Dear Danish
Let me summarise (for the nth time) our rules for journos like yourself / Mr Mandhare etc.
1) No circulation of contact details like mobiles nos. etc.
2) No fishing for leads / stories / quotes etc from members.
3) Strict focus of messages on RTI issues, particularly interpretation of the RTI Act and decisions / affairs of the Information Commissions - especially the Central Information Commission.
Insofar as "Naxalism" is concerning, its your loss not mine.
Personally I find it offensive when people use the term associated with a failed advance people's local movement of 1968 as a stereotyped description for age-old class struggles in corrupt societies. Why for example do you not refer to it as say "Titumirism" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titumir] from the same general area as Naxalbari as your descriptor ? Are you prepared to discuss "Titumirism" if not "Naxalism" :-) ?
The article you linked to in your (relatively unknown) magazine asked a rhetorical question concerning "no quarter" for Naxalites and trivialised it by equating it to a request for a Govt quarter in Delhi.
I'm sure that the educated journos I usually interact with, know very well that "no quarter" is a term used to in a warlike situation as roughly meaning "we cannot quarter (house / provide for) you after your defeat, so this is a fight to the finish".
Of course we all know that this is mere bluster / bluff on the part of a weak and rotten State lip-sync'ed by the puppet head of one of the most corrupt Governments we have ever had, and nobody takes such statements at face value.
Finally, on the question of 1/3rd of India being "Naxal" (to use your term) dominated, do you include movements like say Kashmir "jihadis", Naga "separatists", Bodo "rebels" etc as Naxals ?
Sarbajit
--- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com, Danish Raza <danish@...> wrote:
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> Dear Sarabjit,
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> thanks for your mail. will go through the group rules and stop the posts if
> in violation. as for the naxalite/naxalism problem goes, my magazine and I
> can do without your wisdom.
> thanks
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Danish Raza <danish@...>wrote:
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> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: sarbajit roy <mail.sarbajitroy@...>
> > Date: Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: [rti_india] Fwd: It occurred to me this morning....
> > To: rti_india@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Mr Raza
> >
> > Firstly, if you persist in posting such messages to the group, you shall be
> > booted out as being in violation of our group rules.
> >
> > Secondly, you / your magazine quite evidently have no idea of what a
> > Naxalite / Naxalism is, and it is factually incorrect to publish that 1/3rd
> > of the country is under their boot
> >
> > Sarbajit
> > Group Moderator
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:02 AM, Danish Raza <danish@...>wrote:
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> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: danish raza <danishraza2007@...>
> >> Date: Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:30 PM
> >> Subject: Fwd: It occurred to me this morning....
> >> To: danish@...
> >>
> >>
> >> *When the Prime Minister said emphatically that "no quarter will be
> >> given" to the Naxalites what did he really mean? With one-third of the
> >> country already under their boot, they are not going to apply (in triplicate
> >> and through proper channel) for the Central Government's dingy Type 3
> >> quarter in Moti Bagh, are they? So which quarter are we denying them?
> >> *http://governancenow.com/news/regular-story/it-occurred-me-morning-5
> >>
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