bengal
Jul 8 2009, Shiv

Cholche cholbe are the magic words one hears as soon one enters Bengal. The proposal to set up a campus of Amu in Murshidabad is another instance of religious politicking in the name of secularism. I wonder why as Aligarh is not in Pakistan or across...

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