Month: July 2011

After Orissa, POSCO had set its sights on Karnataka. The plan was laid out in the last year Global Investors Meet (or more correctly Global Looters Meet) that was held in Bangalore (June) and had all the big names in the world of business attending the conference that was organized by the BJP led Karnataka government. Among those present were the representatives of POSCO, the South Korean steel giant (now infamous throughout India for its ruthless attempt in trying to capture Dhinkia & Govindpur villages in Orissa), who had promised investment to the tune of Rs. 30,000 crore. The plan was to set up 6 million tonne per annum steel plant and a 400 mv captive power station in the three village of north Karnataka district – Gadag, which would have affected more than 600 farming communities. read more

A lot has been said about it in the press and media, whether one may like it or not the anti corruption legislation – the lokpal bill virtually dominates the headlines today. A stroke of luck or accident whatever one may call it, the fast unto death undertaken by the Gandhian social activist, Anna Hazare, transformed this once obsolete figure in a Gandhian cap into a media star overnight. At last the Indian middle classes had found their man to take on an issue that had so dominated their minds – corruption (as if other issues did not matter) and they showered him with all the support that they could muster, from social networking sites to the the corporate controlled media, all fell gung ho upon him. read more