[Reader-list] My Name is 'RED'

[Pawan Durani]

>From my favourite Blogger - Great Bong

...................In order to understand why the violence has been so
sustained and brutal in Lalgarh, one has to look at the historical
traditions of the district of Medinipur (now divided into two) of
which Lalgarh is a part. From the times of Aurangzeb when the village
of Tilkuti in Medinipur invited the Emperor’s wrath for constructing a
Hindu temple in direct contravention to his decree through to the
Chuar tribal revolt in the nineteenth century and the independent
Tamluk government which effectively set up a parallel administration
(the rebellion being voluntarily ended on Gandhi’s request) in parts
of Medinipur in 1942 to Nandigram in 2007, Medinipurians have been
known for their strong streak of independence and a healthy mistrust
for centralized authority....................

read the complete article at following link

http://greatbong.net/2009/06/22/my-name-is-red/#more-708