CHANGE WANTED! PARIBARTON CHAAI!Face of the RESISTANCE MANIK MANDAL

Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 210

Palash Biswas

This morning, I visited the place of film director Tushar Bhattachary with my Brother in law, Beena`s husband , Niranjan. Where we saw some audio visual works by Amal Bawali, Pallab Kirtonia, Gautam Mitra, CANVAS and our dear friend MANIK Mandal.We also knew the work of delhi based social activist MANASI on Bengal Tea Gardens with her VCD, Rally of Death!

Details of the works as follows:

CD Audio by our friend , the FOLK Musician AMAL BAWALI: JHANDA NIYA

DHANDABAJI

VCD by pallab Kirtonia: ALO O MANUSH

AUDIO CD by Kabir SUMAN: Nandigram

VCD by MANIK MANDAL: EBAR ULTE DIN

VCDs by CANVAS:1.GORKHALAND 2. LALGARH3.MATSAYAN (On RETAIL Chain)

VCD by MANASI(DELHI): Rally of DEATH ( Death processions in BENGAL TEA GARDENs)

Audio CD by GAUTAM MITRA : Nandigramer NATI

Pallab Kirtonia and Manik Mandal are the only TWO faces from the Scheduled CASTE Schedule tribe communities involved in the RESISTANCE and Insurrections against GENOCIDE CULTURE and GESTAPO HEGEMONY in Bengal!

Of the TWO, PALLAB is recognised as FOLK MUSIC ICON in Bengal.

But MANIK MANDAL has emerged as a DHUMKETU in the RESISTANCE SKY!

His MULTI DIMENTIONAL Social activism makes him the FACE of RESISTANCE!

Provided other MANIK mandals also come forward like this, the CHANGE would be INEVITABLE whatsoever may come!

Earlire I have already written some comments on the Man.

But I do realise, Manik Mandal and CHHATRADHAR MAHTO must lead from the FRONT and it would work like a MAGIC.

Just wait for some good reason, I would Elaborate!

Campaign against Monopolistic agression, EK CHETIA AGRASAN VIRODI Manch and NagariK Manch are DOING EXCELLENT as far as DOCUMENTATION and mass Mobilisation are concerned.

Specially, ABHI DUTT MAJUMDAR and NAVA DUTT are my favourites!

Keeping in mind, the leadership of Mahashweta Devi and SHUBHO PRASANNO, SANHATI.COM, CIVIL Society and Intelligentsia, I highlight manik Mandal so much so because any CHANGE would be quite irrlevant until Indigenous, Aboriginal and minrity communities, SC, ST and OBC are not INVOLVED with EMPOWERMENT.

The Civil society and Intelligentsia should have some VISION of the Change which would ENABLE them to create some SPACE, hitherto quite ABSENT for the SC, ST and OBC.

Only this equation may KILL the Hegemony of genocide culture. otherwise not!

Manik Mandal was amongst the PEOPLE of NANDIGRAM who faced BULLETS and did never SURRENDER!

Manik Mandal has proved his worth with two novels on the INSURRECTION.

First: BHALO NEI!

SECOND: HARMAD.

His VCD ULTE DIN is an Excellent work which includes everything since MARICHJHANPI Genocide.

He has used the Clippings of other works including the MARICHJHANPI film by TUSHAR Bhattacharya, NANDIGRAM SINGUR LALGARH News LIVE with beautiful COMPARING and his SCREEN Presence is very COMMUNICATIVE!

While the Marxists have come up with a feature film to counter Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's allegations on government's highhandedness in Singur and Nandigram. Earlier the CPM had produced several audio-video CDs, with speeches of veteran Jyoti Basu and circulated those throughout the state. But this time the party has roped in tinsel word heroes like Saumitra Chatterjee and Sabyasachi Cakrabarty to act in the film. Shyamal Chakraborty, state president of CITU, was in-charge of producing the film, which will be released after April 16, the day Higher Secondary examinations get over. Party committees have been asked to collect CDs of the film and show them in rural video centers.

I have already written on the works of MANDAKRANTA and CHANDAN and ANINDITA!

The SLOGAN is PARIBARTAN CHAAI!

Change wanted in Bengal!

The Cream of West Bengal Intelligentsia, the CULTURAL ICONS, which turned away from CPM, post Singur and Nandigram, released a manifesto on Thursday demanding steps to ensure the election results reflect the aspirations of the people. They also want to stay away from the poll process, but want people to cast their votes without fear.

The manifesto was signed by the likes of Mahasweta Devi, Bibhas Chakraborty, Suvaprasanna, Saonli Mitra, Sujato Bhadra, Kaushik Sen and Bratya Basu, among several others.

They have ot affliated to any Political Ideology or party, but they want to Change the GENOCIDE Culture! I, personally, am not against such a change.

I am also UP AGAIST the Genocide culture. But I never believe in just the CHANGE of faces in RULING Manusmriti hegemony while the Intelligentsia is quite disinterested to overthrow the ROTTEN Brahaminical system as they are the best defenders of the Bangla Brahaminical Nationality.

Neverthe less, the CRY for change is justified!

As Mahashweta Di demands that this GOVERNMENT must GO, I also support the IDEA of Change in this change.

But I do not believe that it would really change the Socio ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL Demogrphic chemistry of Manusmriti culture so dominant.

The next Government so expected is also bound to be ABSOLUTE and as Capitalist, as Fascist, as Americanised, as americanised as our Marxists friends have turned!

Thus, I am afraid that the CIVIL Society is trying best to change the GENOCIDE Culture with yet another Genocide Culture.

Mind you, Ms mamata Bannerjee has aligned with CONGRESS led by Washington Slaves Anti national Imposters.

We may not support this equation as PRANAB MUKHERJEE remains the Face of the Alliance and it would do no good to indigenous, Aboriginal Minorities communities.

We all know that Marxists are responsible for Genocide Culture in West Bengal, but then who should be held responsible for the MASS Destruction Agenda elsewhere?

Who introduced LPG Raj?

Who operationalised INDO US Nuclear deal?

Who plans for Disinvestment in PSUS?

Who helped USA to shift the War zone right into our heart in peace zone India Ocean?

Who realligned in US ISRAEL lead? Who leads the War against teroor in India?

Who is responsible for the Repression of nationalities?

May we VOTE for Italian Sonia Gandhi or Supreme Slave Dr Manmohansingh and let RBI, FINMIN, ILLUMINATI, LPG Mafia and MNC RAJ allow to do everything in nationwide Killingfields?

As a NATION, how we may support the Ruling Hegemony consisting of UPA, NDA and the Left, the integral part of TRIIBLIS Satanic WORLD Order against Black Untouchables worldwide?

Should our Intelligentsia not look beyond Bengal and have a world vision!

The Brahaminical Absolute Antipeople Character of the RULING hegemony consisting of all political party notwithstanding with any damned fucking Ideology has DISILLUSIONED Indigenous and abriginal people countrywide and thus the satnd with the Extremist Maoists!

Neither I am a Maoist as they also remain Brahmins even after DECLASS Announcements! Little they care to OVERTHROW the Manusmriti apartheid Rule in India! Moreover, they never consider Empowerment or social movement as the tools of any Change!

But Bengal situation is so much so helplessthat the demand for Change seems very JUSTIFIED!

Let the Marxists be DEPRIVED of Power so the REGIMENTED GESTAPO may be DEMOBILISED without which any SOCIAL Movement or any Mobilisation whatsoever is VERY IMPOSSIBLE in Bengal!

Thus, I support the demand for change despite RESERVAYTIONS!

As we should not forget NANDIGRAM, SINGUR, GORKHALAND, LALGARH or MARICHJHANPI, we must not forget the politics of ECONOMY, the Monopolistic Aggression, twin terror acts, Disinvestment,Anti Labour legislations, HIRE and Fire, Retail Chain, Citizenship Amendment act, DEPORTATION Drive against bengali partition victims countrywide, Worldbank and SWISS BANK Monsters with IMF, WTO, GATT, CIA and MOSSAD and also AFPSA!

Stung by the growing strength of Trinamool Congress in rural West Bengal as exhibited in the last year's panchayat polls, the ruling CPM is now banking on digital mediums to reach to its grassroots supporters.

The CPM does not want to make the two episodes - the Nandigram and Singur debacles — its Achilles' heel and hence it has created CDs to put across the party's view on industrialisation to the voters.

All the 26,000-odd party units throughout the state have been asked to show the audio-video CDs in their respective areas.

"The idea is still in a preliminary stage," says CITU state president Shyamal Chakraborty, in-charge of producing these CDs, adding that the party will produce a full length film on the issue.

Another reason for adopting the modern mass communication tool is that the CPM lacks crowd-pullers and stalwarts like Jyoti Basu, sources say.

Back 'real Left' Trinamool and its candidate Kabir SumanIs the Left being ditched by its most faithful supporters in West Bengal? This appears to be coming true for the CPI(M) which has for months been pilloried by the intellectual brigade for Nandigram and Singur.

Educationist Tarun Sanyal explained the reasons behind releasing the manifesto by the intellectuals. "We are not campaigning for any party. We feel the situation in Bengal is such that we cannot remain quiet," Sanyal said.

"Change is required for the sake of democracy. This has to be achieved through the election process. If one party remains in power in the Centre or state for decades, it is not healthy for democracy ...If people want change, they will have to find out ways to bring it about," the manifesto reads.

The manifesto maintained that bringing about the change is a long-drawn process.

A section of the city's intelligentsia, who had protested against the CPM's land acquisition policy during the peak of Nandigram and Singur agitation, is now openly showing its solidarity with Kabir Suman, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Jadavpur constituency. Suman is pitted against CPM's Sujan Chakraboty. At a public function organised by Sahanagarik Muktamancha on Thursday, the intellectuals urged voters to get rid of an "oppressive CPM".

The list of celebrated people who came together in support of the singer included Mahasweta Devi, Bibhas Chakraborty, Debabrata Bandopadhyay, Sujato Bhadra of APDR, Amiyo Choudhury and Kaushik Bandopadhyay.

"Kabir Suman has been one of the most vocal protesters against any injustice committed on Bengal's soil. Today, as he stands against the oppressive CPM-backed government, we wish him all the best and urge voters to elect Suman who can be the true and honest representative of the people of the state," said theatre personality Bibhas Chakraborty.

Maheswata Devi, who could not attend today's function, sent her message saying it was time that people should come together and launch a movement against the CPM.

The group has made Tomake Chai ( Need You) as the theme of its campaign for Suman and will even hold rallies to woo the voters. However, in spite of expressing their resentment against the CPM, the intellectuals are saying that they are not supporting any particular political outfit.

Now, the intelligentsia is taking action --- throwing its weight behind Trinamool candidate from Jadavpur constituency, Kabir Suman. The slugfest here seems to be between the real "Left" and "pseudo-Left".

Kabir Suman is a singer, a name Bengalis utter in the same breath as US folk musician Pete Seeger and music director Salil Chowdhury.

For the first time, the Left Front is facing the wrath of its intellectuals in an organised manner.

An indicator is the setting up of Sahanagorikder Mukta Mancha (fellow citizen's forum) that has several luminaries on board -- writer Mahashweta Devi, artist Shuvaprasanna, theatre personalities Bibhash Chakroborty, Bratya Basu, Koushik Sen, poet Joy Goswami ... the list is long and the shade of red here, perhaps, can't really get any deeper.

But why are they supporting Kabir Suman, a Trinamool candidate? "Suman is a Leftist.

I am a Leftist. We are fighting against the pseudo-Lefts," theatre personality Bibhash Chakroborty says vehemently.

Why back a candidate that is contesting for the Trinamool?

"What's in a name? The party is incidental here," Chakroborty concludes.

Debrabrata Bandhopadhyaya, economist and ex-revenue secretary, and psephologistAmiya Choudhury emphasise that the "distinction between Left and Right in Bengal has become blurred".

Prasun Bhowmik, convener of Sahanagorikder Mukta Mancha, observes, "The Trinamool movement is a Left movement... We are fighting the 'so-called Left'."Writer Mahashweta Devi, delivers the clincher: "We will have to defeat the CPI(M)."

The mancha was set up on March 14, 2007 to protest against the "CPI(M)'s atrocities against farmers and women in Nandigram".

Kabir Suman himself has a history of fighting for the downtrodden. He threw in his lot with workers of the closed Kanoria jute mills in West Bengal in the early 1990s. He also opposes the special economic zones and the chemical hub slated to come up at Nayachar, Haldia. But his supporters cock-a-snook when the CPI(M) calls them anti-development.

As educationist and Left sympathiser Subodh Sarkar says: "Those opposing industries on the plea that it's against Left ideology have no right to call themselves intellectuals. Those who support industrial development are not pseudo-Leftists, it's those who do not."

Filmmaker Sharan Dutta adds: "We need to understand that Leftist ideology is based on reality and the reality is that industries are the need of the hour. And if you ask me to describe the intellectuals opposing this development, I will say they are no better than intellectual terrorists."