As a recent settler in Kolkata told me -- Jyoti Babu had competence but no vision, Buddha has vision but no competence, the future Chief Minister has neither -- that is the tragedy of Bengal!
The title of this blog is my homage to a writer and a journalist, a man considered by many to be the conscience of his generation, Eric Blair aka George Orwell - his crystal clear prose, his felicity of language, his incisive grasp of contemporary issues. It strives as language as a clear pane of glass and this blog is an attempt, perhaps deeply inadequate, in that direction.
As a recent settler in Kolkata told me -- Jyoti Babu had competence but no vision, Buddha has vision but no competence, the future Chief Minister has neither -- that is the tragedy of Bengal!
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...the future Chief Minister has neither -- that is the tragedy of Bengal!
OLO: quoting such pessimism is not worthy of a seer like you. Pray tell us, what is your view and not that of a settler?
Mine? -- none at all since I have never lived there and cannot bring myself to lose sleep over it. I have other things to worry me -- like what happened now to that factor of 2...
The lady protests 2 much.
Rahul
Mr Basu was an unmitigated disaster for Bengal and by extension , the whole country. Bengal was years ahead of the other parts of the country in its outlook and development and sophistication. Marxism has annihilated this lead and left the state and the east of India in misery.
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