842 A reasonably good obituary essay for Late Fidel Castro, by Shri Parsa Venkateswara Rao Jr., Senior Journalist

A reasonably impartial obituary for Late Fidel Castro, by Senior Indian English Journalist, Shri Parsa Venkateswara Rao Jr., can be found at Deccan Chronicle.com. Click to go to http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/301116/fidel-was-no-stalin-more-like-ho.html. Indian Capitalist Media seems to have ignored the demise of Fidel Castro, the former Cuban Dictator, as something untouchable. Fortunately, Deccan Chronicle has not done it. Proof, the piece of write-up, titled : "Fidel was no Stalin, more like Ho", by Shri Parsa Venkateswara Rao.

We shall take up a few quotes from the article of Shri Parsa Venkateswara Rao Jr. for an analytical review:

"... The pragmatist in Castro is best seen in the fact that Cubans who were allowed to go to the United States remitted huge amounts in dollars, and the Cuban dictator did not show any aversion for the capitalist dollar. The major achievement of the Castro government has been the welfare measures of free education, healthcare along with employment and housing, which seems to have kept the people at large in good humour. There is no doubt that he dealt harshly with his critics, imprisoned them or exiled them. But this did not seem to lead to popular discontent. ..."

yb-a-donkey: No aversion to Capitalist dollars! Welfare measures! Dealt harshly with his critics! Imprisoned them! Exiled them! This didn't lead to popular discontent!

Everything is crystal clear. No need to add more.

"...The state-run economy was not a huge success and people were allowed to run their own farms and businesses by and by. The iron curtain between Cuba and the United States was rather a thin one. ..."

yb-a-donkey: Mr. Castro's coterie members and cronies might have been allowed to do businesses and own farms. Where is Marxism or Socialism or Communism in all this? Castro might not have sold himself out to Capitalism, as openly as the Chinese Dictators. But degradation, though its intensity may vary, is very obvious.

To continue someday. कुछ अन्य दिन इसको जारी रखूंगा। ఇంకో రోజు దీనిని కొనసాగిస్తాను.

840 There will be many Odes and Hagiographies for Fidel Castro, but Facts may not support them

The sad demise of Fidel Castro, the ailing Dictator of Cuba is not totally unexpected. My heartfelt condolences. Late Fidel Castro had made alternate succession arrangements for anointment of his own brother as the next Dictator of Cuba. United States may be happy that the new rulers will be more amicable towards them. There is nothing specially right or wrong in that. What is permanent in this simultaneously Static and Dynamic World is, "Change". In the long run, we are all dead. There is nothing to rejoice about in the dynastic succession of Raul Castro to the throne of Cuba, as long as it is not democracy, through the expression of freewill of people of Cuba, howsoever, enlightened or unenlightened they may be.

If the Western Press, and the Euro-American writers get suddenly interested in Cuba, they may write some Odes, and hagiographies, digging out from the histories. Thereafter, they can also, and they usually do as is the habit of the Capitalist Histories, bury Late Fidel Castro into their standard templated pits of made-out histories, painting persons either as greats or villains.

We shall take up a sample set of FOUR quotes attributed to Late Fidel Castro.

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.

The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.

ybrao-a-donkey: Examination of the above three sample quotes

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

Talk about "struggle to death" is all nothing but empty chivalry. Marxist / Communist / Socialist / Proletarian Revolutions are not EXPECTED to be one time affairs. Such struggles-to-death tend to be one-time revolutions, lasting as long as the first leader lives, or, until the first leader is displaced/replaced. On the other hand, we need paradigm shifts of thought processes and skills of the EXPLOITED.

Revolutions are expected to be EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES working within and over the hearts and minds of the proletarians. They are expected to be more of MENTAL EVOLUTIONS AND REVOLUTIONS. Obviously, they are expected to be gradual and time-consuming.

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

ybrao-a-donkey: Late Castro, by referring to Africa, Asia and Latin America, seems to be believing that Capitalism is a success in Europe, North America, ANZ. There are reasons to believe that Capitalism is a greater failure in the Industrial and Commercial World of EuroAmerica and ANZ, when compared to Africa-Asia-Latin-America, where it has not been sufficiently experimented upon. Capitalism, everywhere, makes a facade of success, in spite of its monstracity.

I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.

ybrao-a-donkey: Using attributes like "filthy" does not add anything to the undesirable nature of Capitalism. While it is not possible in this brief write-up, to comment about Capitalism causing war and hypocrisy, I cannot altogether ignore, "Competition".

Competition per se , does not appear to be bad. Even in Communism (all its brand names Marxism, Socialism, etc.), there is need of competition among Public Sector Institutions. Without a healthy competition, lives can become dull and uninteresting. I have repeatedly emphasized that there is a dire/strong need for competition among proletarian parties, functioning with bottom-to-top leadership-transfer style.

The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.

ybrao-a-donkey: One dictatorship cannot replace another dictatorship. Dictatorship of Exploiters cannot be replaced by Dictatorship of Exploited. Reason: Dictatorships breed more dictatorships. Even if some Revolutions by situational and circumstantial compulsions start as violent upheavals,they are bound and expected to evolve as DEMOCRACIES OF THE EXPLOTED. Dictatorships breed callousness and apathy, apart from corruption. Dictators will ask people to eat cakes, where even bread is not available.

Sometimes, dictatorships can arise, with masks of democracies. Bottom-to-top Management Methods will get replaced by preachings and tyrannical hukums from the top.

To continue . सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.

302 Preachings and Practices

302 Preachings and Practices
302 బోధనలు మరియు ఆచరణలు
చర్చనీయాంశాలు: 302, కమ్యూనిజం, క్యూబా, ఫిడెల్ కాస్ట్రో, వాచెస్, లైఫ్ స్టైల్స్

There is a thouand kilometers distance between theories and practices. सिद्धांतों और व्यवहारों के बीच एक हजार किलोमीटर की दूरी है. సిధ్ధాంతాలకూ ఆచరణలకూ మధ్య ఒక వేయికిలోమీటర్ల దూరం ఉంది. Have you seen, in this picture? आप इस तस्वीर में देखा है? ఈచిత్రంలో, మీరు చూశారా??

Highlighted in the large circle is Mr. Fidel Castro, the Head of Cuba. Castro dynasty rules Cuba, just as Kim dynasty rules North Korea.

बड़े वृत्त में प्रकाश डाला श्री फिदेल कास्त्रो, क्यूबा के प्रमुख है. जैसा किम् डैनास्टी उत्तर कॊरिया को पालन कर रहा है, वैसा ही क्यूबा को कास्ट्रो डैनाय्सीटी पालन कर रहा है।

వృత్తంలో హైలైట్ చేయబడింది, క్యూబా ఆధ్యక్షుడు, శ్రీ ఫిడెల్ కాస్ట్రో గారు, క్యూబా రాజ్యాధీశుడు. ఉత్తర కొరియాను ఎలాగైతో, కిమ్ వంశం పాలిస్తున్నదో, క్యూబాను కాస్ట్రో వంశం పాలిస్తున్నది.

Within the smaller ring, on the wrist of Mr. Castro you will find Rollex watch, one of the costliest watches made in the world.

छोटे वृत्त के अंदर, कास्ट्रो साहॆब के मणि बंध पर, दिख रहा है रोलॆक्स वाच, दुनिया मॆं अधिक मूल्यवान घडियों में एक है।

చిన్న వృత్తంలో, కాస్ట్రోగారి మణి కట్టు మీద, కనిపిస్తున్నది, రోలెక్సు రిస్టు వాచీ. ప్రపంచపు అతిఖరీదైన వాచ్ బ్రాండ్ లలో ఒకటి.

In the hall, on the background wall, we can see the photo of Karl Marx.

हाल में, पीछे दिवार पर, हम देख सक्ते हैं, कार्ल मार्क्स के तस्वीर।

హాల్లో, వెనకాల గోడమీద, కార్ల్ మార్క్సు గారి ఫొటోను చూడచ్చు.

In the picture, Mr. Castro is lighting his long cigar.

చిత్రంలో కాస్ట్రో గారు, తన పొడవైన చుట్టను అంటించుకుంటున్నారు.

तस्वीर में कास्ट्रो महाशय अपने लंबे सिगार को जलाना शुरू कर रहा है।

వైబీరావు గాడిద వ్యాఖ్య

మార్క్సిజంలో, కమ్యూనిజంలో , అన్నిటికన్నా, ప్రధాన సిధ్ధాంతం, సర్వ సమానత్వం. సంపన్నుల భోగలాలసత్వానికి వ్యతిరేకంగా, ఆవిర్భవించింది మార్క్సిజం. భోగ లాలసులైన పాత సంపన్నుల స్థానంలో కొత్త అతిభోగలాలసులైన నేతలను ప్రతిష్ఠించటం, మార్క్సిజం, కమ్యూనిజాలలక్ష్యం కానే కాదు. అయితే ఏది భోగలాలసత్వం, అనే దానికి నిర్వచనాలు లేవు. ఒక వ్యక్తి లేదా ఒక గ్రూపు దృష్టిలో భోగంలాగా కనపడేది, మరొక వ్యక్తి లేదా బృందం దృష్టిలో అత్యవసర వస్తువుగా కనిపించవచ్చు. అయితే ఇక్కడ మనం కొన్ని యాంకర్లు లేక దారి చూపే బాణాల గుర్తు --->లాంటి వాటిని ఆసరాగా చేసుకోవచ్చు.

Suppose, everybody in the society has rolex watch on his-her hand. We need not, then, consider it as luxury. Take for example, mobile phones in India. In the past, it was a luxury, because it used to be in the hands of one or two persons, as a demonstrative exhibit of conspicuous consumption. Today, it exists in the hands of one and all. Usefulness has also expanded to a range of 'sending life-saving medical communication', to 'browsing of blue films on internet'. Hence, we can no longer call it a luxury. But, we can't say so in the case of rolex watches. If they reach a state of oversupply of becoming a commonman's item, the Manufacturing Company will immediately curtail supply and issue limited editions with skimming prices. But a watch, is like mobile, an extremely useful tool. Yet, do we need an expensive rolex? No, a vanilla watch will do. Once upon a time, India used to make HMT watches in public sector. Decent, durable and affordable, they were, but there were initial shortages. Later, they became available to everybody. But within no time, the private sector fellows entered the field, dumped and lampooned the market with all sorts of colored and fancy stuff, priced vanilla Rs. 100/-- to super-rich million bucks. Finally, they made HMT sick. Nevertheless, what we need to manage our time is just a simple vanilla type chronometer and not diamond-studded vanilla watches. These Castroes cannot understand it.

తెలుగు సారం: సమాజంలో ప్రతి ఒక్కరి దగ్గర రోలెక్సు వాచీలు ఉన్నాయి అనుకొండి. దానిని మనం భోగంగా భావించనవసరం లేదు. ఇపుడు భారత్ లో మొబైల్ ఫోన్ లను తీసుకోండి. గతంలో అది భోగం, ఎందుకంటే, అది ఏ ఒక్కరి చేతిలోనో ఉండి, ప్రదర్శన వస్తువుగా ఉండేది. నేడు అందరి చేతిలో ఉంటున్నది. ఉపయోగం కూడ అత్యంత ముఖ్యమైన ప్రాణావసర పనుల దగ్గరనుండి, బ్లూఫిలిమ్ ల బ్రౌజింగు వరకు నేడు అవి సార్వజనికం అయ్యాయి. కనుక భోగం అనలేం. రోలెక్సు వాచీని అలా అనలేం. అవి అందరి చేతిలో ఉండి, సార్వజనికం అయ్యే స్థితి వస్తే కంపెనీ వాళ్ళు లిమిటెడ్ ఎడిషన్ అని తీసుకు వచ్చి, తన లాభాలను స్కిమ్మింగ్ చేసుకుంటారు. అయితే వాచీ అనేది, మొబైల్ వలెనే, అత్యంత ఉపయోగకరమైన సాధనం. అయితే రోలెక్సు కావాలా?? అక్కర్లేదు. ఏవ్యానీలా వాచీ అయినా సరిపోతుంది. భారత్ లో ఒకప్పుడు బెంగుళూరులో హెచ్ ఎమ్ టీ వాచీలు తయారయ్యేవి. మొదట్లో డిమాండు ఎక్కువయి కొంత కరువు వచ్చినా, తరువాత అందరికి లభ్యమయ్యాయి. అనతి కాలంలోనే , ప్రైవేటు రంగం వారు దిగి నాసి రకంవాచీలను రంగుల్లో బొంగుల్లో రోడ్లమీదికి దించాక, హెచ్ ఎమ్ టీ భ్రష్ఠు పట్టి పోయింది. ఏది ఏమైనా, ఐస్ క్రీముల్లో వానిలా లాగా మనకు కావాల్సింది, సాధారణ తరగతి వాచీలే. రోలెక్సులు కావు. కాస్ట్రోలు వీటిని అర్ధం చేసుకోలేరు.

ఈనాటి సూక్తి

Money plays the largest part in determining the course of history. -Karl Marx.

తెలుగు సారం: చరిత్ర దిశను నిర్ణయించేది డబ్బే.