I have grown up hearing that food, shelter and clothes are the basics that a man needs to survive. And all of these need money. And making money needs opportunity to make money. And that opportunity comes with jobs. In short, employment is empowerment.
No matter how spiritual we get and how indifferent we are to the concept, money is the nucleus of the human civilization.
West Bengal has been through some tough times post independence. It went through a phase where industries moved out of the state leaving the state helpless. The residents had to move out in search of employment and livelihood.
Tata was to change that. With the Nano project, he was trying to revive the state to its earlier glory. The Nano is actually a macro step for Calcutta to show the world that they are good enough as anyone else. And why not? they have skilled people, they have the infrastructure and the only thing missing was the political will that the current chief minister was willing to garner.
But alas! sometimes your best isn't good enough. The efforts made by the state for Nano bummeranged leaving it back to the days of darkness and despair.
Still there is time....
for the state to get tough and hold on to the project or the end of Nano could mean the beginning of a long dark spell for industries in Bengal and for the culturally inclined Bengalis.
Lets hope they are able to avert the tragedy...