Maoism or Survival ?

With the massacre of 76 CRPF jawans in Dantewada there had been a slew of condolences and criticisms of maoist operations in the country. Home minister called it a barbaric action and media all hand in hand is working with government to demonize the fight for basic rights of people living in tribal areas. I m not a maoist nor I believe in maoism. But I feel that india is a neo-democratic country and still striving to become real democracy. Having said that lets look at what all are real factors which adds to the creation of red corridor.

When I talk about the massacre of 76 jawans who went for area domination exercise, I begin to think why do we need area domination. Dantewada is in India. According to government of Chhatisgarh there was highest voting percentage, which means people believe in leaders and their work. Then why do we need domination. The domination word looks like a dictator ship to me. In last 60 years of independence, this domination was never felt necessary. Why? Why the govenrment of Chattisgard(then MP) and central government never felt need to provide living structure to these small red corridors. And what has happened suddenly that made it a national security issue at the extent that we have to think about using air force against our own people.

Here is my take on this. All Maoist are tribals and there is no doubt but all tribals are not Maoist. When government says there exist 6000 Maoist in Dantewada, it refers to practically everyone in the village and neighboring area as Maoist. That means everyone in that area is waging a war. But for what? The answer lies in history. Tribals work and live in forests. They have a culture and living. They have small farm lands which is their primary source of food. Also we know that tribal region are the richest source of minerals. After privatization, the companies like Posco have started to grab these lands and deforest. The people are forcefully made to give away their lands and hence their lively hood. What are they suppose to do.? They become Maoist because they want to fight against this injustice levied by their own government. Now lets see the massacre in wake of this scenario. Huge number of armed CRPF men are pushed into these jungles. Tribals are afraid of this kind of exercise as if someone is attacking their house.I condemn the deaths of those CRPF soldiers but then what are these poor people suppose to do. We have seen cases where CRPF jawans have looted and raped women in manipur, assam and kashmir. In wake of this, what will anyone do?

I m happy that they are not embracing this violence wrested by state. Media calls them terrorist. Now when did u ever discerned a tribal doing bomb blast in Delhi, Mumbai or any city. They loot guns from police officers of the area to protect themselves. They are hungry, malnourished, uneducated poor farmers. No governments had ever reached them, no schools were ever built in their areas, no hospitals were made and now people wants to snatch away lands that is only source of their living. Why do we deny their right to live? Now home minister is talking about attacking them using Drones. The reason is Posco's threat to withdraw or Mittals' running away from India as they can not mine or tata not getting cultivable land to set up Nano plants. Furthermore the right to speech is being tarnished by media who calls everyone as Maoist. People's union on civil liberties is baptized as maoist, Arundhati roy and Dr Binayak Sen are labeled maoist and many more. Can we not even agree to disagree on a government policy. People are trammeled for speaking, writing and talking. This is the worst phase where media runs by business man and politicians.

The larger question then is, who is democracy working for. Its working for middle class and upper class. But majority in India is neither middle nor upper class, its these poor villagers who work day and night to secure one time food. If they are attacked with drones to fight for their survival then its not democracy, its genocide.