http://kafila.org/2007/03/20/orientalism/ media | politics | dissent Sun, 27 May 2012 10:08:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://kafila.org/2007/03/20/orientalism/#comment-1498 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:11:22 +0000 http://www.kafila.org/2007/03/20/orientalism/#comment-1498 [...] orientalism2.jpg 400×533 – 35 kb http://www.kafila.org [...]

]]> http://kafila.org/2007/03/20/orientalism/#comment-1497 Thu, 24 May 2007 04:34:49 +0000 http://www.kafila.org/2007/03/20/orientalism/#comment-1497 The irony of the whole setting makes me wonder if this is not something of a trophy shoot!

]]> http://kafila.org/2007/03/20/orientalism/#comment-1496 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:54:42 +0000 http://www.kafila.org/2007/03/20/orientalism/#comment-1496 Probably the picture signifies the aesthetic aspect of poverty, thats why we, middle class people, seek a consolation in ourselves when we take this kind of photograph. Perhaps we want to get beyond the human suffering by clicking a machine brazenly and making a life and the whole class to tell its story by itself.

]]> http://kafila.org/2007/03/20/orientalism/#comment-1495 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:47:27 +0000 http://www.kafila.org/2007/03/20/orientalism/#comment-1495 This reminds me of the north east…the region has great potential for hydel power but most of it is used outside the state, the companies make money by selling power from the region to other states. DONER plans to spend Rs 20,000 crore in the course of the next five years but the ministry is apprehensive as to whether the whole amount could be gainfully employed for the region.
The earlier north east industrial policy proved to be a boon for Uttaranchal and not the north east.
Just another thought, do not know whether its quite relevant but on the one hand we have Bastar, a region still living the ‘pre modern existence’ in poverty and illiteracy with complete political apathy…and on the other we have Nandigram, which belongs to one of the most prosperous districts in Bengal -Midnapore.
In a recent survey quoted in The Economic Times, the district of east Midnapore was one of the largest markets for certain consumer products in the country.
And for all its prosperity, Nandigram could not be saved only to be included the ‘august list’ of places like Keshpur, Morichjhapi and others which will forever bear the stamp of the Left and the political violence in Bengal.
Where does one go?

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