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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008>These are my
views..i have very high respect for some people in certain ngos . I am also not
doing this naive discount of ngos..not for profit
companies..</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008>I am saying this
after understanding the significant contributions and struggles different ngos /
not for profit companies / political parties have made to struggle
in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008>free
software..and other political and social struggles...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008>However its very
clear to me that the free software movement is not a single 'foundation' or
'ngo' or 'non profit company' or a single 'party' - but all of them can be
part of the movement </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008>many times - they
democratically elect their leaders rather than by nomination : Gandhi was
not nominated into leadership of the freedom movement nor was Medha Patkar
...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008>I remeber what the
rural journalist P Sainath said .. "</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008>Freedom Struggle in India didnt happen because of
NGOs"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008>Details
below.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008>-S</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008>Freedom Struggle of
India - Is a mass movement : it had everybody in the country in it...from slum
dwellers, village folks, artists, intellectuals, teachers ,
students..</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008>the Dalit movement in India in the last decade - is a
mass movement..</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008>The Narmada Bachao Andolan - is a mass movement ..
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008> - <SPAN
class=031164004-23112008>Mass movements have a sort of democratic structure,
large number of people from different walks of life participate - and ellivate
their consciousness - it represents some sort of churing of the society - and
cannot be appropriated by one party, one company , one organisation , one ngo
.....</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008>A single non-profit
company or NGO or political party is definitely not a mass
movement.....though they contribute to it..</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008><A
href="http://www.orissadiary.com/inerview/Sainath.asp">http://www.orissadiary.com/inerview/Sainath.asp</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=031164004-23112008><IMG height=12
src="http://www.orissadiary.com/inerview/image/bullet.jpg" width=14><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>OD : As a rural journalist what are
your views on N.G.Os and development?</STRONG> </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<P class=f5 align=justify><SPAN class=style25><B>P. Sainath</B> : You can not
find a single body called NGO, because there are many. The word NGO does not
represent any single organization or entity; its amourphous. There are many good
NGOs who are highly responsible for their people and there are some NGOs who are
lagging on this regard.</SPAN></P>
<P class=f5 align=justify><STRONG class=co_namel><IMG height=12
src="http://www.orissadiary.com/inerview/image/bullet.jpg" width=14>OD : But on
an average what is your view about them?</STRONG> </P>
<P class=f5 align=justify><SPAN class=style25><B>P. Sainath</B> : On average I
will say that many of them are not working sincerely. There are bad people in
good NGOs and good people in Bad NGOs and bad people in bad NGOs too. But some
of them are working in important areas and fields and potential is there to
work. But I would like to see that if the NGOs, in stead of working on behalf of
people, promote the spirit of self dependence among people, then its more an
effective way.<BR></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>