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How should the Indian government deal with the Maoist insurgency?
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The solution is not, no guns, Macca. This treats only symptoms and not the cause. Proper International observation and recording of crimes is the answer so the real wrongdoers can be clearly identified. Then, if in the unlikely event they persist, they can be easily penalised if there is honest goodwill in the West
If you look at your own footage you will probably fine most of the Weapons come from China,So there's a big part of the problem.Gun's from china's gun runners.Solution;No gun's!a lot less killing.
Its not what the Indian government should do,Its what other World government\'s should do,ie:If Australia stopped selling Iron Ore
Why no questions in this report about where are the rebels getting their supplies (money)? Or, who might be ripping off what from the locals/rebels via the Govt which may be the cause of this "policing"? One must wonder if somebody stands to benefit from this.
Having visited this area immeidately after the attack on the police station mentioned this report, i can vouch first hand as to the fear the Naxalites breed in the entire political system, and the local population. Although there are some good NGO aid systems currently in place, in my view the fault lies with the lack of accountability which the government in India enjoys. The fact that 600 million people live on less than $1 per day, without basic sanitation levels or opportunity of education, whilst the Indian government spends its money on space projects and the like speaks volumes as the disparity that is systemically permitted by the government system. I can only hope that the worlds largest democracy therefore democratically demands its government govern for the good of the population as a whole.
should negotiate peace
i have been to india six times. kashmir four times. watched the terrible politics played out between india and pakistan on the poor souls of kashmir. myself and my good friend kerrie hall were in kargil when it was shelled for the first time since partition. we caught a lift on a truck back to drass at 4am to get out of kargil, the india times said less than 20 people died but the truth was in the mid thirties. three of the children i was taking photos of at the school in the morning were among the dead. i guess my point is the fragil nature of life in india. india appears to be no different to so many other countries in the world who believe they need a boogy man to maintain fear and to justify the military, political machine, i guess there zietguist. the artical on your dateline about the maioists just bought back memories. the fact is the poor in india are zero to the wealthy. being poor is not admirable, i dont find it unusual given indias history. just a note to george, hope it is past on to him! kerrie hall is now a journalist. james cook educated, she is very well traveled and can take the hard knocks and dodge the bullets with the best of them. i know kezza was sitting beside me whilst the shells were coming in for 2 hrs and she held her resolve. kez would be a great asset to your teem. you would be very impressed with her. my fathers name was george, met you through the boys whom were doing the bush regen on your home up the valley, lovely part of the world. kerries email is kerrie.hall@gmail.com, she is a very talented and truthfully person george. she needs to be put to work and needs a challenge, a waist of talent. regards ken malone, tanban
I can't help but draw parallels between this current Indian situation and that of the 1960s in South Vietnam. As corrupt, uncaring governments reside over brutal, power-hungry 'special police', they only end up alienating the people they allegedly serve. In South Vietnam, the Montagnard hill-tribesmen weren't even considered human beings by the South Vietnamese government. They were considered a species of animal. I wonder if the Indian government secretly has feelings such as these. And this is the nation that the US are happy to sell nuclear fuel to, even though they aren't signatories to the non-proliferation treaty and whom Australia is considering selling its own yellow-cake to.
Restrict salaries and benefits within companies and organisaions to a maximum of 10 tines the pay made to the least paid workers (full time or pro rata), inflicting heavy taxes on compaanies exceeding this level. This will stop the alienation that poor people feel to both the government and the wealthy cmpanies tha exploit the people. Maoism and other radical groups develop when people feel nobody cares about their economic state or general well being. There are companies around the world who work on this principle.