Noble Peace/Economics Nobels or Not?

Noble Nobels, or not , that is the question?
It sounds a little wonky, but I think this is really the question that a lot of people around the world have raised after the Nobel Prizes for this year were announced a few days back.
The Peace Prize has gone to US President Barack [...]

Why Fix The Climate? Change The World Environment Day Slogan Instead!

I waited till this morning’s newspapers before writing this post. I was looking for a media story on how and why the Indian government has forced a change in the slogan for this year’s World Environment Day.
The actual slogan worked out by the United Nations Environment Programme for the World Environment Day 2008 is CO2: [...]

I Have To Write – IV – Elections For Death?

Talking about Maoists one is forced to come back to the issue of Dr Binayak Sen. Maoist or not he has to be released simply because he saves human lives. And, the truth is there is not an iota of evidence against him about any so-called “anti-state” activity.
But his whole life is anti-state, there is [...]

I Have To Write!

When you write it is difficult not to get immersed in yourself and your thoughts and become conceited in one way or another, but you still have to write. So much is happening – the Panchyat Elections – Aparna Sen and her dramabaji – wow! If only ….
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I have often wondered why is it that [...]

Stop being sensible, stop enduring injustice, go crazy to fight this crazy world!

Indiancitizen, a fellow blogger and a leading writer against the kind of blatant injustice that the Rizwanur murder case represents (see the blog rizwanur.com), has posted the following comment against one of my posts, Rizwanur & Nandigram: Minor Points That Can Bring About Major Change!
The comment is extremely significant because it brings to [...]

Why has Amartya Sen stopped learning?

Its been a long sabbatical and I am back to irritate you dear readers by asking unpleasant questions and making”snide” remarks. But here goes:
In a recent two-part article in The Telegraph, Kolkata published on December 29, 2008 and December 30, 2008, Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen has argued, in my view rather weakly when [...]

Nandigram: At Least Let Our Dead Be Our Collective Property, Don’t Make Them Your Private Or State Property!

Nandigram! Being poor, illiterate and uneducated we can ask only questions that deal with our stomachs, our livelihoods, our existence, or our dead. We cannot think beyond because the rich and you, politicians, the running dogs of the rich, make sure that we cannot think of anything else – only how to suffer the pain [...]

Rizwanur Murder: Operation Cover-up Proceeding As Predicted

Operation cover-up in the Rizwanur murder case is proceeding as predicted. One will have to wait till December 16 to get the final verdict from the CBI: Rizwanur committed suicide because his own brother and Pappu betrayed him. An absolutely open and shut case. The victim killed himself because of his own family members.
Who says [...]

Towards A Communist Mode of Production: A Draft Outline

This is the most difficult post that I have ever tried to write here at this site. In fact, it is the most difficult piece I have ever written in my entire history as a writer. I have taken upon myself the unenviable task of trying to propose a kind of mega-solution to the problems [...]

Who Really Killed Rizwanur?

For a very human take on the Rizwanur murder I would refer readers to Jhoomur Bose’s post “Did My Father Murder Rizwanur”.
I  like it more because it is a general indictment of the way most fathers (and I claim not only here in India but all over the world) look at the other half of [...]