Down Memory Lane-Hunger Strike
It all happened during summer of 1967. It is more than four decades now and I do not remember the exact date and month . To attend some occasion at home I extended my weekend and remained away from my Hostel.Yes. I am talking about our days at BE College. I was then a student of second year class and staying in hostel number 10.In the evening, while I was all set to start for hostel, my father summoned me.All India Radio just announced that a student agitation in BE College against police atrocities had started right then. He promptly rang up and talked to the Proctor,Shri.SK Chakravorty at length.The Proctor advised my father to keep me confined at home till the situation was controlled by the authorities.My father summarily instructed me to stay back and not to start for hostel. It never was a custom in my family to ask father much about his decisions.He,too,being a busy doctor,never found much time for explanation .In effect, I swallowed his words but just could not digest. From th