Green Star Over West Bengal

Year:2012,Binding:Hardcover,Pages:216,Language:English, Description:- , About The Author:- Surajit Kumar Dasgupta (b. 1938), son of a Swashbuckling Airlines officer who in the first phase of his life had a colorful career in the Norwegian Navy during the Second World War days, was initially a Scholarship-winning student of natural sciences like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Geology. Ultimately, he passed his B. A. (Hons.) in Economics and Political Science from Calcutta's Presidency College and later took an M. A. degree in Political Science from Calcutta University. , In his college days in the fifties, he was widely reputed as an outstanding romantic poet whose surrealistic love-poems attracted the admiring notice of the intelligentsia. , For more than 20 years, he had been connected in different capacities with Hindusthan Standard, Free Press Journal, Industrial Times and Amrita Bazar Patrika. His first publication was a book of 96 poems entitled Jalo O Heera (1971). His second book is entitled West Bengal's Jyoti Basu : A Political Profile published from New Delhi's Gyan Publishing House (1992). , He was once the chief PRO. of West Bengal Housing Board. He has contributed a large number of articles in different journals in English and Bengali. He is connected with different Social Welfare Organizations., Contents:- Contents, Preface 9, Acknowledgements 13, Introduction 15, PART-I: (MAY - SEPTEMBER 2011), 1. Green Star Over West Bengal 25, 2. Strategy of Development-1 31, 3. State is Good, Market Evil 34, 4. Strategy of Development-2 37, 5. Finance Tangles 39, 6. Development in Countryside 44, 7. More about Jangalmahal 48, 8. New Era in the Hills 51, 9. Agony ofAgriculture 54, 10. Turmoil over Acquisition 57, 11. Returning Lands of Unwilling Peasants 60, 12. Singur Ordinance 63, 13. Confiscating Lands of Tatas 66, 14. Victory of Peasants 69, 15. Spotlight on Judiciary 72, 6 Green Star Over West Bengal, 16. Rationale of Second Chamber 75, 17. Finance Squabbles : Difficult Challenge Ahead 78, 18. Road to Solution 81, 19. Resolutions of New Ministry 83, 20. Not Just BlindAllegiance 86, 21. Timely Warning 89, 22. Truly Wise Step, Not Just Another Gimmick 92, 23. Visit to Hospital 95, 24. Iron Dust Scandal 97, 25. Health Services in the Balance 99, 26. More on Health Services 102, 27. Right Message for Industry 105, 28. Reflections on Police Forces-1 108, 29. Reflections on Police Forces - 2 111, 30. In the Context of Educational Reform 114, 31. Rambles on Presidency University-1 118, 32. Rambles on Presidency University-2 122, 33. Technical Education in Shambles 125, 34. Rigmarole on School Education 128, 35. Educational Conundrum 131, 36. Removing Hurdles from Industry 133, PART-II : (SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2011), 37. Haven of Investment in West Bengal 139, 38. Who are the Greater Leftists? 141, 39. Kishanji