[cr-india] Join to Make Noise against Poverty (please forward)

[Vickram Crishna]

While I am quite in support of the sentiment, I must say I find the banner 
completely objectionable. There is no justification to make 'noise' about 
anything. 


In Mumbai these days, we are subjected to noise every second day, hordes of 
processions run by drunken goons in the name of religion, beating drums and 
blocking roads for hours, whilst submersing idols made of the most appalling 
polluting materials, including lead based paints and enamels in the sea, which 
promptly get washed right back onto shore the next tide, to be cleaned up by the 
city administration as best they can. 


 
In Parliament, we see on television that our elected representatives seem to 
feel it necessary to make noise about every issue, other than those they should 
be focused on, such as measures to actually promote community radio and other 
community media in India. Critical Bills get converted into laws with minutes of 
debate, if even that much. 


Vickram
http://communicall.wordpress.com
http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com


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