Eastern India Paid A Huge Price For Kolkata's Failure, Says Sanjeev Sanyal | R Business Summit

Talking about the growth divide in India, economist Sanjeev Sanyal said that Kolkata's failure to emerge as industrial and business hub has resulted in uneven growth for the eastern part of the country. Speaking at the Republic Business India Economic Summit, he highlighted how Kolkata, once an industrial hub, turned back it back on that aspect.
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[@sinjonamitra2160]

He is absolutely correct. Being a Bengali, I am so so ashamed that our people did such a nonsense thing in past 50 years and continues to do so.

[@bsviky]

What do you expect when your state still votes for Mamata didi.

[@aesthetic_lover_here]

Very true 😢

[@shas312]

I feel they are still continuing their mistake. No business would like to come to a state where government officers are attacked, killed, people attacked after elections, governement sponspors illegal migration for votes, minority appeasement policies and anti business policies. Just imagine how big of a automobile cluster is Sanand, Gujarat today. If not for the anti business policies, it would have been Singur instead of Sanand.

[@rokz999]

Your are absolutely true ma'am 🙏🙏🙏.. it pity to see such a sad State of situation... Bengal people need to wake up before it's too late...

[@korchageen]

@@bsviky No strong opposition is there to vote for.

[@alashwin]

Now Bengalis have to go and work in Bangalore in IT companies . Thank you Jyoti Basu and co .

[@Truthnvision]

West Bengalis voted for him repeatedly for 33 years if I am not wrong

[@alashwin]

@@Truthnvision yes , so now their kids are in Bangalore , Gurgaon and Mumbai

[@ankushmukherjee3219]

​@@Truthnvisionthere was a lot of autocracy qs well its not just that people voted

[@ytskt]

@@Truthnvision many didn't vote for them, they pioneered the votebank using illegal m immigrants from Bangladesh to make the opposition irrelevant. TMC knew it and fought against it.. but when they chose to pander and use the save vote bank... in face they stepped it up.

[@Pranav2701]

True but now Bangalore is repeating the same thing what Kolkata did

[@aborginalsingh]

WB story should be mandatory in social sciences classes. How communism literally stripped out their industrialist.

[@sauron2000000]

They never had any.

[@arpan9937]

Lmao. We had more in the past than the no. your state itselfhas produced till this day. Let off your inferiority complex. ​@@sauron2000000

[@manishgoyal7677]

​@@sauron2000000 lol there were many industries in West Bengal. It was the sports capital, intellectual capital, medical capital and financial capital of India. Religiously too Bengal did incredible. Hinduism flourished here so well. Right now, everything is in shambles

[@sauron2000000]

@@manishgoyal7677 They were not owned by Bengalis. No industry owned by Chakrabarti. But some would be owned by Goyals.

[@sauron2000000]

@@manishgoyal7677 What sports? 😆😆😆😆😆. Only thing that was there were good stadiums.

[@dm5665]

As a Bengali born and brought up outside bengal. I can clearly see the British era arrogance and false feeling of superiority among many bengalis living in West Bengal, especially in the Kolkata region. This ruined the westbengal and entire Eastern India.

[@manh9105]

It's more to do with communism

[@Truthnvision]

Rightly said. Need to understand that one of the most important factors for the rise of Bengal was spiritualism and gyan. All the saints from Bengal were egoless and soul concious. But could not understand , why the followers became body conscious and egotist. The one point biggest leak of virtues, gyan and power is this body consciousness, and never knows when it comes. It is realised when one finds himself standing in a deep gorge, not knowing what to do. This was exaggerated with coming of Communism, which does not beleive in soul, spiritualism and God. The first and foremost point taught in Communisn is feeding the incapables, and shunning growth, and get everything by strikes and bandh.

[@avrajit19]

That superiority sentiment vanishes in a second when they come here in NCR...here you are acknowledged only if you prove yourself to be a good human capital/resource...your capabilities speak here, not your complex...in NCR they have lifted the game very high...quality infrastructure, big brands and companies Kolkattans ever heard...it's worse than Bangladesh now..

[@samratraha9246]

They might feel superior, but most Bengali are leaving bengal to work in other states and countries. Only Non-Bengali's recently are coming to Kolkata to settle more over it has to do with TMC, They are not letting companies come to west Bengal. They teach local uneducated people nonsense and tell it will harm them if companies come.

[@piyushpoddar5491]

Essgee 9❤ⁿ​@@samratraha9246

[@sorox-d95]

200% agree as a person from Kolkata

[@sauron2000000]

Kom hoye gelo to.

[@jrjrjjjsj]

then also you shameless bengalis again elect Mumtaz banrzi

[@princeanish4013]

​@@jrjrjjjsj she does congressi poor people freebie politics to get votes and reinforces it with Gunda contrl

[@plusultra7258]

We are tied and are forced to see the things going on here@@jrjrjjjsj

[@princeanish4013]

@thezoldics7648 capable people will continue to be born here, and goto places where politics hasn't yet destroyed all opportunities

[@pradeeppatil5825]

I remember in early 1980s, me and colleagues as engineers from Mumbai used to smile when Companies from Kolkatta used to close and shift to Mumbai - it meant more good jobs for us. I remember the violence and thuggery initiated by the Communist party unions and street goons against Corporates and Business fraternity in Kolkatta ! The Communist tried to get a foothold in Mumbai Thane Industrial belt, however the good thing that the Shiv Sena did in Mumbai was to get rid of Communist unions and thugs from Mumbai !

[@greenhax92]

Then Shiv Sena saved Mumbai. I didn't know about that 🙏

[@raviv3398]

Shiv Sena indeed tried to get rid of this thug unions, but, still Mumbai lost big chunk of textile industry to Ahmedabad & Surat during those time. Mumbai survived & grew due to good presence of finance industry mainly by Gujarati, Marwadi & Parsi investors & businessmen, another reason of survival/growth was growing film industry which gave Mumbai a glamour which all other city of India lacks…

[@raviv3398]

@thezoldics7648Surat’s 10%+ population is born in Odisa, around 10 lakh+ people, many are 2nd-3rd generation migrant are not even counted in that 10%. Bihari & UP are separate are also around 5 lakh people, out of Surat’s total 80 lakh population.

[@solankikas1451]

@@raviv3398 It would have been better if gujarat's industrial cities have taken peoples from villages of saurashtra and north gujarat in these cities.

[@raviv3398]

@@solankikas1451 it’s not like they won’t hire. I am from Surat, my native is in Saurashtra and my father & cousins are in diamond & textile business. Diamond industry is all about migrants from Saurashtra but textile industry need hard labour which our Kathiyawadi people are not ready to do. People from Odia since beginning have worked hard in textile industry in noisy looms factories for 12 hours a day. They have ability to pickup heavy goods of textile and move them around. There was big requirement of such labour and no Gujarati was filling those space that’s why some Odisa people came and found opportunity. Surprisingly as per data 90% of Odia people living in Surat comes from just one district of Odisa named Ganjam. They have seen success of early migrant and literally every house hold in that Ganjam district have one person in Surat… My brother’s textile factory has 3 locations different area of Surat, in Sachin, Sayan & Katargam GIDC, and almost all labours are from Odisa. Gujarati labour don’t even come to get job, else in Sayan 10 years ago, there was nothing, Gujarati labour would have upper hand to get jobs…

[@babloobag9292]

Absolutely correct assessment. Amitabh Bachhan, Arun Nehru all in their first Life worked in Kolkata. Kamal Nath Too. That was Kolkata, and Rajiv Gandhi rightly said it's a dying city.

[@Truthnvision]

Can we stop talking about past now. Worshipping past has literally killed the youth, who could venture out.

[@abhinavsharma5656]

​@@Truthnvision These leftist said that we Bhartiya right cow belt lived in past .These people only sigining Bihar and Bengal past .Yes we proud past of Bihaf and Bengal but we live in present .

[@abhinavsharma5656]

Sanayal who is in this video is from sanayal family guruji of Bhagat Singhji Azadji

[@gautamgoswami8993]

its a Dead City

[@tuks2179]

Cow belt still lives in the past! Consider things in perspective. Kolkata has fallen from the top cities of Asia to not even a top city in India mainly South, Maharastra etc. But it is still a lot better than the cow belt!

[@princeofheaven19]

Computer hobe na slogan was popularized by jyoti Basu. Even banking in Kolkata took the longest time to get computers due to the commies

[@korchageen]

Till today they are on the same track.

[@sauron2000000]

Which is why it rocked.😂😂😂😂

[@korchageen]

​​@thezoldics7648 as the south is unable to Produce enough Talent they require people from around the country.

[@ajithvv72]

Same thing the commies did in Kerala. Bengalis ultimately got rid of CPM. If the average mallus don't do the same soon, Kerala will have the same fate as Bengal.

[@princeofheaven19]

@@ajithvv72Kerala has gelf remittances

[@biswajeetdassh9305]

Being an ex-employee of IBM India Pvt. Ltd. I can confirm that it's true..Bengali IT peoples are being forced to get out from my state to do IT-jobs. I will never forgive the politicians/elite-class/intellectuals behind this misery.

[@Truthnvision]

Blame yourself too, because without your biasness, they would not have flourished in Bengal. One needs to fight hard to sustain democracy & growth.

[@plusultra7258]

We are literally tied down here. The Gundgiri is happening here just like it used to happen in UP.@@Truthnvision

[@biswajeetdassh9305]

@@Truthnvision It's so easy to just be blaming rather than realizing the root cause of a problem and the will to rectify it. I think people of Bengal have gone beyond arrogance, mesmerizing their past "golden" years, and haven't rectified their myopic view of the world. They got stuck in the 60's and ideologies of that time.

[@Truthnvision]

@thezoldics7648 wishing others doom like that may knock your door anytime. Fear Karma

[@Truthnvision]

@@plusultra7258 But the people of UP somehow, perhaps the kindness of God, chose a leader, who was sincere, honest and a firm beleiver of God and his laid down laws. He had the guts and courage to pull them out of a mafia Raj. So, common man of West Bengal, must muster strength to choose a person like that. In this age of hell, you not only have to sacrifice and give blood at the borders but also inside the borders, so the a society of good and pure sustains. You need to pay for democracy & growth, for a long being.

[@n.kraghavan3726]

This gentleman is absolutely right. Engineering graduates from all over the country in 1950s were told " अगर काम चाहिए तो कलकत्ता जाइए " ।

[@sauron2000000]

Who told?

[@n.kraghavan3726]

আমার বাবা জবলপুরে ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং করলেন এবং কলকাতায়৩০ বছর চাকরি করলেন । এটা প্রমান মনে হচ্ছে।@@sauron2000000

[@Truthnvision]

मानते है, सुविधायुक्त समाज काम दे सकता है। पर अगर अहंकार आ जाये, तो यह कार्य क्षणिक व अल्पकाल के लिए ही रहता है, जो कलकत्ता के साथ हुआ।

[@josephjohn5108]

Cpim has destroyed Kerala and Kolkata

[@n.kraghavan3726]

Right brother. In Bengal that megalomaniac Mamta has continued what the left did instead of making amends.

[@BengaliManfromWB]

Kerala has improved.

[@jaymehta0098]

Why CPI, other political parties - TMC & Congress are also responsible. All political parties with support of state population do not want growth. Only slogan is Maati & Manush as Mach is available in plenty. If state does not progress, parties in name of religion will provide support. Also parties are promoting Bangladeshis & Rohingyas in state (illegal immigration). Hence East is suffering. Political parties do not want people to progress. Deprived population means exploitation by ruling parties to their benefit. Good of other part of India.

[@rohitnayak9952]

​@@BengaliManfromWB Lol Kerala is running on remittance money from Middle East

[@BengaliManfromWB]

@@rohitnayak9952 not only Kerala, the whole South India.

[@cx4vr1dh4j]

100 % correct.. we are the part of Failed Eastern India nearer to Kolkata..

[@anubhab1]

Bhubaneswar is the only hope in Eastern India. Bhubaneswar-Raipur- Visakhapatnam corridor is the future of south-eastern India.

[@pratik_mohanty555]

We don't need bangalis in Bhubaneswar

[@sourjobanerjee4292]

What about Eastern India , the ranchi , Patna and Kolkata triangle can do well , but alas the people have given up hope .

[@techiepranab6825]

​@@sourjobanerjee4292patna has north india

[@vivekchandgude]

He is absolutely correct,,Mumbai pushes Punes growth by 10x

[@Pupi-hz3js]

Every time he talks about Kolkata, pain can be seen through his voice. It's like somebody who had to leave his place for better future.

[@dominikjunior1998]

I am from varanasi( eastern UP), and I want kolkata to be like Bombay, so that we can export our goods from Bengal. It will benefit entire eastern India.

[@abracadabra16234]

@thezoldics7648 pretty sure you aren't employed either if you keep giving this reply in each and every comment like a bot

[@devmeena23]

Can you elaborate please that, what you as individual exports

[@dominikjunior1998]

@@devmeena23 when we talk about states and cities we don't talk on individual level, we speak on collective statistics.

[@biswarupbanerjee7247]

Completely agree with Mr Sanyal ..Cpim,Tmc destroyed Kolkata especially Entire West Bengal

[@rajeevpalthukral764]

Bengalis destroyed Bengal, why blame the communists , they simply gave tou what you wanted , no work , full pay , cholbe na , korbo na , korte debo na , you laggards got what you voted for , now enjoy it

[@International-indic.]

And u cooperated them❤

[@rajeevpalthukral764]

@@International-indic. and now want a person whom these boka choda bengalis derided as gujarati to bail them out

[@Truthnvision]

Add one more, the common people of West Bengal, who for strange reasons, are engaged in worshipping past and does not want to grow.

[@International-indic.]

@@Truthnvision nobody worships past they have only degraded culturally and mentally. They know how to present 🎁 their degraded sides in a positive manner.

[@milindranade5776]

When George Fernandes kicked out Coca Cola after coming to power in the Janata Govt of 1977 he also kicked out IBM. The problem was not limited to Bengal & communists but the entire Socialist movement. Indira added 'Secular' & 'Socialist' to the preamble during Emergency with entire Parliamentary opposition in jail. Its this obsession with secularism, socialism & communism which derailed us economically...

[@rajbiswas249]

That janata party government was supported by the communists,, so what more can you expect

[@user-jw3hg9kk9p]

I don’t know about others opinion about WB, but as a Odia i have studied as well as worked in WB, visited many times to Kolkata, I like its food, people and culture there. But the tragic part is what he already mentioned here. There is no future because it seems like life has stopped there in the 80’s. I have many good friends there but still i dont think positive about this state, due to the level of insecurity in my personal and professional life there. Hope this changes but with the current rulers of the state I have zero hope.

[@Alpressure]

Your own state is going to cross WB in a number of parameters in the coming few years.

[@techiepranab6825]

​@@Alpressurealready crossed in per capita

[@IndianNRIsvillagelife]

34 years of CPIM and 15 years of TMC , West Bengal is now in ⚰⚰⚰

[@Subhashish69]

Communists possessed special skills - they drove away industryt from Kolkata. And the best part, no one from the media have taken them to the cleaners. Why?

[@abhinavsharma5656]

Because they know Human pshychology .Oxford created these leftist marx capitalist Adam smith .

[@rohitsawant5805]

Because Media is also dominated by leftists

[@AshishBagade-hv4el]

well because media is leftist

[@rudraprathap1273]

Because even if WB goes through a financial crisis where in their people aren't able to buy necessary items, it would still be the dream land for the intelligentsia of Bengal and India.

[@TheGuruNetOn]

media is full of communists and their supporters.

[@littlestar5737]

As an American-Indian, I recognize Bangalore for IT, Mumbai for finance, Delhi for government, and Kolkata for violence, unrest.

[@Truthnvision]

Further add, lost wisdom, common sense, poverty, orphans in 1947 and 1971, savagery (MP of Bangladesh was killed and body disposed as animal), lost civilization....... countless losses...so on

[@sbbs_]

Kolkata is for the dirtiest politics.

[@SattickDas2001]

Should be the FM of West Bengal! We need people like this❤

[@sinjonamitra2160]

😂😂😂😂😂 Will Mamta Banerjee let him work here in Kolkata??!!! Never.. She and her son Abhishek will never let him work in Kolkata..

[@Truthnvision]

What about the ruling party, will it be the same TMC or the rotten Communists

[@SattickDas2001]

@@Truthnvision bjp bro bjp.. or else need to make our own hardline capitalist libertarian party

[@Truthnvision]

@@SattickDas2001 agreed, but before that need to change the mentality. It shall be difficult immediately, so let's expect BJP comes to power in centre and wins appreciably in West Bengal in May'2024.

[@SusnataSeal]

more like the CM really

[@smookerji]

My life’s biggest mistake was to leave Bengalur and returned back to Calcutta that too in mid ‘40s. Shall regret till death.

[@adityaranjansahoo6261]

Odisha Govt should take notes on how not to Crash run IT sector and Trade. Paradeep is a booming commercial port still we dont see the benefecial development in Cuttack like Vskp has. Bhubaneswar has managed to set up some IT hub but its not enough..People will anytime consider Going back TO Whitefield or Electronic City in Bangalore for a little salary hike.

[@bobroy3746]

IT is dependent on WESTERN clients and so it is a dying sector as dedollarization is about to happen in 2026 and dollar will be greatly devalued.

[@tanmoykumar9078]

I feel ashamed being an educated Bengali. We have failed everyone in the eastern region. High time we must introspect.

[@rokz999]

Bengalis ...time to decide😊.. Didi ka tamasha bahut hogaya.. pichle election may do din key liye leg fracture hogaya tha.. is baar konsa natak dikhayegi bhagwan Janey...

[@NRichest]

The rich and middle class of bengal are against her, its the few rich and majority of poor are bringing her back every time. Those few rich people get benefitted through her corruption and poors are loyal because of freebies. The muslim vote bank is the cherry on the cake (except few educated muslims who understand her motives)

[@Am42644]

The people of WB made wrong decisions repeatedly. And their children are paying price today. It's high time the children realise at l ast now. Make wise decisions

[@zion3335]

i dont think there is any chance of improvement, u see the communists have shaped and continue to shape all academic discourse in bengal, bengal youth are taught about how great marx and lenin and communism is, so even if they see its utter failure when they grow up, its difficult to get rid of such indoctrination from an early age..

[@rudraprathap1273]

What are you taking about bro? Talk to any educated Bengali youth working outside Bengal. according to them, Bengal is the beacon of hope for India and the world. According to Bengali professors, South Indian are the shame of India, I was there when the professor said it.

[@uglyindian4401]

@@rudraprathap1273 That was one mad professor you got, you can't generalize everyone on that one single useless case of yours... It's your sheer badluck you came across such a hoodlum... Get your head out of gutter... meet more people before coming to senseless conclusions...

[@ronakkjain8321]

I too was hounded out, had started doing well in the Infrastructure, barely escaped kidnapping, the city isn't rotten, most of the people are, there twisted mindset they believe is correct has led to this state.

[@dipanwitaneogy3264]

True. People need to wake up now.

[@rudraprathap1273]

​​@@dipanwitaneogy3264What are you saying? Do you think they are sleeping? They know pretty well and this is what they want.

[@A_deka]

Small example. I am from Assam. In 80s and 90s many people from Assam go to Kolkata for Jobs and Other opportunities. But nowadays people don't even think of going there. Even though many people from Bengal come to my state for opportunities.

[@bikbik549]

Another thing is they don't want to give jobs to non-Bengalis. They have this superiority complex about their language and fear that some non-Bengali will do better than them. That will crash their self-imposed superiority. Wherever they go, they build their own Bengali groups and do addabaji. This has resulted in nepotism and politics about language. You can see that in many colleges and universities where there are lots of Bengali professors, they would do all kinds of politics to keep their circle stronger and not giving jobs to others.

[@rudraprathap1273]

​@@bikbik549The Bengali professors are the worst, I watched in horror when a Bengali professor called us South Indians as the shame of India. The nerve on the guy, they think they are giving jobs to rest of India and they are superiors and we should all bow down to them.

[@uglyindian4401]

@@rudraprathap1273You must be out of your mind! I am sure there are a lot of Bengalees who diss out at Biharis or Marwaris, but Bengalees in general revere South Indians and everything associated to them!

[@snebis]

The downhill process is still on, now it's in the rural belts

[@linadasray8015]

Not only Kolkata Asansol Durgapur too bear the loss due to political propaganda

[@SunilSingh-tv9ol]

But people from this state give free gyaan to people from other states on how to develop a city and maintain it..full of gyaan and their food hangover is the worst..

[@tubeginie9940]

Correct bro, not only that , also they started polluting other developed states with their communists mindset.

[@chetangupta-ck8qo]

They mostly want food talk in time pass. As hard work talks can cause them pain. So they talk about time paas things.

[@teresenahopayega1894]

Yes, most Bengalis, even educated and well settled also talk about food and food varieties. Just food, food, food. I don’t understand their maniac for food.

[@bikbik549]

I see that many Bengalis love addabaji, not working but doing time pass pretending as intellectuals. I don't know if such behavior comes from their communist style background. They will show off their knowledge about politics, culture, this that, argue with everybody like know it alls, but actually not doing any damn thing. And wherever they go, they build their own Bengali groups trying to show linguistic superiority where they can do these things and keep staying relevant in their own bubble. If they have to counter somebody outside their circle, all of them will come together and attack like bees however wrong their viewpoint might be. It's like gang mentality. Inside India, they don't think that they should learn from other states and other people, they have this arrogance that they are better than anybody else, from the past glory of some Bengalis. Now it has resulted in nepotism and appeasing Bengali speakers only. You can see that in many colleges and universities where there are lots of Bengali professors, they would do all kinds of politics to keep their circle stronger and not giving chance to others.

[@saumyadasgupta8872]

That's getting personal...It's a failed city and state no doubt...still culturally alive....economically most backward...but how does attacking personally on what they discuss matter.

[@Truthnvision]

Thanks Sanyal ji & Arnab ji, for a truthful introspection. But are those concerned in the East hearing!!!

[@sauron2000000]

Nope. Joi Bangla.

[@Truthnvision]

@@sauron2000000 in that case.....Joy Bangla shouldn't come from gutters!!!

[@sauron2000000]

@@Truthnvision It will come from speakers.

[@mavking4290]

@@sauron2000000 Joi bheek bangla very soon..

[@amara__odisha]

Bhubaneswar has came a long way be it in Education sector, IT sector or in Healthcare. It has to grow at 10-15x times and set an example/benchmark so that other cities of eastern india can start an healthy competition for growth & prosperity.

[@arijitroy3529]

His analysis is absolutely to the point....the intellectuals of Kolkata actually thought of going backward instead of moving forward

[@arkahimself]

Speaking on behalf of young and educated folks, I am sure many people will agree. We are paying huge prices for what happened in Singur and after. Previous ruling party were laid back and took things for granted, slipped up and the majority elected a female Donald trump to rule us over. No major MNCs even think about stepping foot here, and we are disgusted and angry about how things are running. If Ram and Laxman can bring their forces and defeat the Ravan, the people of Sri-Lanka would be relieved.

[@Mindfookfilms]

Not a day passes without me being ashamed of being a Bengali. Thank goodness I left Kolkata back in 1998. Very happy to have studied and lived in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Prague, Warsaw and now in Mumbai. Every time I visit Kolkata it feels like I have arrived in a dead city.

[@International-indic.]

It's a city of morons 😢

[@samirmandal5166]

Absolutely Correct

[@ritabratagoswami7724]

IBM initially wanted to came in kolkata in early 90's. But due to ongoing political unrest they forced to move to bengalore. What a shame!

[@winkingskeever2414]

The fall of Kolkata and the rise of Bhubaneswar. We cant even compare but see what Govts can do. Bhubaneswar is becoming a Rising IT hub at 6th number in India aftee Banglore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Ahmedabad. A tier 2 city is becoming a IT fav instead of Kolkata, which shows how Mamta Bannerjee destroyed West Bengal.

[@3dgamelover112]

From where u got that bhubneshwar is at 6 position gentleman? Go and search in google like ' Information technology in India wikipedia ' u will find kolkata at 6th after delhi NCR.

[@uglyindian4401]

Show me the data wherein Bhubaneswar is ahead of Kolkata in terms of IT... keep your BS propaganda with yourself...

[@user-qs5um2vs6h]

The same was being repeated in the West by Chuddhav Thackeray

[@SuperArindam1982]

Don't talk rubbish, during his regime only Infosys entered kolkata

[@sagarkb3149]

Kolkata city 40 years pahle one of the best citiy thi world ki feel sad for kolkata 😢🙏

[@AshishBagade-hv4el]

world ki wagere nahi thi..acchi thi but uss level ki nahi thi aur ab to pura gutter hai kolkata chii

[@rudraprathap1273]

40 years back, It was the world's best city? It's this arrogance that has led to its current state.

[@vijaylachyan8229]

M N Dastoor from Calcutta used to cater for projects globally. It was many floorplate full of draughtsmen with BIG drafting boards (6x8 ft with heavy stand).. In THOSE days when computer was unheard of, SR Dastoor trained all in cad, set-up workstation but nobody was willing to shift from paper pencil to computer. Finally, he announced a long weekend off, and shifted ALL drafting boards to basement. Monday morning everyone was told "if they want the board, they need to bring it up single handed.. anyone offering assistance and both will go home"..

[@user-qu4tj8vl6i]

For the last 7 years, I have visited India quite a few times - work-related trips and a few months ago, I visited Kolkata for the first time. I was astonished to find that the locals are actually quite backward, lack aesthetics, and simply not as intelligent as people in other large Indian cities. I had heard about it having a rich cultural landscape and found it was mediocre at best.

[@International-indic.]

As a Bengali, l confirm.

[@rudraprathap1273]

Yet they still feel they are the elites of South Asia and South East Asia. Also, according to the Bengal professors, South India is shame of the country. With that attitude, still their students come to work in Bemgaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai

[@Whatreally123]

bengalis still living in a socialist mentality, doing strikes very often and have an elitist mindset. I have been to Kolkata several times in the last 5 years and every time I go i find it has worsened from my previous visit. Cmon, vote out didi and take charge of your state. sad to see such a great population languishing.

[@rudraprathap1273]

It is precisely because of their elitist mentality that they can never grow their state. When one can't introspect their flaws, how can they rectify them. The Bengal and their people are perfect. How can they and their state have any flaws. When said to my Bengali colleagues, that I felt very sad when i saw the poverty and slums in Kolkata, because I never saw such poverty in other cities. They were like then why don't you keep to your state. Rather than agreeing that it is a sad state of affairs, they were angry because How can somebody say sad facts about Kolkata

[@uglyindian4401]

@@rudraprathap1273 Man... You are Jobless AF!!!

[@reflectionOfLyf]

The smart ones left Kolkata long back. The left ruined for more than 3 decades and now Mamuta putting nails on the coffin.

[@proudKGF112]

Kolkata is the only metro in east It has steered into growth path again but pace is slow I am from Bhubaneswar & i feel had kolkata been similar to Bangalore then it'd have been beneficial for neihboring states also

[@aniv5833]

All thanks to: Bamba Bamba bumba bumba tumba tumba 🤣😂

[@mverick5444]

Shes still recent. The real problem started in 1950s reaching the worst in 1980s.

[@rudraprathap1273]

​@@mverick5444reached the worst in 80s? Then what about now?

[@mverick5444]

@@rudraprathap1273 now no hope.

[@aman6828]

First Communists and then Tolamulists both had lacked vision to make Kolkata and West Bengal grow.How can we be no 1Without any Indistry Majors like Tata --Birla--Etc Etc

[@buntyskb]

BHUBANESWAR will lead the way for Eastern India

[@omnandita12]

I, being a Bengali myself, was in my university group which is by the way in Odisha and was showing my utter disappointment in the 2021 Bengal election.....one of my odiya friend now married to a Bengali of Kolkata kept defying me rigorously without any rhyme or reason.....Kolkata/WB has a reason for voting Momtaz Bano.....she dismissed me outrightly as not a Bengali as I now live outside. ......so it seems I don't have a right to talk any sense into their system 😂😂 I mean I am aghast, I am overwhelmed by desperation.....I know for sure there's no hope for WB with such hypocrisy and with this level of brainwashing and bravado. God help my birth place 😢

[@teresenahopayega1894]

You know history, the great Bengal famine, it happened due to the policies of britishers and not thinking about population. Momota bekarji is an live example of Britishers who will make Bengal a femished state and then only Bengal will again regain its glory. Nadir is yet to come, you are going down but still not at the stage of femished, but somewhat well off. First you have to touch nadir of your ego. This is Bengalis ego which is making its go down till nadir point. Once you attain nadir state in ego then only you will get glory again. 😢😢

[@rudraprathap1273]

​@@teresenahopayega1894it's absolutely impossible for then to let their elitist ego go! Even if they sink to rock bottom, they will still feel they are the elitist because according to them, South Indians are shame to this country while they have absolutely taken a and are taking this country forward

[@chayanjana20]

He had to leave Kolkata due to some reason and now he can't come back now... 😢😢😢😢

[@gautamgoswami8993]

utter shame on the intellectual Bongs,the so called bhadralok.also,major contributing factors are - militant trade unions propped up by the commies,the easy-going attitude towards hard work by the lazy Bengalis(xceptions are the,of course) the huge influx of bangladeshis and the exploding muslim population,the present thoroughly corrupt TMC government and their goonda raj etc.

[@alokeray9171]

West Bengal needs more and more madrasa to become famous state in Bharat! All government run schools already adopted this culture!

[@sarathi1638]

It's upto Bhubaneswar now to take the mantle to lead. Hope it does.

[@rudraprathap1273]

Even though Orissa people don't feel as elitist as Bengalees they still feel they are much more superior than rest of the country Have you looked at the Bhubaneswar Bus station. Fish market in Delhi is better than that

[@aholysinner]

As a bengali born in Kolkata in 96, I have seen a lot in this city. I saw this city take my own brother in the 2010 Park Street fire. I saw the corruption and incompetence in the education sector, and the decreasing relevance of the city around the country. Today, Kolkata has become a joke for the country, and in fact, people still think that Kolkata women practice black magic! It is a shame that it has come to this, and IMO, it is simply because of dirty and corrupt politics all around the city, in every nook and corner! From colleges to "paras" (locality), and from police personnel to educators, you will have to tackle politics and corruption in every sector! One funny thing I observed when I went to Delhi for work is that there are so many babies all around compared to Kolkata. In Kolkata, wherever you turn your eye, you will see old uncles and grandparents living in exile. It is truly a dying city!

[@rudraprathap1273]

That's a good analysis but many hope they don't bring their dying culture of voting crooks to other cities they moved to.

[@avinashpattnaik3270]

BJP has to win West Bengal next time and make Sanjeev Sanyal the CM of West Bengal

[@GJ-yx1nb]

Agreed

[@saumyadasgupta8872]

I have friends whose father actively participated in the ' No Computer' militant style unionism...and there sons are in IT, some of them settled abroad too..

[@arijeetmohapatra2933]

Absolute truth even though it hurts easterners to hear it. Let's think of regaining our position again

[@rudraprathap1273]

Your position? Is it at the top of Shameful Southindians because thats what your Bengali and Odia professors call South Indians.

[@sourav_782]

As a bong who traveled out of Bengal just to get a proper Job i know it So that true kolkata and bengal is suffering so much due to under development its high time bengal decided what to do in 2024

[@Ab-ii4oc]

It was George Fernandes....as central minister he kicked out IBM and Coca Cola from India in 1977.....Kuch bhi....He is ex BJP ....thats why you are twisting the story............India had severe corporate governance issue because of closed door policy; firms also didn't innovate much and never thought of stakeholders...and such governance lapse lead to massive protests by workers....in many cases workers were not paid for 3 -4 months...then many of these industries shifted to other states where state government didn't pay any heed to corporate governance. Zee ltd is a good example in today's scenario and it clearly depicts how good is corporate governance in Maharastra 😂

[@aniketrashiya]

First You threw IBM away and gave away IT Sector to Southern States and then You threw away Tata Motors and gave away Automobile Sector to Gujarat. Left or Mamta Banerjee both did the same.

[@rehanahamed1139]

Mamta Banerjee came to power due after throwing away tata nano . Its the people ( like our father and grandfather's generation ) who are responsible for this .

[@rehanahamed1139]

I m not a mamata Banerjee's fan boy . I waned a different party to rule in the last election but bjp decided to put forward miton chakroborty as a cm candidate and seeing his deeds , i stepped backward . If they had put forward candidates like sourav ganguly then it would have gone a different path .

[@jrjrjjjsj]

i wish didi continue to do dadagiri and all industries shift to karnataka

[@rudraprathap1273]

Wish for Jagan Reddy for AP, then we can have even more for Karnataka!

[@uglyindian4401]

@@rudraprathap1273 Loffar'nan Magne, Kelsa ilwa ninge...? Bewarsi Mundede, Goobe nan maga...!!!

[@KVSrirangam]

Assom and NE will be the Future, not sure about WB(Lost all hopes)

[@Gareeb1997]

5th in GDP No future? Lol 😂 Offcourse we have a tough road ahead and we can make it through....

[@mverick5444]

Lol. Have you looked at the map? It's landlocked.

[@KVSrirangam]

@@mverick5444 then you must quite ignorant if you think landlocked states can’t develop

[@Ranjan_Mohanty]

​@@Gareeb1997WB ranks 6th in GDP and has a very high debt to GDP ratio. In fact it is the largest state with the highest debt to GDP ratio. Good luck getting out of that hole.

[@rudraprathap1273]

​@@Gareeb1997Haha, you were competing for 1st and 2nd position during Independence. Now, you are at 6th position even though you have the major port feeding all the land locked states, Nepal and Sikkim. Once Orissa Ports and the Bangladesh terminal for NE picks up, will you be content with 12th or 18th position??

[@myvlogs638]

Kolkata - city mosques 😂😂😂😂

[@SubhajitTa]

Kolkata is dead now 😢 , and West Bengal became Pakisthan. I am a Bengali living for 30 years in wb. It is doomed . The cursed land only few broken colonial or Jaminder heritage that's all it remain .

[@srinathkunapareddy1992]

So true!!

[@aseemrawat7129]

Political parties in Bengal kept fooling the common Bengalis to suit their greed. Shunting out IBM, Tata Nano , tyre companies are only a tip of the iceberg.

[@rudraprathap1273]

Its the people who chose such political parties. Look at Andhra Pradesh, they deserved everything that's happening in their state when they voted out Chandra Babu and voted in Jagan Reddy.

[@bittun1607]

Bengalis like to live in Southern India they dont wana go back to WB

[@tubeginie9940]

Problem is they started polluting the environment with their communists mindset.

[@perfopt9077]

Why only Kolkata? Odisha has not grown Bhubaneshwar to a large engine. Andhra (united and new) did nothing outside of Hyderabad. Maharashtra has not grown Nagpur. Yes, Kolkatta stands out as a sore thumb because it was a economic driver pre-independence and immediately after. But it is not the only city/state that is lagging behind

[@avrajit19]

Unfortunately, most of the Bengalis of Kolkata dont even know that they are doomed.. quality and talented people have already moved out, only substandard class, having no awareness stay there mostly..

[@nabajyotigoswamiNalbari]

Thats what we were discussing few days before with friends. Kolkata did not grow as expected, that's why other Eastern and North east city like Guwahati etc did not grow. Bangalore is growing because it have sister cities like Hyderabad and Chennai. The same is not with Kolkata.

[@rajdipchandradafader5367]

After partition, Riots,anglo rule.. Kolkata is the safest & 3 rd richest city of India.. just because of its strategic location & iconic importance.. We have to rebuild it as British Calcutta, it's not a regional capital ❤

[@buntyskb]

rebuild it as british calcutta??? so you mean back to being colonial slave??

[@rajdipchandradafader5367]

@@buntyskb No, Development like that..

[@buntyskb]

@@rajdipchandradafader5367 I think its time to shift focus to emerging tier 2 cities. Bhubaneswar can lead the way for Eastern India.

[@rajdipchandradafader5367]

@@buntyskbOh Gosh!! I hate this word " Shifting focus".. Tier 1 cities, Tier 2 towns both are important. Just like,Someone in Bengal, saying " we want rich neighbours like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka.. please shift them to East India,by replacing Odisha"..--- it doesn't make any sense...

[@buntyskb]

@@rajdipchandradafader5367 Shift focus means more investment more attention to emerging tier 2 cities coz tier 1 cities already had more than enough.

[@puggleski6097]

Kolkata is the failure but not Patna and not Guwahati. Amazing. Delhi is the only city in North India but pulls entire north India along. And nobody ABSOLUTELY NOBODY is blaming the Centre for disproportionately hoarding assets of all 30 states only to distribute that wealth among the people, communities, biradaris close to the seat of power in NEW DELHI. It is not Kolkata but New Delhi and the greed and the inferiority complex of the elite, entitled classes of North India that is the millstone around India's neck. The North Indians in and around power in new delhi, Punjab, haryana are ABSOLUTELY PETRIFIED that if Bihar, UP, Rajashthan, MP landlocked states in North India start demanding their rightful share, DELHI will have to share of own pocket to compensate them. Hence it has become the highest priority to gain control of West Bengal, Assam, Odisha and it's resources and finances to distribute among the up and coming North Indians at the cost of Bengalis, Odiyas, Ahoms. This is the trap that North Indian elite are setting, and using the BJP to set this trap. This is the plan of the greedy, violent, criminal colonial elite of North India trying to take a shit on the poor people of rest of India. They will get a befitting answer in this Lok Sabha election.

[@monsterhunt8624]

Cut your crap and stop blaming others for your misery. Did north Indians ask you to vote for communists, or hound Tatas out of Bengal?

[@sunderj4774]

whatever may anybody quote about West Bengal it is the Marwaris of Calcutta like Birla Khaitan Goenkas or Bangurs they are the Pioneers on Industrialization in India.All these Ambani's or Adanis are the latest entrants.Even today the Icon Ambassadors majestically adorn the streets of Calcutta.

[@rajeevpalthukral764]

Yes , gloat over that ambassador whilst the rest of India travels in Toyota and Honda

[@sunderj4774]

@@rajeevpalthukral764 Exactly said.What is the use of Toyota's or Honda's when the status of Indian Roads are full of Potholes or Bumps or for that where is the use of High end Referigirators when the country is subjected to frequent Power cuts since they don't run on Investors.Take the country Greece with even with their old structures dating back to B.C. era attract millions of tourist throughout.the year.Beauty lies in the eyes of Beholden.

[@aesthetic_lover_here]

Not anymore

[@sunderj4774]

@@aesthetic_lover_here Any More theory has no relevance since Fact is a Fact.Even if others have taken over.

[@rajeshsarangadharan6912]

Actullally Bengalis do not have business in DNA like Marwaris. When marwaris moved HO from Culcutta business fails. Even in Banglor Unicons are built by North Indian Baniya community

[@IndiaPunjabBharat]

Islamic politics in West Bengal destroyed everything

[@akbrahma7739]

No matter how much money or attention pour into the City of Joy, it'll not be a savior of the East India. Her crown is lost, and she'll not gain that back, no matter. But Bengali, need not fret, just as yet, cause the cities that lived in the shadow of Kolkata, a Bengali city in premium geographic location will come up. They are Siliguri in the North and Haldia in the South. Siliguri will become the trade depot for the entire East, and Haldia will be the port that'll introduce it to the world. I know this seems illogical now but it's inevitable and will happen in the future.

[@teresenahopayega1894]

It’s nớt possible in the regime of momota bekarji.

[@AnakinSkywalker-cx1xy]

You don't realise how big Kolkata is compared to any other city in Eastern India, there are hardly one or two cities that even have more than 1/10th of the population of Kolkata's metropolitan region. So, ultimately either a new metropolis develops, the prime contenders of which currently are Patna and Bhuvaneshwar, although they have much to do, specially Patna, which is way behind in terms of development, or Kolkata makes a comeback and grows so fast that it drives the growth of other cities in its close proximity such as Asansol, Siliguri, Jamshedpur, Guwahati, etc

[@Ranjan_Mohanty]

​@@AnakinSkywalker-cx1xyKolkata will never make a comeback. It is a lost cause.

[@VikramHalderkonVict]

Deserved 100%. More needed in the next 20 yrs. Long Live next CM Bhaipo.😀 💪

[@rudraprathap1273]

Agree😂

[@anirudhaaryan6450]

Make Assam a new industrial state..better than kolkata. It will give a new hope for 7 sister state. Ignore my english.

[@MrRobots100]

Bhubaneshwar : " Don't you worry son, Daddy's home"

[@user-qs5um2vs6h]

Mamta 😂

[@soumya3528]

Na bhai....Lal silam!

[@avinabchatterjee3947]

So true, fully agreed

[@warsil3735]

Theleafers of Culcutta was rhe keft l aning poluticians

[@pvajit1109]

Kolkata destroyed progress of Eastern , North East India. CPIM was the worst thing on earth.

[@unapologetic716]

What Ego can do - look at the Bengalis !

[@jana.anubhav]

Mostly the politicians.

[@HarveySpectre163]

@@jana.anubhav not only politicians, bengalis live in a fool’s paradise, they have a false sense of superiority of god knows what!

[@AmanSharma-fn6wb]

I don't understand where this ego comes from..they are a stupid lot.nothing special about them😂😂😂.

[@ankittiwari-ex2tu]

Very well narrated....in eastern up and bihar our ancestors made good enough money from Kolkata now most of the family in shaddy condition

[@udaykchakraborty4357]

NOT TRUE. In fact, IBM and CocaCola etc were thrown out of India by the policy and pressure of the Central government. Kolkata or the State Government had no direct role. Though it is true that all Indian opposition political parties were against computerization, particularly all Communist Parties.

[@train_xc]

Birlas?

[@udaykchakraborty4357]

@@train_xc Basically.. All.... Birlas only partly.

[@rokz999]

What about Tata😊

[@udaykchakraborty4357]

@@rokz999 Good question... But, Tata only had their metal business offices in Kolkata and that has not shifted out.. But, in case of Nano car shifting , it was simply due to State politics of WB.

[@rokz999]

@@udaykchakraborty4357 you are right.. dirty didi communal politics.. one mistake is enough to put the state 20 years back.. she haunted the TATAs out.. this is the turning point. Now she is promoting West Bengal investments.. what a Hippocrates she is.. and the people who are voting for her... She is the fate of West Bengal..

[@BESMARTER-il4kn]

OUTSTANDING WORK CLEAR AND FULLY JUSTIFIED WITH FACTS AND EXAMPLES NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE

[@somik2000]

Sanjeev Sanyal, that gloomy Bengali dude, is like a cheerleader for the Indian Baniyas - those old-school merchants who now roll in dough and political clout. They're the ones secretly plotting to bring down the Bengalis and wreck Bengal. I mean, seriously? It all went downhill after 1947 when the Brits handed over the Jute and Tea industries - the lifeblood of Bengal - to the Marwaris. These merchant folks, originally from the Meawar district of Rajasthan, didn't know jack about jute, tea, or farming. They were used to making a killing by buying coconuts for 5 bucks wholesale and selling them for 20. Smart, but not exactly industrial genius material. They got into hoarding, black market shenanigans, and participated in government tenders. The elite Bengali zamindari crew, including the Tagores, took a hit from socialism. But truth be told, neither the Bengalis nor the Marwaris were industry-savvy enough for the global stage. Then the government threw in import curbs, so we couldn't snag the latest foreign tech that could've made our industries rock. Unchecked inflation turned into labor unrest - wages weren't enough to feed the big ol' families everyone had back in the day. Sure, we blame labor unrest for shutting down industries in West Bengal, but ITC at Virginia House and Bata in Batanagar are still kicking. Dunlop, Shaw Wallace, Jessop? Blame it on Manu Chabarria, who took the money and ran to enjoy the good life in Dubai. You say IBM got chased out of Kolkata? Nah, credit goes to George Fernandes from the Janata Party, who showed both IBM and Coca Cola the door. Fast forward to today - IBM has a massive campus at Sector V in Salt Lake, and when Coca Cola made a comeback to India, they started flexing their marketing muscles in Kolkata. Oh, and don't buy into the story that IBM left because Bengalis were too darn smart and were about to whip up their own supercomputer. Nah, they bolted because they didn't want us Indians showing up the West. Smart move, maybe?

[@mavking4290]

Points for you to pounder: 1. British first came to India's shore at West, but still choose Bengal as their Capital, why : because they got the best bootlicking fake intellect fools in bengal... 2. Bengalis have no business talent, that's why people from other states came during british time to set up companies in bengal, reason being lazy, corrupt and cheapness to core 3. British chose to create biggest brothel in Bengal of Asia, rather then any part of india, that shows moral corruption and low character value of people of Bengal ( that is the reality of commi and left societies). my comment might get banned or deleted for being truthful, but they can't delete the reality of bengal

[@DocWanderer75]

None will hear this side, mate. The rising anti Bengali statement and Bengalis ashamed of their own heritage and failure to read and understand history and the pulse of the population, all are contributing to it. There is so much more to money and gdp. Things that quench the soul. Where people do not flock the pubs or indulge in run for wealth accrument, but the sunset and ghats and cha. Maybe I am too mediocre for the global scenario. Too middle class. But am happy and contented being this in my birthplace.

[@monsterhunt8624]

Typical Bengali goofball. Are you in Bengal, or ran to other states to look for a job?

[@uglyindian4401]

Not to forget... WHo stood behind Mamta when she was driving out the Nano Plant from Singur... (Certain "Advani" and "Sushma Swaraj" names come to mind...???)

[@bibliophileanki]

Kolkata from being the intellectual capital of India to becoming the trash of India. It's holding back India's growth from past 3 decades and future looks grim with current political goons ruling the state. For once, it'd have been better if it was alienated from India as India would've growth a lot more till date.

[@polonium4520]

I think you should alienate yourself first..

[@ashutoshdwivedi9305]

Very well Said

[@msomayya2828]

How true 🙏

[@subhadeepdutta2686]

Every word is Absolutely correct

[@yorkehsiva]

absolutely correct.

[@mankv]

Absolutely true

[@kirann5827]

Bengal was very rich in its culture, art, literature, science. In every field it was great compared to many states in India. But unfortunately the politics both CPM and TMC failed this state.

[@reachnivi2007]

That was the undivided bengal , probably 100 years ago. Its like British being proud of the victorian era.

[@gsmukherjee7437]

About 1 cr refugees came to bengal in 1971 during Bangladesh liberation. That was a huge burden on bengal which shattered bengal economy.

[@nkhanda]

What a shame...Hope whole Eastern belt realise the Ground reality and oust the inefficient leaders.

[@rudraprathap1273]

That won't happen given they don't think anything is wrong and in fact they think they are doing better than the rest of the country. I have visited and also worked with many of them. I wouldn't encourage their lethargic working mentality anywhere. Always on a Ganja and looking down on others. Calling South Indians as nerds on their faces

[@vinaymanek7879]

It was hounded by George Fernandez. They came back two decades ago.

[@deeprodatta1387]

And what did his party do during Singur andolan...I remember BJP also supporting TMC during Nandigram and Singur...which was against industrialization 😅😅

[@uglyindian4401]

Noone will talk about this...! Ssssshhhhhhh......