Tag: West Bengal

The years preceding independence were the worst for the Hindu population of Bengal. Muslims at 53% outnumbered Hindus at 41%, but the two ...

After changing the name of Ramdhenu (Rainbow) to Rongdhenu, Mamata Banerjee's secularism has found a new target: Durga Pujo. In the Republic Day ...

The Bengali word for Rainbow has been changed. Henceforth, a rainbow in Bengali shall be known as 'Rongdhonu (রংধনু)', instead of Ramdhonu (রামধনু). ...

Language evolves naturally, while Grammar is always formulated by language scholars, the meaning of words come into existence based on multiple factors which ...

Over a hundred years ago, in a letter to his fellow revolutionary - Motilal Roy, Sri Aurobindo remarked, "The intellect of Bengal has ...

One of the best solutions to keep control over a newly acquired state is to establish colonies therein. If this cannot be done, ...

A false narrative that has become a part of the political mainstream is that Bengal, unlike other parts of the country, had always ...

Politics in West Bengal has a history of violence and intimidation. During the Left regime, political violence became the norm rather than the ...

A stray incident of a man being killed for eating beef in Dadri was made into a propaganda campaign by the Media. The ...

1946, 1947, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2008 & now 2016. Confused? These are the years when communalism, be it of any level, ...

This is a replug of the original article we published in month of November Last Year when PM Modi announced his historic demonetisation ...

There are no prizes for guessing which political ideology was responsible for the highest number of murders around the world. Which political ideology ...