The following excerpt is the tail end of a post from March 2011 — over two years ago. Read it now in the context India’s precipitous economic decline brought about by Manmohan Singh.
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Month: August 2013
Do it for yourself
@India272 not for Modi, not for BJP but for ourselves, our children, our future. If we lose this one, there will be little left to save.
— Atanu Dey (@atanudey) August 28, 2013
Change is a Vector, not a Scalar
My unwavering opposition to Kejriwal & AAP because they will help Congress continue raping India http://t.co/CsTVR3ToWs
— Atanu Dey (@atanudey) August 24, 2013
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The above tweet was prompted by a comment made to an old post “Why a Vote for the AAP is a vote for the Congress” referred to in the tweet. The comment in question was posted yesterday by one Mr Rajesh Debnath.
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The Gutless Über-Monster of India
More and more people are coming around to the realization that the man (I use the term loosely) who has enabled the loot of the country and driven its economy into the ground is despicable. Hundreds of millions already poor people will suffer increased hunger and deprivation. To say that I despise him barely comes close to how I feel. Anyone who feeds the awful monster of poverty with hundreds of millions of humans is an über-monster.
MMS: A gutless, emasculated, morally bankrupt, ethically handicapped, mute, spineless, bottom-dwelling worthless piece of scum.
— Atanu Dey (@atanudey) August 22, 2013
The Unbearable Collective Stupidity of the Masses
It’s all karma, neh?
I usually use that line as a sign off to some of my posts. But this time I lead with it because — well, let me come to that. Karma is a Sanskrit word whose meaning is difficult to convey precisely but the two (of the many) important facets of the word are salient in this context. First is karma as action, and the second the consequence of action. This bears repetition: the same word refers to action as well as the consequences of action. This is by no means accidental.
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Off to India
I am leaving for Mumbai in a few hours. I will arrive early morning Sunday. Bye for now.
Aug 15th in recent history
Aug 15, 1872: Sri Aurobindo was born. He fought for India's independence. That struggle is still incomplete.
— Atanu Dey (@atanudey) August 15, 2013
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Aug 15, 1945: Emperor Hirohito's radio broadcast announcing the surrender of the Empire of Japan to the Allies.
— Atanu Dey (@atanudey) August 15, 2013
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Aug 15, 1947: British Raj 2.0 commences with the transfer of power to the pseudo-British in India. Same rules, different rulers.
— Atanu Dey (@atanudey) August 15, 2013
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Happy birthday wishes to my friend Rajesh Jain who is continuing the struggle for India’s freedom. Remember that Sri Aurobindo said, “India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.”
India should try freedom for a change
Not sure if that would appeal to the masses but perhaps they may like being free. Perhaps they should think of how to break free of their serfdom.
“What do you think of Indian independence?” “I think it would be an excellent idea.”
— Atanu Dey (@atanudey) August 14, 2013
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Happy “Independence” Day, India.
Bhagwati on Democracy and Markets
Jagdish Bhagwati has been much in the English popular press in India recently. I have been familiar with his work since my econ grad school days. I had done a couple of courses on international trade (taught by the great Prof Pranab Bardhan) and read from Bhagwati & Srinivasan’s venerated textbook “Lectures on International Trade.” I have referred to Prof Bhagwati on this blog several times previously.
I have learned a lot from Prof Bhagwati and find myself on the same side as he on many political economy issues. Which is more than I can say about Prof Amartya Sen. I think Sen is a brilliant man but I am situated almost diametrically opposite to him on the ideological plane. I believe his policy prescriptions are ultimately severely damaging to India and its development. Like most people, present company included, Sen has his biases: his bias happens to be towards socialism and statism (the government control of economic and social policy.) This suits the UPA and the Congress party really well. What surprised me was that Sen waded into the cesspool of Indian politics and showed himself to be a shill for Antonia Maino by declaring that Narendra Modi is not fit to be the PM of India.
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Bradley Manning’s Conviction
Julian Assange of Wikileaks, Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden point to a very disturbing trend. The people are losing control of their government. The government is getting bigger and more intrusive. An opinion piece by Jesselyn Radack in The Washington Post (Aug 2nd) says, “Bradley Manning’s conviction sends a chilling message.” Here’s an excerpt, for the record.
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Life is a Random Draw 