Inside Parliament · Views From the Front Row by O'Brien, Derek -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Table of Contents Introduction PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

Six Lessons I’ve Learnt as an MP A Student in the University That Is Parliament Bullying the Houses, Mocking Parliament The Autonomy of the Rajya Sabha My Ten for P20 When Mayawati Asked Me to Show Her the Video Canteen, Cricket, Celebrities and More Of Central Hall and Breast-pocket Photos Football Jersey No. 110 for Arun Jaitley, Please

THE STATE OF THE NATION

Meat and Hot Potatoes What Rohith Vemula’s Friends Told Me The Left’s Sheer Desperation Is Ugly Misreading Kashmir When a Soldier Took His Life When Digital India = Divisive India Nirbhaya Fund Remains Unspent. Happy Women’s Day Bengal Will Never Be Divided Rumour Spreading Society (RSS) and BJP Playing with Fire The Mother India Story Continued

SAYING IT LIKE IT IS

Beyond Religion: The Beef Ban Calcutta’s Self-appointed Experts Sit in Lutyens’ Delhi What If It Had Been My Daughter? Why I Cannot Discuss the CPI(M) Calmly Whom to Follow on Twitter: My Top Eleven Why Bengal Will Choose Mamata Again The Proof of Success Is in Performance, not Privilege The Centre Doesn’t Know the Meaning of the F-Word Surviving TV Channels That Are Government Mouthpieces Delhi’s So-Called National Media and Its Irrelevant Obsessions Post-truth and Cabinet Ministers

THE ECONOMICS OF IT

Demonetization: Financial Emergency, Economic Genocide What Modi’s Speeches Won’t Tell You—I What Modi’s Speeches Won’t Tell You—II The 1 February Budget: Setting a Dangerous Precedent When Manmohan Singh Spoke Far from a Good and Simple Tax

THE GREATER COMMON GOOD

Progressive Legislation Vs Draconian Laws Eyes on the Ball, Not on the Umpire New Beginnings for Cooch Behar A True Leader Forgets No One Ten Tips for Mumbai, with Love from Calcutta Dear Rail Mantri, Pause on Bullet Trains to See This The Language We Use For the Sake of the Girl Child: Modi Vs Mamata The BJP Is Beatable in 2019 Growing Strong Together

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