447 Poor, but Optimistic fellow Hindusthan Shipyard Limited Chairman! Kudos to CPM for opposing closure.

४४७ दीन, अभाग्यशाली हुये तो भी आशावान, हिंदूस्थान षिपयार्ड लिमिटॆड के छैर्मन, वे प्रशंसार्ह है।  षिप यार्ड देहांत करने के केंद्रीय सरकारी निर्णय को विरुध्ध करने, खडे रहने के साहसी सीपीऎम को अभिनंदन।

౪౪౭ దీనుడు, అభాగ్యశాలి అయినప్పటికి ఆశాజీవి కదా హిందూస్థాన్ షిప్ యార్డ్ ఛెయిర్మన్.  షిప్ యార్డ్ మూసివేతను వ్యతిరేకించినందుకు సీపీఎమ్ కి అభినందనలు.

I reproduce below first few paragraphs of  the Hindusthan Shipyard's Chairman's speech , available on their website as hsl.nic.in http://www.hsl.nic.in/content/70_5_CMD%20Message.aspx .  षिपयार्ड् छॆयिरमन के पूर्ण भाषण देखने के लिये आप उपरोक्त लिंक क्लिक कर सकते है।  హిందూస్థాన్ షిప్ యార్డ్ ఛెర్మన్ గారి పూర్తి ప్రసంగాన్ని చూడటానికి, షిప్ యార్డ్ వెబ్ సైట్ కి వెళ్ళటానికి క్లిక్

1. I have the great pleasure in welcoming you to this 62nd Annual General Meeting of your company and share some of significant achievements during the year under review. The Directors Report, &Audited Financial Statements have already been circulated to you, with your permission, I take them as read.

2. Before I move to performance of our company, I would like to highlight the some of the issues of Global Shipbuilding vis-a-vis Indian Shipbuilding Industry.

World Shipbuilding Scenario

3. Global Shipbuilding Industry continues to be dominated by China, Korea and Japan. In the interim, other countries such as Vietnam, Brazil and Philippines and Turkey have made impressive inroads. The global recession ,that severely hit the Industry in beginning 2009, is now showing signs of improvement. By end of 2014, it is hoped  that the Industry will recover and this heralds good fortunes for HSL.

Shipbuilding Scenario in India

4. India has an extensive coastline of more than 7,515 km and has a pool of trained man-power that best suits shipbuilding Industry. However, Indian shipbuilding industry has not been able to capitalize its strengths and remains far behind in the international stage.

5. As per an analysis conducted by ASSOCHAM, Indian Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Industry is likely to witness

opportunities worth Rs 25,000 Cr in coming years as over 41% of Indian ships have crossed 20 years of operations.India has a total of 1,122 ships in its fleet and 41 per cent of this fall in the age group of 20 years and more.Considering that the average life of a shipping vessel is about 26 years,  most of the existing vessels need to be replaced. An average cost of constructing a large vessel is about $100 million. Therefore, the size of this opportunity would be $3.3 billion.

 6. Commercial ship construction at Indian shipyards is dwindling and all private shipyards are now looking for share in the Defence Shipbuilding which is commercially  very attractive. There is also a trend to encourage participation of private yards in defence shipbuilding. This will throw major challenges to HSL in the coming years.

 7. Now I move ahead to the major highlights of your Company and its performance during the period under review.

Major Highlights

 8. The Major highlights of the year 2013-14 are as under

      (a) Despite severe financial crisis, the yard has delivered five vessels during the year under  review.

      (b) Some of the noteworthy achievements are as follows: 

            (i) Delivery of Second of 05 nos Inshore Patrol Vessels for Indian Coast Guard.

            (ii) Delivery of M V Good Day,fourth of 05 nos (53000 DWT) Bulk Carriers to M/s GML Chennai

            (iii) Launching & Delivery of 03 nos. 50 Ton Bollard Pull Tugs to Indian Navy

            (iv) Repair of 20 Vessels of different types for Indian Navy, DCI, ONGC and VPT etc..

            (v) The refit of INS Sindhukirti and Project VC 11184 has been put back on track.

ybrao-a-donkey's humble views वैबीराव गधे के विनम्र राय వైబీరావ గాడిద వినమ్ర వ్యాఖ్య, అభిప్రాయం

      See the praiseworthy work done by Hindusthan Shipyard Ltd.  It is foolish for the Government to say that HSL will be closed down because it is incurring losses.   Thousands of Private Sector Units and Corporate Businesses are sick incurring millions of Rupees of losses, in turn forcing the Public Sector Banks sick.  Why doesn't the Government take coercive steps to close down such non-performing Private Sector robbers?

As can be seen above, HSL did great work for the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Dredging Corporation of India, ONGC, Visakhapatnam Port Trust.  It has also delivered four bulk carriers.  Not a small thing.

If HSL is closed down Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Dredging Corporation of India, ONGC, VPT will suffer.  They will be at the mercy of the Private Sector buffoons and MNC vultures.

What is the meaning of Make in India, if we close a performing Unit?  If a performing Unit incurs losses, efforts should be made to plug the loopholes.  Closing down is never a solution.  Government of India every year runs in deficit.  Should we close down the Government of India, and ask Obama or Xi Jinping to take over the ownership of India?
photos courtesy wikipedia


Blindly closing or privatising public sector units serves no purpose.  We cannot kill a sick person, simply because he-she is sick.  This is an era of organ transplantation.  If human livers, hearts, kidneys can be replaced with healthier ones, can't we find solutions for Organisations?

Problem with bourgeoisie parties is, even before coming to power, they are predetermined to close the public sector and hand them over on golden plates to private fellows and MNCs, along with the precious thousands of acres of land owned by the PSUs.

Kudos to CPIM for opposing the shut down of Hindusthan Shipyard.

Hindi and Telugu versions will be added later.

(1000 pages can be written on this topic).
To continue.  सशेष.  ఇంకా ఉంది.

446 Capitalist Contests vs. Proletarian Contests

Modified image of Tata Prima Race Truck.  Original image courtesy, Tata.Com.

४४६ पूंजी वादी मुकाबले और स्पर्धाएँ

౪౪౬ పెట్టుబడి దారీ పోటీలు వెర్సస్ శ్రమ శక్తి పోటీలు


Hitherto we have known only Formula 1 Races of Race Cars, and some Race Motor bike races.  None of these have got anything to do with proletariat (Working Class).   Besides, these races were mainly intended for betting needs of bourgeoisie class of people.  They are like scars and warts on the Western Culture.


Now, it is in a way, partially good that they have started thinking of some contests for drivers of trucks.  But, unfortunately, they have started thinking of Race Trucks and Race Truck Races.

Here is an excerpt from the Tata.com website.   Click this Link if you want to see it for yourself: http://www.tata.com/company/releasesinside/Tata-Motors-announces-T1-PRIMA-TRUCK-RACING-CHAMPIONSHIP-2015-Season-2.  टाटा.काम वॆब सैट देखने के लिये उपरोक्त लिंक क्लिक कीजिये।  టాటా.కామ్ వారి వెబ్ సైట్ చూడటానికి పై లింకును క్లిక చేయండి.

Mumbai: Tata Motors today announced, season two of the T1 PRIMA TRUCK RACING CHAMPIONSHIP. Inscribed on the calendars of FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) and FMSCI (the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India) the championship will be hosted at India’s globally renowned F1 race track, the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida on March 15, 2015, giving Indian audiences a grand spectacle of Tata PRIMA trucks competing against each other.
The T1 PRIMA TRUCK RACING CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 will feature 12 Tata PRIMA trucks built for the purpose and will be driven by experienced international drivers representing six teams –

1. Team Castrol Vecton

2. Team Cummins

3. Team Tata Technologies Motorsports

4. Team Dealer Warriors

5. Team Dealers Daredevils

6. Team Allied Partners

Many drunken Indian drivers, even without these formal Truck Races, have a habit of racing their trucks, unasked.  If these bett-able formula truck races also go into their heads, we can see the trucks-made circuses and ruckuses on Indian Highways, endangering the lives of others.

It is not clear, what Tatas have in their minds.


ybrao-a-donkey's view, from a Proletariat view point श्रम शक्ति दृक कोण से वैबीराव गधे के विनम्र राय శ్రమ శక్తి దృక్కోణం నుండి వైబీ రావు గాడిద వినమ్ర వ్యాఖ్య

There is a widespread probably misplaced belief among brain workers forming the petty bourgeoisie and bourgeoisie in Indian Society, that Marxism does not allow competition.  In a sense, there may not be competitions and contests to make quick and big bucks and some gambling opportunities.   But meaningful contests can be designed to encourage competition.

Example


Tatas or other Indian Organisers can go for Fault-diagnosis and Truck-repair contests for truck drivers and Highwayside-truck-mechanics (two separate classes).    Common sense suggests that truck drivers should have adequate, if not ample, knowledge of the systems and sub-systems installed in their Trucks.  They must be able to identify faults causing problems which may trouble their trucks from time to time in their transportation ventures.   They must also be able to rectify minor defects and faults, so that they can continue their journey till they reach a good Highway-side Mechanic shop.


HIghway-side Mechanics also should get FORMAL SYSTEMATIC IN-DEPTH AS WELL AS REFRESHER TRAINING in identifying common problems of trucks and repairing them, with least damage and disruption to the other parts and sub-systems in the trucks.


At present most drivers and wayside-mechanics get their training from their seniors who themselves have not received any formal training.  In this type of working, there is always dependence on hunches (अंतर्ज्ञान)  rather than understanding of the principles of the functioning of the combustible engines or transfer of motive power from engine to axles and wheels, roles of gears and steering, processes of braking.


Though direct intensive training end-users (Not truck-owners, but drivers and cleaners) may be adding to the costs of the Truck Manufacturers and Distributors, it will be necessary to train drivers,  cleanrs and wayside mechanics on a large scale or else modern expensive transport giants will fall into hands of charlatans, novices and quacks.  How dangerous and risky will it be to place 32 tire trucks in the hands of not sufficiently informed crew?

Problem of manoeuvre-ing  युक्तिचाल through hundreds of  trucks and other vehicles parked in a zig zag manner like padma vyUham (Inpenetrable Lotus format array of army used in the Epic Mahabharata by Drona)

At present thousand of accidents are taking place on Indian Roads, when speeding drivers of trucks hit other trucks and vehicles parked on the wayside for repairs, food, sleep, bribing at checkposts, pay tolls, vvip-visit-traffic-blockages, etc., resulting in payment of millions of Rupees by Insurance Companies as claims on the insured trucks.  Actually, Insurance Companies can subscribe to  accident-free Truck-manoeuvre training programmes to drivers organised by Indian Truck makers and Distributors.   Great contests can be designed and organised to encourage drivers learn manoeuvring in congestive-traffic.

The problem is nobody is interested in conducting contests and trainings for proletariat.  Every Corporate wants to makes quick bucks by organising some sensational races and create gambling opportunities.

(A thousand pages can be written on this problem.)

Hindi and Telugu versions will be added shortly.

(To continue.  सशेष.  ఇంకా ఉంది.)

445 Mr. Manmohan Singh if not dishonest, is at least negligent!

४४५ श्री मन्मोहन सिंग बेइमान या कपटी नहीं तो, कम से कम लापरवाह या असावधान होगा

౪౪౫ శ్రీ మన్మోహన్ సింగ్ గారు అవినీతి పరుడు, కపటి కాకపోతే, కనీసం శ్రధ్ధాహీనుడు, అసావధాని అవక తప్పదు.

In the coal mines scam, Mr. Manmohan Singh wants a fair trial for him.  कोयला खदान आवंटन घोटाले में श्री मन्मोहन सिंग् निष्पक्ष सुनवाई चाह रहे हें।  బోగ్గు గనుల కేటాయింపు కుంభకోణంలో శ్రీ మన్మోహన్ సింగ్ గారు తనకు న్యాయమైన విచారణ జరగాలని కోరుకుంటున్నారు.

Congress President Ms. Sonia Gandhi declared him clean and innocent.   कांग्रॆस अध्यक्ष श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी श्री सिंग जी को क्लीन और इमानदार घोषित किया.  కాంగ్రెస్ అధ్యక్షురాలు శ్రీమతి సోనియా గాంధీ గారు కూడ, శ్రీ సింగ్ గారిని శుధ్ధుడు , అమాయకుడు అని ప్రకటించారు.



As Prime Minister, and Minister for Coal, why did Mr. Manmohan Singh remove the food of sustenance at the mouth of the Government Company Neyveli Lignite Corporation and fed it to Private Sector Hindujas?  This is a grave injustice.  प्रधान मंत्री और केंद्रीय कोयला मंत्री के पद स्थित श्री मन्मोहन सिंग, सरकारी कंपॆनी नैवेली लिग्नैट् कार्पोरेशन के सामने रखा हुआ खाने को ले जा कर प्रैवेट् सॆक्टार हिंदूजास को क्यों खिलाया ? यह घोर अन्याय है।  ప్రధాన మంత్రి మరియు కేంద్ర బొగ్గు మంత్రి కూడ అయిన శ్రీ మన్మోహన్ సింగ్ గారు, ప్రభుత్వ సంస్థ అయిన నైవేలీ లిగ్నైట్ కార్పోరేషన్ నోటి దగ్గరి ఆహారాన్ని తీసుకెళ్ళి, హిందూజాల చేత బొక్కించటం ఎందుకు చేసినట్లు?  ఇది ఘోర అన్యాయం.

I have acted on the basis of recommendation by Coal Secretary.  Recommendation of Experts Group is not necessary.  There may be error of judgment in decision-making, for which I cannot be penalised.-- This line of defence Mr. Manmohan Singh cannot hide behind.   मै कोयला कार्यदर्शी सिफारिस पर निर्णय लिया हूँ।  विशेषज्ञ बृंद के राय लेने के जरूरत नहीं है।  फैसले की तृटी या निर्णय तृटि हो सकती।  उसके लिये मैं दंडित नहीं हो सकता हुँ।  ऐसे आत्म रक्षणात्मक तर्क वितर्क उसको काम में नहीं आयेगी।  నేను బొగ్గుగనుల కార్యదర్శి సిఫార్సు మేరకే నిర్ణయం తీసుకున్నాను.  నిపుణుల బృందాన్ని సమావేశ పరచ నవసరం లేదు.  నిర్ణయం తీసుకోటంలో పొరపాటు జరిగితే జరిగి ఉండచ్చు.  అంతమాత్రాన నన్ను దోషిగా నిలబెట్టి శిక్షించటం అనే ఆత్మ రక్షణాత్మక వాదనలో అర్ధం లేదు.


Mr. Manmohan Singh had time to collect doctorates from Oxford, but he had no time to look into what was happening in the Ministry under his own control.  महानू मन्मोहन सिंगजी को आक्सफर्ड यूनिवर्सिटी से डाक्टरेट कलॆकट करने के लिये समय है, लेकिन, अपने प्रत्यक्ष नियंत्रण में रहने वाले कोयला शाखा में क्या हो रहा था, देखने के लिये उन को वखत नहीं है।  శ్రీమాన్ డాక్టర్ మన్మోహన్ సింగ్ గారికి ఆక్స్ఫర్డ్ విశ్వవిద్యాలయం నుండి డాక్టరేట్ కలెక్ట్ చేసుకోటానికి సమయం ఉంది కానీ, తన ప్రత్యక్షనియంత్రణలో ఉన్న బొగ్గు శాఖలో ఏమి జరుగిందో పట్టించుకునే తీరిక లేకపోయింది.  






If Coal Secretary has recommended improperly, PM (also Coal Minister) should have corrected him, asked him to re-convene the meeting of Experts Committee and ascertain their views.  PM should also have also constituted a small group of impartial persons, to examine the justification of removing the coal from the mouth of a Public Sector Company.

The peculiar and at the same time the typical trait of most Indian Prime Ministers right from the days of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru is to spend their time in foreign tours, instead of leaving this task to the idle (without work) President and Vice Presidents.  Consequently, domestic administration and governance get neglected.  Ministers and Secretaries get opportunities and scope to act dishonestly or negligently or recklessly.

Prime Ministers should concentrate on internal administration.  They can give near-Prime Minister powers to Foreign Minister.  Foreign Minister can be allowed to get guidance from President, Vice President, or a Senior Dy. Prime Minister.   To summarise, we need drastic administrative reforms.

As far as conviction and punishment for corruption is concerned, investigating agencies and courts will not be justified in taking only a technical view and decide on literal interpretation of statutes and procedures.  A better method is to deeply investigate whether the accused bureaucrats / politicians have accumulated assets disproportionate to the known sources of their income and wealth.  CBI and Enforcement Directorate, will have to dig deeply into whether any kickbacks have been siphoned off into accounts with stealth secret account countries like Switzerland, Isle of Man etc.

English and Hindi translations will be added shortly.

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444 Does Shyamal Chakraborty and his CPIM party now want to use Swami Vivekananda, for the resurrection of their party?

Mr. Shyamal Chakraborty, CPIM politician from West Bengal, was reported to have said as under:


An extract from Express News Service, Kolkata, report dated 7th March 2015.

CPM leader Shyamal Chakrabarty on Friday claimed Swami Vivekananda was being “misused” by the BJP and the RSS by projecting him as a Hindutva icon.

Chakrabarty, who on Friday released a book on Vivekananda, called Vivekananda – The Philosopher of Indian Renaissance, said: “Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy has been grossly misused… this book has spoken about the secular and progressive image of Swamiji.”

Giving examples of Vivekananda’s writings in the book, Chakrabarty said he was against Hindu extremism and a great believer in all religions.

Condemning BJP’s campaign against cow slaughter, he added “Swamiji was always against a ban on cow slaughter on religious lines. In ancient Indian society, beef was eaten by Hindus too… even Swamiji used to take beef.”

“Swamiji had spoken about the rule of Sudras, which means the rule of the proletariat. So, those trying to put Swamiji and Hindutva in one bracket are actually misinterpreting the great Indian philosopher,” Chakrabarty said.

ybrao a donkey's humble views वैवीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय వైబీ రావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర అభిప్రాయం

While it is true that RSS, BJP, Mr. Narendra Modi used Swami Vivekananda, to their advantage, what is now pertinent is, does Shaymal Chakraborty and his party CPIM want to use the same Swami Vivekananda, for their own resurrection?


Some unpalatable facts about Swami Vivekananda:

1. Swamiji claimed that he did not belong to India or Bengal, or Hinduism.

2. Swamiji adored yankee land (U.S.A.).   Had he not suffered from severe diabetes, he might have chosen to settle down in U.S.A., during his second visit to that country.  He considered India as a rotten corpse and jelly fish.  He also loved native Indian rulers, and their boss Queen Victoria.

3. Swamiji did not like social reforms for India.

4. Swamiji's weeping for the poor is worth studying in depth.   He seems to have taken it as a pretext for mobilising donations from abroad.

5.  Swamiji believed in big-big people (in his own language).

For those who are interested in testing the veracity of what I am writing after four pain-staking years of study of Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, can now study the Complete Works of SV, and prove for themselves.  Alternatively, they can see some of my quotes from Swamiji's Complete Works at my blog http://Vivekanandayb.blogspot.com.


The book released by Shyamal Chakraborty might have been titled as 'Vivekananda - Philosopher of Indian Renaissance'.   In my humble view, it ought to have been titled as 'Vivekananda - Philosopher of Convenience'.  To prove this for themselves, Readers will have to study his Complete Works in depth. 


There is nothing really secular or progressive about Swamiji.  The two Western tours of Swamiji were directed towards mobilising dollars and pounds, and spending them as per his likes.   Building a monastery for Ramakrishna, running some orphanages, were all pretexts to justify mobilisation of funds.


The delusion of progressiveness of Swamiji's views can be seen from his letter to Ms. Christina Greenstidel, that they (Vivekananda and his -may be associates) sacrificed a goat during Durga Pooja and burst fireworks.

Swamiji's opposition to ban on cow-slaughter is understandable, because he supported beef consumption by Indians.  His slogan of three Bs: bhagavadgita, biceps, beef is enough to prove it.

In my humble opinion, Swamiji should have campaigned not only for ban on cow-slaughter, but also ban on slaughter of domestic animals like camels, goats, particularly BUFFALOS.  If cows can be given the status of 'mother', buffaloes also deserve it.   The real problem is CPM is afraid of losing minority votes, if it supports ban on slaughter of cows.  CPM should shed this narrow political opportunism.  It should take up the case of ban on slaughter of all cattle, particularly buffaloes, camels, cows, donkeys, goats etc.


Swamiji's views about rule by Sudras were retrogressive.   After the annihilation of the so-called Aryan Kshatriya KIngs as a result of invasions by Greeks, Sakas, Hoons, Arabs, Turks and numerous other external raiders, the Hindu kings who ruled India upto 1947 were mostly Soodras only.   It is not correct to say that Soodras as a caste, represented proletariat class.   By the time of Swami Vivekananda, and even by now 2015, the castes which are considered as Soodras in India consist(ed) all types of people Maharajas, rajas, jamindars, jagirdars, big land owners, medium farmers, small and marginal farmers, agricultural laborers, rural artisans -- i.e. an admixture of bourgeoisie, petty-bourgeoisie, and the proletariat.


In India, soodras, particularly the landed soodras, considered themselves superior to the dalits, and participated in the oppression of dalits, along with other top castes of the society.

Hence we should not equate castes and classes.  We may have to take occupations, their sizes, their money earning capabilities, the social respect they command , etc. into consideration before we can estimate true backwardness of a person, family , group.


Calling Swami Vivekananda a 'great philosopher' , is a vague term.  The adjective 'great' itself is vague. 

Left parties like CPM should not waste their time and energies while trying to capture power on the piggyback of Swami Vivekananda.

Hindi and Telugu versions will be added shortly.

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443 Physical labor vs Mental labor vs Creative Labor vs Strategic Labor issues in Marxism and Communism

443 मार्क्सिजम या कम्यूनिजम में भौतिक श्रमा, मानसिक श्रमा, सृजनात्मक श्रमा, व्यूहात्मक श्रमा, इनके अनुबंधित मुद्दे

443 మార్క్సిజం లో భౌతిక శ్రమ, మానసిక శ్రమ, సృజనాత్మక శ్రమ, వ్యూహాత్మక శ్రమ అనుబంధిత చర్చనీయాంశాల పరిశీలన.

Current Indian electoral and political scenario has some peculiar volatility, although not altogether unpredictable.

For example, after annointment of Mr. Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India, and the inability of AAP to get more than four Lok Sabha seats, (that too in Punjab and not in its stronghold of Delhi), it appeared as though Aam Aadmi Party will not rise from the ashes again like Phoenix.  But the Delhi Assembly elections have proved that voters can take a total 180 degree about turn without blinking an eyelid.   Proof AAP securing 67 out of 70 seats.  BJP which appeared invincible, and which made Herculian efforts to capture Delhi had to cut a sorry face.


Who knows?  By 2019, Left Parties can also rise from their ashes.  Nothing is inconceivable.   Left Parties also may get some good leaders and prove their mettle before the votes.   By 2019, if people get totally fed up with the incumbent BJP, the rotten Congress,  dissensions in AAP, they may give an opportunity even to the Left.  Of course, Left will have to get ready for that King-size role.


In spite of a facade of developmental agenda, BJP is also implementing its religious agenda.

Unfortunately, Communist Parties in India, imitating the Congress, and some Regional Parties, have ended up as pseudo-secular parties catering to minority communalism which is as dangerous and perilous as majority communalism.

If Communist Parties make some real contact and impact with the masses, probably they may have to shed their left-of-the-centre economic agenda, and have to come out clear cut policy measures such as removal of private property, nationalisation of businesses and industries, non-monetisation of the society by removing currencies for use of goods and services removal of taxation, etc. etc.

If some Communist Party dares to hit the nails on the coffins, what will happen to our richest Indians, whose stake to glory is based on their mental labor, creative labor, strategic labor, anything under this Indian sky except physical labor.

At this stage we have to refer to our blog post http://problemsoftelugus.blogspot.in/search/label/440 , titled 440 "Highly paid brain workers may have to think twice before they leap into Marxism".   In this particular blog post , my candid suggestion to my Asst. Professor friends canvassing for CPM was that they may have to get ready for an absolutely equal treatment with all levels of employees at their work place, and that they should not expect special facilities as brain workers.

Now, extending that discussion, to our richest Indians Mukhesh Ambani of Reliance, Dilip Shanghwi of Sun Pharma, we have to examine whether they will be ready to accept absolute equality (it will be like an earth quake, or a bolt from the blue for them).   Of course, they will use all their resources of all kinds to prevent a true Communist Party getting elected by the people.    As on date, they are not taking our Communist Parties seriously, because they voters are not believing them.   There is a Telugu proverb: NavvagA navvagA nApa cElu panDutayi.  Approx. gist:   When people laugh and laugh at a limestony field which is believed to be barren rocky quarry, even that field will also give a good harvest.


But the election of Communist Parties has to take place so silently that the industrialists will have no predictive clues!  In other words it is to be a silent ballet revolution!

I am not here to classify the highly paid executives as vultures.  I can only say that they are birds misled from the crew.  The highly paid executives are of two types:

1) Non-owner executives : These people like Mr. Vishal Sikka, Ms. Chanda Kochhar may be drawing mainly salaries, and some nominal shares of profits.  Either way, they get amounts disproportionately large to their contributions which are overestimated by the markets and the employers.  Of course, the employers, themselves do not pay the high wages from their pockets.  They are drained from the huge pool of funds mobilised in the market, as part of business turnover.

On the other hand, equally competent CEOs like Arundhati Bhattacharya, the Chair Person of SBI, gets a pittance when compared to Ms. Chanda Kochhar of ICICI Bk.  Recently, we found that, in a recent photo, both were seated on the two sites of RBI Governor, Rajan.   Both were arm-twisted to cut down the interest rates of their banks, though cutting down interest rates greatly endangers the viability of the banks.   We can't be really sure about the efficiency of CEOs when the puppet strings are in the hands of the bigger shots.  If CEOs are like Clerks of a shop, then why the high salaries?


This bitter truth of huge salaries, dividends being paid from public funds belonging to the Nation (not belonging to promoters are employers) will come out only when the particular Corporates become no longer sustainable and manageable.  The best example for this type of unsupport-ability, we can see in the case of Kingfisher Airlines.  In that case of lavishness, whose funds are blocked?  Ans: Funds of the Public Sector Banks which lent recklessly to KIngfisher Airlines.


2) Owner executives.  These  people think that by claiming both dividends and salaries from their Corporates, they are not getting enough for the load they carry.

It will be foolish to pay huge amounts to top executives and promoters, shareholders on the pretext that they are making great contributions of mental labor, creative labor, strategic labor, this labor, that labor.  Such highly paid individuals also should not delude themselves that they are superhuman individuals with supernatural skills.  What they do, what they can do, is nothing but manipulating the market, with the help of the Government using what are called "soft skills" which are nothing but "lobbying skills".


Hindi and Telugu translations will be added shortly.

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442 Who is outsider, who is insider in India, which is supposed to be one Nation?

We should know what Shri B.V. Raghavulu , Polit Bureau member of Communist Party of India Marxist (CPIM or CPM) is reported to have  said in Visakhapatnam on 8th March  2015.  

Here is a link to a report by the Hindu daily, which contains a report with the title OUTSIDE LEADERS TO BLAME FOR BACKWARDNESS -CPIM. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/outside-leaders-to-blame-for-backwardness-cpim/article6968812.ece 

Lack of political awareness among local people and apathy of ‘outside’ political leaders elected from Visakhapatnam are responsible for the backwardness of north Andhra.


The lack of announcement of railway zone headquarters in Visakhapatnam in the railway budget despite assurances by elected representatives was an indication of their sincerity in the development of Visakhapatnam-- (CPIM State Secretariat Member, Shri Narasinga Rao).

YBRAO-A-DONKEY'S humble views वैबीराव गधे के विनम्र राय వైబీరావు గాడిద వినమ్ర అభిప్రాయాలు


CPIM's 21st All India Mahasabha is scheduled to be held at Visakhapatnam on 13th March 2015, Friday.

It is normally bourgeoisie parties which stroke and thrive on flames of regional discontent.   Now, an All India Party like CPIM, we can see is arousing regional sentiments in North Andhra.  Basically, there is no difference between the philosophies and strategies of Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao, the Nawab of Telangana and the acclaimed father of the sub-Nation of Telangana -- and the philosophies and strategies which are going to be employed by the CPIM in North Andhra.

One straight question which CPIM leadership has to answer:  Who are outsiders in a country?  Who are insiders?

Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao used the terminology 'AndhrOLLu', 'Andhra dongalu' (and similar phrases) throughout his Telangana Movement days to create hatred against Andhra people in Telangana.

Like terrorists, exploiters have no Region, Caste, Religion, Language, Tribe, etc.  Exploiters have only one goal, make money.  These exploiters can be anybody from Srikakulam, Vizianagram, Visaskhapatnam, East Godavari Districts, or coastal Andhra , or Rayala Seema , or Telangana, or Gujarat, or Bengal, or any other place in the country, or from any country in the world with any caste, religion, langauge, background.  We cannot draw a dividing line of 'outsider' or 'insider'.  We cannot brand people with descriptive labels like 'ousiders', 'insiders' with hot iron rods, as is done for cattle in American ranches, or staple ear-tags to ears of people, a la as is done by Banking and Insurance Companies for insured cattle.


CPIM's goals, and goal-oriented-behaviors ought be to spread the benefits of the system of Marxism or Communism or Equalism which envisages removal of private property, nationalisation of all resources required for production, demonetisation of market economy, razing down all sorts of inequalities, so on so forth.


People expect Communist Parties to be different from bourgeoisie parties.  Horses have to behave like horses, and pigs have to behave like pigs.  Horses cannot behave like pigs, and we should not expect pigs to behave like horses.


Hindi and Telugu language versions for this blog post will be added shortly.


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441 Where is our share in butchered beef?

441 कूर कातिल गोमांस में हमारा हिस्सा कहाँ है ?
441  గోమాంసంలో మా వాటా ఎక్కడ ? 


The following news is courtesy Telugu.webdunia.com.http://telugu.webdunia.com/article/andhra-pradesh-news/bv-raghavulu-fires-on-chandra-babu-naidu-115030600033_1.html

రాజధాని కోసం 1000 ఎకరాలు చాలంటున్న వామపక్షాలు.. తమ పార్టీ కార్యాలయాల కోసం 10 ఎకరాల మేర భూములు అడుగుతున్నాయని ఏపీ సీఎం చంద్రబాబు ఎద్దేవా చేసిన సంగతి తెలిసిందే. వామపక్షాలపై చేసిన అనుచిత వ్యాఖ్యలను చంద్రబాబు తక్షణమే ఉపసంహరించుకోవాలని బీవీ హెచ్చరించారు. 

రాజధాని కోసం వెయ్యెకరాలు చాలంటున్న వామపక్షాలు, తమ పార్టీ కార్యాలయాల కోసం పదెకరాల మేర భూములు అడుగుతున్నాయని చంద్రబాబు ఎద్దేవా చేసిన సంగతి తెలిసిందే. చంద్రబాబు వ్యాఖ్యలపై స్పందించిన రాఘవులు, పంట భూముల్లో రాజధాని నిర్మాణం బుద్ధి తక్కువ పని అంటూ ధ్వజమెత్తారు. 

మంగళగిరి సమీపంలో భారీగా ప్రభుత్వ భూములున్నా, వాటిని వదిలేసిన చంద్రబాబు సర్కారు తుళ్లూరును రాజధానిగా ఎంచుకుని రియల్ ఎస్టేట్ వ్యాపారం చేస్తోందని ఆయన ఆరోపించారు.

Approximate English Gist:  

It may be recalled that Mr. Chandra Babu Naidu, the Chief Minister of  Residual Andhra Pradesh State, ridiculed the criticism of the left parties about the injustice in mobilising 34,000 acres for State Capital, stating that the left parties which said that 1,000 acres would be suffice for State Capital, are asking for 10 acres for their party offices.   Mr. B.V. Raghavulu, CPM supremo in Andhra Pradesh demanded that Mr. Chandra Babu Naidu should withdraw his unjust comments.

Mr. Raghavulu who responded to the comments of Mr. Chandra Babu Naidu, refuted them saying that it is a foolish thing to build Capital in cultivated crop lands.

HE alleged that Mr. Chandra Babu Naidu, who left out the Government lands which were available near Mangalagiri, has chosen Tullur as Capital and is doing real-estate business.

ybrao-a-donkey's-humble view - वैबीराव गधे के विनम्र राय వైబీరావు గాడిద వినమ్ర వ్యాఖ్యలు

A butcher killed a cow in a heinous manner and got 340.(00) kgs. of beef (34000 acres of land).  A police man or a Villlage Revenue Officer appeared there and started demanding  his 10 kg. of beef (10 acres of land) from the butcher.  It is not clear , whether he demanded a specific beef piece like liver or brain or thigh bone.

The other political parties like YSRC, CPI, Lok Satta, BJP, apart from TDP, shall also be in queue, each demanding 10 kg. of the beef.  Who will like to miss the delicious Rajadhani meat?

There is an English proverb: Chase with the hounds, run with the rabbits.  Take your flesh, and also protest.  Media also will not lag behind.  They might have already placed their indent with the butcher.  

440 Highly paid brain workers may have to think twice before they leap into Marxism (I call Equalism)

४४० अधिक वेतन कमाने वाले मस्तिष्क कर्मचारी, मार्क्सिजम में कूदने के पहले, दो बार सोचना अवश्य होगा।
౪౪౦ అధిక వేతన జీవులైన బ్రెయిన్ వర్కర్లు, మార్క్సిజం లోకి దూకబోయే ముందు ఒకటికి రెండు సార్లు ఆలోచించుకోవాలి.

Why क्यों ఎందుకు

I have nothing but appreciation, against my CPM friends, about whom I mentioned having talked to (Pl. see post No. 439 http://problemsoftelugus.blogspot.com/search/label/439  ).


This is only a word of caution from a candid and frank writer.


In ybrao-a-donkey's humble view, Marxism aims at and should entail absolute Equalism , or at least near absolute Equalism.  Familiar argument we hear against Marxism (or Equalism) is, a person's five fingers are not equal.  How can humans be equal?  Inequality of human fingers is a very bad simile, when it is compared to inequalities of income and wealth, social inequalities prevailing in Capitalist and Market Economies.


The CPM canvassers whom I met at my friend's house are good boys, working with great objectives.   Both of them said that they are Asst. Professors in Private Colleges.  They also get good salaries like Rs. 75,000 per month and Rs. 90,000/- per month.


One strong criticism against Communism or Marxism, which many persons with whom I had an opportunity to interact in the past, had used to cross examine me with, was lack of incentives for creative intellectuals, geniuses, inventors, discoverers, etc. etc.  In my view, a true Marxist cannot, will not and shall not seek incentives.   He-she should not think that they are ---one, or some layers above the others in the country or in the society.   Marxism is supposed to meet the needs of  all the individuals in the country or society in an equitable manner.   Since resources available in countries and societies are few, size of the cake will be small, and millions of people, including the so-called brain workers will have to share the meagre bits, with delight.

Assumption: One Marxist country will not exploit another Marxist country, just as One Capitalist country exploits another Capitalist country), size of the cake is small which is to be shared by millions.   Brain workers should not expect special treatment.   They also should not think that they are sacrificing something for the country, by living in a Communist country, by not migrating to Capitalist countries though opportunities are available there aplenty, or in other words they should not expect rewards (in my opinion, not even non-monetary rewards like awards, medals, prizes).


That implies, an Asst. Professor should be prepared to accept the same facilities and need-fulfilments, as a sweeper in his-er College.  Both will have equal dignity of labor.  It is nothing but division of labor in the sense that a sweeper does a task which a Professor cannot perform, and vice versa.   He-she should never think, "if I and the sweeper are equal, why I should I work."   And this philosophic courage of conviction has to stay throughout life, not just for few years.


Here it is worthwhile to recall one or two things which happened in erstwhile Soviet Union, and as far as I can recollect, in Romania.

1.  Brain workers in Soviet Union could not resist their temptation to consumer goods, consumerist style of living flamboyantly masqueraded in their neighborhood West Europe, U.S.A., Canada, ANZ.    (These small temptations were of the years 1980-1991, which have now become multifold in 2015) and they were quite eager to migrate to Europe, U.S.A., Canada and ANZ.  Gorbachev used the opportunity to break up Soviety Union, with tacit support from the West.

2.  When the dictatorial regime in Romania collapsed (we can't call it Communist Regime, though it made a facade of being a Communist country), news reports came that its Presidential Palace had gold toilet seats etc.  In other words, the so-called Communist dictatorial Governments in different countries had encouraged hierarchial luxuries, in the name of protocols, etc.  This type of pitfalls Indian Communism should not fall in it.


3.  For this reason only, the importance of decentralisation and internal democracy in Indian Communist Parties becomes a top-priority need.


4.  About this lack of democracy in Indian Communist Parties (similar to the lack of internal democracy prevailing in bourgeoisie parties, with a minor degree of variance), we may have to discuss in a separate blog post.


PARADIGM  UPWARD AND DOWNWARD SHIFTS

WHEN a Communist or Marxist country progresses,  fruits will be available to millions to share, not to just some few individuals, though the progress of that country may be from the efforts made by those few individuals.  Then, that country/society can go for an upward paradigm-shift or paradigm-lift.  Example: A Communist country which may start with only bicycles for all its share holders may promote itself to bikes for all, then small cars for all, then probably bigger cars like SUVs for all.  This may look like a distant dream.   But visualise today's miserable condition of one Bolly-wood film-star or Team India Cricketer owning ten big cars!!




Hindi and Telugu translations will be added shortly.

(To continue.  सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.)

439 Should there be only one Communist Party in India? Is Communist Unity compulsory?

Logo images, courtesy wikipedia.org.


Today evening, I had a fortune of interacting with two CPIM door-to-door canvassers, in a friend's house.   During the interaction, my friend expressed a little dis-satisfaction about disunity between the two major Communist parties, and among various Communist Parties in India.



After coming home, I had some brain-storming in my mind about unity among Communist Parties in India.  Earlier also, I had applied my mind on this particular problem.



ybrao-a-donkey's humble line of thinking वैबीराव गधे के विनम्र राय వైబీరావుగాడిద వినమ్ర అభిప్రాయం



Having only one Communist Party has its own set of problems.  1. Monopolies are dangerous.  2. If the top leaders of that single party get sold out or become adamant, there will be no alternative.  3. Healthy competition among Communist Parties will promote a healthy Communist Movement.  4. What Karl Marx envisaged, according to me, does not seem to be one party rule or one party dictatorship.  The interpretation of dictatorship of proletariat, as dictatorship one a single Communist Party, seems to be a misinterpretation which took place in U.S.S.R., East Europe, China, Cuba etc.  Such misinterpretation resulted in capturing of the Communist Parties in those countries, by unscrupulous dictators for establishing themselves as lifetime dictators.





If Karl Marx had really prescribed that there should be only one Communist Party for the entire proletariat of a country, we can safely say that he had gone wrong somewhere, and we can go for pluralist Communism (Multi party Communism).



What Marx envisaged in the phrase 'dictatorship of proletariat' appears to be that rulers should come only from working class.  It implies that, there can be any number of parties, as long as they are led by workers and working class,  distinguished from bourgeoisie and owners.



Besides, once inequalities are razed to ground, by removal of private property, and socialisation of national productive resources, the persons of bourgeoisie and owner classes will have to become workers, and there is bound to be only one class, i.e. working class or proletariat.  Dictatorship of proletariat becomes democracy of proletariat.



Next consequence will be, leaders of workers may have to contest with one another in winning the confidence of the proletariat which is nothing but the whole population and the whole electorate.  This competition among workers' leaders, will necessarily lead to more than one Communist Party.



The common argument used by those who are worried about disunity among Communist Parties, is the risk of splitting of votes.   This problem superficially looks serious because, voters sympathise bourgeoisie parties owing to numerous reasons such as voter bribing, liquor, caste, religion, landlord domination, industrialist domination etc.





If voters really understand what Communism really means, and the benefits it confers, the top two parties will be CPI and CPM (or vice versa) or some other Communist Party.  Thus, there is no risk in having more number of Communist Parties, as long as they work as 'live parties' and not end up as dormant  inert zombies.



A natural consequence, probably, of course, will be a ban of bourgeoisie parties for ever in the history of that country.



Telugu and Hindi language versions will be written shortly.



(To continue.  सशेष.  ఇంకా ఉంది).