This is one season Kolkattans are very possessive about. The mild winter that sets in December and January is the time to move out in groups and visit close-by places, and also enjoy the frequent nightly sojourn. The chill in the air is usually just about right to bask in the Sun in the day, […]
Search-world’s latest
The last week has seen exit and shifting of 2 important entities of the search-world, one virtual and the other flesh-n-blood. Google Answers service has quietly exited. One recalls the times when Google used to charge for more specific search results if the usual ones failed to provide answers one is looking for. Which is […]
Raining truths
First it was Vir Sanghvi, who busted the myth of godman, Sathya Sai Baba (HT, Nov 26). Then it was Justice Rajendra Sachar Panel’s turn to prove false the claim that Muslims have more children than other communities. Here’s an excerpt from Dec 4 TT: “Strictly speaking, there is no ‘Muslim fertility’ as such in […]
Is this a joke coming true?
This is what occurred in my mind when I happened to come across the following news item (excerpt) in today’s Kolkata Newsline: Kolkata has yet another reason to celebrate – the city has been judged as the second best in the world by the World Leadership Forum, London in the category of “urban renewal”. Apparently, […]
In the hands of few
Helsinki-based World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) in a comprehensive study ever done to measure personal wealth (titled The World Distribution of Household Wealth, December 2006) has said that the richest 1% of adults alone own 40% of global assets in the year 2000. The richest 2% of adults […]
Sourav’s comeback
To describe his comeback innings at Potchefstroom in South Africa yesterday in one word, it’s ‘fabulous’. He has fought against all odds, and there is no doubt he has that steely resolve which very few people have. At least none in the present Indian cricket team has that. 2 persons who readily come to mind […]
Arundhati Roy and Singur
This is what noted social activist, Arundhati Roy said about Singur: I think the Left parties are following double standards. The CPM has been prominent in the World Social Forum process, including the India Social Forum held just three weeks ago in Delhi, which sharply attack neo-liberal policies. One consensual premise of the Forum is […]
Whither Doha
Leaving cricket aside, competitive sports have no place in Indian psyche. Thus while every newspaper worth its salt has a rep in South Africa to cover the cricket, only a few, I suspect, has cared to spare someone for 15th Asian Games at Doha. Not that it matters much, for India doesn’t have many medal-winning […]
After Singur, Salim gets going
Even as the dust over Singur is slowly settling down, the focus is set to turn to Salim Group’s proposed 4-lane 100 km Eastern Link Highway stretching from Barasat to Raichak and from there to Kukrahati on the other side of Hooghly river via a 4-lane bridge. Since marine vessels coming from Sandheads at the […]
Passionate but passé
Here’s an interesting post on Bengali Passion. He keeps margins on either side. We have Bengalis, who love their tea and keep reminiscing what a great tribe they were. And we have those who have seen it, done them. In the middle are those, who are striving with whatever meager that is available. The point […]
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