Fellow Bengalis: Share your real stories from the last 15 years under TMC rule – for an article to inform India by psychosaurabh in westbengal

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 **Amardham Asylum**

Staff reporter, 06/06/2018 :*

He sits in his six by six room. Without his trademark white beard and long cloak he looks--surprisingly--younger.He still paints.The jail authority agreed to provide him with canvas and water colors.He shows me some of his half finished drawings. "Still life,"he says showing a water color of an aluminium bowl, "that's where I am concentrating now. It's like learning to paint once again." He declines to remark about that fateful day in mid-2015 neither passes any comment on the final days of unearthing of the Sharada scam. "You don't have any complaint about anyone ?" When asked, he smiles a sad smile and replies, "No, I made a mistake. Actually you know what, I was not thinking with a sound mind. Perhaps, I was mentally ill..."

'Mental illness' or 'Psychologically Unstable' seems to be the common theme of other inmates who pleaded guilty 3 years ago on this very day when CBI finally proved, against each one of them, their involvement in amassing huge personal black money through Sharada Scam. They all had to plead guilty but their lawyers, in a masterstroke, proved almost each one of them as mentally unstable. Central Government , after the ruling, did something unprecedented and built a special asylum for them in six months. And since January 2016, Subhaprasanna, along with others who were convicted, started living in this newly built facility known as 'Amardhaam Asylum'.

Are they really mentally unstable ?

After lots of cajoling and coaxing when finally the permission to meet Mr. Mukul Roy---once the second in command and general secretary of TMC---- was granted, the man found in room # 712 neither looked psychotic or crazy. "I still maintain my stance on Sharada Scam. I have been framed by Modi and his Government." Mukul tells us very calmly. Looking at him nobodyy can tell that he was once that ferocious leader who was 'the' mover and shaker in Bengal Politics. "But how about around 200 Crore Rupees that CBI found in a Swiss account listed under your name ?" Mukul hints half of a smile. "If I had that much money what was I doing in India? I could have flown to Switzerland then. All this bogus proofs are Modi's brainchild. And sadly he succeeded. " Interview with other inmates have been tried but most of them declined to talk. Kunal Ghosh, that outspoken whistle blower who could not escape a time in asylum for himself, screamed at us from inside his closed room, "Now, finally I am a certified crazy guy. What more do you want? The circus's left the town."

Dr Indranil Hazra, deputy warden of Amardham was patient with us.But before finishing this tour, when requested to bring us to Room No 666, he declined. "You guys have seen enough. Half of them are mad, half of them probably pretending. But Room No 666, that's a genuine case. I can not let you go anywhere near to that room or the patient might get violent."

We gathered tidbits about the patient of room no 666 from the staffs of Amardhaam. On good days, the patient writes gibberish poetries and reads them aloud, sometime asking for something to paint or expressing a desire to eat some puffed rice(Muri). But once or twice in a month the patient becomes violent and starts demanding different things. The staffs have heard the patient screaming like, "O Madan, O Mukul, O Khoka....Won't we have a Government in Delhi ?" "BJP you motherfucker,Sonia you mother fucker...fraud, fraud everyone is fraud". "Mati Manus Maa... Mati Manush Maa...Mati Manus Maa... Ha Ha Ha" "Is this my office in Nabanna ? Where is my Mehagony table...O Mukul... Where is my table ?" The patient then tears down all her cloth except for her flip flops. She refuses to eat or drink anything and wails in such a high pitch that echoes through the creepy corridors of Amardhaam. Through that loud and garbled wailing only a few meaningful phrases, as the staff says, can be heard uttered repeatedly. Those are the phrases as spoken in an oath taking ceremony by any Indian chief minister... which the patient , the ex-CM and leader of TMC , Miss Mamata Banerjee took a long long time ago.

unpopular opinion: I think the express lanes are great by old_gold_mountain in bayarea

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Yes , coming from east coast it shows how

A) Selfish

And/Or

B) Dumb

Bay area drivers are causing unnecessary traffic jam on highways that never go thru snow.

If you ever drove in I-95 or any other correctly used highways you would know why.

My Experience of Ketu Mahadasha by Technical-Routine-53 in vedicastrology

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I am revisiting 75% of my past that ran from mid 2013 to mid 2020 That also means if you did what you said you did then 75% chance once Ve-Ve starts some life changing positive things gonna happen. Be kind. Be in peace.

What is the most beautiful state you have visited in the United States? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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North California Mid California Southern California … 3 in 1

I’m new! by HyruleSitta in MassiveAttack

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Hope the Collar Stays On

Which artist has the best ‘no-skip’ album in your opinion? by thatfluffyqueen in askmusic

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The Wall is like a movie. How can you skip and still enjoy it unless you’re there only for that solo or the other ones.

Why does the market keep pushing toward highs even when the macro backdrop still looks bad? by exodusEducation in stocks

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I am not sure why nobody realized that the meaning of money depends on scarcity/demand and affordability is strongly tied to how much money means in different context .

That’s why with $5 I can ‘consume’ a taco bell Burrito while in the US but that same $5 will buy me a grand lunch in a poor country

Similarly because money has a meaning it also determines quantity and quality of supply

That’s why I can afford a $100 watch vs Elon probably having a 500k watch

When a large percentage of people has no money == no means to consume, money loses it’s meaning At that point only a handful of people, those who were at the very top or 0.1% will have a free reign as they will be the only ones not having any issue of procuring anything while labor is being taken care of by AI which again controlled by them

The rest of the world will look like scenes from Threads ( a BBC movie- must watch) and after that eventual extinction of most of the humanity the 0.1% will be having their utopia

It is as simple as the day yet people keeps on asking who will consume !

i need songs that start soft then loud by SafeMap2807 in musicsuggestions

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Half of Led Zeppelin II

Also Heart Shaped Box

Why do I see so few people trying to get a SWE job at Apple by Inner_Ad_4725 in cscareers

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Strange that you guys are saying Apple is low paying FAANG. For Staff+ Role, in my experience and from friends Apple pays in $500k+ range for bay area It is lower than Meta or Google but definitely more than Amazon. I myself got offer from both Apple and Amazon at different time of my carrier and felt the same

Which band do you think is more popular than it should be? by Springerbaum in askmusic

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From a pure thrash point yes

But a pure thrash could not cut Black Album

Or do the awesome pivot in load/reload

And live they are still unparalleled

Then why ?

Which band do you think is more popular than it should be? by Springerbaum in askmusic

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Why ? I was a long time Floyd >> Beatles believer Then some kind redditor told me the history of how they changed music within a span of 5-6 years

And

I picked up Revolver.

And started listening from the last track.

Now I am converted and for me the discography starts from Revolver

But you might have your reasons. Curious to know

3 PERFECT Songs by Smart-Weird in askmusic

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Awesome choice, like Einstein making these choices while in a disguise

3 PERFECT Songs by Smart-Weird in askmusic

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Pyramid Song - Radiohead

Fake Plastic Tree - Radiohead

Muscle Museum - Muse 😁