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2017-19 Is Kolkata’s Historic Opportunity to Become an International Tourist Hub

September 24, 2017 By Partha Bhattacharya 13 Comments

The Waterfront, Cape Town

Believe or not, Kolkata is on the cusp of regaining its lost glory as a promising tourist destination. 2017-19 is a vital 2-year period that offers Kolkata tourism to become the most popular among international tourists in India. Can the city take up the challenge?

Filed Under: Opinion, Travel Tagged With: Kolkata, kolkata tourism, kolkata tourism package

3 Elections This Year Disprove Popular Mandate. Or Is It The New Norm?

December 6, 2016 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

New president comes to the White House on Jan 20

2016 must be the year of serious introspection across the globe. Election after election is proving that there is a rise of right of center. Why is this happening with so much regularity?

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: brexit, colombian referendum, us elections

10 Countries with The Most Beautiful Soldiers in The World

May 25, 2016 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Global map shows women in defense forces

Watch some of the most beautiful soldiers from Britain, Serbia, Sweden, Romania, Israel, Greece, and Russia serving their countries.

Filed Under: Opinion

Is the ‘Anything Works’ StartUp Story Truly Over?

May 21, 2016 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Is StartUp Story Over?

No matter what your business is – building supercool apps or selling street food in kiosks – if it doesn’t have a viable, rooted-to-the-ground model of surviving the rough, you’d better abandon it.

Filed Under: Business, Opinion Tagged With: startup, startups

Earn $7287 Per Month in New York for a Comfortable Middle-Class Life

April 26, 2016 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Living cost for middle-class Americans in New York

In a very interesting conclusion it is found that money-wise Virginia Beach is the most ideal place to live in the US. Why? Because here surplus between median income and income to live comfortably. Read on..

Filed Under: Opinion, Travel Tagged With: america, living cost, new york

Congress Needs a Strong Leader

May 18, 2014 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Flag of Indian National Congress

Can the Congress party pull itself up from the deepest abyss it is in? It is very unlikely because to do that it must have a leader who has the courage to face the reality and is ready to take the challenge of revival head on.

Filed Under: Opinion

Are Indians Really Mediocre?

April 20, 2014 By Partha Bhattacharya 2 Comments

Indians are mediocre

“Over the next few decades, as we tried to reach education to the lowest common denominator, we constantly lowered standards so that the weakest could catch up. As a result the average intellectual capacity of our nation today is determined not by our brightest, but by our dumbest.”

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: old

AAP is the political watchdog India needs badly

December 16, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya 2 Comments

Aam Admi Party, AAP

For that to happen, let me be a bit myopic and cynical. If wishes were horses I’d dearly want AAP to remain apolitical and yet be a secular political party…whatever that means.

Filed Under: Commentary, Opinion Tagged With: aam admi party, aap, elections, old

As I knew Madiba

December 6, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

As Nelson Mandel passes into the history, the most fitting tribute to his memory would be to understand his life and works and put to effect what he so earnestly stood for.

Filed Under: Opinion, People Tagged With: old

Oh God, Where Are You?

June 2, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Religious affiliation is at the lowest in the US now since it began to be tracked in 1930s. And in London, an atheist church, originally planning for 20 non-believers, sees an overwhelming rush of 300 persons. In India too, as studies indicate, there is an increasing trend in the numbers of non-believers.

Filed Under: Commentary, Opinion Tagged With: believer, god, old

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