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Nandigram burns again. And this time around, it is even severe. The news says that policeman had to "resort" to firing at protesting farmers. Well, even if they had to "resort" to firing, did they really have no other option??? I am not getting into the controversy that surrounds Nandigram. The land issue, the selling of poor farmers' land at impossibly low rates to big corporate houses for their new whims and fancies (you may call it new entrepreneurial ventures..but do they really need to get into it? And no..I am not discussing that...) But I am sure going to ask why the police had to "resort" to firing. Nandigram, West Bengal. A state, where the words "revolution" and "protests" hold an entirely different meaning from the way rest of us perceive it. A state, which proudly colors itself in "red". And you curb that spirit of revolution, which has been as red as blood, by making your police fire at your own people. Is it ...