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Troy Davis: An Execution in America

By Partha Banerjee • Sep 22nd, 2011 • Category: The Buzz

“I was feeling very tired just by imagining what Troy was going through at that time. I was internalizing the feeling of sadness, hopelessness, frustration about the mighty, glorified U.S. justice system, and a bone-chilling feeling of death — as if Lord Yama, the God of Death was knocking at his doorstep, to fetch him. I could not take it anymore. I went to sleep.”
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Bhopal Verdict

By Partha Banerjee • Jun 9th, 2010 • Category: The Buzz

“Ten, fifteen, twenty thousand killed, blinded and maimed and their distraught families keep screaming – in person or in spirit – on Bhopal and New Delhi streets. We’ll compensate them with some small money and then turn the page on the history book and move forward; better yet, erase that history from newly published text books. Happily, in today’s Jai Ho Incredible India, nobody gives a hoot about history. So, no bother.” – Partha Banerjee, social activist.