Calcutta Diary A M DOES not all this seem allegorical, the goings-on in that supposedly maximum security prison on the outskirts of the nation's capital? It is open city for killers, smugglers, crooks, hasish-runners; they rule the roast; they bribe their way in, they bribe their way out; thay have proved the point, everybody and everything has a price, and everybody and everything is purchasable, no man or institution remains beyond the pale; let your logo mock at you, truth shall prevail, of course, it shall; truth, which is a compendium of facts, truth,which transcends facts, truth that this is a nation of crooks and sneaks, not excluding chief ministers, not excluding university chancellors and vice- chancellors, not excluding the officer who presides over your neighbourhood police station or marriage registration bureau.
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