Tragic Bengali Love Story

A candlelight vigil for Rizwanur Rahman

Naturally a story on India featured in the New York Times has to include a major element of tragedy, and a seemingly archaic display of social conservatism.

Still, it's a sad story nonetheless. As the native-exoticizer Somini Sengupta (how do you say "Aunty Tom" in Bengali?) herself puts it:

A HINDU-MUSLIM love affair. A rich, well-connected patriarch. A high-handed police inquiry. And finally, a dead man on the railroad tracks.

Links:

NYT Story
Somini Sengupta Audio Clip