BB's Date
How dramatically and unimaginably things have changed! A Marxist ChiefMinister hosting, and falling for the charms, of not only unabashed capitalists,but that too from the hated and reviled US of A! That Marxists are opportunistsis no secret and need no elaboration, but the manner in which they changecolours would put even a chameleon to shame. Thursday saw Bengal CM BuddhadebBhattacharjee host a delegation of American capitalists (members of the US-IndiaBusiness Council), sharing tea and pastries with them and inviting them to setup base in Bengal. The US business delegation termed Bhattacharjee as Bengal's"most effective salesman" (wonder what Marx would have to say abouthis follower trying to 'sell' a state to capitalists, those class enemies) andsaid he should fly down to Washington to make his sales pitch there. And, horrorof horrors, Bhattacharjee has not only accepted the invitation, but is mostlikely to meet an acolyte of that war-mongering, imperialist George W. Bush—CondolezzaRice. Wouldn't it be fantastic if Bush drops in at the meeting, promises (Bhattacharjee)to put in a word to his friends in Halliburton and other US MNCs, and theninvites Bhattacharjee over to dinner at the White House? Imagine the two Bs(Bush and Bhattacharjee) addressing a joint press conference on the lawns of theWhite House on how Texas and Bengal have such a lot in common, and howcapitalists and communists are but 'natural allies'. That, quite succinctly,would mark the turnaround of Bengal's present-day rulers.