‘AGNIKANYA’ : NIGHT BEFORE IMMERSION
‘AGNIKANYA’ : NIGHT BEFORE IMMERSION SARASIJ MAJUMDER The last night vigil will end on 4 th morning! The fear of defeat was starkly visible on her face. Her body had slumped. Black patches encircled the socketed eyes. The look is forlorn! The journey that started at Lalgarh, and followed by a mock ‘HUNGER STRIKE’ at SINGOOR, more than 15 years ago, eating Chocolates, Chicken Sandwiches secretly and finally betraying Chatradhar Mahato—will end this night. The farewell bell has tolled on 29 th April at dusk from Bhowanipur. She could not articulate any concrete complaints; merely mumbled a few vague apprehensions. Supreme Court has dismissed her PLEA on Sunday. Her staunch party supporters, also some Secularists, CPI(M), and ‘LE-LI-BERALS’ had expected that, perhaps on the last night, she would pull off some "out-of-the-box" maneuver—a ‘VOODOO’ aka P.C.Sirkar. But nothing of the sort occurred. The reason? No new script came to that evil mind. The ‘Magic Wand’ lo...