Mind Speaks

@RangDe twitter I have almost stopped watching television, simply because I inevitably land up with the news channels and the non-stop coverage on CORONA is too harsh for my nerves. And I am not a vigorous consumer of OTT content. Today, while lackadaisically skipping through channels, I stumbled upon on NDTV exclusive show on their collaboration with "Rang De" for helping farmers in crisis. The content or rather, the initiative seemed interesting and I decided to pay attention. Well, its been 7 hours now since i watched the program, and I am still searching for something similar that has been done in India. I cannot say that my search has been uber exhaustive, but at the same time, I cannot help but put my thoughts to words on what Rang De strives to achieve and the whole "contributing to help" scenario in India. "Rang De" The concept of microfinance dawned upon me in a more lucid way during my classes at ISB. While the learning was somewhat ...

Post Covid 19 World The year 2020 has been nothing short of nightmarish, so far. A crown-shaped microbe spread from China and now holds the whole wide world hostage. The frenzy unfolded in early March, with global super powers scrambling to close down borders, arrange medical equipment and ramp up medical facilities. The ensuing period has seen all economic activities come to a standstill, the unimpeded march of deaths and all-out efforts to invent a medical intervention to beat the coronavirus. Even as I write this, the maestro of Indian politics, Sh. N.D. Modi delivers his speech to the nation , hinting at an extension of the Lock-down... classily called Lock-down 4.0. However, amidst all the hullabaloo, several countries are indeed taking trepid measures towards an "exit", like a domestic cat trying to gauge the depth of water using its paws!! Statements from world leaders are indicating shift in policy flavour towards the famous step in human salvation, namely Acc...

Bengal is well known for its love for culture, scrumptious dishes, sweet spongy rosagollas, city-choking traffic-stopping agitations and the quintessential love for a "cha - sigarete" !!! I have heard many of my friends from school and college comment on the innate "sweetness" of Bengalis and make a jolly-joke about the later's love for fish! Overall, this oddly-shaped state of India commands an identity, unlike many, and recognized globally. However, in this now-teenage century i.e. the 21st century, much of the narrative i.e. West Bengal aka Bengal aka Poschim Bongo is on the verge of being forgotten. In the psyches of the millenial generation of India, it is a state of unruly left-liberals, now led by a leader known for her protean temper and idiosyncratic demeanor. Many remember with angst the expulsion of TaTa Motors from Singur (2008) and the infamous bandh-culture , ingrained in the state's political motif. Indians from other parts of the country ...

One Way... the RIGHT way!! Over the last few years, we all have witnessed how there has been a rise of “right-wing” ideologies across the world. Nations have seen rise to prominence of political parties with rightist propaganda. The rise has been uniform across continents; we can though leave Africa from our consideration as the notion of democratic governance is yet to gain dominance in the continent. However, the understanding of what “right-wing politics” means is not too clear. Our history books have done a good job of describing the concept of “liberal democracy”, by closely following the development of nation states in the post WWII era. But the idea of right-politics is a relatively newer phenomenon, emerging in different states at different times, mostly in the last quarter of the 20 th century. So, come…. let us try and comprehend what this ideology propagates and study its rise. Why the name Right Winged? More than 300 years ago, during the early days ...