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I Am Not An Expert, But These Recent Changes In The Indian Economy Worry Me

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photo credit- News click   VG Siddhartha, the founder of India's largest coffee chain, was found dead on Wednesday morning, 36 hours after he went missing from a bridge near Mangaluru in Karnataka, he has written a letter in this explained about his difficulties, if this letter is authentic, then it’s really alarming situation for economic of our country. its seems we have many wrong in the system for doing business, even for large company. We have serious problems with our economics, we have been facing many difficulties on the social fronts, those not necessarily linked with this dispensation only. My own impression was with this government, at least they will not let down the basics economics of our country in spite of the world economy are still not found resolution of the 2008 crisis. I am not student of the Economics still i have few anecdotal evidence, based on that, i am worried about the health of our economy. I  will share four anecdotes based on my experience...

D Raja and the larger left politics of India

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  Communist Party of India (CPI) makes history by elevation D Raja to the post of general Secretary of the party. Mr. Raja will be first General Secretary, who is coming from the dalit community, He is the one of finest leader and political activists of our time. I always admired his style of work like soft spoken with appropriate facts and interpretation, never hesitate to register his disagreements, if he is not convinced. I don't know, how will he appropriate in 2019 political demands for ensuring mobilization of mass for justice for all in our democratic framework, at the even existing left political parties are not coming together.Since 2004, i have been observing Mr Raja actions, he always engaged with all kinds of the peoples moment, which affects life of the marginalize section, he is only leader from his party, who has been negotiating dalit and the left. This is high time for the communist parties of India to understand the caste, religion, tribes, gender...

Hate Speech In The Time Of Social Media

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    It is always interesting to travel by train. Everyone is in a rush, but we don’t know what is the urgency all about. Initially, I tried to reach the train station or airport well in advance. After some time, I also got infected with the habit of reaching the station in the final moments. I reached the station to catch the train, but there was no pantry car. So, I had to fetch food from the station for dinner. I boarded my train from Bhubaneswar for Muniguda. I always prefer upper side berth whenever I [lan to travel alone. I placed my luggage with a bit of satisfaction since I had made it to the station just in time. I was trying to read my book, which happens to be a traveler’s best companion. Suddenly, I found one middle-aged person on the train. It looked like he has been doing well in his life. He was busy looking at his mobile. Out of curiosity, I tried to look at his screen secretly/discreetly. I was surprised to see that this guy was busy spreading hate messages...