The arrogance of communists in
India is typical of the society we live in. On the one hand they profess the
voice of downtrodden while on the other reflect deep flaws of the primitive
society. It’s the template of crawling for the people more powerful
simultaneously brutalizing people who are below in power matrix or are
powerless and vulnerable. Hierarchal mindset that elaborates blessing. Recall when
Pranab poured milk, he was consolidating expected behavior from those who are
to serve him (though the man is dead but it's very important to know him to understand the degradation, he did immense damage. When i saw him twice or rather blocked me twice, incidentally as President, he was rushing to temples. He could have used his time and money invested in him to visit local school or nearby tribal settlement or even the wildlife sanctuary but he chose none). Being a President, it was simultaneously a lesson on fate to
common people in a corrupt and nepotism driven society: useless people like us could
reach to most powerful positions is because of the rituals we perform and the
temples we visit. He was elucidating template for good fortune and ways to work
on fate (hence the stampede by herds on auspicious days to temples of powerful gods,
and ensuing histrionics as rituals). He was cunning to use his position
nurtured by castetva forces (that severely degraded democratic institutions as
also the society by undermining egalitarian humanist traditions). While most
castetva leaders leapfrogged from sanctum vacuum into positions of power
through camaraderie and nepotistic connections meanwhile nurturing the herds into
deeper muck. They shifted their sycophantic value systems and hierarchal minds
from sanctum to family, the Gandhi family, who became their new favorite god -ishta
devtha, all the skills of pleasing were updated for this reality. Lacking
any mass base or discernable skills they cultivated manipulators and fixers
around the power centers to create perceptions, exaggerate self, while pleasing
the family. Meanwhile likes of Pranab though gained from sycophancy worked their
powerbase through temple hopping and creating alliance of camaraderie with
squatters. Squatters had immense clout as faith hawkers and a lethal grip over
hapless herds as they dangled fate and after life visions, they extended their
clout over local feudal forces and nepotistic connection with power. The reason
why Pranab was able to challenge the family was because he assiduously built these
bases while also creating crony capitalist circle of influence. He was a astute player in a flawed society. The influential castetva media were fed
and fattened -given access, awards and positions -it’s the same that now whine
in desperation for imagined values. Hence Pranab was narrated and drummed as
the “best PM we never had” while jittered family and cronies tried to placate
him with President’s post. The powerful base he created through decades of
manipulation was such that he became a go between gaining Hindutva and loosing
Castetva and was even seen a PM candidate in case of hung parliament. His value
for Hindutva, and their desperate need to get his clout, could be gauged from
the fact that Hindutva decided to bestow highest civilian award -Bharat Ratna,
on him over likes of Advani -who essentially played a pivotal role in its
growth. Such is the way these people work, and this is what I was witnessing
when I decide to focus my attention, and yes wasted my time and energy but
insights need to be documented. It's a unique position and a rare opportunity. There is a reason why India languishes at the
bottom of all international indices and humanitarian concerns as the manipulators
created their narration that pushed most people out from ambit of concern.
Communists come from the same stock
and now they decide (in TN) that they need to participate in temple histrionics
to influence herds as an antidote to rising Hindutva. The vicious Castetva
forces controlling media is fueling the narration of neglecting caste and other
herd faith muck as the reason for loss of traction. These are the same that
cannibalized the society, stripping it of egalitarian movements and vibrant
humanitarian participation -the anti-caste movements and
anti-superstition values that seek humans from herds. They conveniently
undermine that DMK won thumping majority on Dravidian movement values that attempted squatter
free temples -making it open position not based on caste, removing caste names
from streets (the braying singer nurtured by castetva posing as high end savior felt the
heat) and other egalitarian measures that defined their anti-caste foundation of humanist concerns. Castetva forces degraded TN in the last many decades and
have created putrefying caste pits by emboldening likes of CR -this corrupt caste lout
did immense damage as he was recruited for the job through nepotistic
connections. Communists never got any traction in TN because they were arrogant
squatter ensconced (imagine devious Kasturi&Sons as comrades! The reason
why there is trust deficit) and couldn’t understand the reality and struggle of
common people. They created a mirage through colonial literate Bengalis but got
wiped out at sudden hint of reality. It’s better for comrades to join Hindutva
than creating another ruse and become a joke. The shift in ideology is always
easy since it lacks any involvement with reality or empathetic concerns. There
are many in Kerala who have shifted from red to saffron in blink of eye. As
Hindutva gains grounds and reaches a threshold gravy you will see mass movement
of worms. Communism is important because it gives significant insights into
society. It helps critically scrutinize capitalism. They are good opposition to
herd controlling systems, and helps develop insight. But they are never good at
controlling power since they slip into authoritarianism. Socialism as political
power is better placed to work through democracy into egalitarian values.
Comrade rot is precisely what is happening in Kerala. Comrade morons have got power in their head after they won unprecedented second term despite serious allegations of corruptions. People really don’t prefer salivating infighting castetva congress -these feudals are mostly default option due to politics at the national level. As is the case comrades too come from degraded putrefying society hence unbridled power are seen as sign of blessing and god given authority over beleaguered people hence this easy shift to authoritarian context. Densely populated, environmentally and geographically fragile Kerala is highly vulnerable to climate change, and recent events have shown its precarious position and glimpse of things to come. The herds are blissfully incapacitated in their ego driven consumerist holes of wholesome entertainments. Comrades were expected to show some concern but comrade morons too are incapacitated as they belligerently push for misguided k-rail project -that is set to connect the state and reduce time for travel. Already this route has railway connectivity this project is set to reduce time by few hours. Couldn't they have worked to improve the existing connectivity? Also, what are people going to do with these few hours gained? Consider that world is now much connected hence physical travelling may not be that important in most cases. They though insist on the project -it has become a case of fragile egos of comrades, even after massive protest that is gaining momentum. Characteristically it is confined to as social issue whereas the environmental ramification -that is significant, is kept as minor matter. The same energy and time could be used to massively invest in adaptive technologies and measures against climate change.
Crass comrades: They called for two days all India general strike. Nobody in India were much bothered except Kerala where it was complete lockdown since it was supported by communist state government. They threatened people who tried to open the shop (in my neighborhood where the fellow had opened the milk shop, since it is an essential commodity, they threatened him not to sell flavored milk. Such is the bullying by comrades. All for people’s sake!) and thrashed people who took out vehicle. Hapless people who had started to come out of pandemic were left to fetch for themselves for 48hours. Why is this kind of hooliganism allowed? It is a failure of a political party if they give misery to common people to make a point. Yes, capitalistic forces are trying to undermine unions and creating situations to exploit workers. Millions of youngsters (mostly from poor vulnerable sections) are in gig economy without any safety nets and are exposed to exploitations. Government has not created any regulatory mechanism or safeguards. Why are these not taken on priority basis? Yes, protest is important and comrades have got the ideas right but they must find some other method that is democratic and doesn’t impinge on basic right to livelihood. Judiciary must intervene and pass strict orders on these matters. Comrades can easily shift to authoritarianism if not kept in check.
In the evening walk I saw this crass display (while people were bundled up at home and daily wagers struggling) comrades were enjoying crude loud song at public space while a young girl performed what cannot be called a dance. The crassness of it. This society will find the lowest denominator of everything. Pity this society.
