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West Bengal’s Self-Goal: Forebodings About The Future
Commentary

West Bengal’s Self-Goal: Forebodings About The Future

Virendra Parekh- May 20, 2021

Patriotism at the regional level, if genuine, is not opposed to cultural nationalism but is underpinned by it. What nourishes Bengali, Tamil, Telugu or Marathi ... Read More

The Great Calcutta Killings: How Calcutta Would Have Been Lost Forever
Archives, Demography (Persecution & Proselytisation)

The Great Calcutta Killings: How Calcutta Would Have Been Lost Forever

Avik Sarkar- August 15, 2020

A dialogue on Hindu persecution in the urban spaces of West Bengal is still regarded as a topsy turvy irrational subject. That is why the ... Read More

Bengal from Bakhtiyar Khilji to Mamata Banerjee
Archives, Commentaries

Bengal from Bakhtiyar Khilji to Mamata Banerjee

Gautam Sen- May 1, 2020

There is a lament among Hindu Bengalis about the decline in Bengal’s intellectual and cultural life and its rapid Islamisation under Mamata Banerjee that merits ... Read More

Pranavananda: Swami who revived Modern Hindu Nationalism
Archives, Commentaries

Pranavananda: Swami who revived Modern Hindu Nationalism

Anirban R Banerjee- November 1, 2017

One of the manifestations of Assertive Hindu nationalism was Bharat Sevashram Sangha (BSS) - a spiritual brotherhood of Hindu monks and volunteer workers founded in ... Read More

Kālī: The Mother of vīra-s
Archives, Indology

Kālī: The Mother of vīra-s

Svechchachari- October 29, 2016

To her sincere devotees, Kālī will remain a personification of ruthless force, and unstoppable might, who also inspires the seeker to transgress boundaries real or ... Read More