We Indian citizens have alredy reserved a Guided sniper bullet for everyone of Us!

Bush Decides the Fate of Great Asian People,Ha!
We Indian citizens have alredy reserved a Guided sniper bullet for everyone of Us!
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" We shall continue to target you, at home and abroad, just as you target us, at home and abroad, and these spy dens and military command and control centres from which you plotted your aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq. "
- Adam Gadahn, al-Qaida leader
India, Israel seek to strengthen economic cooperationDaily News & Analysis - 3 hours agoPTI The two leaders said efforts should be made to fully utilise the potential for enhanced economic cooperation. Solar energy, water technology, nanotechnology, agriculture, including organic farming, and medicine were outlined as some of the key ...
'A Double-Edged Sword'Pakistan's banished prime minister on talks with Musharraf that could pave her way back to power.
Toby Melville / ReutersTroubled Twosome: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf needs the support of exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to be reelected, but she needs his help to return to the countryBy Ron MoreauNewsweek InternationalAug. 13, 2007 issue - Benazir Bhutto, the exiled, two-time Pakistani prime minister, is now negotiating a political comeback with President Pervez Musharraf. Last week they reportedly met face to face in Abu Dhabi after months of back-channel talks. The two need each other. Bhutto wants to return to Pakistan to run in next year's elections—without having to face the corruption charges that drove her into exile. She also needs a repeal of the two-term limit for elected prime ministers. Musharraf, meanwhile, is grasping at straws: last month the Supreme Court overturned his suspension of the chief justice; his approval rating is an anemic 34 percent, and Islamic militants have launched a spate of attacks against his security forces, including two suicide bombings in Islamabad. He thus needs the support of Bhutto and her Pakistan People's Party—arguably the most popular political force in the country—if he hopes to be re-elected president. From her London home, Bhutto, 54, discussed Pakistan's political melodrama in a telephone interview with NEWSWEEK's Ron Moreau. Excerpts:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20123386/site/newsweek/
Guided sniper bullets which can slightly change its course during flight to target. If this technology founded even an inexperienced soldier can kill an enemy several kilometers away. Now Indian Ocean captuered, Indian sky flat open and the Land , sieged we Indian citizens have alredy reserved a Guided sniper bullet for everyone of Us!Washington with its military as well as monetary hands dragged succesfully India and Indian People in War Against Terrorism!Ever since it was released on August 3, the much-awaited text of the India-United States nuclear deal has been profusely commented upon and covered in the media. It is obvious the text has tried to accommodate diverging interests and constraints of both the parties by clever use of language -- to give an illusory impression that the concerns are duly reflected. In fact, our case was compromised to a large extent when this American act was passed, our prime minister's assurances to the contrary notwithstanding. For the sake of public comfort, both parties are saying loudly that they are free to hold on to their respective rights and legal positions. It means hardly anything as far as India is concerned. Up against the Hyde Act standing like a Rock of Gibraltar, India has no leverage to force any of the issues during the innumerable consultations suggested in the text.
Strike Risk is higher now from within as well as omnipresent galaxy US strikepower has the last word to decide our destiny!Though,India on Monday sought to play down the latest Al-Qaeda threat warning that diplomatic missions in India are the terror network's new targets.
"There is no confirmed news of any such threat till now. However, our forces and the state machinery are always ready to face such threats," said Minister Of State For Home Sriprakash Jaiswal.
A new Al-Qaeda video compiled by the outfit's production arm, As-Sahab, and released on Sunday proclaims that "the targeting of Tel Aviv, Moscow and Delhi" is its "legitimate right". "Our forces are alert to avert any such attempt. I want to appeal to the people that they need not worry about such threats."
A new Al-Qaeda video compiled by the outfit's production arm, As-Sahab, and released on Sunday proclaims that "the targeting of Tel Aviv, Moscow and Delhi" is its "legitimate right". It also accuses India of "killing more than 100,000 Muslims in Kashmir with US blessings".
On the other hand, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, today gave a vote of confidence in the booming Indian economy with plans to roll out a network of cash-and-carry superstores across the country.The venture, with Indian conglomerate Bharti, will see 10 to 15 wholesale stores in the next seven years beginning in 2008. The companies will each have an equal stake in the venture, which will be branded Bharti Wal-Mart and will employ at least 5,000 people. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, today gave a vote of confidence in the booming Indian economy with plans to roll out a network of cash-and-carry superstores across the country.
The venture, with Indian conglomerate Bharti, will see 10 to 15 wholesale stores in the next seven years beginning in 2008. The companies will each have an equal stake in the venture, which will be branded Bharti Wal-Mart and will employ at least 5,000 people. Rather than targeting Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai or Chennai - India's four main cities - the joint venture is placing its bets on fast-growing smaller urban centres.
Meanwhile,Indian air force helicopters swept low over the flooded plains of northern India on Monday, dropping desperately needed aid to some 2 million people marooned by some of the worst flooding to hit the area in 30 years, officials said.
The flood situation continued to remain grim in Orissa Monday as a storm, accompanied by torrential rains and strong winds, inundated many more areas of the state including Cuttack and capital Bhubaneswar.
For a unwanted Nuke deal the Ruling Class in India made the Indian Ocean a Free US military zone and the resultant chaos just begins. Bush sounds security alert all over and al-Qaida sets its targets in India! US war game is going to be very very dangerous for Nation India. We have so many problems already. The Post Modern Manusmriti agenda has made this country a US colony. World Bank slaves and comradors of Zionist Hindu US Imprialism have already destroyed Indigenous production system and handed over freedom and sovereignity to Butcher Bush! We have invited more calamities to serve the interests of US interests. Mncs have taken over everything. The Nature, environment and Man endangered as land of Law is being changed to accomodate forein agenda. India's agriculture ministry said on Monday it was still assessing the impact on crops of massive monsoon floods in the country's east, but state officials said vast areas of rice and corn had been damaged. But agriculture is not the agenda of the rotten Brahminical system which is the basic source of biotic sustenance of the enslaved fifty percent masses in day today life and livelihood. False satastical jugglery and baseless growth rate accompanied by a propelled Sensex create a Shining Brand India which has to evict Rural India from the word, Beginning.
Hasina files 2 writ petitions Noor Ali extortion case, ACC notice challenged
Detained former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday filed two writ petitions challenging the legality of government action incorporating another extortion case against her under the stringent Emergency Power Rules (EPR) and the Anti-Corruption Commission notice asking her to submit wealth statement, reports UNB. • FULL STORY http://www.bangladesh-web.com/Army saved country, says President
President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed on Sunday said army had saved the country from an anarchic situation on January 11 and now they appeared as the driving force in the ongoing anti-graft campaign earning global appreciation, reports BSS. • FULL STORY http://www.bangladesh-web.com/
India RisingMessy, raucous, democratic India is growing fast, and now may partner up with the world's richest democracy—America.
Juan Manuel Castro Prieto / Agence VuVisitors outside the Taj Mahal
COVER: THE NEW INDIA India: Asia's Other Superpower Breaks OutNEWSWEEK ON AIR India—Rising GiantGuest: Fareed Zakaria, Editor, NEWSWEEK International Editions
Talk Transcript: India Rising NEWSWEEK International Editor Fareed Zakaria joined us for a Live Talk about India’s growing power in the world, on Thursday, March 2, at 12:30 p.m. ET. By Fareed ZakariaNewsweekMarch 6, 2006 issue - Every year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, there's a star. Not a person but a country. One country impresses the gathering of global leaders because of a particularly smart Finance minister or a compelling tale of reform or even a glamorous gala. This year there was no contest. In the decade that I've been going to Davos, no country has captured the imagination of the conference and dominated the conversation as India in 2006.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11571348/site/newsweek/Taking It EasyIndian leaders are enjoying the boom times by putting off more painful reforms. The mistake could cost them.By Ruchir SharmaNewsweek InternationalMarch 6, 2006 issue - The buzz in the financial circles a few months ago was that every man and his dog could raise money to invest in India. Now the thinking is that a man is no longer required.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11568880/site/newsweek/
No foreign direct investment is allowed in the retail sector, except for single-brand stores such as Nike. By entering the wholesale market, Wal-Mart will gain a foothold ahead of its many competitors should the government allow foreign retailers to expand. But it is years behind German retailer Metro, which has a presence in five Indian states and last month offered to spend 6.5bn rupees (£82m) on a wholesale operation in north India.
Bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is believed to be living in the tribal border region of Pakistan. His ability to avoid capture remains a political sore spot for Bush.
But Musharraf has objected to any unilateral action by Washington.
Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was equally careful in describing how U.S. officials would handle such a situation.
A fresh al-Qaida video has warned that the United States and India are among the terror networks primary targets worldwide, according to agency reports.A wanted American member of al-Qaida has in a new video warned that US and Indian interests and diplomatic missions are ''legitimate targets''. The warning was posted on Lauramansfield.com, an American website that monitors terrorist groups and says that al-Qaida's primary objective is to target Israel, Russia and India, apart from the US.The video also features clips from speeches by al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and his right hand man Ayman Al Zawahiri.
On the other hand, President Bush said Monday that with the right intelligence U.S. and Pakistan governments can take out al-Qaida leaders, and wouldn't say whether he would consult first with Pakistan before ordering U.S. forces to act on their own. "With real actionable intelligence, we will get the job done," Bush said.
He was asked whether he would wait on permission from Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf before committing the U.S. military to move on "actionable intelligence" on the whereabouts of terrorist leaders in Pakistan. He did not answer directly.
Bush was at the presidential retreat at Camp David for two days of meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The two held talks on a rash of crises confronting Afghanistan: civilian killings, a booming drug trade and the brazen resurgence of the Taliban.
The deteriorating security there has been underscored by the ongoing captivity of 21 South Korean volunteers kidnapped in Afghanistan. The crisis has put considerable pressure on Karzai.
The Taliban took 23 people hostage and have killed two of them. It is seeking the release of prisoners, but the Afghan government has refused. The United States also adamantly opposes any concessions to such demands.
Bush and Karzai agreed during their meeting that "there should be no quid pro quo" that could embolden the Taliban, said Gordon Johndroe, a Bush spokesman.
On another matter, Karzai said Bush heard and shared his concerns about the mounting number of Afghan casualties as the war there rages on. Militants often wear civilian dress and seek shelter in villagers' homes, making it hard to differentiate the enemy from the innocent.
The one-hour and 17 minute-long video also featured a computer-animated recreation of a March 2006 suicide attack that killed US diplomat David Foy in Karachi and testimony from a man who claimed to be the bomber.
''We shall continue to target you, at home and abroad, just as you target us, at home and abroad, and these spy dens and military command and control centres from which you plotted your aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq,'' said Adam Gadahn, also known as Azzan al-Amriki.
The California-born Gadahn was charged with treason in the US last autumn and has been wanted since 2004 by the FBI, which is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
He last appeared in a video in May threatening the United States with an attack worse than September 11, 2001.
'Expel by force'
It was not known when his footage was filmed, because he did not describe any recent specific events.
''Years of bitter trial and experience have revealed the danger they (referring to embassies) pose and shown that the only way to deal with them when they refuse to leave of their own accord is to expel them by force,'' Gadahn said.
The al-Qaida message also focussed on the testimony of suicide bomber Abu Othman, who was purportedly shown sitting in a leafy shaded garden explaining how he had once fought in Afghanistan and his reasons for going on jihad, or holy war, against the United States.
Othman was purportedly shown helping to wire his white compact car with explosives and at the end of the video, hugging his friends goodbye before driving off into the night to carry out his mission. (With AP inputs)
Stop Wal-Mart's 'backdoor entry': Vandana Shiva
By IANS Monday August 6, 10:03 PM New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The entry into India of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. through its tie up with Bharti Enterprises will pose a threat to millions of small traders and farmers and destroy India's retail democracy, renowned green campaigner Vandana Shiva said Monday.
'The assumption that Wal-Mart brings skills to the retail sector that will benefit Indian farmers and consumers is totally false. Wal-Mart specialises in long-distance supply and large volumes of purchase from single producers at predatory prices,' she said in a statement.
'The Bharti Wal-Mart announcement is a threat to the livelihood security of millions and a threat to the food sovereignty of our farmers and retail democracy. This partnership will increase corporate concentration over agriculture production; push our diverse and decentralized systems of production to uniformity and thousands of food miles,' she added.
On the 60th anniversary of India's independence, Shiva said small and marginal farmers, hawkers, tiny shopkeepers and consumers, 'have declared 9th August, 2007, Quit India Day - as a day for freedom from corporate retail with the slogan Corporations Quit Retail.'
'Bharti Wal Mart Private Ltd is not needed by the people of India... We demand the backdoor entry also be stopped,' she said, adding that protests and mass meetings would be organised all over the country.
Home Ministry reviews Assam situation after ULFA violence
By PTI
New Delhi: The Centre is constantly reviewing the situation in Assam in the wake of ULFA violence yesterday which left 33 persons injured.Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta has spoken to state's Chief Secretary P C Sarma to take stock of the situation, MHA sources today said.
"The Home Ministry is keeping a close watch on the situation," they said.
Three incidents izations, Aslam said, "The parameters of this cooperation are well-known and these were recently acknowledged by the US Vice President Dick Cheney in an interview with CNN and reiterated by President George Bush during telephonic conversation with President Pervez Musharraf." While reiterating support for President Musharraf as an anti-terror ally, Bush administration officials have not ruled out US military strikes in Pakistan against Al-Qaeda.
At the same time Pakistan has received billions in US aid since joining it in the war on terror in late 2001 and has deployed about 90,000 troops to the border region near Afghanistan.
However, Washington has strongly criticised a September 2006 peace deal with pro-Taliban militants that reduced the Pakistan army's presence in the restive North Waziristan.
affects life partially in Nandigram Life was partially affected in Nandigram, site of the face-off between the West Bengal government and anti-displacement Bhumi Uched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC), during a 12-hour bandh by ruling CPI-M today.
The bandh called to press for the safe return of CPI-M supporters allegedly ousted from the area after the March 14 police firing, passed off peacefully with a large number of policemen deployed.
In Nandigram block I, a BUPC stronghold and site of the clash with the police, majority of the shops were open though schools and colleges were closed and vehicles kept off the roads. Government offices, banks and post offices were open.
At Nandigram II block, the situation was normal, while life was paralysed at neighbouring Khejuri, considered a CPI-M turf.
The bandh had been called by the CPI-M's Krishak Sabha and its East Midnapore district leader Ashok Guria said it was called to press its demand for the safe return of its 1500 supporters ousted from here after the police firing on May 14 which claimed 14 lives.
The party is, however, yet to submit its list of its supporters it claims were forced to flee from Nandigram.
Campaign against quota to converted DalitsMonday August 6 2007 12:15 IST DAVANAGERE: BJPs National Scheduled Caste Morcha plans to start a nationwide signature campaign, to collect ten lakh signatures against the Union Government move to provide Constitutional reservation to converted Christians and Muslims with in the quota for SC community, said Sathyanarayan Jatia, former union minister and national president of BJP SC Morcha here on Sunday.
Addressing media persons here, Jatia set a target of two lakh signatures for the State of Karnataka.
This is to bring awareness among the SCs on the vote bank politics of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to woo converted Christians and Muslims from the SC community, providing them free education, social status, financial aid etc. This Abhiyan is to tour the entire nation. We would campaign among the people that conversion to Christianity or Islam is not a panacea for their problems.
Manipur, another Nandigram in making?6 Aug 2007, 1519 hrs IST,PTIIMPHAL: Manipur government's decision to set up the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Lamphelpat has run into rough weather with local residents opposing the site.
Lamphelpat is the second choice of the NIT after Kiyamgei Loukol, near Manipur University, where thousands of local residents strongly resisted the proposed acquisition of the land there in Imphal west district.
'We will oppose the construction of the NIT at Lamphelpat area for preservation of the arable fertile land for agriculture,' said the memorandum submitted to Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh by Joint Action Committee for Preservation of Lamphelpat (JACFPL).
Kim Gangte, chairperson of JACFPL and a former member of Parliament, said JACFPL would launch a series of agitation till the shifting of the NIT site from Lamphelpat and nearby Langol area.
When contacted, some members of the JACFPL said the government should not invite Nandigram-type stir in Manipur over the proposed acquisition of land at Lamphelpat.
Ibobi Singh at a public function recently appealed to the people not to oppose the government's decision to establish the NIT at Lamphelpat area and sought co-operation of the people in government's effort to develop the state.
'If there is peace, we can get huge amount of funds from the centre for bringing all round development of the state,' said the Chief Minister asserting that officials hampering the development work would be punished.
Official sources said Manipur cabinet in July had decided to acquire 620 acres of lands at Lamphelpat and nearby Langol area for various purposes including construction of the NIT.
Of the 620 acres of land, 95 acres belongs to private land owners and the rest was government land, sources said.
Sources admitted that the part of the land was 'cultivable' but the government viewed it 'necessary' the construction of the NIT and other offices at the place which was not far from state capital complex.
They said Manipur government had first decided to set the NIT complex by acquiring private cultivable land at Kiyamgei Loukol area on the ground that the place was at a stone's throw from Manipur University.
Sources said authorities surveyed the land at Kiyamgei Loukol area amid protests by hundreds of farmers and local residents in April last.
Several persons who resisted the survey were injured when police made a lathicharge during the protests.
A Joint Action Committee (JAC) was formed by local residents and farmers of the area to launch a agitation against the proposal to construct the NIT.
The JAC had urged the government to shift the NIT on the ground that 'cultivable lands in the state have been sinking at a fast rate and taking over of land at Kiyamgei area is similar to cutting the livelihood of the people settled in the surrounding areas.' CPI-M observes peaceful shutdown in NandigramA 12-hour shutdown in Nandigram called by the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in West Bengal ended peacefully Monday evening.
'The shutdown was peaceful and no violent incident was reported,' West Bengal Home Secretary Prasad Ranjan Roy told reporters at the state secretariat Writers' Buildings here.
According to sources, the shutdown received a mixed response, partially disrupting life in Nandigram, Khejuri, Bhangabera and Tekhali areas of the trouble-torn East Midnapore constituency, about 150 km from here.
Amidst suppressed tension, both the warring groups - CPI-M supporters and Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee members - took out rallies in Garhchakraberia and Reyapara respectively in the violence-torn region.
West Bengal Inspector General (law and Order) Raj Kanojia also confirmed that the shutdown went without any violence amid heavy police deployment.
The CPI-M called the shutdown to protest the death of two party workers on July 29 in a clash with Bhumi Uchched Partirodh Committee - the anti-land acquisition group.
At least 23 people have died in Nandigram since January this year when the region erupted in protest over proposed land acquisition for a special economic zone (SEZ) in collaboration with Indonesia's Salim group for developing a chemical hub.
No student in 32,000 schools: Report Quote " People come to the school premises to relieve themselves as it always remains closed. "
- Student http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070021611
Monday, August 6, 2007 (New Delhi)While many in India speak about the need for 100 per cent literacy and crores are pumped into schemes like the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan, a government survey has unearthed some disturbing new facts and figures.
According to Elementary Education in India 2005-06, a report prepared by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), over 32,000 schools or almost 3 per cent schools do not have a single student.
Forty-eight per cent of these schools, mostly at the primary level, are in rural areas.
The survey covered over 11 lakh schools in 35 states and union territories and found that Karnataka was the worst with almost 8,000 schools without a single student.
The survey also found 6 per cent schools had less than 25 students, mostly in Bihar, Delhi, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.
The low enrollment is not surprising.
A school in Rewai village in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh has been closed ever since it was built. The village has a school, but no students and since there are no students, there are no teachers either.
''People come to the school premises to relieve themselves as it always remains closed,'' complained a student.
Twenty-three thousand schools don't have a single teacher and more than a lakh schools had just one teacher.
Schools also end up being without any students because they are set up in inaccessible areas.
International Investments: Is Policy Pendulum Swinging Back?
By Kavaljit Singh
25 July, 2007Countercurrents.org
In the last five decades, there have been dramatic swings in the policy pendulum governing foreign investments at various levels in response to changing global political context. In the 1960s and 70s, the dominant thinking was foreign investments should be restricted as it interferes in the domestic economic policy making besides posing a threat to national sovereignty. The 1980s and 90s witnessed major swings in the investment policy pendulum towards greater liberalization of the regulatory framework at the national level. The swing was more pronounced in developing countries, particularly in Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. Countries unilaterally (sometimes voluntarily) undertook liberalization measures such as lifting their controls on foreign ownership, removing performance requirements, and liberalizing their capital account. An increasing trend towards privatizing public sector companies in developing and transition countries added momentum to investment liberalization processes. Several countries also offered various guarantees and subsidies to foreign investors.
The extent of these swings in policy can be measured in several ways. For instance, expropriations had increased in the 1960s and early 1970s, but almost disappeared in the 1990s. According to UNCTAD, a total of 1,393 regulatory changes were introduced in national investment regimes during 1991-2001, out of which 1,315 (almost 95 per cent) were meant to create a favorable investment environment. In 2001 alone, as many as 208 regulatory changes were made by 71 countries, of which only 16 changes were less favorable for foreign investors.
The 1990s witnessed a surge in the number of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) as more and more countries started adopting liberalized investment policies. The highest number of BITs were negotiated and concluded during this decade. Regional initiatives on investment liberalization also emerged in the 1990s. In 1991, negotiations took place between the US, Canada, and Mexico to launch the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994. In many aspects, NAFTA was simply an extension to Mexico of the existing Canada-US Free Trade Agreementhttp://www.countercurrents.org/singh250707.htm
Environment, Sustainable Development And Globalisation:A Plea To Indian Legislatures
By Dr.Zafar Mahfooz Nomani
31 July, 2007Countercurrents.org
The impact of globalization on environment and sustainable development needs to be continuously addressed in Indian context which profoundly remains in the transition. In spite of the potential of globalization to economic convergence it paved for an increase in inequality resulting in increased environmental impacts such as climate change, protection of the ozone layer, biodiversity and desertification. These international trade arrangements and environmental agreements contain very few provision for harmonizing trade and environment trade and development. The increasing tendency of tram national corporations to establish global standards for environmental performance enhances the contribution of FDI to sustainable development. The Commission on Sustainable Development urged creditor countries and international financial institutions to implement speedily the enhanced heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) initiative. It also urged HIPC countries to develop national poverty strategies in a participatory way so that debt relief would be linked with poverty eradication. The Agenda 21 refers to national sustainable development strategies as important mechanisms for enhancing and linking national capacity so as to bring together priorities in social, economic and environmental policies. National sustainable development strategies provide an opportunity to put into practice common principles of strategic planning for sustainable development. The substantial human and institutional resources required for the formulation of national sustainable development strategies may impose a burden on India.
The United Nation’s Global Compact initiative, as a partnership between the United Nations, the business community, international, labour and civil society organizations commit to open markets while meeting the socio-economic needs of the world’s people and contributing to a more humane world. The main principles promoted by the Global Compact are taken from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labour Organization’s fundamental principles on rights at work, and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development all of which enjoy universal political support and a strong international legal foundation. Understanding the links between globalization and sustainable development is essential to more integrated and strategically focused Indian legal policy making. It allows Governments, International organizations and other stakeholders in the development process to make proactive adjustments to changing conditions in the enabling environment for sustainable development at the national level and through international cooperation.
The new economic policies and the structural adjustment programme often predict environmental impact without accuracy because of the complex interplay of various economic, social, political and ecological factors. These are put into effect in an effort to meet India’s severe balance of payments crisis, and to propel its economy into quicker growth and global integration. A part from direct fiscal policies, the major components of the new package include boosting exports to earn foreign exchange, liberalizing industrial production, dropping barriers to the entry of foreign companies and goods expanding privatization and cutting government spending. The drastic nature of the NEP package has understandably underscored natural environment conventional economists advocates an exploitable resource, and sink into which the effluents of affluence can be thrown.
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The Annual Flood Drama in Bihar
by Dr. Sudhir Ranjan, USAAug. 4, 2007
I still remember 1975 flood, condition and worsening life in northern parts of Bihar. In 1984, myself had taken shelter at Dighwara (Saran district) railway station. I can understand the pain as well fun in the form of malaise of the victims of swelling rivers (due to excessive rains). We saw helicopters hovering in the sky and a few days later bags of food dropped from the sky. Many of us said "Bhagwaan sun le le baaran, bada bhookh laagal rahe bada zor ke". We didn't ask for the caste and ate food together to see the world another day. Couple of weeks later receded water brought our lives back to normal and soon we erased our agony of life spent at the railway station and joined the same bandwagon (castes) we belonged to. In 1986, 1987 and 1989 we faced the similar situation and then I started living outside Bihar. In 2002 or 2003 I read one statement for flood victims in Darbhanga district made by none other than former Chief Minister Lalu Pd Yadav "KHOOB KHAAO MACHHLI (Fish), ARREE! EE BAARH (Flood) KE SAMAY MEIN HI DOOSRE KE TALAAB SE KOOD KE