12-07-2005, 12:13 PM
for the life of me i will not understand why bengalis took to communism.
bengalis are neck deep in films, books, music, religion (the fervour fo durga puja), into emphasis on education, into all the things marxism is against.
that all these survive despite 30 years of communism, only vindicates my previous assertion.
yes social justics, including towards women is a lot better than most states, castesm is unheard of - leftist egalitarism does have some positives, on the social front at least
i hope that like in china, wb will only remain comie on paper. yet retain the "total control" of communism - cos thats a great asset if put to good use. if india china trade looks up in future and air connectivity with the far east and south east asia picks up, wb would be (at least could be) amongst the main benificiaries.
and yes they will soon have 3 IITs. thats only fitting - cos the first engineering college in india (shibpur BE college) was in wb. as was the first any kind of western college (presidency), the first iit (kgp) as well as the first mba college in the country. pity bengalis are the worst enterpreneurs in the world - there should have been a few privately owned colleges too, at least nri funded colleges.
over to BB.
bengalis are neck deep in films, books, music, religion (the fervour fo durga puja), into emphasis on education, into all the things marxism is against.
that all these survive despite 30 years of communism, only vindicates my previous assertion.
yes social justics, including towards women is a lot better than most states, castesm is unheard of - leftist egalitarism does have some positives, on the social front at least
i hope that like in china, wb will only remain comie on paper. yet retain the "total control" of communism - cos thats a great asset if put to good use. if india china trade looks up in future and air connectivity with the far east and south east asia picks up, wb would be (at least could be) amongst the main benificiaries.
and yes they will soon have 3 IITs. thats only fitting - cos the first engineering college in india (shibpur BE college) was in wb. as was the first any kind of western college (presidency), the first iit (kgp) as well as the first mba college in the country. pity bengalis are the worst enterpreneurs in the world - there should have been a few privately owned colleges too, at least nri funded colleges.
over to BB.