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08NEWDELHI2768
2008-10-22 10:13:00
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Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 002768
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NP, AC, PM
STATE FOR INR/MR
STATE FOR SCA/INS, PM/CBM, PM/PRO
STATE FOR SCA/PPD, PA/RRU
STATE FOR AID/APRE-A
USDOC FOR 4530/IEP/ANESA/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY
E.O. 12958:N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
KASHMIR; NEW DELHI.
This cable reports on relevant media reaction from
Indias large non-English press. Embassy New Delhi
reports on English-language media via email in the daily
Early Edition. USG customers please write to Geeta
Krishali (KrishaliG@state.gov) to subscribe to the Early
Edition.
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U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 002768
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NP, AC, PM
STATE FOR INR/MR
STATE FOR SCA/INS, PM/CBM, PM/PRO
STATE FOR SCA/PPD, PA/RRU
STATE FOR AID/APRE-A
USDOC FOR 4530/IEP/ANESA/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY
E.O. 12958:N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
KASHMIR; NEW DELHI.
This cable reports on relevant media reaction from
Indias large non-English press. Embassy New Delhi
reports on English-language media via email in the daily
Early Edition. USG customers please write to Geeta
Krishali (KrishaliG@state.gov) to subscribe to the Early
Edition.
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U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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1. THIS YEARS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN AMERICA,
editorial-page article in the October 22, 2008 CPI (M)
Organ GANASHAKTI Bengali daily, Kolkata by senior
columnist Dr. Dilip Ghosh Roy. Those who take interests
on the issues of social justice and equality will
certainly understand the significance of this years
Presidential election in America. Before one gets to know
about the real attitude of Obama, he will have to win
first. Only time can tell what Obama will and will not do
once he sits on the throne. We will have to judge him as
things unfold in the political arena. However, his
candidature is significant not in the sense that the
White House, controlled by Obama will usher in a
fundamental change in corporate AMERICA or it will impact
the American imperialist policy. AMERICA now stands on
the precipice of crises. The ordinary Americans and even
the Whites, who bother little about who is good and bad
among the rulers, now want the deadlock to be resolved.
At this election moment, Obama has emerged as the center
of integration for many people. The Blacks as well as
people belonging to other minority communities believe
that they will benefit if Obama becomes the President.
The so-called progressive people hope that Obama will be
obviously against imperialism. At the same time, a
section of the American middle class feel that Obama will
introduce the much needed economic transformation that
will help them sustain their aspired life-style. Second,
the Obama campaign repeatedly reminds people that their
candidates mother is a White and it was she who brought
up Obama. This is a conscious effort of arousing a
special middle class sentiment. Third, a larger section
of the voters can no longer rely solely on the White
rulers for eradication of their woes. Fourth, in spite of
being a chosen candidate of mainstream Americans, this
campaign has unwittingly created a crack in the nations
political scene that will not be easy to repair. It is
not Obama, but the inherent conflict of the U.S. society
is to be blamed for this. There is a possibility of ultra
rightist backlash if Obama fails to fulfill the
aspirations of the Americans. The crack will certainly
grow longer and wider.
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KASHMIR
--------------
2. WELCOME DECISION TO HOLD ELECTION IN KASHMIR
editorial in the October 21, 2008 Mumbai-based centrist
Gujarati daily evening newspaper JANMABHOOMI. Assembly
elections in the state of Jammu-Kashmir had become
inevitable since the imposition of Presidents rule in
NEW DELHI 00002768 002 OF 002
the wake of the collapse of the Congress government over
the Amarnath land row there. However, considering the
tense atmosphere prevailing in the Valley, this task
seems to be fraught with enormous challenges. At last,
the Election Commission of India took the bold step of
announcing elections to be held in seven phases. This is
certainly a welcome decision as any delay in the election
process would only prove to be a shot in the arm for
separatists in the Valley who have already called for a
boycott of the elections However, the election is an
opportunity for the people of Jammu-Kashmir to give a
fitting reply to separatist elements. It is an
opportunity to send the message that people can resolve
their own problems by participating in the democratic
process and not by propagating politics of separatism and
infighting.
MULFORD
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NP, AC, PM
STATE FOR INR/MR
STATE FOR SCA/INS, PM/CBM, PM/PRO
STATE FOR SCA/PPD, PA/RRU
STATE FOR AID/APRE-A
USDOC FOR 4530/IEP/ANESA/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY
E.O. 12958:N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
KASHMIR; NEW DELHI.
This cable reports on relevant media reaction from
Indias large non-English press. Embassy New Delhi
reports on English-language media via email in the daily
Early Edition. USG customers please write to Geeta
Krishali (KrishaliG@state.gov) to subscribe to the Early
Edition.
--------------
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
--------------
1. THIS YEARS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN AMERICA,
editorial-page article in the October 22, 2008 CPI (M)
Organ GANASHAKTI Bengali daily, Kolkata by senior
columnist Dr. Dilip Ghosh Roy. Those who take interests
on the issues of social justice and equality will
certainly understand the significance of this years
Presidential election in America. Before one gets to know
about the real attitude of Obama, he will have to win
first. Only time can tell what Obama will and will not do
once he sits on the throne. We will have to judge him as
things unfold in the political arena. However, his
candidature is significant not in the sense that the
White House, controlled by Obama will usher in a
fundamental change in corporate AMERICA or it will impact
the American imperialist policy. AMERICA now stands on
the precipice of crises. The ordinary Americans and even
the Whites, who bother little about who is good and bad
among the rulers, now want the deadlock to be resolved.
At this election moment, Obama has emerged as the center
of integration for many people. The Blacks as well as
people belonging to other minority communities believe
that they will benefit if Obama becomes the President.
The so-called progressive people hope that Obama will be
obviously against imperialism. At the same time, a
section of the American middle class feel that Obama will
introduce the much needed economic transformation that
will help them sustain their aspired life-style. Second,
the Obama campaign repeatedly reminds people that their
candidates mother is a White and it was she who brought
up Obama. This is a conscious effort of arousing a
special middle class sentiment. Third, a larger section
of the voters can no longer rely solely on the White
rulers for eradication of their woes. Fourth, in spite of
being a chosen candidate of mainstream Americans, this
campaign has unwittingly created a crack in the nations
political scene that will not be easy to repair. It is
not Obama, but the inherent conflict of the U.S. society
is to be blamed for this. There is a possibility of ultra
rightist backlash if Obama fails to fulfill the
aspirations of the Americans. The crack will certainly
grow longer and wider.
--------------
KASHMIR
--------------
2. WELCOME DECISION TO HOLD ELECTION IN KASHMIR
editorial in the October 21, 2008 Mumbai-based centrist
Gujarati daily evening newspaper JANMABHOOMI. Assembly
elections in the state of Jammu-Kashmir had become
inevitable since the imposition of Presidents rule in
NEW DELHI 00002768 002 OF 002
the wake of the collapse of the Congress government over
the Amarnath land row there. However, considering the
tense atmosphere prevailing in the Valley, this task
seems to be fraught with enormous challenges. At last,
the Election Commission of India took the bold step of
announcing elections to be held in seven phases. This is
certainly a welcome decision as any delay in the election
process would only prove to be a shot in the arm for
separatists in the Valley who have already called for a
boycott of the elections However, the election is an
opportunity for the people of Jammu-Kashmir to give a
fitting reply to separatist elements. It is an
opportunity to send the message that people can resolve
their own problems by participating in the democratic
process and not by propagating politics of separatism and
infighting.
MULFORD