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Dispatches from Kolkata
Tight pants thwart police, fashion at 11!
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Sandip Roy
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Kolkata police in pants that are too tight?
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Looking good does not come easy. We all know it requires sacrifice. You have to say no to something or the other – chocolate chip cookies, that second beer, chicken butter masala. The police in Kolkata also have their fashion cross to bear.
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