A State Gasping For Breath

A State Gasping for Breath

This Sunday afternoon as I read the newspaper I got totally frustrated, every single page was a space dedicated to the hopelessness and the helplessness of the situation in my state, West Bengal , the national issues too, were not any better. The frustration was not at the problems they presented but at the complete helplessness of the common man to do anything. (more…)

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