Rudyard Kipling called Kolkata the city of dreadful night and given the many dharnas, rasta rokos, bandhs, strikes and protests Kolkata has endured, it does seem as if it is indeed a city of dreadful knights. But when her particular knight is attacked, the queen always rushes to the rescue, just as Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee stormed in to protest when CBI officials arrived at the doorstep of the Bengal police commissioner.
How dare imperious Delhi threaten proud Bengal’s top cop, which as speakers of Bonglish know, must be pronounced ‘tough cough’? In poll season this attack on Bengal is certainly not a matter for polite coughing nor even for laughing. It’s politics, stupid! When votes are at stake, dharna Read More
