World Whirl: When Left turned Right, the Right turned Left!

I do strongly believe, "Change is the only constant thing in the World". However, the recent competition for ‘best turncoats’ dazed me like never before: People from two extremely polarized societies, at least on books, contested to perfectly suit into each other’s shoes. It all happened in West Bengal, when Communists try to play Capitalists, capitalists came running into communists’ lap.

The raison d’ainte for communism is:

1. Equality for all

2. Prevent exploitation of poor by rich and powerful

3. Social Justice.

The same West Bengal government that proclaimed to stand for these values came to power 34 years ago and what values they currently hold is just a laughing-stock. They neither care for these party’s values nor their individual morals. The same government that led the nation in land reforms and landless farmers rights’ decades before, is now stealing the poor farmer’s bread and butter so that wealthy can live more lavishly. The affluent can drive a cheap luxury car, subsidized by the blood of the poor farmers; Prosperous entrepreneurs can live in BIG mansions while poor can dwell in slums of the city. So much to their Communism and Equality!

Worse of all, the way they went about achieving their evil-plans. Nandigram is a historic place for peasant revolts, dating way back to pre-independence. Farmers of Nandigram are natural revolutionaries, who have it in their blood to fight injustice and discrimination stood against the tyranny of the WB communists. Its no wonder they were ready to die to protect their land from the treacherous nexus of capitalists-communists. What mother to an infant is what land to a farmer – both can’t survive without their roots. It is treachery that communists act as goons for the capitalists and push farmers out of their sustenance. So much to their Social Justice and Savior-of-the-poor morals!

WB communists are following the footpaths of Chinese, both of whom, enchanted by the word - ‘development’ are in mad-rush towards capitalism and in the progress stepping over the weak and leaving behind a BIG society of poor, who are again left to defend themselves. No wonder, farmers took up the battle unleashed on them and shed their blood to protect their livelihood. So much to their loyalty for their leaders – Marx, Che and Mao!

They are everything but what their leaders stood for – egalitarianism and justice. Marx and Che must be turning in their graves.