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Existential Struggle, not just an Election
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Existential Struggle, not just an Election

Virendra Parekh- April 6, 2021

This Leftist model of governance was appropriated by Mamata Banerjee lock, stock and barrel. She beat the left by becoming more leftist than the left. ... Read More

Rama versus Devi: Battleground Bengal
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Rama versus Devi: Battleground Bengal

Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay- May 18, 2019

Left-liberals are very explicitly “othering” north Indians and pitting them against native Bengalis – ironically it is something which the left accuses the non-left of ... Read More

Mr. President, It Is High Time That You Turfed Out the Mamata Regime in Bengal
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Mr. President, It Is High Time That You Turfed Out the Mamata Regime in Bengal

Jay Bhattacharjee- May 17, 2019

Mamata's deliberate stoking of communal discord and violence, her assiduous encouragement of illegal infiltration of foreigners, and her use of party cadres to intimidate political ... Read More

Book Review: Becoming Hindu and Muslims-Reading the Cultural Encounter in Bengal 1342-1905
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Book Review: Becoming Hindu and Muslims-Reading the Cultural Encounter in Bengal 1342-1905

Dr Pingali Gopal- April 4, 2019

East Bengal became ‘Muslim’ and West Bengal turned ‘Hindu’ over the centuries. What was the nature of the cultural encounter between the Hindus and Muslims ... Read More

On the idea of United Bengal under Islam: The panic stricken past
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On the idea of United Bengal under Islam: The panic stricken past

Debtanu- July 27, 2018

If this is the history of Bengal, then what shall be its future? There are still many in this land, who have been whitewashed for ... Read More