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Factual Leaps, Anti-Pakistan Slurs and a Plethora of Grammar Errors Mark Bengali Script of Modi's 'Birthday Play'

Listen to this article: Kolkata: A dialogue script sent by the West Bengal State Education Department to be staged as a play in educational...

16.09.2026 20

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Anwesha Banerjee

Attacking Food, Art and Words, Has Hindutva Finally Got to Bengal's Durga Puja?

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Amid the sultry air and sudden downpours of the month of Bhadra on the Bengali calendar, the moment the sky clears...

12.09.2026 30

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Anwesha Banerjee

Water, Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop for the Muslims of a Kolkata Slum

Listen to this article: Kolkata: From Chiriya More in Dumdum, a north Kolkata suburb, an autorickshaw to the Cossipore Gun and Shell Factory takes...

31.08.2026 40

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I Asked ABVP About a Molestation Case. They Asked Me to Meet Them at Night

Listen to this article: I have been a journalist for 17 years. I have covered people with genuinely ugly reputations; I have been shouted at, lied to...

23.08.2026 30

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Stones, Eggs, Bricks, Shoes, Fire: 12 Hours of Saffron Mob Violence at Jadavpur University After BJP MLA’s ‘Tandav’ Call

21.08.2026 20

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Anwesha Banerjee

At Bengal Village, Child's Rape-Murder Takes a Backseat as Communal Mistrust Follows Govt Reaction

Listen to this article: Surjyapur (Bengal): More than 12 days after an 11-year-old girl’s body was found at a pond in the village, Surjyapur is...

17.07.2026 40

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Anwesha Banerjee

In Bengal’s Surjyapur, a Minor’s Gang Rape and Murder Leads to a Lynching and Grave Questions on Police Inaction

Listen to this article: Surjyapur (Bengal): The village lanes of Surjyapur, usually bustling, are eerie in the monsoon rain on July 6. Rapid Action...

07.07.2026 40

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In Kolkata, Road Denied for Eid Namaz Over Commuters' Inconvenience Closed a Week for Yoga Day

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Fresh from the rains, on June 19 the city’s iconic Red Road is gleaming. The grand historic avenue almost mirrors...

20.06.2026 50

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Anwesha Banerjee

How Authorities Went Back on Their Own Assurances in the Violent Jadavpur Bulldozer Drive

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Very early on June 8, authorities unleashed an aggressive anti-encroachment drive upon traders and residents who had...

10.06.2026 60

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Vande Mataram, Cow, OBC Reset: With its Orders, Bengal’s New BJP Govt Tests the Limits of Shock Therapy

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The first fortnight of the Suvendu Adhikari-led Bharatiya Janata Party government in West Bengal has unfolded less...

23.05.2026 60

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Anwesha banerjee

Beyond 'Machh Chor': How Songs Shaped the Bengal Elections

Kolkata: With Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee refusing to resign, West Bengal governor R.N. Ravi dissolving the state assembly, and...

12.05.2026 60

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No Bikes, No Tourists, No Entry to Complexes With Booths: EC Regulations Exhaust Bengal Residents

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Thirty-year-old Jay Acharya lives in Sonarpur, on the outskirts of Kolkata. The sales agent of a paint company, every...

22.04.2026 70

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Is Bengal's Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme a Patriarchal Model? Economists and Beneficiaries Debate

Listen to this article: Lakshmi Das and her daughter Jayanti sell sweets from door to door. At least four days a week, Lakshmi, with two heavily...

21.04.2026 50

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Anwesha banerjee