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The War that we fight everday

Things although look very smooth and gaga yet they are not so easy during normal days. Dear God, I was so caught up with daily activities and kitchen works that I couldn't find time to go through the newspaper properly. Mostly I read the front page flier headline and checked the news as quickly as possible. I have been following news but there was no time to go deep into the reports. Each and every news look so important yet my eyes were so tired that they couldn't read the small fonts. The news on attacks and counter attacks by Russia with drones and tankers came late night. All these happened after India and Russia bonded during a Summit and Me President promised to help us Indians. This scenario reminds me of my childhood days when photos and stories of Russia were in news then. President Vladimir Putin reminds me of President Gorbachev and our international relations were much better then despite all the Cold War and other political and economic affairs.

SIR: lady officer commits suicide

The SIR or Special Intensive Revision has begun this year with a view to check any kind of fraud or deceit in voter list. Enumeration Forms were distributed at doorsteps with special instructions to visit the SIR kiosk or office. It started this November and will continue till December 4. Initially the issue with reference to the elections in neighbouring Bihar to ensure free and fair elections across length and breadth of Bihar. Next we heard the same being applied in our state too. Initially there were confusion about 2002 voter list, some found their names while others didn't.  Now, all these are procedures that need to be followed. But suddenly the death of Rinku Tarafdar changed the whole scenario. Lady officers who are BLOs (Block Level Officer) were under pressure. The task was tough and Rinku Tarafdar's confession proved the case. Fifty four year old Rinku Tarafdar committed suicide when she failed to meet deadline in Special Intensive Revision of electoral roles in Wes...