Over The Years

It is a compilation of 107 articles on contemporary issues in society, politics and economy by Sudip Bhattacharyya over the years 1987 to 2015. The eight articles (written during a six years' span-1987 to 1992) were mainly on economics and finance focusing on financial liberalization, export market analyses and the new instruments of finance. The author resumed writing in 2010 with the publication of four essays on ethics, decision making and challenges in industry, trade and banking. From end-2010, he diversified into politics, sociology and management, while, retaining his first love in economics and finance. In the two sections on politics and sociology, 4 principal themes, apart from other contemporary happenings,were pursued namely the rise of Mamata, Kejriwal and Modi; federalism in approach to states and regional languages, Bangla in particular; declining ethos and ethics in India especially West Bengal and his pet theme and hope in politics, carried in 4 articles, was Mamata-Modi and other CMs-Modi working jointly for development despite and inspite of ideological differences. In the section on economics and finance, themes were widened to include emerging problems and prospects and ideal directions in the development path of India and West Bengal and the need for an enabling entrepreneurship ecosystem.