the A, B & C levels are normal, then comes the time for secondary diagnosis, but doctors don’t even have the basic training like helping a patient to breathe, if the wind pipe is choked. His course in Life Support for Trauma patients will not be of much use in the absence of readily available ambulances. "We have a severe shortage of trauma-equipped ambulances, whether in the big cities or anywhere else in the country," he says.

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