There is a post on the barbarindian’s blog that talks about a recent interview by Mahashweta Devi in which she said:
“I was deeply impressed to see how strong the work culture is in Gujarat. The city and village roads are well-built, even the remotest villages have electricity and drinking water. I was especially impressed with the medical facilities in the panchayats and local-level health centres. Not at all like West Bengal where, even now, villages and panchayat areas have hardly any electricity and where the Government’s so-called swasthya pariseva (healthcare service) is totally non-existent,” she said. “In West Bengal, which has been under a CPI(M)-led Left Government for 30 years, little has been achieved,” the writer said. She also alleged that starvation deaths and child mortality are “rampant” in West Bengal.
I read this in The Pioneer a few days ago and remember discussing it with Alka how such opinions don’t appear in “secular” newspapers and news channels. I’m not a big fan of Modi but his state seems to be making big strides towards economic and social progress whether people like it or not. I wanted to write about Mahashweta Devi’s comments (she is a leftist writer) that day but was really busy finishing a few projects. Good that barbarindians mentioned it today. Such issues should be highlighted in all fairness.
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