It doesn’t require one to be a Sherlock Holmes to figure out these days on how the Dance of Democracy in India is often hijacked by unfair poll means. Despite the Election Commission being stricter than ever in poll bound states this year, yet the
Memories of revolutionary Rashbehari Bose may have faded from the minds of middle class Bengali, but Rashbehari Avenue and its neighbourhood still calls for one of the most important poll constituency of Kolkata. Talk to the auto drivers crowding in the auto stands from Rashbehari
It’s said that Behala has a history older to Kolkata and was born even before Kolkata’s birth. Brimming with a population that is a confluence of original residents of West Bengal and a size-able population from East Bengal, who came and settled here, today’s demography
From being an undergarment that was worn underneath jackets to breaking taboos and becoming mainstream pop culture of the youth, tee-shirts have been a revolution in themselves. When two pop culture icons like Marlon Brando and James Dean wore a plain white tee-shirt in the
Food anywhere around the world is not complete without sweets. Indians have long had a love affair with jaggery and later, sugar. But how about those sweets coming on a Poll Palate? Sweets are an integral part of any occasion in India especially Bengal where
Imagine a group of young Left brigade dancing to the tune of the popular Bollywood Lungi Dance song on the streets of Kolkata as part of their poll propaganda! Surprised? Wondering how the intellectual Left Brigade is suddenly influenced by Bollywood and creating parodies? Well,
The frequency and volume of misinformation disseminated by the Bengal BJP Trolling Brigade seems to be significantly going higher up the ladder as Assembly polls come closer. And nothing stops them, not even several cases registered against them with proofs of how misinformation spreads across
Minimum income for all in Bengal --- the probable masterstroke in Mamata Banerjee’s poll manifesto. Several world-renowned Bengali economists including Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee since long had been asking for such an action from the Central Government to turn the tables of Indian economy. Mamata
When the country and even the state was reeling under the COVID-19 Lockdown and the direct economic fallout of the same, West Bengal government confidently continued with its social welfare schemes and even paid salaries and pension regularly. The state even spent Rs 4,500 crore
He was named Bidushak by none other than author Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. What Sarat Pandit wrote almost a century ago in his own satirical style about the excitement of Vote Politics, still holds true today. Blowing that quintessential bhenpu with the beat of dhaak and