Life over coffee

Welcome to Kolkata – a land of culture, heritage, overcrowded public transport and withered arms & life. Today is Sunday – the most awaited day in a week. It’s probably the only holiday for many office-goers. After a week long participation in road-race Olympics to get a place in the metro or catch the bus, one will finally get an interval in between. This street Olympics is probably an integral part of the life of a Kolkatan. And finally, one can rest and rejuvenate. However, having been a part of this race sometime back, I can bet that you are engaged in a Battle of hearts – the Outer Bangali vs. Inner Bangalli. While the outer Bangali of yours will be gorging over the supremely delicious Sunday brunch of Kosha-mangsho and Luchi with Sorshe batar ilish and fried rice accompanied with chatney and payesh; the inner Bangali of yours curses your gastronomical indulgences and reminds you of the dreaded Monday. The inner Bangali reminds you of your dreaded boss and the w...

India’s Surprisingly high growth rates projected by media does not fuel growth in employment. If economic growth doesn’t increase employment, then what does? With schemes like – ‘Make in India’, ‘Pradhan Mantri Mudra loan yojna’, etc. and viral success stories of an actively entrepreneured India, you may be thinking - If there are so many enterprises everywhere, how do they run without people. And if they engage people, why is our unemployment rate soaring instead of declining. Another fantastic comedy of errors is the report regarding real unemployment rate of the country. It seems that ministries have made ‘Data’ as their favourite buzzword. If a good report comes up – opposition accuses it to be ‘proctored Data’. If a bad report comes up, govt. blames irresponsible ministers for ‘leaking Data’. And this ‘Unemployment Data’ surveyed over the same set of sample space, interestingly, yields broadly contradictory result every time. This leads a logical...