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February 19, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

A pregnant tigress strayed away from her habitat in the Sunderbans, and managed to hog the limelight the entire yesterday. She suffered an extended ordeal for close to 18 hours before she could be taken away on a steamer for treatment and releasing thereafter. The Telegraph has an elaborative graphic (below) that explains how things […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Modern day Rabindranaths

February 13, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

When they were named Rabindranath, their parents certainly hoped that the talent of the Nobel laureate would rub off on their offspring. Some amount does seem to have rubbed off but in a wrong way, for otherwise the honorable MLAs, Rabindranath Bhattacharya and Rabindranath Ghosh wouldn’t be what they are today. They have of late […]

Filed Under: Culture, Opinion

Bharat Ratna to whom!

January 18, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

There’s a bit of drama going on for this year’s selection of the country’s highest civilian award. Strangely, only politicians are enacting the drama, which gives the impression that only they are the right claimants for the coveted honor. [Image of Bharat Ratna medal left; image source] The game was started by LK Advani, who […]

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Lords of Burrabazar

January 15, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Scenario 1:The Gujjar agitation in May-June last year stunned the Rajasthan government. The Chief Minister apparently had no clue that the agitation could turn so violent. Subsequently there was a strong demand that the state’s CM must be removed from her post for failing to gauge or control the trouble in time. Scenario 2:2 illegally […]

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Beware of the city of sorrow

January 13, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Sometime back I traveled to Howrah Station through BBD Bag on a Sunday. The winter was kind that day. The day was brightly sunlit and colder than the usual gentle stuff you find in Kolkata. Since it was a Sunday, the roads had little traffic, and even less people. As I raced in the car […]

Filed Under: City, Opinion

Nano, and Bengal’s fortune

January 10, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Nano Standard – the 1 lakh (ex-dealer) people’s car with rear-wheel drive,all-aluminium, 2-cylinder, 623 cc, 33 PS, multi point fuel injection petrol engine[Picture Source] A year back, this time around, Nandigram was on flame, and Singur was the hotbed of protests against Tata’s People’s Car. Today Singur, though still kept simmering by interested quarters, is […]

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Flourishing from politics of hate

January 9, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Figures sometimes tell uncanny tales you wouldn’t have otherwise thought probable. Take for example the TOI-Synovate poll for selecting notable Indians who have outshone in their respective fields in the year just gone by. The results came out in the paper’s Dec 30 edition. I was looking at the winners in the category of political/social […]

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Santa, an anagram for Satan

December 25, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Over the past couple of days the Santa must have ‘visited’ countless homes across the globe bringing in cheer and joy, and ‘giving’ away gifts to millions of kids. But perhaps there are some cases where the Santa may have actually ‘cleaned out’ instead of ‘gifting’ things as the video below illustrates. Well, strange things […]

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CitiPals, the site for the gennext

December 9, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

I shifted on the bed and then woke up. It was wee hours in the morning. The mobile clock showed 3-41. I tried figuring if there was anything that stole my sleep. And then I got it. An elongated streak of light fell on the bed that came from the room at the far end […]

Filed Under: Opinion, Technology

The why and how of Nandigram

November 18, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

The situation at Nandigram is complex and quite difficult for an outsider to make any sense of. The use of force by the cadres of ruling party to evict the opposition was a big operation in scale and brutal. But the fact is that the tone and tenor of this action is not anything new […]

Filed Under: Business, Opinion

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