That is the very reason all the student protestors, union marchers begin their processions from here. I have heard about the alternatives to the bridge for years but no progress is in sight. I have since stopped complaining about western journalist's passion for portraying poor and destitute India. To deny Calcutta's poverty and filth would be a great betrayal to the great city. The book gives a graphic encounter of life in West Bengal in late 1960s.
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