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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. [...]
New York to Bangalore
Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: August 9, 2008
- In: Travel| bangalore| india
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The last time it happened to me, I understood the situation. There was a huge thunderstorm in the New York area and my flight, a KLM, was sitting in the tarmac waiting for the weather to clear. This time around the skies were bright, blue and the Newark Liberty Airport was bathed in abundant sunshine [...]
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
- In: bengali| democracy| india| politics
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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 [...]
Shelf Life of Leadership
Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: August 16, 2007
Turning left as one exits the Harare International airport, the visitor is faced with what the locals call “Independence Gate”. It is a gateway built to celebrate Zimbabwe’s independence from the British rule in 1980. Twenty seven years is not a long time in a country’s history but for Zimbabwe it has been enough to [...]
Bengali Blues
Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: August 3, 2007
I have this rather untested theory about stock market crashes. Every time you spot Bengalis becoming active and investing in the stock market, you are pretty much near the peaks. I actually witnessed this to some extent during the Harshad Mehta induced 1993 crash when it was common for a Bengali in a crammed Calcutta [...]
Bhoole Toh Nehi?
Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: December 7, 2006
- In: cricket| india
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Power corrupts – absolute power corrupts absolutely. What is not said here is what happens if someone absolutely corrupted is put through strenuous self-inflicted rehabilitation. Perhaps the turnaround is as quick as the corruption was. There is little doubt that it was absolute power that made Saurav Ganguly go corrupt and lose everything he ever [...]
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