tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post114931766062633747..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Siddharth Varadarajan: 'Caste matters in the Indian media'Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1149478209296980172006-06-05T09:00:00.000+05:302006-06-05T09:00:00.000+05:30The "medicos" forum for equal opportunity? You mea...The "medicos" forum for equal opportunity? You mean the squad of Congress goons led by Shivam Vij?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1149348642045895502006-06-03T21:00:00.000+05:302006-06-03T21:00:00.000+05:30//the `symbolic' sweeping of streets, the shining ...//the `symbolic' sweeping of streets, the shining of shoes,//<BR/><BR/>Why can't they protest with symbolic lawyer's coat, T Square, painting brush.......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1149348465554948072006-06-03T20:57:00.000+05:302006-06-03T20:57:00.000+05:30It was in my college final year, and we were on a ...It was in my college final year, and we were on a strike against Private Medical Colleges. As always there are only two reasons medical students strike in Tamil Nadu ...... <BR/><BR/>1. When there is some problem between a student and some one else (and they want police to arrest the other party). These strikes are limited to the particular college or few colleges and lasts for one day (the so called token strike) and everything resumes next day. Usually such strike begins by noon as it takes some time to inform every one and collect people and by the time the Out patient department will be over and the house surgeons (interns) completed their routine job. They assemble for an agitation, Demand police action, and either the ASP/JSP or the Commissioner/JC etc come and "promise" that the law will take its own course. And then voila, they go to the latest movie.....<BR/><BR/>2. The second reason is when GOvernment Permits a new Private Medical College. In fact no other state could claim to have fought so many strikes against private medical colleges as Tamil Nadu.<BR/><BR/>And coming back to the main stream, in 2000 February, we were on Strike demanding restoration of the old law that one medical college should be situated atleast 100 kilometre from the next medical college and few other demands (like free Hepatitis B Vaccination to all medical students - which was granted ) and the obvious fee reduction and stipend hike. We had gone on a human chain one day and cycle rally the next day and there will be always a very good media coverage..... but now there were a lot of agitation, rallies and human chains which were well covered in vernacular media, but was there was no mention in the English media.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com