Comments for Saswat Blog http://saswat.com/blog All that's Left... Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on A Review of “The Darker Nations” by Saswat Pattanayak http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/27/vijay/#comment-26055 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:20:21 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/27/vijay/#comment-26055 My sincere thanks to all the readers who have gone through this review, and are planning on procuring the book soon. Dear darkdaughta: You have offered the most critical observation that could further unseat official versions of geographical 'locations' that constitute the 'third world'. Indeed the Third World resides within the First World Amerikkka, as you state. And this displacement is at times too obvious to be stated-- at the same time, the omission proves to be dangerous when ameriKKKa is generalized as though it were just one nation of one people under/above 'god'. Thank you for your very insightful comments and kind words. My sincere thanks to all the readers who have gone through this review, and are planning on procuring the book soon.

Dear darkdaughta: You have offered the most critical observation that could further unseat official versions of geographical ‘locations’ that constitute the ‘third world’. Indeed the Third World resides within the First World Amerikkka, as you state. And this displacement is at times too obvious to be stated—at the same time, the omission proves to be dangerous when ameriKKKa is generalized as though it were just one nation of one people under/above ‘god’.

Thank you for your very insightful comments and kind words.

]]> Comment on A Review of “The Darker Nations” by darkdaughta http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/27/vijay/#comment-26048 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:40:10 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/27/vijay/#comment-26048 I'm also going to get a copy of the book. I'm stretching my analysis and knowledge out from center after years of trying to understand who, what I was in a really personal way, moving out to situating myself as political, politicized being, now moving out to incorporate context for my sake, but also for the sake of my family. This book gives great context for the struggles I believe in. Or maybe gets me to complicate what exactly I believe in. As a north amerikkkanized person, I think one thing that struck me as odd was the failure to mention the struggles of Native people in the amerikkkas who are a third world within a first world which really complicates the picture even more for someone like me who lives on their lands. Thank you for all the work, time and critical analysis you put into this review. I’m also going to get a copy of the book. I’m stretching my analysis and knowledge out from center after years of trying to understand who, what I was in a really personal way, moving out to situating myself as political, politicized being, now moving out to incorporate context for my sake, but also for the sake of my family. This book gives great context for the struggles I believe in. Or maybe gets me to complicate what exactly I believe in. As a north amerikkkanized person, I think one thing that struck me as odd was the failure to mention the struggles of Native people in the amerikkkas who are a third world within a first world which really complicates the picture even more for someone like me who lives on their lands.

Thank you for all the work, time and critical analysis you put into this review.

]]> Comment on A Review of “The Darker Nations” by Alison http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/27/vijay/#comment-25465 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:01:12 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/27/vijay/#comment-25465 hey there! this is a very nice review. after reading this, i just ordered a copy. i am going to recommend the book and your review to my friends who are interested in this history. in fact we were lookin gfor such a book. thanks.. hey there! this is a very nice review. after reading this, i just ordered a copy. i am going to recommend the book and your review to my friends who are interested in this history. in fact we were lookin gfor such a book. thanks..

]]> Comment on A Review of “The Darker Nations” by Dave J http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/27/vijay/#comment-24868 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:50:47 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/27/vijay/#comment-24868 Splendid! a really terrific job, saswat. this is one of the rare reviews where the criticism of the work itself is as well written as the work itself. i will sure grab copy of this book. i am taking a course where i could recommend it :-) Splendid! a really terrific job, saswat. this is one of the rare reviews where the criticism of the work itself is as well written as the work itself. i will sure grab copy of this book. i am taking a course where i could recommend it :-)

]]> Comment on ‘Crash’ Course from Kenneth Eng: Racism defines America by Naga http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/01/eng/#comment-19086 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:26:54 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/01/eng/#comment-19086 what a whole bunch of losers.. it seems one guy let loose a bunch of complaints , most of them being hurtful than anything else. And now this is supposed to clearly show that the US is such a racist society ?? Give me a friggin break. There are racist elements in society - no one denies that. But please dont pass that on to the entire society. As it is people have a tough time taking care of their personal business - now it seems they are all collectively responsible for some one's fault !! What will happen to these left wing moonbats if Obama becomes President ? I am sure that they will say that the US is still a racist society. what a whole bunch of losers.. it seems one guy let loose a bunch of complaints , most of them being hurtful than anything else. And now this is supposed to clearly show that the US is such a racist society ?? Give me a friggin break. There are racist elements in society – no one denies that. But please dont pass that on to the entire society. As it is people have a tough time taking care of their personal business – now it seems they are all collectively responsible for some one’s fault !!

What will happen to these left wing moonbats if Obama becomes President ? I am sure that they will say that the US is still a racist society.

]]> Comment on International Women’s Day! by Elise http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/08/women/#comment-17778 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:51:40 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/08/women/#comment-17778 Hey! followed this blog from Facebook! Good work! Best, on IWD! Hey! followed this blog from Facebook! Good work! Best, on IWD!

]]> Comment on Soviet scholars being assassinated! by Capitalist Tsar of a Lost Superpower » Saswat Blog http://saswat.com/blog/2003/08/10/soviet-scholars-being-assassinated/#comment-17720 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:12:54 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2003/08/10/soviet-scholars-being-assassinated/#comment-17720 [...] Kremlin is gaining notoriety for “getting rid” of its enemies: Murders of eminent people include journalists (Anna Politkovskaya), research scholars (Indologist Grigory Bondarevsky), scientists (Alexander Krasovsky and Viktor Frantzuzov), security service agents (Alexander Litvinenko), and top officers (Andrei Kozlov- vice president of Central Bank, and Alexander Plokhin, director of Foreign Trade Bank), to mention only a few. [...] [...] Kremlin is gaining notoriety for “getting rid” of its enemies: Murders of eminent people include journalists (Anna Politkovskaya), research scholars (Indologist Grigory Bondarevsky), scientists (Alexander Krasovsky and Viktor Frantzuzov), security service agents (Alexander Litvinenko), and top officers (Andrei Kozlov- vice president of Central Bank, and Alexander Plokhin, director of Foreign Trade Bank), to mention only a few. [...]

]]> Comment on Corporate Perceptions of Telecom Monopolists by Saswat Pattanayak http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/04/telecom/#comment-17562 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:09:40 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/04/telecom/#comment-17562 Dear Henry and Sanjeev, thanks for the kind remarks. Henry, I will expand on political economy line soon. thanks. And Sanjeev, thanks for still checkin out the blog after all these times! As for Jaggi's remarks I dont think he said "marx and lenin" said the same things as much as he said "both Marx and Lenin showed" the same aspects. Now, thats not that alarming, is it? I agree that M/L may not have been the originators of anything spectacularly different, but we dont need to celebrate only the different things. It is in the celebration of the everyday things that real joys lie. And I think they did a great job at demonstrating how our daily lives can be impacted positively through revolutionary means. Perhaps more than most of the rest of people that the recorded history knows. And to that, I have no hesitation in affirming. I am opposed to institutionalization of critical thoughts per se, but I must acknowledge where some of those thoughts spring from as well. And I believe Jaggi was accurate in his assessment thereby. I am sure you would agree too. Thanks. Dear Henry and Sanjeev,
thanks for the kind remarks. Henry, I will expand on political economy line soon. thanks. And Sanjeev, thanks for still checkin out the blog after all these times!

As for Jaggi’s remarks I dont think he said “marx and lenin” said the same things as much as he said “both Marx and Lenin showed” the same aspects. Now, thats not that alarming, is it? I agree that M/L may not have been the originators of anything spectacularly different, but we dont need to celebrate only the different things. It is in the celebration of the everyday things that real joys lie. And I think they did a great job at demonstrating how our daily lives can be impacted positively through revolutionary means. Perhaps more than most of the rest of people that the recorded history knows. And to that, I have no hesitation in affirming.

I am opposed to institutionalization of critical thoughts per se, but I must acknowledge where some of those thoughts spring from as well. And I believe Jaggi was accurate in his assessment thereby. I am sure you would agree too. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Corporate Perceptions of Telecom Monopolists by Sanjeev Pandey http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/04/telecom/#comment-17558 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:59:43 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/04/telecom/#comment-17558 Why do you ppl always love quoting marx and lenin for everything? and jaggi, if "marx and lenin" both are saying the same thing, then thats quite a useless piece of info. then you might as well say stalin and gorbachev also said the same thing. ha! i think, saswat you are writing many original things on your blog, but you dont have to give all that credits to "marx and lenin". i have been following your writings since years now. and i truly mean it. keep up the fine work! Why do you ppl always love quoting marx and lenin for everything? and jaggi, if “marx and lenin” both are saying the same thing, then thats quite a useless piece of info. then you might as well say stalin and gorbachev also said the same thing. ha!
i think, saswat you are writing many original things on your blog, but you dont have to give all that credits to “marx and lenin”. i have been following your writings since years now. and i truly mean it. keep up the fine work!

]]> Comment on Corporate Perceptions of Telecom Monopolists by Henry http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/04/telecom/#comment-17548 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:06:47 +0000 http://saswat.com/blog/2007/03/04/telecom/#comment-17548 its a brilliant write up, saswat. wish you had expanded on the political economy aspect more. i dont know what the media reform movements are doing about telecom sector and how are they addressint it? its a brilliant write up, saswat. wish you had expanded on the political economy aspect more. i dont know what the media reform movements are doing about telecom sector and how are they addressint it?

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