Call Them Calcuttales

Frustrated by the low voter turnout in Uttar Kolkata Lok Sabha constituency, the Election Commission has decided to prod the Bengalis with, well, something quintessentially Bengali: the iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray. The EC will shoot a dozen short documentaries about the neighbourhoods where the modern metropolis originated and call them 'Ek Dojon Goppo'바카라�after Ray바카라�s celebrated collection of a dozen short stories바카라�and show them around the streets of North Calcutta, hoping that will buoy enlightened voters into bettering the 66 per cent voter turnout they totted up in the 2014 general poll. While that sounds almost healthy바카라�and is indeed on par with the national average바카라�it was very sluggish compared to West Bengal바카라�s average voter turnout of 82 per cent. 바카라�Yes, our idea was inspired by Ray바카라�people in Bengal love stories and story-telling,바카라� North Calcutta district electoral ­officer Dibyendu Sarkar was reported as saying. Ray, the man behind masterpieces like Pather Panchali and Goopy Gyne Bagha Bayne, spent his life in both north and south Calcutta.