Mamata Banerjee, Queen of 'Democrazy'

"I didn't realize that I was committing some kind of crime," said Mahapatra to Reuters. "There is a sense of fear in my mind, especially because the government seems so unapologetic."

Banerjee who was herself once hospitalized after Communist goons beat her up, defeated the left partly by taking a stand against political violence in West Bengal. Her treatment of Trivedi has made people wonder if ‘’life is any different.’’

"White and blue for the bridges, black and blue for the protesters," said Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. Bhattacharyya added "That appears to be her policy at this moment ... She doesn't have any tolerance for even an iota of dissent," as reported by TOI. Banerjee, on being charged as autocratic, said the campaign against her was a conspiracy by the communists and that violence has in fact dropped sharply since she assumed power.

Faced with India's highest state debt of nearly $40 billion - mostly inherited from her communist predecessors combined with a raising discontent among the people, Banerjee’s woes only just seem to be growing.

It’s not like she isn’t doing anything. Banerjee has promised to restore the ‘past glory’ of the state. New flyovers to ease the streets of heavy traffic, an airport terminal and the growing middle-class apartments and office buildings are indications of change being on its way.