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Lot of rightly deserved backlash on this article. I will offer my unsolicited two cents on things I disagree with from the article as well as from the responses which I saw.
The article romanticizes a period of crime, corruption and political patronage to criminals. (B4 some1 https://twitter.com/RamaNewDelhi/status/1326506054474104832
The article romanticizes a period of crime, corruption and political patronage to criminals. (B4 some1 https://twitter.com/RamaNewDelhi/status/1326506054474104832
points out, I understand that criminal-politician nexus is not something unique to that period or to the state of Bihar. But since the context is bihar, will restrict the discussion accordingly).
As many have pointed out, the article relies only on reported cases to draw
As many have pointed out, the article relies only on reported cases to draw
its conclusion, ignoring many unreported cases & lived experiences of ppl. The fear which people felt in going out of their homes after 7pm cannot be shown on graphs. Thus calling the horrors imaginary is nt only mocking the victims but also intellectual dishonesty esp coming
from a TISS faculty.
Having said that, it is also true that the period was a period of empowerment of certain LCs against the UCs who dominated capital, media, state admin & law enforcement of the state. But instead of better future for LCs, it resulted into jungle raj 4 everyone
Having said that, it is also true that the period was a period of empowerment of certain LCs against the UCs who dominated capital, media, state admin & law enforcement of the state. But instead of better future for LCs, it resulted into jungle raj 4 everyone
@AsimAli6 has a good thread on this. Will link it at the end of this thread.
Can that period be called period of social justice? - I don't know enough to comment on that.
Coming to the economic development aspect - the author asserts that lack of FDI inflow into bihar was
Can that period be called period of social justice? - I don't know enough to comment on that.
Coming to the economic development aspect - the author asserts that lack of FDI inflow into bihar was
a significant reason why Bihar didn't grow and he puts the blame on the perceptions of bimaru state created because of what he calls the imaginary sufferings, the truth value of which I already discussed. But apart from that, taking only one economic parameter into consideration
while commenting on the overall economic condition of a state over not so small period of time is laughable to say the least. The author could have gone into how freight equalization policy wronged the state and the impact of which was felt even during the RJD rule- even more so
because state was amidst various social
justice movements in post mandal era.
Any analysis of economic development cannot absolve the state of its failure in providing a safe atmosphere for economic activity to thrive.
Fin.
Link to Asim's thread - https://twitter.com/AsimAli6/status/1271367539810074625?s=19
justice movements in post mandal era.
Any analysis of economic development cannot absolve the state of its failure in providing a safe atmosphere for economic activity to thrive.
Fin.
Link to Asim's thread - https://twitter.com/AsimAli6/status/1271367539810074625?s=19
