Goa, July 14 -- ROBIN ROY

Even as eggs have been fea tured in protests widely in Bengal following the Assembly election results on May 4, let me deliberate on the history of egg attacks and how eggs have taken centre stage in West Bengal as far as political attacks and mid-day meals for schoolchildren are concerned. FLASHBACK In the 16th-century. English audiences would attend Eliza bethan theatre "Beyond a yolk: a brief history of egging as a political protest carrying rotten eggs and tomatoes to throw at actors if they hated their per formance(s). During the Middle Ages, Beyond a yolk: A brief history of egging as a political protest when prisoners were nailed to public pillories or stocks, au diences were encouraged to throw rotten eg...