Despite what many have said, Mr. Jyoti Basu seems to be getting encomiums not only from the poor and lower middle class people of Bengal, but also from several distinguished economists for the way he lead much of Bengal out of poverty. Mr. Amartya SEn and Mr. Swaminathan Ankleswaria Aiyar are two examples.
Mr. Aiyar (a confirmed 'capitalist' if ever there was one) even anointed Mr Basu 'the poverty reduction champion of India' !!
The land reforms (to name just one of his several initiatives) carried out in Bengal during the first decade of Mr. Basu's reign have been acknowledged as a consummate success by every analyst of the Indian economy who has cared to consider it. Apart from eliminating abject poverty and human exploitation of the worst kinds, these also lead to a remarkable and steady rise in agricultural yields (primarily of rice).
To vilify Mr. Basu without knowing what one is talking about betrays only ignorance.
RE:What a chorus of inanities !!!
by thomas on Jan 11, 2008 08:23 PM Permalink
You were hiding and came out of hibernation when there is no one in blog-You must have drank Jyoti's piss.
