In all the realities, politics, economics and all the social realities! Bihar state which had just gone to the Assembly polls preceded by one of the intense election campaigns, of course in the earlier lines of most extensive use of abusive rhetoric. Never before we saw certain desperation on the part of even national leaders…
Democracy and its practice!
From Parliament to the Panchayat Raj institutions! Democracy has a long and hoary history. From Athens to the entire world, for over 2500 years on a tiny hillock, what today we call the ancient Agora, today a neglected part of Athens to the last corners of the world, democracy has resonated and turned mankind into…
Media industry scene today!
A country’s media industry scene gives its civilisation and culture!How our media sector is doing? The size, ownership, funding and the freedoms a media enjoys decides the purity of the media service. Not all countries enjoy great reputations in the media industry. We, in India, inherited a great media tradition from our British colonial association….
‘FOOD’ FOR THOUGHT – NO POLITICS BUT ‘BON CUISINE’
By KAUSTAV BHATTACHARYYA There was maintained a calibrated detachment from the humdrum world of politicking. Rather the philosophical abstract world of ideas of politics was acceptable and welcomed. Apart from playing sophisticated games, enjoying music there was the pleasure of devouring good cuisine. The culinary heritage and tradition of Piedmontese exclusive clubs is worth the…
The three new agriculture-related Bills!
India has to change and specifically Indian agriculture sector has to change radically in many ways. Today the politics in India is so polarised that even if you want to make any honest and even innocent pronunciation it is suspect and mistaken in terms of the highly polarised politics. And let us not forget for…
Indian agriculture at the cross roads!
Our farmers must enjoy the benefits of new technological revolutions in not only cultivation but also marketing and realising higher incomes.New Bills would only facilitate modernisation of out-moded practices!Prime Minister’s assurance of doubling of farmers incomes must be made a reality very soon! Why there is continuation of farmers’ agitations in Punjab and Haryana. Not…
Print media and the digital media in a Covid dictated world.
Learning the online work culture!It is a totally new experience!It seems a long way indeed! One new learning is that sometimes big changes, be it high tech or even simple things come not by inventions and innovations they seem to come in a very sudden, brutal physical changes or happenings. The coming of the Covid…
India’s place in the world !
Why the world is so complicated?We seem to be living in a civilised and yet a contradictory world! Everywhere, from USA to China. Rulers are doing things that don’t seem to make s sense! Why China is antagonising large parts of the world? In Hong Kong, Taiwan and South China sea? As these lines are…