Raising questions is not to be seen as a division between the conformists and the non-conformists. The conformists abide by the rules and norms because those rules and norms...
What are the Central Problems of the Indian Economy?
It is difficult to point out what are the central problems of the Indian economy. How does one find out the central problems in such a diverse society, asks...
How Silence Suits Various Sections of the Society in Uttar Pradesh?
It might seem unusual that people in Uttar Pradesh prefer silence. They are not vocal in their protests. Prof. Bhaskar finds out the reasons for this silence, a clear...
An Open Letter to the Beloved Prime Minister of India
As a new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is being elected, Prof. Bhaskar congratulated the Prime Minister for his huge victory in the state. In an Open Letter, he...
BJP Steamrolls UP: Will its True Development Mean Creation of Jobs for Rest of India Here?
BJP steamrolled the 2017 Assembly elections in UP. The narrative of the winning party is that the people’s mandate were for the development of UP. Bhaskar hopes that now...
Dress of Diamonds: Whose Wealth is it anyway!
A photograph of a diamond dress of one of the daughters of the Ambanis, in a mobile phone failed to inspire awe. It was abhorrent. It is vulgarism or ridiculing...
The Culture of Poverty or the Poverty of Culture in UP and Bihar
There are biases and prejudices against the poor. Bhaskar takes two interesting case studies, in Patna, Bihar, and Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, and analyses the cause and effects of poverty,...
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February 19, 2017
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Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Will the Enhanced Budget Allocation make Women Safer in NCR and Elsewhere?
Enhancement of budget allocation for the police for the Nirbhaya Fund, for the safety of women, though welcome, is not enough to ensure their protection. The government might have...
Of Cabbages and Cobblers: How Pricing Costs the People?
The question is how the dispossession of the poor is understood? It is not immediately understood by the poor and the non-poor either ignores it as an externality or...
Why did the Manmohan Singh Government Allow Mallya to Swindle Public Funds?
It is alleged by the ruling polity that the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the UPA government facilitated loans to Mallya after the latter allegedly wrote to Singh...