Modern Day Animal Farm

The events in Nandigram and response of the communist party leaders is on expected lines.
It takes me back to my school days when I read "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, that master story teller.
It reminds me of Napoleon, a Yorkshire boar ( good name for pig) who was modelled after Joseph Stalin.
Napoleon would bleat "Four Legs good, two legs bad"
Just like our communists bleat killing for party is good but killing for religion is bad.
It makes no difference whether you are a Narendra Modi killing the minorities, or Budhadev Bhattacharya killing people who oppose his grabbing their land for industrial purpose by sending in his cadres.
You are killing a human being, a creation of God.
But then, of course, they do not believe in God also.
Ironically, George Orwell's book is about communists and they are the heroes of the Nandigram misadventure.
They behave so arrogantly, saying what they have done is good.
They know that there is no opposition to kick them out of power in this state.
That is what they deserve.
The Congress party has sold its soul to them for power at the centre.
Mamta Banerjee could have taken them head on.
But she is a bundle of confusion and contradictions.
She does not know whether to align with the Congress or the NDA.
Whether to resign or to continue.
The people of Bengal too have lost faith in her.
So what do the poor people of Bengal do?
The communists destroyed our educational system.
Bengalis were the leaders in education.
Bengal's strength was English.
By removing English from the primary stage, our boys have been so weakened in English speaking that they do not stand any chance outside Bengal.
Karnataka and other states saw the mushrooming of Engg Colleges about 20 years ago.
Our communist leaders just stuck with B E College, Jadavpur University, Durgapur and Jalpaiguri Engg. colleges and of course IIT, Kharagpur.
They probably thought Engg Education is for the reactionary forces.
The result is for all to see.
Karnataka and Bangalore have become another Silicon City.
Bengal is trying to catch up. They will, may be after 50 years.
Now like people from Patna, they try underhand means in places like Chandigarh to gain admission in good educational institutions for they cannot do so with their abilities.
The communists destroyed our industries with their Bandhs, Hartals, Go Slows and other non productive activities.
They destroyed the IT industry in Bengal by not allowing computers in Banks when they first came to India with the result no IT industry came to Bengal
Now they talk of having software Parks and IT SEZ's when they cannot even control their cadres from halting work in these 24 x 7 offices.
I just feel sorry for Bengal.
With the Left front in power, there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel.
Even God will not be able to save Bengal, as long as they are in power.

Radheshyam