Industrialisation, a tribal's perspective

Is India a mere economy only??
Is profit the only scale to measure development in India??
Is modernisation==westernisation??

Today money has become god.Profit drives money and money drives minds.
Industrialisation has undoubtedly brought great changes in all spheres of life .Faster urbanisation ,Increased technical prowess ,economic boom and unending job oppourtunities are few of its brighter outcome.

But has it brought a proportionate growth in among all Indians?

In recent past we all have witnessed gruesome killing of Tribals in unethical endeavour of encroaching their land .
Be it Koyal karo dam project, be it Kalinganagar,be it Lanjigarah ,be it Maikanch ...or be it Nandigram ......whenever such project took its course ,its cost tribal blood.We all lost our lands ,lost our livelihood and dumped into misery .

All we need is to peep in to poor tribal minds to understand the precarious situation.Tribals are like earthworms ,live in the same land and die in the same.Just like a fish taken out of water dies ,tribals will die if they are made landless.


*Even International Labour Organisation has set standards like Land for Land.But all the R & R packages by the Govt. and the capitalists offer cash or job promises (fake most of the times).
The literacy rate among tribals is below 50% .Even in Census criteria for counting someone literate is the ability to read and write.I can safely say if we count number of adult tribals who are 10th passed .....is much more low....

So what kind of job will govt. offer to them??

Basically maximum number of tribals are farmers .They work in fields ,raise crops,rear cattles ,sell wild fruits.......In a way they are self sufficient in Livestock.
Few of them work in cities as labourers in off time ,to compensate their landlesness or seasonal unemployment.

If they are displaced without providing them land ,they will turn into pool of labourers and that too unskilled.Earlier they had not to pay for Livestocks ,now Livestocks will eat up all their hard earned money........education and health care is a far dream.

Who will save them from Inflation??
Has govt. thought in this regard??

*Being a technocrat I can safely say that for any mining project ,few more basic supplementary projects are also needed like

a) Power ( often hydro), for which dams are needed .This again pose a threat to displacement of a bunch of people.All rivers are not Ganga ,whose glacial origin never allows it to dry down.

In mountains of Orissa , its the aluminium content of soil which retains moisture and this flow down as streams of water .Tribals use it for irrigation and household purposes ,but extensive use of these water in refineries and smelters not only leaves the Tribals helpless but also pose a threat to environment .The improper disposal of waste is just another menace.

In 1950-60s Indal(Indian Aluminium) a subsidiary of Alcan built an Aluminium smelter in Hirakud(north west Orissa) which displaced 16 000 ppl of which 50% were tribals .
For this it got a dam named Hirakud dam.

Major floods which occured in 1980 and 1999 was caused by the need of sudden release of heavy rain water to save the Dam.

b)Transportaion of raw materials and finshed goods.
Again Railways tracks need to be laid up .Roads to be built.
so clear the forests ,dismantle the villages which come in way ...Eh!! it so bitter fact.

c)Labourers in Mines Not all work is done using machinery .Atleast in India where Labor is cheap ,who bothers to buy the most advanced machinery .Though it is hazardous but tribals find no way out and are compelled to work in these factories.

*Most of the mining companies are of foreign Origin .
POSCO(S.korea),Vedanta(england),Alco( by Birla with collaboration of Kaiser ,US )...etc etc ..............I need pages to write its effects on economy.

We are pooling our natural resources to soothe ,to appease the luxurious aspirations of one section of rich people.
In India 33 major automobile Industries,which every year showcase 2-3 new models of cars .
People are busy choosing models ,even if the head light looked odd they manufactured a new model.

Have ever anyone thought from where the Aluminium for those come?

In their super markets ,they wrap junk food ,sweets and food materials in Aluminium wrappers (thin foils).These are nothing but wastes in Aluminium refineries.

Is this what we call Modernisation ??I call it "Over development"

All Indians are black pigs ,few of us try to project themselves white by itching,scratching and bleaching.The aping of West has increased the greed of luxury and fashion.

But the people who suffer for this are far away from our eyes in the remote villages living a cursed life.

Today ,People call us fools as we hinder Nation's progress.
Is our progress not counted as nations progress just because we dont add to GDP?

They are not interested in educating us ,giving medical facility.
And they say they are developing us by Industrialisation.Hilarious!!


So again I ask the same question "Is India a mere Economy ?"

In this country People can forget Bhopal Gas tragedy in a span of 15 years .See the stock price of DOW today...still in the forefront.People can forgive Narendra Modi and elect him CM even after Godhra, just because he has brought economic development.Adivashis are duped and their Land is snatched in order set up industries which will provide jobs to the educated mass in Metros.

Money Money Money.........Profit hi saab kuch hai bhai ..
Can I expect ethics ?
Can I expect spirit ?..........Is nation all about points in Exchanges?