There's a special difficulty for anyone setting stories in history, in that the material they're pressing into life comes already mediated through our historical knowledge, through hindsight.
In certain regards, Bhattacharyya notes, Shaktism has so infused mainstream Hinduism that it has "ceased to be a sectarian religion," and presents "no difficulty for anyone to accept its essence".
To be sure, these problems also present difficulties for anyone seeking to design a forecast model.
This could cause difficulties for anyone who has a contract with them.
"One of the difficulties for anyone that's trying to quantify this is when rickety vessels are lost at sea, when people drown, unfortunately, I think there are some number of people who die and it's never recorded, and it's never known just how many people die at sea," Bill Frelick, director of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) refugee program, told VICE News.
This, combined with the cultural and economic importance of oil and gas in Alberta, and the deep pockets of major players such as Encana, results in considerable difficulty and opposition for anyone voicing legitimate concerns about the industry.
BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt said the row had simply underlined the diplomatic and practical difficulties that remained for anyone wishing to talk to the Taliban.
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Trans Lifeline offers a helpline for anyone experiencing difficulties, staffed by transgender people.
Reading about the cancer cluster of kids in Toms River, New Jersey, illustrates the difficulty of proving these connections, but for anyone reading the news or sitting by a sick bed, these connections are palpable – and science is getting closer to proving it.
For anyone finding themselves in difficulty, the prospects are decidedly bleak.
