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January 15, 2002
Tuesday
 
 
The Calcutta Angst Factory
Perry de Havilland (London)  Indian subcontinent

Suman Palit over on The Kolkata Libertarian has been prognosticating with considerable plausibility on various nightmare scenarios for the Indian sub-continent. His view on where some of those scenarios could lead are:

In 2050 A.D., Sudan and Botswana surpass the Indian GDP, organize pop-rock concert to deliver food aid to Calcutta.

Not vastly optimistic then, Suman?

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