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Tag: West Bengal
Visva-Bharati Irks Students, Staff by Terming Agitation Against V-C a ‘Brazen Display of Thuggery’
Since 2020, the university has seen over a score of academics and students being suspended or terminated for airing their views; many have approached the high court for relief.
Life in the Sundarbans
The poet highlights the ever-perilous life of the people in the Sundarbans.
How Online Education Exposed West Bengal’s Fault-Ridden Education System
While several institutional failures had existed for years, they were made starkly clear with the advent of online learning due to the pandemic.
In Photos | Gomira Dance: A Rural Hindu Ritual to Ward off ‘Evil Forces’
The rural dance form is mainly practised in the Dinajpur district of West Bengal around the harvest season.
Book Review | Recovering, Rewriting History: The Gorkhaland Movement
Gorkhaland Diaries by Satyadeep S. Chhetri brings to attention a history not very well known to the rest of India.
Bengal School Recruitment Scam: How the Court Brought Employment Masters to Their Knees
Unearthing of the scam has left Trinamool Congress spokespersons speechless.
Book Review: Gloves and Gumboots Don’t Help, Manual Scavenging Has to Go
Years after publication, Bhasha Singh's 'Unseen' remains the go-to account for a look into how pervasive and cruel this casteist practice is in India.
MP Mimi as Durga: Canny Casting or TMC Looking to Score Points in Puja Politics?
TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty played the role of Maa Durga in the annual 'Durga Durgatinashini this year, which aired on Star Jalsha on the occasion of Mahalaya.
Durga and Dystopia
'The vanquisher will be a mute spectator to the virus of the ego'.