Kolkata has for long remained a geographically constrained metropolis. Life centered around a few downtown destinations, and anything beyond is simply not favored. Lack of growth severely curtailed its claim to be counted among top Indian metros. So much so that a few years back, there even was a government plan to downgrade Kolkata’s rating […]
Blue Dart is now DHL’s
Mergers and acquisitions are nothing new in business. In fact M&As are most visible in sunrise sectors that hold promise in the medium to long term. India’s domestic courier sector is one such. It comes as no surprise that DHL, the world’s no.1 express giant now based in Germany, has decided to gobble up Blue […]
60th Independence Day
I couldn’t help but reproduce this nice graphics on this solemn occasion from Kailash Nadh’s blog-site. Thanks Kailash.
Football Players Association of India
When Arun Lal and Ravi Shastri floated a cricket players’ association, there was hype and perhaps some hope that it will succeed. It didn’t, presumably because the purse-string is irrevocably controlled by BCCI. Whatever that failed the association, not many tears were shed. It wasn’t to serve larger interests of Indian sports if only for […]
KANK on the loose
Next week, 2 holidays come together, 15th and 16th. My school-going son, who is a rare movie buff, ardently feels there is no better way to ‘celebrate’ the 2 days than seeing KANK. Seeing what, I’m perplexed. He smiles indulgently, declaring it’s Karan Johar’s latest blockbuster, Kabhie Albida Na Kehna, KANK in short. I withdraw […]
The Telegraph and others
Newspapers have to appeal to wide cross-sections of people to remain viable. It is not uncommon to find big foreign newspapers and tabloids running into more than 30 pages even on weekdays. In India, metro editions are comparatively thicker than non-metro publications. This may be because of large number of concentrated readership located in metros, […]
Sister Cyril
Sister Cyril is mother personified for many hapless street children in Kolkata. She is the Principal of Sealdah’s Loreto Day School, and being an educationist, she has a very clear idea about what ails our multi-layered cast-ridden society and what prevents the poorest-of-poor children to avail a modicum of basic education. Unlike most politicians, she […]
Try getting bored. It’s easy.
Getting bored is never out of fashion. There is no dearth of items to get bored of. Food, cloth, car, soap, love, spouse, relation – you name it, you have it. For sure. Forever. Whoever said, “Business thrives on boredom” deserves unequivocal praise. I’ve here some images for you that show different kinds of getting […]
Canal ferry runs aground
There is a pretty long history to it. No, I’m not referring to the British era when the canals used to be put to good use. Everybody knows Kolkata’s canals used to look like unshaven, uncouth backyard sewerage drains not long back. I’ve the misfortune of writing on the plight of canals in an earlier […]
Terra Dome at Science City
At a time when the effervescent Gujarat CM, Narendra Modi reportedly consults holy men to make weather-forecast for farmers only to go horrendously wrong (drought was forecast July-end that saw torrential downpour and extensive floods), institutions like Kolkata’s Science City are gearing up to embrace more of science to enlighten people about its wonders. And […]
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