Recently i was reading one article from Vir Sanghvi(Editor in chief The HINDUSTAN TIMES) and i was finding it difficult to comprehend whether he was trying to really praise Kolkata or was simply trying to highlight the facts which we bengalis are so proud of about the city and in that process ridiculing them. Thats another debate to highlight upon but I chose to put this up on my blog simply because Kolkata now a days seems to be on the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
We all know how notorious the city is for its bandh culture. What is more interesting to see is the opposition in Bengal seems to be walking the same path as the communist. Not for a second, i mean to undermine the incident involving the congress workers but why holding the common people to ransom? Why stopping someone to avail his train,flight for an important appointment?Why stopping people from going to work? It is shameful to see that the so called intellectuals of Bengal seems to take it on their stride and accept bandhs as the rightful way of protest against misdeeds. Are we even understanding that we as a city are lagging behind the major metropolis by some distance? Are we prepared to realize that our youths are creating mass brain drains to other states to pursue their studies and jobs thereafter? It is time for the people of Kolkata to understand that living in the shackles of communism will ultimately lead to strikes,gheraos,rallies and nothing else. The opposition led by Smt Mamata Banerjee should try to bring some differences between them and the forces they are trying to defeat. Leading a state is much more than refusing a cheque from the Tatas.
I hope for a reformed Kolkata one day!
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