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Nappy Change by Subimal Misra

[Yes, for Tapasi Mallick, institutionally murdered at the behest of debased power mired in political absolutism, power junkies, their geriatric bones creak yet they carry on like dogs in heat â€Ļ] She was a young girl, just eighteen or nineteen years old, it was dawn, and while it was still dark – perhaps it was this moment that was referred to as brahmamuhurta in the Upanishads – she had gone to the fields just like she did everyday, before the civilized world woke up.

[Yes, for Tapasi Mallick, institutionally murdered at the behest of debased power mired in political absolutism, power junkies, their geriatric bones creak yet they carry on like dogs in heat &hellip;]<br /> <br /> She was a young girl, just eighteen or nineteen years old, it was dawn, and while it was still dark &ndash; perhaps it was this moment that was referred to as brahmamuhurta in the Upanishads &ndash; she had gone to the fields just like she did everyday, before the civilized world woke up. She came here everyday at exactly this time, to defecate, before any light had emerged, she c...

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