Nothing not even Mamata rises above a monument and a rallying force in Nandigram

May 09, 2014 12:29

A knot of boys in their teens is forcing vehicles plying along the pucca road from Sonachura to Bhangabera to stop and pay up for Manasha puja, a few hundred meters from a 130-ft tall martyrs' tower near Tekhali Bridge, a silent witness to a battle that took place seven years ago between men in uniform and villagers in Nandigram.

The Shahid Smriti Stambha was a dream project of Subhendu Adhikari, the sitting MP from Tamluk who threw his weight behind the villagers during their struggle to protect their land, in the memory of 14 people who died when police opened fire on protesters on March 14, 2007. Read

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