- Maya Gupta: You aren't a religious man. That used to bother me. I can't lie to you. But now I understand that a man can still be honest without believing in religion.
- Indrani Gupta: I read it last night. It's a terrible story. It's not keeping with your paper's values.
- Haridas Bagchi: Why? What's it about?
- Indrani Gupta: A bunch of foolishness that I don't believe in at all. It claims there's a supernatural force on earth which protects the good and punishes the wrongdoers. Can you imagine anything more ridiculous?
- Dr. Ashok Gupta: Is this a meeting or is this a farce? I called the meeting. It was my posters which brought people here to listen to me speak. Let me speak first and then decide if I'm right or wrong.
- Dr. Ashok Gupta: I didn't know Haridas at all. He pretends he's a progressive, but he has no courage. No backbone.
- Haridas Bagchi: I'm the editor of this paper. I'll decide what gets published and what doesn't.
- Biresh Guha: By publishing this article, I think you've given Janavarta's reputation a big boost and also supported a righteous man. How can you deny this crisis? The epidemic is real! It's a fact!
- Ranen Haldar: I should have known they wouldn't publish your article. No Hindu would accept that holy water can make you ill.
- Dr. Ashok Gupta: But the fact is - if we delay informing the people much longer, one thing will most certainly occur: an epidemic.
- Mr. Bhargav: I brought a statement from the municipality. I'll read it to you. "On behalf of the Chandipur Municipality, we hereby inform you that, with regard to the water in a certain area of this town, someone has been conducting a campaign of misinformation. We ask the public not to be alarmed by these malignant rumors. We hired a specialist to test the water in different parts of town, and we understand that this water is completely safe to drink. We condemn this vicious attempt to spread such false rumors."
- Dr. Ashok Gupta: I'm a doctor. Don't I have a duty to society? If the water contains bacteria, can't I write about it in the daily paper?
- Haridas Bagchi: I'm very sorry, Dr. Gupta.
- Dr. Ashok Gupta: Are you even human?
- Dr. Ashok Gupta: I'm not alone. I'm not alone. I may be an enemy of the people, but I have a lot of friends.
- Nishith Gupta: In the past fortnight, 15,000 people have drunk holy water and only 500 have fallen ill. Do you still believe that drinking holy water causes these diseases?
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