Comments on: Why Human Rights Groups Are Targeted?

By: sej

sej — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:09:30 +0000

Kishan, try living in those villages once, without money, food, water, electricity, enough clothes and home! You will not feel like ‘common man’! A common man ‘like you’ does get these basic necessities, does not have to see his mother beaten to death by selwa zhudum and other police officers, or his sister/wife being raped in front of his own eyes! Try going through all these, and you will no more feel like your so called ‘common man’ !

Having said that, I don’t approve of the death of the police men by naxals, in the same way I don’t approve of the killings and atrocities carried out by government employed forces, in order to gift the lands to the corporates.

By: Dinesh Pilania

Dinesh Pilania — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:18:05 +0000

it is obvious that indian state is failing at so many fronts and general public facing hardships in daily life. and i feel it is the duty of learned people to help and organize so that ignorant can get their share and justice because they themselves r incapable of fighting this corrupt bureaucracy that is eating out everything and responsible for most of discontent in masses as they r not delivering services they r suppose to deliver and this is one of the reason of moist infiltration and influence in aadivasi areas.
dinesh pilania

By: An Indian

An Indian — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:17:33 +0000

Let me start by writing that I do not (repeat – DO NOT) support either Maoists or Naxals – as they take law into their own hands.

However, when Indian Administration / Police “fail in carrying out their duties, HONESTLY” – Naxals / Maoists, step in. I have a first-hand experience of my closest friend’s father who was a police officer (CID Branch). This police officer was abducted by Naxals, beaten almost to death – his bones crushed, so it took him almost a year to recover.

While this police officer was recovering, a letter was mailed to his house detailing DATE-WISE “accomplishments” of the police officer i.e. taking bribes, mis-using power, twisting facts, and harassing innocent farmers / adivasis. It’s only through this letter that the family realized what was going on.

When police officers (protectors of law and citizens), mis-use power – that’s what results either when Maoists or Naxals, step in. However, I am not sure whatever the Police Officer of CID Special Branch – Mr. Francis Induwar MAY or MAY-NOT have done. But one thing I am sure of is, neither Maoists nor Naxals engage in any excesses against innocents.

An Indian.

By: An Indian

An Indian — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:17:04 +0000

It appears Ayush has a habit of commenting always with “forked tongue” or as I wrote earlier “foot in mouth”.

Almost every reader on this platform will come to realize that Ayush is a “child” or tends to “behave like one”.

Good comments “rupisingh” @ 10.10.09 – 2:19 am. If I were in your shoes, I would “spit” on the commentator, for his repeat WRONG performance.

By: Kishan

Kishan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:16:27 +0000

Nothing new or original in your arguments Mr Dungdung!Only tired, old cliches.
Nothing wharsoever can justify taking of innocent lives.
A common man (Aam Admi) faces inefficiency,harassment,corruption in his daily life every day.But he is trying to patiently work out solutions to his problems, not beheading some innocent policeman!
Kishan

By: Rupisingh

Rupisingh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:15:52 +0000

Dear Ayush,
Like you point that human rights have to be fair to everyone, the whole point of this article is that state has to be FAIR to all it’s citizens.The human development report 2009,author has referred to explains the utter neglect of its subject by the state.I hope you live in India and would be facing challenges like:Drinking water,power cuts,unsafe roads,health and education etc.The middle class pays for most of the things yet gets synthetic milk for their kids and spurious milk products on the auspicious occasion like Diwali.WHO says that over 50% life saving drugs sold in India are spurious.Sir if you want to know about the failure of Indian state read newspaper/watch TV beyond Sensex and reality shows.Reality is stark with politics becoming dynastic across political parties and please don’t be apologist for any political party as none think beyond their next election and next generation
rupisingh

By: Ayush

Ayush — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:15:09 +0000

I am appalled by the reading between the line which Gladson has done. First of all, there was no threat by Govt to Human Rights Groups. Secondly, be it adivasi or non-adivasi, there is negligence of our Police forces in such cases by the higher authorities. By adding the caste flavor, he is making a hype. And though Chidambaram is expecting human right activists to condemn these killings, truth is that, the State of India has to do its own protection. Human Righs groups are not going to come to help the government run anything smoothly. They have never condemned the atrocities by Kashmiris, they do not condemn any separatists violence,the bombings here and there. All they focus is on government. We do need human rights, but it has to be fair to everyone.

Also, no one in NDA or Congress has mentioned that Burka or beard indicate a terrorist, its a story cooked by people like Gladson, who can’t bear to see the unity of different socieites in our nation, they try to make sensation of all these incident just in the name of Human Rights or Minority abuse.
Ayush