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Will kali Smile? I feel sad whenever I think of Bengal. The slugfest between TMC and left reminds me of the fate of grass which gets Trampled whenever elephants fight. The drama of storming writers yesterday on the festival eve reminds me of the...
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Elections are like asking a lamb to choose between a fox and a wolf. The recent elections in Siliguri in which left has been dethroned by sister/minister Ms Mamta...
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Chickens Come Home to Roost! Can we call it poetic justice? Having fought tooth and nail at Singur and having blocked land acquisition bill, now Ms Banerjee has to take...
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I have seen in past few days that Mamta Banerjee is proactively advocating Maoist activity. Already Maoist activity has killed several people in West Bengal including...
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By Pallab Ghosh
The 15th rail budget brought relief to general passenger with no proposed hike in passenger fares and freight rates. Many new schemes and packages were...
made popular Jul 4 2009
At least in Bengal the ray classic shatranj ke khiladi is being enacted in real life at the cost of public at large. Ms Mamta Banerjee is taking her role as opposition...
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Politicians are back to their old game of pointing fingers in Bengal. While central has banned CPI((Maoists )as a terrorist outfit, Bengal is reluctant to do so.
Does...
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The English agent wrote in his journal about Rani Lakhshmi Bai of Jhansi that she was the only man amongst rebels. Some thing similar may be said about Ms....
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Ever since Ms. Mamta Banerjee became railways minister I am jittery as a passenger for I apprehend that the vast resources of railways will be used not for the benefit...
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I am not affiliated to any political party. My only stake in election is my Indian citizenship. As a tax paying citizen I am entitled to good governance but seeing the...
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The alliance between Trinamool Congress and Congress may fall flat even before it was formed following a two day ultimatum given by the Trinamool...
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With the final candidate result announced the long spell over the uncertainty whether Trinamool Congress-Congress will take place or not ends. Banerjee...
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It will be very difficult for MR. Ratan Tata to forget Ms. Mamta Banerjee the beloved “Ddi” from Bengal. The woes of Tata Motors & also of its associates are...
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Yesterday’s violence both at Salboni & Singur marks the beginning of a new round in the slug fest of the strife prone Bengal politics
While the land mine...
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Today when the chief minister of Bengal will lay the foundation stone of Jjindal’s pelletisation plant Ms Mamta Banerjee will relaunch her agitation in Singur.
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Confusion Galore. The expression ‘headless chickens’ used by our US ambassador Shri Ronen Sen seems to be most apt for the situation prevailing in Singur where...
made popular Oct 31 2008
Mamata Banerjee is so unpredictable while till now she was steadfast ON return of the same land, come what may, now she wants jobs for farmers displaced & better...
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Who will save the police. There is a famous saying, no one can save the boat which the boatman wants to sink.
This is what is happening in Bengal where Ms Mamta...
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If you want to kill the proverbial golden goose, and if you want to do it well, then you can take special lessons from Ms. Mamta Banerjee. You think I am being too...
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I must confess at the outset that despite having been born & lived in a left strong hold all my life I have no idea at all about Marx& leftist ideology but I...
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