There is no doubt on the fact that Bihar is moving forward. The promise and expectation of good governance has aroused the native entrepreneurial instinct. Although Nitish Kumar’s government has a long way to go, it has shown positive signs. The signs of awakening in Bihar should ideally, ripple developmental activities in the rest of eastern India, particularly in West Bengal and Jharkhand. Continue reading
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Pyramids were not built in a day
Many of my friends claimed that the revolution in Egypt was a Facebook or Twitter revolution. This belief has spread so far that many Indians have notched up their participation on social networking sites in hopes of revolution. Well, as a matter of fact, 17% of Egyptians have internet access which was severely blocked during the revolution. Egyptian revolution was ‘not’ a social media-inspired revolution. Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics, Technology, World
I Won’t Pay
When the whole world is witnessing citizen revolutions, why are we Indians left behind? The governments must know that they are installed to serve people and not rule them. We pay taxes for development and reforms. Not for scams! Read my latest article on the-NRI.
Posted in Economy, Philosophy, Politics
Notes on PMs recent Q&A with Editors
Recently our Prime Minister faced the media. As expected, most of the questions asked were on the recent scams. Although the PM seemed to stammer at places, he did not duck any of the questions, laying out what his office had and had not done at each step. He emphasized that while food inflation was a concern, sacrificing growth would do nobody any good. He claimed that he was not blocking an agreement on a JPC as he had no objection to appear before one. At this point of time the right question to ask is- “Is it time we move on?” Continue reading
Should the state of Telangana be formed?
The fight for Telengana is not new. The first demand for Telengana was made by Marri Chenna Reddy in 1969 but was suppressed by the Congress. After numerous other demands for Telengana, before 2004 elections, Congress befriended Telengana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) and promised Telengana to them. After winning the elections, Congress denied. In 2006, TRS withdrew their support from the Congress but it didn’t make any difference. The third turnaround came before the 2009 elections, when Congress once again promised and denied the state of Telengana to TRS. Continue reading
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सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 