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Kolkata book fair fair deal?

Kolkata book fair  fair deal? One last time, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya promised last year. How can such a noble event be denied its "traditional' home? Next year, we'll have an alternative venue ready. The Indian Army, custodian of the maidan, reluctantly agreed and hundreds and thousands of feet trampled the maidan's already balding green, kicking up clouds of dust.

The rise in respirable particulate