The Potter's Club Analysis

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The Potters Club:
In the very beginning of the chapter, there is quite exciting conversation between Vikram and Additional Director General of Police regarding the two issues of terrorism and Naxalism. He calls the Naxals as the traitors who are responsible for the death of the common civilians in the country. This chapter preaches us what the situation of tribes in India is. Why the concept of ‘rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer’ prevails and how corruption is connected to this and of course why Naxalism is a much graver issue than Kashmir in India today.
The club is the brainchild of Bhekti's wife Sheetal She is helped by Charu Siddhu who runs an NGO that works for tribal welfare in Bastar. They are looking forward to a
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There's moral policing, student party, Maosits movement besides police and government harassment of the poor tribals. Then, there are the outsiders, the urban youth, who want to make a difference but who are soon silenced, branded as traitors themselves. This turn of events is too hot for comfort for Vikram who just wants to make a difference. Agnihotri tries to provide a solution to every burning issue. But it turns out to be clear case of too many cooks spoil the …show more content…
Socialism in the era of Global Capitalism is only for bailing out so-called corporations socializing the cost to research and develop then privatizing its profits such as Apple's iphone, NASA technologies used by Boeing, the internet etc, Socialism today is a method to underwrite social cost which businesses would otherwise be paying for through higher taxes, such as roads, hospitals and military. Capitalism has devoured Socialism and spat out a disfigured monstrosity the likes we've never seen and its frightening consequences are unraveling with protectionist nationalist politics in response to inequality and the inability to face the looming catastrophic disaster of climate change
Do we really believe that most of our reputed IIT’s and B Schools are being infiltrated and produce anti-social element?
Is communism or Maoism the biggest threat to the integrity of our mother country rather terrorists?
Mohar Basu of the Times of India said: "Quoting from the film, the best thing that can be said about Buddha in a Traffic Jam is that we love the ideas Vivek brings forth but we are not in love with them. It lacks outrage and treads familiar

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