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BJP isn’t getting Bengal. Mamata keeps beating Modi-Shah in her Ludo game

Both the BJP workers and supporters in Bengal feel let down. As hundreds of families from Murshidabad fled across the Bhagirathi River, non-Bhadralok...

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Jogendranath Mandal could’ve been Bengal’s Ambedkar. Backing Jinnah made him history’s footnote

One lapse in judgement cost Mandal not just his political career, but his place in history.

23.04.2025 10

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BJP’s ‘Hindu first’ poll plank went from Bengal to UK. Will it help the party in 2026?

When a protester asked, ‘Mamata ji, anyone for Hindus?’ at Kellogg College, Bengal watchers were reminded of the BJP’s core campaign strategy...

01.04.2025 10

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Amartya Sen read Bangladesh wrong. And his faith in Yunus to revive the country is misplaced

Amartya Sen, in a recent interview, said the current crisis in Bangladesh affects him deeply because he has ‘a strong Bengali sense of identity’.

24.03.2025 10

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Hasina’s Houses of Horror to Yunus’ Devil Hunt – is Bangladesh truly changing for better?

Bangladesh saw what Hasina’s ‘Aynaghars’ – torture and detention dens – looked like after Yunus visited them with media personnel and...

19.02.2025 10

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Yunus has done the impossible in Bangladesh—brought arch-rivals Awami League and BNP closer

Closely mirroring the Awami League’s protest programmes, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has announced a series of rallies across all 64 districts...

10.02.2025 10

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Mujib’s house demolished. Not Yunus, Bangladesh’s shaky secular foundations are at fault

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s flirtations with religiosity continued to afflict Bangladesh’s body politic much after his death.

06.02.2025 3

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How is Yunus distracting Bangladesh from holding elections? By trying to rewrite constitution

Almost every political party in Bangladesh is getting impatient for the next national elections, as also the people of the country. But Yunus keeps...

08.01.2025 20

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Mamata Banerjee is getting her mojo back. Don’t write her political obit just yet

Mamata Banerjee’s strong stance on the plight of Bangladeshi Hindus did not just come as surprise to her political detractors in West Bengal, but...

23.12.2024 5

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Divide and rule, siding with radicals—Yunus has learned what will keep him in power

More than rewriting history, what has bothered Dhaka watchers is Yunus’ seeming acceptance of the rise of radicalism in Bangladesh since Hasina’s...

18.12.2024 10

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Hinterland over South Kolkata drawing room—‘Bohurupi’ gives a hit formula to Bengali cinema

Before ‘Bohurupi’, Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy’s 2023 film ‘Raktabeej’ had impressed audiences by capturing the beauty of the Bengali...

15.12.2024 4

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Trump and Yunus have a bitter past, tense future. Unless doormat diplomacy becomes a thing

Yunus allegedly made a big donation to the Clinton Foundation ahead of Hillary Clinton’s bid for US presidency. On his part, Trump had reportedly...

20.11.2024 7

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Royal Enfield bikes are the new rage in Bangladesh. What happens to ‘boycott India’ now

Royal Enfield has launched four 350cc models—Hunter, Classic, Bullet, and Meteor—priced between Bangladeshi Taka 3.4 lakh and 4.35 lakh in...

04.11.2024 10

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Idol worship an eyesore to Bangladeshi islamists. Durga Puja to be toned down this year

Manindra Kumar Nath, vice president of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, said Hindus are afraid of celebrating Durga Puja as they did before.

05.10.2024 6

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Is Jinnah edging Mujib out in new Bangladesh? Hasina’s ouster reopens old histories

Till Hasina’s ouster in August this year, an event observing Jinnah’s death anniversary and public proclamations praising him would have been...

18.09.2024 4

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Jamaat wants Islamist Bangladesh. Is former ally BNP standing in the way? 

BNP and Jamaat were coalition partners in government and allied in opposition to Sheikh Hasina. With her gone, does Jamaat see the BNP as an...

11.09.2024 3

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West Bengal wants justice for rape victim. It won’t pause even for Durga Puja festivities

West Bengal is left wondering whether to prepare for Durga’s homecoming or keep everything aside until the Kolkata victim gets justice. Durga Puja...

09.09.2024 1

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Bangladesh has an old problem with statues. Islamists find it to be an eyesore

In 2017, there was a controversy over the statue of the Lady Justice placed in Bangladesh's Supreme Court. It was removed after religious...

13.08.2024 4

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Sheikh Hasina has fled Bangladesh. India needs new allies in Great Game East

Hasina kept a lid on homegrown Islamic terror in Bangladesh. Her government also made significant efforts to prevent the smuggling of arms to...

06.08.2024 5

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