There is nothing more frightening than being frightened. Fear takes away the powers of rational thinking. It makes one pause before one performs acts that were previously considered routine. Does one forward an email containing a cartoon or a joke about a political leader who holds the most important job in the state of West Bengal? As a journalist, does one dare to write an article that is critical of...
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Now, Trinamool red flags digital TV deadline-Mohua Chatterjee
MAMata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress appears set to open another front against the Centre - this time over the June 30 deadline for changing the delivery of cable TV to digital. West Bengal government's urban development minister Firhad Hakim claimed here on Tuesday that the deadline was fixed "without consulting states". He said the June 30 deadline would "create problems for cable operators" in the state and would mean that people would...
More »Students, academics rally behind Mahapatra-Shiv Sahay Singh
Social activists and students of Jadavpur University took out separate processions here on Tuesday in protest against the police action last week against Ambikesh Mahapatra, a professor of the university, for circulating e-mails containing graphics of West Bengal Chief Minister MAMata Banerjee and other Trinamool Congress leaders. Dr. Mahapatra, who was arrested in connection with the incident and subsequently released on bail, was present in both the processions. Students carried placards...
More »MAMata: Bringing Back the Hoodlum Years-Prabir Purkayastha
There has been a veritable deluge of criticism of MAMata and the Trinamool on the arrest of a Jadavpur professor for circulating through email a gentle spoof on MAMata's sacking of the Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi. From life imitating cartoons to MAMata suffering from certifiable paranoia – this has been the refrain in the mass media. By this single act, MAMata and her regime have subjected themselves to far greater ridicule...
More »Toongate: Has MAMata Banerjee misused the IT Act?
-IANS Question: Why did MAMata Banerjee cross the road? Answer: To see if the chicken were making fun of her! In mid-April, the chief minister of West Bengal went viral with a vengeance. Hundreds of tweets (like the one above by @harqblack) carried the trendy #arrestmenow tag. Courting arrest got a new meaning. Now, MAMata is not the first to go viral. But such speed is usually found in other celebrity and entertainment domains. But...
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