Cellular Silence Day_30th January 2009
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Dear Messrs, Ratan Tata, Sunil Mittal and Anil Ambani
I am one of a billion Indian citizens.
I am somewhere in the middle of that pyramid that you wish to give voice - from bottom to top - through wealth creation.
I am proud of the brands you represent that have made India proud.
I am one of the burgeoning Indian middle-class that share your aspirations of mutating India from indolent elephant to thundering tiger.
It ends there...
I have hitherto been accused of being indifferent and apathetic, simply because I am overawed and felt overwhelmed in a system replete with Goliaths.
But when I saw you embrace the fascist mastermind of state sponsored genocide as a future Prime Minister and endorse the Modi-fication of India, it was disappointingly apparent that the brands that aspire to make India rich shall continue to languish in ethical poverty.
While I am filled with revulsion at your endorsement of Narendra Modi, I must respect your right to do so as a fellow citizen.
In writing this petition I am a mere David amongst the mightiest corporate Goliaths but I feel empowered to address your collective amnesia - through recollection of the Gujarat pogrom of 2002 - by the true Goliath among Gujaratis in particular and Indians in general - Mohandas Gandhi.
All those who sign this petition will switch off their Tata Indicomm, Airtel and Reliance cellular phone and broadband connections from midnight on January 30th 2009.
It is eminently possible that I might be the one voice in a billion who will observe the 61st death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on as Cellular Silence Day.
Then again, there might be close to a billion who could join me on January 30th, 2009 expressing their solidarity and silently insisting that the captains of India Inc adopt an ethical, compassionate path to wealth creation rather than the single-minded pursuit of the bottom-line.
We shall know that by the end of 30th January, 2009
4829 Signatures
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Meher P
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Jayati V
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parveez m
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Salar M
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- What these capitalists are saying proves that capitalist materialism has no morals.
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Ashfaque K
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- Modi has divided the Gujarat state on the basis of religion. Good move by the American Consulate to decline his Visa for his cruel some acts at the time of Godhra Riots.
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A.R.Vasavi
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- Capital and industrial growth alone do not make for a just and peaceful nation
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Dunu R
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Antony E
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- Money should not be made to rule our lives!
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surya
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- we do need aggressive developement but not at the cost of social architecture
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V. Sasi K
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- I don't agree with the appreciation of our business houses given in the text. But I guess the issues it addresses are more important. We should remember that profit is at the top of the priorities of these guys (and gals). Humanitarian considerations get a very low priority.
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P. Joseph Victor R
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- India should not become Gujarat
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Satya S
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- Only a fascist like Modi can save the ass of both Mittal and Ambani, who preside over empires built on Satyam-like scandals. The sooner these frauds are all put behind bars and have their ill-gotten assets stripped the better off Indian democracy will be.
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eugine
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Ranen B
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- Have these industrialists lost their own and collective minds simply because this political goonda in buying them by freely allocating the nation's land/power/facilities without even taking any sanctions!
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George
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- I am sad to see educated people behaving thoughtlessly
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Mansoor H
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Jisha M
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Ashrat M
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Chandralekha M
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Louis Z
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Anjali M
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Fazal Imam M
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- The other face of Mittals,Ambanis and Tatas.
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Nandita G
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Ahtasham R
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Sudhir B
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Arokiam K
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- Industry should serve people, not other way.
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V R
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- I worked in the Tatas (Telco) for over 33 years till Jan 2002. I have personal experience of gangsterism being brought in to the trade union by Telco Pune's HR chief. The result Mr Ratan Tata himself could not enter the Telco Pune works at a partricular point of time. So certifying the gangsterim of the Sangh Parivar as development is just one more step. The cats are slipping out of the bags and the sheep coats are falling off the wolves. All Good Luck to India Inc Sangh Parivar joint ventures. The people of this country will have their final say and India Inc will surely hear them saying "This Shall Not Pass".
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Kaneez F
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- Supporting Modi is converting Secular India into Gujarat
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I A S
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Mr B
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- Modi shouldf be hung! And these industrialists
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Mohammad I
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Subrat Kumar S
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- the middle class will wake up someday; it's already been a long wait though...!!!
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arjan s
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- no fascism.No doublespeak. No hypocrisy.Only governance with a conscience.
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Hina S
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Moiz L
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- A sure disaster for Indian Muslims if Modi becomes PM
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kunal
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- choosing man who has on record committed genocide is helping a country commit suicide. today he has attacked muslims, tomorrow anyone else who pisses him off.tommorrow he wil plan to nuke pakistan and more. so we support him there too? why? cause he helps fund out small cars? or our benami accounts?the ambanis have given him their support. help help. the ambanis have more black deals and have more blood on their hands than most bussiness put together.only short of him. so them supporting him is actually helping him to destroy this country and perhaps helping start the end of the way of free living itself. here there and anywhere.
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PRAVIN P
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- This is one more example to see that Industrial corporations are behind the scene drivers of the governmet be it killer modi or others. Sycophancy displaced at its best at Ahmedabad
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meeta v
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- ambanis are shopkeepers essentially so not surprised that they endorse Modi, but Tata????? dear Tata's please remember you come from the legacy of JRD Tata another name for elegance, ethics and integrity and not to mention vision "I don't want india to be an economic superpower, I want it to be a happy country'. quote unquote JRD Tata. Had there been five big houses like tata's instead of just one we would have been a happy balanced country.
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Samuel L
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- Better those industrialists should suggest Modi to the best choice to be the President of USA.
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G, G
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- Morality is more important than profit.
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Usama K
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Cris
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- Unspoken word is sometimes mightier than the spoken word. I hope I could continue for 24 whole hours. Still I want to mark my protest and so am here.
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Jabeen M
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Hena F
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- For Shame, Stewards of Indian Industry... for Shame...
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nafisa
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Paul Mathew C
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- Live by your SOCIAL ethics and responsibility.
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Mohammad Gulam Ghouse P
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Dr Naheed A
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- THANK YOU FOR ORGANISING THIS PETITION.
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Anil B
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- Its obvious, because they are jittery after the Satyam debacle! Because these guys know that many of them are next in the firing line. Specially both the ambani brothers. Everyone knows on what morals reliance has been built. They shall pay the price - specially anil & mukesh - before GOD! They think they are rich! Ha! They are the poorest people you could ever find - they have ZERO wealth of decency values or honesty!
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