Underbelly Exposed
Wednesday's violence in large parts of central and east Kolkata has laid bare the city's ugly underbelly. That a large section of the inhabitants of what many like to call the 'city of joy' are so unhappy, deprived and frustrated shows that, contrary to what many Kolkatans proudly proclaim, this is not a city that cares. Had that been the case, lakhs of people would not have been living in such dismal conditions without life's basic necessities, without education, means of livelihood and without any hope for the future. An overwhelming majority of these people are, unfortunately, Muslims. And more sadly, Kolkata has no concern for them.