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Growing up in the East of India, the first prejudice that I encountered was a derogatory reference to Communists. Children in the neighbourhood would point to a house behind ours and say, “A Communist lives in that house.” I had no idea what that meant, but when passing, I did happen to see the person, and except for a slightly untended beard, he looked perfectly innocuous, as did his family members. Later, when the Communist Party was ruling in West Bengal, they came to the gate of our house and shook it, saying, “We have come asking for votes.” My...
