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World Service,08 Mar 2011,18 mins

Calcutta's strike culture

Business Daily

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Are strikes and political instability in Calcutta ruining the city's economic prospects? The ѿý's Rahul Tandon talks to business people, academics and students in Calcutta about its future. Plus, Lesley Curwen talks to American author Eduardo Porter about the price of a human life, and US business consultant Steve Fritzinger wonders whether GDP figures alone reveal the truth about an economy.

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