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West Bengal- A Coward State

I had once tried to go through Taslima‘s famous novel ‘Lajja’. I was in my village for few days and I had nothing to read. My cousin Alok had given me the book that was a Hindi translation of her … Continue reading

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Manufacturing India-IV

It appears manufacturing in India is moving fast. Some segments are doing wonderfully well. Here are some stories from the recent weeks: Manufacturing beats IT, pharma in returns: The manufacturing sector was the top performer in creating shareholders value, according … Continue reading

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Researching India

Attractiveness: India is tipped to be among the top three destinations where multinational companies (MNCs) planned to spend their R&D budgets over the next three years, according to a 2004 survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit. A recent UNCTAD survey … Continue reading

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Amritsar- Some Observations

For years, I wanted to visit Golden temple of Amritsar. When we went to Manali, the plan was to return via Amritsar. But it didn’t happen. A month or so ago I expressed my desire to Arora and as usual … Continue reading

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Durga Puja: Enjoy a Tale

One can get confused with the large number of goddesses and gods in any of the Durga Puja pandal that is getting celebrated these days all over India, particularly wherever, the Bengali community is in number good enough to organize … Continue reading

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Frustrating India

Indians keep on postponing the hard work for the solution search of a problem, and wish time or someone else will automatically solve the problem. In recent years, the problem of rehabilitation of the people uprooted by a new project … Continue reading

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Their Dreams, My Dream

Three Delhi finalists-Sanjiv Kaura, 42 Aseem puri, 28 and Satyam Darmora, 27- of ‘Lead India’ initiative of Time of India have a dream of their own: Sanjiv Kaura: I have a dream… a dream of removing poverty in India. But … Continue reading

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Kolkata Marwaris Control Government Machinery

Last Sunday I was watching NDTV programme “We, The People” aired directly from the premises of St Xaviers College in Kolkata. The subject was the love story of Rizwanur, a graphic designer with an established industrialist Ashok Todi’s daughter, Priyanka … Continue reading

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Noida: Promote New Type of Temples

Sakti Temple-Sector 40 and a battle for Prasad Samvada, Sector 41 in its October Issue has a lead story, “Let’s Rethink of The New Move Of Constructing A Temple On The H-Block Vacant Land”. Samvada’s concerns against the move of … Continue reading

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Will Caste Keep on Dividing?

Last week has been terrible because of the news of the social evils. In Kolkata, a young woman had to lose her husband, as he was poorer and of different faith. Her industrialist father got her husband eliminated with help … Continue reading

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