tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885412.post114527817902021760..comments2023-11-02T16:06:29.793+05:30Comments on My life, my words: Anti-development?Madhathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00644775431982631751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885412.post-1145593985105188942006-04-21T10:03:00.000+05:302006-04-21T10:03:00.000+05:30See, I am fine if the develeopment pattern was not...See, I am fine if the develeopment pattern was not uniform across India and there were different rates of development in different parts of the country. But displacing people from their lands and not rehabilitating them is not fine. <A HREF="http://dcubed.blogspot.com/2006/04/whats-wrong-with-perceptions.html" REL="nofollow">These </A> are some of the facts of the Narmada issue. And this is a high profile case which is in public view. The other high profile example is the farmer suicides. Development is not happening for them. In fact, things are going from bad to worse for them. That I say is not acceptable. And dont point to globalization and say this is what is going to happen. If that is so, why does the States heavily subsidise for its farmers and impose huge tariffs on food imports from the developing world?<BR/><BR/>'Progress' is not an achievement for a society. 'Progress' is a process for a society to reach the distant utopian dream. One cannot just be cynical and say that since so many people tried and failed to create the perfect society, it is impossible. The perfect society is not something that can be achived in a generation or five. I would say all those 'leaders' contributed to the world. If stalin showed that Communism is a flawd concept, Dubya shows what a theocracy can do to the world. It will take more than that. Perhaps, it is impossible to achieve the perfect society and that I think is a good thing.Madhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00644775431982631751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885412.post-1145401260715609922006-04-19T04:31:00.000+05:302006-04-19T04:31:00.000+05:30That the development pattern in India is not unifo...That the development pattern in India is not uniform is a hard fact. But equally difficult to repudiate are the lessons from history, which show that no society anywhere in the world has progressed at an uniform pace. And are you sure the development of the "few" is at the cost of the "many"? Or are their just different rates of "development", however one may choose to define it?<BR/><BR/>It is futile to argue that markets are perfect or that globalization is a ultimate leveller. They are not. But is there a alternative? I would love to see someone define "progress" and create a abstract society which achieves it. The world has seen lenin, stalin, mao, deng, hitler, churchill, thatcher and now Dubya attempting it. Whose ideas have made the world a better place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com