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Indira Gandhi An Chief Minister Of West Bengal Is The Highly Spirited And Dynamic Lady Mamata Banerjee Who Took Over On May 20, 2011 At The Conclusion Of The Nightmarish Misrule Of The Left Front Government For 34 Years At A Stretch. It Was Indeed An Uphill Task. The Present Book Is A Tour-De-Force Delineating The Achievements Of The First Seven Months Of Her Trinamool Regime. , Simplicity And Austerity, Altruism And Uprightness Are The Hallmarks Of Her Turbulent Political Career And Intrepid Moral Character. Knowledgeable Sources Will Agree That Not Unlike America's Clara Jetkin Europe's Joan Arc, Orissa's Nandini Satpati And India's Illustrious Indira Gandhi All Along She Had Been An Uncompromising Crusader Against All Sorts Of Social And Political Injustices And Oppressions. , Already The International Opinion Is Highly Optimistic About Her Probable Future Political Course Of Action. It Is Believed That If She Persists In Her Humanist Conduct Like Today, If She Remains Unflinching In Her Own Political Convictions And Determinations, If She Is Not Overwhelmed With The Intoxication Of Chief Ministership In The Writers Building, If She Also Does Not Like Her Adversaries Go To Acquire Farming Lands On The Pretext Of Industrial Development, If She Can Expedite The Progress Of Her Own Region At Least To Some Extent Her Name Will Ultimately Be Inscribed In Letters Of Gold In The Hearts Of The Umpteen Millions Of This Region For All Times To Come And Her Image Will Continue To Shine As The Green Star Over The Political Horizons Of West Bengal., Surajit Kumar Dasgupta (B. 1938), Son Of A Swashbuckling Airlines Officer Who In The First Phase Of His Life Had A Colorful Career In The Norwegian Navy During The Second World War Days, Was Initially A Scholarship-Winning Student Of Natural Sciences Like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics And Geology. Ultimately, He Passed His B. A. (Hons.) In Economics And Political Science From Calcutta's Presidency College And Later Took An M. A. Degree In Political Science From Calcutta University. , In His College Days In The Fifties, He Was Widely Reputed As An Outstanding Romantic Poet Whose Surrealistic Love-Poems Attracted The Admiring Notice Of The Intelligentsia. , For More Than 20 Years, He Had Been Connected In Different Capacities With Hindusthan Standard, Free Press Journal, Industrial Times And Amrita Bazar Patrika. His First Publication Was A Book Of 96 Poems Entitled Jalo O Heera (1971). His Second Book Is Entitled West Bengal's Jyoti Basu : A Political Profile Published From New Delhi's Gyan Publishing House (1992). , He Was Once The Chief Pro. Of West Bengal Housing Board. He Has Contributed A Large Number Of Articles In Different Journals In English And Bengali. He Is Connected With Different Social Welfare Organizations., Content:- Contents, Preface 9, Acknowledgements 13, Introduction 15, Part-I: (May - September 2011), 1. Green Star Over West Bengal 25, 2. Strategy Of Development-1 31, 3. State Is Good, Market Evil 34, 4. Strategy Of Development-2 37, 5. Finance Tangles 39, 6. Development In Countryside 44, 7. More About Jangalmahal 48, 8. New Era In The Hills 51, 9. Agony Ofagriculture 54, 10. Turmoil Over Acquisition 57, 11. Returning Lands Of Unwilling Peasants 60, 12. Singur Ordinance 63, 13. Confiscating Lands Of Tatas 66, 14. Victory Of Peasants 69, 15. Spotlight On Judiciary 72, 6 Green Star Over West Bengal, 16. Rationale Of Second Chamber 75, 17. Finance Squabbles : Difficult Challenge Ahead 78, 18. Road To Solution 81, 19. Resolutions Of New Ministry 83, 20. Not Just Blindallegiance 86, 21. Timely Warning 89, 22. Truly Wise Step, Not Just Another Gimmick 92, 23. Visit To Hospital 95, 24. Iron Dust Scandal 97, 25. Health Services In The Balance 99, 26. More On Health Services 102, 27. Right Message For Industry 105, 28. Reflections On Police Forces-1 108, 29. Reflections On Police Forces - 2 111, 30. In The Context Of Educational Reform 114, 31. Rambles On Presidency University-1 118, 32. Rambles On Presidency University-2 122, 33. Technical Education In Shambles 125, 34. Rigmarole On School Education 128, 35. Educational Conundrum 131, 36. Removing Hurdles From Industry 133, Part-Ii : (September-December 2011), 37. Haven Of Investment In West Bengal 139, 38. Who Are The Greater Leftists? 141, 39. KishanjiS Death And Thereafter 146, 40. Greater Emphasis Should Be Paid To Power Sector 149, 7, 41. More About Power Sector 152, 42. More On School Education 155, 43. Agricultural Crisis Continues 158, 44. Offenders At Nandigram Should Be Squarely Punished 162, 45. Focus On Inner Conflict 165, 46. Price-Rise And All That 171, 47. Reserve BankS Advice To Regional Government 174, 48. Plight Of Rural Hospitals 177, 49. Janpath Vs. Kalighat 180, 50. West Bengal, Bangladesh And The Tista Treaty 186, 51. Problems Of Tourism In West Bengal 189, 52. Anatomy Of Kolkata Municipal Corporation 194, Positions Held Bymamata Banerjee 197, Index 201