After witnessing this patriotic movement I went to Cha Bar at Oxford Book Store, Statesman House, Connaught Place. It was very refreshing and beautiful in its own way.
A few pics to depict the Cha Bar and view from it.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
12th June in New Delhi
After witnessing this patriotic movement I went to Cha Bar at Oxford Book Store, Statesman House, Connaught Place. It was very refreshing and beautiful in its own way.
A few pics to depict the Cha Bar and view from it.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Bill Gates in Bihar
Answer to my question is pretty simple. Most of the MLAs, MPs, IAS & IPS officers from these states are involved in corruption which is like the termite. It is slowly but steadily ruining our Mother India. Many politicians of these states are criminals. It is very simple to understand that they will be busy in looting the national wealth. What else can be expected from these murderers, dacoits whose names appear on the 'Most Wanted' list of Police Department? In Bihar many youngsters aspire to become IAS officers, not to honestly serve the nation but to make money easily by being bribed. It forces us to feel ashamed. This mind-set and the culture must be eradicated for India's development.
Bill Gates visited a remote village in Bihar where literacy rate is just 10% of the population. Often a man dies here in diarrhea cause hospital is at least 15 kms away from this place. A journalist asked an old man about his expectation from Bill Gates. The enquiry by the journalist reveals that theses villagers are expecting some serious development work in the area. They have faith in this super rich Angrej Saheb ( as foreigners with Caucasian ethnicity commenly called) cause he is not a politician. Isn't is interesting?
Bill Gates, the Chief of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is committed to development work in various parts of the world. He is very much willing to do something for the betterment of India, home to many employees of his 'Microsoft'. Bill Gates feels surprised when he compares two pictures of India. A country where Billioanires like Mukesh Ambani & Azim Premji live and a country where most of the people are poor with a great population living below poverty line (BPL).
Bill Gates will surely donate some money for the sustainble development of these areas. But the million dollar question is - "Will the money be properly utilized for development activities?"
- Arnab Mandal
Durgapur
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
23rd March
Readers of my blog may find the title interesting. I would be happy if the curiosity level of my readers goes up. Now the question is - “What is the significance of 23rd March”?
The 23rd March is the last day of some great revolutionaries in Indian history. On 23rd March, 1931 British rulers executed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukdev by hanging them until death. On 23rd March, 2010 Kanu Sanyal, the famous Naxalite leader, committed suicide by hanging himself until death in his thatched house near Siliguri, West Bengal.
Not just the day of death but there are a few more similarities between Saheed Bhagat Singh and Comrade Kanu Sanyal. Bhagat Singh fought against the British imperialism and Kanu Sanyal fought against economic imperialism which favours capitalists. Both of them were heavily influenced by Marxism.
Comrade Kanu Sanyal is the person who declared the birth of CPI(M-L) on 22nd April,1969, birth anniversary of the great V.I. Lenin, on Saheed Minar Ground in Kolkata. Charu Majumdar & Kanu Sanyal were two main leaders of the newly formed CPI(M-L). The members of CPI(M-L) were tagged as Naxalites because their movement got started in Naxalbari, West Bengal. Their armed struggle strategy for liberation of people made them isolated from CPI(M). Naxalite movement gave birth to Left extremism. Today, when the CPI(Maoist), tagged as the biggest internal security threat by Home Minister, with its class struggle strategy blow ups railway tracks, we become fearful about Left extremism. Comrade Kanu Sanyal was deeply demoralized by the activities of CPI(Maoist) and the gradual weakening of Communist movement in India. He used to condemn both CPI(M) and CPI(Maoist) for this. He used to mourn for the lack of unity in Communist forces of India. Communists in our country are scattered due to differences in opinion. This is the reason why the Communist movement is getting affected day-by-day and opportunistic rightist forces are uprising.Whatever be the future of Communist movement in India, leaders like Kanu Sanyal will always be remembered for his courage and rebellious mind-set. Red Salute to Comrade Kanu Sanyal.
It may be a co-incidence that Mother India witnessed the unnatural death of her great sons on the same day. But one thing is for sure that these revolutionaries will remain inspiration for Indians to fight against injustice, exploitation and imperialism.
-Arnab Mandal
Durgapur
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The CATastrophe
Finally the much awaited CAT (Common Admission Test for IIMs) results are out. Certainly it should bring sigh of relief to more than 2.4 lac students who appeared for CAT. But it has failed to do so. Most of the candidates are unhappy due to results. CAT results are faulty and full of technical glitches.
For the first time IIMs conducted online CAT. Initially it was supposed to be conducted from 28th November, 2009 to 7th December, 2009 with two slots in each day. But due to huge malfunction and loopholes the examination process was finally over on 31st January, 2010. Meanwhile a techie in Bangalore filed a PIL at High Court against CAT committee. Here are some allegations below:
- Questions were repeated from previous CAT papers
- Hell & heaven difference in difficulty level of CAT papers across slots
- Huge technical fault to conduct the computerized test
- Questions leakage on internet,etc
All these things made CAT-2009 a management case study. The IIM teach solution to various management cases to its students. But this time the best B-Schools in the country have established a great example of mismanagement.
The entire CAT-2009 episode starting from examination to results is nothing but a big joke. As far as CAT results are concerned following points are very crucial:
- There was no proper date of announcement of results. It was postponed several times. Perhaps IIMs knew that they had screwed it up.
- The marking pattern was not disclosed.
- Psychometric evaluation cannot standardize so many factors as stated above.
- Scores were given out of 450 with 150 as full marks for each sections. Everybody has scored in round figures. There are numerous cases where the marks obtained is a mystery.
It is a matter of shame not only for the IIMs but for the entire country. The best management institutes cannot even properly conduct an online entrance examination.
-Arnab Mandal
Durgapur
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Red Salute to Comrade Jyoti Basu
The towering figure of communist movement in India Jyoti Basu has breathed his last today in Kolkata at the age of 95. The sad demise of the veteran Marxist leader has made the country speechless. He was amongst the few who witnessed the beginning of communist movement in India. He joined politics before independence and became an international figure after holding the post of Chief Minister of West Bengal for 23 years.
Comrade Jyoti Basu made his significance presence felt during the highs and lows of communist movement. Communist Party of India was banned post independence but the ban was removed when communists won the lawsuit after the Constitution of India came into existence. When a new party was formed in the name of Communist Party of India(Marxist) in 1964 he joined CPI(M). He was jailed several times because of breaking laws by his movements driven by Marxism. He mixed up the Marxist ideology with the dream of People's Democracy. He taught farmers and labourers to fight. The morale of the people of West Bengal reached at zenith in his leadership. In 1996 he got the opportunity to become the Prime Minister of India. But because of his party's disagreement to it he did not opt this and India lost the chance to see a communist PM. West Bengal lost the chance to see the first Bengali PM. Later his party declared that it was a historical blunder on their behalf. In 2005 the Govt. of India decided to give him Bharat Ratna Award,the highest award in India, but he expressed his unwillingness to receive this.
Comrade Jyoti Basu's death bears a huge significance. What will be the future of communist movement in India? Will it end with Jyoti Basu's death? Will Left Front survive? Will India see any statesman as good as him in future? Only time will give us the answer to these questions. But it is indeed a great loss for the communist movement in India and Indian democracy. Statements made by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, Sonia Gandhi, L.K. Advani, Farooq Abdullah, Laloo Prasad Yadav, M. Karunanidhi, Jayalalita, his friend and the Ex-CM of West Bengal Siddhartha Sankar Roy are evidences of this. The Left Front leaders have clearly said that they have lost their guardian. To them Comrade Jyoti Basu's death is the end of an era and it will create a vacuum in the communist movement.
Today India needs honest politicians who will show leadership on the basis of ideology. Comrade Jyoti Basu will always be icon in this respect. Red Salute to him.
- Arnab Mandal
Durgapur
Durgapur
Thursday, November 12, 2009
After 25 years of '84 Anti-Sikh Riot
On 3rd November, 2009 some religious Sikh groups called a state wide strike in Punjab. This Punjab bandh was a symbolic protest by the victims of '84 Anti-Sikh Riot who are still waiting for justice.
Twenty five years have passed after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Her assassination by her Sikh bodyguards created turbulence in the Indian society which led to the infamous '84 Anti-Sikh Riot. Thousands of Sikhs were burnt alive and butchered. Hundreds of ladies were raped in front of their brother, father, son or husband. Any rational person can easily say that there is no point of considering a whole community as criminal for the murder of a famous person. There can be a lengthy discussion whether there was any political influence behind the riot or not. People have been waiting for justice for 25 years. Is it justice delayed? Or, it is justice denied. Many of the accused, who have close links with the Congress Party, were given clean chit by our legal system although a lot of witnesses were there to send those people behind bars.
Our motherland is a great example of “unity in diversity” in terms of its geographical, demographical and social features. But our society witnesses Hindu-Muslim riots, Anti-Sikh riot, attacks on Christians, etc. Our country with multilingual and multi-religious society is perhaps the most racist country in the world. Racism exists in India because of the discriminating attitude of people regarding castes, religions, states and languages. Recent attacks on North Indians in Maharastra led by Raj Thakray bears the evidence of my opinion.
Why don't the politicians teach people to love? Why don't we take lessons from one riot and try to stop another? Answer to these questions are very simple. It is DON'T WANT. Yes the narrow minded politicians, who can teach people to hate, do not want to spread the message of love and friendship among people. We do not to take any lessons from our faults in the past. We easily get influenced by people with bad intention. This is our fault and we just not only need to accept that but also work on to rectify ourselves. If we cannot do that in future we will experience several riots where we will have to witness exploitation and murder of our loved ones.
Twenty five years have passed after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Her assassination by her Sikh bodyguards created turbulence in the Indian society which led to the infamous '84 Anti-Sikh Riot. Thousands of Sikhs were burnt alive and butchered. Hundreds of ladies were raped in front of their brother, father, son or husband. Any rational person can easily say that there is no point of considering a whole community as criminal for the murder of a famous person. There can be a lengthy discussion whether there was any political influence behind the riot or not. People have been waiting for justice for 25 years. Is it justice delayed? Or, it is justice denied. Many of the accused, who have close links with the Congress Party, were given clean chit by our legal system although a lot of witnesses were there to send those people behind bars.
Our motherland is a great example of “unity in diversity” in terms of its geographical, demographical and social features. But our society witnesses Hindu-Muslim riots, Anti-Sikh riot, attacks on Christians, etc. Our country with multilingual and multi-religious society is perhaps the most racist country in the world. Racism exists in India because of the discriminating attitude of people regarding castes, religions, states and languages. Recent attacks on North Indians in Maharastra led by Raj Thakray bears the evidence of my opinion.
Why don't the politicians teach people to love? Why don't we take lessons from one riot and try to stop another? Answer to these questions are very simple. It is DON'T WANT. Yes the narrow minded politicians, who can teach people to hate, do not want to spread the message of love and friendship among people. We do not to take any lessons from our faults in the past. We easily get influenced by people with bad intention. This is our fault and we just not only need to accept that but also work on to rectify ourselves. If we cannot do that in future we will experience several riots where we will have to witness exploitation and murder of our loved ones.
27/10/2009 : PCPA, Maoists and Rajdhani Express
It seems that the impact of Bollywood films on Indians is increasing day by day. In a “very filmy style” Rajdhani Express (Bhubaneswar-New Delhi), was hijacked by the members of PCPA (People's Committee Against Police Atrocities) near Jhargram, West Midnapore, West Bengal on 27th October, 2009. PCPA was formed by the victims of police atrocities in West Midnapore. A weeks back Chhatradhar Mahato, the PCPA chief was arrested by some police officers who impersonated as journalists from a Singapore based TV channel. The entire Rajdhani Express hijack episode, which caused its 7 hours delay, was a symbolic protest against the arrest of Chhatradhar Mahato. It created a history. But shall we boast of this history? Obviously, we should not.
Actually, PCPA was running a peaceful movement. But it failed to bring any happiness to the members of PCPA. So they decided to form an armed force called Sidhu Kanu Gana Militia. PCPA claimed that the Rajdhani Express hijack was the first significant achievement of Sidhu Kanu Gana Militia. According to the police, there are enough evidences of nexus between PCPA and the banned CPI (Maoist). Some journalists believe that as it is not possible for the Maoists to come up openly in public they are protesting in form of Sidhu Kanu Gana Militia. So somehow it can perceived that Maoists were behind the Rajdhani Express hijack.
Rajdhani Express was not only hijacked but the blankets of passengers and food packets were looted. Passengers suffered not only because of panic, security threat but also for the want of water and food. It is very evident that Indian Raliways failed to ensure safety of the passengers of one its best train. Shall we not blame the Railway authority for that? Obviously, we should.
Mamata Banerjee, the Railway Minister, blamed the West Bengal state government for the incident rather than accepting her fault. Mamata Banerjee drove Tata Motors away from Singur, West Bengal as she thought it was in favour of the agrarian population of the state. But the same person is showing very reluctant attitude to criticize the act of PCPA. Is there no public sentiment associated with it? Mamata Banerjee's opinion to the press was that the Rajdhani Express hijack was planned by the state government. She did not even bother to listen to the claim of PCPA about the incident. This attitude is very dangerous for a democracy. Politics should not work as a curse for the people.
Actually, PCPA was running a peaceful movement. But it failed to bring any happiness to the members of PCPA. So they decided to form an armed force called Sidhu Kanu Gana Militia. PCPA claimed that the Rajdhani Express hijack was the first significant achievement of Sidhu Kanu Gana Militia. According to the police, there are enough evidences of nexus between PCPA and the banned CPI (Maoist). Some journalists believe that as it is not possible for the Maoists to come up openly in public they are protesting in form of Sidhu Kanu Gana Militia. So somehow it can perceived that Maoists were behind the Rajdhani Express hijack.
Rajdhani Express was not only hijacked but the blankets of passengers and food packets were looted. Passengers suffered not only because of panic, security threat but also for the want of water and food. It is very evident that Indian Raliways failed to ensure safety of the passengers of one its best train. Shall we not blame the Railway authority for that? Obviously, we should.
Mamata Banerjee, the Railway Minister, blamed the West Bengal state government for the incident rather than accepting her fault. Mamata Banerjee drove Tata Motors away from Singur, West Bengal as she thought it was in favour of the agrarian population of the state. But the same person is showing very reluctant attitude to criticize the act of PCPA. Is there no public sentiment associated with it? Mamata Banerjee's opinion to the press was that the Rajdhani Express hijack was planned by the state government. She did not even bother to listen to the claim of PCPA about the incident. This attitude is very dangerous for a democracy. Politics should not work as a curse for the people.
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