Sedin udbodhon holo south city mall-er, mahanagari-r nobotomo alonkar. charidike utshaho, uddipona, milche aro kichuta seet taap niyontrito enclosure, rongeen poshra ar swapno becha kenar porishor, aro kichuta “unnoyon” (development”. Protidin jonmo nichhe notun kolkata jholmol-e shopping mall, aakash chumbi bohutol (highrises), multiplexes, palte jawa raasta ghat, elaka-r modhye diye. Jonmo niche, kintu jeno dana bedhe uthche na koishor, joubon druto bere othar tagid-e.
Shohor-er ei bhanga gorar tagid biswer bohu jaigatei ekhon. Kolkata sei dol-ei sameel hoyeche. Shudhu onekdin itihaas-er nostalgia-i nimojjito hoye thaka shohor-tai poriborton-er tagid ektu beshi-i chokhe lage. Prithibi jure ekhon nagarayan-er (urbanization) jowar. Biswayan-er jug-e ortho (economies) o projuktir somprosaron o muloto shohorgulite (bishehoto megacities) tader kendribhuto hoya, unnoyon-er khetre ek notun tanaporen-er srishti koreche ja shobcheye beshi lokkyo kora jai tritiyo biswer shohorguli-r modhye. Biswa orthonitite bajar dokhol-er protijogitai egiye thaka o tar sathe sathe biswa-nogori (global city) roop-e protishthito hoyar tagid nirdharon kore choleche ei shob shohor-er (ebong sathe sathe rajyer o desher) rajnoitik, samajik, orthonotik o poribesh mulok niti o porikolpona.
Poshimbonger tothakothito communist sarkar-o ei niyom-er byatikrom non. 1994 saal-e pochimbongo sarkar naya orthonoitik niti grohon koren, jar mool lokhho holo besarkari o bideshi biniyog-er drishti akorshon kora o tar khetro toiri kora, jate kolkata totha rajyo shilpo o projuktite unnoto hote pare. Er jonyo unnoyon-er je model beche newa hoi ta mooloto nabya udarnitir, jar kendriyo lokhho je kono mulye munafa.
Unnoti ba unnoyon ke na chai. kintu sei unnoti kisher jonyo, kibhabe hochhe, ar kojon-e ba tate shamil setai proshno.."Whose development"!!!. Unnoti jodi somoshti-r bodole mushtimayor jiyon kathi hoye darai, tahole sei unnoti oboshyoi shomalochonar jogyo. Bortomaan-e amra unnoyon-er je tothakothito udahoron dekhchi shohor-e ta nishondehe serokom proshner jonmo dei.
Nobyo orthoniti (Neoliberalization), o protijotimuk orthonoitik oboshthar sathe tal miliye chola ebong egiye thakar jonyo rajye je shomoshto unnoyon mulok porikolpona kora hochhe tate nichist kora proyojon hoye poreche segulor jeno jothopojukto “recovery cost” ebong udbritto shongstan-er (surplus generation). Unnoyon-er bhabdhara o tar rupayan tai muloto shohor-kendric, ebong unnoyon-er naam-e sei shob prokolpo o porikolponai swikriti pachhe ja kina biniyog-er bajare jotheshto porimaan-e arthik munafar protishruti dichhe jar protifolon amra dekhchi multiplexes-e, shopping mall-e, daam-e restaurant, bohujatik “chain store”, otyadhunik bohutol, shohor-er raastai kromobordhomaan motor garir modhye. Ar tar pashe pashe ek-i jaigai thomke dariye ache sadharon-er sarbik unnoyon-er porikathamoguli, jemon porishkar jol, sanitation, public transport, modhyo, nimno modhyobitto o gorib manush-er shikkha ba chikitsha-r affordability. unnoyon-er ashwad tai bhog or bhag kore nichhe ekti nirdishto sreni, bere choleche arthik o samajik oshamonjoshyo (social stratification), nishchoyotar sathe palla diye barche onishchoyota.
Ei oshamyo (inequity and polarization) er cheharata aro sposhto hoye othe shohor theke matro kichuta baire, kolkatar gondi periye shohor toil-r dike mukh pheralei. Shohor-er roshnai-er pashe tader bornoheenota, shohure unnoyon-er romromar pashe tader obohela chokhe lage. Tara jeno korun bhabe proshno kore chole ei unnoyon kader jonyo, kisher!!! Eta shudhui bhababeg ba ethical proshno noi, khotiye bhable ei proshno nara dei nogor kendric unnoyon bhabdharar sthayitto (sustainability) ke. Karon jug jug dhore shohor toli ebong tar-o bairer grameen utpadon o poribohon, dharon o bohon kore esheche nagorik jibon. Amra jotoi shilpo o projuktite unnoto hoye uthi na kyano, ei itahaash-ke upekhha korle, amra bortomaan unnoyon-er sthayittoke-r ekti prashongik ongshokei upekhha korbo, durbol kore phelbo.
Kintu ei shomoshto proshno, chinta akuti phike hoye jai unnoyon-er ninad-er samne. Keu keu proshno tulle se tatkhonik deshodhori, unnoyon birodhi, progotisheel noi bole chinhito hoye jai. Shohor-e ekhon notun progotir jowar. Sei joyar-e ga bhashate na parle muche jawai bhobitobyo. Tar jonyo kono kotripokhho dayee noi, dayi thakbe shudhu bhababeg-er nirbudhhita. Majhe majhe singur, nandigram er moto ghotona ekhono kolkatar buk-ke ardro kore, kintu unnoyon-er taap sei ardrotake plabon hote dei na. Real-estate-er orchestra-r kolkatai meghomollar tai kromosho itihaas hoye jai…
The post is in Bengali (unlike the others) because it was originally written for community outreach. I failed to become enough proactive to translate it until now.
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