The allegation and observation made by Bachu Kadu alias Shri Omprakash Baba Rao Kadu, Independent MLA from Achalapur, Maharashtra, needs deeper analysis and understanding. Unbiased writing on this subject is difficult, as the current environment is highly vitiated, and yet an attempt is worth trying. To start with: Mentioning names of individuals may be dangerous, especially when negative comments are made. Such unintended errors can land the talkers/writers into libel / defamation litigations. It appears that Shri Omprakash Baba Rao Kadu has withdrawn/modified his comment about Ms. Hema Malini's drinking. It is good, to safeguard his own interest, if we see the experience of Mr. Arun Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister, who is facing Rs. 100 million defamation case from Shri Arun Jaitley, India's Finance Minister. Even when a person speaks truth, some times it may be difficult for a person to produce evidence in a court of law to produce what he says / writes. This is because those who indulge in things may not do them by standing before a video camera, or by distributing printed pamphlets. A comment may sometime become dry and 'juiceless' when it is not given by a solid example. Hence, whether lawyers or not, talkers / writers / journalists / film artists have to spend long hours and do a lot of home work of collecting evidence to prove what they say / write, when a need arises.
To start with, here are links for the news links about what Shri Omprakash Baba Rao is reported to have said: Click here to go to http://www.rediff.com/news/report/hema-malini-drinks-daily-maharashtra-mlas-bizarre-take-on-farmer-suicides/20170414.htm.
Kadu made the remark while speaking about farmers' plight at an event in Nanded district of Marathwada.
Congress leader Narayan Rane had recently termed drinking as one of the reasons for farmers' suicide, while Union Minister Nitin Gadkari had said excessive spending by farmers on son's or daughter's marriage leads to indebtedness in some cases.
Trying to rebut this perception, Kadu said, "75 per cent of MLAs, MPs, journalists drink... even Hema Malini drinks heavily... but have they committed suicide?
"Rs 4 crore were spent on the marriage of Gadkari's son, should we now wait for him to commit suicide?" he said.
As the comment drew sharp reactions, Kadu tried to defend himself. He was talking about Hema Malini's drinking "in films and not in her personal life," he said, speaking to reporters at Osmanabad on Friday.
ybdonkey's personal views which are not intended to be imposed on others
In India, millions of people take film actors and heroines as roll-models, and try to ape their screen life-styles, in real lives of citizens. It is a very dangerous trait. Everyone of us has to help others to get out of this dangerous weakness.
Why seggregate and single out 75% of MLAs, MPs, journalists, and of course Ms. Hema Malini whose habits we do not know / cannot prove? 75% of Indian male adults seem not only to drink alcohol, but also appear to be raising their 'litres / pints / bottle sizes' month by month, and year by year. We are going to enter the 'buckets / tubs / barrels / water tanks' era. By water tanks era, I mean, instead of drinking water which our Governments and Municipalities cannot anyway supply everyday regularly, different types of Indian Made Foreign Liquors (IMFL) can be supplied through pipelines. In this respect, our Governments and Municipalities will not fail, because they have already converted National and State Highways into Municipal and Panchayat Roads, so as to subvert the Supreme Court's Order to close the liquor shops on National and State Highways.
Question: Why alcoholic stars do not commit suicides, and why farmers commit suicides?
Ans: A farmer who makes Rs. 60,000/- per annum by selling his harvests, and gets that small amount in 2 or 3 instalments, and if he spends Rs. 25,000/- per annum, on alcohol, he cannot maintain his family without debts. He will not be left with 'Capital' to invest when the next sowing season comes. Hence, the parameter is: What percentage of his income (not only a farmer, any low income person) a person spends on alcohol will decide. If the percentage is more, the farmer will be surrounded by debtors. If the percentaqg is low, he can borrow from banks and repay them. If the percentage is high, he will not only be indebted to Banks, but also to private money lenders. Private Money Lenders initially lend to farmers on just approaching and asking. But gradually, they tighten the terms. They use filthy language to recover their loans. They insult not only the farmers, but also his family members to such an extent, even by asking the Head of the Family 'Why don't you consume pesticide or hang yourselves, so that we can get compensation from the Government and adjust to our loans? Thus, private usurious money lender is the provocatrr for farmer suicides, while alcoholism (along with many other reasons) contributes to the penury of the farmer.
On the other hand, a film heroine / politician / abc / xyz who makes Rs. 40 million per annum, and spends Rs. 4 lakhs per annum on clubs, pubs and alcohol, he-she will still be left with Rs. 39.6 million. There will be no need to worry, except that some roles may be lost, or some health may be lost. Doesn't the percentage of income spent on alcohol decide, the tendencies to commit suicide? If film stars are to commit suicides, there should be additional contributive causes such as: 1. Losses on film production / distribution 2. Losses on gambling. 3. Losses in other businesses. 4. Vexations with cheating by lovers 5. Other frustrations.
(Example 1: Husband of a film star in Mumbai, who happened to be a film director and producer, committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a building in Mumbai. But for such things, to generate depression, there should be surrounding causes such as financial incapacitation, monetary retardation. Loss of Money-earning capacity can lead to depressions.)
(Example 2: Hindi Star Meena Kumari's suicide. Extract from Wikipedia.org:
"...Meena Kumari portrayed of Pakeezah under Kamal Amrohi's direction became historical piece of document.[14] In her performances, beauty, aristrocracy, tragedy, personality all blended into one. Her role as Chhoti Bahu, in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam is considered one of the best performances in Indian Cinema. Chhoti Bahu a role dangerously close to Kumari's own tragic life, like the character of Chhoti Bahu, in real life Meena Kumari also became addicted to alcohol.[15] Kumari life and prosperous career were marred by heavy drinking, troubled relationships, an ensuing deteriorating health, and her death from liver cirrhosis in 1972. ..."
Question: How Lavish Marriages by Rich do not lead to their suicides?
Ans: If Mr. Nitin Gadkari has performed his daughter's marriage spending Rs. 40 million (4 crore), still, such heavy expenditure may not lead to his suicide simply because it depends on: what percentage of his income/wealth he spent on his daughter's marriage? May be hardly 2% or 4%.
Question: How Lavish Marriages by SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS INVARIABLY LEAD TO THEIR SUICIDES
If a farmer who gets Rs. 100,000 by selling his crop, and if he spends Rs. 60,000 on his daughter's marriage, how will he subsist the remaining year, till the next crop comes? If he spends the remaining 40,000 on his family maintenance and remaining children's education, the farmer will not have anything to buy seeds, pesticides, inputs for the next crop. Ultimately he will fall into the hands of private money lenders who will force him to commit suicide.
Occupational Hazards of Metropolitan Money Lending Mafias
Private Money Lending mafias in Bombay can threaten debtor film producers/distributor and Mumbai politicians who lose elections, of dire consequences, while reminding them about moneys due. But the Lender mafias will never force them to commit suicides, because Govt. will not pay compensation. Film Producer/defaults defaults, Election-losing politician defaults, are occupational hazards for Money Lending Mafias in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, etc. They seldom come to light.
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