Guest post by Kaustav Bhattacharyya Recently I had the good fortune of serendipitously coming across a book chronicling the life, work, passions and oeuvre of the eminent film actor and cultural personality of the thespian Soumitra Chatterjee in a vintage bookstore titled ‘Soumitra Chatterjee: A life in Cinema, Theatre, Poetry & Painting’ authored by the…
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My thoughts on Congress Party in Tamil Nadu
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India and China – Two worlds and two perceptions!
Indians should understand China in a more serious manner. Chinese President Xi Jinping ?was in India recently and there were many developments, pleasant and not so pleasant. The pleasant ones were the Chinese president and his charming first lady who showed a new generation air. Modern minded looks, openness and a sense of ?reality. The…
Supreme Court cancels already allotted 214 coal blocks!
What are the practical alternatives? On-going power projects to suffer? This is done after ?an earlier judgement that allied the coal allocations arbitrary and illegal. Now, the apex court followed it with the natural consequence of declaring the major allocations as unsustainable and the court also imposed fines of Rs.295 per metric ton of coal…
Modi’s leadership promising!
Much good will come to India’s growth story! Three times Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr.Modi as the PM now would definitely bring with him administrative skills and therefore there is every reason to believe that he would impact on the Indian economic scenario. Even within the first three or fourth month?s time we can see…
What the Indian people expect from Modi’s US visit?
Mr.Narendra Modi is full of promises. That is a positive sign and strength. His first US visit is expected to bring good results. There is a short and long term perspective here. Only those who know well the US-establishment ways know well the US adopts certain legalistic protocols. They don?t do things in a casual…
What about Modi?
His 100 days? There is work here for the Congress. In fact,the Congress must constitute a brains-trust.There is much conceptualising of an ideological assault on the BJP government functioning even within its first 100 days.Its outlook,its pronouncements and the criticisms from the public and elite and also from the apex court.The Supreme court’s 5-judge constitution…
Is the Congress splitting?
Rahul Gandhi faces criticisms within the party Senior leaders question his abilities Is the Congress splitting? Sonia Gandhi’s silence and inaction are no solutions. Neither Sonia Gandhi nor Rahul Gandhi are willing to meet visitors,nor talk to people or travelling in the states.How do they hope to revive the party’s fortunes? Time and tide don’t…