Heroes and A Tale of Migration- Part 2
Written by : Jayanta Chakrabarty Illustration- Arghya Manna On 17th December 2010, at 11:30 am, Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26 years old street vendor, set himself on fire in front of the governor’s office in Sidi Bouzid, a small town in Tunisia, to protest against the confiscation of his cart and the harassment and humiliation inflicted on him by a corrupt municipal officer and her aides. Outraged by the events that led to Bouazizi’s self-immolation, protests began in SidiBouzid within hours. The protest gained momentum in next two weeks, spreading all over the country with the slogan “Work, bread and national…
