Comments on: Vedanta – India’s shame

By: Umbra Sumus» Blog Archive » The women and the mountain

Umbra Sumus» Blog Archive » The women and the mountain — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:30:21 +0000

[...] wrote about this back in May 2009 (India – Vedanta’s shame) and also for Tehelka in late 2007 (Knocked Out by [...]

By: Ivan Moreno

Ivan Moreno — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:20:30 +0000

It is so embarassing for the human race to witness the way some people behave/comment and as vedanta and others criminally “work”. There is no revolt in our hearts because nothing really great is expected from vedanta and companies like them. There is the natural feeling of immense shame though.

By: Umbra Sumus» Blog Archive » A length of rope

Umbra Sumus» Blog Archive » A length of rope — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:10:14 +0000

[...] us to shame in actually how much we have and how little we value it. Now, as I’ve said in a previous post about India, I’m not a romantic about the Developing World: far from it. There’s nothing lovely [...]

By: tapan patnaik

tapan patnaik — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:44:26 +0000

I am impressed with the comments. As you rightly said
“India had no colonies from which to steal resources so it’s stealing them from its own weak and vulnerable. The profits of this mine will not be spread evenly to benefit the Indian economy – it will be hoarded in the off-shore bank accounts of those corrupt politicians and corporate executives who already think that India is theirs by right.”
The problem with the so called middle class ( I am also a part of that) is its could not careless attitude.
I have spent my childhood in a place called KEONJHARGARH it used to be a beautiful place full of natural beauty and wild life. Now it is a hub of illegal iron ore mines and ruined forests.
I believe we are doomed. The problem with people like me that we are too scared about our families and furure of our children so we too join these transnational corporation and get some leftover crumbs for ourselves.
Now they have started using a new term ” called ” sustainable development” and God only knows what it means and how it is being effected.
Thanks for your blogs at least that will not allow many people sleep confortably at the end of the day.

By: Rajat

Rajat — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:09:27 +0000

Orissa is in a bad shape, the people might benefit from the mining ops, they could have mined it themselves, but then they were not entrepreneur enough, so now they have to work as labors … being lazy, someone else will swoop in … tough but true…