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RE:A simple Statistics
by Kabeer on Aug 27, 2008 11:21 AM

For all those who are screaming hoarse their lungs out in this blog in support of Ratan Tata, please answer me honestly, if you want.

In Bombay you got two whacking stadia Brabourne & Wankhede in the prime business district where only a couple of cricket matches are played in a year.

Govt asked the land be sold to any one and build multi storeyed office space there. The ongoing office space rates are already one of the highest in the world there i.e Nariman Point.

The owners of the stadia i.e Private Clubs refused to sell that land stating that it is their private property and they can do whatever they like with it. Selling it to build multi storeyed offic space for the good of the nation didnt bother them. Every educated person supported them stating that it is their property and they can do what they like and the GOvt has no say in it.

FINE!

Now, in Singur, the land is alluvial soil i.e. the richest arable soil irrigated by the gangetic tributaries over millenia. The farmers are tilling that land for centuries and are makiing a living out of it.

What moral right has anyone to force them to sell their lands to the Tatas?

If you are rich you get away by builing whacking stadia in the prime business district of the nation.

If you are poor you are forced to sell your best farming land to some one else and you have no say in it?

Are all those educated lot who are screaming hoarse here believe in equality and common rights? Or are they regurgit

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