[Leica] Government and school pensions

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

On Mar 14, 2011, at 1:01 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Half a million in Delhi once or twice a year. It is not so rare here,
> sometimes you get upto I million protesting - usually farmers. You had a
> "Million Man March" called in Hyderabad last week for creation of a new
> state - and they managed only quarter million! You must remember we have 
> the
> population to make these sort of numbers relatively commonplace.


Good morning Jayanand, and world,

Perhaps you imagine our demonstrations of little significance
because you see your own people doing it "regularly."

Here it is a remarkable exception - not a common occurrence.

I see your union workers also expressed their dissatisfaction last month.
<http://www.pragoti.org/node/4300>

Do the "powers that be" care that ' Rishi Pal,
a 52-year-old member of a farmers' union from the northwestern state of 
Punjab,
said: "We need the government to control prices. Poor people can't feed 
their families." '?

or are the masses considered of little value due to their large numbers?

I see the life expectancy in India ranks 139 (with men 63.2 women 66.4).
Is it fair to assume that these numbers are so low because the vast number 
of poor
not receiving proper nutrition and health services?

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George Lottermoser 
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