Of course it had to be jhalmuri. Which other snack could so perfectly echo the heat and pungency, the high decibel levels and hurly-burly on the West Bengal campaign trail? The culinary symbol of the hotly contested state assembly polls may still be the Bengalis’ beloved maachh-bhaat — it is now, more than ever before, a symbol of fierce cultural identity, sought to be claimed by more than one side. Yet the........

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