Comments on: Maya’s dream: Ambedkar Park

By: Pins N Ashes

Pins N Ashes — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:28:05 +0000

If she could have just looked into the litracy n education problems in her state, instead of building this so called park…. Makes me think, Money grows on trees these days, if yes, I would love to plant it in my back yard!!

atrocious wastage

By: sharat

sharat — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:49:31 +0000

@LR, its not that other government initiatives are absent, they r taking place, but the ‘elitist’ media is just seeing the negative aspects…after all Ambedkar Park is not just for Dalits, its open for all, You can see couples toooooooooooooooooo coocoooing…(in lighter vein, of course!)

By: Vishal-Better than the best owner

Vishal-Better than the best owner — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:40:24 +0000

Its standard tactics used by politicians of all kind to take public for granted Mayawati is not the first but in this specific case she is the trend setter with exaggerated number of self statues, Every intelligent and educated person in India knows that statues won’t uplift the Dalits but may be she wants them to remain poor and socially backward so that they remain as Maywati’s loyal vote bank in the name of hope, The same hope which makes Muslims remain as vote bank of Congress(Ref. Saccahar Committee report)

By: Sambitesh-the best owner

Sambitesh-the best owner — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:23:37 +0000

I have actually been to Ambedkar park and man what stupid wastage of money. So much expensive granite is used for flooring that u slip while u walk ( personal experience ) …

Another issue was that of Ambedkar murti which kept getting made and then unmade … during my stay in Lucknow, it was broken and restructured 3 times.

By: Lakshmi Rajan

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:11:15 +0000

She has positioned Ambedkar Park as a symbol of Dalit Liberty?

Lets face the realit. Have the dalits attained liberty? atleast self respect? The answer is no. The politicians have only manipulated them and still keeping them in dark ages inspite of all promises.

Mayawati champions the cause of Dalits. She has become the CM of the state. She has the power to deliver. The question is did she deliver? Instead of Park , if she had made Dr.Ambedkar University or Dr. Ambedkar Hospital and provided free education and health care for the dalits. I would have admired it. The so called symbol of liberty is just to hoodwink the people from the actual deliverance.

By: Ambi

Ambi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:26:04 +0000

One needs to know what is good to actually do good. This is an example of the opposite extreme.

“Hey, because the congress does it, I will do it too…”

This just makes the already incorrigible woman look more foolish.

Crazy.

By: sharat

sharat — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:52:28 +0000

We elite can criricise as much we want. Ultimately its the democratic process that will decide whether Mayawati is right or wrong. She has positioned Ambedkar Park as a symbol of Dalit liberty. Whether they endorse it would be clear in next elections. Till then it will be a mere legal excercise. Afterall Mayawati is also right when she says that nobody criticises Congress for putting up statues of their leaders or Maharashtra planning a Shivaji Chatrapati’s statue !