Kolkata, Jan 18 - Noted Bengali writer
Nabanita Dev Sen was for long Basu's neighbour when the former West Bengal chief minister -- who
died Sunday -- lived at Hindustan Park
Recalling Basu's simple lifestyle, Sen said
despite being the chief minister he never had an inverter even during the years
when loadshedding was rampant in the state.
Sen remembered seeing Basu sitting in his
balcony often in the summer months alongside his wife and using a hand fan
during power-cuts.
"Always a principled person, he would not
get an inverter when we all had," she told IANS.
Sen said she had known Basu as a neighbour
since her birth. "My parents held my marriage ceremony in his
backyard."
"In spite of his very busy schedule, he
was a warm and affectionate neighbour who would participate in our family
celebrations and would even hold back his convoy to allow me to drop my
daughter to her exam when we were late." (IANS)
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