Police use 'mild force' against BPSC aspirants on stir in Patna

Police on Sunday used water cannons and mild force to disperse protesters demanding the cancellation of the 70th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) preliminary exams at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, officers said.

- Bharati Chaturvedi

NEW DELHI: Pink lilies bobbed around me, claiming the waters as their own. The patches of water left out by their fan-like rounded leaves reflected the blue-pink afternoon sky – as if a thousand sapphires were cast in gold and suspended above us. Birds flew over us, and some swam nearby. You might call these days near Assam's swampy Dibru Saikhowa sheer paradise. Except, if you were there, you'd be upset as the smell of burning leaves and plastic wafted towards you.