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Hindu Minority in Bangladesh a i Kindling of an Insurrection Hindu Minority in Bangladesh a iii Kindling of an Insurrection Notes from Junglemahals CHANDAN SINHA LONDON NEW YORK NEW DELHI iv Kindling of an Insurrection First published 2013 in India by Routledge 912 Tolstoy House, 15–17 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110 001 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2013 Chandan Sinha Paperback edition published 2015 Typeset by Star Compugraphics Private Limited 5, CSC, Near City Apartments Vasundhara Enclave Delhi 110 096 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-138-84744-6 But play no tricks upon thy soul, O man; Let fact be fact, and life the thing it can. ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH (Dipsychus, 1850) Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. ANDRÉ GIDE (Le traite du Narcisse, 1891) You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. ATTRIBUTED TO LEON TROTSKY (Quoted in Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars, 2006) To The people of Junglemahals for their infinite fortitude and resilience & B.N. Yugandhar for his infectious, undying enthusiasm for public service Contents a List of Plates xv List of Abbreviations xvii Glossary xxi Acknowledgements xxvii Prologue xxix Introduction 1 PART I: CHARTING PERILOUS SEAS The First Weeks 15 1. Where Extremes Meet 19 Binpur-II, 10 March 2004 General Elections 2004 24 2. In Pursuit of Kendu patta 28 Gopiballavpur-I, 3 April 2004 3. Public Meeting in Bansberh: Small Expectations 33 Binpur-I, 14 April 2004 4. Amlasole 38 Binpur-II, 10 June 2004 5. Hungry in an Ashram 44 Nayagram, 30 June 2004 6. Nuts and Bolts 50 Visit to Binpur-II, 29 July 2004
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