Lalgarh, 2009: Indian Tribal People Dislodged Again
by Lalgarh is a small area where a section of the Indian tribal people lives. Lalgarh is in the Indian state of West Bengal and is in the district of West Medinipur. The area has been occupying the front page of all the dailies in India in recent times due to some ulterior design of all the rulers. This short article is to highlight that something has been rotten.
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Lalgarh, 2009 (Indian tribal people dislodged again)
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a village cot of west bengal
Lalgarh is a small area where a section of the Indian tribal people lives. Lalgarh is in the Indian state of West Bengal and is in the district of West Medinipur. The area has been occupying the front page of all the dailies in India in recent times due to some ulterior design of all the rulers. This short article is to highlight that something has been rotten.
The history of the tribal people of India is replete with tears and bloodshed and deprivation. People comparatively developed and equipped with developed arms have always driven out the tribal folks in India from their settlements. One will find accounts of their fight against the oppressors down the historical periods. Even the great bard of the Indian epic of the Ramayana has described how Ramachandra has killed one tribal chieftain. The tribal resistance against the expansion of the British imperialist in India is a part of history.
The fate of the Indian tribes has not changed after 1947, the year in which India has achieved political independence. Tribal people of India have remained as a source of cheap labor. They have always been neglected and deprived of the bliss of the modern civilization. For the growth of the Indian economy roadways, railways, factories and big dams have been built up. But for each and every construction a great mass of the Indian tribes has been uprooted and dislodged from their habitations. Rehabilitation of the driven out has been pronounced by a few and Indian government has earmarked millions of rupees for their betterment officially. But there are men at every point of disbursement of the same to rob the most. And it stands as an open secret.
VILLAGERS’ LABOR
Right from 1977 communists are at the helm of power in West Bengal. West Bengal is a state in the eastern part of India. These communists are the most opportunists and they have established themselves as one of the worst of the hypocrites although they claim that they are the messiah of the poorer people. Presently they have engaged themselves in a competition to satisfy the pilots of the globalization and hence they have decided to follow the footprints of the communist China in building up Special Economic Zones in different parts of West Bengal. They have selected locations where the resistance from the people will be less.
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