Reflections

It is now fairly clear that newspapers and other media outlets seem to be all so biased that it is difficult to give credence to their stories. They may not always be factually wrong, but the omissions and additions are always symptomatic of the political persuasions of the outlet concerned. I think that in such circumstances, it is best to try to make time to analyse the information that is, fortunately, fairly easily available   and try to make sense of it ourselves. I have decided that this is what I am going to do and I am sharing some information which is easily accessible in the internet which is quite interesting. I future times, I hope to make more nuanced analyses of the data that is out there. I thought that I would like to try and see the quality of the MPs that we elected in the least election held earlier this year. As we know, the TMC ( Trinamool Congress)   won 22, the BJP ( Bharatiya Janata Party) 18 and the INC ( Indian National Congress)   2 seats...

If you are born in Calcutta, you imbibe leftism with your mother’s milk. I am not talking about being communist; I mean you tend to be left leaning as one of our more stupid ministers characterized Abhijit Bannerjee. And the inevitable consequence of this is an antipathy to the United States of America. That is not to say that we do no rush there to study given half a chance. Neither is it that we do not acknowledge it achievements and its glamour.   It is just that we are not exactly fans of the US of A. If it plays or fights anybody else, we like it to lose; we were very pleased when they had to leave Vietnam with their tails between their legs. We were horrified about the Twin Towers but could easily see the point of view of the Muslim world, which was not so horrified. However just like anybody else, if anybody gave you a visa to stay there, nobody, not even rabid Naxals ever turned down the invitation. The faculty of Ivy League institutions is full of ex lefties from Ko...