Sunday 14 September 2008

What Singur stir means

The Singur controversy is a typical example of how politicians play with populism and realise belatedly that they have mounted a tiger from which they can’t get down. Why didn’t Mamata Bannerjee realise the rights of the farmers earlier? She was way too late, when the plant itself had come up, and even the car had been showcased to a global audience at an auto expo.....