The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
12 actors from films and TV had joined BJP last week. They included Rishi Kaushik, Kanchana Moitra, Rupanjana Mitra and Biswajit Ganguly. Now it seems the TMC goons are issuing threats to these actors. Actress Rupanjana has spoken out against them on her facebook page.
If this is happening to a popular Bengali actress, what will happen to normal BJP workers?
The actor said in a Facebook post that she was getting constant threats from TMC workers, and added that she had all the screenshots.She wrote: “Before leaving for USA..i must say i m getting constant threat from TMC workers..i hv all the screenshots. Stop this.” (Source: DNA India)
West Bengal unit head Dilip Ghosh said while these actors were joining BJP that the situation in the state is such, that it is not possible to even have BJP joining ceremonies within the state. And, the threat on people joining the party is a lot. It is risky in West Bengal to join BJP. So he gave credit to their courage for doing that.
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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