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Why Don’t They Eat Cake?
Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: August 31, 2008
It is as unmistakable as it un-missable. Irrespective of whether you are travelling by air or by road, it is impossible to notice that the green color in the fields of West Bengal is very unlike that in anywhere else in the country. The vast lushness is a pointer to the fertility of the land. [...]
It would be funny if it wasn’t sad
Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: July 15, 2008
They came driven in their own cars to do the needful. The needful were different for the two protagonists of the Nuclear Deal Drama India has witnessed in the past couple of weeks. Prakash Karat, the Communist boss, came to announce the withdrawal of support in a Wagon R (the small car from Maruti Suzuki). [...]
GL 007: Licensed to Separate
Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: July 14, 2008
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I have been following the Gurkha movement for an independent state with tepid interest. I must confess that I have never been to Darjeeling or have crossed the Teesta river and my only exposure to the northern part of West Bengal has been through Satyajit Ray’s “Kanchenjungha” and the songs of Anjan Dutta. I have [...]
The People Falacy of Democracy
Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: January 30, 2008
The bombers of the Twin Towers and other hijackers on the fateful day of 9/11 hailed from Saudi Arabia. George Bush decided to attack Afghanistan instead. A ‘regime change’ was effected after the country was pulverized yet again and an ally of the Texan oil lobby was installed as head of state. President Karzai spoke [...]
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