MY DATE WITH HISTORY : Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. : 9788129150462 : 20 Dec 2017 : "It was a grisly sight. The zeal and fervour with which the karsevaks were taking part in the demolition job sent a chill down our spines. Those who had no tools to use were scratching awayike madmen with their fingernails on the domes. A few young men tied a noose around the domes and were trying to pull them down.'When the CPI(M)-ledeft Front was swept to power in 1977, Suman was twenty years old. His upbringing in an educated middle-class family, his brief brush with politics during his student days at the Presidency College and his friendship with people, many of whom wouldater play important roles in politics, enabled Suman to critically watch the world around him change irrevocably. By the time theeft Front firmly dug its political heels in Bengal through its second thumping victory in the 1983 Assembly polls, Suman had taken his first step into journalism.As a journalist, Suman's USP has alwa