.the beginning of the end.

What do you call somebody who plants a time bomb and gets out quick?

A smart bomber.

What do you call somebody who explodes a bomb tied to oneself?

A suicide bomber.

What do you call somebody who plants a time bomb, wagers a bet on the quality of the bomb, and hangs around to watch it explode?

An investor.

Dude!

MACSJ0025

No … words.. that.. I can … muster

I am (burp.. excushe me) a little sloppy, perhaps, but I AM trying to be a capitalist

It has become rather difficult for even an innocent surfer to open a random web page and not stumble upon the Tata – Singur plant and surrounding controversy. Today I saw multiple blogs taking pot-shots (here and here) at it and I couldn’t resist it any longer.

So here’s my take on it.

I fully support the stance that Ms Banerjee is taking. (Disclaimer: I am not an avid political watcher, and I don’t know whether Ms Banerjee has a hidden agenda or not. I don’t think this knowledge is central to the argument. And moreover, if the only purported agenda is “to get more political mileage”, I don’t see a problem with that either. Politicians/activists have a life too, you know, and they need to survive, to the best of my knowledge.)

If you are capitalistically inclined, it should be clear to you that this deal was not an open-ended one. The WB govt forcefully grabbed private land and then handed it over to another private party. Instead, in a capitalistic society based on free market principles, the acquiring company, i.e. Tata Sons and Uncles, should have struck a direct deal with the previous land owners.
If in the unlikely circumstance that you are communistically inclined, it should be clear to you that the very concept of a profit-oriented private company is rooted in evil. There is no good reason for the WB govt to hand over land to such a company.

So, does Ms Banerjee really deserve all that flak?