West Bengal
Democracy
Hindutva
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Politics & Political Commentary
Radicalization
Hindus do eat beef
Lalu Prasad Yadav’s candid remark on #beef eating “Even Hindus eat #beef” appears to have shocked Sushil Kumar #Modi, and he’s asking Sonia Gandhi and Nitish Kumar for explanations, as though there is something difficult to comprehend about a four word sentence. While the #BJP is busy rewriting #history and and science and textbooks to […]
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Democracy
Will somebody please impeach Manipur Chief Justice LK Mohapatra for corruption?
7 April 2015, India: OK, here’s a question: Can you and I make a profit of about Rs 90 lakh by selling a plot of government land before it is transferred to us? Can we sell it to a known crook and swindler at the height of his career? Answer: If we are common people, […]
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Agriculture
Democracy
Politics & Political Commentary
Farmer distress in Gujarat. Farmer suicides and more.
One should never underestimate the power of denial. Modi suporters are comparing Gujarat with Maharashtra (unbeaten champ of farmer suicides) and claiming that Gujarat does not have a problem. Wait a minute. Not so fast. Being better than the worst is hardly leader material. If it were a classroom (compulsive associations from ranking – left […]
Read MoreColonialism-in-the-Mind by Gouranga Chattopadhyay – Part 7
Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6 || Part 7 Being a foreign power, the British did not trust the colonized people. Therefore many checks were introduced, mostly unnecessarily. This practice also continues today. This leads to a huge amount of paper work, in addition to every government form (and those of semi-government organizations as well) […]
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