West Bengal, Thy Colour is Green

A Trinamool Congress supporter gets his face and body painted as results are announced in favour of the TMC.  Patuapara, in Kolkata, is a locality known for its idol makers.  The man used idol paints on his face. 

The State committee head office of the CPI(M) in Alimuddin Street. Before the elections no one would have dared to march with TMC flags in front of that office. Just after the poll results were out, TMC did a bike rally all clad in green, with TMC flags.

In a north Kolkata street, kids cheer for Mamata's win.  Many lower middle class families believe that Mamata's win means an end to all their financial problems. 

A TMC supporter gives the victory sign as 34 years of Left rule comes to an end.

TMC supporters celebrate the win by smearing green gulal on each other.

A TMC supporter blows a conch shell, the symbol of victory according to Indian lore. 

Another TMC supporter wears a Mamata Banerjee photo on his forehead and blows a green balloon with a TMC symbol printed on it.

People reading the TMC official organ Jago Bangla (Wake up Bengal) pasted on a bamboo board in a Kolkata street the day after the results were out.

All of Kolkata's alleys and streets wore an all green look.  No traces of red were found anywhere in the city.

The expressway to Singur, the bone of contention.  Whether the change in power will actually change the fate of Singur remains to be seen.  The villagers were optimistic about the fate of their town, which boasts the abandoned Tata Nano facility.

The Singur railway station, painted green.  Earlier the stations were red.  All the stations on a priority in West Bengal were painted green after Mamata became railway minister.

All media, specially the vernacular media, were active through the whole election process. The media bustle in front of Mamata's home in Harish Chatterjee Street, in Kalighat, Kolkata.

A tired Left leadership addresses a press conference after the great defeat on results day.

A group of paint workers march into the Writer's Building, the hub of all power in West Bengal.  Sources said the interiors will be completely redone.  But will the exterior be repainted green as well now that power's shifted hands?