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BJP’s ‘Ab Ki Baar 400 Paar’ push isn’t a new idea. It’s a political pledge from 73 years ago

‘Ab Ki Baar 400 Paar’ may have its genesis in a heated debate between Jawaharlal Nehru and Syama Prasad Mookerjee, when the latter warned Nehru he...

15.04.2024 30

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Rekha Patra’s rise helps BJP’s Subaltern Hindutva push. It can de-link Jai Bheem from Jai Meem

Rekha Patra called herself a political novice while highlighting that both Sheikh Shahjahan and TMC Basirhat candidate Haji Nurul Islam had been...

09.04.2024 10

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BJP shouldn’t fight BJP in West Bengal. And repeat 2021 mistakes in 2024

The BJP workers and leaders got disheartened in 2021 after being forced to work for ex-TMC leaders in their party—their sworn enemies. This even led...

26.03.2024 20

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Bengal is ready for BJP’s Bhadralok Hindutva. Bhadralok Marxism is on its way out

Bengal has always had Bhadralok who were inclined toward the nationalist school of thought and had a strong sense of Hindu religiosity.

16.03.2024 10

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BJP has a ‘non-Bengali’ image problem. Pawan Singh’s nomination makes it worse

Pawan Singh’s nomination is just the latest in BJP’s string of missteps since the 2021 Assembly polls.

04.03.2024 5

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Anurag Kashyap is wrong, Bengali cinema isn’t ‘ghatiya’. But dubbed Pushpa, KGF are winning

Kashyap’s comment that Bengali cinema has become ‘ghatiya’ has triggered rage and self-loathing. But the real problem is that Tollywood has been...

27.02.2024 20

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Awami League fought Awami League in Bangladesh & won. Hasina should worry about an Arab Spring

Whatever America’s game plan may be about Bangladesh, an opposition-mukt political space will only make things difficult for Sheikh Hasina going...

08.01.2024 10

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King parties, fugitive prince, comeback queen—is 2024 Bangladesh election rigged?

Among 382 independent candidates in Bangladesh elections, 152 have chosen the eagle as their poll symbol. It's either Awami League's winning strategy...

04.01.2024 20

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Bangladesh has discarded secular 1971, gone back to Islamic 1947. Polls won’t end this fight

The idea of an Islamic East Bengal was preached only by orthodox groups. Now, intellectuals, activists and even some Leftist politicians hark back to...

28.12.2023 10

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Is the US fanning an ‘Arab Spring’ flame in poll-bound Bangladesh?

Advocating for 'free and fair' polls is one thing, but engaging with extremist forces is another. What's the US’ gameplan in Bangladesh?

02.12.2023 9

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India-Bangladesh launch 3 big projects, Modi’s praise for Hasina can keep her in power

These projects and PM Modi’s endorsement have come at a time when the opposition parties in Bangladesh are violently protesting against Hasina.

04.11.2023 30

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BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami violence won’t decide Bangladesh election results—the ballot box will

BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami are parallelly pushing for a ‘caretaker government’ and Sheikh Hasina’s resignation before the 2024 elections.

02.11.2023 30

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US must get over its ‘Captain America’ complex in Bangladesh. Dhaka doesn’t need meddling

Dhaka’s America watchers are happy about Democrat senator Robert Menendez’s troubles because he had led the ban on its elite paramilitary force,...

27.09.2023 9

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Santiniketan isn’t an abode of peace anymore. A rot has set in

Santiniketan literally means the abode of peace. It is where Rabindranath Tagore lived and founded a central university. Now, Santiniketan has been...

18.09.2023 8

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What brings out the bigot in the Bhadralok? All it takes is a Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal match

How do you call out someone who calls out everyone else? The unbearable Bengali-ness of being a Bhadralok bigot.

11.09.2023 10

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