Unpublished post - Letter to Editor

Unfettered letter

TATAs remain unparalleled. This time it is not with trucks or chemicals or tea. They find their new ways to contribute. The letter to Bengali masses speaks volumes about TATAs character, passion for Indian growth, forgetful Bengal experience and inspite of everything their will to contribute to masses. I am sure there would have been cases where business houses would have suffered from political parties, but it takes courage to speak. Even if it comes out of distasteful experience, the common man needs to know the story. The only thought which looms large in my head is, till when we will keep suffering defeats from wily politicians and keep compromising ambitions for a new strong India?

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Avijit Sharma
Delhi

Post in Indian Express -Thursday , Feb 08, 2007

Retail ogres

THE surreptitious entry into the Indian markets by the supply chain giant, Wal-Mart, is going to have serious repercussions. In India, where the employment scenario is already grim, it will cause havoc. The local ‘apna bhaiya’ shops would find themselves out of business.

— Avijit Sharma, Delhi

Letter to Editor - Indian Express - Unpublished

When some people say that wiping out of pseudo national parties like BSP is in the benefit of the country, intellectuals question their sanity.
Mayawati refuses to make sane comments when so ever. The comment on specific likes of a community and the later clarification adds to her list. She once said that everything that goes in India should be in benefit of the Bahujan Samaj whether it is repeated conduction of elections till BSP gains a majority in Indian politics. Don't we really want the parties like of her to be out of the politics space so that new brighter minds come and fill the long floating vacuum? Can some intellectuals to help me gauge my sanity.

- Avijit Sharma, Delhi

Letter to Editor

Pesti-Yeh Pyas Hai Badi

Once again by the laudable efforts of CSE about the findings on the pesticides in the colas, have shown how these giants deride the BIS prescribed standards. The standards they have to follow in the western countries are never met here and still the Indian customer runs around emulating west. They in fact never try to meet those standards deliberately as it involves more investment of money. All they are concerned about are the profits they carry back home. A deterrent example should be set that in future nobody tries to breach standards and dupe people. Also this story should be well blown up by the media to ravage the money that is put by them in advertisements instead of trying to follow the standards.

Post in Indian Express - Tuesday, Aug 01, 2006

Bofors Ghost

THE ghost of the Bofors scandal has long haunted the nation. Every time a new book/interview emerges, a whole new series of allegations and cover-ups come into play. Yet the information thrown up never leads us anywhere. How long do our politicians plan to fool us like this?

— Avijit Sharma, Delhi

Letter to Editor

The assistance of media in the clean up drive is divulging the interests of the MP's and MLA's who are howling the most against this drive. Now one can imagine that why the action wasn't possible till now. It's good that judiciary has come in between to spoil their play. It's even more outrageous that kin of some MLA even tried to cook up a story of bribe against the IE reporters. This decision has been harsh for some innocent people but whipping of lawbreakers like those was essential.

-Avijit Sharma, Delhi