ABSTRACT:When he was a young man, during 1950s and '60s, Krishna Pada Sinha Roy did not wear shoes. It was common where Roy lived, a rural district of the Indian state of West Bengal called Birbhum, to go barefoot. But not for someone like Roy: he came from line of aristocrats who made themselves into bankers, contractors, and politicians.

中文翻译：

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西孟加拉邦世俗主义的崩溃

摘要：克里希纳·帕达·辛哈·罗伊（Krishna Pada Sinha Roy）在1950年代和60年代年轻时就不穿鞋。罗伊（Roy）居住的地方是赤脚行走的，这是印度西孟加拉邦的一个乡村，称为Birbhum。但是不适合罗伊这样的人：他来自贵族阶层，这些贵族后来成为银行家，承包商和政客。