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UPA All The Way

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Analysis of the election results, Mamata’s victory and my admiration for Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Interim Budget 2009

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Well, the long wait ended but didn’t bring much change. Ask why and the answer comes straight and simple from finance minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee, “The mandate of the government is coming to an end by May 22-23. Elections are due. I can neither indulge in reckless borrowing nor go on imposing taxes without the [...]

War and Peace

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War is no good, says Trina in her call for peace.

US Presidential Elections and India

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Does Obama mean a new era for America? What are the lessons for India?

The Singur Fiasco

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Let’s not just blame Mamata, it’s the communists who are at fault in Singur.

Centre Wins Reservation Trophy In Legal Battle

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The Supreme Court today gave its approval on the reservation of seats in higher education institutions for the Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in a major blow to unreserved category students who had seen a faint glimmer of hope about a year ago when the apex court had stayed the government order of reserving seats for [...]

Bengal Board or Delhi Board?

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More and more Bengal board schools are considering shifting towards ICSE/CBSE. Last January ’07 some friends and I made a visit to school and got to meet Father Tapan. He said that parents are pressing for a board change. Not just parents, the school authority too is disgusted with the mal-evaluation of papers in the [...]

The Real Leader

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2nd October is an auspicious day for Indians. We are remembering our leader — the Father of the Nation–Mahatma Gandhi on this day. I however cannot show much respect to Gandhi, his lovers dont mind. While his philosophy of Satyagraha and non-violence has earned the praise of one and all, I cant help criticising, among [...]

Nothing much to rejoice over Supreme Court stay order on OBC reservation

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The Supreme Court has temporarily stayed the government order of reserving seats for OBCs in higher education. However, there is nothing much to rejoice. For this is only an interim order. The court stayed the order only on the ground that there is not enough data on OBC demographics, that no data on this has [...]

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SFI ousted from JU campus

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SFI has faced a terrible rout in the students’ union elections of the Jadavpur University arts faculty at the hands of Forum for Arts Students (FAS).

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