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THE PACIFIST

FOR THE WORKERS, BY THE WORKERS!

28th of October, 2098

MICRO HEADLINES

• Pneumonia cases skyrocket, 40 dead, 758 critically ill;
• Gang-violence sees a rise inside bunkers;
• Ratree gains bipartisan support for her work during the fallout;
• Snow expected to dilute off nuclear deposits as a result of south-west monsoon winds;
• Telegraph machines see a return;
• Trade deal signed between Niigata and East India, East India to supply food.

IT SNOWED.

It snowed in Chittagong, Dhaka and Rangoon. Not only in these cities, but also in most of the coasts of East India. Considering what the climatic conditions of the region is, this is straight from the horror movie instead of appearing beautiful. 

Dhaka.

Chittagong.

Yangon (Rangoon).

Many, after staying in the bunkers finally decided to come out, mainly due to frustration. Children are cheerful and optimistic, the youth and the middle-aged are confused yet keeping a smile, while the old, the intellectual, the nerd and the government is horrified.

Snow has never occured in the Indian subcontinent, but after the fallout incident, as the temperatures cool down, snowfall came as a result. Changing wind-patterns as a result of the sudden cooldown brought cold-winds through all of Indian subcontinent.

For many, the snow looks beautiful and a once-in-a-lifetime event, but for the rest, it is a grim reality that reflects the apathy of the people who use nuclear weapons. The snow has ki**ed many, mainly those without an access to proper heating equipment, while many are now suffering from pneumonia.

May Shwe, Ram Bihari Mukherjee, Prof. Arun Das, Prof. Tetsuya Yohama,
Zhou Chen Majumdar.
Written in collaboration with 'The Herald', seems like the professors and
the nerds are likable people after all lol.

THE LAND TRANSFER AGREEMENT OF 2098

After Discussions between the regions of Bangladesh, East India and Winners, East India regained some places, particularly those which had been protesting against the transfer agreements of 2087, when Bangladesh gained independence, transfer agreement of 2089, when Winners gained Maharashtra and 2092, when large parts of land were handed over by East India.

The main impacts were observed in the cities of Mumbai, Kolkata and Varanasi.

In Mumbai, seven enclaves were awarded to East India, which include:

1. Southern New Mumbai territories;
2. Belapur fort territories;
3. Kalundre River territories;
4. North-eastern Kalundre River territories;
5. Kirki river territory;
6. Uran territories; 
7. Dockyard-Road Territories.

In Calcutta, three enclaves were awarded to East India, which include:

1. East Kolkata Enclave;
2. West Kolkata Enclave;
3. Central Kolkata Enclave.

In Varanasi, the city was made into a union territory which would be shared by all members of UoI.

All these territories had seen some form of disagreements under the new administration, although there was no discrimination against them. As a result, these territories had been awarded back to East India, as a result of East India request. East India needed these lands as a way to show its people that the government cares about its residents, and also partly because Kazeya had a major role in these decisions, so as to signal a political messaging to the INC by Ratree.

In Calcutta however, the areas were particularly mixed between pro-East and pro-Bengal supporters which resulted in an agreement, which resulted in Bengal getting a reservation in 1/3rd of all seats in West Kolkata Enclave's municipal corporation, while East India gets a reservation of 1/3rd seats in Madhyamgram Municipality. Additionally, a student of Bengal will not have to register as a student from a different state to apply for positions in the enclave's educational institutions.

This is the current map:

Mumbai

Kolkata

Varanasi

This land agreement was agreed to before the fallout, however was delayed for release to the public after the nuclear incident happened.

Amal Das.

LITERATURE BECOMES A NATIONAL PASTIME

As the nuclear isolation continues to bore people, and keeps the internet down, East Indians adopt reading books as a way to have fun. Bengali literature, which is already popular enough among readers has reached new highs, while Burmese literature, which had fairly little activity in itself is now growing, particularly due to new readers. 

Bookshelf of an underground library dedicated to Bengali books, Mawlamyine.

Books on topics like Non-fiction, romance, family drama, coding, even political literature become the national pastime for many in East India, while taboo topics like horror, erotica and other scandalous literature see a jump, despite government crackdown on erotic literature.

Bookshelf of a small library dedicated to Burmese books, Aizawl.

One woman from Pathein, when asked about her experiences with books during fallout responded: "For me, books are a way to know the world from closed doors. For my children, books serve a way to learn and to prepare for a normal future, and books serve a way for me to enjoy, instead of living in this depressing reality of bunkers and sounds of telegraph."

Another man from Dhaka responded: "As many said, books are a gift of god to mankind. Reading literature just makes me happy and optimistic, while my daughter feels a companion when she reads books."

Various authors, like Sumitra Xuan, Hamen Sengupta, Than Khyi, Ray Angami and John Goswami gain popularity as new-age authors, while a revived interest has been seen in the literature of George Orwell, Shirshendu Mukherjee, Satyajit Ray, Thant Myint-U, Nu Nu Yi and Aung San Suu Kyi's works. It will be interested to look what impact this reading mania has on the people of East India.

Shehzad Jahan.

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