Mamata Bannerjee is a terrible administrator, but Left Front is not an alternative

For many people in the Indian state of West Bengal, the activities of the present chief minister Mamata Bannerjee as well as her partymen are a great disappointment. They have been voted to power in 2011 with much fanfare, marking the end of 34-year-'misrule' by a communist regime. However, this present government appears to be no better than the previous one.

I was born and brought up in the capital state of Kolkata during the communist rule, watching gradual erosion of the all that was good about Bengal: democratic rights being compromised, burial of industrialization leading to low career opportunities, lowering of economic growth, politicization of all administrative affairs, common people living in fear of the vengeance of the muscle-flexing by the members of the communist party.


Mamata Bannerjee is a phenomenal mass leader and an activist. She knew West Bengal like the palm of her hand. The love and respect she commanded in the last decades before coming to power in the rural areas were only comparable to those by Mahatma Gandhi. If it were not for Mamata Bannerjee's determination and die-hard enthusiasm, perhaps it would have been impossible to oust the communists. In those regards, Mamata is a living legend.  

But as it turns out now, Mamata Bannerjee is the worst administrator. She is intolerant, ignorant, impractical, whimsical, dictatorial and egotistic. Despite her hard work and strong will, because of those vices, she is slowly getting alienated from the common people, who were her support base once. I was shocked and speechless when I saw her calling an innocent farmer named Shiladitya Chowdhury a Maoist for asking from her explanation about the price-hike of fertilizers. For this simple reason she got him arrested too by the police. This is fascism and this is not the only time she behaved like so. All in all, her activity now reminds us of two great revolutionaries Stalin and Mao, who were also the greatest of the dictators the world has ever seen. Like their regimes as well, a cult of personality for Mamata is now being developed by her fans too. I only hope that she does not turn into a mass-murderer like them one day.

In any case, Mamata Bannerjee will do a lot of harm to the state if she remains in power for a long time. We need to find a suitable alternative now, but going back to the communists is not an option.     

To Sagarika, with lots of best wishes for standing up for the Truth, Mimi

Can't help publishing the link to the article.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Unjoin-the-dots/H1-Article1-571898.aspx

Food for Thought: The chicken-or-egg problem with time-or-speed

How do you define time? Well, time=distance/speed. Very good. Bravo. But hang on a second. How do you define speed. Speed=distance/time. Does it not constitute a circularity of logic?

Save Sakineh from Stoning

Thanks for signing the petition to save Sakineh Mohammadi from Stoning. http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-sakineh-mohammadi/sign.html

Food For Thought: Stein's Private India

So much vitriol is being thrown against the article "My Own Private India" by Joel Stein, particularly in the Indian media. The Indian expatriates in the US have been most outraged and vociferous. Why? Is it because that what Joel Stein told is every bit true. Is it because that he just hit the nail right on the head? Just think.

Food for thought: Sex in zero gravity

A good reason why the moon has no traces of life is that it is difficult to participate in sexual intercourse in zero gravity or micro gravity.

I hate Karan-johar Stories

The following was my comment posted on Shobaa De's weblog on the movie "I hate love storys". In fear that Shobhaa may delete the comment I am reposting it here. I take full responsibility of what I wrote here. I told you that I'm outspoken.

The movie in a true sense what is called 'sucks'.

In the past I of course disagreed with Sobhaa on many occasions, but this time I think she is bang on. I'm in my early 30s and the man I went out to watch the movie with was in his late 20s. I don't know whether our ages fall in the age group of the target audience, none of us could not stand the over-the-top storyline, mushy dialog and, over and above, the presentation of dull cliches passed for something very cool. I think the teenagers would also find it boring to the hilt.

Sonam Kapoor is pretty much of a junk herself. She imagines she is hot and sexy. God help her. This is my warning message to the future producers. Sonam Kapoor for a short while kept a twitter message, which meant something like, "Do not take seriously what Shobaa De wrote about the movie as she has become a fossil with her growing age after her menopause.

I wonder what kind of a family does she come from to have indulged in expression of such personal malice and abuses? A friend of mine just opined that this bitch from the Kapoor family would go a long way in her career in the industry because she looked prepared to get laid and, even,gangbanged by the producers and the directors, if need be, to grab roles in movies. Good luck Ms. Sonam Kapoor.

Missing Comments

Hi guys,

I missed some comments, as they did not appear on the side bar. For example, J.s. on kashmir post, anon on theism/atheism etc, including some abusive comments by the great shong (shong as in bengali meaning clown). Now I have enabled email-delivery of the comments (thanks to KS). In addition, the princess was also not doing well lately. Shall reply very shortly.:)

Mimi

Audacity

KS sent me the following link with a comment, "She is bold." After reading the report, my comment is: "This woman can be a poster girl for women liberation."

here.

"Indian Embassy portal turns porn site"

This is crazy.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/jun/250610-Indian-Embassy-portal-turns-porn-site.htm

Coming Up Next: A 'real' Interview with Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan published an interview he gave to Subhah Jha on his blog here. He actually wanted to say something else, but what came out of his pen is something different. What would have been his `real' answers to the same questions, had he not been the megastar constantly on his toe to secure a solid career for his son in the film industry? Stay tuned to know the real interview.

Israel: The Most Evil Country in the World (3)

If the following information is true, how would you probably not support the armed resistance of the Palestinians against Israel, even if such resistance breaks some International laws. If I had the powers, I would have probably administered death to Netanyahu by squeeezzzing his balls and feeding them to the street dogs. Don't forget to appreciate the abundance of "e" and "z" in the spelling.

The fact that the sole intention of Israel is to slowly occupy the whole Palestinian land and wipe them off the face of the earth, as I recorded earlier, is reflected again in the news.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Israels-Likud-party-approves-West-Bank-settlement-growth-/articleshow/6087918.cms

Israel is doing it since 1947. I have no other option but to support the holy war against Israel. I'm so far away from the battlefield. If my blood can boil at such a distance, one can clearly understand the feelings of the Arabs.

Girl talk: "Now you have grown up, my dear"

-Ma, I want to tell you something?

-What?

- Today in the school something happened.

- Anything serious, Mimi?

- I just do not know. But it's kind of unsettling.

-Whatttt? You do not know? What is it? Did the geography Miss say anything again?

This time the "whatt" was much louder and it almost scared the hell out me, as I was already very nervous since the time that incident happened in the school.

- No, nothing of that type. It is kind of scary.

- Then what is it? What happened to you then?  Please.

Mother was seriously anxious to know the matter. A bit  impatient too. Her eyebrows drew closer. Furrows widening on the forehead.

- When I was in the restroom today in the school, I saw a few blobs of red ....
...
..
The furrow on her forehead released and slowly converted into soft grin on her face. The conversation in fact did not end there. It went far longer till I felt reasonably comfortable to reconcile myself with the new found girlhood.

The above conversation took place between me and Ma around two decades back. That was also the day when she told me about the word called "menarche" which I should never forget due to its uncommon pronunciation.


Today is such a day for my niece.

Loaded with Obscene Comments from the Mocking Bong

It was not unforeseen that the Bong would jump into action after his fictitious interview that was published here, and innundate my comment-space with unspeakably obscene comments. I feel very amused to watch people in their public persona trying to enact gentleman and progressive, when they abuse incessantly in the bitterest malicious manner behind the shield of anonymity.

I Loved this

Ladies and Gentlemen,
I loved this.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdru0v_jaya-rekha-come-face-to-face_news

Davidar and his 'tacit' admission to molestation

Now David Davidar, a former big Penguin honcho, today, sort of admitted that he indeed behaved with his female employees inappropriately and that he cheated on his wife. My only comment is: when I vehemently protest such acts of lewdness and demand exemplary punishment, I must admit that this type of lecherousness by so called 'respectable' public figures or intellectuals is not at all uncommon in the society. The recent Tiger Woods scandal is a glaring example of that. The American president does that. The Nobel laureate also does that too.

What I found disgusting is that, in order to be in the headline, a few third-grade journalists have started to reveal their closeness with David Davidar and also, began to give their character certificates to him based on their almost no or very less or dubious interaction with him. One such article was published by the Akhond of Swat. How could you really know a real man in just eight month's of professional interaction, Ms. attention-whore Nilanjana or whatever. Here.  

Mr.Amitabh Bachchan's cunningness

The more I'm delving into the political intricacies of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the more I'm getting convinced about the Israeli intention to use the holocaust as an excuse and license to justify the brutalities on, and the humiliations of the poor Palestinians. More on that shortly. Meanwhile please look at the video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imAvXIm_iuw

But today's post is about something a little bit lighter in importance, of course, than Arab-Israeli relations. Look at the pictures and the captions immediately below the pictures.
http://bigb.bigadda.com/?p=5792

When I looked at the part of the caption just below the pictures, I was simply wowed to see the huge crowds cheering the Bachchan bachchas in Paris. Then I found it is actually not in Paris, but in good old Delhi.  If only Raavan is saved by all such manipulations.

Israel: The Most Evil Country in the World (II)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10306193.stm

To Meet a Mocking Bong

Statutory warning: The entire story is a figment of my imagination. The story is about a retarded asshole who was once bitten in the posterior by an orangutan, now living the life of a circus clown churning out all his grotesque and bizarre acts to impress the audience. A clown is never meant to be taken seriously, particularly so, if his orangutan gene did not change so much to be called a homo sapience. Having said that, never miss any opportunity to clap the Orangutan in the zoo, particularly when it dances boom-boom-boom with full enthusiasm, makes a face thinking it looks like Marlon Brando, sticks out its tongue or growls.  

Any resemblance of the abovementioned retard to any monkey-junkie-chimpanzee or any blogger, living or shitting or farting, is purely coincidental.

Homeopathy

I just wanted to write how bullshit homeopathy is. India Uncut put it so nicely. Hell of an article.

http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/homeopathic-faith/