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West Bengal , A Ship that Sunk long back
by sudipta sarkar on Jun 11, 2008 09:04 AM   Permalink

West Bengal had aleady seen its Ship of Glory sink long back in the 70s, 80s and then 90s.In the 70s even before the Left Front came,the process of sinking for West Bengal started right then due to the rise of Left Front, Naxalism and widespread corruption all over and in the congress.The 'cult' of calling bandhs, road blockade etc and all other means to misuse democracy started then and the manifestations of a sinking Bengal clearly showed.Then came the Left front in the late 70s and is ruling WB since then , finishing off whatever was left. Today due to some superficial efforts of the same Left Front who claim to have 'realised their mistakes' some changes might have occured in the industrial situation as claimed by some.Yet the damage done since 70s is far way from being rectified and repaired. The Left Front is trying to reverse things overnight which they created for 3 decades.How is that possible? Fundamentally - infrastructure, mindset, education sytem and attitudewise,is West Bengal or the people of Bengal ready for a drastic change? I don't think so.West Bengal's problem is a very complicated and complex one. On top of all Bengalees seriously lack in business acumen, most have no capital, are disturbingly lazy and lethargic and are busy in talking useless stuff, besides being politiking and resistant to change.As mentioned ealier, the problem in WB is a very complex one and only God Knows when West Bengal will again rise to be a significant part of India's eco

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Bengal ready for re-industrialisation?