India Marks 60th Anniversary

The PM, Manmohan Singh, "promised to invest in agriculture"...and blah blah, usual rhetoric.
http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/138210-India+marks+60th+anniversary+urging+war+on+poverty

Tens of thousands of farmers have committed suicide in last 5 years (in the 'booming economy' of the 'new India') and the numbers continue to skyrocket.
For a reality check on India, I recommend the following articles:
India is Colonising Itself by author Arundhati Roy
http://www.countercurrents.org/roy260307.htm
Sixty Years of Fake Freedom: The South Asian Story by Partha Banerjee
http://countercurrents.org/banerjee090807.htm

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While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony. -B. Dylan "It's Alright Ma"
 
Arundhati Roy is a deeply insightful writer. I also highly recommend her. I read one of her books on dams, don't remember the title, several years ago - what an eye opener!
 
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