September, 2008
A happy Marx?!
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When the news of a Noida CEO being lynched trickled in, a colleague remarked, "Marx might be happy to see India today. It's a throwback to the days of mill workers going against their bosses. Socialist revolution, eh?" It was a remark made in context of the current scenario across India. Public anger is finding its way on to the streets more often than ever before. And its anger no more. Its mob fury. The war between the economic classes is out in the open. Singur is a case in point. The mighty Tatas have been forced to reconsider their decision to roll out Nano from there. All thanks to consistent and unbending protests by the locals. Keep aside the politics of it. Things have come to such a state that in Maharashtra the government went for a referendum on whether a Reliance SEZ should be started. The....
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Kajal Iyer is a senior correspondent with CNN IBN. She is a gold medalist in Mass Communication from Symbiosis Institute of Media and communication and got placed from campus. It was the shows like Surabhi, The World This Week and regular reading of Sunday Op-ed pages that prompted her to consider journalism as a career. Prior to CNN IBN, she has also worked for newspapers like Times of India, Midday in Pune and the Gujarati eveninger Sanj Samachar in Rajkot. She covers the civic beat in Mumbai and is interested in the basic bijli, paani, sadak brand of journalism, but also loves to cover the ocassional court room drama. Her biggest assignment till date has been covering Nariman house during 26/11 attacks. Writing is a passion for her and so is old Hindi film music. She is a trivia enthusiast and loves to watch shows on Discovery and the History channel.
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