@ashish I have to agree with you on your views of communist states across the globe. Yes, communism has failed globally, but that is because of errors in interpretation, dictatorial tendencies etc which easily can cripple such a system, and has done so almost everywhere. And yes, China is no less capitalist in than the US. But I DISAGREE with your view on the development of Bengal. Yes, Bengal was THE most prosperous state of India at independence, but do you really know what happened AFTER that? Left Front came to power in 1978, before that Congress ruled. Do you know there was a man-made FAMINE in Bengal in the 70's, which sums up the sorry situation the state was in before the Left came to power. And they led to a resurgence of the economy by measures like Land Reforms etc. Please have a more quantitative view of the past.
