North Kolkata Calling !!

We came to know from The Hindu (17th April 2013) that an exhibition will be held in Washington DC in December 2013.Expectation is that it will attract more than 7 million visitors. Object is to highlight the Indian- American story. As claimed by Lavina Melwani the early Indian presence dates back to 1790. Heartiest congratulations to the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History for the endeavor !

Sanyasis dancing with fire at  Chatu Babu's Bari ! Beadon Street.                 

There was tremendous optimism that India would grow quite rapidly. Some even believed that it won't be long when the country would touch and might even surpass China. This expectation grew when our growth  touched 8 per cent and our finance minister expected it to go on..adding more percentages as years passes. Finally there was a bubble bursting effect when it fell all the way to 5%. The industrial growth, especially seems to tumble to its lowest. Will FDI help? Will tourism industry bring in some respite? OR will....will will..will and a lot of wills etc.do the needful ? In the mean while Institutions, producing large numbers of educated youths, are unable to provide satisfying jobs or explanations !! Any more optimism left ?? YES I HOPE SO !!