Avijit Nandi Majumdar chronicles West Bengal`s tryst with hope under able administrator in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is gradually rewriting the 34-year-long Left Front misrule There was a great sense of relief at last; the landslide win at the 2011 assembly polls had ushered in a new hope, putting an end to the long-drawn anarchy and an era of the Leftists` misrule. Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo, had become the Chief Minister under difficult circumstances, inheriting a loathsome baggage of more than Rs 2 lakh crore of debt from the Left Front government. It wasn’t an easy ...
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Udayan Namboodiri elaborates on a little-known prophesy that condemns West Bengal denizens The discourse on West Bengal’s economy is so riddled with clichés that one wonders if its mediocrity has anything to with the inability of this state of 90 million to lean in on the great Indian growth story. Since the 1950s, misgivings over federal ‘neglect’ led to a certain consensus that the Bengal’s side-flanking was a conspiracy. That’s how the Bengali political class befooled the masses to hide its failure to latch the state to the engines of post-1991 economic liberalisation. With the passage of time, … ...
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Mritunjay Kumar profiles how Gujarat CM has been thwarting the UPA government’s relentless pressure to undermine his role on the national stage in the coming parliamentary polls Narendra Modi politician has withstood relentless Opposition pressure with resilience and courage. For instance, the entire Central government, influential sections of the media machinery and civil society are arraigned against him. How far will Modi rise? The sturdy chief minister of Gujarat, a state in western India, has already scripted an inspiring tale. ...
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B Raman public and political opinion should ensure that Bofors scam-like charade is not repeated by the UPA government in the VVIP chopper probe The 12 AgustaWestland helicopters ordered for the Indian Air Force (IAF) for VVIP duties were meant for use by the Special Protection Group (SPG) for the transport of SPG protectees and also for the transport of other dignitaries not entitled to SPG protection. While the IAF was responsible for the procurement of the best copters available and for their maintenance and for providing the crew for manning them, the SPG was responsible for indicating to the ...
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B.Raman gives his views on the Shabag movement, which has stirred the political scenario of Bangladesh The Shabag movement of Dhaka, which is also referred to as Bangladesh Spring, has been like the Tahrir Square movement of Egypt (2010), a spontaneous uprising of the youth of Dhaka demanding the death penalty for leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) of Bangladesh presently under trial before an international criminal tribunal for their role in opposing the liberation movement of Bangladesh in 1971, collaborating with Pakistan and carrying out the massacre of a large number of civilians, including well-known intellectuals, for supporting the liberation. ...
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Rajiv Malhotra presents his views on the Wharton-UPenn’s recent capitulation to political pressure I have repeatedly criticized Western academic biases toward India in humanities departments. In contrast, I consider business schools less ideologically motivated, focused instead on imparting business skills. However, the recent decision by Wharton to un-invite Narendra Modi to the Wharton India Economic Forum shows that the ideals, ethics and independence of Wharton Business School are getting hijacked. Modi is a controversial political leader in India, who nonetheless has had enormous success in the economic and social development of his state of Gujarat. He was invited be a ...
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The maiden Maa, Mati, Manush government has completed a year. Although a year is too short a time to correctly assess the performance of a government, I with all humility must say that we have been 100% successful in meeting all the promises made in our election manifesto. However, it is impossible to assess our performance correctly and objectively unless viewed in the right perspective of what we had inherited. When we first set foot in the Writers’ Building a year ago, we had an insurmountable task at hand. We knew what the challenges were and how those looked like. ...
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National fury on inadequate governance in India has been exploding for the past few years. The seeds sown by the Public Interest Litigation and the Right to Information Act and the onslaught of media, especially social media, social activists and activist courts along with a demanding public have been baying for accountability that Indian top leadership better pay heed to. The outcry is legitimate. The costs of poor policy making, its distortion in implementation have been colossal. The absolute callousness exhibited towards the have-nots, about 400 million in our country, should stir the conscience of any collective especially in a ...
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Andhra Pradesh has weathered a number of natural calamities. But the real challenge is how it handles the Telangana Issue Debate and telangana verdict that has turned into a cyclone which is scaring investors says Surya Niyogi Andhra Pradesh is considered to be one of the most important states in India and it is the second largest pilgrim centre in the world after Jerusalem . It is here that the Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple is located which is frequented by the Rich and Famous whether it is Mukesh Ambani or Amitabh Bachchan. But the snowballing Telangana agitation has left the economy ...
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Congress eagerness to project Rahul as Prime Minsterial candidate has given Anna Hazare a good opportunity to arm-twist the party to pass Lokpal Bill in winter session reports Chandran Iyer. The chilly Winter session of Parliament is likely to be the hottest time for the Congress party as it is going to sweat to stave off yet another agitation by the anti-corruption leader Anna Hazare who has threatened to tour the poll bound states including Uttar Pradesh to ask the people to defeat the Congress if the party fails to pass the Jan Lokpal bill in the winter session. ...
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