Meeting students from northeast in national capital

Meeting students from northeast in national capital

On occasions we come across students from northeast. Most are pursuing degree courses in campuses of delhi university, south campus, north campus. THese students stay on rent, seek a simple living and search for an outlook that is mild and tolerable. How they get assimilated in the large template of delhi is not that hard to figure out; we find a good number of them as audience in TV debates.

Perhaps the paper which reproduces sections of economist should seek their views and contributions from them. Reproducing sections of economist is ok but when you read it has inside the story written that second part of the story is in the following page or inside the issue. But here only two stories are being reproduced. So that portion which says accompanying stories on following page or in this issue should be avoided. Second the caption of German, French, Russian leaders with Ukraine President did not gell in a right way.Names came first the standing was not in that order.  Perhaps care should have been taken in the newspaper.

Papers should focus more on northeast and the rich vibrant rice fields of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and South. Papers with single column story having exclusive tag and a byline looks a bit odd.
As for Ukraine if rebels could leave DEbaltseve, things could still look better. Russia has enough inspiration to do good things and here not raising another regiment in Ukraine would be helpful. Russia should get the rebels back to Russian territory. A peaceful Ukraine is all we look forward to. A thriving Ukraine we all look forward to. A Russia that is in control of itself we look forward to. 

Budget papers laid in House

Budget papers laid in House

As the budget papers were laid in House, the acrimony and anti and pro lobbies seem to be a distant past. That was welcome given the first full fledged effort to present a full budget. A target to keep fiscal deficit away from a glide path is ok, even a four per cent would do. Because getting spending cuts in motion just three months before presentation of papers does not make sense. Something that should be an exception.

As budget boast would carry for a month or so, celebrations and criticisms included, debates would be worth towards the job creation in rural areas and how it can be given a facelift. Jobs in rural hinterland should be the priority. One paper had a series of stories on how people with expectations of 10,000rs salary are building their ambition. Compare this to the mammoth that greets the urban section thereby opening more doors for migration.


Watching Captain Jean Cernan with a hat and the other story on networks barely covering christian persecution evinced interest. What did not  evince interest was ICC event where some commentators are going from bad to worse. Shame and Assaulton are worst speakers, speaking with a mind that is racist and reprehensible. ICC and the sports channel that has the mandate to organise and cover the event shows the air of arrogance it is flowing with and some commentators having the liberty to lift their arrogance level to a point rarely seen. Sometimes appearances could be deceptive, but shame and assaulton shame the proceedings from the word go. Millions would love to watch them but there would be a minority that would detest their presence and disassociate from their commentary campaign skills  And enjoying their company are others who don't let them know when they have crossed the line like those hailing from subcontinent.  And there won't be dearth of commentators who would like to follow suit if given a free hand to launch innuendoes. Do they hail from territories that gives wide space to be racist?  Shame and assaulthon shame the proceedings and there would be others who would bask in their glory. Both nations with a white majority has a majority of the populace that thinks right. Racist comments, innuendoes here and there don't lead to much of a security problem but if continued for long and let such shameful characters take charge could spell trouble. You tend to get into hotels, get into scuffle and try to be racist, firing all innuendoes, you have enjoyed the freedom to be racially/physically proactive. It would have been better to not organise this event if you have speakers who can't define sobriety as it does not form part of their lexicon.

All across the world the campaign to get peace and patience registered is a prayer on the lips of majority. If we tend to write about blacks and the hard times they face, such characters with white antecedents demean the very thought process we are grappling with. Whites in majority love to be sweet and simple, but these very unsavoury characters shame and assaulthon tend to bring a bad bad name. Where is the need to organise this event?

As we try to explore Caribbean and its riches, thoughts go out on Africa and how strong are its resources. Papua new Guinea is another area rich in tourism; some effort required to get the infrastructure on track. On the other side the Transatlantic alliance has stood test of times, testing times would see how much sanity we all can maintain. Some would reckon a new decision on port construction in nearby country would have to come for not upsetting the peace template in the region. Let us see how it unwinds in the next 15 days. 

Puri and roundabout


Some thoughts on people from northeast

Tourist Trade

The founding father of S'pore

Putting faith in blacks

Blacks have done their bit to raise economy and political culture, not diluting their role in music field.

International Herald Tribune of 80s