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PERSPECTIVE: BEYOND TELANGANA – The Indian republic is young enough to try out more states 15 Jan 2011 | 06:26 pm
PERSPECTIVE: BEYOND TELANGANA – The Indian republic is young enough to try out more states – young enough, yes !! but ‘mature enough,’ is just a “maybe” ?!! Is the current Indian leadership looking f...
GORKHA ADIVASI POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Jaswant Singh hopeful of positive outcome from Gorkhaland talks 19 Dec 2010 | 07:54 pm
GORKHA ADIVASI POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Jaswant Singh hopeful of positive outcome from Gorkhaland talks – a ray of hope in the darkness of despair ?!! From The Hindu By Neena Vyas NEW DELHI, Decembe...
INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY: The New Power Game: Rogue Diplomacy 12 Dec 2010 | 12:25 am
INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY: The New Power Game: Rogue Diplomacy – exposing the long awaited expose for the greater good of international understanding ?!! USA and India - time for a serious rethink ?...
NATIONAL CORRUPTION: WikiLeaks – Cong played religious politics post 26/11 12 Dec 2010 | 12:18 am
NATIONAL CORRUPTION: WikiLeaks – Cong played religious politics post 26/11 – probably most morally damaging to a government already reeling under massive corruption scandals ?!! Wikileaks: The Ind...
GORKHA ADIVASI POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: GJM revives demand for Gorkhaland 11 Dec 2010 | 06:07 pm
GORKHA ADIVASI POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: GJM revives demand for Gorkhaland – with the Congress and UPA fast losing moral authority and embroiled in a multitude of corruption scandals, the stakes against...
TOURISM: Embassy alert spurs search – French tourists lost & found in sanctuary 11 Dec 2010 | 05:59 pm
TOURISM: Embassy alert spurs search – French tourists lost & found in sanctuary – cost cutting against the advice of the tour operators, an adventure that almost cost them their lives ?!! The Maen...
TEA NEWS: Garden closure in Terai too 11 Dec 2010 | 05:07 pm
TEA NEWS: Garden closure in Terai too – political blame game, the typical state of confusion that Bengal thrives in, while the poor & starving workers always lose out, while the well-fed management do...
BENGAL POLITICS: Standoff signals in landmark session – Bias slur on Speaker over Ray condolence 11 Dec 2010 | 04:00 pm
BENGAL POLITICS: Standoff signals in landmark session - Bias slur on Speaker over Ray condolence – a shining example of Bengal’s parochialism that Darjeeling & Dooars want no part of ?!! Hon'...
BRIEFS FROM THE REGION 11 Dec 2010 | 03:51 pm
BRIEFS FROM THE REGION An elephant calf was found isolated from its herd on Huntapara Tea Estate, 60km from Alipurduar, on Friday. A kunki from Jaldapara was sent to the garden to drive the two-year-...
EDUCATION & APATHY: Test at door, no sign of permits 8 Dec 2010 | 04:44 pm
EDUCATION & APATHY: Test at door, no sign of permits – Bengal standards of neglect to details, nothing surprising ?!! NBU in Siliguri - setting wrong standards for the future generations of this r...
