JNU is a special case. Those who loitered around this sprawling campus know 70% of students come from Jharkhand, Bihar, Eastern U.P. (Poorvanchal) and Waste Bengal. These people have different perception of Nationalism than those from more affluent states. They have seen their parents live under poverty, social inequity, deprivation and discrimination. Ultra leftism or naxalism was born out of it. Most of the leaders emanating from JNU like Kavita Krishnan, Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Yogendra Yadav are backward castes. They represent the underclass...the plebian. Poverty, Social inequity are greater binding force than culture & religion. These are the factors which bond Masses, not the religion. Think of it, why there is no Hindu vote-bank?Those on this thread bashing Commies have had a comfortable, stress-free childhood, many are settled abroad, their parents or them never had to struggle for basic human-rights, have had no brush with local overlords, police, upper castes, goons reared by feudal politicos.
Paki-Kashmiri terrorism poses little threat in these battered Eastern states where more people are killed daily in power struggles between feudal lords than a dozen head-line grabbing terror-attacks.
Typical Delhi Dalaal argument.
Sub-nationalism is an unknown phenomenon in States like Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, there is no way separatist tendencies can ever develop in those states. None of these states ever elected the Urban Naxals, the people are sons of soil unlike people of Delhi and adjoining districts, 50% of whose ancestors jumped the fence in 1947.
West Bengal's political killings are not worse compared to the happenings in the "more affluent" Kerala.
And trust me when I claim that Bihar, Eastern UP and Jharkhand are much safer places compared to Delhi/NCR.
About "social inequity, deprivation and discrimination" these are social issues and not economic. Poverty has got nothing to do with such issues. In fact social norms are more archaic in North Western states compared to Eastern and Southern states.
Both of you have made valid arguments.
I agree with
@DingDong that separatism is unthinkable in UP, Bihar, and Jharkhand. Beginning WB all the way up to North East, that is a possibility.
I think
@sasum is also correct about poverty and abuse of law and law enforcement that gives rise to Naxalite tendencies. I think CPI(M-L) vs Ranvir Sena fight is a case in point. Naxalite violence was on the rise, but people forget what happened before the Naxalite violence increased.
Addressing the symptoms will not solve any problem if the root cause is ignored.
India needs to be a nation of laws. The law enforcement and the administration should respect the laws and the constitution. When people see the opposite happening, they will lose faith in the administration, law, and the judiciary.
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The concept of nationalism varies from person to person. For example, anyone who does not respect the Right to Free Speech, does not respect the constitution, and that, to me, is an example of anti-nationalism. Here is one example:
I sometimes think we need to have anti communism trials like they had in the US.
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This is an example of a comment borne out of ignorance. The Marxists have always been opposed to these Naxalites, since the 1970s. There are two categories of people. Those that get things done on the ground, and those that offer lip service. The latter are usually seen blustering over the internet.
Leftists / marxists / intellectuals / writers / anti-Hindu activists / closet terrorists etc cabal are known to support not just external enemies but even internal enemies that to overtly, and this has been happening for a long time, nothing new.
P.S.: Not interested in debating the commentator. Just pointing out misinformation for the general readership.
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Coming back to the point of protests:
- The Judiciary convicted Afzal Guru. He was hanged for legitimate reasons.
- Coming back to the leftist protesters, I don't agree with their agenda, but I agree they have to right to peaceful protest.
- Coming to ABVP, they should not act like campus police. They can organize their own peaceful protest against these protesters.