Movement of 18th Dec,'15

The metro witnessed yet another unique protest movement & march of College PTTs on Friday, 18th Dec, '15 when PTTs from all over the state walked in a procession from Subodh Mulluick Squire to Esplanade, stopping at all major street crossings to perform symbolic protest rituals addressed to the Education Minister of the State. Chanting of mock hymns & mimicry in protest of the Govt's paltry beggar's rise of teachers' salary by 25% a few days back, were on the lips of the marchers. Mrs Elora Biswas demanded pay scale like full time teachers for all PTTs, along with other benefits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use your intellect, feel your needs, & join our movement

We are teachers, endowed with rare intellect.Therefore, we should know how to keep our backbone erect, and realize the real value of self esteem. We should know how to safeguard our own interests. If we indeed feel that it's time to cry high for our rights, we must join tomorrow's protest march at 10 am from Raja Subodh Mullick Squire to Esplanade. Forward to all PTTs.

 -Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Can we be satisfied with so little?

When we are starving for days & ought to have been fed stomachful, we have been fed with only 25% of the meal. Can be sit back & relax half fed with a mere satisfaction that we have achieved a lot? To protest against this unjustified decision, join our protest march at 10am, on 18th Dec, '15 from Raja Subodh Mullick Square (Wellington) to Esplanade. Forward this message to all PTTs.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

The little achieved is not enough

Whatever has been achieved through our movement of 4th Dec, '15 is certainly not enough for us in terms of our social prestige or our daily sustenance. It has never been our demand. To enjoy all the professional benefits of a full time teacher, join us in our protest march at 10am from Subodh Mullick Squire to Esplanade on 18th Dec, '15. Forward to all PTTs.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Fight for sustenance

In April 2009, PTTs were awarded with a G.O which announced a service break for them. That order was withdrawn within a day due to a revolutionary protest in front of Bikash Bhavan by hundreds of PTTs. The recent 25% salary increase is also a result of our movement on 4th Dec. To disapprove of this paltry increase of salary & to raise our voices together in favour of a pay scale for all PTTs, join our protest march on 18th Dec., at 10 am from Subodh Mullick Squire To Esplanade. Forward to all.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

PTTs plan to hit the streets once again on 18th Dec

The Education minister due to our movement on 4th Dec, '15 announced a 25% salary increase for all PTTs. We are greatly agitated at this decision. In demand of a pay scale for all PTTs & in protest of this humiliating paltry salary increase, many PTTs across Bengal have implored us to hit the streets once again. Considering all their opinions, we have decided to launch yet another protest march on 18th Dec, '15 from Subodh Mullick Squire to Esplanade. Thereafter, representatives led by Mrs Biswas will proceed to Nabanna to submit our deputation. All part time teachers of the state are requested to assemble at Subodh Mullick Squire at 10 am on that day, and walk with us for their brighter prospects.


-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Elora Biswas, the last hope for PTTs of Bengal

To emphasis the importance of Elora Biswas in the PTT movement we may say in a Bengali rhyme : Ptt der Sheet, Grishyo, Barsaha/ Elora Biswas e Bhorsha. Jatoi Koro annor Jayogaan/ Noy go Bandhu se tomar Bhagobaan. Jodi bhabo, jano G.O aante pare ke/ Chalo Paa melai Elora di r saathe.

Forward to all

-Arun Pal (PTTACUWB Member)

Walk with Trust, walk with Us

No matter how other people try to come to the limelight, none other than Elora Biswas have been successful in doing something fruitful for PTT s of the state. None have been able to do anything beneficiary for all PTTs, for they are incapable of doing so. If we all believe sincerely that it is by striding with Elora Biswas that we have achieved our job security (working till the age of 60), the foothold on which we still stand & fight, let's walk beside her, with her, in the days to come, to achieve that, which is yet to be achieved. Let's spread this message thorough all our social networks like fb, hike, twitter, Instagram & others.

 

 

 

 

                   Slices from the PTT Movement of 4th Dec. '15

Part Time teachers highly dissatisfied with pay hike

Part time teachers of College & University of West Bengal express their dissatisfaction at the announcement of a meagre pay hike instead of their demand for a pay scale

Time to detect the group of opportunists

It is our moral right to find out those persons , who just for some narrow personal gains, secretly, through foul means of foot licking of political masters, have intentionally jeopardized our fruitful PTTs movement. This section has consented to and are contended with a paltry 25% increased salary, a beggar's alms, for all PTTs, thus causing a great damage to the PTT movement. Stand unitedly against such heinous actions.

 -Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Shall we accept any alms thrown to us?

Following the historic revolutionary movement of PTTs on 4th Dec, '15 & staying for the entire night & day under the open sky in the streets in utter humiliation, the State Govt has, through a section of the media declared a fistful of alms (as offered to beggars) for the PTTs of the state.

Shall we accept this meagre piece of bread thrown to us as a mark of charity, or should we think of a greater course of revolutionary action? Contact us today with your suggestions.

 -Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Look out for our next move

Govt intervention through its higher officials has made us to call off our dharna or sit on protest yesterday night at Esplanade, Kolkata. Look out for our future course of action. Take a positive role in solving PTTs issues, by actively joining our movement.

 -Elora Biswas (9433931599)

 

 

Successful Movement, Dharna called off after the assurance of positive talks

The PTT movement that started on 4th Dec, & finally culminated in a day & night dharna at Y Channel, Esplanade, has been called off after a day & a half of protest at the venue, following the State Govt's assurance for talks with the PTTs. Spread the news of the success of PTTs struggle all around.

 -Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Dainik Statesman

Bartaman Patrika

Ebela Patrika

The Statesman

Join us in the open streets, together in unity, under the bare sky

Today is the second day of protest agitation of the PTTs at Y Channel, Esplanade, Kolkata. with Elora Biswas lying in the streets under the open sky, for days & nights with PTTs surrounding her. We sincerely appeal to all PTTs of West Bengal to join us in this protest agitation in large numbers, in the greatest decisive & crucial hour in the history of PTTs Association.

-Elora Biswas

Teachers lie for the entire night on the streets!!!!

What a day of Shame for all, for the elite society, for people who have even little bit of ethical sense left in them, to see college teachers lying on the streets of Kolkata, being denied the permission to go to Nabanna to submit their deputation. Elora Biswas was, prior to this granted the permission for the same, but when the teachers led by Mrs Biswas after their agitation today decided to move to Nabanna there were stopped by Kolkata Police, who denied  the fact that the teachers have been given the permission for deputation. Feeling greatly humiliated & insulted Mrs Biswas decided to wait endlessly at the Y channel, Esplanade, on the open streets, under the cold December night sky, till she is allowed to present her deputation.

It is an appeal to all sections of the society, stand beside us in this fight for justice. Feel the plight, the sorrow of teachers, feel their torture deep within your hearts, see what a society we live in when teachers are made to lie under the sky in the open streets, to fulfill the sadistic pleasure of the Education Minister & the state Government.

Do we care for our honour?

Do we at all care for our honour & are we conscious about it? If we really are, then even after hearing ourselves termed as "garbage" by the Hon'ble Education Minister of the state, how can we possibly sit back & relax just like that as if nothing has happened? Can others make us conscious of our own self esteem? If we feel the burning insult deep within our hearts, then it becomes our moral duty to join in large numbers, tomorrow, 4th Dec, '15. at 10 am at Raja Subodh Mullick Squire in the protest march to Esplanade.

 -Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Blowing the conch shell

The 18 days battle of Mahabharata was fought between justice & injustice, between religion & irreligion, between honesty & treachery. Lord Krishna had signaled the start of the battle by blowing his conch shell.  We all know the pious implication of the conch shell at religious or ceremonious rites, but rarely we see it as a means of a signal of the start of a battle between justice & injustice. The conch shell of Lord Krishna was called “Panchajannyo” of Arjun ‘Dabdatto” of Bhima “Paundro” of Nakul “Ashwaghosh” & that of Sahadev  was called “Manipushpa”. Thus conch shells bear a deep significance in our culture.

The teachers in protest walk on 4^th Dec. ’15 will blow on conch shells to announce the strife between the holy & the unholy, the ethical & the unethical. They will march to Esplanade from Subodh Mullick Squire starting at 10 am, blowing on conch shells. It is an appeal to PTTs across the state: join this movement for a greater cause, to promote your future just devote 2-3 hrs for our movement, feel that you are not doing a favour to anyone by joining this march of protest but your ownself.  No one can do us a favour, nor can we expect it of them, if we don’t do it to our ownselves. Unified, mass movements have never gone in vain.

 -Elora Biswas (9433931599)

A Message for all

We are part time college lecturers; an educated & at the same time exploited section of this society. This may be witnessed by all who follow our blog regularly. They are well aware of the role we play in the higher education scenario of the society, & the painful ways we are being treated by the government. Millions of students have established themselves in life, through our guidance & training. We light others' lives but ourselves remain in utter darkness. We are starving, tortured & humiliated intellectuals & believe firmly that by following a democratic way of moving to the streets, time and again we can attain our rights. We have advanced till date, through several symbolic movements, the implications of which, wise men will surely understand. We have abstained from traditional movements using satire as a means of conveying our pain & suffering to the general people. We have several friends of the media beside us who have let the world know about our misfortunes. The Govt is not unaware of our situation. They can well read the message conveyed through our movements but have shown abject disinterestedness in solving our problems. To solve our financial scarcity (a college lecturer is paid less than a school teacher!!) the Govt has withdrawn half the amount from every college fund, but that amount is being spent on other matters and not for the teachers. Money is misused at random in a society where the teachers are starving! Ill paid teachers are looked down upon, they suffer immensely, the general election is close at hand & the state government turns a deaf ear to all cries of assistance.

These unbearable situations have compelled us to move to the streets once again. like several times before. People from all walks of life who really feel for us may come & stand beside us, in our fight against oppression & injustice. Fight with us for a noble cause, walk with us a few steps to make us realize that this society really thinks teachers to be its backbone. Underfed teachers can never present us with a better society for our future generations. We invite the general mass to join our movement on 4th Dec, '15 at 10 am, in our protest march from Raja Subodh Mullick Squire to Esplanade Y Channel, Kolkata. Be not only the general reader of our chronicles of pain & sufferings, but also our real friend.


-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Change your attitude & change your status

Till PTTs will continue to think that it's wise to sit back & relax at home, while others will move to the streets & fight for all of them, they will enjoy the fruits of others' labour, will give several excuses for not joining the movement & dream that the G.O will benefit them too along with the others, (so why take the trouble of joining a movement??), are uninterested about joining any active movement to attain their goals, give false verbal assurances of coming to the movement, but keep themselves busy with many 'other important matters' than this, and would rather prefer to throw their advice & suggestions & criticisms safely from a distance, PTT problems can NEVER BE SOLVED. If we are truly interested about a solution to our problems, then we should actively come down to the streets in great number, on the 4th of Dec' '15  at 10 am, in our march from Subodh Mullick Squire to Esplanade, because unity is the real strength. Active participation is always desirable to attain something in life, than suggestions & criticisms from a distance.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Protest against humiliation of PTTs: Now or Never

It's time that we raised our voices against all those PTTs who fear to defend their honour by protesting against the Education Minister's calling all PTTs as "garbage" of the education system, but continue motivating others, not to join those who move to the streets to protest against such humiliation. To ensure that PTTs in general have not lost their rational reasoning, by being motivated by a bunch of political footlickers, to feel proud of the noble profession that the PTTs are in & to protest against the silent acceptance of such humiliation by a section of teachers, PTTs across the state are requested to join in large numbers, in the protest march on 4th Dec. '15 at 10 am from Subodh Mullick Squire to Esplanade.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Wisdom is power

It has been said that wisdom or intelligence is the real power. Teachers are part of the intellectual section of the society. It's high time teachers realized the need to walk on the path of reasoning & rational judgement. Let's use our professional intelligence and join the protest march on 4th of Dec,'15 at 10 am from Raja Subodh Mullick Squire to Esplanade. Please forward to all.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Let's prepare ourselves for a bright future

Many of us take preparations for a good job, through competitive examinations for days & months, travel to far off places for the final examination, spending valuable hours in the process, but unfortunately remain a Ptt inspite of all these labour. We toil for such future uncertainties, for days & nights, but shrink back from improving our present prospect, by joining hands in a revolutionary movement that can change the present world for us. To improve your present prospect join our movement on 4th Dec, '15 at 10 am, at Raja Subodh Mullick Squire, Kolkata.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Help yourselves by joining our movement

It needs to be understood by all that by joining our movement on the 4th of Dec' 15 at 10 am, at Subodh Mullick Squire, Kolkata, we are not doing a favour to others but to our ownselves. Even God doesn't help those who don't help themselves.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Danger lies ahead

Do we need to be vividly explained that there lies a great gorge, a danger ahead? We have to decide whether to want to cross it or not. Teachers should not only be in name, they should act accordingly. To play the role of an ideal teacher by fighting for your rights, join our movement on 4th Dec, '15 at 10 am, in our protest march from Subodh Mullick Squire to Esplanade..

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Make your dreams come true

Blessed & fortunate are those who are the makers of their own fortune. So to be the makers of your own good fortune & without relying on others to make it for you, participate in our movement on 4th Dec. '15. Forward this to all.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Think of present reality & join our movement

Instead of sleeping in pavements & dreaming of palaces, face the stern reality now & to calculate your financial prospects, join our movement on 4th Dec,'15 at 10 am in our March from Subodh Mullick Squire to Esplanade.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Join our Movement on the 4th of Dec

Swami Vivekananda had rightly observed that religion cannot be practiced in empty stomach. Keeping his noble view in mind let's gather together on the 4th of Dec, '15 at 10 am at Wellington Squire, Kolkata, to cook our own food, without which our survival would be at stake.

-Elora Biswas

Moving to the streets

The Education Minister has driven out the bunch of flatterers, whose futile efforts have not borne fruit. Our association has now decided to move to the streets on the 4th of December, '15. For their own sustenance & livelihood all PTTs are requested to join the march of protest from Raja Subodh Mullick Squire(Wellington), Kolkata, to Y Channel, Esplanade at 10am. After our rites of protest at the said venue our representatives will proceed to Nabanna to submit their deputation. Spread the message to all PTTs across the State.

-Elora Biswas (9433931599)

Truth always wins

Truth has an immense moral strength of its own. Lies lead to regression & destruction while truth leads to progression & prospect. In view of all the opinion of various PTTs across the state, our association is trying to procure police permission & move to the streets once again.

-Elora Biswas

Another warm reception for the HEM?

Shall we arrange yet another PTT conference only to adorn the "Godly" HE Minister with futile gifts & mementos unnumbered or should we move to the dusty streets & fight relentlessly to attain our rights?? Please send your suggestion to 9433931599.

-Elora Biswas

Are we going to sit idle with bleeding hearts???

It is an ardent question to all PTTs across the state that does it not bleed profusely deep within our hearts, doesn't our eyes burn with the anger & anguish of insult & humiliation to hear the Education Minister terming us as "garbage"? If it bleeds thus, what is to be done to redeem our sufferings? Send your valuable suggestions to 9433931599.

-Elora Biswas

Suggestions invited from all PTTs

The HE minister in an assembly of PTTs in October, had verbally assured the teachers of certain benefits, though in reality he termed these teachers as "garbage" dumped upon the present govt by the previous govt of the state. The State govt has not yet shown any sign of willingness to do any good to PTTs, even after nearly two months of the Minister's assurance. With State Assembly election close at hand, the PTTs at such circumstances, are left with a few options other than moving to the streets & fight for rights. Under the present situation PTTs across the state are requested to send their valuable suggestions regarding our future course of action.

-Elora Biswas

WB College Service Commission restores age relaxation benefit to PTTs

Following the successful movement of our association on 10th Sept, '15, the State Govt has directed the WB College Service Commission to restore the age relaxation benefit to all approved PTTs & CWTTs based on their experience, which they had withdrawn lately. This is indeed a great victory for our PTT movement. Thus, it has been further proved that the success of a movement does not always depend on quantity, but on its quality. Teachers across the state are requested to take note of this fact, that unique & qualitatively enriched movements led by experienced teachers, are sure to bear fruit.

-Elora Biswas