What Is American Imperialism?
Amerikar dalal na American dalal (Beng.)
[I have decided to post the article after consulting reference libraries. I am still learning to write without using technical jargons. The following is a short abstract from the draft I have finished:]
Mr. Dole would wonder how poorer are the vietnamese or the Bengali's to be so enemical to the poor Americans! Mr. Kennedy would be wondering why Americans should get the bad name while uncle Sham pays for the bill all over the world! Is Imperialism about rich and poor, and supporting others? Some theorists, no less distinguished than Lenin, believe that Capitalism leads to Imperialism. But why cannot the society run without '-isms'?
In the play 'Sidhu-Jyoti', that I intend to finish before I die, Sidhu is stereotype of 'Rashthra-biplab', Jyoti is stereo-type of 'shilpa-biplab'; Baghbabu wants 'krishi-biplab'; Godi and Telu babus are combination of CPIM and BJP (that affects education) at the village level. Their perceptions of American Imperialism would be known when the play is complete. Definitely Hindus see 'protestantism' as invasive imperialism, and workers see un-employment and flight of capital as signatures of imperialism.
SG,
BangaloreJuly 3, 2005.