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"If we take the full meaning of the term society into consideration, it will be seen that till now human beings have not been able to form a real society. If India builds a society for only Indians, Pakistan for only Pakistanis, and England for only the English, then these three separate societies will exist, but we cannot look upon them as the society of humanity. Because humanity is divided into groups, one society will naturally try to thrive by exploiting the vitality of others. �You will notice that efforts are being made to establish so-called societies in some particular part of the world, for some particular section of the people, and based on some particular 'ism" or faith. A social consciousness based on such divisions lies latent in the minds of the people, whether they are Indian, Pakistani or English, so they remain absorbed in thoughts of their smaller groups." - Shrii Prabhat R. Sarkar


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"Human beings have still not been able to form a human society, and have still not learned to move with the spirit of a pilgrim. Although many small groups, motivated by self-interest, work together in particular situations, not even a small fraction of their work is done with a broader social motive. By strict definition, shall we have to declare that each small family unit is a society in itself? If going ahead in mutual adjustment only out of narrow self-interest or momentary self-seeking is called society, then in such a society, no provision can be made for the disabled, the diseased or the helpless, because in most cases nobody can benefit from them in any way... in that case there always remains the possibility of some people getting isolated from the collective. All human beings must attach themselves to others by the common bond of love and march forward hand in hand; then only will I proclaim it a society." - Shrii Prabhat R. Sarkar

"Power concedes nothing without a demand.' The struggle for justice must never be adjourned. The forces of injustice do not take vacations. Societies are not static in this regard. They await the political and civic energies of individuals who engage the arenas of power, multiply their numbers and emblazon in deeds and institutions the immortal principle that "Here the People Rule." - Ralph Nader

Indian shot in Silicon Valley


The triple murder comes at a time the economic crisis has led to tens of thousands of jobs being cut in the US, and on a day Sun Microsystems announced one of the biggest tech layoffs -- of 5,000 to 6,000 workers. The police received a call at 3.53pm on Friday (early Saturday morning in India) reporting multiple gunshots in the complex, officer Mike Sellers said. "We heard somebody screaming around 4 'clock," said Annie Yang, employee of another firm in the complex, according to SFGate.com. An hour after the shooting, Agrawal's wife told a Mercury News reporter she had not yet heard from her husband and was worried that he wasn't picking up his cellphone. The family could not be reached after his identity was released.

Is it the fault of Jing Hua Wu? Or should we be asking how much blame needs to be placed on the persons who have systematically and calculatedly destroyed our economy piece by piece, with already thousands upon thousands of lost jobs, hundreds of thousands more jobs scheduled to end in December, and foreclosures to skyrocket. This is the reality of financial collapse that the $700 billion bailout never intended to fix. That bailout was just put through to save the bank balances of criminal speculators too dumb to speculate intelligently. Now we all are paying the price. Jing Hua Wu and Sid Agrawal,are both just two of millions of victims of Wall Street speculators. Now we need to think in terms of opening soup kitchens to halt the coming starvation deaths right here in America - because it's a guarantee that the government will not pitch in to help. The government will be too busy beefing up its police force to make its numbers even higher than that of our military - as per C-span this afternoon. So you see, the police state is just moving right along on schedule. - Garda Ghista

The Telegraph
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Nov. 15: An Indian American CEO of a Silicon Valley firm was shot dead yesterday by an engineer whom the semiconductor company had laid off hours earlier, police said.

Sid Agrawal, 57, was killed at his SiPort Inc office in Santa Clara, northern California, along with vice-president of operations Brian Pugh and an unidentified woman.

Alleged killer Jing Hua Wu, 47, who is believed to have used a handgun, then drove off in a silver SUV, probably a rented Mercury Mariner, the Mercury News daily reported.

The website of SiPort -- a four-year-old firm that Mercury News described as "a relatively small company that specialises in developing digital radio semiconductors" -- says Agrawal had over 25 years of experience at start-up and leading technology companies, including Adobe, Intel and Bell Labs.

He graduated in electrical engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1974, did his master's from Southern Illinois University and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago.

The triple murder comes at a time the economic crisis has led to tens of thousands of jobs being cut in the US, and on a day Sun Microsystems announced one of the biggest tech layoffs -- of 5,000 to 6,000 workers.

The police received a call at 3.53pm on Friday (early Saturday morning in India) reporting multiple gunshots in the complex, officer Mike Sellers said. "We heard somebody screaming around 4 'clock," said Annie Yang, employee of another firm in the complex, according to SFGate.com.

An hour after the shooting, Agrawal's wife told a Mercury News reporter she had not yet heard from her husband and was worried that he wasn't picking up his cellphone. The family could not be reached after his identity was released.

IIT Kanpur is planning a meeting of the 1974 batch on January 3-5 next year and Agrawal had wanted to be there. "He would have been with his friends soon but a gunman has snatched him," said Kripa Shankar, the institute's deputy director.

The police have broadcast the number of the getaway SUV and launched a hunt for Wu, laid off as SiPort's lead product test engineer on Thursday evening or Friday morning, Sellers said. Some reports suggested he had headed for an airport.

Reports said Wu had a wife and two children, was 5-foot-11, weighed 77kg and had black eyes and black hair.

A fifth of all violent crime in the US occurs in the workplace, where 500 people are killed a year. But technology hub Silicon Valley has been relatively crime-free, with Santa Clara recording just two murders earlier this year.

According to networking site linkedin.com, Agrawal had earlier been CEO at semiconductor firms Zambeel and Santel Networks between 1999 and 2004, and vice-president (sales & marketing) at Synaptics in 1992-96.

Mercury News said SiPort raised at least $20 million in venture capital last year.


Last Updated November 15, 2008 8:37 PM

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