“The tail has wagged the dog.”

S. Srinivasan writes in ET on Saturday about the “tyranny of the minority”- Contentious issues in civilised societies can be sorted out only through one of the three avenues, namely, by observing an existing law, through discussion or through the judicial process. Since these were either absent or ineffective [in the case of Singur], the [...]

Ouch!

A reader of the Economic Times writes- THERE is no need to mourn the Tata pull out from Singur. Bengal and Kerala are two states which do not need industry. They should shun industry. They should stick to what they do best — organise strikes, bandhs, rasta roko and leave all this development nonsense to [...]

When rights are not respected

Gurcharan Das writes on the Singur fiasco- When you teach people for two generations not to respect the property of others, you are bound to have a tragedy. And his analysis is bang on. Those who don’t understand the basic idea behind rights will either blame Mamata for derailing the Nano project, or bash the [...]

The real problem in Singur

Ratan Tata has threatened that he would rather pull out of the Nano project in Singur than risk the safety of his employees even if such a move resulted in huge losses (Rs. 1500 crores have already been spent on the project). One can appreciate Tata’s concerns, but the violence in Singur is of a [...]