Kolkata decides today: Change or status quo

Wed, 27 April 2011

10:50

Moving on from Puttaparthi, in Bengal, the crucial third phase of polling began at 7 am. Kolkata decides today whether it wants poriborton (change) or protyaborton (return of the old seat of power) -- as the city goes to polls today.

Rediff.com's Indrani Roy Mitra tries to gauge the political temperatures as she strolls through the by-lanes of poll-bound Kolkata.

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