Susanta Bhatacharyya

blogs from Vadodara

Looking at the Egyptian uprising
It all began in a rural Tunisian town. Mohamed Bouazizi, who sold fruits and vegetables on the streets to make a living for himself and his impoverished family, was publicly humiliated on December 17 by a policewoman Fedya Hamdi. Hamdi slapped Bouazizi in the face, spat at him and forcefully confisc...
Posted on 22 February 2011 | 12:06 am
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Who are the Harmads of Bengal?
When a joint forces team raided and arrested two suspected Maoists - Amiya and Asim Mahato from the Municipal Guest House in Midnapore town, Trinamool Congress chieftain and railway minister Mamata Banerjee rushed at the spot with "friendly'' television units and swung into damage control mode. Bane...
Posted on 6 February 2011 | 6:50 pm
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Chaos to Creation: the enigma of Bob Dylan (Part: Two)
Dylan's radical spell lasted for a brief period - between January 1962 and November 1963. While his music was been considered as the definitive proclamation of the sixties folk revival and its radical political thought, Dylan had clearly indicated that he is not the conventional folk singer who is j...
Posted on 9 January 2011 | 10:48 pm
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