How Mamata Banerjee turned into Attila the Hen
April 16, 2012  11:06

Before we go back to the CMs meet, read Vir Sanghvi's blog on the Mamata Banerjee cartoon fiasco.

 

Shortly after I moved to Calcutta in the 1980s, a very senior person at the newspaper organisation where I worked told me a few things about Bengalis. "You are from Bombay,' he said. "You have never worked in Calcutta before so you will not know what we Bengalis are like. The bad thing about us is that we are all conspirators. But the good thing, at least from your point of view, is that Bengalis are inept conspirators. So, you have nothing to worry about in the long run.'

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