The Global Calcuttan Magazine What ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Says About You
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
by S.B. Veda If you are a woman, and an avid fan of the EL James novel turned literary phenomenon, Fifty Shades of Grey, you are 25 percent…
Cancer: Have we got it all wrong?
Friday, June 13, 2014
Worldwide, it is estimated that there were around 170 million years of healthy life lost globally because of cancer. – Cancer Research UK (www.cancerresserchuk.org) By S.B. Veda All…
Pakisitan: Haven’t We Seen This Before?
Thursday, June 12, 2014
‘It looks like the Taliban have taken over the entire country.’ – Mohammad Gulfam, Karachi business owner OH WHERE, OH WHERE HAVE THE TERRORISTS GONE? After years of…
NDA Triumph – A Look Back
Friday, May 30, 2014
2014 – MY BIG FAT INDIAN ELECTION: A RETROSPECIVE Biryani Served at the Jami Majid, Delhi Stomachs full of fermenting slogans and cheap booze, pockets somewhat sparse with…
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF NEWS
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
A sit down between Canadian comedian and Daily Show Correspondent Jason Jones with popular CNN IBN Editor-In-Chief and Senior Anchor Rajdeep Serdesai reveals the state of Indian news….
Who will Diffuse Ticking Economic Time Bomb?
Friday, May 16, 2014
• Top News »\ (Reuters) – When Narendra Modi talks about creating jobs in labour-intensive manufacturing, textile entrepreneur Sudhir Dhingra hopes the Indian opposition leader means business. Dhingra,…
WE WERE RIGHT: NDA Wins in Massive Victory
Friday, May 16, 2014
SAFRON WAVE ENVELOPES INDIA CONGRESS TO CONCEDE DEFEAT AT 11 AM RAHUL GANDHI POISED TO LOSE OWN SEAT AS ANTI-INCUMBENCY FEELING REACHES PEAK Former INC spokesman and Rajasthan…
CALCUTTA VOTES BUT BENGALIS DON’T MATTER
Monday, May 12, 2014
Outside of West Bengal, Saffron Wave Appears Unstoppable While it may not make a huge difference in the national tally for Narendra Modi’s Bharatya Janata Party (BJP), which…
Tagore and the World
Friday, May 9, 2014
RABINDRANATH TAGORE, AND OUR FAILED LEGACY Rabindranath Tagore had forward looking and clearly articulated views about nationalism in the light of cross-cultural knowledge, education for freedom of the…
India’s First Digital Election Campaign
Friday, April 11, 2014
SB Veda During the run-up to the 2011 state elections in West Bengal, the uniform cacophonic layer of howling busses, beeping horns, and running voices, permeating the air…
Largest Election in History Starts in North East India
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
INDIA VOTES The largest election in the history of democracy commenced its arduous nine-phase process in the Himalayan foothills of northeastern India, with Narendra Modi’s opposition party poised…
Crisis in Ukraine Along New Front
Monday, April 7, 2014
PRELUDE TO WORLD WAR III? The crisis in the Ukraine deepened, today, as the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk reportedly declared itself independent from the central government in…
Venezuela – A Sign of Latin Spring?
Monday, April 7, 2014
MEXICO CITY – The family of Bassil Alejandro Da Costa Frías, the youngest of her three children, saw him for the last time on February 12th. He had…
Plurality in Indonesia: Oceanic Hindus Meditate in Islamic Sea
Monday, March 31, 2014
THREE DAYS CULMINATING IN SEA OF SILENCE “If you desire to live in peace, hear all that falls on your ears, see all that appears before your eyes,…
My $19 Billion IM Bill by Mark Zuckerberg
Saturday, February 22, 2014
“I’m excited to announce that we’ve agreed to acquire WhatsApp and that their entire team will be joining us at Facebook.” – Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook ZUCKERBERG’S STATEMENT:…
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