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When celebrated Indian author Bhabani Bhattacharya wrote his book, 'So Many Hungers!' in 1947, he had no inkling that the Great Famine of Bengal would be a figurative mirror of so many hungers in a political outfit in Kenya some 78 years later.
The style, delivery and lessons in this book are profound. Every Kenyan with a sense of patriotism should see the parallels between the India of 78 years ago and Kenya today.
So Many Hungers! is written against the background of the 1942-1943 man-made famine in Bengal, India, when a few greedy people started hoarding rice. The result was the death of more than 2 million people.
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