Tag Archives: Writers’ Building
Didi Don’t Preach: Just How Ethical is Mamata’s Own Brand of Politics?
Ms Mamata Banerjee, the quintessential megalomaniac, had hopped on to a plane to New Delhi, believing that she would be the one to determine who would reside at Raisina Hill…. Read more
Are Thoughts Being Ambushed in Bengal?
For the last couple of days every news channel and newspaper worth its salt in Kolkata is discussing/writing about how academicians are under attack by the Ma Maati Manush government…. Read more
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
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
Is Mamata’s Bengal Trying to Muzzle Free Media?
How many newspapers does Mamata Banerjee read? While uncharitable skeptics might raise an eyebrow at the question and brush it aside with a one-word, “none”, the number can now safely… Read more
Of the Railway Budget Farce: Is the Indian Democracy Working?
All hell broke loose after the Railway Budget for 2012-13 was presented by Dinesh Trivedi. The Trinamool Congress supremo, Ms Mamata Banerjee, wanted an immediate rollback of the hiked fares…. Read more
Railways, Rollbacks and Roy, and a Hue and Cry for Nothing
I recently watched a few of Dinesh Trivedi’s interviews on several new channels. In all of them he was asked the question which everyone wants to know — did Mamata… Read more
The Rail Budget Farce: Of Mamata, Manush, Melodrama and Manmohan
What could be a perfect foil to the farce that has been playing in our Parliament for some time now? Two railway accidents that killed over 15 people greeted the… Read more
In Defence of Mamata: Anti-Campaign on Railway Budget Stand Lacks Depth
At last Dinesh Trivedi resigned as the Railway Minister from the Union Cabinet after few days of brouhaha and Mukul Roy has been sworn in as the new minister. A… Read more
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