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The silent siren of Samastipur
[ad_1] It is evening in Bhagirathpur village, of Bihar’s Samastipur district. Naushad Alam, 53, a leader of the Rameshwar Jute Mill Mazdoor Union, sits erect on a worn-down brown plastic chair on his veranda. The birds chirp in a chorus, but his gravelly voice carries over the chirping: “About 15 to 20 years ago, around…