Demagogy, Opportunism, Histrionics, and Helplessness: A New Landscape
摘要
In 2019, while waiting for the renowned 138-year-old Diamond Library to open its shutter, I was taking a stroll around the northern fringes of Kolkata in the Chitpur area, which houses several jatra production companies. The Diamond Library, located in a narrow lane in this neighborhood, is actually a bookstore that is known to be the primary repository of old and new jatra scripts, and is fittingly surrounded by several booking offices for jatra production.