Across the Imaginary Line!

Inflicted by brutal Apartheid of the ruling hegemony, the Northeast should be connected to rest of India irrespective of Political equations!

Palash Biswas

New Delhi is far away! It is the theme of the film,Imaginary Line directed by Joshy Joseph.

180-degree rule

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This schematic shows the axis between two characters and the 180° arc on which cameras may be positioned (green). When cutting from the green arc to the red arc, the characters switch places on the screen.

In film making, the 180-degree rule[1] is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called the axisconnects the characters, and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. The camera passing over the axis is called jumping the line or crossing the line.

The object that is being filmed must always remain in the center, while the camera must always face towards the object.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/180-degree_rule

As it is the rule of cinema,beyond cinema,in life also,on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene is most important.It is all about the plight of the Northeast.

Please see the controversial  cabinet meeting in Tripura attended by Narendra Modi in this light and feel the heart and mind of Manik Sarkar,the Chief Minister.

I have two most respected friend who understand the Northeast more than any one of us,I believe.

First,Joshy Joseph an award winning film maker for whom I wrote dialogues for his first feature film,Imaginary line.Joshy has been concentrating on Northeast since he began his career as a film director.His films are all about the plight of the North East people and I rate him as much high as I rate the Iron lady from Manipur,our beloved,our dearest Irom Sharmila.

Second,Mr.Anil Sarkar,seniormost minister in Tripura government who should have been the chief minister if CPIM had opted to ensure representation of SC,ST and minorities in leadership.Incidentally ,Anil Sarkar is a more a Dalit poet than a Dalit politician.Thus,he banks on culture and talks about the philosophy of love while campaigning for any election in Tripura.

I had to be with Joshy in Manipur right in the heart of Naga as well as Maitai humanscape.I have witnessed Army actions all over Manipur and also witnessed the plight of the mostly tribal and Dalit people all over Tripura.I may feel the warmth of different communities living in harmony there despite the presence of insurgency.

Yes,I had visited Tripura as well as Assam with Anil Sarkar and had been in continuous contact with him irrespective of my worsening relationship with Marxists at every level.

Anil Sarkar was the real man behind the dalit agenda adopted in Hyderabad congress of CPIM which was never to be implemented.

Anil Sarkar has very good network and he always locate me anywhere countrywide where I visit.

But this time,while he managed to arrange a Dalit Sammelan in New Delhi,most surprisingly he just forgot to call me.CPIM insiders told me that I was omitted out of his invitee list as I am neither considered as a Dalit nor a sympathiser of the left.

I know that Anil Sarkar never cared for any restriction whatsoever and he had been warned for my friendship and specifically for my writing against Bengal CPIM hegemony,most communal.

Rather it should be something else and it might be that perhaps Mr,Sarkar has deleted my name from his list.

I know some other ministers in Tripura government and Mr.Sarkar introduced me to Mr.Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati but I could not meet Mr Manik Sarkar for reasons unknown.

We attended beach festival in 2003 and Bhogali Bihu together hosted by Mr.Gogoi. where we addresses the meeting of the intelligentsia Northeast and I pointed out apartheid the root cause of all the problems in Northeast and the meeting was presided by the Dalit Poet,Mr Anil Sarkar.

I am discussing my links to the Northeast to emphasise on the racial apartheid which continues to remain the root cause of all the problems of the Northeast.

We may not understand the politics of Tribal,Muslim or Himalayan or Northeast leaders until we consider the distance between New Delhi and the humanscape in which they have to deal with the masses and their problems.

Much ado is hyped in national media about the reported Tripura cabinet meeting joined by Prime minister of India,Narendra Bhai Modi during his visit to Tripura.So much so that comrade Sitaram yechuri had to clarify that it is some protocol matter hitherto unprecedented in Indian federal system.

I am not a party spokesperson writing on behalf of CPIM neither I enjoy a status as Mr Yechury has.I should not be politically correct all the time as his compulsion might be.

But knowing a little bit the people and the landscape of Northeast, I may say that Mr Manik Sarkar proved himself rather more democratic and pragmatic as well and he has expressed his keen desire for the development of undeveloped ,untouchable Tripura,hitherto neglected by New delhi,

Nevertheless,irrespective of the contrast of the political ideologies as well as political equations,Tripura needs funding from the central government and it should be understood,the best person to accomplish the task remains the prime minister of India who in fact remains the Prime Minister of India and reduced to the status of the first RSS man.

But this contradiction which amounts to personality disorder at the part of Mr.Modi should not come as a hinderance as far as the development of underdeveloped Tripura is concerned.

Rather we should treat the history of the communist governments in India which always chose to disconnect with the centre crying  aloud constantly and accusing discrimination by the centre.

Ms Mamata Banerjee seems to have become a radical Marxist in her jihad against the centre.But it is not helping Bengal,neither personally her,nor the people of Bengal.

It,of course,helped politics to agitate the masses at some level but it never did help the causes of the concerned states and the people concerned.

No wonder,Bengal and kerala continued to lag far behind in every sphere.

Manik Sarkar just has broken the suicidal legacy and whoever is concerned with the apartheid practiced against Northeast and the insurgency due to lack of development,should welcome this gesture from an honest and committed Marxist Chief Minister whose political commitment and understanding of Marxist ideology remain out of question.

However,Communist Party of India (Marxist has issued an official press statement to deny Prime Minister`s attendance in Tripura Cabinet Meeting.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Press Release

The Times of India report dated December 1, 2014 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to attend the State Cabinet meeting in Tripura is misleading.

The actual fact is that during the Prime Minister's visit to Tripura, the Chief Minister and state ministers are going to meet him at the State Guest House. They will submit a memorandum and discuss with him issues concerning the state. This has been clarified by the Chief Minister, Shri Manik Sarkar.

It may be recalled, that such a meeting of state ministers had taken place when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had visited Tripura.

To represent this as a Cabinet meeting to be addressed by the Prime Minister is incorrect and misplaced.