Landing in Bengal?
Oh, by the way, I came across this really nice post talking about land reforms in West Bengal. It clearly shows the manner in which how easily media and politics can overpower your mind if you are not aware of the facts and figures.
http://www.pragoti.org/node/1883
A small excerpt from the above link:
Such is the power of the media, that in recent months, the very names of Singur and Nandigram in West Bengal have become synonymous with forcible land acquisition by the state all over India. This is truly remarkable, because in fact no land was ever actually acquired for industrialisation in Nandigram after the violent protests against it. And it is widely acknowledged that the terms of acquisition of the 1000 acres required for the Tata automobile factory in Singur were the most favourable for the peasantry, of any such acquisition across India. Indeed, the Singur model ought to be viewed far more favourably, if only because it is the first time that not just owners of land but also tenant farmers were sought to be given some compensation…
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