Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Articles

• BETWEEN THE INDIAN CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AND THE CHINESE "KIDNAPPING" TRADERS, IT'S THE INDIAN BUSINESSMAN WHO IS GETTING SANDWICHED!
• THE 99.97% MAN AND THE LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM HIM!
• WHY CHINESE STUDENTS COME OUT AT THE TOP WHILE INDIANS HIT THE BOTTOM!
• THE STEEL STORY! WILL INDIANS FINALLY USE CHINESE LABOUR TO SURGE AHEAD?
• AN ANALYSIS OF INDIA'S PATHETIC 95TH RANK IN THE CORRUPTION INDEX AND ITS FAR REACHING SOCIAL IMPACT!
• NOW, THE AMERICANS WANT TO SHAMEFULLY RUIN IRAN THROUGH SANCTIONS
• THIS IS THE PATHETIC REALITY OF THE CHINESE JUDICIARY!
• ELEVEN THINGS THAT CAN TRANSFORM EDUCATION IN INDIA
• THE WINNING LOSERS
• THE 7 WINNING VIRTUES OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP!
• GO THE KOREAN WAY… MAKE WORLD-CLASS PRODUCTS AND CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PRIDE INSTEAD OF AGAINST FDI IN RETAIL!
• 20 YEARS OF THE LAST CENTURY'S GREATEST TRAEDY!
• THE BEGINNING OF A MASSIVE EUROPEAN COLLAPSE AND THE ITALIAN CASE!
• IF WE WANT A POVERTY-FREE INDIA, EVERY INDIAN POLITICIAN MUST BEGIN THEIR CAREER WITH A TRIP TO CHINA!
• 7 BILLION PEOPLE AND THE RESOURCE CRUNCH! WHO IS THE REAL CULPRIT?
• DO THE AMERICANS WANT COMPLETE ANARCHY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO JUSTIFY THEIR MASSIVE DEFENCE BUDGETS?
• SURVIVAL OF THE WEAKEST : THE NEW MANTRA THAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO ADOPT TO AVOID THE END OF CAPITALISM
• AN ENTIRE CONTINENT WITHOUT WORTHWHILE ACCESS TO EDUCATION!
• FIVE SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT INDIA!
• CHINESE OLYMPICS VERSUS THE INDIAN COMMONWEALTH GAMES – A TALE OF TWO ATTITUDES!
• POVERTY AND DEATH AMIDST DIAMONDS – THE STORY OF WESTERN EXPLOITATION OF AFRICA AND ITS LINKS WITH 9/11
• LESSONS FOR INDIA FROM THE MAGIC OF OVERSEAS CHINESE!
• I’M THE BEST HOW SHAHRUKH KHAN GIVES 'THORNS TO COMPETITION'
• IT’S IMPORTANT FOR ANNA TO BECOME MORE FLEXIBLE AND RESPECTFUL TOWARDS THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, TO GIVE A BIGGER THRUST TO HIS MOVEMENT
• CHINESE INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA, A LESSON FOR THE WORLD!
• THE CHINESE ANSWER TO THE WEST – “MADE IN CHINA” TO “MADE BY CHINA”
• A TALE OF TWO CITIES: HOW BANGALORE IS LOSING OUT
• EVER WONDERED WHY, WHILE ATTACKS IN MUMBAI KEEP HAPPENING, ANOTHER 9/11 HAS NOT HAPPENED IN THE US?
• FOR SALMAN KHURSHID, IT IS A BIG CHALLENGE AHEAD; AND I PERSONALLY LOOK FORWARD TO A REVOLUTIONARY COUPLE OF YEARS AHEAD!
• THIS IS HOW WE ARE SHAMEFULLY LOSING OUT ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF KASHMIRIS
• THE MAMATA BANERJEE LEADERSHIP THEORY OF AGGRESSIVE ACTION WITH COMMITMENT FOR CHANGE
• WHY THE 100% CUT-OFF AT SRCC IS A NATIONAL SHAME!
• DICTATORSHIP OF THE SYCOPHANTS
• HOW THE COMMUNAL VIOLENCE BILL CAN BE A DISASTER FOR INDIA, THE CONGRESS AND THE GANDHI FAMILY
• NOW, EVEN JAIRAM RAMESH SAYS DARE TO THINK BEYOND THE IIMS AND THE IITS!
• INTERNET HOOLIGANISM
• IT’S THE END OF THE RAPE OF MARXISM IN BENGAL! LONG LIVE PARIBARTAN!
• PAKISTAN : THE REAL ROGUE NATION AND WHY INDIA SHOULD NOT TRUST AMERICA AT ALL
• IT IS THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA THAT INDIA MUST THANK FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE ANNA MOVEMENT. AND YES, IT SURE WAS DEMOCRATIC
• INDIA NEEDS TO BE LED BY A MAN LIKE ANNA HAZARE – WHOSE HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE – THAN BY A PH.D IN ECONOMICS WHO ALLOWS CORRUPTION!
• YES, IT IS ONE MAN WHO WON US THE CUP! AND IT IS WORTH 25 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS!
• ANNA HAZARE: MY PRIME MINISTER
• OUR PARLIAMENTARIANS MUST BE MADE TO BEHAVE IN A CIVILIZED MANNER BY PASSING A LAW, AS IS THE PRACTICE IN MOST DEVELOPED NATIONS
• SUPREME COURT SHOULD BAN THE SEDITION LAW WHICH IS NOT ONLY ARCHAIC BUT ALSO DISCRIMINATORY AND ANTIDEMOCRATIC!
• INDIA CAN’T AFFORD A JAPAN TYPE DISASTER...
• MAKING PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS BILLIONAIRES BY GRABBING PUBLIC LAND
• DEAR PRANAB DA, YOU SHOULD HAVE FIRST GIVEN A WAY FOR INDIANS TO LIVE TILL 80 BEFORE DECLARING TAX CONCESSIONS FOR THEM!
• DO DOONI CHAAR BUDGET WHY AND HOW WE MUST SAVE FARMERS AND AGRICULTURE TO SAVE INDIA
• HANG KASAB TILL DEATH. ON 21ST FEBRUARY 2011, THIS MUST BE THE VERDICT
• THE GOVERNMENT MUST BRING BACK ALL THE BLACK MONEY STASHED ABROAD AND STOP CORRUPTION; ELSE, INDIAN STREETS MIGHT SOON LOOK LIKE THOSE OF EGYPT
• ARINDAM CHAUDHURI WRITES ON HOW THE ARAB UPRISING IS A "CHANGE OF CIVILISATION" AND HOW IT BRINGS AN END TO THE AMERICAN DOUBLE STANDARDS. ALSO WHAT INDIA MUST LEARN
• WE NEED A BUDGET FOR THE AAM AADMI AND NOT A BUDGET THAT PLEASES THE AAM AADMI
• DON’T SEE “SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE”. IT SUCKS!
• UNDERSTANDING AND SOLVING THE GREAT INDIAN ONION PRICE CRISIS!
• BINAYAK SEN, A VICTIM OF STATE AND POLITICIAN-DRIVEN TERRORISM AGAINST THE COMMON MAN!
• JPC WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY GET NDA BACK TO POWER IN 2014
• TO CHANGE THIS ‘DEMONOCRACY’ TO A DEMOCRACY, WE MUST ALL JOIN HANDS AND DEMAND FOR A JUDICIARY THAT IS NOT ROTTING AND RUSTING!
• IT’S TOTALLY ETHICAL OF MEDIA HOUSES AND JOURNALISTS TO LOBBY
• IF OUR PARLIAMENTARIANS CANNOT MAKE PRODUCTIVE USE OF RS 530 CRORE THAT WE PAY TO RUN THE PARLIAMENT, THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO WASTE IT AS WELL!
• IT’S WE PARENTS AND TEACHERS WHO CREATE RAGGERS OUT OF OUR CHILDREN
• THE GRAND OBAMA BEGGING GAME!
• IT IS A MATTER OF UTTER DISGRACE THAT AS A NATION, WE HAVE FODDER BILLIONAIRES, IPL BILLIONAIRES, CWG BILLIONAIRES, AND HUNDREDS OF ‘ADARSH’ MILLIONAIRES!
• WHY OBAMA IS OF NO USE TO INDIA
• MAKE THE ELECTION PROCESS BROAD-BASED BY MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO THE ELECTORATE.
• THEY CALL IT PHILANTHROPY, I CALL IT BUSINESS SENSE!
• MAHATMA GANDHI, THE ULTIMATE MARKETING GURU!
• IF BJP PLAYS ITS CARDS WELL, KASHMIR COULD BE ITS BIG CHANCE TO STAGE A RETURN!
• INSTEAD OF CREATING SUCH HYPE AROUND COMMONWEALTH GAMES, INDIA SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO STOPPED PARTICIPATING IN THESE SLAVISH GAMES
• IT IS TIME THAT OUR GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRE LOOKS AT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS ITS KEY BUSINESS!
• THE CITIZENS OF THE SUBCONTINENT STAND BETRAYED, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHAMELESS CONDUCT OF THEIR SPORTING HEROES, BUT FOR AN EQUALLY IRRESPONSIBLE BOARD AND A SELF-CENTERED POLITICAL CLASS!
• OUR MPs ALWAYS HAVE A CONSENSUS ON PERSONAL GAINS AND DIFFERENCES ON NATIONAL IMPERATIVES!
• HOUSEWIVES ARE AN INVALUABLE UNPAID RESOURCE AND DEFINITELY NOT UNPRODUCTIVE!
• SERVICE PROVIDERS OR RENT SEEKERS?!
• IT IS NOW FOOLISH TO COMPARE INDIA TO CHINA. RATHER, IT WOULD BE MORE SENSIBLE TO LEARN A LESSON OR TWO FROM THE CHINESE!
• FOOD WASTED IN FCI GODOWNS COULD HAVE FED 2500 LAKH FAMILIES FOR 10 YEARS!!! DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT FOOD SECURITY ANYMORE?
• IN THE INSURANCE IMBROGLIO, THE COMMON MAN IS THE SCAPEGOAT AGAIN!
• PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS LEADING TO DEATHS AND SUICIDES… ARE WE FIT TO BE TEACHERS?
• CORRUPTION IN SARVA SIKSHA ABHIYAN HAS NOT JUST ROBBED TODAY’S EDUCATION FROM THE LIVES OF CRORES OF CHILDREN, BUT ALSO DESTROYED THEIR CHANCES OF DIGNIFIED LIVING FOREVER
• NREGA IS A GREAT DEVELOPMENTAL INITIATIVE, BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO ENSURE THAT THE ADDITIONAL INCOME IN THE HANDS OF THE RURAL POOR GETS MOBILISED TOWARDS LONG TERM PRODUCTIVE MEANS AND NOT ALCOHOL!
• AS MANIPUR BURNS AGAIN, THE CENTER CHOOSES TO REMAINS INDECISIVE
• I WONDER WHAT THE US ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE DONE, HAD A BHOPAL LIKE GAS TRAGEDY HAPPENED THERE...
• COMPARED TO MUKESH AMBANI, EVEN A BILL GATES IS INSIGNIFICANT AND POWERLESS. AND NOW, THE COMING TOGETHER OF THE AMBANI BROTHERS WILL ONLY MAKE THEM MORE POWERFUL!
• ARE WE FIT TO BE PARENTS?
• THANK YOU FATHER, FOR BRINGING “KAVIGURU” RABINDRA NATH TAGORE IN MY LIFE... AGAIN!
• IS CPM ON THE WAY TO YET ANOTHER TERM IN WEST BENGAL?
• IPL IN MUMBAI IN THE MIDST OF THE UNPRECEDENTED WATER CRISIS!
• OUR GOVERNMENTS HAVE COMMITTED MORE TERRORISM ON HUMANITY THAN THE MAOISTS HAVE
• THIS IS HOW INDIA PRIVATISES EVERY PUBLIC GOOD SHAMELESSLY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IN THE CASE OF IPL THEY GOT CAUGHT!
• RTE IN ITS CURRENT FORM LOOKS MORE OF AN ACT OF TOKENISM THAN ONE THAT WOULD DELIVER ANY TANGIBLE AND MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES
• THE NEED OF A RIGHT TO FOOD BILL INDICATES THE EXTENT OF FAILURE OF SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS AT THE POLICY LEVEL!
• M.F. HUSAIN SURELY WOULDN’T HAVE USED HIS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH ISLAM, BUT LET’S STILL GIVE HIM THE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS
• IT IS THE HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY, THAT AT ONE HAND THE GOVERNMENT IS HELL BENT TO PASS THE WOMEN RESERVATION BILL,AND ON THE OTHER, VIOLATING THEIR RIGHTS BLATANTLY!!
• FOR MEANINGFUL AND COMPETENT REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT, WOMEN NEED EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT, AND NOT RESERVATION!
• AN ‘OBJECTIVELESS’ AND TIMID BUDGET
• INDIA’S INTERVENTION IN SRI LANKA IS AN IMMEDIATE IMPERATIVE!
• A BUDGET FOR THREE IDIOTS
• B-SCHOOL RANKING SCAMSTERS EXPOSED!
• HATS OFF TO SHAH RUKH KHAN FOR STANDING HIS GROUND! IT’S NOW TIME TO END THIS HOOLIGANISM ONCE AND FOR ALL AND MAKE MUMBAI A UNION TERRITORY!
• THE SANCTITY OF PADMA AWARDS ARE AT QUESTION, AND WITH THAT THE DESTINY OF OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENIUSES!!
• TRANSFORM THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF SPORTS GOVERNING BODIES INTO RESULT-ORIENTED CORPORATE ENTITIES!
• HATS OFF TO BIHAR, BUT IT HAS A LONG ROAD AHEAD!
• 3 IDIOTS IS CERTAINLY NOT FIVE POINT SOMEONE. IT IS THE BEST FILM EVER MADE WORLDWIDE ON ANY COUNTRY’S EDUCATION SYSTEM
• IT IS SO UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE CONVERTED THE WORLD’S FOOD BOWL INTO A BEGGING BOWL!
• IT IS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENCE TO CREATE MORE STATES BASED JUST ON MERE POLITICAL AMBITIONS!
• THE UN COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA AND CHINA TO SET THEIR OWN STANDARDS
• THE WORLD NEEDS DUBAI!
• ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF 26/11,
• OBAMA, LIKE HIS PREDECESSORS, HAS CLASSICALLY EXHIBITED DOUBLE STANDARDS FAVOURING CHINA!
• MANU SHARMA HAS BEEN A CLASSIC METAPHOR OF DELAYED AND DISCRIMINATING JUDICIARY!
• MAMTA'S LIFE IS NOT SAFE… BECAUSE IN THESE ELECTIONS, NOTHING ELSE CAN PREVENT THE INEVITABLE FROM HAPPENING!
• THE DANGEROUS DESIGNS OF THE CHINESE WILL COME TRUE IF INDIA DOESN’T START ACTING IN A COMMITTED MANNER IMMEDIATELY
• DISCOVER THE DIAMOND IN YOU!
• THE DESIRABILITY OF LIVING FOREVER
• WHEN AMERICANS PROTEST OBAMA’S HEALTHCARE PLANS, INDIANS HAVE REASONS TO WONDER!
• THE POWER OF A STING OPERATION!
• THE CURRENT AUSTERITY DRIVE IS COMMENDABLE, BUT TO CREATE THE REAL IMPACT, THE AXE HAS TO FALL ON THE OTHER WASTEFUL EXPENDITURES!
• CLEARING THE 3 CRORE BACKLOG CASES BY 2012 IS FINE, BUT THEN IT SHOULD COME ALONG WITH OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
• IF RAHUL GANDHI CAN SUCCESSFULLY PAVE A PATH FOR YOUNG AND VISIONARY LEADERS WITH CLEAN TRACK RECORDS TO PLUNGE INTO MAINSTREAM POLITICS, IT WOULD BE HIS BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION!
• BJP IS IN A MESS AND SENDING DANGEROUS SIGNALS TO THE NATION; BUT I DO HOPE THEY COME OUT OF IT STRONGLY. INDIA NEEDS THEM!
• "MY NAME IS KHAN… AND I AM NOT A TERRORIST"
• ALONG WITH ARRESTING SWINE FLU, THE FLU THAT AILS THE HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE - THAT IS, THE POLITICAL MINDSET - TOO NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY!
• THE GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO MAKE NAXALS GIVE UP THEIR ARMS BY PROVIDING THEM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS ANOTHER FAILED ATTEMPT!
• MR. OBAMA, YOU ARE HONEST AND THAT’S WHY THE WORLD’S EXPECTATIONS FROM YOU NEVER END!
• SONIA AND MAMATA: THE TALE OF TWO LADIES!
• SHAME ON BJP, SP AND CPM! HAIL EC AND HAIL EVM!!
• AT LONG LAST, A BUDGET THAT HAS CLEARLY PLACED FIRST THE AGENDAS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO LOBBIES!
• THE TEN THINGS KAPIL SIBAL MUST DO FOR INDIAN EDUCATION!