Dr. Binayak Sen: The blunders he made

No one could answer the issues raised by Dr. Binayak Sen when he was free and talking his mind and so they booked him under the charges which he would not have even imagined of - sedition.


And yes, if the "state" wants to give signal to the likes of Dr. Sen, that mockery of the state will not be tolerated any more, I will tolerate the pain as its not going to be given to my body but only to Dr. Sen's body . . . . which he will tolerate rather more happily to strengthen our nation; but then it must be "fully" backed by sensible actions.


Here is a man who has clearly stated that he doesn't condone Naxalites or approve of their violent methods. Yet, after being initially jailed for more than a year without trial, he has now been convicted, on the basis of an unsigned letter, of waging war against the government - we all know our police is the master of creating the cases - so I am not surprised. Last month "luckily" good thought prevailed the police constable (without bribe - but I had to prostrate before the 10th pass constable) I escaped the molestation charges or else one of my IPS friend had refused to help me if thats the case against me!


But Dr. Sen would have surely done something wrong. Lets look back at it.

Despite of looking for it ferociously and talking to people whom I had expected to know about him (probably they are afaraid that they too will be included in the sedition charges - joking, he passed MD in 1976 - too senior for anyone of us), I could not find anything of substance about his personal life. He was born in Raipur of erstwhile Madhyapradesh and now Chhatisgarh. Against usual tendency of doctors to move "forward" from village to towns and towns to cities and still bigger cities and to USA and UK . . . after he finished his studies of the superspecilisation in pediatrics from Christian Medical College Vellore, he went down the line to a more remote tribal area! That was his biggest mistake! And retrogressive too, specialy for his generation. At least he could have settled in Delhi when he had gone to work at JNU for 2 years!

But why did he do so? After staying in Tamilnadu for more than 20 years in close association with people from West Bengal and Bangaladesh (I did not want to call them as simply Bengali), I understand their craze towards Tamilnadu and Christian Medical College Vellore for health services. After working at the best coporate hospital in India, as I am working at a Christian missionary hospital, I am feeling the difference. So, I suspect, thses christian missionaries who are infested with the worm of service, would have infected this stupid namby - pamby Bangali! But here again, he did another blunder. He did not convert to Christianity! If he would have converted and done the same what he has been doing now and what has happened to him now, he would have become a god!

Are yaar, in a country, where AK 47 is dropped from the sky and the pilot is escorted to safety, thousands die in Bhopal and the killer company owner is escorted to the airport, terrorists are escorted to the foreign nations with minister as escort, man who cost the government lakhs of crores is raided by the CBI after ample notice that would've given him time to get rid of incriminating evidence; what is the use of establishing a hospital serving poor mine workers, founding a health and human rights organization supporting community health workers in 20 villages? He must be a maverick to do all this and then go around trying to convice people that what our contrators, buisenessmen and admionistrators are doing hand in glove with the politicians is wrong! This was the worst take.

And see the atom bomb - When the new state of Chhattisgarh was formed, he was appointed a member of the advisory group on Health Care Sector reforms, where he helped to develop the Mitanin programme, which in turn, became the role model for the ASHA of the National Rural Health Mission!


So, what else you want a 60-year-old to do to not to be an enemy of the nation? The fact that one of his patients was a Maoist ideologue!

Efforts of his fact-finding team in exposing the atrocities committed by the Salwa Judum!


You have been a citizen of this country far longer than the Chairperson of the coalition so your activities must be against the nation!


You dont know that you cannot speak against any action of the government unless you are a part of the state machinery. What other ignorance you want to have?

I am sure, only god can save him!


Just ending this none sense - please some one tell me - How far are we from turning into China or Iran or Sri Lanka, where most political prisoners are journalists and activists, held for criticising the government?

Can I say this to Dr. Binayak sen -


Those who call you mad.
Those who today occupy their seats of power,
puffed up in their pride,
Will descend from their thrones and bow their heads to you in love
Tomorrow morning.
Probably written by Rabindranath Tagore.