Crazy Kolkata

So I went to Kolkata and Kolkata went crazy. In two weeks:

• There were two violent protests over a land dispute and a controversial author


• The land being disputed was taken by armed men and retaken by another group of armed men using hostages as a human shield


• Armed men loyal to the government shot a dozen protesters dead


• There were two non-violent protests over the land dispute and the torture and murder of Muslim boy


• There was a protest by the ruling party in response to a judicial ruling which was critical of their actions in response to the land dispute


• There were two strikes


• The army were deployed onto the streets for three days


• There was a curfew for one night


• There was a panic because the weathermen forecast that a cyclone was about to hit (it veered off though and hit Bangladesh instead)