Hindustan Times
I was recently told that even Alimuddin Street is a field of green flags. The record voting turnout, the philosophical attitude of my leftwing friends and relatives, and the confidence of Mamata Banerjee who is allowing herself to sound almost ministerial – it all points to not merely the end of communist rule in West Bengal but its imminent rout. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 12:14 am
Filed under India · Tagged Alimuddin Stree, Amit Mitra, Bengal, Communist Party of India Marxist, Hindu nationalism, HINDUSTAN Times, land reforms, Left, Mamata Banerjee, news, Partition, Trinamool
Kazakhstan superficially reminds one of Saudi Arabia. It is a vast country, much of it ecologically hostile to human habitation (-45 C in the winter one Kazakh told me); inhabited by a population about the same as a large Indian city; and choc-a-bloc with mineral resources – oil, gas, uranium, coal and whatnot. Read more
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 11:33 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Astana, Central Asia, GDP, global financial crisis, ISKCON, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Soviet system, Uzbekistan
The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and now South Africa) are beginning to make their mark on the global scene. Read more
(2 votes, average: 2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Filed under India, World · Tagged acronymic, BASIC, Brazil, BRICS, China, climate change, Cold War, Colombia, EAGLES, Egypt, Emerging and Growth Leading Economies, Group of Twenty, India, Indonesia, MIST, Nostradamus, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam
There is a lot of guff about the perils and promise of nuclear power going around. I am a wary supporter of nuclear power. Read more
(4 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 11:59 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Chernobyl, Fukushima, hindustan time, HINDUSTAN Times, IAEA, Jairam Ramesh, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear scientists, Plutonium peril, Radioactive, thorium fuel cycle
