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Mr. Communist is Mr. Misguided
By Nawal K
Pandey
July 22, 2008 |
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Mr.
Dipankar Bhattacharya is a good communist but he
is a misguided one. He advocates many things of
which none is in people's interest. He leads the
organization that preaches violence and
encourages the rank and file to get killed to
prove a point. Overall, Mr. Bhattacharya is the
merchant of antiquated philosophy. Nonetheless,
he is a charismatic person. I admire him for
being the mouthpiece of the poor and the
plebeians but the redundancy of obsolete ideas
disarms his brilliance, overshadows his
intellect and brings out his prejudices.
Take for example his opposition to the N. Treaty
with the USA. The treaty is for energy
generation without any string attached. It will
also provide our engineers and scientists much
needed knowledge of nuclear technology to
improve their capabilities. Most of the world is
banking on clean and cheap energy for rapid
progress. So is India. Only the communists of
India say that the treaty is bad. They fail
however to compare the progress of China, which
is more due to nuclear energy than fossil fuel.
France produces 80% of its energy through
nuclear power. Perhaps Mr. Bhattacharya knows
that coal is a dirty source of energy, petroleum
is too expensive and alternative sources of
energy are too far in the future. The only
constant source of power is nuclear energy and
its technology is in the hands of just a few
countries. The USA is the foremost country which
has the best technology.
As far I can see, the opposition of nuclear
treaty with the USA is not based on facts. It is
based on personal hatred of Mr. Bhattacharya. He
is predisposed that anything American is
unacceptable to him and he uses dead metaphors
like surrendering the sovereignty of India or
succumbing to imperialism to support it. When he
talks about India/s sovereignty, he does not
take into accout India's purchase of inferior
quality of nuclear submarines and aircraft
carriers from Russia because they his masters.
May I invite Mr. Bhattacharya to come to the USA
and see for himself what this country is like? I
will even make arrangements to meet with the
communists of the USA. They may not change his
mind but they would at least enlighten him.
As far as taking the issue to the people, go
ahead and waste your efforts. However, please do
it peacefully. Do not encourage violence like
burning buses and railway stations. Let the
people know that you are opposing electricity.
Tell them that the USA is ready to give it to
India but you do not want it because it is an
imperialist nation. If you really succeed I will
surrender my ancestral Gandhi cap.
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