The Future Is Now

DECEMBER 26, 2016

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set to achieve the agree with Sukhendu

hitherto inconceivable Shekhar Ray’s comment Mamata Banerjee’s exuberance prospect of tampering with—and even defying—the that Mamata is Itthweaosnmlyeant to be a grand theft, but things went in condemning

laws of nature to suit its needs Apart from the one who can leadaawcfouallyli-wrong for four young men in Guwahati, demonetisation, followed

plethora of useful, user-friendly and high-tech gadgets that have tion of oppositioAnsspaamrt,iwesh.o stole a State Bank of India passbook by her strong criticism of

been listed, what is heartening is that at a time when the world is The other regional satmraapcshine, thinking it was an ATM. October “WITHOUT primeNEW MEASURESminister NarendraTO COMBAT

fighting a losing battle against climate change, many environment-friendly are mired too deep in their CORRUPTION, Modi WE beyond DOUBT Bengal,THAT THESEdoes innovations are in the offing, like waterless toilets, own problems to offer the CURRENinCdYicRaEtFeOhReMr SamWbILiLtioHnAVtoE be

recyclable rockets, paints that can gather energy from wind and credibility that she can. LsAeSeTnINaGs BaEnNaEtiFoInTSa”l leader

sunshine... and some even striving to clean the Earth’s orbit of That she is ambitious, LAWwRhEoNisCcEomSUpeMteMnEt tRoStake

the debris left by spacecraft! there is no doubt: her own Modi head-on. However, declaration that she US President-elect Donald merely touring various

of Indian “wouldn’t mind a bigger states and holding ralObamlaieAsdmdoininstorattinone,c20e0s9s-a2r0i1l1y Trump’s victory was predicted respondents role in politics” is loud and mighty BJP as yet, but she firebrand leader—a a day before voting began in the were planning clear. Interestingly, she has more than two years champion of the poor and makeDeacelmeabderer of national US, a gastronomic seemsby a to ‘psychic’be following Flowerhorn the fish to work on that.

the downtrodden. Eyes stature. In the absence of wroituhtaehtuhmatpMonoidtsi hfoealldo.wNeamd!ed firmly set on the Delhi a pan-Indian organisational

getaway in irtcmhoestteleTruinmtphe throne, Didi wants to use network with dedicated

2017, said astnadtnei,btbalekdeotnhheisinpcicutmureb.ent So wrote a thief after While Mamata Banerjee the demonetisation agita- supporters—which

Tripadvisor. centre head on may remain supreme stealingin items tion worthas a Rs big springboard Mamata currently lacks—

October as vociferously as you can, Bengal, her effort to75c,0re0-0—thrteoebcoemcopmute- the anti-Modi her followings will remain pick up issues dear to the ate a pan-Indian prersseanncdea phfootocacolpyoint before 2019. “[DElMimOiNteEdTItSoABTeIOnNga] IlSaAnNd a few poor on the street, speak is likely to get an unmtiamcheilnye—frYoemt ahgeorvheirgnh- -decibel rhetionrKicolhapsufra, North Eastern states. Let

EXTREMELY AMBITIOUS STEP…THE LONGRUN convincingly and repeatedly burial owing to hermtaecntticosffice iled to create her first expand her party’s EFFECTS MAY WELL PROVE WORTH IT, all over the country, and blatant hyperboMlaeh. arashtrath. Heisdneostiered impact—even base and then aspire to build a strong cadre base BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO KNOW FOR SURE”

were gifted to 1,600 Throughoutemployees by her polaitlsicoaslaid thaitnhBe ewnogualdl—for several become a national leader in your party...and pitch in KENNETHand electorally ROGOFF targeting

diamond merchant Savji career, Dholakia Mamata Banerjeereturn the items reasons.after There is no doubt when the time comes. The that demonetisation has wof

of Surat. Apparently, has he displaystaken pride in beingfive years. TMC is no match for the

similar largesse every perceivedyear. as an honest, hampered the common

CPrhoavneakyyoau, NPMoveamttbheer November

devoid of proof.