tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301217202024-03-05T03:10:28.692-08:00india - development or developedmentindia's rapid growth is coming at a speed (a speed aided by massive environmental and human justice violations) that will benefit only those who have already benefited.
i call this 'developedment', meaning, more and more development for those who have already developed, but more and more destruction for the 2 crucial pillars of the nation, namely the ecology and the ecology dependent people.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.comBlogger663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-62419481130916209892011-09-09T10:13:00.001-07:002011-09-09T10:14:32.843-07:00<a href="http://tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ne170911Koyna.asp">development in full swing</a> in a crucial forest area of western ghats.<div><br /></div><div>lol. the industry, whether it is green or non green, want to thrash the environment first before they can even think of calling it a night.</div>green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-60997202131186933062011-09-05T12:45:00.000-07:002011-09-05T12:48:52.426-07:00mirror mirror on the wall,<div>who is corrupt of them all.</div><div><br /></div><div>aint you tell me the top one</div><div>for everybody seems to be the looting one.</div><div><br /></div><div>in the reddy bellary brothers episode, the yeddy-scam-urappa, the bjp has done no good for itself. it heads the only south india state ever in india's history.</div><div><br /></div><div>yet, it is the most corrupt, inefficient, useless government perhaps karnatka has ever seen. shame on the people who voted the communal party to power.</div><div><br /></div><div>add communal politics that combines corruption and you have garbage as a result. </div><div><br /></div><div>bjp need not tie <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2425910.ece?homepage=true">itself in knots</a>. it needs to hang itself in knots.</div>green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-61843435201635695942011-09-05T12:41:00.000-07:002011-09-05T12:44:50.282-07:00ah...you got to give credit to sonia/rahul/chidam/dig/manmohan team.<div><br /></div><div>the massive corruption unleashed with massive looting of money, natural resources, minerals and people's tax money seems to be inviting action.</div><div><br /></div><div>in 2g scam, although progress ought to have been faster, you have got the daughter of one of india's richest politicians and powerful regional chieftain in jail. you have got all-you-can-loot-kalmadi in jail. you have seen action in adarsh nasty housing scam.</div><div><br /></div><div>now you have the much <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2426436.ece?homepage=true">needed action in bellary</a> case involving the reddy brothers who was indicted big time by lokayutha.</div><div><br /></div><div>welcome action indeed by the sonia/rahul/chidam/dig/man team. </div>green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-79126421797318853422011-04-30T14:54:00.002-07:002011-04-30T14:56:30.773-07:00no ma'm, it ain't "<a href="http://www.cseindia.org/content/shifting-sands-mal-development">development</a>". it is called "developed-ment".<div><br /></div><div>legendary cse director asks</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; ">There is no policy for siting and number of ports in the country. The Central government knows only about “major” ports and leaves the rest of the business—permission to locate and build other ports—to state governments. There is no distinction between a major port and a state port. It is just a matter of how many one can fit into the coast as fast and profitably as possible. Nobody, therefore, knows how many ports are being built. Nobody cares about the cumulative impact on rivers of sand.</p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; "><b>Surely, this cannot be called development. Can it?</b></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; ">no. hell no. hell hell hell no. but aren't we mistaken. india's development is actually for the developed. so we can call this "developed-ment". </p></span></div>green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-85767127271338791852011-04-30T14:54:00.001-07:002011-04-30T14:54:23.099-07:00i am back...hopefully i will post one or two posts on 'development' in india :-)green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-24182802265266190072010-07-14T19:02:00.000-07:002010-07-14T19:05:24.725-07:00if i am a betting guy, i would bet on reddy brother's in bellary. they bought yedurrappa to his knees, made him cry in public and won in handsome manner the first round last year.<br /><br />now, they will do it again. as spineless india's prime minister, dummy karnataka CM, toothless judiciary and 'developedment' focussed home minister and finance minister, i would be happy to bet on reddy's to continue the loot in bellary.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/14/stories/2010071461290100.htm">cbi inquiry</a>. please do so. i would bet against that too.<br /><br />if govt itself can loot in chattisgarh, in jharkhand, in madhya pradesh, why not reddy brother's in bellary. 'developedment' should be the same for everyone right?green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-993998307723302062010-03-30T09:39:00.001-07:002010-03-30T09:39:27.338-07:00rape and loot. development in india at full swing.<br /><br />please catch up on the sad bellary situation in <a href="http://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Ne030410coverstory.asp">tehelka</a>.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-18088163097623335882010-03-07T20:03:00.000-08:002010-03-07T20:04:22.673-08:00there are many avatar's in india. not only in orissa as <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6241RL20100305">reuters points</a> out.<br /><br />and many more avatar's need to happen to stamp out fake development for sure!!green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-16323986175998098572010-02-24T19:39:00.001-08:002010-02-24T19:40:42.799-08:00mr. ramesh is indeed <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/25/stories/2010022561001200.htm">a lonely man</a>. in india, when you talk against fake development, you are indeed lonely.<br /><br />but his orders on bt.brinjal, athirapally hydel project, goa mining stoppage, etc are HUGE for india.<br /><br />you can be lonely sir, but you cannot afford to leave alone our crucial environment and forests alone.<br /><br />please continue your good work.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-20625363445302176062010-02-24T19:30:00.000-08:002010-02-24T19:32:54.824-08:00indeed, as mr.ram says, it is a <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/25/stories/2010022558010100.htm">sad day for india</a>. when the renowned painter mr.hussain is living in a forced exile, it is not only a sad day but a shameful day for india.<br /><br />the land of gautama and gandhi should hangs it head in shame when its famous painter is being chased by rabid fanatics.<br /><br />india should take all steps to bring hussain back and hussain should not be fearful in showing his paintings. art cannot be censored. taliban censors art. india does not.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-34693049860081464072010-02-22T12:23:00.000-08:002010-02-22T12:25:12.157-08:00can <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/tech_guide/2010/02/22/2010-02-22_bloom_energy_inventor_kr_sridhar_makes_big_promise_with_bloom_box.html">bloom</a> change the world? can it eliminate or atleast replace in a major way the need for polluting coal power plants, destructive dams and dangerous nuclear power.<br /><br />cbs 60 minutes had an interesting segment on it. please check <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6221135.shtml">read full story</a> that can have the potential to change the world.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-89271814061931434652010-02-19T19:49:00.001-08:002010-02-19T19:52:22.519-08:00kudo's to our energetic and caring minister of environment and forests mr.jairam ramesh on coming out against the stupid and destructive <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/20/stories/2010022060330100.htm">athirapally project</a>.<br /><br />after a long time, india's environment and forests has got a minister who seems to have a genuine eye for conservation.<br /><br />kudo's mr.ramesh. may your good work continue.<br /><br />we ruin our rivers<br />call it progress<br />we smash our forests<br />call it growth<br />we throw our tribals to dust<br />call it gdp<br />we kill our ecosystem<br />call it development<br />insanity has new word<br />in the lips of economists<br />fake development that is.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-88096450487919438712010-02-19T12:10:00.000-08:002010-02-19T12:12:29.732-08:00run, don't walk on <a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article109626.ece?homepage=true">Shekar Dattatri</a> interview with respect to india's forests/wildlife.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">“If you put every one of our 30 tiger reserves together, it comes to about 40,000 sq.km. of land. That's about the size of a single reserve in Brazil, which is 35,000 sq.km. Several hundred rivers originate from natural parks and sanctuaries, and the blueprints of so many pharmaceutical drugs come from the forest. It's not just about saving the ‘poor animals'; if you must look at it that way, it's about saving ourselves.” </span><br /><br />our policy makers, courts, politicians, urban middle class need to memorize the above day in and day out and only then perhaps they will realize unless we protect this 4% of india's land the rest 95% can survive.<br /><br />but fake development does not care about facts right? it cares only about greed and money (and as in western world 'bailout's')!!green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-13242628453064035702010-02-18T16:22:00.001-08:002010-02-18T16:23:55.471-08:00a tribal from orissa nails india's fake developedment that even nobel laureates like amartya sen is singing paeans for.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">In New Delhi, </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/19/stories/2010021955551000.htm">Kumti Majhi of the Kutia Kondh community</a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> welcomed the decision. “I am glad they have listened to our problems. They [the Church’s representatives] came and stayed in our hut and listened to us also…Why </span>doesn<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">’t the government listen,” he asked. “The government people only come and they go around in Vedanta’s helicopter, in Vedanta’s cars, and then they go back and say Vedanta is doing good things.”</span><br /><br />remember if places like niyamgiri is killed in name of mining, india's soul and its crucial pillar (tribals in this case) gets killed. and nobody should be calling wanton killing as 'development'.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-89303820108907251912010-02-17T18:32:00.000-08:002010-02-17T18:34:47.119-08:00kudos to mr.ramesh, india's minister of environment and forests on his <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/02/10/stories/2010021052810101.htm">bt brinjal </a>decision.<br /><br />when there are thousands of brinjal varieties and in no way shortage of brinjal, bt brinjal is a "solution" for which no 'problem' exists.<br /><br />in terms of technology, it would have killed the thousands of brinjal varieties that is there in india.<br /><br />and in mr.ramesh india looks like finally it may have a genuine environment minister.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-13063652617203493812009-11-08T19:40:00.001-08:002009-11-08T19:41:05.521-08:00in india, especially in mumbai, inefficiency and utter incompetence gets <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/r-r-patil-back-as-maharashtra-home-min/104828-37.html?from=tn">rewarded mightily</a> as the re-appointment of RR Patil as Home minister shows.<br /><br />way to go india :-)green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-32602033180137622062009-11-02T16:31:00.001-08:002009-11-02T16:31:51.383-08:00as india sleeps on global warming, the mighty himalayas is retreating. the 2 minute documentary from bbc captures it <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8337207.stm">vividly</a>.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-81106887793331835152009-10-25T17:47:00.001-07:002009-10-25T17:48:34.189-07:00endosulfan issue in kerala still <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/26/stories/2009102657570700.htm">persists like a festering wound</a> as the communists at kerala level, like many of the previous governments, lag in bringing a quick closure.<br /><br />like arundati roy points out, we have become like a absorbing sponge inputting everything onto us. everything except money does not matter.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-47486800635707972402009-10-25T14:47:00.000-07:002009-10-25T14:50:09.412-07:00run. don't walk on hearing to arundati roy in <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-democracy-in-a-state-of-emergency/103928-3.html?from=tn">devil's advocate</a> with karan thapar.<br /><br />i have been lax in posting getting caught in my work severely which i plan to quit very soon. meanwhile arundati last point is worth million words.<br /><br />'what the muslim's are to bjp, the maoists are to congress'.<br /><br />she hits the nail in the coffin called fake development and pseudo democracy. when will the land of mahatma and the land of buddha learn and correct and lead the world?green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-89648293800041909982009-07-20T11:52:00.000-07:002009-07-20T12:03:43.987-07:00tehelka has a <a href="http://tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=cr180709the_peasant.asp">good story</a> on the raigad SEZ. if you can recall the farmers of raigad <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/farmers-vote-on-farmland-for-sez-issue-in-raigad/74067-3.html">voted</a> overwhelmingly against the SEZ which will throw several thousands farmers out of their livelihood in name of fake development back in late 2008.<br /><br />SEZ, as this blog had chronicled in several cases, is the biggest fraud and land grab against rural india. it was a surprise to see for me that congress, the party that architected this dangerous land grab still was able to sustain its rural vote.<br /><br />raigad case will prove whether our courts will show that corporate land grab is a no-go zone for rural india (or) in name of fake development anything and everything sells.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-65821114956775812002009-07-13T15:47:00.000-07:002009-07-13T15:52:24.595-07:00<a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Interviews/I-am-neither-business-friendly-nor-business-hostile-Jairam-Ramesh/articleshow/4708529.cms">here is an interview</a> of the new minister of environment and forests.<br /><br />he hits the nail on its head when he says and i quote <span style="font-weight: bold;">"I am neither business-friendly nor business-hostile. Not here to impede growth. Not here to accelerate it."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>that's exactly the point. as head of a very crucial ministry who is responsible for safeguarding the livelihood of hundreds of million of people who depend on india's rivers, wetlands, forests, coastal areas, etc, the ministry of environment and forests is very crucial in protecting these vital pillars so that they do not get destroyed mindless money making ventures that make the rich more richer.<br /><br />the job of moef is simple. protect, preserve and nourish our ecosystems so that the people who depend on them can benefit in a sustainable long term manner and not the looters who come in to kill and make fast moolah.<br /><br />for that the 'businessmen and investors' can always go to dalal street and wall street right so that they can risk and play in toxic assets in order to get mindless growth? and come begging for bail out's after that :-)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-25195423916258181232009-07-13T15:45:00.000-07:002009-07-13T15:47:00.718-07:00here is an <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Green-tribunal-flouts-every-rule-in-the-book/articleshow/4681365.cms">interesting article</a> on how the green tribunal (aka national environment appellate authority) worked.<br /><br />hopefully things will change under the new moef minister mr.jairam ramesh. after disastrous years of having moef ministers who treated their work as casual and junk, hopefully this crucial ministry will get due attention under the new moef.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-31931778138091303672009-06-29T11:00:00.000-07:002009-06-29T11:02:50.475-07:00welcome back friends.. after an enforced break, this blog restarts, albeit slowly.... so many things happened in the interim though.<br /><br />1. more and more bailout for corporate america came. if only 1% of that kind of effort is made to sustain our ecology!!!<br /><br />2. congress party was a surprise winner of elections and that was not due to their SEZ policies but <a href="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/editor.asp?foldername=20090615&filename=Editor&sec_id=2&sid=1">due to</a> NREGA and RTI and other rural programs. it is now time for a real change from fake development policies of the past to sustainable development policies of the future.<br /><br />3. the people of iran showed surprising spike for their rights. my verdict --> it will be brutally crushed as the world watches the other side. we are all ahmadinejad's right. we do not care about china's open abuses of human rights, we do not care about india's brutalisation of tribals in name of fake projects, we do not care of blatant human rights violations in myanmar, we did not wink when iraq was raped by america's fake war... so why do we care about iran.?. bro, it ain't matter bro.<br /><br />4. and hey india's a surprise of surprise. india's <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Interviews/I-am-neither-business-friendly-nor-business-hostile-Jairam-Ramesh/articleshow/4708529.cms">new environment minister</a> seems to be making the right noise and moves pertaining to india's environment.<br /><br />so on we start, slowly chronicling the fake development of india, the massive abuse of india's ecology in name of development. of course, if there are good stories i will always blog it. if at all there is any. there is none so far and the picture when it comes to the environment of india is very bleak. hopefully our new environment minister mr.jairam ramesh will show a little positive attitude thereby bringing much needed strength of the ministry of environment and forests thereby giving the sorely needed protection of india's environment.green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-72271051154754821002009-02-21T20:17:00.000-08:002009-02-21T20:18:39.385-08:00you want to catchup on a weird news and a real good news then you can do it easily.<br /><br />the weird news is that our noble prize winner dr.sen wants to <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/22/stories/2009022260471200.htm">forget we are in a recession</a> and act like we are NOT in a recession.<br /><br />the real good story is that of a young man <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/this-real-hero-gave-up-ias-to-develop-villages/85968-3.html">returning back</a> to his village to make a positive contribution.<br /><br />well, dr.sen, how about some sub prime loans for you and your friends :-)green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30121720.post-73302899746862149952009-02-16T14:28:00.001-08:002009-02-16T14:34:59.745-08:00can some 'ceo' in the world (of course who is not begging for tax payer bailout money) clarify the below <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/17/stories/2009021761100400.htm">statement</a> of one of their buddies.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Stating that there was a need to strike a balance between development and environment...</span><br /><br />when we hit tribals in niyamgiri with forced eviction is that a 'balance'?<br />when we hit several lakhs of tribals on fake eia in narmada dam project is that a 'balance'?<br />when we brutalize farmers in name of SEZ, is that a 'balance'?<br />when we rape million year old ecosytems like athirapally, is that a 'balance'?<br />when we pollute all our mother rivers so easily, is that a 'balance'?<br />when we have not still given proper compensation for world's biggest industrial disaster in bhopal, is that a 'balance'?<br /><br />or is the ceo saying <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Stating that there was a need to strike a balance between balance sheets and environment...</span><br /><br />perhaps our ceo's need more bailout money and then perhaps they will talk sensibly!!!green thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187072594127818907noreply@blogger.com0