Posts by sritara@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #9pSH5FxBFUCG6hJvma by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-11-29T13:04:29Z
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India's GDP growth in Q2 was 4.5 per cent - compared to the average Q2 growth rate of 7.74 per cent in same quarter in the preceding 7 years -- decline by a whopping 3.4 per cent! Buffoons who talk of "sequential" growth no neither statistics nor economics. Which self-respecting economist or journo talks of "sequential" growth? Haven't they heard of something called seasonality? https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-s-gdp-growth-slips-to-4-5-in-september-quarter-on-weak-manufacturing-119112900750_1.html
(DIR) Post #9pTGkmNzfHMNlt3eTY by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-11-29T15:40:18Z
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This is a thread on a racket called #FasTag What does Modi hai toh mumkin hai mean? Matlab hurtle towards #FasTag to create even more roadblocks. Remember NaMo's DeMo, of November 2016? This is NaMo's December gift.
(DIR) Post #9pTGksprgZDfm48zke by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-11-29T15:42:39Z
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#FasTag starts on the backfoot -- postponed to Dec 16. Now who does not remember a million notifications that were issued after NaMo's DeMo, each more complicated than the other? Who does not remember the postponed weddings? Remember how ATMs were not calibrated for weeks to handle those lovely pink notes? #FasTag is speeding on the same road.
(DIR) Post #9pTGkvg37W9OaUZhMu by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-11-29T15:43:34Z
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But remember from experience that its a racket called #FasTag
(DIR) Post #9pTGkzl9wScBFUzptA by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-11-29T15:45:32Z
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And, don't let anybody fool you into thinking that it is merely an "implementation" issue. It is a scam because the Govt has made #FasTag mandatory, while forcing people to a privately owned platform. Like NaMo's DeMo and #GST #FasTag fiasco is not just an "implementation" issue. It is designed to fail, while the sharks operating the platform go laughing to the bank!
(DIR) Post #9pUOYN8CjFQmlIE9Gi by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-11-30T13:43:01Z
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Here is my take on the #FasTag fiasco https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/article30124602.ece
(DIR) Post #9pUYxzbHq0dCqvgZsW by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-11-30T13:31:30Z
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This is a thread on the #FasTag fiasco - why the intentions are dubious and why it deserves to be classified as a scam. A longer version will appear on the Frontline website soon.
(DIR) Post #9pUYyCTbxrDSmtC8Dg by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-11-30T13:34:00Z
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While the NaMo Govt would like us to believe that #FasTag is meant for the convenience of users, the real reasons appear to lie elsewhere - particularly the notoriously opaque revenue streams from road projects. Road project concessionaires are known to not indulge in gross cost padding - which translates directly into higher tolls - but divert revenue streams away from their loan obligations, which has brought only grief to banks, especially PSBs
(DIR) Post #9pW63nOGy1lNDyqv1U by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-01T09:07:38Z
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An important story, reminding us of our true heroeshttps://thewire.in/film/george-reddy-osmania-university
(DIR) Post #9pXxHm0uN9XvjlQymm by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-02T06:20:15Z
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NaMo's Bullet Train project to be abandoned - replugging my 2017 story on India's Nowhere Train https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/the-nowhere-train/article9873285.ece
(DIR) Post #9pXzyNiInMZIjSAywq by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-02T06:03:36Z
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This is a thread on #RahulBajaj 's criticism of the NaMo regime, based on my 32-year experience as a business and economic journalist.
(DIR) Post #9pXzyRvv6fq1oqZujI by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-02T06:04:25Z
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Powerful business czars usually prefer backroom channels to voice their grievances against govt. That usually works for them. What Bajaj says is a measure of the environment today. Yes there are precedents from the past that NaMo acolyte rhetoric tries to mask.
(DIR) Post #9pXzyVMcLryaSW5mG8 by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-02T06:05:58Z
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In the past too - before the NaMo regime came to power - many captains of industry have, however, spoken their mind, usually to express something that bothers them, but couched as reflecting a greater common good.The most obvious examples are those by influential IT industry honchos - Azim Premji and Narayana Murthy come to mind easily
(DIR) Post #9pXzyb9iojE4QG6YzY by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-02T06:07:16Z
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What makes #RahulBajaj ’s statement unique is the fact that his utterances were of a very general nature - about the general politcal atmosphere in the NaMo times. That is rare for an industry captain. On the spate of lynchings across the country, for example, I can’t recall a single captain speaking out.
(DIR) Post #9pbXb9kCW4qjfZm6bY by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-03T13:45:54Z
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@prasanna_s This is called a High Speed Scam
(DIR) Post #9pdyTSrJgPbFwVV6KO by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-05T04:32:51Z
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An excellent story on what the dismantling of temples of higher education like #JNU entails for the future of India's youth, by three young scholars. This, while fat cats enjoy tax break after tax break! And, have the cheek to ask for more!https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article30147154.ece?homepage=true
(DIR) Post #9pgk7IbUJczHsiVt1U by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-06T12:39:41Z
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Markandey Katju on why "encounter" killings is just code for cold blooded murderhttps://thewire.in/law/hyderabad-police-encounter
(DIR) Post #9pmevjbYlZn5KJyN0K by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-09T09:09:38Z
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If you care about what the notion of citizenship entails, for the centrality of "fraternity" as a constitutional value, and what #CAB is all about, you just cannot miss this eyeopener of a piece by Niraja Gopal Jayalhttps://www.theindiaforum.in/article/faith-criterion-citizenship
(DIR) Post #9psmwx74HKTvmZpWfw by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-12T08:06:35Z
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Subosh Varma highlights the frightening parallels between 2019 #CABNRC and 1933 Nazi-era Germany. Read Richard Evans' masterly trilogy on the Third Reich to get a sense of where we may be heading https://peoplesdispatch.org/2019/12/12/indias-citizenship-bill-and-lessons-from-nazi-germany/
(DIR) Post #9pubKkvkPkdxob2TDc by sritara@mastodon.social
2019-12-13T04:29:17Z
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A truly inspiring story of journalistic enterprise and commitment in #CAB -hit NaMo times from Frontline's Sushanta Talukdar: He somehow managed to dictate the entire story to his son in Jodhpur. The son accessed his father's email to file his copy. Read it in forthcoming @frontline_india issue