Hindustan Times
Why are we being so harsh on Mamata Banerjee?
Every act of omission or commission by her government is magnified by the national media and presented as yet more evidence that West Bengal is looking down a long and slippery road. [Read more]
About Arnab Mitra
Arnab Mitra is a journalist with 20 years experience — 17 of them in business journalism – in Kolkata and Delhi. Now working as National Editor of Hindustan Times, he has watched, with a sinking feeling, as the quality of public discourse has plummeted from the riveting to the banal; from an era not so long ago when every argument celebrated diversity to a time when manufacture of consent is the goal of every debate.
(3 votes, average: 2.33 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Arnab Mitra on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Arnab Mitra, communist, CPI(M), FDI, Kolkata, Lok Sabha polls, Mamata, Mamata Banerjee, Marxists, media, National Human Rights Commission, proto indian, TMC, Trinamool Congress, West Bengal
Lots of atmospherics, loads of photo ops, soaring hopes, heated television debates, a complete absence of anything substantive followed by a return to the status quo. [Read more]
(4 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Arnab Mitra on Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 11:15 am
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged asif ali zardari, bilawal bhutto zardari, hafiz saeed, india, kashmir, Manmohan Singh, pakistan
I can’t figure out why so many self-appointed guardians of Indian culture are getting so hot under the collar (where else can they get hot?) over the Delhi High Court judgment decriminalizing homosexuality. [Read more]
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Arnab Mitra on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Arnab Mitra, Arya Samaj, cuture, Delhi High Court, Hindustan times, homosexual, Indian Gods, Indian literature, Maryada Purushottam, news, proto indian, Radha and Krishna, Shakuntala, solah kala sampurn, Swami DayanandSaraswati
Let me confess: as a die hard supporter of Indian cricket and all things Indian, I strongly dislike Greg Chappell. Most unbiased observers agree that his reign as coach of the Indian cricket team was disastrous. [Read more]
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Arnab Mitra on Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 4:20 pm
Filed under cricket · Tagged Arnab Mitra, Dr Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Greg Chappell, Hindustan times, Indian cricket, Irfan Pathan, leader, leadership, Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay, Malcolm Knox, news, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan
Some people make things happen; others see things happen; and a third set wonder what happened.
India’s foreign office mandarins, it seems, belong to the third category. [Read more]
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Arnab Mitra on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Afghanistan, Africa, Arab, Arnab Mitra, Beijing, Central Asia, China, Congress, East Asia, india, Indian Ocean, Iran, Israel embassy, Maldives, Nepal, Palestine, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, proto indian, South East Asia, Third World, US, West Asia, West Asia. US
