Tag Archives: railway budget
In Didi’s Wonderland, where Words Come Out from the Depth of Truth
Our honourable chief minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has, without a doubt, done a great service to the cartoonist tribe. Can you think of another time when so much newsprint was… Read more
Cartoon Conspiracy: In Defence of Didi and how Politics is not a Funny Game
(This a letter we received from a reader who calls him/herself a TMC supporter and wishes to remain anonymous. Since we have no way of verifying his claims, we are… Read more
Mad Cow Disease in Maa-Maati Land
Cow is a good animal. Cows give milk and yummy steak. Cows live in herds and masticate newspapers, if given. Cows moo “Maa Maa”, wallow in the “Maati” (soil) and… Read more
Cartoon Network in Mamata Land: How Many of Us Face Arrest for the Same Crime?
I had read Soumya Datta’s article (Facebook Users Beware: Every Post you Make, Didi’s Watching) a few months ago. The article talked about Mamata Banerjee looking over Facebook posts against… Read more
Cartoon Network in Mamata Land: It isn’t Funny Madam Chief Minister
Ambikesh Mahapatra might have preferred to lie low, being a professor of Chemistry in Kolkata’s renowned Jadavpur University. But for the overtly proactive police in his city, and an overtly… Read more
Railway Rollbacks, Increased Freight Rates, and Didi’s Crocodile Tears
As the new hiked railway fares (for the privileged classes) come into force from today, I am again reminded of the melodrama over the railway budget. And while much of… Read more
The Horrible Bosses of Dinesh Trivedi
Dinesh Trivedi is a bold man. He knew what he was getting into when he presented a budget for the Railways by nominally raising the ticket fares to the amounts… Read more
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